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3M Philippines, Inc. · 3M PH

3M Philippines (3M Philippines, Inc.) is the Philippine subsidiary of 3M Company, the American diversified technology and manufacturing conglomerate originally…

AC Mobility · AC Automotive

AC Motors was the automotive distribution and retail business of the Ayala group — the multi-brand operation built within AC…

ACMobility · Ayala Mobility

ACMobility (formerly known as AC Industrial Technology Holdings Inc.) is the integrated mobility business unit of Ayala Corporation, one of…

Almazora · AMC

Almazora Motors Corporation (AMC) is a Filipino truck and bus body manufacturer headquartered in Carmona, Cavite, established in 1925 and…

Angkas · DBDOYC Inc. (corporate name)

Angkas is a Philippine motorcycle ride-hailing and delivery platform operated by DBDOYC Inc., founded in 2016 by Singaporean entrepreneur Angeline…

ASEAN NCAP · New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries

ASEAN NCAP (New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries) is an automobile safety rating program established in 2011 between…

AUV (initialism, the usual Philippine usage) · Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV)

The Asian Utility Vehicle (AUV) is a class of simple, rugged, no-frills vehicle engineered for developing-world use — what international…

AVID · Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors, Inc.

The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) is the Philippine automotive industry association of companies that import and distribute…

Car Detailing · Auto Salon (common Philippine usage)

Auto detailing is the set of technical procedures aimed at the thorough cleaning, aesthetic restoration, and protection of a vehicle's…

AutoPaintWorkz (social-media handle)

Auto Paint Workz is an automotive paint and body repair shop in Davao City, Philippines, located in Millenium Village, Indangan,…

Philippine automotive industry · Philippine automotive sector

Automotive industry in the Philippines covers the assembly, manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of motor vehicles in the country —…

Auto paint · Car paint

Automotive paint is the coating system applied to a vehicle's body for both appearance and corrosion protection — in the…

Banawe auto market · Banawe Street

Banawe is a 3.2-kilometer street in Quezon City, Philippines, running from Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue to Sgt. Emilio Rivera Avenue,…

Battery Electric Vehicle · BEV

A Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) is a type of electric vehicle that runs entirely on chemical energy stored in rechargeable…

Big Bert's Detailing · Big Bert's

Big Bert's Professional Detailers is an automotive detailing company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, which describes itself on its…

Provincial bus · City bus

Buses in the Philippines are the country's principal mode of vehicular public transport for medium- and long-distance travel, divided by…

BYD Atto 3 · BYD Yuan Plus (China)

The BYD Atto (marketed globally as the BYD Atto 3 and in China as the BYD Yuan Plus) is a…

BYD in the Philippines · BYD Philippines

BYD Cars Philippines is the official distributor and brand representative of BYD Auto passenger electric vehicles in the Philippines. Managed…

C5 (Manila) · C5 service road

C5 Road, officially the Circumferential Road 5, is a 32.5-kilometer (20.2 mi) network of roads and bridges that acts as…

Car care sector · Auto detailing industry

Car care industry in the Philippines is the service-and-retail sector built around the maintenance, cleaning, protection, and cosmetic enhancement of…

Karwash (Philippine colloquial spelling, common in shop signs and business names) · Carwash (one-word alternative form)

Car wash is a facility for cleaning the exterior — and sometimes the interior — of motor vehicles, operating as…

Automobile wax · Paste wax (the traditional carnauba product form)

Car wax is the category of paste, liquid, and spray products applied to a vehicle's painted surfaces to form a…

Brazil wax · Palm wax

Carnauba wax is a yellow-brown natural wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm (Copernicia prunifera), which grows only…

Karomata — the Tagalog spelling, a listed synonym of kalesa ([Wiktionary — karomata](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/karomata "karomata — Wiktionary (Tagalog, Cebuano)")) · Karumata — the older Tagalog spelling, superseded but still recorded ([Wiktionary — karomata](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/karomata "karomata — Wiktionary (Tagalog, Cebuano)"))

A carromata is a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn passenger carriage with a tilt (canvas) roof, used in the Philippines within cities…

