The government believes that having more DC chargers will help reduce range anxiety and allow more people to travel long distances with EVs. What say you?
charging infrastructure mix. This was revealed by the Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry, Liew Chin Tong at the Parliament recently.Liew said that the current target of having 10,000 EV charge points in Malaysia by 2025 consisted of 9,000 spots with AC chargers while the remaining 1,000 chargers are made of DCFCs. The government has since felt that it should put less emphasis on AC chargers since Malaysia has a lot of landed properties.
He added that having more DCFCs can help reduce range anxiety which in hand will allow more people to utilise EVs for long-distance journeys. While the matter has been brought to the attention of the National EV Steering Committee, a study will soon be conducted on whether the DCFC target should be increased.
In fact, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has previously said the construction of EV charging stations is being led by the private sector. He also said that the government does not provide any allocations or exclusive rights for EV charging stations.All in all, the government is aiming to have 10,000 chargers in Malaysia by 2025 but the responsibility to achieve the target is mainly on the shoulders of the charging point operators .
Meanwhile, bureaucracy could also be the reason behind the slow rate of charger deployment. We have seen instances such as inEVCS licence sticker at Gentari-JomCharge EV Charging Hub in Bangi Golf Resort.may take between 2 to 6 months depending on the quality of the submission. ST recently said that it has sincebut it did point out that there are other approvals that CPOs may need to obtain including from local government authorities and site owners.
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