MANILA, Philippines – Nissan has reiterated the need for collaboration among automakers, governments, and other stakeholders as key to accelerating electrification in the Asia and Oceania region.
Speaking at a recent electric vehicle summit in Manila, head of Nissan's electric vehicle business unit Nicholas Thomas said creating the right environment to enable customers to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) was paramount.
"What we are going to see is a crossover – a point very soon where battery electric vehicles are going to cross over with internal combustion engine vehicles, and battery electric vehicles are going to become cheaper," said Thomas at the sixth Philippine EV Summit. "That's not far down the road; that's already coming closer. If we want to accelerate that trend, that's where we need some help from government."
More than one in three customers in the Philippines (46%) were open to the idea of buying an EV as their next car, research commissioned by Nissan and conducted by Frost & Sullivan in South East Asia shows.
That figure jumps to 75% if government incentives such as taxes are waived, the research showed. Other incentives that would motivate customers include more charging infrastructure in apartment buildings, priority lanes for EVs and free parking.
Nissan was taking part in the sixth Philippine EV Summit aimed at facilitating discussion on accelerating electrification in the region. The two-day summit, organized by the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines, focused on stepping up partnerships to electrify public and private transport in the country.
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