Urban Mobility
More options for first/last mile connectivity. If 2017 was the year when the world realised Softbank may win the global ride-hailing wars, 2018 is when ride-hailing giants collectively opened a new frontier: bike-sharing. The signs were abundant in January. Didi Chuxing said it wants to launch its own bike-sharing platform after an integration with bike-sharing players ofo last year seemed
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– Hyundai joins Grab’s latest Series G financing round. – Investment to help Hyundai expand urban mobility service in Southeast Asia. – Hyundai, Grab to develop mobility service platform utilizing IONIQ model. – Grab is Southeast Asia’s largest mobility service provider. SEOUL, South Korea and SINGAPORE, Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, and Grab, the leading
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Price Transparency Ipoh-based taxi hailing app Wowora is looking to compete with ride-hailing giants Uber and Grab in Malaysia’s fringe markets, banking on fixed price rates to attract passengers who may be turned off by the ride-hailing companies’ surge pricing mechanism. According to its website, Wowora follows the taxi rate in each state it operates in and does not seem
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The transport ministry has requested that no more new vehicles be licensed to add to the existing fleets of ride-sharing service providers, putting a stop to the number of cars able to join the pilot program, according to Tuoitrenews. Pilot Program getting Disruptive MoT asked the local Department of Transport to stop allowing more cars to participate. This decision is
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Malaysian taxi company Big Blue Taxi Facilities (BBTF) Sdn Bhd adviser Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail questions why the Youth and Sports Ministry is partnering Grab for the 2017 KL SEA Games being held from August 19 to 30. “How can Khairy condone such an illegal activity, especially when the service has not been approved by the government?” asked Shamsubahrin. The context A robbery
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Amid a growing number of ride-hailing regulation being drafted and passed in the Southeast Asia region and around the world, Malaysia seemed set to follow suit. On Tuesday, the amendments to the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (CVLB) Act 1987 and the Land Public Transport Act 2010 were tabled by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nancy Shukry proposing
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Two weeks ago, the Malaysian ride-hailing and ride-sharing scene seemed on the verge of a milestone as Uber and the umbrella body of local taxis agreed to join forces. But that alliance has since been put on hold amid fierce opposition by some taxi drivers. Protests against ride-hailing services have continued, the latest coming outside the Malaysian Parliament this week. Yesterday, Malaysia’s neighbouring country Indonesia
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The Malaysian government is providing a swathe of incentives to encourage more people to drive for ride-sharing services, effectively backing what remains, technically, an illegal activity by law. As the Malaysian prime minister tabled Budget 2017 in end-October, one thing became clear: ride-sharing is here to stay in the nation. The question now is whether big local corporates will take the government’s
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Step into the future with Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading ride hailing app, because we have an exclusive treat for you this weekend. For the first time in Malaysia, Grab in partnership with GreenTech Malaysia is officially offering Grab users to experience the Tesla Model S85for the first time. This iconic EV accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds
Read moreThe Philippines has stopped accepting applications for new ride-sharing vehicles of Uber and Grab due to a backlog amid a government review of its policies on fare spikes, a senior official said on July 22. Applications have ballooned to record highs, with 29,000 pending, 23,000 of which were for Uber and the rest divided between Grab and u-Hop, she said.
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