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I first encountered these blue-and-white little vans at the BYD Shark launch more than a year ago. I was inquisitive about what made it tick, because fellow journalists were teasing that there was a diesel-powered generator that ran an inverter to charge a large battery storage system.
Of course, that was simply technical jest. In the overall thinking of overcoming range anxiety, which continues to be one of the psychological barriers to EV adoption, ACMobility, the operator of the BYD brand in the Philippines included the mobile charging station in its portfolio.
Adoption proposition
In the Philippines presently, the problem of the availability of charging stations (not in number but in distance) is particularly acute. Dense urban development, limited private parking, aging electrical systems, and severe traffic congestion complicate the deployment of conventional charging networks.
