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Edmund Araga

President

Asian Federation of Electric Vehicles Association

EDMUND A. ARAGA is the founding member of AFEHVA Asian Federation of Electri Vehicles Association, Inc. to ASEAN countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore by encouraging and inviting member countries to attend and participate the 1st ASEAN electric vehicle and hybrid Summit held at the World Trade Center Manila Philippines June 28-29, 2017, which brings together under one roof EVAP members and their foreign counterparts for B2B meetings. Most foreign alliances and joint ventures were forged during these Summits and is currently the president of the Electric Vehicles Association of the Philippines (EVAP), the official organization of some 55 major players in the EV industry in the Philippines.

As EVAP President, he represented the EV industry in the Senate hearings on the re: “An Act Providing the National Energy Policy and Regulatory Framework for the Use of Electric Vehicles, and the Establishment of Electric Charging Stations.” He is also advocating at both Congress and Senate for the passage of the Electric Vehicle and Hybrids Incentives Bill that will grant fiscal and fiscal incentives for both manufacturers and users of EVs and hybrids.

STRENGTHENING THE DOMESTIC BASE:

As an EV supplier, Edmund is an advocate on electric vehicle by securing the e-trike, Manufacturer/Assembler on a Pioneer status given by the Board of Investments under Department of Trade and Industry. First to established the commercial e charging stations  in the vicinity of Bacoor City, distribute e trike units to Local Government units of Habay Bacoor, Ayala Alabang, North Bay Blvd Navotas, Tondo Manila. Private entities such as Maynilad, Panaderia Pantoja, Uratex Phils RGC group of Companies, San Remigio Beach Club, offer to Local Government unit of Bacoor and be granted with a franchise on electric tricycle in the vicinity of Molino Blvd. Deployed e-trike as their shuttle service in the campus of Philippines Christian University in Dasmarinas.

FORGING STRATEGIC FOREIGN PARTNERSHIPS:

Edmund has established a partnership with the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand when he was recently invited to speak at the Thailand Automotive Summit 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. He followed this up with relations with the China-based CIAPS-PBA a potential partner for the manufacturing local batteries. And initiated the partnership between battery suppliers and Philippine Nickel Industry Association.