CATL · Contemporary Amperex Technology

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited) is a global energy technology company and the world's largest manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries…

CCS2 Connector Standard · CCS2

The CCS2 Connector Standard (Combined Charging System Type 2) is the internationally recognized plug and socket standard for fast charging…

Nano-Ceramic Coating · Quartz Coating

Ceramic coating, in automotive use, is a liquid protectant based on silicon dioxide (SiO2) — often blended with other siloxanes…

Ceramic Pro PH · Ceramic Pro Philippines Official

Ceramic Pro Philippines is the Philippine distribution and application network of Ceramic Pro, a brand of nanoceramic surface-protection coatings manufactured…

Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings · Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp. (full corporate name)

Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp. (CLC; formerly Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp.) is the listed shipping and logistics arm of…

Caltex Philippines · Caltex (Philippines), Inc. (historical corporate name from 1936)

Chevron Philippines (Chevron Philippines Incorporated) is the Philippine subsidiary of American energy major Chevron Corporation and the operator of the…

Clearcoat (one-word industry spelling) · Clear lacquer (traditional terminology)

Clear coat is the unpigmented, transparent top layer of an automotive paint system, sprayed over the colored basecoat to form…

CAC · Columbian Autocar

Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC) is a Philippine vehicle manufacturer and distributor incorporated in May 1994 as the assembler and exclusive…

CARS Program · CARS

The Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program is a Philippine industrial policy program that grants time-bound fiscal support to motor-vehicle…

Delta Motors · DMC

Delta Motor Corporation (also Delta Motors) was the Philippine vehicle manufacturer established by Ricardo C. Silverio Sr. in 1962 that…

Dennis Ang Uy (full name) · Dennis A. Uy

Dennis Ang Uy (born September 26, 1973) is a Filipino businessman from Davao City, founder and controlling shareholder of Udenna…

Electric Vehicle · EV

An Electric Vehicle (EV) is a vehicle propelled by one or more electric motors, using electrical energy stored in rechargeable…

EVAP · Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines, Inc.

The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP) is the national industry association of electric-vehicle manufacturers, assemblers, importers, distributors, and…

FinDreams Battery · BYD Battery Division

FinDreams (officially FinDreams Battery Co., Ltd.) is the dedicated battery development and manufacturing subsidiary of BYD. Spun off from BYD's…

Fiera (the name's generic usage for any utility vehicle in 1970s–80s Filipino motoring) · Ford Fiera crew cab (limited edition, 1982)

The Ford Fiera was a Philippine-assembled basic utility vehicle sold by the Ford Motor Company's pre-Ford-Group Philippine operations, produced in…

FGP · Ford Group Philippines, Inc.

Ford Group Philippines, Inc. (FGPI) is the Philippine subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, engaged in the importation, distribution, and after-sales…

FOTON Philippines · Foton Motor Philippines, Inc. (FMPI)

Foton Motor Philippines is the Philippine operation of Foton Motor (Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd.), the Chinese manufacturer of trucks,…

Pump prices · Oil price hike (the standard Philippine news term for a weekly increase)

Fuel pricing in the Philippines is the process by which retail pump prices for gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum…

Filling station · Petrol station

Gas station — more formally a filling station — is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor…

GB/T · Guobiao EV Standard

The GB/T Connector Standard (guobiao standard) is the set of electric vehicle charging standards developed and used in China. Governed…

Grab PH · MyTaxi.PH, Inc. (registered Philippine entity named in the PCC decision)

Grab Philippines is the Philippine operation of Grab Holdings Inc., the Singapore-headquartered technology company whose super-app covers ride-hailing, food delivery,…

habal habal / habalhabal (spelling variants) · skylab (Mindanao winged-plank variant, after the NASA space station)

Habal-habal is the traditional Philippine motorcycle taxi: a motorcycle — usually unmodified or fitted with an extended seat or plank…

Hino Motors Philippines Corporation (HMP) · Pilipinas Hino, Inc. (former name)

Hino Philippines is the Philippine operation of Hino Motors, Ltd., the Japanese manufacturer of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, carried…

HCPI · Honda Cars Philippines, Inc.

