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

Lexus Malaysia has opened its order books for the Lexus RZ 450e, the first battery EV (BEV) for the Lexus brand in Malaysia. The 5-seater all-wheel drive BEV is priced from RM 429,888, excluding insurance. The model is imported from Japan. The electric version of the Lexus RX, the Lexus RZ is powered by a 71.4 kWh battery, driven by a 230 kW (313 PS) front-biased, Direct4 dual-motor setup, with a 150 kW motor on the front axle, and an 80 kW motor on the rear axle. The highlight of the Direct4 fe

Following its initial public preview of the Lexus RZ battery electric vehicle (BEV) at UMW Toyota Motor's Beyond Zero symposium in February this year, Lexus Malaysia has dropped a teaser that officially confirms the model's imminent launch here. Malaysia will soon join Thailand and Singapore as models in South East Asia to introduce the all-electric SUV. Anyway as with all teasers, it's always a guessing game as to what we will get in the end. The one we saw earlier this year was the RZ 450e, wh

The Lexus RZ is currently showcased at the Toyota Beyond Zero event, marking its first appearance in Malaysia. This exhibition highlights Toyota's multi-pathway approach to carbon neutrality, featuring a range of vehicles including hybrids (HEV), fuel cell (FCEV), hydrogen combustion, and battery-electric vehicles (BEV). We were told that plans are underway for its launch here, although a timeline was not given. Also, bear in mind that the specifications of the unit you see here in the photos ma

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

Lexus will be introducing at least one new model in Malaysia next year, according to the company's latest press statement. However, that one-liner in the release doesn't tell all too much about what model it could be, though realistically it could be either the all-new 2024 Lexus LM, Lexus LBX, or the battery-electric (BEV) Lexus RZ. These are the three most plausible ones, given that the rest of the range have either not been updated yet or, not quite suitable, or no longer offered. For example