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At dawn, Dorothy Mae Dumawal strolls past a fleet of electric three-wheeled vehicles charging at a government-owned parking lot in Pasig City, Philippines. In a short while, the vehicles, which belong to Philippine Postal Corp., will set off on mail runs across bustling Pasig City, part of Metro Manila.
“Before this charging station, our drivers had to rush home whenever their batteries ran low,” says Dumawal, who manages the fleet. “Now, they can simply stop here, take a short break while charging and continue serving our community.”
The vehicles are among 30 deployed in Pasig City under a project led by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). That effort is part of a larger push, funded by Germany’s International Climate Initiative, to speed the rollout of electric motorcycles and three-wheelers in nine countries across Asia and Africa. (To be continued) UNEP News
