Impact
Climate impact meets driver livelihoods.
We measure success in two ways: tons of CO2 removed from the air, and take-home pay added to drivers' pockets. True transport electrification must deliver both.
Decarbonization without the driver burden.
The traditional approach to EV adoption forces transport operators to take on massive debt for new vehicles, while losing critical operating hours to slow charging infrastructure. This model is fundamentally incompatible with the realities of public transport in the Philippines, where daily take-home pay is the priority.
GerWeiss flips this model. By decoupling the battery from the vehicle and offering a pay-per-use swap system, we remove the high upfront costs and eliminate charging downtime. Drivers simply swap and go, ensuring that the transition to clean energy actually improves their livelihoods rather than threatening them.
- 200-500% higher driver take-home pay
- Zero exposure to daily fuel price volatility
- < 2 min battery swap turnaround for continuous uptime
System Benefits
Beyond emissions reduction.
Our battery swapping ecosystem delivers compounding benefits for operators, local governments, and the grid.
Higher daily earnings
By switching from volatile fossil fuels to a predictable pay-per-use battery lease, drivers significantly increase their daily take-home pay.
Turnkey modernization
We provide locally manufactured vehicles, the swapping stations, and the operational software, giving cities a complete public transport upgrade built by Filipinos for Filipinos.
Smart energy storage
Our swap stations act as distributed energy storage, charging batteries off-peak to reduce grid strain and maximize renewable energy use.
Case Studies
Deployment proof from the field.
Real deployments, real outcomes. See how GerWeiss helps operators and partners electrify public transport.
ADB e-trike pilot
GerWeiss vehicles and operations became the reference model for the Asian Development Bank e-trike financing initiative in the Philippines.
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.
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.
Pasay City pilot
GerWeiss is actively supporting a pilot test for in Pasay City for the revitalization of cooperative-owned electric tricycles.