American electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla officially launched its operations in Malaysia on July 20, 2023. According to a report by our friends in our sister publication WapCar, the company is set to put up its head office and service center in the city of Cyberjaya, which is located around 31 km south of the capital Kuala Lumpur. This hub will be responsible for all corporate operations, marketing, training, customer support and vehicle services. Equipped with cutting-edge diagnostic to

Fully electric Porsches are nothing new – the Taycan electric supercar has been a hit, even for Korean pop stars. But the German carmaker also competes in the 2023 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, where open-wheeled single-seaters with battery-electric drivetrains have been slugging it out since 2014. At the latest round in Jakarta, Indonesia, Porsche made a strong showing, with Pascal Wehrlein winning in Race 10 to regain the team championship lead. This was despite searing temperatures of

Metro Pacific Tollways South (MPT South), a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), took select members of the media on an exclusive tour for a first glimpse of the soon-to-open section of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) - the Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange, or Subsection 4. Subsection 4 is currently 80% completed. It will provide a crucial connection to the Aguinaldo Highway, the busiest highway in Cavite. This development will greatly enhance travel convenience to Silang

With the passing of the EVIDA Law in the Philippines, Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Battery Electric Vehicles, or HEV's and BEVs for short, are starting to pop up in the market from all different kinds of manufacturers. The Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act (EVIDA), Republic Act No. 11697 is primarily focused on developing a manufacturing industry for electric vehicles. It also reinforces the EV-specific importation provisions of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law i

The Big Apple is following the lead of California as New York's governor announces that the state will only allow zero-emissions vehicles to be sold in the state. Governor Kathy Hochul, in a Tweet, shared that "All new vehicles sold in New York must be zero emissions by 2035." "By revving up our clean transportation transition and making major investments to make EVs more accessible, we’re supercharging our fight against climate change," Hochul said in her Tweet. This announcement includes passe

Over the past decade, an oft-repeated but rarely turned into concrete action posit of the local auto industry was a need to shift to electric and hybrid cars. The 2022 Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) showed attendees that the shift above wasn't just idle chat. Pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid vehicles (HEVs) were highlights of more than one automaker at PIMS. For example, Kia's EV6 full-electric compact crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) was front and center at the