Scooter connects to phone

Japan-base Terra Motors said it plans to sell its smartphone-compatible electric scooter in Cambodia by the end of this year. The lithium-battery-powered A4000i, introduced last week in Tokyo, can be connected to an iPhone, delivering live data while driving. … “We will start to sell this scooter in December in all Asian countries, including Cambodia,” said Tetsuya Ohashi, a spokeswoman for Terra Motors. “We are now planning to have a branch office in Cambodia in one to two years.” … AEON Microfinance (Cambodia) Co, part of Japan-based AEON Group, said in May that sales by instalment for electrical appliances and motorbikes increased by 715 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 year on year, an upward trend that industry experts say will continue. Since AEON Microfinance started business in December 2011, loan disbursement reached $2.5 million, with 5,000 new customers in the first quarter of this year, compared to $343,000 in the same period of 2012, according to a May interview with managing director Daisuke Maeda. …

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