Transportation

Malaysia’s Grab, Foodpanda food delivery riders on 24-hour strike, call for better fees & benefits – report

Dubbed "Food Delivery Blackout", riders who attended a press conference said that the number of p-hailing and e-hailing drivers that went on strike on Friday is still unknown, but it is happening nationwide.

Malaysia’s AirAsia, UK’s Skyports seal partnership to explore air taxi in Malaysia

Skyports Infrastructure, the United Kingdom-based advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure developer, and AirAsia’s Advanced Air Mobility, a dedicated unit of Malaysia's AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (the aviation arm of Capital A), have signed a letter of tntent (LoI) to explore the development of air taxi infrastructure in Malaysia.

Carsome expands Malaysia-based regional headquarters

Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome announced Wednesday the expansion of its regional headquarters in Malaysia, which signifies the company’s efforts in growing a high-skilled workforce to solve customers’ pain points in the car ownership journey.

Malaysia’s Carsome appoints football legend & icon Eric Cantona as brand ambassador

Malaysia-based integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome, announced Thursday the appointment of football legend, Eric Cantona, as its brand ambassador. In his capacity as ambassador to the brand, Cantona will take an active involvement in Carsome’s upcoming promotional activities this year as well as group-wide advertising campaigns in Malaysia, Indonesia…

Grab launches intercity travel service in Malaysia and Singapore

Southeast Asian super app Grab said Thursday it has officially launched Grab Intercity, giving users the ability to conveniently purchase affordable bus and ferry tickets between Malaysia and Singapore right on the Grab app.

How data connectivity is driving the future of the automotive industry

As systems evolve towards fully autonomous driving, data-driven services, and much greater personalization in the software-defined car, robust, high-performance, and secure connectivity will become increasingly indispensable.

Indonesia’s Gojek says ‘no current plans’ to enter Malaysia

“Gojek is not currently available in Malaysia and we have no current plans to enter the market,” a Gojek spokesperson told TechNode Global in an email.

Malaysia’s unicorn Carsome to delay dual-listing plans – report

Carsome, which is also Malaysia's first tech unicorn, has halted work on the planned offerings that were set for this year, the people reportedly said. Carsome may revive the first-time share sales next year if markets improve, they added.