With 87 percent of all new car sales being battery electric vehicles (BEVs), Norway has the highest number of plugged-in car ownership per capita compared to anywhere else in the world. BEV brands do well here, but June 2024's numbers see this trend upended as Toyota records its best sales month ever. The brand clocked 3,777 registrations (including commercial vehicles like vans and pick-up trucks), accounting for 18.4 percent of all new car sales for the month in the tiny European nation. It's

Japanese automotive giants are set to channel a total of THB 150 billion baht (~RM 20 billion) into Thailand over the next five years, bolstering the nation's shift towards electric vehicle (EV) production, according to a government spokesperson on Monday, reports Reuters. In this substantial investment commitment, Toyota and Honda are poised to contribute approximately THB 50 billion each (~RM 6.7 billion), Isuzu will invest THB 30 billion (~RM 4 billion), and Mitsubishi Motors will allocate TH

Little did we know at the time, but the humble Toyota Prius would eventually become one of the most important cars of the 21st century. Though initially scoffed at, seen as an ugly car, and made the butt of all automotive jokes, the Prius would go on to revolutionize powertrain technology, and by extension, show the world how to combine internal combustion and electrification in a small, affordable, and reliable package. Also read: Toyota builds its cars to last 20 years but this Prius is the fi

Subaru Corporation and Panasonic Energy have jointly announced their commencement of talks aimed at establishing a medium- to long-term partnership to address the rising demand for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and automotive batteries in the expanding market. The potential partnership involves discussions focused on Panasonic Energy's supply of next-generation automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries to Subaru. In turn, Subaru would consider the integration of these batteries into its BE

Sometime in March 2023, Malaysia joined the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC), a commission led by Japan with the single-track aim of accelerating decarbonisation in Asian nations, a big part of which includes the propelling of cleaner energies. The AZEC decarbonisation goals start by simply improving energy efficiency, but it also extends to the science of renewable energies, grid developments, and even spans the breadth in the forming of new roadmaps and policies. It's a very, very long conv

This actually isn't the first time the Toyota bZ4X is seen in Malaysia – it was previewed back in January this year, however this time around there's greater clarity of its role in our burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) market. UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has brought in six units for now, with each of them finding duty in stakeholder engagement as well as development work between the government and private sectors alike, as well as within UMWT. A local launch is then definitely being looked into, but