{
  "id": 12413584,
  "title": "40.77mil registered vehicles in Malaysia, 65.3% active",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/40-77mil-registered-vehicles-in-malaysia-65-3-active-12413584",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T15:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/06/40-77mil-registered-vehicles-in-malaysia-65-3-active"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Malaysia currently registers 40.77 million vehicles, with 26.6 million - or 65.3% - actively being used, according to Transport Minister Loke Siew Fook. In response to a parliamentary query, the minister noted a two million vehicle increase from the end of 2024's 38.7 million registrations, with 1.62 million new vehicles added in 2025 alone. Among these, 847,000 were cars and 703,000 motorcycles. Of the active 26.6 million vehicles, approximately 16 million are cars and 9.57 million are motorcycles. The minister explained that the surge in personal vehicles has exacerbated traffic congestion, reduced productivity, and increased transport costs, all while contributing to air pollution and straining road infrastructure. To address these issues, Loke's ministry has introduced several initiatives to promote public transport usage and lessen reliance on personal vehicles, including the new LRT3 and Mutiara LRT lines.",
  "summary": "This is about a two million increase compared with the 38.7 million vehicles registered at the end of 2024.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "40.77mil registered vehicles in Malaysia, 65.3% active",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/40-77mil-registered-vehicles-in-malaysia-65-3-active",
        "published": "2026-10-06T15:05:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Malaysia has 40.77 million registered vehicles, 65.3 pct active",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/malaysia-has-40-77-million-registered-vehicles-65-3-pct-active",
        "published": "2026-10-06T16:42:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}