Malaysian deputy investment, trade and industry (MITI) minister Sim Tze Tzin today said within the Dewan Rakyat that the federal government is refining its policies and incentives to speed up EV ecosystem development, including expanding charging facilities nationwide, Bernama reports.
“The development of charging facilities requires substations to make sure adequate power supply,” he said, adding that the federal government is working with several stakeholders including Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to construct more power substations, and is holding discussions to supply incentives to charging facility operators (CPO) to be able to promote the development of more chargers.
“If there are not any substations, no party can construct charging facilities as the ability supply is insufficient. Hence, this effort requires incentives, appropriate policies and the event of the complete ecosystem.
“It takes time, but the federal government has taken note of the suggestions put forth and can work to enhance implementation,” said Sim.
Malaysia fell very in need of its 10,000-public EV charger nationwide goal by end-2025. MITI minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani revealed just a few months back that on the last day of 2025, the number was 5,624 (1,923 of them DC, or 34%).
We’d normally visit PLANMalaysia’s national electric vehicle charging network (MEVnet) dashboard for the most recent number, nevertheless it appears to be temporarily closed – a notice on the web site says: “Data updates and dashboard management are temporarily suspended for the technique of handing over the custodianship mandate from the Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC) to the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii).”
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This Article First Appeared At paultan.org
