The Vinfast Limo Green is an MPV added to the Rentapasada program only last month. Photo for CleanTechnica by Raymond Tribdino.
Most automakers entering a new market concentrate on selling vehicles. VinFast is taking a different approach in the Philippines, where it is trying to create new business owners first. The Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer has expanded its Rentapasada (literally rent-to-hire) program, an initiative that allows Filipinos to launch a ride-hailing … [continued]
Yesterday, I wrote about the tiny new Fiat Topolino EV. Initially, I was excited, because I saw that it was cute and cost only $13,995. Then I found out that it’s basically a golf cart and can’t even be driven on roads with a speed limit over 35 mph. Today, … [continued]
Raymond Tribdino has done a great job for us covering VinFast for us — its grand ambitions, it struggles, and how it is adapting to try to eventually achieve its vision. One of the company’s biggest challenges and failures has been trying to break into the US market. There are … [continued]
Note: This article has been sitting in the CleanTechnica CMS since February. Producing it required conversations across multiple sectors, but a recent visit to VinFast’s manufacturing complex in Hai Phong reinforced a conclusion I have long held. The company’s differentiator is not technology alone. It is the people behind it. … [continued]
Southeast Asia Expansion Accelerates on Two Wheels Less than a month after opening reservations for the same models in Indonesia, VinFast has introduced its battery-swapping electric motorcycle lineup to the Philippines, signaling a faster-than-expected rollout of the Vietnamese company’s two-wheeler strategy across Southeast Asia. The move adds three electric motorcycles … [continued]
The line up of VinFast vehicles now includes the tiny VF3 city car and the ultra-luxurious Hac Long 900 built on the VF9 platform. (Photo for Cleantechnica by author)
There is a distinct difference between watching an industrial birth from the clean gallery of a press junket and standing on the factory floor while the machinery runs at scale. Five years ago, I wrote a piece for CleanTechnica outlining six reasons why VinFast could become an electric vehicle superpower. … [continued]
The VinFast EB8 a mid-size city bus which is in use all over Vietnam. (Photo for Cleantechnica by author)
VinFast Southeast Asia Chief Executive Officer Antonio “Toti” Zara said the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker is keeping a close watch on the Philippines’ emerging electric bus market, although it is not yet ready to introduce its e-bus lineup locally. Speaking on the future of sustainable mobility in the country, Zara … [continued]
VinFast has appointed Pham Nhat Quan Anh as chairman of the company’s board of directors, placing the son of founder Pham Nhat Vuong in one of the most influential positions at the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker as it faces growing competition and mounting pressure to deliver on its global ambitions. … [continued]
VinFast CEO for Southeast Asia Toti Zara at the launch of the VinFast MP7. (Photo for CleanTechnica by author)
Fuel prices have begun to ease from the spike triggered by the Iran-linked supply shock, but the direction of travel is now widely understood. The peak may be behind us, yet a full return to pre-crisis fuel costs is increasingly unlikely. That shift, subtle but structural, is starting to reshape … [continued]
I first spotted the VinFast MPV 7 being delivered to a small dealership hidden inside a gasoline station in Sto Tomas, Batangas — a quiet, unassuming precursor to what has now become a full-scale national rollout. That early glimpse of the electric 7-seater in the provinces set the stage for … [continued]
