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      BMW 3 Series Sales Have Surpassed 20 Million Units

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      Rare FIAT 131 Mirafiori Stolen From Workshop

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      WULING Bingo Electric Car To Be Priced Below RM98k

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      BMW iX2 xDrive30 Taken For A Weekend Family Test

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      Thailand Passes New Attractive Tax Incentives For PHEVs

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      Jaecoo In Malaysia To Soon Be Rebranded As Omoda Jaecoo

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      UMW Toyota Loans EVs & Hybrids To Ministry Of Transport

      Among the Toyota models on loan to the MOT includes a hybrid Alphard and the all-electric bZ4X.  It would seem that Ministry of Transport (MOT) employees will not be short of cars to head out to lunch anymore, as following BYD’s recent move to loan its EVs to the government, Toyota has now followed suit by providing a fleet of electrified vehicles to the Ministry, in an apparent effort to help support Malaysia’s push towards a lower-carbon future. Here’s what UMW Toyota (UWMT) has supplied to the MOT: 3 Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs):   Toyota Alphard HEV   Toyota Camry…

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      Continental To Shutter Its Alor Setar Tyre Plant By End-2025

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