News & Reviews:   vehicle

In a landmark move for automotive tech, Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion chip supply deal with Samsung Electronics, aimed at powering Tesla’s next-generation AI-driven vehicle platforms. The agreement marks a massive expansion of Samsung’s role as a key supplier to Tesla — and comes with notable endorsements from CEO Elon Musk, who took to X (formerly Twitter) to underscore the partnership’s long-term significance.

The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has announced that it’s aiming to introduce a lemon law or amend existing acts related to defective vehicles in March 2025. Its Minister, Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said that the new law or amendments to existing law is meant to provide a more comprehensive consumer protection framework in line with current demands.

Tsubame Industries may soon be selling a 4.5-meter tall giant robot for $3 million USD (~RM14151000). The robot has four legs with wheels on them, can be piloted from the inside and has five fingered hands. The company plans to make 5 of them for those big spenders out there but haven’t provided any Japan release dates, much less Malaysia release dates.

It seems that Huawei, in collaboration with Cyrus, has officially unveiled the Cyrus Huawei Smart Selection SF5 EV at the price of around RMB216K (~RM137K). The EV is capable of achieving more than 1000KM+ range on a single charge, which is significantly higher compared to Tesla vehicles according to Huawei.

During the 18th Global Analyst Conference in Shenzhen, it seems that Huawei mentioned that they have invested more than USD1 billion in smart car components and R&D in order to manufacture the Huawei EV in the near future. Not only that, but Huawei claimed that their upcoming EV is able to achieve up to 1000KM range of autonomous driving on a single charge, which is significantly more compared to Tesla.

Based on a statement by ithome, it seems that Xiaomi will start production on the Xiaomi Car within 2 months. While there’s no information on whether the vehicles from Xiaomi will be available outside of China, we do know that the vehicles will resemble a lot like the Xiaopeng cars in China.

Based on a statement by 9to5mac, it seems that Hyundai and Kia recently confirmed that they are no longer working with Apple to manufacture the Apple Car. With that being said, it seems that the Apple Car will not be available in the global market until much later.

Based on a statement by gizmodo, it seems that the discussion between Hyundai and Kia in regards to developing the Apple Car might have been put on hold. With that in mind, it is very likely that the driverless vehicle might be postponed for quite a while until further notice.

Based on a statement by gizmochina, it seems that Apple will be collaborating with Hyundai Motor to manufacture Apple’s upcoming vehicle called the Apple Car. While not much is known in regards to the Malaysia release date and local pricing of the aforementioned vehicle, our source did mention that it will most likely be available in either 2024 or 2028.

Petronas recently introduced ROVR, which is a service that delivers petrol, as well as diesel fuel, to the customer’s vehicle starting from as low as RM5. Once ROVR crew reached the location of the vehicle, they will then help fill up your tank to the amount specified on the app.