Industry welcomes MMDA initiative on electric vehicles

Major players in the electric vehicle industry expressed their full support for the initiative of Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino to exempt electric buses from the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), otherwise known as color coding, in the Philippine capital. Rommel Juan, president of the newly organized Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (eVAP), said the MMDA policy being drafted would go a long way towards helping the growth of the electric vehicle industry in the country. The EV industry is still in its infancy stage and this MMDA initiative is a major first step that could result in a giant leap. ” It is an incentive that we hope will cover not only eBuses but all electric vehicles as well, from eBikes to eScooters to eTrikes to eQuads to the now-popular and tested eJeepneys.” (August 9, 2010)