Kia starts last-mile delivery service pilot in Singapore for future PBV business
Kia Corporation has begun to lay the groundwork for its innovative Purpose Built Vehicle (PBV) business, partnering with cold chain startup S.lab Asia Inc. to break into Singapore s last-mile delivery market. On 28 January 2021, the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at launching a pilot project in Singapore using the Niro EV and evaluating the potential for a future PBV-based business model. The Niro EV model optimised and modified for last-mile logistics service will be used in Singapore s city centre, in the process responding to the needs of the rapidly growing e-commerce market. In addition, the strategic model will also help strengthen the PBV capabilities and service operations of both partners.
Kia Partners With S.lab Asia For Pilot Last-Mile Delivery Service In Singapore
Kia will gain core PBV project competencies and experiences, including: developing EV-based PBVs that are optimized for last-mile delivery
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DongSoo Ahn, VP & Head of the PBV Business, Kia, and Suah Lee, CEO, S.lab Asia Inc., at the MOU-signing
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The modified Niro EV will be used for ease of unloading and uploading
Kia will also collaborate with S.lab Asia to further develop PBV business
Kia has begun to lay the groundwork for its Purpose Built Vehicle (PBV) business, partnering with cold chain startup S.lab Asia Inc. to break into Singapore s last-mile delivery market. On January 28, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at launching a pilot project in Singapore using the Niro EV and evaluating the potential for a future PBV-based business model.
Kia starts pilot of last-mile delivery service in Singapore for future electric PBV business
Kia Corporation has begun to lay the groundwork for its innovative Purpose-Built Vehicle (PBV) business, partnering with cold chain startup ‘S.lab Asia Inc.’ to break into Singapore’s last-mile delivery market. On January 28, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at launching a pilot project in Singapore using the Niro EV and evaluating the potential for a future PBV-based business model.
The Niro EV model optimized and modified for last-mile logistics service will be used in Singapore’s city center, in the process responding to the needs of the rapidly growing e-commerce market. In addition, the strategic model will also help strengthen the PBV capabilities and service operations of both partners.
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Published January 16, 2021, 7:00 AM
Multisectoral groups, comprising of 51 largest and widely-represented private sector associations, have urged for the immediate enactment of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill to boost market confidence, save jobs and provide instant relief to businesses’ suffering from the COVID-19 impact.
“We, members of some of the largest and most widely-represented private sector groups in the country, reiterate our strongest and unequivocal support for the immediate enactment of the CREATE Bill,” stated the joint statement.
Congress has been deliberating the CREATE Bill for three years already, but both Houses have a hard time reconciling their versions.