Daimler Trucks increased its worldwide deliveries in the first eleven months of 2017 by 12 percent year on year to 422,500 units, despite the continuation of disparate market conditions. Until the end of November, more trucks were delivered than in the whole of last year. In full-year 2016, the Daimler truck division sold approximately 415,100 […]
It is time we expressed our thanks to truck drivers and logistics staff across Malaysia, who without their tireless work ethics and professionalism, families across Malaysia would not be able to enjoy Christmas and New Years. Over the festive period, millions of parcels, food, drinks and toys were delivered across the country, add in the […]
Chinese electric car startup Nio has recently demonstrated its new ES8 SUV to customers in Beijing, with home market sales already under way. It is priced from 448,000 yuan (around £50,500) after government incentives. This ES8 SUV offers comparable specs to a Model X. It’s a full 7-seater, with an all-aluminium body and chassis, air […]
With Malaysians showing no signs of reducing their demand for driving a SUV, Mitsubishi has a lot to offer starting with its well presented, compact-sized ASX, its rugged Triton pickup truck with 4×4 and 2×4 options and, of course, its popular family friendly Outlander 7-seat SUV which comes in a 2.0L variant and a 2.4L […]
China’s Geely Holding, which already owns the Volvo Car Group takes a sizeable 8.2% stake in Swedish truck maker AB Volvo from activist investor Cevian Capital for around USD3.3 billion. Volvo Car Group was split from AB Volvo almost 20 years ago and Geely said it was not its current intention to try to […]
Scania has now completed its new truck generation following the introduction of its latest low-carbon transport solutions. “With today’s release, Scania comprehensively sets the stage for the necessary shift towards sustainable transport, offering tailored low-carbon trucks for all transport applications,” says Christian Levin, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing. The new fuel-efficient future-oriented trucks all […]
The all new BMW X3 will also play a key strategical role in the BMW lineup. This SUV will become the brand’s first combustion engine model to receive a full-electric version, which will compete with the Mercedes-Benz EQC and Audi’s e-tron SUV. The X3 also gets an M-badged high-performance model for the first time in […]
Is is too little to late? Car manufacturers say they are taking steps to clean up their diesels. Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz spent 3 billion euros to develop a new family of 4 and 6-cylinder diesels capable of drastically cutting on-road NO2 emissions. By the end of 2019, roughly 80% of all new diesels sold in Germany […]
WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC), a leading global supplier of technologies and services that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles, today announced that it has made a $10 million strategic investment in Nikola Motor Company, a leader in the design and manufacturing of hydrogen-electric vehicles, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and electric vehicle drivetrains […]
Most of the TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards go to two manufacturers: Hyundai Motor Co. which owns the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands, has six models earning the award, and Subaru has four. Mercedes-Benz has two, while Toyota and Ford Motor Co. have one each. Toyota Motor Corp. has the most vehicles, 10 which is on […]
