Southeast Asia Expansion Accelerates on Two Wheels Less than a month after opening reservations for the same models in Indonesia, VinFast has introduced its battery-swapping electric motorcycle lineup to the Philippines, signaling a faster-than-expected rollout of the Vietnamese company’s two-wheeler strategy across Southeast Asia. The move adds three electric motorcycles … [continued]
The Philippines is seen as one of two key ASEAN markets for the Nissan Frontier PHEV which is based on the Dong Feng D9. Photo for CleanTechnica by Raymond Tribdino.
Part 2: The Legacy Response. See Part 1 here. If the Chinese manufacturers represented the disruption phase of the industry’s transformation, the second major story at PIMS 2026 was scalability. Electrification is no longer confined to passenger vehicles. Increasingly, manufacturers are targeting the fleets, logistics operators, and transport providers that … [continued]
Part 1: The New Establishment The Philippine automotive market has moved beyond asking whether electrification will arrive. At the tenth edition of the Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS), the question was no longer if alternative powertrains would become mainstream, but which technologies, brands, and business models would define the transition. … [continued]
The line up of VinFast vehicles now includes the tiny VF3 city car and the ultra-luxurious Hac Long 900 built on the VF9 platform. (Photo for Cleantechnica by author)
There is a distinct difference between watching an industrial birth from the clean gallery of a press junket and standing on the factory floor while the machinery runs at scale. Five years ago, I wrote a piece for CleanTechnica outlining six reasons why VinFast could become an electric vehicle superpower. … [continued]
The VinFast EB8 a mid-size city bus which is in use all over Vietnam. (Photo for Cleantechnica by author)
VinFast Southeast Asia Chief Executive Officer Antonio “Toti” Zara said the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker is keeping a close watch on the Philippines’ emerging electric bus market, although it is not yet ready to introduce its e-bus lineup locally. Speaking on the future of sustainable mobility in the country, Zara … [continued]
A new era of high-performance electric driving has officially landed in the local automotive market with the debut of BYD’s latest flagship, the BYD Sealion zero-emission SUV. Distributed by ACMobility, the automotive arm of Ayala Corporation, the highly anticipated model made its premiere at a public event in Makati City, … [continued]
The Philippines may hold one of the world’s largest nickel reserves — a critical ingredient in electric vehicle batteries — but EVs still account for only about 1 percent of vehicles on its roads. That contradiction now sits at the center of the country’s transportation debate as lawmakers push for … [continued]
Before a single offshore wind turbine rises off Philippine waters, something else has to be built first. Not at sea, but on land. Across San Miguel Bay in Bicol and the Guimaras Strait in Western Visayas, the country’s most advanced offshore wind zones are beginning to reveal a hard truth … [continued]
The Philippines has always been offshore or onshore wind viable. No one was looking. No one was feeling the breeze. It is asking how quickly it can turn a clearly defined pipeline into actual electricity on the grid. The answer, based on current data, is far from straightforward. San Miguel … [continued]
VinFast CEO for Southeast Asia Toti Zara at the launch of the VinFast MP7. (Photo for CleanTechnica by author)
Fuel prices have begun to ease from the spike triggered by the Iran-linked supply shock, but the direction of travel is now widely understood. The peak may be behind us, yet a full return to pre-crisis fuel costs is increasingly unlikely. That shift, subtle but structural, is starting to reshape … [continued]
