Great Wall Motor Malaysia’s Ora Good Cat isn’t a big name in Malaysia. However in Thailand, the Ora Good Cat is winning over a respectably high number of buyers. In the first half of 2023, before the BYD Dolphin’s Thailand launch in July, GWM Thailand sold 2,600 units of the Ora Good Cat. The battery EV model is GWM Thailand’s best seller. Together with the Haval H6 Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid (2,051 units), plus the Haval Jolion Hybrid (1,571 units), GWM Thailand’s range of xEV-only models netted

The Malaysian electric vehicle (EV) scene is shaping up to be more competitive and accessible for those who are curious about the silent revolution taking over the motoring world. One of those newcomers is the BYD Dolphin which is teased to make a splash here this week. The Dolphin is the smallest EV being sold by BYD globally but China has the even smaller BYD Seagull. Being an EV the size of a Perodua Myvi which puts it as a B-segment car (with a lot fewer mechanical parts, allowing for a bigg

Malaysia targets xEVs to make up 9% of TIV by 2025, 15% by 2030 Perodua hybrid to launch in 2024, to be an all-new model (Ativa Hybrid ruled out), to move local vendors towards electrified vehicles Hybrids will see rapid growth in Malaysia between 2024 to early 2030s, after which EVs will overtake This might come as a surprise, but Perodua is expecting the demise of combustion engines to happen faster than what other automotive manufacturers operating here are expecting. At the company’s 2023 ou

Perodua could be bucking the trend with the arrival of the new-generation 2023 D74A Perodua Axia, as rumours from Indonesia are suggesting that Perodua could debut its A-segment hatchback ahead of Toyota and Daihatsu. According to Autonetmagz, the quiet-but-capable Malaysian manufacturer could be introducing the new-generation D74A Axia ahead of the equally-new Toyota Agya and Daihatsu Ayla, its Indonesian siblings that the current Axia is based on. The Axia, according to the Indonesian publicat

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

In the recent years, we have welcomed some new three-cylinder engine cars to the world – the Nissan Almera 1.0 turbo, Honda City 1.0 turbo (Thailand), Proton X50, and more excitingly, the Toyota GR Yaris. Even Christian von Koenigsegg has channelled his genius into developing a 600 HP three-cylinder engine. With these developments however, some of us still remain very sceptical of them. We will never forget the underpowered three pots in tiny cars like the Perodua Kancil and Perodua Kelisa. Sure