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Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. leads the launching of battery-powered commuter bus
March 17, 2012 12:43 am
Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. leads the launching of a battery-powered commuter bus called eBus at the Kalayaan Grounds of Malacañang on Friday (March 16, 2012). The Climate Change Commission has partnered with Victory Liner to produce the new breed of commuter bus under the program “Victory Against Climate Change.” The eBus, which can carry 52 passengers and run on 400-Volt Winston Rare-Earth Yttrium Lithium-ion battery with a maximum speed of 90 kilometers per hour, is one of the National Climate Change Action Plan’s responses to help reduce greenhouse gas emission in the country. (Robert Vinas/Malacañang Photo Bureau/PNA)
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Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. leads the launching of battery-powered commuter bus : balita.ph
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Re: E-Bus in the Philppines
That news article was in MARCH 2012.
It is now in the middle of JUNE 2012.
Will the e-BUS end up like the CNG-BUS government program?
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dyan magaling ang pinoy -- press release
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puro porma lang.......:no:
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Taiwan, local firms tie up for e-bus project in Phl
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By Rainier Allan Ronda
(The Philippine Star)
Updated August 22, 2012
MANILA, Philippines - Two Philippine companies have tied up with a Taiwanese electric car technology firm for the manufacture of electric buses in the country.
Greentech Motors Corp. and Statemotors, both all-Filipino companies, signed last Friday in Taiwan a memorandum of understanding with Taiwanese company RAC Electric Vehicles Inc. for a tripartite collaboration that will enable the manufacture of environment-friendly and energy-efficient electric buses in the country. This will hopefully reduce, if not eradicate, smoke-belching and dilapidated public utility buses from polluting the country’s major thoroughfares and highways.
Jan Vincent Kierulf, Greentech Motors president, said that with the alliance firmed up, they hope to assemble an initial batch of 10 electric buses here in the country before the end of the year.
Kierulf said that with the local assemble of the electric buses, they hope to make the environment-friendly “e-buses” more affordable for Philippine public utility bus companies.
It was learned that the cost of importing brand-new e-buses from other countries like Taiwan, China, and Australia ranges from P18 to P25 million, making it not financially-viable for many bus companies.
Greentech Motors, will be the lead company to pursue the local manufacture of the e-buses, with RAC Electric Vehicles providing the technology for the electric power trains manufacture.
Statemotors, a unit of State Investment of Allen Roxas, which bought the car assembly plant of the defunct Francisco Motors Corp., will provide the car assembly factory where the e-buses will be manufactured and assembled.
With the local assembly and manufacture of the e-buses, they project to bring down the cost of a brand-new e-bus to as low as P7 million.
Kierulf expressed optimism about the undertaking, and welcomed a commitment from Trade and Industry Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal to create a study group that will draw up a roadmap for the development of an electric vehicle industry in the Philippines.
source: Taiwan, local firms tie up for e-bus project in Phl - The Philippine Star » News » Business
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Proposed Electric bus (locally assembled) = (as low as) P7M
Fully Imported TOURIST BUS = Php 4,950,000.00
CBU FROM CHINA
FULLY LOADED
EQUIPPED WITH REAR VIDEO CAMERA & MONITOR
FOR EASY MANUEVERING ON BACKING UP
6 CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE
WITH TURBO INTERCOOLER
SEATING CAPACITY: 43 TO 59 SEATER
LINK: http://autodealers.multiply.com/phot.../BRAND-NEW-BUS
I wonder where did the news article get the estimated P18 to P25M price tag for each imported bus? Did someone just inflated the price to self-serve the article's cause?
Which one would a bus operator purchase?
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timrev
ganito yung sa beijing. imo mas ok 'to, di talaga makaalis sa lane nila.
Re: E-Bus in the Philppines
The P18m price tag is probably for US- or Euro-made E-Buses. But even then, since buses enjoy tax discounts already, it should be less.
I recall the bus at the Meralco summit had a price tag of around 5m.
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Sana lagyan din nila ng speed limiter. :yes:
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timrev
pansinin nyo yun daan my railway track pa so multipurpose yun daan...sana ganyan daanan natin sa metro
sa zurich yan...
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timrev
pansinin mo yung harap ng bus. may bike rack. bike friendly yung bus na yan. pwede mo isakay yung bike tapos bus ka, pagbaba mo pwede ka na ulit mag bike.