Grab Holdings, May Mobility partner to launch AV services in Southeast Asia

May Mobility and Grab Holdings (GRAB) announced their multi-year partnership with plans to launch autonomous vehicle services in Southeast Asia. This partnership includes an investment by Grab into May Mobility, backing the AV company as it expands its commercial reach in the global autonomous ride-hail market beyond the U.S. and Japan. Grab and May Mobility will partner to integrate the latter’s autonomous driving technology into Grab’s core ecosystem, including its fleet management, vehicle matching and routing systems. The partnership will combine May Mobility’s operational best practices and Grab’s local expertise to facilitate the safe and reliable implementation of AVs into Southeast Asia, tailored to the unique needs of local infrastructure. Grab will be able to learn from May Mobility’s deployments in places like the U.S. as it ramps up its in-house capabilities. Grab will also work with May Mobility to identify training, upskilling and transition opportunities for Grab driver-partners interested in AV-related roles.