Timothy Prakash

Carmakers have turned towards range-extension powertrains.In a bid to bridge the gap between internal combustion engines and pure electric vehicles but do not expect GWM to drive down that path as the Chinese company compares it to ‘cutting corners’ and not aligning with their goals.Great Wall Motors President Mu Feng clarified that bit about the company’s technical direction during the global launch of its new modular GWM One platform that will carry it into the future.

Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) has just launched the 2026 Volvo ES90.The Swedish carmaker’s flagship electric sedan will be available in a sole ES90 Ultra Single Motor trim priced at RM 339,8882, with an exclusive 2% early-bird incentive for the first 100 bookings and a further 8% incentive for fleet purchases.The ES90 will be locally assembled (CKD) at their plant in Shah Alam, joining the EX30 compact crossover and the EX90 SUV, making VCM the brand with the most diverse CKD EV range in Malaysia. Furthermore, it will gain a extremely favourable advantage over the BMW i5 and Mercedes-Benz EQE that are both CBU and hence, will see a price increase as the incentives end.

Following a deferment in December 2025 to the middle of this year, the expected increase in prices of locally-assembled (CKD) cars in the country, by up to 30%, has been permanently resolved that will result in no increase or if any, negligible, increase in prices.The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) president Mohd Shamsor Mohd Zain, clarified that the PU(A) 402/2019-Excise Tax Regulations (Determination of Value of Locally Produced Goods for Excise Tax Purposes) will be calculated using a new method that results in no to little increase in the taxation of CKD cars.

Omoda | Jaecoo Malaysia previewed the hotly anticipated Jaecoo J5 around five months ago with registrations of interest following suit around a month ago. Now, it has dropped a short video teaser on Facebook so you better prepare for things to heat up in the competitive B-segment SUV sector.It measures in at 4,380mm long, 1,860mm wide and 1,650mm tall while the wheelbase is 2,620mm. That last bit of digits is the most significant, as it makes the Jaecoo 10mm longer than the Chery Tiggo Cross and Honda HR-V while that grows to 20mm longer than the segment’s best-seller, the Proton X50.

China mandates manual door handles from 2027 to ensure safe emergency exits and rescue in new EVs