The showcasing of several cars that run on electricity, gasoline and natural gas at the recently-concluded 2nd Philippine International Motor Show, the Philippine assembler of Nissan cars bared over the weekend that it is targeting a 2012 launch of its own “plug and drive” unit in the Philippines.
Lee, who is also president of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI), said that aside from cars powered by electricity, automakers are working overtime to develop models that run on gasoline and electricity or both—the ones called hyrbid models.
“Each manufacturer is actually accelerating the developement and the launch of these types of vehicles because they reduce carbon emissions,” Lee said.
“The pricing right now is a little costly so if you were to take a look at the other solutions like the hybrids and electric vehicles, they are actually being sold right now in the developed countries, the US, Europe, Japan, [because] of high purchasing power,” she said.
