Electric Vehicles & Mobility
Malaysian Prime Minister too, tries to court Tesla to invest in the country – report
Neighbouring Indonesia has been publicly wooing Tesla to invest in the country to help develop its ambitious EV and battery industry plans. Indonesian President Joko Widodo is planning to meet Tesla Founder and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.
Taiwan’s Gogoro to launch battery swapping platform & smartscooters in Israel
Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based battery swapping ecosystems provider, announced Thursday it was partnering with Israeli two-wheel vehicle distributor Metro Motor and Israeli gas and energy company Paz Group to launch its battery swapping platform and smartscooters in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area this summer and other cities in Israel in the future.
Building Southeast Asia’s EV motorbike ecosystem, an interview with ION Mobility’s James Chan [Podcast Q&A]
"With the EV transition, we’re not just going to benefit from significant efficiency gains in converting stored electrical energy into mobility. We’re also going to make that evolutionary leap from being analog devices to completely digital and always-connected personalized devices, just like the ubiquitous smartphone."
