"e-Jeepney" - The electric powered jeepney

[kitsons]

kaya medyo mabuti ding ang naging epekto ng pag taas ng fuel, nabawasan ang mga gumagamit ng sasakyan nila, maybe kung wala nang nagamit ng fuel sa mga sasakyan eh sa palagay ko malaki ang maibabawas sa global warming and pollution sa earth....peace go e-car

Sangayon ako sa punto mo. Unti-unti nang mapuputol ang pagkakahawak sa leeg ng ating economia ng mga oil people... kung madadaliin lang natin ang pag apply ng alternative fuels like brown gas most especially.

[paolorenzo]

e-Jeepneys will now be going around Legaspi and Salcedo Villages...

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire...illages-routes

[webmiester]

Where can we buy this machine for those who are interested?

I recently went to megamall and found the "e-motion" electric motor bike. Its funny cause they forgot to put their address or phone number on their leaflets, so I really wouldn't know where to get them or refer them to.

[romski123]

Can MVPMAP help save the local auto parts industry?

Last year was an exceptionally good year for the Philippine auto industry. For the first time in the last ten years, total industry sales breached the century mark with total sales of 117,903 units. However, during the last few years, sales from completely-built up units (CBU) have been steadily increasing versus those assembled locally using completely-knocked down (CKD) kits. Last year, CBU importations rose to almost 50% of total industry sales. Imported CBU units have no value-added local parts and labor in them.
As a result, the very small volume of vehicles from CKD kits has also reduced the volume of local auto parts. Consequently, some local parts makers were not able to survive and had to close shop. Those that survived are currently operating at only about 40% of their rated plant capacities.
It is against this backdrop that the Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers Association of the Phils. (MVPMAP) decided to take some bold initiatives to save the moribund local auto parts making industry. Under the leadership of its new president, Mr. Rafael Villarreal, it has been organizing and supporting its members to survive even engaging the services of Japanese experts to improve quality, productivity and plant management. It also looked for grants to assist members secure not only ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 but even TS 14969 as required by the major car assemblers.
MVPMAP, with the support of the DTI and BOI, has even sent business missions in Hong Kong, Australia, Taiwan and China to explore the possibility of joint ventures with foreign parts suppliers interested in investing in the Philippines.
Then last year, it took the bold decision to design, develop and manufacture the Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV). It is an AUV-based vehicle that was designed with the small and medium entrepreneurs in mind. Since the PhUV also has a high percentage of value-added local labor and parts in it, it was aimed at revitalizing the local parts making industry.
MVPMAP, despite its very limited resources, went into the PhUV Program to prove that given the chance and the resources, the Pinoy engineers can design, develop and manufacture a truly Pinoy vehicle. This is something most of the Philippines' ASEAN neighbors have done with much success.
It is in realization of this achievement that the Board of Investments has included the Philippine Utility Vehicle Program in the 2007 Investments Priority Program. Under the 2007 IPP, assemblers and parts suppliers of the PhUV Program were granted a package of incentives, including income tax holidays and duty-free importation of raw materials.
Today, MVPMAP is proud to announce that the PhUV has evolved into the e-PhUV, an electric jeepney that will not rely on fossil fuel for power. There is a ready market for these electric vehicles as MVPMAP has partnered with the Green Renewable Independent Power Producers (GRIPP) in its Climate Friendly Cities Program.
GRIPP, which counts among its members Greenpeace International, has secured foreign funding for some 50 units of the electric jeepneys for distribution among the LGUs as a component of its program. As of today, it has already brought in from China two electric jeepneys in Makati City and four in Bacolod City. MVPMAP on the other hand has decided to design and develop a truly Pinoy jeepney reminiscent of what has long been a Pinoy icon.
The e-PhUV might just be the hope that the local parts makers have long been waiting for so they can get back to their past production volumes and secure the jobs for the over 44,000 Filipinos dependent on the industry.

[romski123]

Local parts makers assemble Pinoy electric jeepney

Mayor Jejomar Binay of Makati will launch today two different models of the electric jeepney assembled locally by local parts makers comprising the Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers Association of the Phils. (MVPMAP).
MVPMAP Pres. Raffy Villarreal said that the electric jeepneys, codenamed e-PhUV, were developed by MVPMAP as part of its Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV) Program, which has been included in the 2007 Investments Priority Program (IPP) of the Board of Investments. "Except for the 5 kw motor, the powertrain, steering and brake components which were imported, the body and all the other parts, including its batteries, were sourced from among MVPMAP's 130 members", he adds.
MVPMAP went into this program upon the invitation of Green Renewable Independent Power Producers (GRIPP), a coalition of partners in the Greenpeace-initiated Climate Friendly Cities Program. The electric jeepney is one of three major components of this CFC Program.
To fast track the program, GRIPP initially imported six fully-assembled electric jeepneys from China. But a jeepney being a Pinoy icon, MVPMAP was invited to design and assemble the local version of the electric jeepney. It is also in a better position to provide the much-needed after-sales service and spare parts the jeepney operators and drivers were clamoring for. It has committed to train local technicians on the service, maintenance and repair of electric vehicles.
The Pinoy engineers behind the project were able to make the local design 100% compliant to the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) of the Land Transportation Office. This is needed for vehicle registration under a recently-approved Low-Speed Vehicle category.
"On the side, the e-PhUV project will provide incremental volume to local parts makers who will supply the local value-added parts and labor. This is a boost to some 40,000 workers dependent on our local parts industry for their livelihood. They have been reeling from the negative effects of reduced CKD productions in the local auto industry. The local assembly of the electric jeepneys will hopefully increase their production volumes to more than the current 40% of their rated plant capacities. This will also fulfill GRIPP's goal for local auto industries to develop their own manufacturing base for the electric jeepneys", says Mr. Villareal.
Since electric jeepneys run on pure electric power, GRIPP expects the electric jeepneys to be the answer to the unabated increases in petroleum products. There being no smoke to exhaust, it also reduces air pollutants such as carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide produced by the operation of diesel-fueled PUJs. It therefore helps improve air quality and the health of the commuters.
MVPMAP VP Ferdi Raquelsantos adds that based on initial test results, an overnight charging of an electric jeepney for about eight hours using an ordinary household wall outlet will cost about P158.00. It can then be run at a maximum speed of 40 km per hour for about 90 kms or at an operating cost of only P1.76 per km. "Compare this to operating a diesel PUJ: diesel fuel now costs P52.00 per liter and if you can run it for 8 km per liter, the operating cost would be about P6.50 per km. This is more than three times that of the electric jeepney", he continues.
MVPMAP views the electric jeepney as probably the vehicle of the future, one that truly highlights the jeepney as a Pinoy icon.

[romski123]

[romski123]

[dprox]

Where can we buy this machine for those who are interested?

I recently went to megamall and found the "e-motion" electric motor bike. Its funny cause they forgot to put their address or phone number on their leaflets, so I really wouldn't know where to get them or refer them to.

PM mo si monmendoza. Baka alam niya.

[dprox]

MVPMAP made the right decision to shift to electric vehicles.
More than that, they did a pretty good job transforming the look of the e-jeepney from an alien Alice-the-Goon to a more familiar local jeepney style, including some jeepney art.
Congratulations to MVPMAP! Buti na lang shinelf niyo yung PhUV.

[jpdm]

Everytime I see the photos of the MVPMAP e-jeepney, I remember my tito's (when I was still in shorts) Cimarron.....

Congrats uli MVPMAP, I hope MVPMAP will produce more and make it cheaper than those ugly, cheap and lemon looking Chinese versions that I think are overpriced....