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) is the Philippine distributor of Honda passenger automobiles. Established in November 1990 as a joint…

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. — the formal corporate name · Honda — the global brand styling used in the company's official releases

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is the Japanese multinational manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and power equipment, incorporated on September 24, 1948…

HPI · Honda Philippines, Inc.

Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI) is the Philippine motorcycle manufacturing and sales company of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and the country's…

Hyundai · HMC

Hyundai Motor Company (Korean: 현대자동차, Hyundai Jadongcha) is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, founded on December…

HMPH · HMPHI

Hyundai Motor Philippines, Inc. (HMPH) is the official sales subsidiary and distributor of Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) of South Korea…

Isuzu Hi-Lander (Philippine market name, 1996–2001; also used in Vietnam) · Isuzu Panther (Indonesian market name)

The Isuzu Crosswind is a Philippine-market multi-purpose vehicle based on the second-generation Isuzu Panther, assembled locally by Isuzu Philippines Corporation…

Isuzu Dmax · D-Max

The Isuzu D-Max is the pickup truck model line of Isuzu Motors of Japan, produced since its debut in Thailand…

Isuzu MU-X (capitalization used in international markets) · Isuzu mu-X LS / LS-M / LS-A (first-generation Philippine variants)

The Isuzu mu-X is a mid-size, body-on-frame sport utility vehicle derived from the Isuzu D-Max pickup — the badge stands…

IPC · Isuzu Philippines Corporation

Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) is the Philippine manufacturing and distribution joint venture of Isuzu Motors, Ltd. of Japan, formed on…

King of the road · Dyip

Jeepney is the Philippines' iconic public utility vehicle: a jeep-derived shared taxi, usually seating fourteen to eighteen passengers on two…

John B. Goodenough · John Banister Goodenough

John Goodenough (1922–2023) was an American solid-state physicist and Nobel laureate who co-invented the Lithium-ion Battery. While working at the…

JoyRide PH · JoyRide Philippines

JoyRide is a Philippine motorcycle-taxi and delivery platform operated by We Move Things Philippines, Inc., a Filipino-owned company that joined…

KMP · KMPC

Kawasaki Motors Philippines — officially Kawasaki Motors (Phils.) Corporation (KMPC) — is the Philippine motorcycle manufacturing and distribution company of…

Kia Motors Corporation · Kia Motors

Kia Corporation (Korean: 기아) is a South Korean automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, founded in 1944 as Kyungsung Precision Industry,…

Kia in the Philippines · Kia Philippines, Inc.

Kia Philippines is the national sales company and franchise operation of the South Korean marque Kia (Kia Corporation) in the…

Lithium-ion Battery · Li-ion Battery

A Lithium-ion Battery is a type of rechargeable battery chemistry in which lithium ions move from the negative electrode to…

Magat Reservoir · Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant

Magat Dam is a large multipurpose rock-fill dam on the Magat River — the largest tributary of the Cagayan River…

MIAS · Manila Motor Show (original 2005 name)

Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) is the Philippines' longest-running annual automotive exhibition, organized by Worldbex Services International (WSI) and staged…

Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA · Pneu Michelin

Michelin (in full, Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA) is a French multinational tire manufacturer headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France —…

Mitsubishi Freeca (regional base name, from "free" plus "ca," the Taiwanese word for vehicle) · Mitsubishi Kuda (Indonesian market name)

The Mitsubishi Adventure is the Philippine-market name of the Mitsubishi Freeca, a body-on-frame Asian Utility Vehicle (AUV) wagon — offered…

Mitsubishi Delica (global name of the van family) · Mitsubishi L300 Versa Van (locally assembled passenger version, discontinued 2012)

The Mitsubishi L300 is the Philippine-market name for light commercial vehicles derived from the Mitsubishi Delica van family, and one…

Mitsubishi Attrage (Japanese, Thai, and other markets) · Dodge Attitude (Mexico)

The Mitsubishi Mirage G4 is the Philippine and North American name for the sedan version of the sixth-generation Mitsubishi Mirage…

MMPC · Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) is the Philippine subsidiary of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and the longest-operating automotive manufacturer in the…

Engine oil · Lubricating oil

Motor oil is the lubricant formulated for internal-combustion engines: it reduces friction and wear on moving parts, cleans the engine…

MDPPA · Motorcycle Development Program Participants Association, Inc.

