Ride-hailing apps

Vietnam’s Grab drivers call for two-day app boycott over falling earnings

About 400,000 ride-hailing and delivery motorbike riders in Ho Chi Minh City have to choose between switching to e-bikes and quitting their jobs amid policy shifts.

Grab launches car marketplace with new and pre-owned vehicles for sale

Grab launches new online car marketplace.

Uber to lay off 10% of its workers in biggest cuts since Covid-19

Uber is flattening management layers to simplify organisational complexity, its CEO says.

Car rental firm RentLah sues former director and finance company over alleged ‘cashback’ scheme

The cars involved included those used by private-hire drivers.

When self-driving vehicles become the norm, what will professional drivers do?

Free trials of autonomous vehicles are under way in Punggol. Familiarity with the new technology will breed trust, says the writer.

Ride-hailing giant Uber fined $1.2 billion for suspending driver accounts

US car-booking giant Uber was fined for deactivating drivers’ accounts without informing them.

ComfortDelGro pumps $10m into BYD electric, hybrid vehicles for private-hire fleet

ComfortDelGro said the vehicles will be added to its ride-hailing platform Zig in stages, and drivers can tap the PHV fleet in the coming months.

CEO Insights

Self-driving vehicles are the future, but happy drivers are still key for happy riders: Ryde founder

Singapore could see a mindset shift favouring ride-hailing and carpooling as car ownership gets more expensive and less attractive, said Terence Zou, chief executive of ride-hailing platform Ryde.

Gojek parent GoTo’s fall from grace deepens with removal from MSCI indexes

MSCI followed through on its earlier warning in May that it would delete the stock if it failed relevant liquidity requirements.

New Grab AI-powered call service aims to drive convenience for seniors

In a media statement on Aug 5, Grab Singapore announced the launch of Grab AI Call-A-Ride (Beta), which is an AI-powered call service for booking rides.

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