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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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This off-grid island will switch from diesel to tidal energy [video]

Baua Electric

Energy company Energies PH in the Philippines, through its affiliate San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation, has contracted with Inyanga, which will deploy its patented HydroWing tidal stream technology. We see the initial project in Capul as a catapult to achieving our goal of helping create sustainable communities across the Philippines.

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Nissan, Frost & Sullivan study finds 37% of Southeast Asian consumers open to buying EV

Green Car Congress

Thirty-seven percent of Southeast Asian consumers planning to buy a car are open to purchasing an electric vehicle, according to a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan. Customers in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia emerged as the most enthusiastic about electric cars. Source: Nissan. Click to enlarge.

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

Setec Powerr

In addition, the tax rate for pure electric vehicles in Thailand was reduced from 8% to 2% in June this year. And there is also a 150,000 baht (equal to more than 27,000 yuan) subsidy for each pure electric vehicle purchase. Indonesia plans to subsidize electric vehicles starting next year and hopes to reach 2.5

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[PRESS RELEASE] Chairman retires from Drive Electric

Drive Electric

Press release 25th September 2023 After 11 years as Chair, Mark Gilbert steps down from the Drive Electric Board. The board of Drive Electric, a not-for-profit with a mission to accelerate the uptake of e-mobility in New Zealand, has today announced that Chairman Mark Gilbert will retire from the organisation effective 31 December 2023.

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VinFast VF e34 E-SUV sales launch starts in Indonesia

Teslarati

The all-electric SUV is a C-segment vehicle with a right-hand configuration. The VF e34 E-SUV’s price starts at IDR 315,000,000 ($19,843), excluding the company’s battery subscription policy. It has a 42 kWh battery pack with a range of 318 km on a single charge.

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Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Baua Electric

Gogoro GoStation Source: Gogoro Those who have been hoping to see battery-swapping leader Gogoro bring its electric scooters to the Western world can finally rejoice. South America will be the first to receive Gogoro’s scooters and battery-swapping network.

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