The Motorcycle Development Program Participants Association (MDPPA) is the industry association of motorcycle manufacturers in the Philippines, formed to organize…

Philippine motorcycle industry · Two-wheeler industry in the Philippines

Motorcycle industry in the Philippines is the manufacturing, assembly, importation, distribution, and sale of motorcycles — the country's dominant form…

Habal-habal (from Cebuano habalhabal; skylab in parts of Mindanao) · Motorcycle ride-hailing

Motorcycle taxi refers to the transport of paying passengers on a motorcycle, in the Philippines traditionally the informal habal-habal —…

Nanoshine Group Corp. — the current legal name of the Taiwan-based controlling entity · Nanoshine Ltd — the earlier corporate styling used in the brand's founding-era materials and independent profiles

Nanoshine Group is the corporate parent and manufacturer of Ceramic Pro, the nanoceramic surface-protection coating brand distributed in the Philippines…

New airport in Bulacan · New Manila airport

New Manila International Airport (NMIA), also known as the Bulacan International Airport, is a major international airport under construction in…

NPI · Nissan Philippines, Inc.

Nissan Philippines, Inc. (NPI) is the national sales company of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. in the Philippines, responsible for the…

Machine Polishing · Machine Buffing

Paint correction is the machine polishing of automotive paint to permanently remove surface defects from the clear coat — swirl…

PPF · Clear Bra

Paint protection film (PPF) is a transparent thermoplastic urethane film applied to painted surfaces to shield them from stone chips,…

polymer sealant · acrylic sealant

Paint sealant is the class of fully synthetic products applied over a vehicle's painted surfaces — specifically the clear coat…

Petron Corporation · Petrophil Corporation (historical, 1973–1988)

Petron (Petron Corporation, PSE: PCOR) is the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines and the operator of…

PIMS · CAMPI Motor Show

Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) is the flagship auto exhibition of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc.…

Phoenix · Phoenix Fuels (retail brand)

Phoenix Petroleum (Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.; PSE: PNX) is a Davao-born independent oil company and one of the most prominent…

Plug-in Hybrid · Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

A Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) is an electric vehicle whose battery pack can be recharged by plugging it into an external…

PTT Philippines Corporation (PTTPC) · PTT Philippines Trading Corporation (PTTTC)

PTT Philippines is the Philippine fuel retail and trading arm of Thailand's state-linked oil giant PTT Public Company Limited, operating…

RSA · Ramon See Ang (full name)

Ramon See Ang (born January 14, 1954), widely known by his initials RSA, is a Filipino businessman, mechanical engineer, and…

Rula Autoteknik Automotive Care Services · Rula Autoteknik Davao

Rula Autoteknik is an auto shop in Davao City, Philippines, operating on Cabantian Road since 2023. The shop positions itself…

Undercoating · Underseal

Rustproofing is the prevention or delay of rusting of iron and steel objects, usually through surface finishing or coating, and…

Sarao · Sarao Motors, Inc.

Sarao Motors is a Filipino automotive manufacturing company based in Pulang Lupa, Las Piñas, Metro Manila, and the most famous…

SEAOIL · Seaoil

Seaoil Philippines (SEAOIL Philippines, Inc.) is widely described as the largest independent fuel company in the Philippines — a position…

Shell Pilipinas Corporation · Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (PSPC, former corporate name, used 2016–2023)

Shell Philippines is the Philippine downstream business of Britain's Shell plc, operated by Shell Pilipinas Corporation (PSE: SHLPH) — the…

Suzuki · Suzuki Loom Works

Suzuki Motor Corporation is the Japanese multinational mobility manufacturer headquartered in Takatsuka, Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, which began in 1909 when…

Suzuki Philippines Inc. (SPI — ambiguous with Shang Properties) · Suzuki Philippines Incorporated

Suzuki Philippines, Inc. (SPI) is the wholly owned Philippine subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, the Japanese mobility manufacturer headquartered in…

Auto repair shop · Repair workshop

Talyer is a Tagalog noun borrowed from Spanish taller — itself from French atelier — meaning a workshop or repair…

