The government of Makati City Philippines is planning to go to the next level, taking off from where their first electric jeepneys started off. This time around, they will try to shift on e-trikes as a form of alternative form of public transport, a move that is geared towards an eco-friendly environmental setting.

A prototype of the “e-trike” was displayed after a motorcade of electrical-powered vehicles went around Metro Manila to promote clean air as part of yesterday’s Earth Day celebration. After a successful test run of the eight-seater e-trike called “Aerocab” which runs up to 85 kilometers per hour, city transportation consultant Ernesto Camarillo said Makati would soon acquire two of the vehicles.

“Once we complete the technical tests and the Land Transportation Office requirements, we’ll encourage tricycle drivers to shift to the Aerocab. We still have to check because it has to be competitive with regular tricycles [in terms of cost and maintenance],” he added.

He could not say, however, how much the locally manufactured Aerocab would cost although the e-trikes launched last year in Taguig City and Palawan ranged from P80,000 to P140,000 each. Taguig later bought nearly 200 e-trikes.

“The city has money for the environment, but the investment will be quite big,” Camarillo said.

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(Source) Inquirer