Malaysia’s Road Transport Department (JPJ) has temporarily suspended the Vehicle Type Approval (VTA) for the Chery Omoda 5, halting new registrations of the model. The move follows an incident in Johor Bahru where the SUV’s rear axle and both rear wheels detached while the vehicle was in motion.
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It’s more profitable to keep making gas powered for the moment.
But the big auto makers have always been tone deaf to what the public wants and relied on their control of both democrats and republicans in congress to insulate them from reality. They will keep selling F150’s until they are dragged kicking and screaming away from the production line.
Meanwhile Hyundai and Tesla are eating their lunch.
On a positive note, low speed electric vehicle are really big in some areas and growing. I live in a retirement community with an alternative highway system for LSV. The electrics have pretty much dominated sales of late.