Tenaga Nasional to set up EV charging stations along North-South Expressway; invest RM90m in three years

Tenaga Nasional to set up EV charging stations along North-South Expressway; invest RM90m in three years

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will be installing electric vehicle chargers along the North-South Expressway (NSE) as part of its collaboration with highway operator PLUS Malaysia, said TNB president and CEO Datuk Baharin Din, Bernama reported.

“[Tenaga Nasional Berhad] aims to accelerate battery electric vehicle (BEV) adoption to capture a RM1.3 billion market value by 2030, and welcomes collaboration with strategic partners to stimulate growth of the BEV ecosystem,” Baharin was quoted by Bernama as saying.

The energy company will be investing RM90 million over a period of three years in support of the EV ecosystem, the news wire wrote. In March this year, TNB announced that it will be collaborating with the highway operator for the installation of a DC fast charging network for a total of eight charging stations comprised of six on the NSE and two on the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 (LPT2).

Last month, PLUS Malaysia announced that it will be setting up 100 EV charging points along its highways by 2024. In addition to PLUS, TNB is also in talks with other highway operators and federal road authorities under the public works department (PWD), Baharin said.

Tenaga Nasional to set up EV charging stations along North-South Expressway; invest RM90m in three years

The electric vehicle market has the potential for 3,300 charging points for a projected 33,350 battery-electric vehicles on the roads by 2025 drawing annual electricity revenue of RM80 million, which is expected to increase to 18,000 charging points for 524,809 BEVs on the road and an annual electricity revenue of RM1.25 billion by 2030, Baharin told Bernama.

“By 2030, we forecast that half a million EVs will be on the road with 2.3 TWh of electricity charging requirements valued at RM1.26 billion. This also means the reduction of 4.4 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by taking internal combustion engined vehicles off the road, he was quoted as saying.

Beyond the construction of charging infrastructure, TNB will also provide upskilling and reskilling courses for the electric vehicle industry, as well as the electrification of TNB’s own vehicle fleet, sponsoring of EV-related studies and foster coalitions between EV sector players such as the Zero Emissions Vehicle Association (ZEVA), the report wrote.

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Comments

  • Better late than never.

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    • Rakyat Malaysia on Aug 03, 2022 at 5:41 pm

      What for. It will only benefit Sinkies who are likely to find ways to charge w/o paying since it is their 2nd nature. And you would be lucky they don’t hit ur car on their way out and terus cabut without even saying sorry.

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      • Singaporean Malay on Aug 03, 2022 at 9:06 pm

        Those SG cars breaking laws in ur country are ur fellow countrymen tau…. they’re SG PRs and not citizens!! especially that red Kia lady and her son

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  • Mr. Sotong on Aug 03, 2022 at 2:33 pm

    What’s more important are your plans to source for renewable energy to power those chargers. Simply burning more coal or oil is not helping to reduce the environmental impact.

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    • hafiizh on Aug 03, 2022 at 3:25 pm

      read today news, there is plan for that

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    • kebal on Aug 03, 2022 at 6:47 pm

      agree. this is a step to a right direction. energy generation also needs to be renewable and sustainable

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    • Local on Aug 04, 2022 at 12:09 pm

      If u read the news, no more coal plant in future. Old coal fired power plant plant would be retired early that original PPA.

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  • Katheryne Wong on Aug 03, 2022 at 2:37 pm

    Very good. Please speed up the installation works if possible.

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  • Doing it is one thing. Maintaining it is another. It would be a buzz kill for electric car users if not maintaining it properly. Semua baru of course la syok. Wait till you see the long run. People queuing for charge.

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  • Zero ICE by 2030 on Aug 03, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    Mr Sotong let only a few power stations burn coal but zero ICE on the road how?

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  • We shall see... on Aug 03, 2022 at 11:25 pm

    Will be gajah putih or not? Who’ll untung most from this?

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  • Mustaffa on Aug 04, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    It will not 90million to setup 8 EV stations so what is TNB bragging about this. Is 8 charging stations enough for the Highways so please TNB i was expecting at 1000 units nationwide.

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    • Wow 1,000 units?

      Kaya lah kroni… Muahahahaha… Syg ketat2 la depa kat hang nih.

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