JAKARTA — Eager to help Jakarta rid its image as one of the most polluted cities in Southeast Asia, transportation companies in the capital are looking to deploy electric vehicles

Grab has revealed its roadmap to launch electric vehicles (EV) in Indonesia in partnership with the local government. The ride-hailing startup will collaborate with automakers and distributors, including Hyundai, Astra Honda Motor and Gesits, to introduce four- and two-wheeler electric vehicles for pilots in the Greater Jakarta area. Users will be able to book EV […]

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane authorities will begin stricter checks on electric tricycles and motorcycle sidecars in the capital with more illegally making their way onto the city’s streets. Head of the transportation management division under Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department, Mr Sivone Subthavy told Vientiane Times yesterday the department will soon cooperate with […]

TAGUIG CITY –  The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Energy Utilization Management Bureau (EUMB), will be conducting a Promotional Run of Advanced Technology Vehicles on Saturday, 14 December at the Quezon Memorial Grounds. Co-organized by the local government of Quezon City, the event is part of the DOE’s Alternative Fuels and Energy Technology Program. […]

Thailand Post Co and Banpu Infinergy Co (BPIN) have launched a pilot fleet of electric-powered vehicles to deliver parcels in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Kalong Subsaart, senior executive vice-president of Thailand Post, said Banpu delivered electric-powered vehicles to Thailand Post under the partnership for the testing phase of postal transport.

SEOUL, Nov 28 – Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) is partnering with a consortium consisting of South Korean company, Edison Motors Co Ltd, and an undisclosed Malaysian company to establish the first electric bus assembly plant in Malaysia. The partnership comes with an initial investment of US$100 (RM417) million. In a meeting chaired […]

China”s Zhongtong Bus Holding Co., Ltd. and Malaysian automotive manufacturer Terus Maju Services (TMS) have signed an agreement to develop new ”energy buses” for the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) markets. The agreement, signed on Monday (local time), would see the two companies jointly develop buses for Malaysia”s domestic market and other ASEAN markets […]

Electric vehicles are lauded as an environmentally friendly alternative to gas-powered cars, thanks in part to producing no emissions on the road. Yet building electric cars creates more greenhouse-gas emissions than producing an equivalent gas-powered vehicle. Studies have shown that to be true in the world’s top three markets – in the US, China, and […]

Toyota Motor Corporation expects in the next decade people will gear up for sales of electrified vehicles, covering four categories: hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). By 2025, Toyota aims to have sales of more than 5.5 million EVs, including more than […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) –  Owners of electric vehicles (EVs) in Jakarta have no more needed longer time to charge their EV batteries. They just take 20 minutes to do that at an ultra-fast public charging station that state-owned electricity firm PLN had set up last month. ANTARA observed on Sunday that the EV owners could shorten […]