Tsikot.ph PHUV Prototype

[uls]

from the article above:

Auto parts makers want local parts in public jeepneys

Automotive parts makers have teamed up with a group of jeepney operators to develop a “Philippine-made public utility vehicle” in support of the government’s plans to rehabilitate the country’s jeepney fleets.

rehabilitate? sounds like a large out-of-the-pocket expense for jeepney operators

It would also support the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ plan to “refleet or rehabilitate” the jeepney sector’s 240,000 units spread across the country.

The PUV program is aimed at targeting the nationwide PUJ refleeting program to make the existing PUJs powered by surplus diesel engines comply with Euro standards on exhaust emission.

refleet? or phase out?

ganda pakinggan ng "refleet" no? hehe

Euro emission standard?

know how you can make that happen?

very expensive diesel fuel injection system upgrades -- replace everything from injector nozzle tips to the insides of the injection pump or replace whole injection pump and all injectors AND overhaul the engine ($$$$)

OR replace the surplus engines with new engines (common rail direct injection) $$$$

QUESTION: who's gonna pay for that? Jeepney operators?

haha

good luck

the last thing they want is additional expense on their jeepneys

jeepney operators won't even replace worn out tires

if there's one group that's highly resistant to change (and expense), it's the PUJ people

[romski123]

countless designs which all could be summarized in one image:

at least marunong magdrawing si Oyil. Yung mga hindi marunong walang k manira.
k

[uls]

hehe

[ghosthunter]

at least marunong magdrawing si Oyil. Yung mga hindi marunong walang k manira.
k

Honestly, what is the point of drawing designs of vehicles when you do not take into consideration how a major components would fit inside the designed vehicle? ...

Also I see a failure to consider how people who ergonomically fit inside the vehicle (unless the people he is considering have the proportions of a LEGO doll.

It might seem simple but my experience with TWO vehicles would point otherwise.

[OyiL]

Honestly, what is the point of drawing designs of vehicles when you do not take into consideration how a major components would fit inside the designed vehicle? ...

Also I see a failure to consider how people who ergonomically fit inside the vehicle (unless the people he is considering have the proportions of a LEGO doll.

It might seem simple but my experience with TWO vehicles would point otherwise.

eto speculation to.

[OyiL]

hey, if you backread, i have always stuck to the topic

it was you who drifted away from the topic and started with this:



GH noticed it and said:



pero kahit na, in my following post, i still stuck to the topic

but you posted this:



and this:



that's why i said you ran out of bullets and you're throwing mud nalang

and after that, i still went back to topic

if that's what you think, sige. back to topic.

[AC]

i still prefer my version of the phuv:D

[AC]

[jpdm]

if that's what you think, sige. back to topic.

Slowly but surely something is being done to revive the local assembly industry (CKD assembly).

With a new administration ( Aquino presidency) Im very optimistic because one of the programs included in the platform of government of Noynoy is to revive the manufacturing industry.

So, eventually, if things will get better for local assemblers (via the MVDP), then maybe the tsikot.ph PHUV prototype program can be activated again.

[scharnhorst]

I dunno if this has been pointed out before...

the current incarnation of the PHUV is nigh-useless in the more remote areas of the Philippines where it has to contend with rockslides, landslides, floods, steep grades and whatnot.

Just got back from the mountain province, and some PUVs there have 4WD, turbo engines, and at the very least, high ground clearance