How Selex Motors aims to power Vietnam’s EV future

More: A Singapore-based healthtech startup bags new funds. [Read from your browser]( Daily Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's free Daily Newsletter! Get full access to our subscribers-only Daily Newsletter and other insightful analysis on the big and messy topics of Asia’s tech and startup community by [registering here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- IN FOCUS In today's newsletter, we spotlight: - [Selex Motors’ strategy to drive Vietnamese EV growth]( - EFishery’s foray into India - Other newsy highlights such as a new fundraise for a Singapore-based healthtech startup --------------------------------------------------------------- Hello {NAME} I’ve recently thought about getting a motorcycle. Granted, I don’t have a license to drive one, but I’m getting a little lazier, and the cost of owning a car in Singapore has [gone through the roof recently](. Like many others, if I were to buy a vehicle, I’d probably want it to be electric. However, it isn’t easy to figure out where and how to charge your vehicle in Singapore. And getting stuck with your EV motorbike on the road under the heat isn’t so appealing. As such, I’m interested to see how companies like Vietnam-based Selex Motors, which produces electric motorbikes and operates battery-swapping stations, can convince consumers like myself to go electric. -- Jonathan  ---------------------------------------------------------------  THE BIG STORY [Selex Motors bets on battery swapping to lead Vietnam’s EV revolution]( The electric vehicle startup is raising a US$20 million series A round to scale its ecosystem of e-bikes and battery-swapping stations. --------------------------------------------------------------- TRENDING NEWS [EFishery to enter India in Q1 2024, launches blockchain-based cooperative]( According to CEO Gibran Huzaifah, the aquaculture firm chose India due to the market’s similarities with Indonesia. 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