EV

Pilipinas Shell launched on Thursday, July 7, its first high-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging service facility in the Philippines which can fully charge EVs as fast as 30 minutes. The cost of charging is P65 per minute.

The Philippines can now look forward to transitioning to sustainable transportation after RA 11697 otherwise known as the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act lapsed into law, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday, April 28.

According to analyst firm ABI Research, electric vehicle (EV) sales will move from 7% of total new vehicle shipments in 2021 to 19% in 2027.

The conglomerate inaugurated its first integrated EV charging system at Ayala Malls 30th in Pasig City earlier this month.

The first integrated electric vehicle (EV) charging and transport system for the Ayala Group was recently installed at Ayala 30th Mall last Dec. 17.

Based on internal projections, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) undersecretary Rafaelita Aldaba said that by 2030, there would be 6.6 million EVs on local roads, half of which are targeted to be manufactured locally.

The Board of Investments (BOI) has recently approved the application of CHRG Electric Vehicle Technologies Inc. as a new domestic producer of electric vehicles (EV) fast chargers and retrofit kits.

Currently, the transport sector is the biggest contributor to the country's total energy consumption at 35 percent, 88 percent of which is for road transport.

DTI secretary Ramon Lopez cited the tariff modification of EV products under the Asean Free Trade Agreement, as well as the target date for the full EV utilization and registration in the Philippines.

In line with the government?s push to create an EV ecosystem in the Philippines, Mitsubishi Motors PH donated a quick-charging facility to DTI to complement their two Mitsubishi EVs, the I-Miev and the Outlander.