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Electrified EVAP upbeat, gears up for modernization

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May 18, 2017, 8:54 pm
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With the government’s impending modernization program for public utility vehicles including  the iconic jeepneys, Rommel Juan, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines, expressed optimism for the electric vehicle industry.

The Department of Transportation is finally on the verge of implementing this historic modernization program for public utility vehicles which aims to drastically improve the mass transport landscape and help reduce or eventually eliminate toxic air pollution on Philippine roads. This is because not only will the 15-year old jeepneys be upgraded to new ones but the power train will either have to be the environment-friendly Euro 4 engines or alternative-fuel type like electric and hybrid, LPG, LNG and CNG, according to Juan.  “With the political will of the Duterte administration, we think this will finally happen”, he stressed.

Transport authorigies and  attached agencies together with the Department of Trade and Industry through its Board of Investments and the Bureau of Philippine Standards, the Department of Finance, the Department of Science and Technology with its Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and other government agencies are all working on this program. This is expected to be launched on May 31, 2017 with an initial budget of One Billion Pesos to be made available through Landbank. 

Commuters can expect many more environment-friendly public utility vehicles like the electric jeepney (right) plying more routes. 

Juan explains that the biggest stumbling block right from the very beginning has always been retail or consumer financing. “Now, they have come up with a financing program that will finance even new airconditioned jeepneys to the tune of 1.4 to 1.6 million pesos each through Landbank. Non-airconditioned jeepneys could be had for from 1.1 to 1.4 million each. This financing scheme will entail a very low downpayment and will be a boundary hulog scheme of eight hundred pesos per day for seven years at 6% interest. The best part of this program is that after the seven-year loan period, the driver ends up owning the new jeepney. This would never have happened under the old boundary system with an operator”. 

The Landbank estimates that with its initial one billion peso loan portfolio for this year, it can finance an estimated 650 to 700 units of new jeepneys to get the ball rolling. 

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“We are sure that there will finally be an opportunity for electric jeepneys to come in to serve the inner city with short distance routes, and we already have EVAP members who have the products that suit this need”. 

For the Euro 4 jeepneys, EVAP is currently working with the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc., the Truck Manufacturers Association and the Automotive Body Manufacturers Association of the Philippines to formulate the standards for the new modern jeepney in coordination with the DTI and the BPS. Member companies of the Philippine Parts Makers Association are also gearing up in preparation for a bigger demand for jeepney parts. 

Juan reveals that EVAP and the entire automotive industry are passionate about growing local industries, specifically on generating fresh investments, generating new jobs and providing business opportunities for MSMEs that comprise the bulk of automotive parts and components suppliers. 

“That is why we are pushing for local manufacturing and assembly of the new jeepneys by plants accredited with the Manufacturer, Assembler, Importer and Distributor (MAID) Program of the Land Transportation Office,” he said.

The jeepney is a Filipino icon so it should retain the characteristics and charm of the original jeepney across all the islands of the country. But of course with a modern touch, new driver attitude, automated fare collection system, wifi, gps, cctv, speed limiter and even airconditioning to boot, he said.

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