Following BYD’s official announcement of the Chinese EV giant’s arrival in Indonesia, a minister in the archipelago’s government confirms the company plans to set up a plant there. In a video message, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto revealed that BYD plans to invest USD 1.3 billion (RM 6.14 bil) to build a manufacturing plant in Indonesia with a capacity of 150,000 units. “I appreciate BYD’s commitment to launching battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the country,”

The Tesla Model Y is living up to its reputation as the big disruptor. At RM 199,000, Tesla is giving you an electric SUV with sports cars territory performance, for less money than a 3-cylinder BMW 218i. We are talking 347 PS and 420 Nm, sub-7 seconds 0-100 km/h. But performance is just one part of the appeal. Tesla's software integration is easily 5 years ahead of anyone else. Unlike other EVs, Tesla's Supercharger charging network is integrated into the car's navigation, so you don't even nee

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

Thailand has a new leader in the EV market and unsurprisingly, it’s the coolest cat that resembles a Porsche. The first half of 2022 saw 1,355 units of the Ora Good Cat sold in the Kingdom which in turn represented a 43.8% market share. Sales for the Good Cat electric vehicle (EV) did not take off immediately, however. According to data compiled by Autolife Thailand, the electric cat’s sales began to take off from February with a mere 143 units which were enough to propel the Good Cat to the top

Thailand buyers seem to be very accepting of the 2022 Ora Good Cat with it netting over 10,000 bookings in just a week. The cool electric cat car is poised to snatch the best-selling EV title in the Kingdom in 2022 from the MG ZS EV but it seems to hit a snag thanks to a selfish war happening thousands of kilometres away. Ora’s parent company, Great Wall Motors (GWM) Thailand has announced on its website that it will be pausing further reservations for the Good Cat indefinitely starting today (2

At RM 43,190, the Perodua Axia Advance is the cheapest car to come equipped with Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB). Most of us have been there, maybe something caught our attention away from the road momentarily, or we mispressed the accelerator pedal, or maybe we were too busy on *coughs* Facebook. A split second later and bam! But one feature that won’t be distracted or too busy is AEB. It is a system that detects an impending collision ahead and warns the driver. If the driver does not respo