Lazada Malaysia Now Sells Cars…No Returns
(UPDATE 12.12: All 12 VWs were sold within 20 minutes after they became available on Lazada. Malaysians WOULD buy cars online. What next…
Tech-Savvy Thieves Steal High-Security Cars
Hi-tech keyless cars that are supposed to be amongst the most secure are being stolen from driveways in the dead of the night, without the thieves even having the key. Cars that have the latest technology to protect them from the miscreants have been disappearing in increasing numbers, baffling the Police and car companies alike. But now British Police have discovered how the thieves are circumventing the security systems without getting access to the keys.
Goodbye, Proton; Hello, Bao Teng and Malaysian-made Flying Cars
The new CEO of Proton has been making waves with his almost daily stream of announcements, but one of the most recent concerning the name of Proton itself has somewhat slipped under the radar in Malaysia, the home of Proton.
This 22-Year-Old Gives Incredible “Sight” to Driverless Cars
What were YOU doing at 22?
Toyota Research Institute and Luminar Technologies have teamed up to provide driverless technology to the masses. Silicon Valley-based startup, Luminar, makes LiDAR—Light Detection and Ranging—which are sensors that will give self-driving cars the ability to see far beyond the human eye. It is currently being used by its self-driving Lexus fleet at TRI, and will be tested across the automaker’s facilities in the U.S.
Get your Justice League Cars at Caltex
The Justice League movie screened yesterday and fans were able to watch their favourite comic book heroes in action. And with Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, the queue must have been long.
Build More Cars Over Here—Trump to Japan Inc.
Now, we don’t usually do political stuff here at Automology but today’s headlines from President Trump’s Asia trip made me giggle more than just a little in its simplistic approach to world economics and the car industry in general. For years there has been a ballooning trade imbalance between the US of Americaland and various Asian countries. President Trump’s solution—well, it is easy, really, according to him—and I quote: “ Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over. Is that possible to ask? That’s not rude. Is that rude? I don’t think so.”