PHUV, Inc.

**jpdm** · August 14th, 2009 10:04 AM

[SIZE=3]PHUV, Inc.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=4]MVPMAP[/SIZE] on the other hand, through [SIZE=4]PhUV Inc.[/SIZE], is fortifying its position as the pioneering organization that will not only help rekindle the Philippine auto manufacturing industry but will also push for sustainable and environment-friendly communities.

"This advocacy started when we locally designed in 2006 and developed in 2007 the Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV) to prove that given the opportunity and the resources, the Pinoy engineer can design and build a truly Pinoy vehicle.

The PhUV Program has been in the Investment Priority Plan (IPP) of the Board of Investments since 2007.

This e-jeepney is just a reincarnation of the PhUV as a pioneering endeavor under the IPP", Mr. Raquelsantos says.

MVPMAP members are excited to supply their locally-assembled parts to both the e-jeepneys and the e-trikes for its forthcoming mass production.

"This will ensure the availability of after-sales parts and service for the vehicle. Even Pres. Arroyo has shown much interest in the electric vehicle program when we and our Chinese partners presented this to her in China.

Things are looking brighter and this we hope will finally put the Philippines at the forefront of electric vehicle development in this part of the globe", he concludes.

PhUV Inc. is the first to locally design, fabricate, assemble and actually put on the road a locally-assembled electric vehicle, the e-jeepney.

The Logo of MVPMAP

Source: Press Release, December 2008, Enterprise

Working for the development of a new type of jeepneys

**jpdm** · August 14th, 2009 10:06 AM

The First project (aborted?)of PHUV, Inc.

**jpdm** · August 14th, 2009 10:14 AM

E-jeepneys of PHUV, Inc.

courtesy of Greenpeace southeast asia

The LTO will issue orange plates for these environment-friendly vehicles which are now classified as low speed vehicles with a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

E-jeepneys cost 625,000 pesos a unit, while reconditioned diesel engine jeepneys cost from 700,000 to 800,000 pesos, depending on how many passengers it can carry.

From Trapik.com posted 3/2009

**ghosthunter** · August 14th, 2009 10:29 AM

First things first. Find a production method which would give finished vehicles curves. What is the point of trying to push PHUV if all you will produce are vehicles which look like cardboard boxes on wheels?

**jpdm** · August 14th, 2009 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

First things first. Find a production method which would give finished vehicles curves. What is the point of trying to push PHUV if all you will produce are vehicles which look like cardboard boxes on wheels?

hehehe

Hindi naman po sir...

Khit mukhang gorilla at darna yung gawa nila, malaki naman improvement nila sa mga bulok at karag-karag na jeepney..

Tsaka naman sila e...

Anyway, just my opinion sir.

**ghosthunter** · August 14th, 2009 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by jpdm

hehehe

Hindi naman po sir...

Khit mukhang gorilla at darna yung gawa nila, malaki naman improvement nila sa mga bulok at karag-karag na jeepney..

Tsaka naman sila e...

Anyway, just my opinion sir.

I agree that a cardboard box with proper doors is an improvement over the old jeepney style design (no doors anywhere) but I think doors on cars isn't anything new these days.

Even the old Ford Model T already had proper doors.

**jpdm** · August 14th, 2009 02:48 PM

Hmmmm, indeed, the Model T is a cardboard box with proper doors.....

Anyway, the e-jeepney still looks better than this..

**ghosthunter** · August 14th, 2009 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by jpdm

Hmmmm, indeed, the Model T is a cardboard box with proper doors.....

Anyway, the e-jeepney still looks better than this..

Looks can be deceiving.

The e-jeepney can be compared to a lightweight extended golf cart that is only better than the traditional jeepney in the fact that it uses electricity. Other than that, they are about the same, open air, no doors, pure lack of any safety in design.

**jpdm** · August 14th, 2009 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

Looks can be deceiving.

...The e-jeepney can be compared to a lightweight extended golf cart that is only better than the traditional jeepney in the fact that it uses electricity. ....

Well, at least you agree with me that the e-jeepney or e-PHUV is still better than a dirty (smoke belching) rickety jeepney..

They are in fact clean (no emission) and good for the environment!

**ghosthunter** · September 1st, 2009 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by jpdm

Well, at least you agree with me that the e-jeepney or e-PHUV is still better than a dirty (smoke belching) rickety jeepney..

They are in fact clean (no emission) and good for the environment!

You forget...

Would you want to produce and dispose of toxic waste from making and disposing lead-acid batteries. And those plastic resin body shells also require some liters of old dinosaur to manufacture them as well.

That old jeepney can be as clean or even cleaner if you just use appropriate tech like converting the surplus diesel engine to a refurbished gasoline engine with Auto-LPG conversion kit. What you end up is a jeepney that have emissions to meet and beat the clean air requirements for cars.

The plus side, no need to have new infrastructure set up like a battery charging station. Heck! ... where does the electricity to charge the batteries come from anyway? Oil and coal burning powerplants, that's where.

So you argue, "solar!"...

Yes, solar can be used BUT it is pricey and you need a very big (read: very expensive) solar array to charge a single e-jeepney's battery pack. How do you charge the other battery packs then?

With regular jeepneys running on Auto-LPG, you don't need to setup new facilities since it's already there servicing taxi cabs and private cars as well. Given LPG is cheaper than gasoline and diesel, it pays for itself in fuel cost savings.