ECOSYSTEM DEPLOYMENT
Boracay fleet electrification
Since 2013, GerWeiss has partnered with the LGU of Malay to replace fossil-fueled tricycles on Boracay Island with a fully electric public transport ecosystem - commercial e-trikes, fast charging, solar charging, under-2-minute battery swapping, and local fleet maintenance. Today GerWeiss manages roughly 30 percent of Boracay's tricycle population.
Boracay is the proof that electrifying Philippine public transport at full LGU scale is possible - not a pilot, not a demo, not a grant narrative. Since 2013, GerWeiss has partnered with the LGU of Malay to transition Boracay Island from fossil-fueled tricycles to a 100 percent e-trike ecosystem, and has stayed on the ground as the long-term operating partner.
Why Boracay needed a different kind of e-trike supplier
Boracay is a tourism-heavy island with short, high-turnover transport routes and strict environmental mandates. A fleet of fossil-fueled tricycles was unsustainable both environmentally and operationally. But electrification attempts in similar Philippine contexts had often failed because suppliers delivered vehicles without battery infrastructure, without local aftersales, and without LTO or DOE accreditation. Boracay needed a local manufacturer with a full operating stack - not a reseller.
The GerWeiss Boracay ecosystem
GerWeiss delivered - and still operates - a full electric public transport stack on Boracay: locally manufactured commercial e-trikes, fast charging, solar charging, under-2-minute battery hot-swap, and a Philippine field service team. Today GerWeiss manages roughly 30 percent of Boracay's tricycle population, with 150+ units in active fleet service and a mixed-fleet maintenance program that even covers competitor units other manufacturers walked away from.
Outcomes for drivers and the LGU
The operational outcomes on Boracay are why GerWeiss continues to be held up as the Philippine benchmark for commercial e-trike deployment. Driver take-home pay on the pay-per-use battery leasing model has risen 200 percent to 500 percent, shielded from volatile fuel prices. Battery swap time sits under 2 minutes, keeping vehicles on route instead of idle. Emissions, noise, and maintenance overhead dropped substantially compared with the legacy two-stroke tricycle baseline. Institutional recognition followed, including coverage by Eco-Business and references from the Asian Development Bank.
Why this case study matters for new deployments
Boracay is the longest-running GerWeiss deployment and the reason LGUs, cooperatives, and funders across the Philippines can evaluate commercial e-trike procurement against real, multi-year evidence instead of prototypes. Before buying e-trikes for any Philippine city, ask for fleets this old, at this scale, with this much live operating data. That is the standard Boracay set.