While the Malaysian government had spent nearly RM 40 billion of its budget on fuel subsidies in 2022 so far, Indonesia is projected to spend nearly double that amount following a massive spike in global oil prices.The archipelago’s government has announced it tripled its energy subsidy budget to IDR 502 trillion (~RM 152 billion) to keep prices of subsidised petrol, diesel, and some power tariffs unchanged amid rising global energy prices.Yet, there are plans to increase the price of subs

Proton Edar to sell the Smart #1 272 PS and 343 Nm, powered by a 66 kWh battery, up to 560 km range How much should the Smart #1 be priced here?This is the Smart #1, the first model to be offered by Smart, now Geely-Mercedes joint venture, with manufacturing done by the Chinese company. The Geely-developed Smart #1 will be arriving in Malaysia soon and it will be sold by Proton Edar. So yes, in a rather convoluted manner, Protons sales division will soon be selling a Mercedes-Benz product, sor

One of the most important facilities at a Light Rail Transit (LRT) station is the presence of a safe parking facility. However, LRT users at the Sri Rampai LRT stations were dismayed to discover that the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) had demolished a multi-storey parking lot to make way for a new skyscraper project.Now that there is no longer a proper parking lot to leave their cars, LRT users were forced to illegally park their cars along the roadside. This opens them to the risk of getting

The Hyundai Stargazer is one of the real stars shown at the ongoing Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) 2022 though it made its debut in the archipelago for about a month now.Competing against the Toyota Avanza/Veloz, Daihatsu Xenia, and Mitsubishi Xpander in the countrys tightly contested B-segment 7-seater market, the Stargazer is one of the most important models for Hyundai in a bid to win over Indonesian buyers.The Stargazer is built at Hyundai’s Cikarang plant alongside

Following the launch of the 2022 Perodua Alza, one would of course expect Proton to make a response, however minor, to defend the ageing Proton Exora, which was last updated in 2019.Apart from the Alza, Toyota too is expected to launch the all-new Toyota Veloz very soon, followed by the all-new Honda BR-V early next year.The Proton Exora was first launched in 2009, and this is its 13th year on the market. You would expect that Geely would have at least have a replacement model planned but unfort

It is common knowledge that Sweden is the world leader in traffic safety, Malaysia, meanwhile, is far from achieving that status. However, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong recently announced that Malaysia and Sweden will strengthen their cooperation in relation to transport and road safety.According to a post on Wee’s official Facebook page, he received a courtesy call from Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia, Dr Joachim Bergstrom, on Monday to discuss the countries’ long sta