Soon you'll be able to charge your electric car at a Shell station in Manila

Good news for electric vehicles in the Philippines.

Shell will be installing 100 electric vehicle fast-charging stations across its service stations in the capital city of Manila.

According to Shell's local arm, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, the first installations will take place in December this year. 

The move was prompted by the Department of Energy, which is trying to address the lagging adoption of electric vehicles in Manila. 

The slow take up has largely been blamed on the lack of available public charging stations in the country, and the DoE is keen to implement policies to lay out the needed infrastructure. Read more...