There is a new kid on the block in the electric vehicle community—Le Guider International. This innovative company is guided by septuagenarian entrepreneur Mariano “Jun” Nocom and electric vehicle expert Youseff Ahmad.
Le Guider and its products were recently featured and displayed at the Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit at the Meralco Compound early this year.
Nocom, 71, says age has made him wiser and an advancing age has not stopped the creative juices from flowing in his veins.
Using alternating current power with rechargeable batteries, he and Le Guider developed several models of electric vehicles including converting two cars to EV, several electric tricycle models, an electric Jeepney and soon, even an electric bus which Ahmad made in China.
Engineer Ahmad says Le Guider electric vehicles boast of being a better alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles.
“It has less moving parts, less parts to maintain, is fully automatic thus has no transmission and does not need any special charging station since it plugs right on to a regular 220-volt wall socket even at home. It is reliable and requires less maintenance as you only need to have your oil changed every six months,” he says.
Nocom says that with these features, a Le Guider EV user can save thousands of pesos in fuel and maintenance costs, enjoys zero emissions and noise and has no exhaust and radiator cooling systems to worry about.
Rommel Juan, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines, says EVAP is happy to have Le Guider as its newest innovative member. “We value the addition of Jun Nocom and Engineer Ahmad to the local EV scene and we hope that we see more of their innovative electric vehicles around the country soon.”