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Zero Motorcycles To Start Assembly In The Philippines This Year

CleanTechnica EVs

The FXE, an electric motorcycle from Zero Motorcycles deemed perfect for the Asian market because of its size and price, may be one of the models to be assembled in the Philippines. California’s Zero Motorcycles will soon be assembled in the Philippines.

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Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit To Push More Vehicle Electrification, Infrastructure, Battery Development, & Policy Dialogue

CleanTechnica EVs

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).

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

Green Car Congress

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $300 million towards a project that will replace 100,000 gasoline-burning tricycles in the Philippines with electric tricycles, or E-Trikes. Without intervention, the Philippines is on a course to almost quadruple CO 2 emissions in less than 25 years, the ADB said.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Chairman retires from Drive Electric

Drive Electric

Deputy Chair Kirsten Corson says, on behalf of the Board, “Mark has been a pioneer in New Zealand’s transport landscape, advancing the uptake of electric vehicles. In this time the number of electric vehicles has increased from double digits to about 90,000. In the last few years, we have seen that vision become reality.

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Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Baua Electric

Our partnership with Copec, a major Latin American energy company, is an important milestone in our mission to transform urban transportation around the world. Starting in Taiwan, Gogoro has since expanded to China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Singapore, South Korea, and The Philippines.

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