Bomba comes up with guidelines for installation of commercial EV charging stations in Malaysia - paultan.org

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The Malaysian fire and rescue department says it has drawn up guidelines for EV charging stations located within commercial premises in the country, and these have been submitted to the KPKT for evaluation. Full story here.

Ahmad Izram said the guidelines were needed to ensure EV charging would be as safe as possible, given the increase in points and installations. He said there are 1,063 public EV charging points nationwide at present, and the government isHe said that putting out an EV-related fire requires copious amounts of water, is time-consuming and has a higher risk of reigniting. Factors such as batteries, road conditions, the weather and charging stations are among the triggers that can cause EV fires.

He said that the department is also learning about how to best put out fires involving battery EVs . “Hybrid vehicles use a battery and gasoline combination, but now we need to learn how to put out fires with vehicles that use only a battery.

 

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