Urban Mobility
This week, a ministerial proposal to ban motorcycles from Kuala Lumpur in effort to reduce carbon emission has prompted criticism from Malaysians. Flying below the radar of the discourse, however, is a homegrown manufacturer of a greener alternative that has been steadily growing. Enter Eclimo, the Penang-based electric vehicle maker that will celebrate its ninth year of operations by June
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Thailand-based OEMs are set to benefit from the expansion of an existing auto tariff-free zone to ASEAN members Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam in 2018. Thailand is a regional production and export hub for the world’s top automakers, including Japan’s Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Isuzu and Nissan, as well as U.S.-based General Motors, primarily Chevrolet, and Ford. According to global market-research firm IHS, Thai
Read moreCambodia’s automobile industry expressed strong concerns that the recent government decision to increase the rate of taxation levied on luxury and new cars imported into the Kingdom could seriously jeopardize their already small sales ‒ in a market dominated by imports of used cars of dubious origin ‒ and force many of them to lay off their staff. Antoine Jeanson,
Read moreTri Petch Isuzu is expected to increase its market share in Cambodia and Laos by 10 percent in two years, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. Toshiaki Maekawa, president of Tri Petch Isuzu, told the Bangkok Post on Wednesday that the company expects to increase its market share in the two countries from the current two percent to
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