As Thailand ramps up its electric vehicle (EV) industry, the country will be producing batteries as well as assembling EVs for the domestic and regional markets. Most of them are from Chinese companies with battery producer, Svolt recently holding the first battery pack offline ceremony at its plant in Sriracha Chonburi. The battery pack that was taken offline that day was a 60-kWh lithium iron phosphate (LCTP) battery pack with a range of over 500 km. It uses Svolt’s L600 series cell products a

Proton announced sales figures for November 2023 with 12,296 units (domestic + export) sold. P1’s total year-to-date (YTD) sales up to November 2023 also surpassed sales of the entire 2022 calendar year. A total of 141,900 units were sold up to November 2023 compared to last year’s total of 141.432 units. 2023’s YTD sales number is broken down to 138,876 units domestically and 3,024 units in export markets. As of November, Proton saw a commendable 12% growth year-on-year while holding a 19.7% ma

At the ongoing Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2022, Chery officially made its launch, or should we say, comeback as the Chinese carmaker was once sold in Indonesia from 2006 until 2012. Chery kicks off its renewed, stronger commitment to Indonesia and ASEAN with the theme ‘Feel the Difference’. President of Chery International, Zhang Guibing said that Indonesia is one of the most promising markets in the world and is an important strategic market for Chery in Southeast Asia. He said t

Slightly more than two years after Proton introduced the improved Proton Saga, one that we raved about in the past, it looks like the popular A-segment sedan would be receiving yet another update. At a glance, this white Proton Saga looks like any other Saga on the road, but upon closer inspection, there are subtle differences. Look closer and you’ll notice that this Saga wears the new circular Proton logo, first seen on the CKD Proton X70, hiding behind the thick layer of tape. This particular

The launch of the all-new 10th generation 2020 Honda Accord has been a long time coming for Honda Malaysia as our friends over in Thailand has had the car for almost a year now. Unlike the Toyota Camry and Mazda 6 which are fully imported, the Accord is locally assembled in Pegoh, Melaka. However, Honda’s flagship sedan still commands a premium price tag of RM 185,900 for the 1.5 TC variant and RM 195,900 for the 1.5 TC-P variant. Compared to the previous generation Accord, prices have gone up b

The updated Proton Saga is now the best-selling model in the A-segment class. According to Proton, the Proton Saga had broken the 4,000 unit sales per month barrier for three consecutive months, bringing its cumulative sales for 2019 to 34,422 units. The number represents a 32 percent year-on-year growth. “The Saga has been a big success for Proton since its launch in August. In just four months, we have already achieved more than 35,000 bookings and currently, every unit our factory can deliver