Think electric vehicles are all about sleek sports cars and highway speed? Think again. The real EV revolution might just be hiding in your delivery truck—and keeping your sashimi fresh or life-saving vaccines frozen. In this episode of TransportBT, correspondent Derryn Wong sits down with Lau Si Ying, CFO of Singapore’s NeoCryo, one of Asean’s best-funded EV startups you’ve never heard of.

Discover how a former special forces soldier is building intelligent, modular cold chain EVs, targeting a US$430 billion market, and gearing up for a Nasdaq listing. Tune in to see how green tech is chilling logistics!

Highlights:

01:01 NeoCryo’s intelligent cold chain EVs

03:20 Why integration beats bolt-on refrigeration

05:30 A US$1.5 trillion market hiding in plain sight

07:00 Minus 150°C — transporting organs and bone marrow

10:45 The asset-light OEM playbook

15:00 Going public via SPAC — The Nasdaq endgame

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Written and hosted by: Derryn Wong (derrynwong@sph.com.sg)

With Lau Si Ying, CFO of NeoCryo

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Derryn Wong, Nicole Teo & Chai Pei Chieh

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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