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China considers relaxing rules for Foreign EV-makers

September 22, 2017

Chinese lawmakers have signalled that they are about to change the rules for foreign ownership in the car industry for manufacturers that wish to set up wholly owned EV-manufacturing businesses within free-trade zones. This is a fundamental reversal in the principles governing the country’s auto-making industry that has been in place since the 1990’s, and is bound to make waves around the business world; well, at least those related to car-making.

The Philippines belongs to Toyota

September 18, 2017

Our Philippine correspondent, Harold, pointed out recently that seven out of the Top Ten Best Selling Cars in the Philippines is a Toyota, which helped the Japanese carmaker conquer 39.3% of the total vehicle sales in the Philippines last year.

How to Ride Safely with Uber or Grab

September 18, 2017

Recently, we wrote about the worrying statistic that in London alone, Uber drivers are allegedly responsible for one sexual assault a week. In our neck of the woods, Uber and Grab are also not entirely free from scandal nor have escaped headlines linking their drivers to misbehaviour, violence and sexual assault. (Riders misbehave too, of course, but that’s for another article.)

Is Bike-Sharing the Way to Go?

September 15, 2017

Just a few short weeks ago, during the recent South East Asian Games, pedestrians around KL were greeted with yet another obstacle when hundreds, or may be even thousands, of bikes were left around the city, after a new bike-sharing service commenced.

Is Bike-Sharing the Way to Go?

September 15, 2017

No, this is not an abstract painting, but what 10,000 impounded bikes look like in an impound in China. Now, the same bike-sharing schemes are coming to South East Asia, so should we be scared?