[cbsteh]

From The Star:

KOTA BARU: Electric vehicles are expected to be widely used on the road by the middle of the year after they have met conditions for registration under Section 10 of the Road Transport Act 1987, said the Director-General of Road Transport Department (RTD), Datuk Solah Mat Hassan.

He said the registration period depended on the ability of the vehicles to meet the standards stipulated by the committee on Universal Standards for Transportation (USTA).
He said that so far, more than 10 companies had been given approval by the government to develop electric vehicles, including motorcycles, nationwide.

"It is anticipated that all electric vehicles can be registered as other public transports by the middle of the year when they are registered under the Road Transport Act 1987," he told reporters after opening the 11th general meeting of the Malaysian Association of Driving Institutes (PIMA) here Friday. - BERNAMA

[ycfoo]

boss,
How to recharge the car battery when we r not in home? cannot just pop in some AA battery from 7-11 right?

[andy111172]

This sounds ridiculous... how can electric vehicles be WIDELY used on the road starting middle of the year???.... Middle of the year is only 3 months away.. maybe they're talking about RC cars...

[mych]

boss,
How to recharge the car battery when we r not in home? cannot just pop in some AA battery from 7-11 right?

if you fully electric verison you may wanna fine the nearest wall outlet.

[V406198]

if you fully electric verison you may wanna fine the nearest wall outlet.

how about those the brought the electrical vehicles but live in high rise condominium ? buy alots alost of extension cores to link the home power supply to the lower car park ???? ......just a joke that we all share when taking about rechargeble vehicle..

[mych]

how about those the brought the electrical vehicles but live in high rise condominium ? buy alots alost of extension cores to link the home power supply to the lower car park ???? ......just a joke that we all share when taking about rechargeble vehicle..

Is not too hard to improve condo facilities to include wall sockets for some of the parking slots.. Currently even the highest end local condo design does not factor in EV charging.. It has to be pushed from unit owner perspective. A plus point if the Condo management agrees. The question of "supporting infrastructure" is easy to solve actually.

[jalan2]

The success of electric vehicles also depends largely whether there will public battery recharging stations built at places like car parks.

I wonder whether JPJ will also allow vehicles that were converted from fossil fuel power to electrical power, to be road legal.

[rlee]

The success of electric vehicles also depends largely whether there will public battery recharging stations built at places like car parks.

I wonder whether JPJ will also allow vehicles that were converted from fossil fuel power to electrical power, to be road legal.

Macdonald can increase more people if provide free points like they provide laptop points now.

[badeley]

how many model r available in the market now..what i know..only few such as nissan leaf n etc...but in malaysia..wonder how much if bring into malaysia coz wthout tax already cost more that 150K.
sumhow...modenas already pioneer 1st with their CTrix...nice

[alinpion]

From The Star:

KOTA BARU: Electric vehicles are expected to be widely used on the road by the middle of the year after they have met conditions for registration under Section 10 of the Road Transport Act 1987, said the Director-General of Road Transport Department (RTD), Datuk Solah Mat Hassan.

First of all I want to tell you that electric vehicles can't be widley used in 4-5 monts; it takes years for that and right now electrical car are not that good (they spend a lot of time charging and the car autonomy is low). Second they have to have the same price with petrol cars if they want to make people buy them.