It's understandable if there's some confusion here. The all-new 2024 MINI Cooper that premiered last September is the all-electric variant, developed through a collaboration with GWM and manufactured in China, and sits on its own platform. This 2024 MINI Cooper petrol shares its foundation with the F56-generation MINI Hatch, albeit with significant revisions to align with the updated MINI design principles, essentially a major facelift. Similar to the 2024 Porsche Macan EV and its combustion eng

According to data compiled by Autolife Thailand, the BYD Dolphin has taken the lead in sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) in Thailand, with 1,621 units sold in September 2023, a significant jump from 481 units in August. The BYD Atto 3, which had been leading the EV sales chart for every month of the year so far except for June, followed closely in second place with 1,610 units sold in September. Taking third place is the Neta V with 854 units, while fourth place goes to the Ora Good Cat w

Mentioned in passing at today’s announcement of the new 2023 Tesla Model 3 Highland for Thailand are the revised pricing for the bigger Tesla Model Y. The Model Y was launched in Thailand December 2022, with prices starting from THB 1,959,000 for the base rear-wheel drive variant, going up to THB 2,509,000 for the all-wheel drive Performance variant. Effective today, the new prices for the Thailand market Tesla Model Y are: Base rear-wheel drive: THB 1,699,000 (~RM 217k, cheaper by 13.2%) Long R

Head-turning looks Great interior presentation, but falls short in execution Firm ride Last week, Great Wall Motor (GWM) held a media test drive event for the Ora Good Cat and we had the opportunity to get initial impressions of the EV. Immediately, its retro design makes the Good Cat stand out from the crowd, attracting eyeballs everywhere we drove. At the rear, it does look like it’s missing a set of taillamps but it’s integrated into the lower part of the rear window as a full-width light bar

Months after we first spied it in a nondescript Shah Alam showroom, here's the full-electric (EV) Ora Good Cat in public, displayed at the launch of the Tindakan Pembangunan Bumiputera event held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). A crowd puller at the event, the Good Cat displayed here isn't quite Malaysian-spec yet, with it being left-hand drive (imported from China). However, a source within Go Auto Sdn. Bhd. – representatives of the Great Wall Motor brand here, which also includes

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