Even the issue of charging infrastructure can be envisioned with multiple perspectives and solutions. How shall sufficient power be provided to the tens of thousands of charging stations required throughout the country? How will that effect and tax the national power grid, and who will bear the cost of transporting and distributing that power? Perhaps then, especially for remote, ‘last mile’ hubs, the stations can be powered via greener options; solar energy. An abundant resource in our beautiful country, this option is not as viable for other less-sunny nations, so let us take the lead. You can take this even further; for a fully off-grid application, solar panels provide energy to charge the EV, and the EV then becomes the ‘powerbank’ to your home at night, or in emergencies and during disasters where main power is no longer accessible.
The Low Carbon Mobility Blueprint 2021-2030 aims to assess the best options for energy and GHG mitigation planning in the transport sector, particularly land transport, using scenario analyses of a business-as-usual case and similarly for 2030.
Certainly, this and many other related technologies are worthy of study by our local universities and research institutes and should be supported by the government and relevant agencies through focused programs and policies. The Low Carbon Mobility Blueprint 2021-2030 is a guideline from which we can start having these conversations. Academia, industry, agencies, and users each have a seat and a stake. It will take collaborative will and consistent effort but can be yet another way for us to ensure self-reliance and sustainability as we move forward. So, you see, sometimes the answers are not necessarily new, just reimagined. MyKar, the first Malaysian-made electric vehicle, at the Sepang International Circuit. MyKar is produced by EV Innovations, a start-up helmed by Datuk Ir. Khalilur Rahman Ebrahim, a member of MIGHT’s Board of Directors and Chairman of VentureTech.
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