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By SHYAFIQ DZULKIFLI   PETALING JAYA: Petrol stations, hypermarkets, grocery shops and shopping malls will house more than half of the country’s existing and proposed electric vehicle (EV) public charging stations. Data from the Malaysia Electric Vehicle Charging Network (MEVnet) dashboard shows that 1,001 or 24.9% of the 4,025 EV charging stations are at petrol stations. Hypermarkets, supermarkets and grocery shops are the second most common type of location for charging stations, with a total of 646 locations (16.1%). Shopping malls are the third biggest category for charging stations with 417 stations (10.4%). “Shopping mall, and supermarket parking locations are good locations for EV charging stations, as users can charge while dining or doing their shopping. “Petrol stations are ok if users have something else to do while charging,” said Datuk Shahrol Halmi, President of the Malaysian Electric Vehicle Owners Club. “From

Proposed teaser: The race is on to build enough electric vehicle charging stations to support Malaysia’s EV boom. We find out what else is needed to overcome the range anxiety of EV owners.   By SHYAFIQ DZULKIFLI PETALING JAYA: Petrol stations, hypermarkets, grocery shops and shopping malls will house more than half of the country’s existing and proposed electric vehicle (EV) public charging stations. Data from the Malaysia Electric Vehicle Charging Network (MEVnet) dashboard shows that 1,001 or 24.9% of the 4,025 EV charging stations are at petrol stations. Hypermarkets, supermarkets and grocery shops are the second most common type of location for charging stations, with a total of 646 locations (16.1%). Shopping malls are the third biggest category for charging stations with 417 stations (10.4%). “Shopping mall, and supermarket parking locations are good locations for EV charging stations, as users can charge while dining or doing their shopping. “Petrol stations are

 

By SHYAFIQ DZULKIFLI   PETALING JAYA: Nearly 90,000 bankrupt individuals have been granted relief since the introduction of the Second Chance Policy. Deputy director-general of the Malaysian Department of Insolvency (MDI) Azwarnida Affandi said 87,088 individuals who had been declared bankrupt were granted a discharge since the policy came into effect in October last year. “It has provided relief to many individuals who would otherwise be vulnerable to bankruptcy due to small-scale debts,” she said in a recent interview. Azwarnida said the department was on track to meet the government’s target of discharging at least 130,000 individuals from bankruptcy by October this year. The Second Chance Policy was first announced on October 13 last year during the tabling of Budget 2024 by the Prime Minister. The policy is a government initiative designed to protect the welfare of individuals burdened by small-scale debts and to provide a pathway out of bankruptcy under specific conditions.