Porsche definitively enters the electric era with the Taycan
“We predict that over 50 percent of Porsche models delivered from 2025 will be electrified,” states Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Member of the Board responsible for Finance…
Volvo to use NVidia chips for their next generation of vehicles
NVidia has announced that it has tied up with Volvo to supply them with the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX technology for future vehicles. The technology is to power autonomous driving vehicles and it isn’t a…
Uber aims to make personalised ride recommendation
When getting a ride seems to be a straight forward thing by clicking a couple of buttons, Uber thinks that they can continue to improve on it by making it personalised according to a report by TechCru…
Waymo create guidelines on how emergency services should react with self-driving incidents
Waymo, the self-driving car company under the Alphabet group has published a safety report mostly for emergency services personnel and how to deal with self-driving incidents. The company has built a …
GOCAR Is Now Available At 100 Shell Stations in Malaysia
GoCar the alternative service to car rentals are now available at 100 Shell Stations. Car rentals on short-term basis is a market which is growing with the likes of these new startups popping around i…
Meet Cora, the autonomous flying taxi by Kitty Hawk [+video]
Kitty Hawk is a company based out of New Zealand which was started by Larry Page, one of the co-founders of Google and their aim is to build an autonomous electric flying taxi. The results, Cora, one …
A human surveyor for Apple Maps was spotted
Just last week a bunch of Subarus was spotted carrying navigation and mapping equipment for Apple’s Map software. This time around a man was spotted carrying more equipment in the streets of San…
Hyundai Motor Achieves Top 40 Best Global Brands Position for Fourth Consecutive Year
Hyundai Motor has been ranked among the highest valued brands in the world once again, according to the latest rankings published by global brand specialist Interbrand. Hyundai’s global brand value gr…
New Ford Ranger to Redefine Pickup Market with First and Only In-class Technologies
Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC), the sole distributor of Ford in Malaysia, today revealed more details about the upcoming new Ford Ranger lineup. The month-end launch will consist of the Ranger Wildt…
GoodYear’s Battle of the Clubs
Automotive sports has long been associated with burning rubber and having a little fun by pushing cars to the limit. Goodyear recently organized a Time Attack event with a little twist – one that show…
Hyundai Tucson Facelift To Be Launched By End-October
Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has opened their order books for the new facelifted Tucson, which is slated to be launched by the end of this month. Updated with a new cascading grille flanked by res…
Apple is using Subarus to capture data for Apple Maps
Apple has been criticised non-stop since the whole debacle of moving away from Google Maps for the past 6 years. Their alternative was to stitch data from various sources and that is why Apple Maps in…
Goodyear Names Darren R. Wells Chief Financial Officer
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that Darren R. Wells has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Wells, 52, returns to the company he joined in 2002 as…
Waymo self-driving cars hit 16 million kilometers on public roads
Waymo has achieved a fantastic milestone, reaching 10 million miles on public roads in 25 cities. These cities range from sunny California, dusty Arizona, and snowy Michigan, and from the high-speed r…
Ford Ranger’s Third Quarter Sales Jump 61 Percent as Strong Demand Continues
The segment-defining Ford Ranger pickup truck proved its continuing popularity in Malaysia in the third quarter as retail sales rose 61 percent from the previous year to 2,245 vehicles sold. The stron…
FERRARI MONZA SP1 AND SP2
The Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 are the forerunners in a new concept, known as ‘Icona’ (Icon), that taps into a leitmotif of the most evocative cars in the company’s history to create a new segment of s…
Ford Continues Driving Skills for Life in Malaysia
Ford and its local distribution partner, Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC), once again hosted a safe driver training programme to corporate partners and members of the public through the long-standing …
Volvo’s XC40 has sexy written all over it
Volvo Car Malaysia, the premium car maker, will bring a new standard of safety and user experience to the premium small SUV segment with the launch of the 2018 European Car of the Year, the new Volvo …
Microsoft invests into Grab for strategic partnerships
When the largest software maker decides to have a strategic partnership with you and also invests into your company, you know you are doing something right. That is what Microsoft aims to do with Grab…
The Ford Everest from RM228,888
Ford Motor Company, together with its local distribution partner, Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC) today launched a strengthened version of its Everest mid-size SUV, taking its capability, efficiency …
Honda’s Smart Intersection technology helps you figure out whats coming around the corner
Honda held a demonstration of its “Smart Intersection” technology for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication designed to reduce traffic collisions at roadway intersections, one of the f…
Volvo Cars unveils first solar energy installation at Ghent car factory
Volvo Cars has for the first time introduced solar energy into its global manufacturing operations. The installation of 15,000 solar panels at its car factory in Ghent, Belgium marks another step towa…
INFINITI Project Black S: The ultimate test-bed for motorsport tech
Based on the INFINITI Q60 sports coupe, ‘Project Black S’ is an engineering test-bed exploring how Renault Sport Formula One™ Team-inspired dual-hybrid powertrain technology could be deplo…
Launch of the new Porsche Macan in Europe
It delivers a performance of 245 hp and has a maximum torque of 370 Nm. In combination with its seven-gear PDK dual-clutch gearbox, the compact SUV can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.7 seconds and reach a…
