Ira Panganiban

FOR years, Filipino motorists have lived at the mercy of global oil prices. Every conflict in the Middle East, every production cut by oil-exporting nations, and every weakening of the peso instantly translates into another painful trip to the gas station.

FOR decades, the global automotive industry operated like an exclusive club.

THE Philippine automotive industry is beginning to resemble Nokia before the smartphone revolution.

IF there is one thing the Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) 2026 proves, it is that the future of mobility in the Philippines will not be surrendered without a fight.

AFTER years of silence caused by the pandemic, the Automotive Vehicle Importers and Distributors Inc. (AVID) revived its industry summit this

FOR the better part of the last decade, the automotive world has been trying to bury Toyota. First, it was supposedly too conservative.

FOR years, the Philippine electric vehicle (EV) conversation has suffered from a peculiar problem: we keep debating incentives while ignoring infrastructure.

SELLING electric vehicles (EVs) in the Philippines has never been simply about selling cars.

FOR years, the Philippine electric vehicle (EV) conversation has suffered from a peculiar problem: we keep debating incentives while ignoring infrastructure.

IN the automotive industry, product launches come and go. New models arrive almost every month, technologies evolve at breakneck speed, and today’s headlines are quickly replaced by tomorrow’s.