EV & Mobility
Tethered Tech: The Hidden Cost of Battery Swapping Lock-In for Indonesia's EV Fleets
If you’re a last-mile delivery fleet operator in Indonesia—with hundreds or thousands of two-wheel vehicles across dense urban routes—you are being asked to make a structural decision: whether to commit to a battery-as-a-service model built around proprietary swapping infrastructure. Get that decision wrong, and you ri…
The Hormuz Problem Asia's Battery Makers Haven't Mapped
Nearly eight weeks after US-Israeli strikes on Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, most coverage has focused on oil prices, stranded tankers, and ceasefire negotiations. That is the visible story. There is a quieter one running underneath it.
When Battery Economics Shift: What Gets Stress-Tested in China’s EV Strategy?
China’s EV mix is shifting: EV growth is slowing, battery prices remain higher than many expected, and hybrids are gaining market share.
Singapore’s Driverless Proving Ground: How Chinese AVs Are Turning Pilots Into Proof
When Grab unveiled its partnership with WeRide last month to deploy autonomous shuttles on consumer routes in Punggol, Singapore crossed a key threshold - from closed-door tests to rides open to everyday residents.
VinFast Pivots to Southeast Asia - But Can it Outrun BYD in Indonesia?
Vietnam's VinFast is pivoting hard to Southeast Asia after struggling in the US and Europe. The electric vehicle (EV) maker has broken ground on an assembly plant in Subang, West Java, committing more than 1.9 trillion rupiah (about $115.4 million) to a facility slated to open in late 2025 with capacity for 50,000 vehicles a year.
Not Just EVs: China Leads the World in Battery Production and Technology for all Vehicles
If you have been following the news, you would know that BYD has overtaken Tesla in the electric vehicle (EVs) market. You would also probably have heard how other Chinese EV brands such as Nio and XPeng have made significant inroads in different parts of the world, including in Singapore and Southeast Asia.