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Electric motorcycles and bicycles are displayed at the Pedal UP Bike expo in UP Diliman, Quezon City on May 5, 2024. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News

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Benise Balaoing

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1715840317548bike.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Electric motorcycles and bicycles are displayed at the Pedal UP Bike expo in UP Diliman, Quezon City on May 5, 2024. <em>Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Electric motorcycles and e-bicycles may soon become more affordable as the government includes them in the list of vehicles that can be imported into the Philippines tariff-free.</p><p>The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board announced on Thursday that it has decided to keep tariff rates at zero until 2028 for <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">34 tariff lines of battery electric vehicles (EVs) currently covered under Executive Order 12.</span></p><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted">The NEDA Board also agreed to expand the list of EVs with zero tariffs until 2028 to include <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">e-motorcycles and </span></span></span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/11/mmda-e-bikes-e-trikes-banned-on-national-roads-starting-april-15-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/11/mmda-e-bikes-e-trikes-banned-on-national-roads-starting-april-15-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/11/mmda-e-bikes-e-trikes-banned-on-national-roads-starting-april-15-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/11/mmda-e-bikes-e-trikes-banned-on-national-roads-starting-april-15-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">e-bicycles</a></span></span></span><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">, and nickel metal hydride accumulators.</span></span></span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted">The executive order <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">temporarily modified the rates of import duty on electric vehicles (EVs), their parts, and components under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Battery e-tricycles and quadricycles, battery, hybrid EV (HEV) and plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) jeepneys/buses, HEV and PHEV cars and trucks, and as completely knocked down (CKD) EVs for all types of vehicles will also now be part of the list.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration </span></span></span></span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/multimedia/photo/10/16/23/marcos-wants-half-of-cars-on-the-road-to-be-evs-by-2040" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/multimedia/photo/10/16/23/marcos-wants-half-of-cars-on-the-road-to-be-evs-by-2040" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/multimedia/photo/10/16/23/marcos-wants-half-of-cars-on-the-road-to-be-evs-by-2040" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/multimedia/photo/10/16/23/marcos-wants-half-of-cars-on-the-road-to-be-evs-by-2040" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/multimedia/photo/10/16/23/marcos-wants-half-of-cars-on-the-road-to-be-evs-by-2040" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wants half of cars on Philippine roads to be electric vehicles</a></span></span></span></span><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"> by 2040.</span></span></span></span></div><p><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"></span></span></span>In a statement, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the move is expected to boost <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">the EV market in the Philippines, support the transition to emerging technologies, reduce the transport system’s reliance on fossil fuels, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</span></p><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">&quot;By encouraging consumers to adopt EVs, we are promoting a cleaner, more resilient, and more environmentally friendly transportation alternative,” he said.</span></span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/30/marcos-wants-to-expedite-inclusion-of-e-vehicles-into-public-transportation-1713" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcos wants to include e-vehicles in public transportation sooner</a></span></span><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/22/electric-vehicle-adoption-faces-challenges-industry-group-1935" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></span></span><br/><span><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/22/electric-vehicle-adoption-faces-challenges-industry-group-1935" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Electric vehicle adoption faces challenges: industry group</a></span></span></div><p><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted">In their latest meeting, the NEDA Board also approved the </span></span>Facility for Accelerating Studies for Infrastructure(FAST-Infra) Project. This will fund the development of <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">high quality transportation master plans and create a pipeline of big-ticket transportation projects that would boost both national and regional connectivity.  </span></p><p>They also approved the I<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">nfrastructure for Safer and Resilient Schools (ISRS) Project, which will help </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">schools affected by natural disasters between 2019 and 2023 to urgently rebuild their classrooms and other facilities. </span></p><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iNJwiK4HS-w?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/><br/></div></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Electric motorcycles and e-bicycles may soon become more affordable as the government includes them in the list of vehicles that can be imported into the Philippines tariff-free.</p>

Electric motorcycles and e-bicycles may soon become more affordable as the government includes them in the list of vehicles that can be imported into the Philippines tariff-free.

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E-motorcycles, e-bikes now also zero tariff until 2028 as PH eyes EV shift

Benise Balaoing,

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Published May 16, 2024 02:24 PM PHT

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Updated May 16, 2024 02:41 PM PHT

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