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Why Are There Less Hybrid Mercedes-Benz Models Available For Sale Today?

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Ferdinand  |  August 31, 2021

Why is Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) lagging behind on its local electrification strategy? Why are there fewer Mercedes-Benz hybrid models available ...

MARii Announces A New Policy To Accelerate EV Industry

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Arvind  |  May 20, 2021

During a roundtable with the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the ‎CEO of ‎Malaysia Automotive, Robotics & IoT Institute (MARii) Dato ...

MITI Mulling A National Automotive Council

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Arvind  |  March 04, 2020

While officiating a joint press event between MITI and the Malaysian Automotive Robotics and IOT Institute (MARii), Deputy Secretary YBhg. Dato' Sri ...

MITI x MARii - Growth Expected In 2020 For Automotive Sector

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Arvind  |  March 04, 2020

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), together with the Malaysian Automotive Robotics and IOT Institute (MARii) have announced ...

NAP 2020: What Do the "Rakyat" Want to See?

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Gokul  |  February 24, 2020

The new National Automotive Policy (NAP 2020) was just announced last week after much anticipation, and as we expected, it raised more questions than ...

NAP 2020: A Roadmap To More Questions?

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Arvind  |  February 21, 2020

The National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2020 has officially been launched. The NAP 2020 essentially expands on the guidelines of the outdated NAP 2014 ...

Malaysian Government Lost RM4.89b In Excise Duty For Cars

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Hans  |  July 15, 2019

The latest Auditor General’s Report 2018 revealed that between 2015 to 2017, the Malaysian government had given out RM4.89 billion worth of excise ...

Thankfully, No Flying Cars For Malaysia. Minister Confuses Flying Cars With VTOL Vehicles

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Hans  |  March 28, 2019

After enduring nearly two months of confusion, we can now breathe a sigh of relief as Malaysia is not attempting to produce any flying cars.The idea ...

Kian Ming To Khairy: Government Has No Plans To Build A Flying Car

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Hans  |  March 27, 2019

Deputy International Trade and Industry Dr Ong Kian Ming has denied that the government is building a flying car, calling Rembau Member of Parliament ...

Khairy Asks If National Automotive Policy's Inclusion Of Flying Vehicles Is For Real

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Hans  |  March 26, 2019

It looks like news reports claiming that the new automotive policy will establish regulatory framework for flying cars is indeed true.Rembau’s Member ...

Government Mulls Lower Excise Duty For Cars - How Low Will Prices Go? How Realistic Is It?

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Hans  |  February 12, 2019

Earlier last month, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Dr. Ong Kian Ming said during a press conference by MITI (Ministry of ...

Third National Car Fund Approved, RM20 Million To Develop Prototype

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Siew Weng  |  January 08, 2019

The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development has revealed that a fund of close to RM20 million has been approved for the development of the third ...

New National Auto Policy To Cover Commercial Vehicles, Internet Connected Cars, Plus Green Tech

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Hans  |  December 13, 2018

The new National Automotive Policy (NAP) will be announced before the year ends, and will leverage on the National Industry 4.0 policy that is being ...

Government Preparing Large Fund For R&D Of Third National Car

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Eric  |  December 07, 2018

Entrepreneur Development Minister Mohd Redzuan Yusof has said that the government will be channelling funds into the research and development (R&D) ...

Tun Mahathir – Prospect Of Third National Car Garnering Interest Well

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Eric  |  December 06, 2018

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that Malaysia has garnered a lot of interest at the idea of a third national car.“We want to build a ...

Third National Car Prototype To Be Revealed In 2019

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Eric  |  December 04, 2018

The prototype of the third national car is expected to be revealed in 2019, according to The Edge Markets quoting Economic Affairs Minister Datuk ...

KLIAC 2018- Digital Advancement To Significantly Transform Automotive Retailing

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Siew Weng  |  November 21, 2018

The Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) and the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) co-organized the Kuala Lumpur International ...

MITI: APs Are Here To Stay

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Eric  |  November 07, 2018

Business radio station BFM was interviewing Dr Ong Kian Ming, Deputy Minister of the International Trade and Industry (MITI) earlier today.According ...