Bangkok Calling: UAE personal mobility platform ekar launching its services in Thailand soon – ITP.net

Bangkok Calling: UAE personal mobility platform ekar launching its services in Thailand soon – ITP.net

ekar, the Middle East’s first and largest personal mobility company, is launching operations in Thailand, starting with capital Bangkok in January 2022. This will be followed by other cities later in the year. 

Thailand has been on a lockdown and curfews since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and is currently lifting restrictions. As a beachhead strategy, ekar is launching its proprietary car subscription service which offers cars from one to nine-month terms for a single monthly subscription cost with no down payments or long-term commitments via the ekar app. ekar will be introducing its peer-to-peer carsharing services later in 2022.

“We are very excited to place our first footprint in Southeast Asia. Bangkok is an incredibly exciting opportunity, a city with a high smartphone penetration yet limited tech-enabled self-drive mobility options. Bangkok has eight times more cars and motorbikes than can be properly accommodated on its roads. ekar’s subscription and peer-to-peer carsharing services will allow residents and tourists to have access to affordable 4-wheeled mobility, whilst reducing the overall number of cars on the roads,” said Vilhelm Hedberg, Founder, ekar.