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Perodua QV-E kerfuffle and the kill-switch fine print
A little commotion took place shortly after the launch of Perodua's first EV, the QV-E, and it had nothing to...
Read moreDetailsGeely stuffs 42 humans into Galaxy V900 MPV in marketing stunt
Forty-two people crammed into one multi-purpose vehicle (MPV). Not a clown car. Not a circus stunt. A Guinness World Record....
Read moreDetailsPolestar 5 plugs into Gran Turismo 7 this December
Polestar 5 - a Swedish electric dream machine - is zooming into Gran Turismo 7 this December, hitting PS4 and...
Read moreDetailsBackseat Bites: Hyundai opens a ‘restaurant in a car’ for solo diners
Hyundai is turning the back seat into the best seat. The carmaker will open Backseat Bites — billed as the...
Read moreDetailsBrazil’s lone Yangwang U9 Xtreme goes to racer-tycoon Leo Sanchez
BYD has found a Brazilian home for its wildest creation. Marketing boss Li Yunfei said racing driver and Forbes-listed businessman...
Read moreDetailsPolestar 5: Skarsgård gets a spy-cool showroom briefing
Slip into the showroom with Alexander Skarsgård as he coolly cases the Polestar 5 like a modern James Bond prepping...
Read moreDetailsMercedes-Benz turns CLA into a League of Legends trophy on wheels
Mercedes-Benz has kicked off the 2025 League of Legends World Championship with a one-off showpiece: the League of Legends Mercedes-Benz...
Read moreDetailsOne button, one beep: the tiny gadget bossing Britain’s road alerts
Meet the OOONO CO-DRIVER NO2, a pocket-sized puck that wants to keep your eyes off screens and on the road....
Read moreDetailsPekan lamp-posts pull double duty as EV chargers
Street light and charger, 24/7. Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah's (UMPSA's) Pekan campus now hides EV sockets in plain sight,...
Read moreDetailsPink leaves, green nickel
Getting there means fording a river into Sabah's Kinabalu Park, where scientists are coaxing a shrub to drink metal. Crush...
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