ECOSYSTEM DEPLOYMENT
Coron, Palawan deployment
Since 2019, GerWeiss has deployed a full electric public transport ecosystem in Coron, Palawan: more than 50 commercial e-trikes in active service, supporting operating infrastructure, and a Philippine field service team. Coron is the second island ecosystem in the GerWeiss national network after Boracay.
Coron is the second island in the Philippines GerWeiss electrified at public-transport scale. Since 2019, GerWeiss has deployed a full electric public transport ecosystem in Coron, Palawan, with more than 50 commercial e-trikes in active service and a Philippine field service team on the ground.
The Coron deployment challenge
Coron is a tourism-critical destination with dispersed pickup points, narrow mixed-use roads, and limited local automotive service depth. Electrifying public transport here required a supplier who could bring vehicles, charging infrastructure, swap stations, and a local maintenance team in one package - not just ship e-trikes to a port and leave.
The GerWeiss Coron ecosystem
GerWeiss stood up the full Coron ecosystem: 50+ locally manufactured commercial e-trikes, fast charging and solar charging, under-2-minute battery hot-swap, and a Philippine aftersales team. Unlike one-off import pilots, the Coron rollout was structured to sustain multi-year operations - with financing that allowed local cooperatives to deploy with zero cash out.
Why Coron matters
Coron is operational proof that the Boracay playbook replicates to other Philippine tourism islands. Fleet operators, LGUs, and funders evaluating e-trike procurement in the Visayas and Palawan can treat Coron as a second live reference deployment - with multi-year service data, a full operating stack, and an incumbent Philippine team.
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