The BMW iX5 Hydrogen pilot fleet, launched in February, recently completed rigorous hot-weather testing in the United Arab Emirates. BMW says the fuel cell drive system demonstrated impressive performance under extreme conditions, including 45-degree Celsius temperatures, sand, dust, varying gradients, and humidity fluctuations. The tests validated the efficiency of the fuel cell system, hydrogen tanks, electric motor, and power battery, all controlled by a central unit. The vehicles maintained

Akio Toyoda wants you to know just how different the 2023 Toyota Alphard and Vellfire AH40 are between each other, despite them being developed on the same platform. Nonetheless, the approach in design and engineering for the duo couldn’t be more different, and their chief engineer regards these latest models as the greatest ever. An easy way to sum up the approach is the brief given, “One a pleasure to ride, the other a joy to drive.” That led to the strikingly different character infused durin

Want to leave internal combustion and emissions behind? Here are the Electric Vehicles available right now. More and more there is a sense that the small rock first thrown by Toyota and Honda is slowly turning into an avalanche that can no longer be stopped. The ongoing pandemic has changed the consciousness of many regarding the environment and their impact on it. What’s more, vehicle sales globally in the past few years have shown that sales of EV continued to go strong, and in 2020 it rose by

Homologation is a word that motorsports fans commonly hear but actually the word simply means conformity to regulations. In the case of WRC cars, it’s FIA regulations. In the case of road cars, it’s the local country’s road transport regulations. Before the first unit of a new model can be registered in Malaysia, it has to undergo what’s referred as vehicle type approval (VTA), the industry’s term for homologation of road-going cars. You can loosely describe VTA as a ‘birth certificate’ of a car

Volvo Car Malaysia has officially launched the new 2021 Volvo S90 facelift. At launch, there are 2 variants available – T5 Momentum and Recharge T8 Inscription Plus. The T8 is priced at RM 339,314 (OTR without insurance and SST), while the T5’s price after SST exemption is yet to be confirmed. Comparatively, the pre-facelift Volvo S90 T8 Inscription Plus was priced at RM 368,920 after SST exemption. This makes the facelifted S90 Recharge T8 around RM 19k cheaper than before. Before we continue,

Lexus is stepping up a notch with the celebration of traditional Japanese craftmanship. As a tribute to the takumi craftsmanship that is applied to all Lexus vehicles, the luxury brand has commissioned tattoo artist Claudia De Sabe to recreate the artistry on a Lexus UX. Lexus has always sought inspiration from Japanese aesthetics. The UX, in particular, has cabin trims that imitates washi paper-grain and designed to echo the engawa architectural features of Japanese homes with its seamless merg