> The Philippines has been slow to adopt electric vehicles,
That doesn't surprise me, anyone who has lived there knows how terrible the grid is. Brown-outs are a (frequent) fact of life, entire outages not uncommon. I've seen the Manila Airport lose power on multiple occasions while waiting to get on a flight.
What does surprise me is the slow adoption to solar power, my guess is that the grid isn't prepared for that either, and off-grid setups can be fairly expensive for many that need it most.
That doesn't surprise me, anyone who has lived there knows how terrible the grid is. Brown-outs are a (frequent) fact of life, entire outages not uncommon. I've seen the Manila Airport lose power on multiple occasions while waiting to get on a flight.
What does surprise me is the slow adoption to solar power, my guess is that the grid isn't prepared for that either, and off-grid setups can be fairly expensive for many that need it most.