More vehicle buyers shift to xEVs

MANILA: The demand for electrified vehicles (xEV) continues to grow as far as the members of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Incorporated (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA) are concerned.

Based on their report, the two organizations experienced a 66.9 percent increase in sales. Selling 5,701 xEV units in the first two months of 2026.

Plug-in hybrid models showed the biggest increase in terms of percentage after their sales grew by 1,083 percent—selling 556 units in January-February 2026 compared to 47 vehicles over the same timeline in the previous year.

The hybrid electric vehicle category is still the leading xEV segment, with a retail volume of 4,551. This reflects a 50-percent rise over the 3,034 units delivered to customers over the same period in 2025.  

Meanwhile, battery electric vehicles (BEV) experienced a 77-percent jump after selling 594 units in the past two months.

Check out their respective sales and volume growth in the table below:

Category	Sales	Growth (in percentage)
HEV	4,551	50
PHEV	556	1,083
BEV	594	77.3
Overall	5,701	66.9

CAMPI President Jose Maria Atienza attributed the shift in preference to the conflict in the Middle East.

While the demand for all three categories is on the rise, the two group’s collective sales are down by around nine percent.

As stated in the same report, the CAMPI-TMA’s collective sales were only 69,538 units. This is a 9.4-percent slide from the 76,768 units turned over to buyers during the first two months of 2025.

Last month alone, 35,842 units were delivered to clients, which is 8.5 percent less than 39,164 vehicles delivered to clients in February of the previous year. Conversely, the two groups also saw a 6.4-percent improvement in volume compared to January 2026’s 33,696-unit churn.

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CAMPI-TMA’s sales drivers are nameplates belonging to the commercial vehicle segment. Here, 56,312 units were sold, accounting for 80.98 percent of the organizations’ churn.

On the other hand, the passenger car segment contributed 13,226 units to the CAMPI-TMA February 2026 year-to-date total sales.

CAMPI-TMA leading performers as of Feb. 2026

Maintaining their posts as frontrunners are Toyota Motor Philippines and Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation after selling 34,300, and 14,361 examples, respectively.

Nissan Philippines Incorporated is just 113 vehicles shy of Suzuki Philippines Incorporated, who is the current third placer after selling 3,256 units.

Ford Philippines completed the top five CAMPI-TMA lineup with its 2,607-unit sales churn. 

Below are the CAMPI-TMA’s Top 10 distributors as of last month. 

Year-to-date ranking	Distributor name	Sales volume (as of February 2026)
First	Toyota Motor Philippines	34,300
Second	Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation	14,361
Third	Suzuki Philippines Incorporated	3,256
Fourth	Nissan Philippines	3,143
Fifth	Ford Motor Company Philippines Incorporated	2,607
Sixth	Honda Cars Philippines Incorporated	2,480
Seventh	Isuzu Philippines Corporation	2,285
Eighth	SAIC Motors Philippines Incorporated (Morris Garages distributor)	1,412
Ninth	Hyundai Motor Philippines, Incorporated	1,363
Tenth	KP Motors Corporation (Kia distributor)	1,295

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