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Toyota begins collaboration with Grab on ride-hailing service in Southeast Asia; MSPF

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(Grab), the largest ride-hailing service company in Southeast Asia, are collaborating to provide ride-hailing services throughout Southeast Asia. This project will now be extended to Southeast Asia for the first time. This project will now be extended to Southeast Asia for the first time. Earlier post.).

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Toyota develops “Total-care Service” for ride-hailing companies; rollout with Grab in Singapore

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Working with ride-hailing companies, Total-care Service will enable Toyota to leverage onboard telematics data through a shared information platform and provide services such as fleet management, automotive insurance, and vehicle maintenance packages, aiming to expand the use of ride-hailing vehicles and enhance the driving experience for end users.

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Toyota to invest $1B in Grab and strengthen collaboration to accelerate development of new mobility technologies

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Grab) to strengthen their existing partnership and expand the collaboration between Toyota and Grab in Southeast Asia to drive further advances in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) across the region. The recorder, developed by Toyota for corporate fleets, has been installed in 100 Grab rental cars.

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Porsche invests in Israeli start-up Tactile Mobility; integration of tactile data into production cars

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Tactile Mobility plans to use the funds primarily to strengthen its development as well as sales activities and promote the collaboration with other automotive manufacturers, mobility service providers as well as municipalities and road authorities in the US, Europe and Asia. Tactile data simulates a sense of touch.

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IDTechEX sees battery swapping as winner in 2- and 3-wheeler markets of Asia-Pacific

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In a new report, “ Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles 2022-2032: Technology, Players and Forecasts ”, market research firm IDTechEx concludes that battery-swapping technology currently appears to be a winner in the two- and three-wheeler markets of the Asia-Pacific regions. Commercial fleets.

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Toyota & Daimler Merging Hino & Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Brands

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Their stated goal is to become a "globally competitive" Japanese truck maker with an emphasis on serving Southeast Asia as the primary market. But this has become especially true for commercial vehicles which need to keep costs and complexity down to help with fleet sales.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific will continue to drive PEV sales, as the technology will have only limited availability in the emerging markets of Latin America and Africa. Automakers will want to tap into connectivity to offer information and entertainment services. PEV makers pursue revenue beyond vehicle sales. million tons.

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