The Pasig River Ferry MB (means motor banca) Dalaray. (Photo from DOST.)
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is mounting a coordinated push to scale up homegrown electric vehicle technologies as volatile global fuel prices continue to pressure the local transport sector. Driven by its central research arm, the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development, the government is repositioning a suite of locally engineered e-mobility systems from university laboratories into active street and waterway operations.
DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. stated that long-term state investments in domestic electric transport research are reaching a critical maturation point. With fuel prices remaining highly unpredictable, Solidum noted that these developed technologies present an immediate avenue for domestic cost reduction while cutting emissions within highly congested urban corridors.
