By Kris M. Crismundo
MANILA, April 8 (PNA) — Providing services platform will expand the use of electric vehicles in the country, Japanese firm Global Mobility Service (GMS) said in a press briefing in Makati City Wednesday.
GMS President and CEO Tokushi Nakashima announced that the company has partnered with Meralco Energy Inc. (MServ), a subsidiary of the country’s largest power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), PLDT Alpha’s Smart Enterprise, and Bayad Center to establish mobility cloud-connecting system (MCCS) to promote e-vehicles in the country.
The platform aims to help e-vehicle operators and drivers to acquire e-vehicle units through easier payment system as well as providing them infrastructure for charging station and e-vehicles with cloud communication and technology connection.
GMS Business Development manager Kazumasa Nakashima said that through the platform, a driver or operator could acquire an e-vehicle for daily payment of Php250 to Php 350 for five years which can be in the form of prepaid through loading the e-vehicle’s Smart prepaid card or direct payment via Bayad Center.
The daily payment depends on the e-vehicle model whose prices range from Php 250,000 to Php 450,000.
For this part, there will be a need for local government units’ (LGU) and leasing or financing companies’ support.
The target market for this model are public transport vehicle groups.
Further, the platform also has MCCS, which can activate and control the e-vehicle units remotely, determine the vehicle’s location, monitor vehicle functionality using CPU security system, and accumulate and send vehicle data via 2G, 3G and wireless fidelity; hence, its partnership with communication firm Smart.
Nakashima said GMS eyes 50,000 MCCS technology in five years.
He also said that the government also considered the company to establish MCCS technology, particularly the global positioning system (GPS) feature for public buses.
On the other note, MServ will be providing charging facilities for the e-vehicles.
Currently, the platform is introduced in Quezon City. (PNA)