Volvo Car Malaysia has just announced that it will be introducing the newly improved Recharge plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain in their Recharge T8 models soon along with some price adjustments which will be announced on 1-May 2022. In Malaysia, the Recharge T8 PHEV models include the 60 Series (Volvo S60, Volvo V60, Volvo XC60) and the 90 Series (Volvo S90, Volvo XC90). Some highlights of the new Recharge PHEV powertrain include: A new long-range battery of 18.8 kWh from 11.6 kWh A new rear ele

ACO Group, one of Malaysia’s largest distributors of electrical products, has tied up with EV Connections, the developer of the JomCharge app and operator of 5 solar-powered EV chargers at petrol stations, to install a 180 kW DC fast charger at ACO Group’s headquarters in Taman Johor Jaya in Johor Bahru. ACO Group says the DC fast charger will be one of the fastest in the country, and the fastest in Johor. To encourage EV adoption, the service will be available to the public free of charge for o

Early April, we saw the covers lifted off the all-new 2021 Toyota GR86 and its development twin, the equally-new 2021 Subaru BRZ. Apparently, that's not enough for Toyota, so they're developing a Lexus version too. Much like the Toyobaru twins, this will also sit on the Subaru Global Platform (SGP) architecture, but interestingly it'll be 235 mm longer than the GR86 at 4,500 mm, according to the source. Also read: Understanding the Forester's and XV’s Subaru Global Platform The publication also

You have seen the teasers along with the promise that it would head to Malaysian shores, and now we have the final specifications (international markets model, local specifications to be confirmed) of the BMW i4 range. At launch, the BMW i4's global range consists of two variants, the rear-wheel drive 340 PS / 430 Nm eDrive40, and the all-wheel drive twin-motor 544 PS / 795 Nm M50. The latter of which is touted as “the first purely electric performance car from BMW M GmbH”. Batteries and range B

Shortly after the leaked photos of the W223 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Daimler AG–the parent company of Mercedes-Benz–published a video on resuming production at the plant. And in the video, Ola Källenius, the Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, teased the arrival of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Most notably, he mentioned that there will be new high tech awaiting in the upcoming months like the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which was wrapped in camouflage in the video. But we already h

Here are supposedly the official photos of the BMW iX3 leaked ahead of its debut. And as you can tell, it looks almost identical to the concept. The BMW iX3 is the first fully electric SUV (BMW insistently calls it SAV) model, and the X3 will also be the first model to include the full range of powertrain with petrol and diesel engines, plug-in hybrid and fully electric. The electric motor in the BMW iX3 delivers 286 PS and 400 Nm of torque and all the power is sent exclusively to the rear wheel