Sime Darby Beyond Auto, the official distributor of BYD cars in Malaysia, has launched the BYD Seal. Fully imported (CBU) from China, this model offers three variants with starting prices from: Premium RWD - RM 179,800 (RM 180,430 OTR without insurance) Performance AWD - RM 199,800 (RM 200,430 OTR without insurance) Starting with the Premium RWD variant, it gets an 82.5 kWh LFP Blade battery, offering an estimated range of 570 km (WLTP) and a 313 PS/360 Nm rear-mounted motor. The range-topping P

The first shipment of Tesla Model 3 cars, comprising over 100 units, has arrived from China. This morning’s handover ceremony saw about 20 customers taking delivery of their cars from Tesla Malaysia’s headquarters in Cyberjaya – still the only location in the country for deliveries to customers, for now. Also launched is the first Tesla service centre, located just behind its headquarters building. This is the only authorized Tesla service centre in the country. All other outlets claiming to rep

Great Wall Motor Sales Malaysia (GWM Malaysia) has announced penning a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PEPS-JV (Melaka, a subsidiary of EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB), for local assembly (CKD) and manufacturing of Haval models in Malaysia. A key component of the MoU will see GWM Malaysia and EPMB propel their collaboration towards a definitive agreement in the coming three months, culminating in EPMB handling CKD operations for the selected GWM models. The move will see prominent models f

Stylish, iconic, fun to drive and now electrified, the 2023 MINI Cooper S Electric (Cooper SE) is a chic urban EV designed to fit an active lifestyle. Starting from RM 191,546, the Cooper SE is also the lowest entry-point into the MINI brand, and amongst the most affordable EVs in the Malaysian market today. If that's already got you interested, then there’s no better time to check out the Cooper SE than at the upcoming RHB DRIVE Premium & EV Roadshow this weekend. Starting with the electric pro

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

The Ioniq 5 has finally made its world debut! This is the first model under Hyundai’s newly formed dedicated electric vehicle (EV) brand, Ioniq, and is the first production model to be built on Hyundai’s new E-GMP architecture dedicated to underpin all Hyundai Motor Group’s (including Kia) future battery EV (BEV) models. Also read: The Singapore-assembled Hyundai Ioniq 5 will be rear-wheel drive Designers drew inspiration from the Hyundai Pony, the company’s first production car 45 years ago for