ACMobility Chief Executive Officer Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala While the domestic automotive industry is still dominated by Japanese giants Toyota and Mitsubishi, Ayala Corp.’s ACMobility has been slowly gaining a bigger slice of the pie thanks to its Kia and BYD electric vehicle (EV)...
Jaime Zobel Urquijo (left) and Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala (right), the two young faces of Ayala Group's future. Amid unprecedented volatility and change, the country's oldest conglomerate, with two young Jaimes, has vowed to double down on its consumer commitment, integrating its diverse...
ILOILO CITY – One-hundred seventy-six life vests were distributed to police units in Western Visayas on Oct. 31 after a policeman drowned while on duty on Oct. 16. “No one else should die while on duty,” said Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police Regional Office-6 chief, who stressed that this...
Giving incentives is a must, if the Philippines wants to attract more investors into the country's e-mobility industry. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting on Oct. 22, 2024 at the Malacañan Palace. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Yummie Dingding) Marcos made the...
Client-awardees of the Renewable Energy Enabler Awards (REENA) bestowed by ACEN Managing Director and COO for Philippine Operations Miguel de Jesus and Ayala Corporation Chief Sustainability and Risk Officer Jaime Urquijo. A scion of the Zobel-led conglomerate has called on businesses...
Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala, CEO of ACMobility, automotive arm of the Ayala Group of Companies Getting around town has always been challenging for Filipinos. Even when we don’t need to travel very far, transportation is quite a vital part of our daily routine. It isn’t helping that the high...
The Ayala group will be dangling a bundled package of renewable energy (RE) and electric vehicles (EVs) in its offer of contracts to targeted customers in the space being served by retail electricity suppliers (RES) in the restructured power sector. With its suite of service-offers that will not...
Anchoring it on a ‘refreshed strategy’, listed firm Shell Pilipinas Corporation will be tightening its belt with leaner capital expenditures (capex) rollout of just P2.0 billion to P3.0 billion this year, roughly half from last year’s P5.0 to P6.0 billion of programmed capital spending....
Multinational subsidiary Shell Pilipinas Corporation closed 2023 with earnings slowing down to P1.2 billion compared to the previous year’s rosier bottom line of P4.1 billion. The company indicated that its financial performance last year still placed the company on a solid footing - propelling...
ILOILO CITY – This city has bagged its third gold medal in the Mobility Awards for its programs in integrating bicycles as a mode of transportation. BIKERS participate in a fun ride during the National Bike Day celebration in Iloilo City on Saturday, November 25. (Mark Balmores) “This...
Daring to take on the current wave of new Japanese and Chinese vehicles is new South Korean auto brand, KG Mobility, distributed by, The Covenant Car Company, Inc. (TCCCI), which also offers Chevrolet in the Philippines. The KG Mobility name may be new, but veteran buyers may recognize its...
Mobility is certainly taking on new and exciting paths, yet it’s comforting to see that many of these new ideas still involve cars. At the recent Japan Mobility Show, Toyota presented some exciting battery electric vehicles that are hoped to inject some excitement into our daily drives. Land...
