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Rental car company Hertz Global Holdings and General Electric plan to partner in offering electric vehicles in China and expanding the charging networks needed to run them.   An agreement signed in Shanghai’s “Auto City” of Anting on Wednesday calls for building hundreds of charging stations in major Chinese cities including Shanghai and Beijing, Hertz executives said.   The plan ...

In view of the upcoming festive ‘balik kampung’ rush, Honda Malaysia today reminded owners of Honda City between year 2003 to 2005 to drive to any authorized Honda 3S Centre for a free rear seat belt installation.     The Government of Malaysia through Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR) initiated a rear seat belt campaign on 1st June 2008 and ...

China’s auto sales rose 6.7% in July 2011 but growth was well below the double-digit surge of the past two years.   Around 1.01 million passenger cars were bought in July in the world’s biggest auto market by vehicle sales, according to the government-authorized China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Total sales of commercial and passenger vehicles rose 2.2% from a ...

In a couple of episode back on the British car show Top Gear, “Mr. Bean” star Rowan Atkinson recorded the fastest lap time in the program’s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment.     Unfortunately on last Thursday, he suffered a shoulder injury when his McLaren F1 supercar hit a tree and a lamp post in a crash near ...

Hyundai Malaysia (Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors Sdn Bhd) has revised the new Hyundai Grand Starex Royale, given customers more luxurious yet practical goodies making it a perfect MPV for all occasion. [singlepic id=8122 w=630 h= float=] The exterior enhancement would be a new front grille, daytime LED lights fitted to the side mirrors, better looking front and back bumper and a rear spoiler with 3rd ...

A couple of days ago, Honda Malaysia announced a recall to owners of Stream 2008YM, 2009YM and 2010YM of a product update campaign. The campaign aims to address a technical irregularity involving the water pump pulley bolts, which is caused by the burr formed around the periphery of the bolt-mounting hole. There are a total of 1,494 units involved in ...

Hyundai have introduce a mild facelift model for 2012 Hyundai Sonata at their home ground in South Korea.   Frankly, it will be a little bit of challenge to spot the differences if you are not big fans of Hyundai cars. Anyway, we found some visible changes like a revised front grille with less chrome surface, a new LED rear ...

Do you able to differentiate a Mercedes-Benz ML350 and a Honda CR-V?   The cops in China thought that they probably able to fool the taxpayers by re-badged their Mercedes-Benz ML350 into  Honda CR-V. An ML350 reportedly costs around 900,000 yuan while the Honda CR-V costs around 200,000 yuan in China.   The arrangement went wrong and citizens of Fengchenggang ...