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Fujitsu and GMS partner on trial of electric tricycles in the Philippines

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(GMS), a venture company providing mobility services, will partner on field testing to expand the use of electric tricycles (a three-wheel taxi) in the Republic of the Philippines. Electric tricycle. The Philippines is home to more than 3.5 million gasoline-powered tricycles. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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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

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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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ITOCHU and JGC Launch Large-scale Bio-ethanol Production and Power Plant Businesses in the Philippines

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ITOCHU Corporation and JGC Corporation have agreed to participate in large-scale bio-ethanol production and power supply businesses in the Philippines together with other local partners. million gallons US)), and also sell electricity generated by a power plant (maximum of 19 MW) fueled by sugarcane residuals (bagasse).

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Terra Motors & FCC Corporation partners to develop futuristic EVs

Electric Vehicles India

Terra Motors Corporation a Japanese electric vehicle maker has partnered with a Japan-based FCC Corporation to develop futuristic electric vehicles for global markets. The collaboration between the two companies will develop futuristic electric vehicles using the Indian operations as the base for the activity.