Japan is an extremely difficult market to penetrate. It’s technically an open market with no import tax on foreign cars. Yes, there are tax-deducted vehicle categories like kei minicars, which dominate more than 60 percent of Japan’s new car market and is so competitive that no foreign car company bothers since there is no demand for such products elsewhere. But the point is that, as far as taxes are concerned, Japan makes no distinction between domestic cars and imports. Lack of dedicated resid

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and PLUS Malaysia have a joint venture that sees the duo setting up direct charging DC fast charging stations along the PLUS highway with the GWM Ora Good Cat getting bragging rights as the first EV to be charged up at the TNB Electron charging station. The venture is part of TNB’s RM 90 million investment over a two-year period to build more DC charging stations in the country. There’re currently three TNB Electron charging stations currently in operation located at

We've already written the full review of the BYD Atto 3. Spoiler alert: we like it. But we'll admit most of our tests were centred in the city, which we reckon will be the most common use case for one of these. BYD Atto 3 Extended EV Specs in Malaysia Price RM 167,800 Powertrain Single-motor FWD Battery Capacity 60.48 kWh Charging 6.6 kW AC, 80 kW DC Power & Torque 204 PS / 310 Nm 0-100 km/h 7.3 seconds, as tested Origin CBU, China However we recently got the chance to drive one to Tanjung Malim

The BYD Atto 3 went on sale in Thailand from 1-November and during the night before, queues were formed outside of BYD showrooms. A buyer, Mr Panithan, told Blink Drive that he had to take a flight from Chiang Rai to Bangkok in order to book the Atto 3. The BYD dealership in Chiang Rai only accepted full payment in cash due to limited allocations (reportedly 5,000 nationwide). To finance the Atto 3, he flew to the showroom in Bangkok. He said that the first person who queued at the BYD showroom

BMW confirms the test car does not have self-driving capability Level 2 autonomous driving only for assisting Driver must always retain responsibility A BMW iX crashed into 3 vehicles, killing 1 and injuring 9 other people in a small town of Germany. According to the local police, they stated that the crash vehicle was an autonomous electric test car, whether it was steered by the 43-year-old (driver) or not is the subject of investigation. Nonetheless, BMW confirmed that the test car involved i

Perhaps one of the cutest electric vehicles (EVs) available today, the Ora Good Cat, will be launched in Thailand within this month. According to our colleagues over at Autofun Thailand, the Ora Good Cat is said to be priced below the THB 1 million (~RM 123k) mark, undercutting a lot of rivals, including the MG ZS EV (THB 1.19 million). A right-hand-drive mule was spotted in the Kingdom earlier this year, fueling speculation that Great Wall Motors, or GWM in short (Ora’s parent company) has plan