Formula E Teams Receive Their Electric Racecars

Last Thursday, the ten Formula E teams received their first all-electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E cars, coinciding with the opening of the Formula E headquarters, a 44,000sqf facility in Donington Park where all pre-season tests will take place. The teams received one of the French-built car apiece, and is scheduled to receive another three more by 15 July.

Malaysians Not Keen On Made-in-Malaysia Cars

Namely Proton cars. So says Proton.

Proton Chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil, recently bemoaned the lack of Malaysian support for the national automaker’s vehicles in a media interview. “I don’t understand why Malaysians are not supporting Proton,” he said to the Business Times last week, citing other countries like Japan and South Korea, which citizens are supportive of vehicles produced by their respective local marques.