Malaysia’s tax exemption (import and excise duty) for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will expire as planned on 31-December 2025, and BEV manufacturers are encouraged to invest in local production, said Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Minister of Investment, Trade & Industry, at the launch of the BYD Seal this morning. Tengku Zafrul said sales of BEVs have increased by more than four folds last year, from around 3,000 units in 2022 to 13,000 units in 2023. “I believe BYD’s brand registered the h

It appears that the new Perodua Aruz will be based on a stretched version of the Toyota Raize / Daihatsu Rocky that’s also sold here as the Perodua Ativa. If scoop site Spyder7 is anything to go by, Daihatsu is currently developing a 3-row, 7-seater take on the Rocky that would eventually become the new Perodua Aruz. It states that stretched Raize will be dubbed the “Raize Space,” seeing that the name has already been patented back in 2022. Also Read: Review: 2021 Perodua Ativa AV – The new Mala

Since its introduction in October 2020, the Proton X50 has been an immensely popular model for Proton. Last year, Proton sold 40,681 units of the X50, cementing itself as Malaysia’s best-selling SUV. Prices of a new Proton X50 start from RM 86,300. But if that is a bit too expensive for you, fret not, as Carsome has units priced from as low as RM 79k. Also Read: Proton X50 and X70 launched in South Africa after a 10-year hiatus Overview The Proton X50, as some of you know, is based on the Geely

Just moments ago, Geely has launched the new 2021 Geely Binyue facelift in China. Over the past couple of weeks, Geely revealed a number of updates to its three-year-old subcompact crossover. In China, prices of the new Binyue start from CNY 75,800 (~RM 50k) for the base variant, topping out at CNY 119,800 (~RM 78k) for the top-spec variant. As before, six variants are offered in China. Geely has discontinued the 48V mild-hybrid (MHEV) version of the Binyue with this facelift. For those keeping

When Honda Indonesia unveiled the Honda N7X Concept in May, everyone pondered one thing: It’s the next-gen Honda BR-V, right? Since then, Honda has neither confirm nor deny the concept previewed is the long overdue replacement to the 7-seater. However, specs of what might be the next-gen BR-V were spotted on Indonesia’s Samsat website by Indonesian automotive sleuth, Indra Fathan. Samsat is the Indonesian equivalent of our own Road Transport Department, JPJ. Much like how we get to know what pow

Recently, we showed the safest cars as tested by ASEAN NCAP. Despite having some of the smartest driving aids in its class, the Proton X50 didn’t make it to the Top 10. Neither did the Nissan Kicks but here’s the kicker (no pun intended), it scored better than the X50! The Nissan Kicks scored the maximum 5-stars just like the X50 but its overall score was much higher than the X50 despite having 2 airbags as standard with 86.93 points. For comparison, the Malaysian crossover only got 84.26 points