Mitsubishi Motor Co. logo is displayed at the Tokyo Auto show in Tokyo. Image: AP/Koji Sasahara

MANILA, Philippines — One of the country’s leading car brands, Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp., is eyeing the Philippines as its next export hub for electric vehicles (EVs) as it prepares to submit a P7-billion investment proposal under the government’s EV incentives program.

That would start with the assembly of EV batteries at its existing production facility in Santa Rosa, Laguna, where it currently manufactures its best-selling Mirage and L300.

READ: Gov’t unveils P60-B incentive to pitch PH as EV makers’ hub

Article continues after this advertisement