In this day and age when businesses try to edge out each other, a fast rising mobility management company has entered the field to make a difference.
Global Electric Transportation Ltd. (GET) offers a solution to the country’s growing problems on mobility and mass transportation. Their approach is an integrated mass transport system that is built around energy-efficient electric vehicles.
GET was born out of a mission to build green and people-friendly cities. Apart from advocating environment-friendly practices, GET has set out to genuinely make a change in the lives of the people in the city, most especially the marginalized group such as public utility drivers. GET believes that progress has never been about profits alone, it has always been about giving back to the people.
A solid partnership of American and Filipino counterparts, GET has tapped our country for its pilot roll-out of a fleet of fully electric city shuttles called The COMET (City Optimized Managed Electric Transport).
Specifically designed to fit inner city roads, The COMET can seat more than 20 passengers and because it uses lithium iron phosphate batteries, this vehicle has zero emissions.
“The Philippines is a great place to showcase what we want to do because we have a city that is riddled with pollution and congestion. Most importantly, we’regoing to take the drivers and passengers at the heart of our mission and improve their quality of life,” GET CEO Kenneth Montler said.
To help accelerate its goals, GET has partnered with Gawad Kalinga because it believes in its approach to nation-building and restoring human dignity.
Gawad Kalinga is tapped to provide the Values and Technical Training Program for the drivers of the COMET to ensure that they develop the values of commitment to work, courtesy, road discipline and responsibility towards their passengers and other motorists.
GET Driver's Training
“GK has formed GAWA, Gawad Kalinga Accredited Workers Association, to hone the values and skills of the able-bodied members of our community so we can prepare them for employment. We want them to get good jobs and be productive citizens. This in turn also helps the employers”, says Raul Dizon, GK Gawa Program Coordinator.
>> Read more about GAWA in "The Face of the New Middle Class"
Launching of GAWA during the Bayanihan Expo 2012