Ride-hailing apps

CEO Insights

Rising costs will test ride‑hailing sector, but Tada’s zero commission model set to stay: Co-founder

Mr Kay Woo, the group chief executive of TADA’s parent company, says he intends to keep his zero‑commission model for drivers.

5 users test ride-hailing apps in Singapore. Here’s what they found

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With platform fees up, which ride-hailing app in Singapore offers the best value?

A team of reporters booked a total of 45 rides across five ride-hailing apps to compare them.

Gojek, Ryde raise platform fees in February

Gojek's platform fees now cost between $1.10 and $1.70, up from between 90 cents and $1.50.

Grab posts first full-year profit with earnings of $338m, unveils $631m share buyback

Grab swung to a profit of US$200 million (S$253 million) in 2025, from a loss of $158 million in 2024.

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Grab CEO Anthony Tan’s on his journey of building the super app

Grab CEO Anthony Tan goes on the ground to deliver food so that he can understand the struggles of food delivery riders and drivers registered with the super app.

Grab takeover deal for Gojek parent GoTo hits snag, sources say

Negotiations over the deal have hit a snag over Indonesian wireless carrier Telkomsel’s roughly 2 per cent stake in GoTo, sources said.

New work group to review training for private-hire car licence after Autobahn saga

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Autobahn Rent A Car office at Mountbatten on Nov 26, 2025.

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Electric vehicle charging in Singapore must not become a local monopoly

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Electric vehicle (EV) charging points in T41 car park near Block 828 Tampines Street 81 behind Soka Gakkai Singapore (SGS) Headquarters on Oct 24, 2025.
More than 8 in 10 HDB carparks have been equipped with EV charging points, with around 150 more carparks to join the pack.
Deployment for the remaining 150 carparks will be completed after 2025 due to factors such as technical constraints and taking in community preferences to balance the parking needs of various users, said LTA.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Ride-hailing app Gojek back up after ‘temporary service disruption’ during peak hour rush

On outage tracking website Downdetector, about 65 cases involving Gojek were reported by 5.30pm.

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