Lenovo M2 Electric Scooter Review: Better Late than Never?

Review Verdict: For people looking for a value-packed electric scooter that’s not named Xiaomi now have another option with the Lenovo M2. While the M2 will be going up against established brands and plenty of OEMs in the market, it has a fair amount of good features that’ll make it stand out from its more established […]

Toyota Teases Its X Prologue EV, Its First All-electric Car

Toyota teases X Prologue,  its first all-electric vehicle a few days before its launch. While the company isn’t a stranger to electric concepts and hybrid vehicles, the X Prologue might be the very first all-electric, mass-market car that the company will produce. As for the teaser itself, it doesn’t show much beyond the single headlight. […]

You’ll Soon Need A Driver’s License To Use An Electric Scooter

Because of the limited transportation options during the longest, and strictest COVID-19 lockdown in the world, people living in Metro Manila had to resort to unconventional transport options to get around. One of these options is the electric scooter, a relatively low-cost, eco-friendly way to traverse the urban jungle. But you’ll soon need to have […]

Sony Just Made Their Own Electric Car

It’s made to show off many of their techs Not content on just making phones, cameras, audio gear and TVs, Sony is apparently making cars now. Well, a car to be specific. The company unveiled their Sony Vision-S electric concept sedan at the end of their CES keynote, much to the surprise of everyone attending. […]

Electric Bikes Have To Be Registered, According To The LTO

What once was a convenient gadget for getting around villages and compounds has fast become a scourge on the streets. We’re talking about electric bikes or e-bikes, which has massively multiplied in the past few months, popping up in places where they aren’t supposed to be, like EDSA and other major highways. Now the Land […]

Xiaomi Debuts the Mijia Electric Scooter

Here’s another left field product from Chinese tech titan Xiaomi – an electric scooter dubbed the Mijia Electric Scooter. This isn’t the first time Xiaomi has launched an electric vehicle, though. Earlier in June, the company unwrapped the QiCycle, an electric engine enabled folding bicycle. As for technical specs, the Mijia has an operating range […]

Apple Drops Hints on Developing Autonomous Vehicles

In the year 20XX, the Apple iCar will be unveiled in all its futuristic, autonomous-driving glory. That’s if Apple does push through with its long-rumored self-driving car ambitions. Recently, the Cupertino-based tech titan revealed, through a letter to US transport regulators, that the company was “excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, […]

The Genius EV, an Electric Car Built by a Filipino Engineer

Say hello to the Genius EV electric car. It’s a 5-seater mini sedan running on a 10 kW, 72-volts brushless DC motor. 6 12-volt, 120 amp-hour Motolite battery packs provide the juice the Genius EV needs to operate, with a maximum speed of 75 kilometers per hour and a range of around 70 kilometers after […]

LTO Suspends Ban on E-Bikes Anew

In a surprise move from LTO, they have issued an advisory where they are temporarily suspending their ban on E-Bikes. While not explicitly stated on the advisory they issued today (October 15), the LTO did mention that they are temporarily suspending the “requirement for registration of LEVs (light electric vehicles) and licensing of LEV users […]

Marcos Delays MMDA e-bike Ban

While the MMDA was supposed to implement its e-bike ban today (April 18), President Bongbong Marcos ordered the MMDA and LGU units to temporarily suspend the implementation of the ban for the meantime. READ MORE: The Ugly Truth about MMDA’s e-Bike Ban MMDA Wants Stricter Regulations on E-Bikes and E-Scooters In a press statement, Marcos […]

The Ugly Truth about MMDA’s e-Bike Ban

The MMDA, has announced that it will implement its MMDA Regulation 24-022, or the prohibition of e-bikes, e-trikes, tricycles, pedicabs, pushcarts, and kuligligs from traversing national roads, circumferential roads, and radial roads in Metro Manila on April 15, which was moved to tomorrow, April 17. MMDA Acting Chairman Don Artes says that these are just […]

A Roadtrip to Subic with the BYD Dolphin EV

While the Philippines is slowly adopting to electric vehicles (EV), there are still a few reasons why Filipinos hesitate to buy EVs. One of these reasons is range anxiety, as the perception with an EV is that they have lower range compared to gas powered cars. Add to the limited number of charging stations in […]