Philippines Expands EV Classification System to six Classes Below New DOE Tips

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The Philippine Division of Power (DOE) has launched complete new pointers that broaden the Philippines’ electrical automobile classification system from 4 to 6 classes, marking a major step towards streamlining the nation’s quickly rising EV market.

The revised guidelines, contained in DOE Division Round DC2025-09-0015, took impact on September 20 and amend the earlier DC 2023-05-0012. The adjustments align with the Electrical Automobile Trade Growth Act (EVIDA) and are designed to assist nationwide efforts to speed up EV adoption.

The expanded classification system now contains:

• Battery EVs (BEVs) — Pure electrical autos powered solely by a traction battery, together with conventional pure electrical autos (PEVs).
  • BYD Atto 3, Dolphin, Seagull, Seal
  • Nissan LEAF
  • Kia EV6
  • Hyundai IONIQ 5
  • Jetour Ice Cream EV
  • Tesla Mannequin 3, Mannequin Y
  • MG 4 EV
  • VinFast VF 3
  • Battery powered trikes
• Hybrid EVs (HEVs) — Autos combining a chargeable power storage system (RESS) with a standard fossil-fuel powered combustion engine, producing tailpipe emissions.
  • Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, Yaris Cross Hybrid, Corolla Altis Hybrid, Zenix Hybrid
  • Honda CR-V e:HEV
  • Suzuki Ertiga Hybrid, XL7 Hybrid
  • GWM Haval Jolion HEV
  • Mazda 3 Hybrid, CX-60 HEV
• Gentle EVs (LEVs) — Micromobility options resembling electrical scooters and bicycles weighing lower than 50 kg. Right here lies an enormous
  • Electrical scooters from manufacturers like Segway-Ninebot and Xiaomi.
  • Electrical bicycles from varied native and worldwide manufacturers.
• Plug-in Hybrid EVs (PHEVs) — Hybrid autos with rechargeable techniques that may be charged from exterior power sources whereas nonetheless producing tailpipe emissions
  • Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
  • DFSK E5
  • BYD Seal 5 DM-i, Sealion 6 DM-i, Shark 6 DMO
  • Chery Tiggo 8 Professional PHEV
• Vary Prolonged EVs (REEVs) — HEVs propelled by an electrical motor solely, with a fueled energy supply particularly used for charging the RESS
• Gas Cell EVs (FCEVs) — Autos with no tailpipe emissions that use a gasoline cell to generate energy. These are autos that produce electrical energy from a hydrogen gasoline cell. They emit solely water vapor. There are at the moment no FCEV fashions commercially out there on the market within the Philippines because of the lack of hydrogen fueling infrastructure.

Beforehand, the Philippines acknowledged solely 4 EV classes: BEVs, HEVs, LEVs, and PHEVs.

The brand new pointers introduce a number of administrative enhancements designed to keep up correct market information and scale back regulatory burden:

• Quarterly reporting necessities now mandate that stakeholders submit EV Charger Monitoring Kinds each three months, due on the fifteenth of every month following 1 / 4’s finish.
• Market standing updates require producers, assemblers, importers, and rebuilders (MARS) to inform the DOE when EVs are discontinued or not provided on the market within the Philippines. These autos shall be categorized as “not marketed” and faraway from the Acknowledged EV Checklist.
• Bodily inspections shall be performed by the DOE to deal with documentation discrepancies and guarantee compliance.
• Provisional certificates are actually out there for EVs supposed solely for promotional or non-marketing functions, requiring particular discover purposes.
• The rules additionally enable information revisions for many specs, although core classifications require new purposes completely.

“The issuance of this coverage is a crucial step towards constructing a extra organized, accessible, and future-ready EV market within the Philippines,” stated Power Secretary Sharon S. Garin in a report that appeared in The Manila Instances. “By harmonizing our EV recognition pointers, we’re lowering administrative burdens, growing transparency, and accelerating EV adoption nationwide.”

The timing of those regulatory enhancements coincides with outstanding progress within the Philippine EV market. Registration information present 29,715 EVs had been registered from January to July 2025, already surpassing your entire 2024 complete of 24,286 autos.

This regulatory framework helps the Philippines’ broader dedication to electrical mobility and enhances current insurance policies, together with prolonged zero-tariff insurance policies on EV imports that assist make electrical autos extra accessible to Filipino shoppers.