It does look like the National Automotive Policy (NAP) review will include flying cars, or at least an outline of standards and specifications for the type, as first suggested earlier this week.
Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted a couple of photos of a draft of the revised policy prepared by the ministry of international trade and industry (MITI). The document was made available for viewing to MPs in parliament yesterday.
On one of the pages, mention is made of ‘flying vehicle’ as a segment in which standards will be established, the Malay Mail reports. “Seriously, YB @imokman?” Khairy tweeted to deputy international trade minister Ong Kian Ming, highlighting the particular mention and apparently bemused by the inclusion.
Last month, entrepreneur development minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof had announced that Malaysia is set to unveil its first flying car prototype sometime this year. The vehicle, said to be capable of flying safely at low altitudes at a reasonable speed, will apparently not be for general use, but will find its way into applications in the agriculture and aerospace sector.
Aside from a review of Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) specifications for passenger vehicles, the NAP revision also aims to define standards in six other areas of primary focus. Besides that for flying cars, a regulatory framework will be established for EEV motorcyles over 250 cc – inclusive of interim standards – as well as for commercial vehicles.
Standards will also be defined for electric vehicles and next-generation vehicles (NxGV), along with the establishment of an autonomous and connected vehicle testbed. The last is in line with that mentioned by the Malaysia Automotive Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) back in January.
The plan is to set up a test bed in Cyberjaya to trial various technologies relating to autonomous vehicles to assess its compatibility with the infrastructure and environment in Malaysia.
Last week, MARii CEO Datuk Madani Sahari said that the necessary rules and regulations governing the automotive industry were now being formulated and will cover many facets of personal mobility, including electric vehicles, autonomous driving and of course flying vehicles
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I was hoping…’road tax’ restructure to be part of it.
By mpg ? So those old car all kena expensive road tax , then next election … hehe
old car above 10years old, all flat roadtax rm30.
Betoi…dah 30 tahun pasai power window pon X bleh bg betoi. Lg ade hati nk buek car-pet terbang… ish puak aq mmg kapla jenin…kah3
You have no vision and imagination
Pls check ur fact before commenting. Which year are you from, donkey years perhaps?
wasting time, money, energy on flying vehicles. how about
1. permanently fixing potholes and not window dress holes for 1 month
2. come to a conclusion on tolls
3. expanding NSE in Johor to 4 lanes
4. removing old mercedes lorries with wooden doors from roads
5. removing old buses and lorries vomiting out black smoke for everyone to breathe
6. safer school buses for kids
flying vehicles… what a joke! wrong priorities!
New bird Menteri don’t know how to walk but want learn to fly
Better to remove the car AP system for good
Manufacture flying cars with factory here in our country, create jobs for the people and boost local economy. Otak cetek and carrot politician not surprised
Perhaps this is the flying car they were talking about https://paultan.org/2019/03/27/spied-bentley-flying-spur-phev-seen-testing-again/
PH shud rebadge themself as Pakatan Mimpi or Pakatan Angan angan. Lolz!
Shut up john. this is a car site. go to Facebook if you want to troll
Nothing will compared to YB Kunta Kinte comments when it comes to troll.
Pakatan supporter big malu since their flying car turns out to be a cheap drone with an expensive R&D pricetag. MaluapaB055kurr….
Good one!
madani – more talk than action.
This is when you go full retard.
Flying vehicle or flying car? Flying vehicle (airplane, helicopter, etc.) is already under DCA administration.
Loophole, it didn’t flying car so i guess it could mean flying carpets too. Abesla Afghan carpet industry! Hahahaha!
seriously????wow!!wawasan 2020 when i was at primary school now become a reality…dey thambi…if u produce flying cars with price tag same like ferrari and lambo…hurmm..i think i can buy 10(skeptical)
Malaysia cannot even standardize the vehicle plate number; wanna talk about flying cars? Poorahh ..
Analogy: Belum pandai jalan sudah mahu lari. LOL.
HARGA kereta turun 30% mana?
Flying car? hahahha. I thought previous administration was bad. Are they living in wonderland? Can they even build a drone?
Flying Vehicle shall fall under the responsibility of CAAM for Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia and MARii should talk with NAICO. NAICO owned Malaysian Aerospace blueprint 2030; is similar bodies like MARii.
Flying vehicle…
Pilot license?
FAA compliance?
EPA compliance?
Why u toking about FAA and EPA? Those agency dont have jurisdiction in Malaysia.. duh..
Its DCA and DOE in Malaysia..
It will remains as concept flying car for another 30 years…
Already available in the market. Yup maybe in Malaysia for next 30 years at least.
Dream is good if you have the resources. Else be practical. Even our neighbor who have the resources and highly ranked universities is not dreaming yet.
reading all the negative comments and this is why we wont be successful in auto industry..nation want to move forward and all the hate mongers ridicule it
Wrong industry. Flying vehicle shall always be categorized under aviation. Useless if it’s a expensive hobby of flying drone…
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha…..
Flying Car-pet !!!! Another imaginary unicorn dream up by M’sian illustrious Mini-Star. Syukur M’sia Aman.
Why fix pot hole. When you can fly above them.
Modern problem requires modern solutions.
Outstanding move by the government
Toll also no need to use = no more. Brilliant.
The Malaysia concept flying car named Vector is being showcase in LIMA 2019 now.
Did you mean the RM8 million funded prototype model which is made from various parts at Mr. DIY toy department?
To our dear minister, maybe you should figure out first why flying cars are still not around to date, hmm maybe companies like BMW, Tesla, Daimler, Toyota etc. are clueless, are they?
Tesla is 10 steps ahead into rocketry space exploration science.
Khairy know nothing about automotive
He knows it’s definitely not a drone, but some PH ministers failed to see the difference.