Beep Beep Make Way For The New

Carsome has earned the trust of investors, dealers and sellers of used cards, and it’s now pressing the accelerator to reach more Southeast Asian cities.

- Aparajita Saxena

Tech is still stirring things up in the consumer auto industry, even if it does not have anything to do with the making of an automobile itself. Take, for instance, ride-hailing. Taxis have always existed, and so have customers who hail them. All tech did was give users an assurance that, no matter where they are in any city that’s served by a ride-hailing service, there will be a cab to pick them up at the click of a button. Technology also organised existing taxis on the road, and brought them under one umbrella so they’re readily available - what we call ‘marketplace’ or ‘platform’ today.

One such platform is Malaysia-based Carsome, which brings car owners and used-car dealers together on one platform.