BYD opened its flagship dealership in Quezon City, Philippines. This is the second BYD dealer in the country, and the first facility to open under Mobility Access Philippines Ventures, Inc. (MAPVI), a new company under the automotive arm of the Ayala Group of Companies. BYD Quezon City is owned and … [continued]
The power hungry Luzon grid, which feeds electricity to the National Capital Region of the Philippines, will in two years get additional supplies of power from three floating solar farms in Laguna Lake. Luzon is the biggest island in the Philippines, an archipelago of over 7,100 islands. Up to 2,000 … [continued]
The Nissan Formula E Team is gearing up for an electrifying Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with an update to its driver lineup featuring the returning Oliver Rowland and the promising rookie Sacha Fenestraz. “We’re delighted to announce Oliver Rowland and Sacha Fenestraz as the … [continued]
Formula E, the pioneering all-electric FIA World Championship motorsports series, has unveiled broadcast distribution collaborations in the United States, deepening its partnership with CBS Sports and also ushering in a transformative streaming era with Roku, America’s leading TV streaming platform. Starting in January 2024, Formula E enthusiasts in the US … [continued]
SCANIA recently began tests on a solar-powered truck, a 560-horsepower plug-in hybrid truck with 100 square meters of solar panels wrapping a trailer. This unique setup now being tested on public roads in Sweden is a result of a two-year research collaboration between Scania and industry and academic partners. The … [continued]
Today, it is expected that the business combination between Vietnamese electric car make VinFast and global investment company Black Spade Acquisition Co. will finally be confirmed. Both companies previously announced this last August 10 after an agreement was reached at an extraordinary general meeting of Black Spade’s shareholders. Upon the … [continued]
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) said its renewable energy arm Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. (ARI) had entered a partnership with Vena Energy to invest in the latter’s 102-megawatt (MW) wind power project in Rizal and Laguna. The deal was inked early in July, and just this first week of August, the rollout … [continued]
The Philippines was thrust into using electric vehicles in the transportation sector primarily to cut pollution caused by the proliferation of two-stroke motorcycles. As early as 2012, the country had a mass transport electrification program sponsored by the Philippine government and the Asia Development Bank (ADB). The Philippines’ Department of … [continued]
Two major car launches in Manila seem to affirm that carmakers are looking more at hybrids than full battery electric vehicles due, in part at least, to the lack of charging stations across the country. Towards the end of this week, Toyota Motor Philippines’ Inc. (TMP) released its sixth hybrid … [continued]
Despite facing difficulties in the launch of its cars in the US, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast recently broke ground at its North Carolina electric vehicle facility. Brutal but honest press reports about the VF8 as being “not ready” for the market, technical issues which hounded the first 999 vehicles delivered, … [continued]
