Volvo Car Manufacturing Malaysia’s (VCMM) Shah Alam plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation, is throttling down output as the export of Volvo internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to Thailand slows. The VCMM plant produced zero cars in three out of the first six months of this year (January, April, and June), according to production data compiled by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA). Between January to June 2024, the VCMM plant produced just 438 cars, 88% lower than th

NexV Manufacturing, a joint venture between rubber glove manufacturer Careplus Group Berhad and GoAuto Group Sdn. Bhd., announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with five local vendors, with the goal of assembling Neta vehicles locally. GoAuto’s sister company Intro Synergy, a joint venture with Careplus, is the distributor of Neta vehicles – a brand owned by Hozon New Energy Automobile Co. Ltd. (Hozon Auto) - in Malaysia. NexV Manufacturing is the Malaysian contract as

The Swedish carmaker is making a push towards full electric and sustainability, having announced that they will produce only electric vehicles by 2030. Federal Auto Cars echoes the same sentiments and is encouraging customers to try out the newly launched all-electric Volvo C40 at any of their dealerships. For this weekend (17-18 December) only, customers who have completed their test drives for a Volvo C40 at any Federal Auto Cars outlet will be entitled to an exclusive merchandise, while those

Coupe version of the XC40 EV Priced at RM 288k, RM 10k more than XC40 EV Same powertrain and features Volvo Car Malaysia has launched the all-electric (EV) Volvo C40 Recharge, priced at RM 288,888. This marks the second locally-assembled (CKD) EV by Volvo Car Malaysia after the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric. The Volvo C40 is basically a coupe version of the Volvo XC40 – think BMW X3 and X4 – and sits on the same Compact Modular Architecture (CMA). Also read: Volvo wants to overtake Porsche for No.

November's buzzword is the BYD Atto 3, and after our initial spotting of a camouflaged unit we now have some preliminary facts and figures of the battery-electric (BEV) SUV in Malaysia, thanks to our sources close to the matter. Two variants will be offered; the Standard and the Extended range. The Standard range will approximately start from RM 150k, while the Extended is said to be priced from RM 170k. These are still not set in stone just yet, so do account for slight differences in their fin

Volvo is intent on walking the talk when it comes to phasing out internal combustion engines (ICE). Following its plans to go fully electric by 2030, Volvo has unveiled another pure electric model, the Volvo C40 Recharge. The C40 is based on the Volvo's CMA platform and is the first Volvo model in history designed as a pure electric car (whereas the recently-launched XC40 Recharge T5 is just an PHEV variant of regular combustion engine XC40). Volvo says this will be the first of an assault of pu