PT Hyundai Motors Indonesia (PT HMID) is considering the possibility of locally producing the Hyundai Ioniq 6 on the back of its current sky-high fully-imported prices. Fransiscus Soerjopranoto, COO of PT HMID told Indonesian auto website Otodriver, “It all depends on the results of our surveys with consumers. Because it is related to production, production capacity, and so on.” Also read: Review: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Max AWD - There is a price for beauty, but is it too much? "If the government reque

Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed that a “major” original equipment manufacturer (OEM) has expressed keen interest in licensing both the software and hardware that the electric vehicle (EV) giant is currently developing for full vehicle autonomy. During the second-quarter earnings call, Musk stated, "We are already in early discussions with a major OEM about using Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD). We're not trying to keep this to ourselves. We're more than happy to license it to others." Currently, Tes

A Tesla whistleblower leaked a massive collection of data amounting to 100 GB to German newspaper Handelsblatt. The data reveals over 2,400 reports of self-acceleration issues, more than 1,500 braking problems, 139 instances of "unintentional emergency braking" and 383 cases of "phantom stops," wherein false collision warnings prompted unnecessary braking actions. The files document instances of Tesla vehicles autonomously manoeuvring around obstacles in parking lots, with some resulting in mino

On November 24, an 8-car pile-up happened in San Francisco, USA after a Tesla Model S abruptly changed lanes and then braked suddenly to a complete halt. Although the incident happened several months earlier, it trended recently after CCTV footages had emerged, showing that the Tesla really did brake for no reason. The incident happened on a tunnel in San Francisco Bay Bridge, left 9 people injured, including a 2-year old. The driver of the Tesla claims that he had left the car to drive in Full

Thailand may have become the second South East Asian country after Singapore to setup a Tesla store but Indonesia has no intention of following Thailand’s footsteps in become a mere sales agent. Instead, Indonesia wants Tesla to setup a 500,000 cars per year manufacturing facility there. The carrot? The Indonesian government is offering Tesla access to renewable geothermal-generated electricity (up to 400 MW to be made available to the proposed region), which will have a positive impact on Tesla

Japanese hybrids are among the most reliable cars on sale, regardless of engine type Plug-in hybrids more reliable than diesels, but still worse than regular petrol engines EVs least reliable, but Kia is an exception One in three (31.4 percent) electric vehicle owner in the UK has dealt with at least one fault on their EV in the first 4 years of ownership, versus 18.6 percent for combustion engine cars, reports UK publication’s Which? survey of 48,034 car owners in the UK, including 2,184 EV own