You’ve heard the news – American tech company Tesla is in talks with the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for a potential joint-venture in battery tech. Why batteries? Well Tesla is one of the biggest innovators in battery technology because of necessity – their main products are their electric cars, which require hi-quality, hi-tech batteries […]
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is in talks with American electric car titan and tech company Tesla for a potential joint-venture on battery technology. The Manila Bulletin reported the news last week, in an interview with Meralco Senior Vice President Alfredo S. Panlilio. “It’s a potential business partnership on small storage, that’s what we’re pushing […]
It’s a simple home battery that’s a gamechanger A few days ago Tesla, the American company that’s known for making awesome looking electric vehicles, officially launched Powerwall, a battery system for the home. While using batteries for homes to store power from renewable sources like solar, Tesla’s one of the first companies that has made […]
Xiaomi no has two EVs in its portfolio: the SU7 and the bigger, newly-announced YU7. Both EVs are feature packed and competitively priced against the likes of Tesla, but one question remains: when will Xiaomi make its EV offerings official for global markets? READ MORE Is the Xiaomi SU7 Coming to the Philippines? We confirmed […]
More than a year after debuting its first EV, Xiaomi introduces a new model to its portfolio with the YU7. This time, Xiaomi’s new EV is a crossover SUV, being larger than its rivals like the Tesla Model Y with a long 3000mm wheelbase and being 1608mm tall. The YU7 is available in three variants. […]
I’ve never heard of the Chinese EV brand XPENG until they showed off their Land Aircraft Carrier in CES this year. The part van, part flying pod drew crowds in Las Vegas, and made enough noise to put the company in the radar of the west. XPENG invited us over to witness the launch of […]
One of the biggest surprises from the local launch of the Xiaomi 15 yesterday was the sighting of the SU7 EV on the event floor–a first in the Philippines after all the viral photos and videos that surfaced on social media. Initially, we were intrigued with the SU7 that was on display as it had […]
The Xiaomi SU7 is probably one of the EVs that we look forward to seeing in the Philippines. Aside from having looks that can give other EVs available in the Philippines a run for the money, one of the intriguing things about the SU7 is that its starting price is roughly the same as a […]
Xiaomi has created much hype late last year with the SU7 as its first EV. We saw the EV in person at MWC 2024, and it is indeed a gorgeous-looking car. Now that we all know the key specs and features of the Xiaomi SU7, how much is the asking price for the brand’s first […]
All jeepneys in the Philippines are facing the inevitable right now, as the country’s Jeepney Modernization program aims to phase out all aging jeepneys. The franchise consolidation may be extended until the end of January, but operators need to upgrade their current fleet of jeepneys, which can be expensive, costing around more than Php 2 […]