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Singapore could be first City with Driverless Taxis

April 18, 2016

One city is set to release driverless vehicles on the road, and surprisingly, it may not come from any of the seven major companies that are all aiming to do so by 2020. It could be happening much sooner, but thousands of miles away from them, in the small country of Singapore. A startup from the island city, nuTonomy, will embark on a pilot programme for driverless taxis this year, with the end-goal of having thousands of driverless taxis ferrying people around and across Singapore. nuTonomy will allow customers to order driverless taxis much the same way as they would using Uber.

Nigeria learns the Meaning of Ironic

April 8, 2016

In Africa’s largest oil producer, Nigeria, the petrol pumps are drying up as queues to the pumps are now averaging more than two kilometres long. In fact, the shortages have become so acute that people have taken to sleeping in their cars overnight on the off-chance that a tanker may arrive the next day to resupply the dry petrol stations.

Car Features We Need and Some to Skip

April 4, 2016

Automakers are always shouting about newer and better features, proclaiming them to be must-haves in your next car. It’s overwhelming and for the inexperienced, we might even be inclined to believe that that new thingamabob or whatchamacallit is worth parting with more money for.

Pre-sales for Tesla 3 break records

April 4, 2016

When Elon Musk took the stage at Tesla’s design studio last Thursday night to introduce the Model 3, the company already had 115,000 bookings for the highly anticipated all-electric car. Delivery won’t even start until end of 2017, and that’s if Tesla stays on schedule.

X-1R helps BMW’s in 3,200km Journey

April 2, 2016

When the BMW Society Malaysia (BSM) approached our sponsor, X-1R Global, late last year, to sponsor and support its members during the All BMW Club Drag 2015, X-1R was more than happy to oblige. The event was organised by the BMW Society of Thailand, comprising a round trip journey from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok and back again, for a total driving distance of 3,200 kilometres. It proved to be a test of endurance for both man and machine.