After announcing their plans to fully electrify Bangkok’s public transportation bus fleet and inspecting the first pure electric bus in Thailand – the BYD K9, Thailand’s Ministry of Transport held a ceremony to mark the beginning of the electric bus trial operation at Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport. Upon their first inspection in January 2016, […]
Mission Motorsport to include Defender Challenge as part of its ‘Race Retrain Recover’ programme Jaguar Land Rover continues to help those leaving the military find employment Defender Challenge 2016 commences this weekend at the Mid Wales Stages Rally. Land Rover has announced its sponsorship of the Forces’ motorsport charity Mission Motorsport in its 2016 Defender […]
Audi is giving electric superchargers their first production application with the SQ7 as it leads the race to increase diesel-engine power. The SQ7, a sporty variant of the Q7 large SUV, will debut a V-8 4.0-liter diesel engine that adds an electric supercharger to two traditional turbos. “The SQ7 is a strong confirmation of Audi’s […]
Isuzu remains the preferred brand among Malaysian commercial vehicle operators as its trucks retained its No.1 position on the sales charts for 2015. Isuzu Malaysia achieved another record year when Malaysians purchased 6,387 Isuzu trucks last year compared to 6,321 the previous year, giving the Japanese giant the enviable position of being the top truck […]
With the increasing demand for reliable transport solutions the authorized sole distributor of UD Trucks in Malaysia Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd (TCIE) sold a UD Quester to Sun Tang Trading in a key handover ceremony which took place in Cameron Highlands. The Cameron Highlands based trading company has ordered one new unit of […]
A framework agreement for the delivery of 1,000 Mercedes-Benz Actros with Euro VI engines has been signed by Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Girteka Logistics, a Lithuanian logistics company, earlier this month. The agreement will be an important milestone in the partnership between Girteka Logistics and Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The majority of the trucks will be handed over […]
Scania and Ericsson announced their joint research efforts to accelerate the connectivity of commercial vehicles and infrastructure. Both companies said they are convinced that advances in communications technologies and future deployments of 5G networks will enable improvements in the transport of people and cargo. “We’ve been speaking about introducing vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications for […]
Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Malaysia officially previewed the all-new Mitsubishi Outlander SUV today, ahead of its official launch in April. Scheduled to arrive at all Mitsubishi showrooms nationwide by April, customers may already place their bookings of the Outlander SUV starting from today. “I am optimistic that the […]
Land Rover is celebrating the production of its 500,000th Range Rover Evoque at Halewood, just over four years after deliveries of the luxury compact SUV commenced. Evoque is the fastest-selling and most successful Land Rover ever produced, having become the quickest to reach the half-a-million vehicle production landmark. One in every three Land Rovers […]
McLaren-Honda has just announced that Volvo Trucks is the official supplier of trucks and haulage to its Formula 1 team. The partnership will see McLaren-Honda take delivery of a brand new fleet of 24 state-of-the-art Volvo FH Series trucks for the duration of the four-year agreement. They will provide essential transport solutions and logistics support for […]
