Mentioned in passing at today’s announcement of the new 2023 Tesla Model 3 Highland for Thailand are the revised pricing for the bigger Tesla Model Y. The Model Y was launched in Thailand December 2022, with prices starting from THB 1,959,000 for the base rear-wheel drive variant, going up to THB 2,509,000 for the all-wheel drive Performance variant. Effective today, the new prices for the Thailand market Tesla Model Y are: Base rear-wheel drive: THB 1,699,000 (~RM 217k, cheaper by 13.2%) Long R

Tesla Malaysia has announced that from now until 31-October 2023, customers who place their orders for a Tesla (currently the Model Y only) through the official website will receive a complimentary Tesla Wall Connector worth RM 2,880. The Tesla Wall Connector is Tesla's name for their AC home charger. It comes with a 7.3-metre cable and a Type 2 connector, and it is equipped with Wi-Fi support for remote monitoring and firmware updates. To qualify for the complimentary Tesla Wall Connector, the

In just a month since the launch of the BYD Atto 3, the company has announced that 500 units have been shipped and are heading towards Malaysia. BYD Asia Pacific’s Facebook post said, “500 BYD Atto 3s have set off for Malaysia recently, before getting ready to be delivered. “As it took no more than a month to bring the model forward to consumers after it was launched, BYD once again demonstrates our robust supply chain and in-house production capacity!” Arriving as fully-imported (CBU) units, pr

Malaysia to debut all-new 2022 Honda HR-V soon HR-V e:HEV will square off against the Corolla Cross Hybrid How much will the HR-V e:HEV cost in Malaysia? When the all-new 2022 Honda HR-V arrives in Malaysia later this year, it will likely bring with it not one, not two, but three powertrains – all brand-new powertrains on the HR-V. One of which is the petrol-electric 1.5-litre i-MMD hybrid system, which made its debut in Malaysia on the Honda City RS. Seeing that Honda Malaysia has yet to reveal

At 1 Utama Shopping Centre’s Centre Court (Ground Floor), Hyundai Malaysia has put up a boxed-up teaser display of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 ahead of its official launch, which will be happening later this month. We’ve taken a peek inside and here’s what we saw. As reported earlier, there will be three variants available, though now confirmed from Hyundai Sime Darby Malaysia’s website as the Lite 58 kWH, Plus kWH, and Max 72 kWH. Also read: Hyundai Ioniq 5 in Malaysia: Specs revealed – 3 variants, up

Following the Ministry of Finance’s Budget 2022 announcement to exempt electric vehicles (EVs) from taxes, EVs are now generally referred to as tax-free. In October 2021, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz’s Budget 2022 proposed for EVs (specifically, it’s battery electric vehicles or BEVs) to be made tax-free. Some buyers confused this to include sales tax. However, the Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) has since clarified that the tax-free reference only refers to import