The government says it still plans to proceed with its proposed ‘EV’ number plate series for electric vehicles (EVs), which will be similar to state number plates, with the starting series of ‘EV 1’ to ‘EV 9999’, followed by ‘EVA’, ‘EVB’, and so on.
However, this will only be in the future, according to transport minister Anthony Loke. In the meantime, he said the ministry is proceeding with a part of that equation, which is the introduction of a special license plate for zero-emissions vehicles to differentiate them from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
“Yes, we are coming out with that (EV number plate series) later. What we will do is that we wil first introduce a special plate, not (vehicle registration) numbers, and that will be introduced very soon. I don’t want to announce it today, but it will be announced soon,” he said during his announcement of the new EV road tax structure yesterday.
“The plates will be issued by the respective vehicle companies and installed by them on to the vehicle, so we will work with them regarding the materials to be used,” he said. As to how this move would impact third-party companies such as car accessory shops that are licenced to make number plates, he said the ministry is presently discussing the matter with all relevant parties.
“We are looking at how to integrate that with accessory shops. We are working towards that, so that is why we are taking some time to see how we can roll out (the special plate),” he said, although he did not elaborate further as to what the plate design would look like, and whether it would have a differentiating background colour or font to denote it.
Previously, Loke said that the EV plates would be ‘RFID-linked’, which would help with identification purposes. 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.
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This Loke fellow tak habis want to auction numbers. Fix our roads first please.
Bcoz under PH Gomen, the rich needs to feel exclusive and stand out more from the masses of fancy number plates so Loke is catering to the super rich EV prospective buyers.
PH Gomen is only for the rich.
PH Gomen = Kaya didahulukan, marhaen diketepikan
great another plate for jpj to profit from
The privilege of the rich under PH Gomen.
Meanwhile our rakyat suffers with subsidy removal.
Aiyo, like that my FU 67 number plate that I bid with top dollar can’t be use on my upcoming Sea Lion EV lah.
If we successfully migrate into EV as a nation, all those traditional plates could be obsolete? Habis lah all the tender.
Can use this special plate to pay toll?
I have been suggesting this for years. Finally they realize what a good idea it is. Slow better than none. High IQ people like me always see things 100 steps ahead. That is the beauty of being a Chess expert. We see things different
Is this even urgent? Why don’t spend your time to solve existing traffic jam and pothole problems?
Of course it is urgent since sales of EV is like hot cakes. If don’t do now then will have big headache in future when there are millions of EV on the road. They should have done it in the begining. Short sighted subhumans like you mana boleh see jauh jauh. Like I said, orang kurang cerdik see things very simple. Cannot see far like me
im sure loki is thinking how to make money out of it
Be patient EV drivers.. this gonna take a while. Minister 69 looking for cronies who can produce the license plate frame
More money for me! Come place your bids!
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“Loke said that the EV plates would be ‘RFID-linked’, which would help with identification purposes. 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”
– seriously? you got the special car plate and now u got the time to do a scan while the car is burning.
Why bother? Just use different colour plate instead of black la. Like green for example. Immediately can identify. Ppl can also keep their old number for interchange etc.
simple issue like fancy number plate cannot tackle, now want to issue more fancy plates into the mix.