AS more Filipinos use electric vehicles (EVs), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) recently conducted a two-day workshop on EV Battery and Charging System Standardization.

The event, whose participants included members of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP) and Hiroshi Nakayama of the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI), sought to improve product quality and enhance local innovation with a focus on international standards in collaboration with Japan, a leader in EV technology.