Austrade
A Brisbane-based technology company that helps match car drivers with parking spots has won a major global technology challenge.
The US$250,000 prize money will now help KERB introduce its congestion-reducing technology. Company executives believe there are 690,000 parking spaces in Kuala Lumpur, which their marketplace can unlock.
‘We are currently encouraging all Malaysians with an empty parking space to download the KERB app and help reduce congestion,’ says David Albaiceta, Regional Director, Southeast Asia.
The 2020 global challenge was launched by the Toyota Mobility Foundation and co-developed by the Deloitte Future of Mobility Solution Centre.
Austrade encouraged KERB’s submission, and works with the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to encourage Australian–Malaysian collaboration in digital projects.
Indonesia woos Tesla, Chinese and South Korean firms, in bid for electric vehicle battery crown Elon Musk. Photo: Getty Images
As momentum grows for the adoption of electric vehicles in Asia, Indonesia is hoping to become a key part of the supply chain by becoming a major producer of lithium-ion batteries.
Southeast Asia s largest economy owns one-quarter of the world s reserves of nickel - a key material in the production of the batteries - and as a country controls the world s largest reserves, ahead of Australia and Brazil.
Indeed, the country is a hinterland for many of the raw materials essential for the manufacturing of EV batteries , not only for nickel, but for cobalt and copper too, according to Andrey Berdichevskiy, director at Deloitte s Future of Mobility Solution Centre in Singapore.