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Retail Asia23/06/2023

Leading international express service provider DHL Express has geared up to electrify its last-mile delivery fleet with the deployment of 24 electric vans in Jakarta and Bandung. The introduction of the new e-vans, which are expected to cut 177 tonnes of annual carbon emissions, underscores the company’s commitment to more sustainable operations and contributing to […]

Retail Asia02/05/2022

Ninja Van has introduced PUDO (Pick-up Drop-off) franchising into Vietnam, providing local small-cap entrepreneurs a profitable opportunity. Ninja Van’s Agency Sales Network, the official name for Ninja Van Retail’s revolutionary PUDO business, is now expanding, with over 200 agents entering the network. To keep up with the changing pace of the e-commerce market, Ninja Van […]

Retail Asia13/04/2022

If you’re Google, what do you do with Waze? Google reportedly paid anywhere from $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion for the crowdsourced navigation app and several Waze features ended up on Google Maps including speed limit signs, the speed of your vehicle, the ability to report speed traps and accidents, the cost of the tolls that you […]

Retail Asia01/11/2021

Ninja Van, a Singaporean logistics startup and new ASEAN unicorn, is set to drive a broad strategy in Vietnam to benefit from the country’s strong e-logistics market growth. After successfully raising $578 million in Series E funding, Ninja Van has officially become an ASEAN “unicorn,”.Dzung Phan, president of Ninja Van, said while revealing the startup’s […]

Retail Asia18/03/2020

Lifestyle fashion brand Vans has released a collection of shoes and apparel celebrating autism awareness. The range is designed for consumers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and comes in calming colors with features that focus on the senses. The collection includes slip-on shoes with squishy uppers and rubber toe caps, and an assortment of long- and […]

Retail Asia03/12/2019

Deutsche Post DHL Group’s StreetScooter electric vehicle unit will enter the U.S market next year as delivery firms and municipalities work to cut greenhouse gas emissions. DHL will debut StreetScooter’s zero-emission Work L delivery van in two urban U.S markets, one on each coast, starting in Spring 2020, the companies said They did not specify […]

Retail Asia10/04/2019

Deutsche Post/ DHL’s EV building outlet StreetScooter is to sign a contract with Yamato, a major Japanese logistics company worth around 32 million euros. The two companies will develop a small electric van together and will bring the first 500 units into the greater Tokyo area by autumn. Progressed negotiations that have now been concluded. […]

Retail Asia17/10/2018

Mercedes-Benz has identified a power-steering problem plaguing its highly touted Sprinter vans. The cause of the problem is a fluid leak that can make it difficult to turn the wheel of the vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz spokeswoman, Catherine Gebhardt. It has affected Amazon, which recently became Daimler AG’s biggest buyer of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans with an […]

Retail Asia15/05/2018

Like the Japanese warrior it is named after, homegrown logistics tech startup Ninja Van is taking the fight to its rivals in its bid to become the top delivery e-commerce service here and in the region. For a start, Ninja Van plans to increase its parcel collection points to 500 by the end of the […]

Retail Asia30/06/2017

Ford is recalling more than 400,000 Transit vans and buses to fix cracked drive shaft couplings that can cause the vehicles to lose power. The company says the recall covers North American vans, buses and chassis cabs with medium, long and extended wheelbases from 2015 to 2017. The coupling can separate from the drive shaft, […]

Retail Asia14/04/2017

DHL is one of the largest delivery companies in the world. When it wanted to reduce is carbon footprint by using battery-powered electric delivery vans, it approached several major manufacturers and asked them to supply it with vehicles that met its needs. Not possible, the manufacturers all said. Too expensive. Not enough volume to make it […]

Retail Asia24/11/2016

Toyota Motor Corp said it was recalling about 838,000 Sienna minivans to fix an issue that may arise while operating sliding doors of the vehicles. The recall affects about 744,000 vehicles in the United States and nearly 4,000 vehicles in South Korea and Taiwan, a Toyota spokesman said on Tuesday. “Toyota would like to refrain […]

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DHL Express expands electric van fleet in Indonesia

Ninja Van expands network in Vietnam

With the Waze Retro Mode, go back in time and drive a VW bus as you navigate to your destination

Singaporean logistics unicorn eyes Vietnam as key expansion market

Vans releases range of footwear for those with autism

DHL To Debut Zero-Emission Electric Delivery Vans In U.S. Cities

DHL to build electric vans in Japan

Some of Amazon’s brand-new Mercedes delivery vans are facing mechanical failures

Ninja Van ready to pounce on rivals in Singapore

Ford recalls 40000 big vans; cracked coupling can cause power loss

DHL To Double Electric Delivery Van Production

Toyota recalls 838,000 Sienna minivans to fix sliding door issue