The Manila Electric Co. or Meralco, through its wholly-owned green mobility subsidiary Movem Electric Inc., powered up the electric vehicle or EV charging station at the Pacific Star Building in Makati City.
The high-rise structure in Makati City is managed by Century Properties Management Inc., a subsidiary of Century Properties Group.
In a press statement on Friday, Meralco announced that Movem turned over a 22kw AC Type 2 charger that supports various brands of four-wheeled EVs.
Partnership with CPMI
The partnership with CPMI forms part of Movem and Meralco's support of the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act through the provision of end-to-end EV and charging infrastructure solutions for institutional customers and the riding public.
One Meralco is committed to enabling and supporting the country's transition towards cleaner and more sustainable transport systems.
Meralco has committed to increase its electric vehicle or EV adoption rate to about nine percent by the end of the year from the current seven percent by deploying more EVs in its fleet. Likewise, it vowed support to establish more EV charging stations.
Under the short-term period from 2023 to 2028, the Department of Energy or DoE is targeting to roll out 2,454,200 electric vehicles comprising cars, tricycles, motorcycles and buses nationwide. It intends to build 65,000 EV charging stations nationwide.
For the medium term, or from 2029 to 2034, the DOE said it will push for an additional 1,851,500 EVs and 42,000 EV charging stations.