Uber has, through its brief existence, teetered from one controversy to another. Their meteoric growth is probably a part of the problem, with control mechanisms being outpaced by the rate of growth. However, in a very worrying report from the UK Police, it was announced that Uber drivers are linked to one sex attack per week, in London alone!
No sooner than we had written about the plans of Jaguar to electrify its fleet, then BMW makes a similar announcement. Apparently, by 2025, 12 of the 25 models that BMW are selling will be totally electric, and the others will all be hybrids, according to CEO Harald Kreuger.
Jaguar Land Rover has followed Volvo’s initiative and announced that it too will be ending its reliance on the internal combustion engine and only selling all electric or hybrid cars by 2020; this is despite not making ANY electric vehicles at present.
If you are a Porsche loyalist and fan, which I am, you may well be feeling a little dazed and confused at the present. Porsche has always been more about racing cars that you would recognise on the street, in a sort of purist way.
The Philippines, a country known these days for its notorious yet very popular president, registered the highest auto sales growth rate among its ASEAN neighbours for the first half of 2017, and also the highest economic growth rate (Gross Domestic Product) of 6.4%.
Aspiring Uber drivers whose car is too old or, erm, if they don’t even own a car, can now rent one through Quick Ride SB, a car leasing service for the purpose of providing Uber services. With just a deposit of RM1,000, you can lease a Proton Saga for RM45/day or Proton Persona for RM55/day—that’s about RM1,350 to RM1,705 a month—for a duration of three years.