Where did all the tuk-tuks come from?

[Randolphgb]

Last time I visited Phnom Phen was early 2020 just before the pandemic. Back then there I remember only seeing motorcycle trailer style tub-tuks.

So when I went at the start of this month I was surprised by how many new white tuk-tuks there were.

Where are they all coming from? How are drivers getting the money for them? Are they finance by the app companies?

Grab is new in Cambodia now so I wondered if there was some connection.

The other new things I noticed were the wheelie bins.

[John Bingham]

Last time I visited Phnom Phen was early 2020 just before the pandemic. Back then there I remember only seeing motorcycle trailer style tub-tuks.

I'm not so sure about that, the Indian style tuk tuks were already taking over by around 2018.

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[Jerry Atrick]

Last time I visited Phnom Phen was early 2020 just before the pandemic. Back then there I remember only seeing motorcycle trailer style tub-tuks.

So when I went at the start of this month I was surprised by how many new white tuk-tuks there were.

Where are they all coming from? How are drivers getting the money for them? Are they finance by the app companies?

Grab is new in Cambodia now so I wondered if there was some connection.

The other new things I noticed were the wheelie bins.

Yeah, as JB says they were prevalent by 2018, been assimilating since 2014 or so

[John Bingham]

Anyway, they are bought or privately financed by the drivers. They are quite expensive, and have gone up a lot in price over the years. Around $3000 now I believe. The app companies don't pay for them but must give some incentive to put their livery on. Grab has been here a long time too, I think PassApp might have started up earlier but there wasn't much difference.

[Kammekor]

Anyway, they are bought or privately financed by the drivers. They are quite expensive, and have gone up a lot in price over the years. Around $3000 now I believe. The app companies don't pay for them but must give some incentive to put their livery on. Grab has been here a long time too, I think PassApp might have started up earlier but there wasn't much difference.

Just South of 4k.

[AndyKK]

Now they are assembling the electric tuk-tuks.

[Kung-fu Hillbilly]

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[ressl]

Now they are assembling the electric tuk-tuks.

The Onions (T1) are a side project of Tada and used by them exclusively at the moment. They are intended to be sold to other companies in the future as well, but no B2C. They operate on a swap system exclusively, so the drivers can not charge them at home (different to the one from Oyika, which can do both).

[Randolphgb]

Phnom Post have just published this article about the decline of the Remorque and the rise in three-wheeled Indian style tuk-tuks.

However, some of the claims in the article are nonsense, as there are still plenty of the old style around in Phnom Penh.


https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national- ... ay-drivers

[Tootsfriend]

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Dont believe that communist propaganda . We all know what big tuk-tuks do, and they always end up with small baby tuk-tuks.