The road transport department (JPJ) has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for the implementation of a special number plate design for zero-emissions vehicles, which includes battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Strangely, JPJ calls it ‘free emission vehicles’ or FEV.
The RFP is to invite proposals for the implementation of special EV number plates by the JPJ. All companies who have enough experience (pengalaman yang mencukupi) in finance, development and operation of special number plates are welcome to submit a proposal that fits the criteria set by JPJ.
Note that attendance to a special briefing session is compulsory, and the company is responsible for all costs incurred in the preparation and submission of documents. The final date of submission is November 14, specifically 10am on that Tuesday. Enquiries can be directed to Kumar at 03-88928949 or [email protected].
We first heard about special number plates for EVs in July, when transport minister Anthony Loke said that a new ‘EV’ number plate series will be issued in the coming months. It would be similar to state number plates, with the starting series of ‘EV 1’ to ‘EV 9999’. After that, it will be ‘EVA’, ‘EVB’, and so on.
Loke said that the EV plates will be ‘RFID-linked’, and there’s a safety element involved. In the event of an EV accident and/or fire, emergency responders will know that they are dealing with a vehicle that has a high-voltage powertrain and EV battery, which requires a different set of SOPs compared to ICE vehicle fires. Full story here.
How do other countries do EV plates? Indonesia uses a blue bar for their standard issue plates, as seen in our Wuling Air EV review.
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Why waste resource on a small group of vehicles?
Motorcycles and Cars are different enough, but share the same series of plate.
And gomen can’t tackle issues like fancy plates for the longest time. If any rfid is to be implemented, it should be on the current group of vehicles as priority.
What is the function of the RFID in the number plates? Just to merely identify that it is an EV? That’s not entirely helpful and does not justify a new set of license plates.
Bermaz has conducted training with Bomba to understand the Kia EV6 electrical system. There is a QR code at the charging port for Bomba to quickly access softcopy of the electrical wiring diagrams. Bomba has also been briefed on the isolation point in the fuse box that functions as a kill-switch.
Shouldn’t these sort of training/awareness be conducted extensively by all EV distributors, rather than just having a new license plate?
And this does not even address the issue of license plate cost for existing EVs. Do existing owners have to buy new numbers? What happens to their previous numbers? Will this entail JPJ/Puspakom inspections?
Sounds like a way for MOT to make money from fancy plates (again!).
I think is a stupid move.
This move potential diminishes the value of the existing plate, if, our direction is to move towards zero admission.
So people pay so month for PUK 1 lah, WWW 888 kah, all throw in the drain when EV become the dominant vehicle?
No one ever guaranteed that the value of the number plate will appreciate over time, certainly not from the government. Spend so much money on an particular number, is the bidders own choice and decision la.
Government do new policy, that’s government’s choice la. Please don’t be a sohai kia and be a cry baby please.
EV car registration plate should includes Checksum letter at the end. Prohibit bidding tender special numbers ok.
Absolutely disagree!
It’s very useless. Checksum digit is supposed to be secretive but now everyone knows how to decypher it for Singapore.
No need to follow the authoritian Singapore style. The checksum digit doesn’t really make sense anymore when the algorithm to decypher it has been known to public.
The future is hydrogen fuel cell. Not rare-earth-consuming EVs.
Pray hard for that.
Otak masuk air kot
Aiyoh. What is so hard to have standardised number plates for all vehicles and for EV just have a specific EV symbol included on the plate. Later on if hydrogen or some other tech comes along, just tack on the new symbol lah. This obsession with RFID just gets worse and worse, doesn’t matter who is in government. We waste so much money trying to reinvent the wheel, omputih countries happily continuing their current number plate system and adapting it accordingly. Now buat kerja for all those places using LNPR (license plate recogniion technology) to recognise this new type of plate. Tak habis-habis la…Bite the bullet, standardise the plates once and for all and leave out this RFID S**T
Why not tattoo EV in your foreHead
You made my day
In this age, all govs are paranoid about controlling where people go, what they buy, where they buy.
Its all about controlling people after the WEF & UN started pushing the New world Order!..
This crap is all about controlling and restricting people movement it seems to reduce carbon. But the rich can fly around in private jets and yachts which burn more fuel in the few hours it is used than the amount of fuel the normal people burn in 1 year
I thought Malaysia license plate system relies on the States/Federal Territories/Divisions (for Sabah/Sarawak). Why need to use Singapore system to differentiate using vehicle types?
In Malaysia, cars, motorcycles, lorries, construction vehicles and just any vehicle also use S/FD/D system. Even governmental body cars like police and BOMBA also use S/FD/D system.
Taxis has H at the beginning, but then followed by the S/FD/D.
The only exception really is commemorative plates and Military. But even then it doesn’t really specify that it’s a specific vehicle type.
It only makes sense in a micronation in Singapore to make license plate based on the type of vehicle
Agreed don’t changed. Criminals can easily swap number plate between motorcycle to car to lorry or duplicate someone else car number plate with similar model and paint LOL
Please use green color code la. Easy to spot illegal parkers in EV parking spot.
electric is always synonymous to blue, the only thing synonymous to green is algae or moss
If it’s only for the purpose of letting rescue team to identify an EV, just put an “EV” stickers at the front windscreen, another one at the rear windscreen. Easy implementation and cost efficient.
Please save my tax money for other useful purpose. Like how to make ICE more efficient, or how to produce hydrogen in an effective way…
He only knows number plate inititatives.
You will see alot of more it.