CNI News
30 August 2024
Over 20 EV (electric vehicle) passenger cars have been allowed to be imported, an official from the Ministry of Industry told CNI News. It is reported that at present, three EV passenger cars have reached Myanmar.
" Three EV passenger cars have arrived here in Myanmar for the time being. There's more to come as well. As we have allowed over 20 EV passenger highway cars, they will arrive in due course. We can't say exactly when they'll arrive." said an official from the Ministry of Industry.
Although a Yangon-based passenger car line, Mandalar Min is running EVs, Yarzar Min, a highway bus line, will start running EVs in the end of September, it stated.
However, new highway bus lines have not applied to buy EV passenger cars.
Mandala Min highway bus line which started running EV cars is initially running the Yangon-Naypyidaw trip only and the fare for one person is reportedly 25,000 kyats.
While seeing an EV passenger highway car from Mandala Min bus line
Relevant authorities and entrepreneurs are working on to enable EV passenger cars to run on the Yangon-Pathein Road, the Yangon-Pyay Road, the Yangon-Taungoo-Meiktila-Mandalay Union Road and the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway.
EV passenger highway cars could reduce the rise in temperature; air pollution and fuel consumption and preserve the environment kind of; moreover, preparations were being made to enable passengers to travel comfortably without noise pollution, released Mandalar Min bus line.
Passenger highway EV cars have been exempted from paying toll gates until 2025. Moreover, EV passenger highway cars have been allowed to import without having to pay the tax until March, 2025. If necessary, charging stations would be built anymore, an official from the Ministry of Industry, told CNI News.
" There are two kinds of charging stations for EV cars. One is public charging station and the other, private charging station. If the use of EVs increases, more charging stations will be built. It's sufficient for the time being." he said.
There are four charging stations in Naypyidaw and five, in Yangon and five, in Mandalay, and five, on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway.
The government has intended to use only EV cars all over the country before 2050.
