Grab cleans up the tuk-tuk's image in Chiang Mai

New service to offer passengers a low-emission option of getting around town

20190619 Grab Tuk Tuk

Grab, the Singaporean startup that has helped to upend Southeast Asia's taxi industries, is now adopting one of the region's most traditional passenger-ferrying vehicles, the tuk-tuk, but with a clean twist.

MARIMI KISHIMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- A ride-hailing startup that has played a big part in upending the taxi industry throughout Southeast Asia has now adopted one of the region's most iconic passenger-ferrying vehicles, the tuk-tuk, in an ironic effort to help reduce air pollution.

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