Meralco opens 1st Electric Car Charging Station

Yesterday, Meralco officially opened it’s first public charging station for electric cars. Officially called Meralco eVehicle Power Station, the charging station is located inside the Meralco Compound in Pasig City.

As more and more electric cars and hybrid cars are being sold in the Philippines, the need for more accessible charging stations like this one becomes evident.


Shown above is a Tesla Model S owned by MVP being charged in the station. Image by TopGear.com.ph.

Electric vehicles like the eTrikes in Taguig and the eJeepneys that ply the routes of Makati are the among the few ones that will benefit from this, alongside other commercial units from Honda or Toyota. On a related note, the hybrid Honda CR-Z will be launching next week with a starting price of Php1.4 Million.

Charging is done on a “per kilowatt” basis with a flat rate of about Php12/kWHr.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

17 Responses

  1. Avatar for Damarkcus Damarkcus says:

    Its about time they consider that… but come to think of it why dnt MVP invest on the car that was runned by water instead kesa gumagaya tayo sa ibang bansa

    *I’ll admit mdyo outdated ang info ko but what happened to the Pinoy Scinetist named Dingel ???

    • Avatar for seraphillumy seraphillumy says:

      Germany daw ang nakinabang dun..

    • Avatar for YOUREWRONG YOUREWRONG says:

      @damarkcus dahil yang sinasabi mong technology ay di pa nagmamaterialize, marami na ang nagpropose ng patent about jan pero wala pang napoprove na talagang gumagana,tska ung mga pinropose nila ay impractical,example ay ung isang patent na masyadong maraming/malakas na energy ang kailangan para sa electrolysis(ito ung paghihiwalay ng oxygen molecules sa hydrogen)tska ang isa pang problem ay masyadong kakaunting hydrogen lang ang nakukuha,sobrang kaunti na halos wala nang makakarating na hydrogen sa makina para gumana dahil sa ibat ibang proseso ng paghihiwalay

  2. Avatar for mgatanga mgatanga says:

    ang tatanga naman. ano ba gusto nyo perpekto agad. ang tatanga talaga. kaya nga may salitang improvement. ang importante ay nasimulan na. mga tanga. tandaan nyo muubos din ang langis sa mundo. mga tae

  3. Avatar for hahahay hahahay says:

    may tesla model s na ba dito? ganda naman neto

  4. Avatar for Electro Electro says:

    Hahaha problema mahal ang koryente, mahal din gasolina, pero sana maglabas narin si toyota ng Prius dito

    • Avatar for putahumabolpasitanga putahumabolpasitanga says:

      oi magsama kayo ni benchmark hahaha parehas kayung tanga may prius na dito sa pilipinas hahaha sobrang tagal na

  5. Avatar for Phillip Phillip says:

    the question is, gano katagal mag charge? Baka naman yun na lang nagawa mo buong araw.

    • Avatar for hahaha hahaha says:

      actually it really takes time, about 8-12 hrs depending on the car itself kaya di pa rin economical gumamit ng electric car pero in the next years probably by 2020 we can now charge anything in just few seconds! =))

    • Avatar for Vekou X Aitenshi Vekou X Aitenshi says:

      Okay magcharge kapag pasok ang sasakyan mo sa number coding, para kahit hindi mo ginagamit, alam mo nagchacharge.

  6. Avatar for Benchmark Benchmark says:

    Baka tinayo yan para sa pag charge ng kotse ni mvp?

    It should be built in Taguig or Makati, para makinabang ang ejeepneys at etrycs.

    Do you think MVP will pay them kapag nagpa charge yan ng kotse nya? I don’t think so…loss na yan, at lalabas yan sa electric bill natin. Tsk tsk tsk

    • Avatar for jake jake says:

      STUPIDO!!!

      Ikaw ang isa sa mga pinaka STUPID dito.

    • Avatar for hahahahahtangaamp hahahahahtangaamp says:

      @benchmark hahaha isa na namang bobo ang nagcomment!cguro di mo alam na may share c MVP sa meralco???hahaha malamang d nya yan babayaran d naman kawalan sa meralco kung saan stockholder sya ang P1000 full tank noh hahaha

    • Avatar for Ulvadu Ulvadu says:

      Sorry bench pero that was indeed a dumb post. Winner ka most dumbest comment sa post na to.

  7. Avatar for roiji roiji says:

    so, si MVP ang first and only customer? hehe’

    Tesla Model S offers 60 kWh and 85kWh batteries which translates to Php 720 and Php 1020 for a “full tank” (assuming that’s how the battery becomes full…)

    60 kWh model can run up to 330 kilometers while to 85 kWh 426 kilometers… (km rating is running on a constant 20mph) [see Tesla Motor’s page]

  8. Avatar for Wilson Wilson says:

    O tapos pag dinaan mo naman kotse mo sa gitna ng EDSA, mauubos lang din baterya mo dahil sa traffic. haha

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