Environment-friendly jeeps debut in Makati

[niky]

A maximum of 40 km/h?

I hope they don't go on EDSA!

But seriously, if these things can be provided at half a million, then that's decent. But the post of another tsikoteer in the e-jeepney thread hit closer to a more viable solution:

Sell the jeeps without batteries: cheaper: For jeeps in the service area, the drivers will rent batteries, then return them when they're used up and rent new ones. The rental fee will be partially for the electric charge of the batteries, and partially for the batteries themselves (but at a minimal charge).

There would be stamps on the battteries or serial numbers to allow the government to track how many charge cycles they've been through. This would help estimate the shelf-life of the batteries and further help in refining the system.

Not having seen the jeeps in person, I don't know how hard it will be to change, but having a central depot with a charging station, a portable crane (the small hand crane you often see in garages) and three or four employees, you could run a small fleet of jeepneys off of that.

[Taurus]

This would again open up for investors to venture for a new kind of business.

And opportunities as well . . . let's go GREEN !