A non-government organization and climate advocate pushed for a policy-oriented method to help elevate the air quality in the Asia Pacific as the Philippines’ air quality does not meet the standards of the World Health Organization.
Several environmental groups have also been suggesting the shift to electric vehicles to help cut down carbon emissions in the country, which is being promoted under the Republic Act No. 1169 or An Act Providing for the Development of the Electric Vehicle Industry in the Philippines.
In Laos, the government imposed a zero-percent tariff for the importation of EVs, which also has an excise tax of only three percent, a value-added tax of seven percent lower, and vowed to not impose restrictions on EVs. Different types of EVs were also given tax breaks and removal for the first five years under Executive Order No. 12 series of 2023, with the exception of electric motorcycles, which drew the ire of several groups and think tanks.According to the Land Transportation Office, motorcycles consist of the majority of motorists in the country, with around eight million units registered to the body.
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