The EON & Sahabat Autofest 2024’s lucky draw has come to a close, with one lucky 21-year old Proton Saga buyer winning a Proton S70. “I never imaged that I would be selected as the grand prize winner when I booked my Proton Saga. I am very happy that I have been rewarded for being a loyal Proton customer,” said grand prize winner Siti Khairunadia, who also financed her Proton Saga via EON’s digital car financing platform, a pre-requisite for the lucky draw. Four more lucky winners walked home wi

Hans

May 7, 2024

At Thursday's media conference on Proton’s quality assurance journey, P1 confirmed some details of the Proton X70 facelift which is due to be unveiled this year including the addition of ACC with Stop & Go. However, another tidbit of information officially revealed by P1 is the expected launch of the company’s first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) or battery electric vehicle (BEV). In a slide explaining the company’s future mobility plans beyond 2030 called CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electri

CY Foong

May 7, 2024

Great Wall Motor (GWM) is targeting to grow its overseas sales to over 1 million units annually by 2030, with high-end models contributing a third of the volume. GWM announced this to the gathered international press at last week’s 2024 Beijing Auto Show. Currently, GWM is present in 170 countries. Last year, it exported over 300,000 cars, an 85 percent increase from the year before. GWM doesn’t provide a breakdown of its global sales by country / region, but a big contributor to the increase Ru

Hans

May 7, 2024

Kia's next expansion of its battery-electric vehicle (BEV) portfolio will take the form of the Kia EV3 that will make its full debut on 22-May, 2024, live on the Kia Worldwide YouTube channel. The EV3 is a compact SUV (think along the likes of the Volvo EX30 and Smart #1), and will join the range alongside stablemates like the Kia EV6 and the Kia EV9 – both of which are available in Malaysia. Design cues build on the foundations of its handsome siblings, showcasing bold, geometric shapes with bo

Sanjay

May 7, 2024

It appears that even market leader BYD is not immune to the slowdown in battery EVs (BEVs), with April 2024’s global sales of BYD’s BEV models reversing 3.9%, to 134,465 units. It’s BYD’s first month of decline for BEV models in a very long time. Note that this is a wholesales figure (vehicle is transferred to dealer), not actual vehicle registration by customers. Still, the slowdown in BEV demand is not a big problem for BYD. Unlike Tesla, BYD doesn’t believe in a BEV-only product line-up, prec

Hans

May 6, 2024