CAMPI to showcase EVs at LTO Motor Show

MANILA:  The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) will be showcasing a whole range of electric vehicle (EV) technologies at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Motor Show from today to May 27.

The LTO Motor Show returns after two years since the pandemic hit the country, and runs with the theme “We Drive Your Future.”

Initiated in 2018, the motor show brings together industry partners and other LTO stakeholders to promote emission compliance, vehicle safety and roadworthiness, among others. This year’s
theme also aims to promote low carbon mobility through EV adoption.

The LTO motor show will be a convergence of original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of EV technologies. Present at the show are hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEV), as well as internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles through LTO's industry partner like CAMPI. 

‘’We have been advocating together with LTO on vehicle safety and environmental performance for a long time. We will now intensify our advocacy and information campaign on EVs considering the effectivity of Republic Act No. 11697 or the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act (EVIDA) last May 15, 2022. The LTO motor show provides a good platform for this,” CAMPI President Rommel Gutierrez stated.

CAMPI’s model lineup includes five EV models and five ICE models.

CAMPI will also conduct an information campaign on OEM EV technologies during the LTO motor show.

“We’d like to put objective information out there that are truly helpful to customers. Those that can enhance the understanding of EV technologies and increase the preference for EVs,” Gutierrez
said.

"The penetration rate of EVs remain low. LTO data show that only 1,020 units of four-wheel EVs were registered in 2010 to 2020, CAMPI observed in a release, and it thinks information campaigns need to be done to improve the uptake. 

CAMPI expressed its support to the Department of Trade & Industry’s proposal of MFN tariff suspension on EVs, saying the DTI initiative is complementary to EVIDA.

CAMPI member companies that will participate in the motor show include Foton Motor Philippines, Inc., Isuzu Philippines Corp., Bermaz Auto Philippines, Inc. (Mazda), Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp., Nissan Philippines, Inc., Suzuki Philippines, Inc., and Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. 

Photos from Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp., Toyota Motor Philippines 

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