TGP · TopGear.com.ph (digital edition)

Top Gear Philippines (TGP) is the Philippine edition of the BBC's Top Gear motoring media brand, launched by Summit Media…

Toyota Kijang Innova — the Indonesian market name, its generations counted there as the fifth through seventh of the Kijang line ([Wikipedia — Toyota Innova](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Innova "Toyota Innova — Wikipedia")) · Kijang Innova Reborn and Kijang Innova Zenix — the Indonesian nicknames of the second and third generations ([Wikipedia — Toyota Innova](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Innova "Toyota Innova — Wikipedia"))

The Toyota Innova is a multipurpose vehicle developed under Toyota's IMV project — the "Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle" program —…

Toyota Utility Vehicle (TUV) — the internal Toyota designation for the multi-market program ([Wikipedia — Toyota Kijang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Kijang "Toyota Kijang — Wikipedia")) · Toyota Tamaraw / Tamaraw FX — the Philippine-market name, 1976 onward ([Wikipedia — Toyota Kijang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Kijang "Toyota Kijang — Wikipedia"))

The Toyota Kijang is a family of rear-wheel-drive, body-on-frame utility vehicles developed by Toyota beginning in 1972 — the engineering…

TMP · Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation

Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) is the largest automotive manufacturer and distributor in the Philippines. Incorporated on August 3, 1988,…

Toyota Tamaraw FX Revo (launch designation) · Revo (usual short form)

The Toyota Revo — marketed at launch as the Tamaraw FX Revo — is a body-on-frame Asian Utility Vehicle assembled…

Toyota Tamaraw FX (third generation, 1991–2002) · Toyota Tamaraw FX Revo / Toyota Revo (fourth generation, 1998–2005)

The Toyota Tamaraw is the Philippine-market name for a line of body-on-frame utility vehicles derived from the Toyota Kijang family,…

Toyota Yaris sedan (Americas, Middle East, and other markets) · Toyota Yaris Ativ (Thailand)

The Toyota Vios is a subcompact sedan developed for Southeast Asian and adjacent markets, sold in the Philippines since June…

Motorized tricycle · Traysikel

Tricycle in the Philippine context — Filipino traysikel — is a motorized public transport vehicle consisting of an imported motorcycle…

TMA · Truck Manufacturers Association, Inc.

The Truck Manufacturers Association, Inc. (TMA) is the Philippine industry association of manufacturers, assemblers, and distributors of trucks, buses, and…

Udenna (standard shorthand in Philippine business media) · Udenna Corp. (form used in news reports and corporate statements)

Udenna Corporation is a holding company and conglomerate based in Davao City, Philippines, founded on March 19, 2002 by the…

Undercoating Davao City · undercoatingdavao.com

Undercoating Davao is an automotive undercoating, rust-proofing, and underbody-protection service operating in Davao City, Philippines, published at undercoatingdavao.com. The business…

Unioil Petroleum Philippines, Inc. (corporate name) · Unioil (retail brand)

Unioil (Unioil Petroleum Philippines, Inc.) is a family-founded independent fuel retailer that has built its brand around a "cleaner fuels"…

UMC · Universal Motors

Universal Motors Corporation (UMC) is a Filipino-owned automotive assembly and distribution company based in Makati City, established on April 2,…

FX (the 1990s generic term, from the Toyota Tamaraw FX) · FX taxi

UV Express — short for Utility Vehicle Express — is the Philippine regulatory classification and common name for a shared-taxi…

Volkswagen Philippines (VW Philippines) · Automobile Central Enterprise, Inc. (ACEI)

Volkswagen Philippines is the name given to the Philippine distribution operation of the German marque Volkswagen, whose most recent and…

Car Tint · Auto Tint

Window tinting is the application of a thin laminate film — today typically polyethylene terephthalate (PET), chosen for clarity, tensile…

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. — the formal corporate name · Yamaha Motor — the styling the company uses for its global brand and news releases

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is the Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles, marine engines, power products and industrial machinery, incorporated on July…

YMPH · Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc.

Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. (YMPH) is the wholly owned Philippine subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., engaged in the local…

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