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Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Services

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

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Malaysia

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Thailand

Vietnam

Strong performances across mobility, deliveries, and financial services drove Grab’s better-than-expected first-quarter results.

Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations | KrASIA

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Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Sudo Lim

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The two companies unveiled processors designed to boost real-time performance, enhance safety, and power more centralized automotive systems.

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles | KrASIA

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Once reliant on the US, Chinese brands are pivoting to new markets to blunt the impact of trade tensions.

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps | KrASIA

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps

Xpeng Motors builds intelligent EVs equipped with advanced infotainment systems, autonomous features, and sleek electric mobility designs.

Xpeng Motors

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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

WeRide refines autonomous vehicle software, deploying AI-driven solutions that improve road safety, efficiency, and future-ready mobility.

WeRide

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

With futuristic cockpits and automated driving becoming reality, will manual driving become a thing of the past?

Here’s everything you’ll find in your fully autonomous vehicular future | KrASIA

Here’s everything you’ll find in your fully autonomous vehicular future

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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Xpeng Motors raises USD 1.8 billion in Hong Kong IPO as EV race heats up. This follows a USD 1.5 billion New York IPO in August 2020.

Xpeng Motors raises USD 1.8 billion in Hong Kong IPO as EV race heats up | KrASIA

Xpeng Motors raises USD 1.8 billion in Hong Kong IPO as EV race heats up

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Xpeng Q1 revenue increase 616% year-on-year

EV deliveries increased nearly 500% compared to the same quarter in 2020.

KEY STAT | Xpeng posts robust revenue growth as autonomous driving software propels company forward | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Xpeng posts robust revenue growth as autonomous driving software propels company forward

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Julianna Wu

WM Motor creates user-centric electric cars and integrates connectivity, smart interfaces, and eco-friendly powertrains.

WM Motor

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Xiaomi

Visual Stories

Eight years ago, Lei Jun purchased his first Tesla. Last Wednesday, speaking with a slightly husky voice because he had a cold, Lei said that Xiaomi is about to enter the electric vehicle business. He called it "the last major entrepreneurship project" of his life.The announcement cut through a series of leaks and denials from the past few months. Before this point, Lei himself had a hard time figuring out whether Xiaomi should be part of this highly competitive industry, with startups like Nio, Xpeng gaining heat, and conglomerates like Baidu and Evengrande already making headway.

A letter from Lei Jun: Starting over one last time | KrASIA

A letter from Lei Jun: Starting over one last time

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

Li Auto

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Chinese citizens are expected to buy 1.9 million electric vehicles (EVs) this year, in what is considered the world's largest EV market by country, according to market research firm Canalys.

VIDEO | How are Tesla's Chinese rivals faring in 2021? | KrASIA

VIDEO | How are Tesla&#8217;s Chinese rivals faring in 2021?

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James Chan

Xpeng Motors' doesn't expect the global chip shortage to disrupt its production, providing an opportunity to close the gap on its rivals.

Xpeng Motors looks to ramp up production and emerge unscathed from global chip shortage | KrASIA

Xpeng Motors looks to ramp up production and emerge unscathed from global chip shortage

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AJ Cortese

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

Tesla’s electric cars, battery storage systems, and solar energy solutions shape sustainable transportation and power grids.

Tesla

Xiaomi founder Lei Jun would lead the new EV team. He has backed both Nio and Xpeng through his venture capital firm Shunwei Capital.

A 'Xiaomi car'? Phonemaker reportedly targets EV production | KrASIA

A &#8216;Xiaomi car&#8217;? Phonemaker reportedly targets EV production

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Song Jingli

The Hongguang Mini EV is the cheapest electric car in China.

China's top-selling EV maker SGMW keeps its momentum in the new year | KrASIA

China&#8217;s top-selling EV maker SGMW keeps its momentum in the new year

Building on its growth momentum from the latter half of 2020, China's electric vehicle (EV) startups opened the new year with strong increases in delivery numbers.

Xpeng Motors

Here’s everything you’ll find in your fully autonomous vehicular future

Xpeng Motors raises USD 1.8 billion in Hong Kong IPO as EV race heats up

KEY STAT | Xpeng posts robust revenue growth as autonomous driving software propels company forward

A letter from Lei Jun: Starting over one last time

VIDEO | How are Tesla’s Chinese rivals faring in 2021?

Xpeng Motors looks to ramp up production and emerge unscathed from global chip shortage

A ‘Xiaomi car’? Phonemaker reportedly targets EV production

China’s top-selling EV maker SGMW keeps its momentum in the new year

KEY STAT | Nio quadruples EV deliveries in January

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