transportation

Booking a room? Want videos on demand? Grab offers these services now

USERS of ride-hailing and delivery app Grab can now also book salon home services, send packages nationwide, watch videos on demand, book hotel rooms, purchase tickets for point-to-point provincial buses, and pay online and in stores through…

Volkswagen to improve traffic with quantum computing

Yesterday, at the 2018 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Volkswagen Group announced its development of a smart traffic management system powered by quantum computers to increase global road transport efficiency. The German manufacturer’s team of IT experts have…

The freedom to not own a car

Because of the grossly inadequate mass transportation system in Metro Manila and other urban centers, people are encouraged to buy a car.…

Channeling Miss U while driving

The Philippines just finished the successful hosting of the Miss Universe Pageant, and while we are still in a Miss U high, hopefully we can translate some of the grace of the beauty queens into our everyday…

Big luxury sedans tease Philippine market

IT IS INTERESTING how the sedan market has changed. A fair amount of the four-door car segment has shifted over to things that sit a bit higher off the ground. As a result, our stalwart sedans don’t…

Calma crowned Vios Cup Season 2 overall winner

ANDRES Calma, son of Philippine basketball legend Hector Calma, cemented his place in a different sport when he was declared champion of this year’s edition of the Toyota Vios Cup (Season 2) One Make Race.    …

A consumer’s top picks of 2015

2015 HAS been an exciting year for the Philippine automotive industry as it looks headed to surpass its 310,000 sales target.   For consumers, it was a compelling year, too, since the car manufacturers and importers vied…

December sales to solidify best-ever year for PH auto industry

THE BIG news this year would have been the phenomenal effort of car companies to reach a previously unattainable sales target of 310,000 units.   When the final numbers are tallied for the year, the members of…

Eight ways to prevent and stop Sudden Unintended Acceleration

THERE’S been a lot of media coverage (social, responsible, and otherwise) about the incidents rounded up under the dubious heading of “Sudden Unintended Acceleration.” The very name is unhelpful. All car crashes, except for ones deliberately wanted…

Executive editions get sleeker, fun to drive, too

EXECUTIVE sedans, as the term “executive” suggests, are normally those coveted by people who have reached a certain level in their careers that give them the opportunity to choose larger sedans that bear a more sophisticated and…