Ride-hailing firm Grab plans on investing “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam since it sees the country as its next growth market. Grab unveilled the plan just weeks after it disclosed a $2 billion investment plan for Indonesia. The proposed investment plan marks Vietnam as one of Asia’s fastest growing economy and underscores Grab’s eagerness…
The autonomous driving unit will function as an independent company. On Monday, China’s ride hailing firm Didi Chuxing stated it has launched an autonomous driving unit as an independent company. The business will focus its resources on research and development activities as well as deepen its collaboration with automakers. Zhang Bo, Didi’s chief technology officer…
The Chinese ride hailing giant aims to focus on its core businesses this year. On Friday, a source familiar with the matter at hand disclosed, Chinese ride sharing giant Didi Chuxing will be laying off 15% of its workforce, roughly 2,000 people, in 2019. According to the source, Didi Chuxing’s CEO Cheng Wei told during…
The joint venture, BAIC-Xiaoju New Energy Auto Technology Co. Ltd, will see the two collaborate on new energy vehicles as well as artificial intelligence projects. On Monday, as per a statement released by China’s Didi Chuxing, it had set up a joint venture with BAIC’s Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., in order to work on new…
In just 6 years, Grab has managed to attract $6 billion in funding. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, SoftBank Group Corp is nearing a deal to invest nearly $500 million in Grab. The potential deal is part of a nearly $1 billion funding that Grab aims to tap in its latest…
The collaboration is aimed at building next-gen purpose-built electric-vehicles for Didi’s services. On Tuesday, China’s Didi Chuxing, a ride-sharing company, disclosed it has signed an agreement with German automotive supplier Continental AG to co-develop connected vehicles and design purpose-built electric vehicles (EVs) for Didi’s services. “Based on DiDi’s practical experience on mobility as well as…
This is the biggest investment to date by an automaker in the global ride-hailing sector. On Wednesday, Toyota Motor Corp stated it has agreed to invest $1 billion Grab, a Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm, as its lead investor in its current funding round which was launched after it bought Uber Technologies’ regional business. Toyota’s move…
The Chinese ride-hailing firm is expecting to mop $70-$80 billion through its IPO. On Tuesday, a report by the Wall Street Journal stated citing sources familiar with the matter at hand, Didi Chuxing, a Chinese ride-hailing firm is in talks for holding its multi-billion-dollar initial public offering (IPO) sometime this year. Didi Chuxing is expecting…
Sony Corp is the latest tech firm vying for market share in Japan’s highly regulated ride-hailing market and is set to partner with Daiwa Motor Transportation and 4 other domestic Japanese taxi firms for the same. On Tuesday, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported, Sony Corp is to become the latest tech firm which is jockeying for…
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