He said the Finance Ministry is currently fine-tuning several matters in regards to increasing the number of EVs in government fleets.
“The proposal to include the number of hybrid and EVs as official vehicles in departments and positions is currently being fine-tuned by the Finance Ministry.Liew also said the ministry suggested more incentives to promote EV sales to be included in Budget 2023, such as personal income tax breaks, the subscription and installation of EV charging systems, among others.Liew also said there are 21,659 existing EV and hybrid vehicles on the road, as well as 902 EV charging points.
At the same time, Liew said there has been a rise in demand for EV vehicles, as there was an increase of average sales of 3,400 units last year compared with 300 units in the previous years.“Efforts to attract investors to build ‘charging points’ were also effective, where the amount of charging systems increased to a rate of 51% in 2022 compared with previous years.