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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
E-Bikes and E-Trikes will be regulated starting April 2024, as the MMDA has passed Regulation No. 24-022, which prohibits E-Bikes, E-Trikes, Tricycles, Pedicabs, Pushcarts, and Kuligligs from traversing national roads. MMDA listed 19 major roads in Metro Manila where e-bikes and e-trikes are banned. “Due to the proliferation of e-vehicles, the MMC deemed it imperative to regulate […]
Apple is supposedly developing next-generation batteries that are more efficient and more powerful than the ones currently available on the market. The tech giant is planning to commercialize these new in-house batteries starting in 2025, South Korean media outlet ETNews reported. These batteries will then be installed in Apple products that are to be released […]