The first-ever all-electric (EV) version of the BMW 5 Series, the 2024 BMW i5, made its ASEAN debut in Thailand five months after its official global unveiling. Two variants of the BMW i5 are offered in the Kingdom: BMW i5 eDrive40 M Sport – THB 4,999,000 (~RM 653k) BMW i5 M60 xDrive – THB 5,599,000 (~RM 732k) The i5 brings the 5 Series into the all-electric era though it has a very divisive look commonly tagged onto most modern BMWs. The iconic kidney grille is now projected farther forward and

Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla is set to enter Malaysia officially as announced by Tengku Zafrul, the Minister of International Trade & Industry (MITI). Tesla will establish a head office, experience (showrooms) and service centres here, alongside setting up their fast-charging Supercharger network. The minister added that the American carmaker was the first applicant of MITI's BEV Global Leaders initiative that's aimed to spur EV demand here. Malaysia Welcomes @Tesla! @MITIMalaysia has appro

Last year, BYD sold a total of 1,804,624 cars in China, cementing itself as the best-selling domestic brand in the Middle Kingdom. BYD also has the biggest market share in China at 8.8 percent. Helping BYD achieve that sales figure is the BYD Song, a C-segment SUV that is offered with multiple powertrain options, including a turbocharged petrol engine, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), as well as a fully-electric (BEV) version. In 2022, BYD sold 478,811 units of the BYD Song, a year-on-year (YoY) increas

It has been confirmed that Sime Darby Motors will be launching two BYD models in Malaysia, the BYD Atto 3 and BYD e6, the guide for the latter can be found here. Now, what is the BYD Atto 3? The BYD Atto 3 is an all-electric crossover/SUV that’s roughly the size of a Nissan Leaf or Mazda CX-30, slightly larger than the Honda HR-V or Proton X50 but smaller than the Honda CR-V. It measures 4,455 mm long, 1,875 mm wide, 1,615 mm tall, and has a wheelbase of 2,720 mm. Also read: BYD to enter Malaysi

Forget about Waze’s pothole reports, Mercedes-Benz cars equipped with Car-to-X (C2X) communication can now share live reports of potholes to other compatible vehicles. The Dutch government however, has gone one step further and it wants to enlist drivers of such Mercedes-Benz cars to help it monitor road conditions. In what is possibly the first of its kind of such efforts, the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Min I&W) has awarded a 2-year contract to Mercedes-Benz t

Lexus' first dedicated EV model To launch after March 2022 Following a sneak preview in December last year's announcement of 30 Toyota / Lexus EV models, Lexus International has released more photos of the 2022 Lexus RZ, which Lexus says will be launched in the second quarter of 2022. The Lexus RZ will be Lexus’ first electric-only model. Currently, Lexus’ only EV model is the Lexus UX 300e, which is an EV variant of the regular petrol-powered UX. Not much is known about the Lexus RZ yet, but fr