Toyota Motor Thailand has announced plans to start mass production of the Toyota Hilux BEV in Thailand by the end of 2025. Speaking to Reuters at the ongoing Bangkok International Motor Show, Mr. Noriaki Yamashita, President of Toyota Motor Thailand said "The Hilux (BEV) could be ready by the end of next year." However, he did not reveal where the vehicle would be produced. Also read: This is the all-electric Toyota Hilux Revo BEV Concept Underscoring the company’s commitment, Yamashita added To

Japanese publication famed for their spyshots and scoops, Best Car has come up with yet another zinger - the next-gen 2025 Toyota GR86 will apparently add on sedan and wagon bodystyles, among a host of other changes. According to the scoop, the publication states that 'multiple sources' have shared that development work of four-door variants of the GR86 has begun, albeit currently in the planning stages. The idea behind these rumoured variants are to capture a larger part of the market, a recipe

The highly-capable, award-winning Isuzu D-Max pick-up truck has been selected to assist the National Registration Department (JPN) in their task of visiting remote Orang Asli villages around the country for their citizenship registration exercise. Receiving the three units of the Isuzu D-Max 3.0-litre Automatic model was the Director General of JPN En. Zamri bin Misman who received the vehicles from Chief Operating Officer of Isuzu Malaysia Mr Kenkichi Sogo in a simple ceremony in Kuala Rompin t

Mazda and Panasonic Energy announced today that they have they have agreed to enter into discussions on establishing a medium- to long-term partnership to meet demand for battery EVs and automotive batteries in a rapidly expanding market. Panasonic Energy and Mazda will begin concrete discussions with a view toward Panasonic Energy supplying Mazda with automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries manufactured at Panasonic Energy's plants in Japan and North America, and Mazda installing batteries

Isuzu is looking to zap their vehicle line-up with electrification, as part of the company's further-reaching carbon-neturality strategies. In their Mid-Term Business Plan 2024 Progress Report, the company disclosed that studies into electrified pick-up trucks have began - 'electrified' here meaning battery electric vehicles (BEV) and hybrids (HEV). Also read: Isuzu sold a whole lot of the D-Max here in March 2022; an all-time sales record for the company At the same time, the company is also lo

Pick-up trucks are synonymous with the Toyota Hilux, at least in this part of the world, where all pick-up trucks are colloquially known simply as a Hilux (or ‘Hailak’), just like all food containers in your house are Tupperwares, doesn’t matter if it’s actually a Sistema. Similarly, it doesn’t matter if the subject in focus is actually an Isuzu D-Max, because to Malaysians, especially those living in Sabah and Sarawak, all trucks are ‘Hailaks.’ This is ironic because at the heart of every pick-