KUALA LUMPUR: A total 2,214 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations were installed as of 20 March 2024 as the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) maintains its commitment to developing the EV charging infrastructure and reaching its target of 10,000 charging points by 2025.
Under the Low Carbon Mobility Blueprint (LCMB) 2021-2023, 9,000 units of those charging points will be altering current (AC) chargers and 1,000 units will be direct current (DC) fast chargers.
“Out of the 2,214 EV charging stations already installed, 1,741 AC chargers and 473 are DC fast chargers,” Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said during a press conference after announcing the ministry’s first-quarter 2024 report card.
On the Electric Motorcycle Use Promotion Scheme (MARiiCas) programme, Tengku Zafrul said 1,995 applications were approved with rebates valued at RM4.8 million as of 31 March 2024.
Earlier in January, he said that the government may not be able to meet the target of installing 10,000 charging stations around the country by next year.
Having that in mind, Tengku Zafrul said that he and his Cabinet colleagues would re-examine if the target is feasible.
“It seems that the target is quite aggressive because there are many issues that we need to address.
“It involves agencies such as the Energy Commission, local authorities and other parties,” he said, adding that the procedures to install the charging stations needed to be streamlined as there had been complaints from equipment suppliers.
“One of the main complaints was that it took a long time to get approval to set up a charging station. We need to make it seamless,” he commented.
— BERNAMA
