Hyundai Mobility Thailand (HMT), formerly known as Hyundai Motor Thailand, has just confirmed that it will be investing over 1 billion Baht (~RM 127.2 million) to build a new plant to locally produce electric vehicles there. The plant will be operated with an unnamed local partner, which Thai daily The Nation says is Thonburi Automotive Assembly. The plant will have a capacity to produce 5,000 EVs per year, supported by Thailand’s EV.35 incentives. EV3.5 incentives by Thailand’s Board of Investm

Hyundai Motor Company has commenced the local assembly (CKD) of its Hyundai Ioniq 6 BEV in Singapore. The Ioniq 6 now becomes the second Hyundai BEV to be assembled in the city-state at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS) in Jurong, following the Ioniq 5 BEV, which began production in January 2023. Also read: Review: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Max AWD - There is a price for beauty, but is it too much? Dr Hyun Sung Park, CEO of HMGICS added, “Following the success and interest in th

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then one look at the brand spanking new 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 should tell you two things, it was inspired by one of the most prolific sportscars of all time (cue 911), and that it looks like no other Hyundai that has ever come before it. As far as looks go, the swoopy Ioniq 6 could make you weak at the knees, in which case, half the battle is won, or have you wonder what Hyundai was even thinking. In any case, there’s no denying it draws attention a

Tesla is gearing up for its official introduction in Malaysia on 20-July 2023, as announced by a teaser on social media. This positions Malaysia as the third market in Southeast Asia, following Singapore and Thailand, to offer the poster child of EVs. No details on the upcoming models were shared but we can rule out the Model S and Model X as both were discontinued for right-hand drive markets. For reference, Thailand sells the Model 3 and Model Y, with prices for the Model 3 starting from: THB

A Tesla whistleblower leaked a massive collection of data amounting to 100 GB to German newspaper Handelsblatt. The data reveals over 2,400 reports of self-acceleration issues, more than 1,500 braking problems, 139 instances of "unintentional emergency braking" and 383 cases of "phantom stops," wherein false collision warnings prompted unnecessary braking actions. The files document instances of Tesla vehicles autonomously manoeuvring around obstacles in parking lots, with some resulting in mino

Toyota and Tesla, the two big Ts of the automotive world cannot be any more different. Toyota is the antithesis of Tesla, and vice-versa. On one side of the extreme, Tesla sees nothing wrong with using their customers to test features with unproven safety - kudos to Elon Musk for convincing his fans to pay USD 15,000 for the privilege to be become a Tesla lab rat. Get the products out first, fix the problems later is Tesla's way of doing business. On the opposite end you have Toyota. There is a