{"id":215990,"date":"2024-06-03T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T06:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/sg\/?post_type=editorial&p=215990"},"modified":"2025-02-26T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T10:22:16","slug":"watch-grabs-mobility-team-sets-its-sights-on-new-ride-hailing-frontiers","status":"publish","type":"editorial","link":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/sg\/inside-grab\/stories\/watch-grabs-mobility-team-sets-its-sights-on-new-ride-hailing-frontiers\/","title":{"rendered":"[Watch]: Grab\u2019s Mobility team sets its sight on new ride-hailing frontiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ankit Vengurlekar speaks to some of the most important people at Grab in this sixth episode of Grab\u2019s tech podcast Grab a Seat.<\/i><\/p>

Specifically, Vengurlekar, the host, sits down with Samir Kumar, the head of Grab Mobility, and Binbin Tang who leads the engineering team at Grab Mobility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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New frontiers in ride-hailing<\/h5>\n

It\u2019s these folks who ensure that you can conjure up a ride through the Grab app within minutes, at a click of a button, pretty much anywhere and anytime.<\/p>\n

The Mobility vertical\u2014which ecompasses various modes of transportation, including cars, motorbike taxis, and others\u2014is Grab\u2019s foundation. It\u2019s what the company started with years ago, even before introducing food deliveries.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing really good at offering ride-hailing services in Southeast Asia used to be an advantage. But now it\u2019s fairly commoditised,\u201d says Kumar. \u201cWhere now in this very interesting innovator’s dilemma, where we know we have to do something different.\u201d<\/p>\n

This episode is all about innovation in the ride-hailing industry, and how Kumar and Tang spot new opportunities and new frontiers to explore.<\/p>\n

For example, Kumar explains how he sees Grab\u2019s ride-hailing services diversify to meet different customer needs, for example in the premium vs budget segments. \u201cThis will become similar to what we see with airlines,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

Tang speaks about her personal favourite Grab Mobility service, which is GrabShare. She is pushing for innovation and improvements in the car sharing experience, a \u201crevival of the sharing economy..\u201d<\/p>\n

They also chat about how they use \u201cimmersions\u201d to understand mobility demands at a city-specific level.<\/p>\n

You can also listen and subscribe to Grab a Seat<\/i> <\/em>on all major podcasting platforms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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