DoE to scale down e-trike project

The Department of Energy (DoE) on Thursday announced that it will still push through with the long-delayed e-trike project although on a much smaller scale from the original 100,000 units to just 3,000 and from the original project cost of P21.672 billion to P1.73 billion.

DoE Secretary Alfonso Cusi suspended a five-year loan to the project in 2016, citing significant flaws in the project’s design, including the choice of just one model, and pricing concerns.