HPG: Fake green plate holders face arrest
MANILA, Philippines — Owners of electric and hybrid vehicles with fake green plates will be apprehended, the police Highway Patrol Group clarified yesterday.
HPG director Col. Hansel Marantan has apologized after saying on Monday that energy-efficient vehicles plying major thoroughfares in Metro Manila would be inspected.
The number of motorists using counterfeit green plates to be exempt from the number coding scheme could become alarming if authorities do not intervene, Marantan said.
Under Republic Act 11697, the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act, electric and hybrid cars are exempted from number coding for eight years, or until April 2030.
Legitimate green plate holders must secure a certification from the Department of Energy (DOE) for their vehicles, Marantan said.
Marantan has spoken with DOE spokesman Felix Wiliam Fuentebella and Land Transportation Office executive director Greg Pua Jr. about his earlier pronouncement.
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