Tag: electric vehicle

MMDA launches free charging station for e-bikes, e-scooters

Project aims to encourage Filipinos to turn to e-vehicles amid rising fuel prices   (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority launched on Wednesday, June 22, a free solar charging station for electronic bikes and electronic scooters in Pasig City which aims to encourage more people to use alternative modes of transportation amid the continuing oil price hike. This is just the first of two free charging stations that the MMDA planned to open. […]

No petrol, no cars: Cubans turn to electric transport

  by Leticia PINEDA Agence France Presse SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) — There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles whizzing among the old American cars so emblematic of the Cuban capital. As fuel shortages and US sanctions take their toll, and even though electricity generation can be spotty, Cubans are turning to smaller, cheaper, plug-in alternatives. “Gasoline? Imagine. After 50 years battling to get hold of it, […]

VW ditches natural gas to focus on e-cars

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Volkswagen on Monday said it will stop developing natural gas-fuelled cars as the German auto giant bets on electric engines in the battle to woo climate-conscious drivers. The VW group sold just 110,000 cars powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) worldwide last year, not enough to justify further investment, VW’s head of development Frank Welsch told the Handelsblatt financial daily. Although production of existing models powered by the alternative energy […]

California wants 5 million ‘green’ cars on roads by 2030

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California Governor Jerry Brown Friday signed an executive order detailing aims to have five million electric cars on the state’s roads by 2030 — by accelerating the production of such vehicles using financial incentives and rebates. The $2.5 billion, eight-year plan also involves the installation of 250,000 electric vehicle charging stations and 200 hydrogen fueling stations by 2025. “To continue to meet California’s climate goals and clean air standards, […]