"e-Jeepney" - The electric powered jeepney

[jpdm]

We have learned to accept that we are not yet meant to service the mass market. And it does not make sense to sell to PUJ's because no new franchises are being given out by the LTFRB. And existing PUJ operators are unwilling to change their units.

That is why we are servicing resorts, institutions and LGU's who want to pioneer the electric vehicle revolution for the Philippines. Right now I think what's important is to provide jobs for local workers in the auto industry.

The City of makati will soon be launching its Green route around the Central Business District. They dedicated 2 loops around Makati specifically for e-jeepneys! It's FREE!! (Not only on fares, but on emmiessions as well)Watch for it!


It's already viable marg. We have supplied to many resorts, banko central, congress, LGU's and NGO's.

And when Lithium ion becomes affordable we will also go that route. Mabuhay! May pag asa pa ang local auto industry!

Good think Makati is doing this! Hopefully more urbans centers with copy their program.

[jpdm]

It's actually ....TRUE The power used to recharge the batteries will come from the Magallanes Biodigester (hindi na plano). And a charging station has been set up at the makati Fire Station. Thus completing the clean and green loop.

If you have read up on our ejeepney project you will know that the ejeepney is just one component of the the Clean Cities Program. The other 2 components is a Biodigester which will generate energy from waste and the other is a network of charging stations.

Check it out. http://www.lucidverses.net/gripp/.

As for the batteries, Motolite now has the facility to properly recycle them. You should see their newly set up recycling plant. State of the art.

Climate Friendly Cities

The Climate Friendly Cities initiative is a project that aims to contribute to climate change mitigation and promote sustainable transport and waste management initiatives.
Led by the Green Renewable Independent Power Producer, Inc., or GRIPP, in partnership with DOEN Foundation, the project aims to use energy from organic wastes from the wet markets, business establishments, and households of partner cities to power an environmentally-friendly public transport system composed of the eJeepneys.

The project consists of 3 components:

1. a fleet of electric jeepneys or eJeepneys, each with a capacity of twelve (12) passengers;
2. a depot that will serve as charging station; and
3. a power plant consisting of a generator, an anaerobic digester or biodigester (an industrial system that promotes the decomposition of organic waste to produce biogas that can be used to power electricity generators), and a gas engine.

Biogas technologies harness biogas or methane from liquid or wet organic wastes from the livestock, food processing and beverage industries, as well as municipal solid waste and sewage treatment plants, to run a generator to produce electricity.
In the Climate Friendly Cities project, the biodigester will break down organic waste collected from municipal solid waste and sewage treatment plants, as well as the livestock, food processing and beverage industries of the partner cities. The process is as follows:
First, both the wet market and commercial food waste streams will be thoroughly cleaned of material such as metals and plastics. The waste will then be shred and mixed, and fed into digesters where their total solid content will be reduced through the introduction of an effluent such as pig manure or abattoir waste. The resulting slurry will be heated to accelerate the activity of bacteria decomposing the solids, thereby producing gas. The gas will, in turn, be fed to a gas engine that will produce electricity.
By steering clear of fossil fuels, these eJeepneys have not only revolutionized a Philippine icon, they have also provided an answer to the biggest challenge threatening our planet today: climate change.
The Climate Friendly Cities is supported by DOEN Foundation, an organization that strives towards the achievement of a liveable world in which everyone has a place. DOEN supports organizations and projects in the fields of Sustainable Development, Culture, Welfare, and Social Cohesion.

Very good news!

By the way, are DOEN and GRIPP NGO's from the Netherlands?

[ghosthunter]

These could work on EDSA and Makati. After all, streets in Las Vegas have roughly as much lanes as those in Makati.

It won't work simply because the buses will just wait longer to be filled before moving to the next bus stop.

What we need is better implementation of the existing rules like the maximum time the buses can wait at the designated stops. This would make the existing fleet of buses more efficient.

[roberto_minosa]

Yes, but before we can do that, we'd have to limit the franchises available for buses, especially the EDSA line. Or better yet, ban independent bus operators. Total, sila ang salot. A government-operated line of double-deck buses would do good. This way, the operation of buses will be tightly controlled. It'll also ease traffic congestion by using less buses that fit more people.

I'm pretty confident that the government can operate something like it, since they've been doing a decent job with the LRT 1 and 2 lines.

[romski123]

Lovers in Paris with the Ejeepney!









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[jpdm]

Lovers in Paris with the Ejeepney!









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Yes Yes and Yes!!!

Congrats Romski123!

Please read my PM re: e-jeepneys..

[romski123]

Very good news!

By the way, are DOEN and GRIPP NGO's from the Netherlands?

DOEN is from the Netherlands. GRIPP is local.

[ehnriko]

DOEN is from the Netherlands. GRIPP is local.

Wow... two very positive words!... DOEN - means Get things done in Dutch...

and GRIPP - sounds more like having really a good grasp to the target.

Prost Meneer! - success!!! Ik Denk Jaj bent echt Goed!- my dutch is a bit rusty now but it helps to know a bit of some.

[OyiL]

Hmmm. ARANAZ motors? ano yung mga posters na mukhang prototype car sketches? props ba yan? o tunay na car shop?

Lovers in Paris with the Ejeepney!









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[ghosthunter]

Hmmm. ARANAZ motors? ano yung mga posters na mukhang prototype car sketches? props ba yan? o tunay na car shop?

Looks more like they were there as "props" as well as the e-bicycles and e-scooters seen in some of the pictures.