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BYD Delivers First 30 Shark Pickups to Philippines Customers in a Dusty, Muddy Launch Event

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 02:46:19 +0000

BYD treated the automotive media, and then opened to the public, test drives over a small purpose-built track with elephant holes, right- and left-hand 45-degree turning inclines, a metal ramp to test hill hold and hill descent functions. Around that corner, a 700mm wading pool exits into a dusty slalom … [continued]

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Philippines EV Advocates To Propel Local Electric Vehicle Ecosystem

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:42:56 +0000

The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP) spoke to CleanTechnica on the sidelines of the Tesla Model Y launch earlier this week about the robust expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) sector, echoing the upbeat sentiment from the 12th Philippine EV Summit (PEVS) which happened last year. EVAP president … [continued]

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Tesla Releases Updated Model Y to the Philippines

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:13:37 +0000

Tesla released its updated Model Y on February 26 in the Philippines in a simple launch followed by a public display at the centrally located EDSA Shangri-La Plaza that will go until March 9, 2025. This launch introduces changes to the popular electric vehicle, which Tesla claims is the world’s … [continued]

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BlueFloat CEO Steps Down

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 04:30:12 +0000

Carlos Martín Rivals has announced his decision to step down as CEO of BlueFloat Energy. He made the announcement in a Linkedin post. “After careful thinking, I’ve concluded that it is the right moment to turn the page on my role in the company I founded with the support from … [continued]

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Leading Philippines EV Company Energizes More Charging Stations, Launches Membership Program

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:47:25 +0000

More charging stations, innovative energy solutions, and multi-brand vehicles are all part of ACMobility’s plan to hasten EV adoption in the Philippines. Led by the country’s biggest conglomerate, the Ayala Corporation, the EV solutions company is implementing its plans, first presented in 2023, at a faster pace by prioritizing the … [continued]

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Grab & BYD Partner to Shift EV Ride-Hailing in Southeast Asia

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:33:53 +0000

Super-app Grab, the equivalent of Uber in Southeast Asia, and Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD have forged a major regional partnership to electrify the region’s transportation landscape. The ambitious agreement aims to deploy up to 50,000 BYD EVs across Grab’s network, a move poised to accelerate EV adoption and … [continued]

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Gogoro “Unplugs” from the Philippines Market

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:23:46 +0000

A loss of energy caused Gogoro’s Philippine partner to pull the plug After more than two years in the Philippines, Gogoro’s partnership with Globe’s 917Ventures, a subsidiary of the Ayala Corporation, has come to an abrupt end. Gogoro headquarters told CleanTechnica that they are “currently assessing a shift in our … [continued]

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EV Ecosystem in the Philippines Boosted By $100M Support from Asian Development Bank

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:09:51 +0000

Country’s biggest conglomerate, the Ayala Group, gets to manage the financing package The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a financing package of up to PhP583 billion ($100 million) to support Ayala Corporation’s efforts in developing an electric mobility ecosystem in the Philippines. This funding will be used to procure … [continued]

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Regulatory Challenges Continue To Hound Offshore Wind Growth In The Philippines

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:45:58 +0000

Offshore wind energy is painfully slow in development in the Philippines. As of December 2024, the Philippine Department of Energy had approved 92 offshore wind energy service contracts with a combined potential capacity of more than 65 GW. As of January 2025, only 5 of those projects have moved on … [continued]

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Philippines President Opens Tesla Service Center

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:36:26 +0000

Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM) highlighted his administration’s support for sustainable transportation and ongoing efforts to transition towards more electric vehicles (EVs) by gracing the launch of the Tesla Service Center at the Tesla Experience Center in Uptown Mall Bonifacio Global Center yesterday morning. “No one is more … [continued]

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