“Only more affluent Filipinos — indeed a limited segment of the population — can afford to buy four-wheel vehicles and hence enjoy these incentives… This is why the government must make these tax incentives more inclusive," Vitangcol said.
EO12 will be up for mandatory review eight months from now. It is expected that NEDA will recommend the amendment of the said Order to include e-motorcyles in the import tax incentives.
Personally I’m on the fence about EVs mainly cause of charging I’ve only seen two establishments here in Baguio accomodate EVs SM and technohub and no I’m not saying every establishment shoud accommodate EVs but rather those who can specifically establishments that fit 10213
Only thing I don’t like about EVs is that the coding exemption benefits mostly the rich because they’re the only ones who could “afford” and maximize their use by having a fast charger installed on their homes (powered by solar most likely).
Dapat sana may subsidy na lang from the government exclusively for those below middle class. Sulit na sulit pa mga cars sa poor who, more than likely, have 5 or more people squeezing inside kaysa sa mga mayayaman na driver lang at passenger sakay kadalasan.
How would they even be able to determine that though?
I personally think removal of tarrifs on EVs are efficient enough that and improve the charging infra