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Environment-friendly motorbike introduced at national tricycle conference

It's real. A motorcycle powered by electricity is now here in the country. This is another alternative to the escalating cost of oil.

Dubbed as the motorcycle of the future, this motorcycle is environment friendly as it does not emit harmful substances.

The technology, is in response also to the government's efforts to aggressively promote the development and utilization of alternative fuel as a key measure to attain energy dependence.

This invention of the electric motorcycle can help reduce our dependence on imported oil and will likewise provide cheaper and more environment-friendly alternative to fossil fuel.

Introduced at the First National Conference on Tricycle Transportation Development at Iloilo Grand Hotel here, the vehicle which is only a few days old from Thailand and is called Hawk Electric Motorcycle by Takohama Motors. But more than all this, it is easily affordable at P45,000.00 only.

In a PIA interview with Allain Alcala, marketing manager of Serrotma Trading, said that the unit has a maximum speed of sixty kilometers per hour.

"This unit is one of the solutions to the high cost of oil products," Alcala said.

When one of Alcala's men switched on the ignition key, the engine of the motorcycle is not noisy, no smoke emissions and the body is really futuristically designed fit to be called the motorcycle of the future.

The marketing manager said that once the battery is fully charged, the electric motorcycle can run up to 100 kilometers and is easy to recharged it.

Alcala said in the same PIA interview that as soon as they got the approval of the DOTC, they will be setting up branches in key cities of the country.

"Of course we will meet with various businessmen here and bring these amazing electric motorcycles here in Iloilo City," Alcala concluded.

(T.Villavert/PIA)