AmbitION in MotION

• “I have three young children, and I wanted to not just inspire them with what I do, but also ensure that I can leave behind a better world for them,” said Founder & CEO James Chan of 500-backed e-motorbike company ION Mobility.
• That drove James to not only launch ION, but to do it in the depths of the pandemic, with teams in Shenzhen and Jakarta established without business travel.
• The self-confessed geek aims to build well-designed, performant, and value-for-money two-wheelers that reduce air pollution in urban cities.
• James shared his team’s approach. “For starters, we’re not buying or white-labeling from China’s electric moped ecosystem to earn a profit on a quick flip to Indonesia. We undertake our own design, engineering, and manufacturing functions out of Singapore while having minimal dependency on value-added engineering from consultants,” he said.
• What would James be doing if not helming ION? It always comes down to making a real-world impact for him. “In a parallel multiverse of madness, I might be in the education sector, or applying my energy towards venture-building in Singapore’s state-owned enterprises that are responsible for so much of the city-state’s economy, but derive so much of their revenues through rent-seeking. Or I might just pop back into school with my wife and date her again in a college setting, but as MBAs or PhDs,” he shared.
• Read the full article on Rest of World.

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