The silent surge: Why EV power demands a new era of driving safety on Malaysian roads


ON Oct 12, 2026, a devastating six-vehicle collision on Jalan Kuching in Kuala Lumpur claimed the life of a five-year-old girl ("Six-car crash kills five-year-old in Kuala Lumpur").

She was seated in the rear passenger seat of her family's Perodua Bezza when a BYD Seal rammed into a motorcycle and the Bezza in slow-moving traffic. The force of the rear-end impact caused the Bezza to spin and crash into three other vehicles.

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