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I spent three weeks riding shotgun in 32 electric tuk tuks across Thailand, Vietnam and Kenya, talking to local drivers. Let me be blunt: that 120km range sticker on the showroom window is a lie for rural use.City drivers have charging stations every few blocks. Out here, if you run out of juice…
2026/05/22 15:21
If you’ve been in hilly Southeast Asian cities like Bangkok or Baguio, you’ve probably wondered if a tiny tuk tuk can climb steep hills. Let’s be real—tuk tuks are great for weaving through crowds, but their climbing ability only matters when you’re halfway up an incline, holding your breath it…
2026/05/20 11:23
If you’re a small business owner, delivery driver, or just someone who relies on a cargo tuk tuk to keep your bread and butter coming in every day, you’ve definitely asked yourself this question a million times: How much weight can a cargo tuk tuk safely carry? I get it—we’re all trying to squeeze…
2026/05/18 11:10
Look, I've been writing about transportation for 12 years now. I've sat through endless press conferences about self-driving cars, I've test-driven every electric vehicle under the sun, and I've heard more bullshit about "the future of mobility" than I care to remember. But nothing—nothing—has…
2026/05/15 15:07
I’ve been in the tuk tuk business for 7 years now, starting with one beat-up second-hand unit in Bangkok and now running a fleet of 12 across three cities in Southeast Asia and East Africa. And if there’s one mistake I see new operators make every single week, it’s buying a tuk tuk based solely on…
2026/05/13 10:29
The unmistakable putter of a tuk tuk engine has long been the soundtrack of streets across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. But today, these humble three-wheelers are doing far more than just ferrying passengers from point A to point B. They're becoming powerful engines of economic transformation,…
2026/05/11 11:41
If you’re scrolling through specs sheets for a gasoline tricycle in 2026, fixated on which cc number looks more impressive on paper, stop right now. Over the last 12 months, I’ve helped over 200 fleet operators, small business owners, and solo drivers across Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin…
2026/05/08 15:00
If you’ve ever loaded 800kg of freshly harvested yams into a vehicle bed at 4 a.m., needing to cross 25km of rain-soaked laterite tracks, rutted clay paths, and steep rock-strewn inclines to make the district market before sunrise, you’ve asked this exact question.After 12 years working directly…
2026/05/06 09:08
If you’re a small-scale cargo hauler, market vendor, or local logistics operator relying on a gasoline tricycle to keep your business moving, you’ve likely stared down one make-or-break choice: open-body vs closed-cabin gasoline tricycle. Too many operators make this call based on sticker price…
2026/04/29 10:57
If you run a small business in Kumasi—whether you’re a vegetable vendor at Kejetia Market, an FMCG shop owner in Adum, or a farmer hauling produce from Ashanti’s rural towns into the city—you know two brutal truths better than anyone: petrol prices are eating through your profits faster than you…
2026/04/27 11:10
If you’re standing in a dealership lot right now, squinting at two gasoline cargo tricycles – one with an open, flat bed, the other with a fully enclosed, lockable box – and wondering which one’s actually worth your hard-earned cash, you’re not alone.For small business owners, delivery drivers,…
2026/04/24 09:40
If you’re a small business owner doing last-mile deliveries, street vending, rural hauling, or local goods transport, you know exactly what I’m talking about. You’ve stood there, staring at two tricycles, totally stuck. One’s gas-powered, cheap to grab upfront; the other’s electric, quieter but…
2026/04/24 08:07