The Ayala Group is opening a showroom for electric vehicles in Talisay City and eyeing the setting up of a 100-hectare solar farm in Negros Occidental, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Friday, May 24.
Tycoon Fernando Zobel de Ayala of Ayala Corporation and the chief executive officers of the Ayala Group of Companies met with Lacson at the Governor’s Office at the Capitol in Bacolod City Friday morning.
Ayala is setting up a showroom in Talisay City for BYD electric vehicles that it plans to push in Negros Occidental, Lacson said.
They are also looking for areas for the setting up of recharging stations, he said.
Lacson said the provincial government that is pushing for a shift towards renewable energy may also introduce E-vehicles into its Capitol cab system.
The governor said the Ayala executives are looking for 100 hectares of land in Negros to set up a solar farm.
They Ayala executives also met Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, Negros Association of Chief Executives president.
They also met with their Negrense clients at a Client Appreciation Cocktail Party at the Central Hall of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod on Friday.*