Coming soon: E-Trikes in Tarlac, Mandaluyong, 8 other LGUs

[ghosthunter]

Coming soon: E-Trikes in Tarlac, Mandaluyong, 8 other LGUs
by Rappler.com
Posted on 10/06/2013 6:09 PM | Updated 10/06/2013 9:21 PM



MANILA, Philippines – Don't be surprised when more electric tricycles or e-trikes start plying the streets of your hometown one of these days.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing to roll out the first phase of its electric tricycle program, which aims to replace 100,000 of the estimated 3.5 million gasoline-powered tricycles across the country.

So far, 10 local government units have ordered a total of 3,000 e-trikes, according to data from DOE. These are:

Mandaluyong (500 units)
Tarlac City (500 units)
Javier, Leyte (100 units)
San Pablo (100 units)
Boracay (100 units)
Batangas City (100 units)
Marikina City (100 units)
San Jose City in Camarines Sur (100 units)
Imus, Cavite (200units)
Calapan, Mindoro (200 units)

The e-trikes will be powered by an electric motor and rechargeable lithium-ion battery, with each unit costing around P200,000.

DOE is in the process of evaluating the bid offers of 4 suppliers from Japan, Taiwan and Korea. The supply contracts are expected to be awarded by December.



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A $300-million loan from the Asian Development Bank is funding the project.

Interested drivers can purchase a unit through a lease-to-own arrangement, where they will be required to pay a daily boundary of P180 for 5 years to their respective LGUs.

The 5-year program targets to save more than $100 million a year by doing away with fuel imports. It is also expected to decrease annual carbon dioxide emmissions by about 260,000 tons.

source: Coming soon: E-Trikes in Tarlac, Mandaluyong, 8 other LGUs

[ghosthunter]

Curiously, shouldn't these e-trikes be locally assembled?

The e-trikes will be powered by an electric motor and rechargeable lithium-ion battery, with each unit costing around P200,000.

DOE is in the process of evaluating the bid offers of 4 suppliers from Japan, Taiwan and Korea. The supply contracts are expected to be awarded by December.

If we end up simply importing the e-trikes, wouldn't that be another FAIL for local industrialization?

[uls]

will e-trikes actually replace existing gasoline tricyclces?

if yes then that's great

but if e-trikes will run side-by-side with existing gasoline tricycles then you just added more vehicles to already congested roads

e-jeepneys were supposed to replace diesel jeepneys

that didnt turn out as planned

[yapoy86]

Curiously, shouldn't these e-trikes be locally assembled?



If we end up simply importing the e-trikes, wouldn't that be another FAIL for local industrialization?

yes it should be locally sourced... they should have used the funds from Malampaya for R & D and support local inventors (yung talagang inventor ha) DOE, DOST should have tapped the local industry to come up with the design and technology...

remember the award winning tricycle side car design??

[yapoy86]

will e-trikes actually replace existing gasoline tricyclces?

if yes then that's great

but if e-trikes will run side-by-side with existing gasoline tricycles then you just added more vehicles to already congested roads

e-jeepneys were supposed to replace diesel jeepneys

that didnt turn out as planned

because DOTC secretary doesn't have the balls...Jeeps 10 years old or more should already be scrapped.. what happens is they are being driven forever.. notice jeepney drivers now are aged around 18 to 25 years old although the jeepney looks like 50 years old?? they are the descendants of the original owner of the jeep since it was assembled and they will again pass it on the next generation...

[ghosthunter]

yes it should be locally sourced... they should have used the funds from Malampaya for R & D and support local inventors (yung talagang inventor ha) DOE, DOST should have tapped the local industry to come up with the design and technology...

remember the award winning tricycle side car design??

Exactly. IF we just end up buying some other country's e-trike, it is not going to really help us progress. We still end up still just being consumers for someone else's products.

[ghosthunter]

because DOTC secretary doesn't have the balls...Jeeps 10 years old or more should already be scrapped.. what happens is they are being driven forever.. notice jeepney drivers now are aged around 18 to 25 years old although the jeepney looks like 50 years old?? they are the descendants of the original owner of the jeep since it was assembled and they will again pass it on the next generation...

Jeepneys are built like world war 2 tanks, built like a boat anchor, meant to take a beating, given only the most basic of maintenance from inexperienced people and still manage to keep on rolling. It is doubtful that the e-jeepney can even equal half of it's longevity in the same brutal environment.

[uls]

dati sa States meron cash-for-clunkers program

you turn in your old car and buy a new one with govt subsidy

your old car is destroyed by the dealer (they drain the oil and put sodium silicate and run the engine = engine death ) and send the car to the scrap yard

so old polluter car is replaced with fuel efficient car

but here e-vehicles are introduced but polluting vehicles aren't taken off the roads

jeepney and tricycle owners aren't gonna buy e-vehicles and scrap their polluters

the govt doesnt have any program to buy and destroy polluting vehicles from the private sector

and the private sector isnt gonna voluntarily destroy their polluting vehicles

[ghosthunter]

will e-trikes actually replace existing gasoline tricyclces?

if yes then that's great

but if e-trikes will run side-by-side with existing gasoline tricycles then you just added more vehicles to already congested roads

e-jeepneys were supposed to replace diesel jeepneys

that didnt turn out as planned

That part was too predictable. I think the same would happen with the e-trikes because of the limited range and ssssslllllooooowwww speed of travel.

Also maintenance. That is the reason why the "tilapia" e-trikes in the FORT area has become a rare species on the roads in Taguig City. They aren't durable and parts are hard to find or expensive to buy by trike operators.

[jpdm]

yes it should be locally sourced... they should have used the funds from Malampaya for R & D and support local inventors (yung talagang inventor ha) DOE, DOST should have tapped the local industry to come up with the design and technology...

remember the award winning tricycle side car design??

Agree sir!