Brunei targets 60% nationwide electric vehicle sales by 2035

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 28 (Xinhua): Brunei is looking to increase the share of electric vehicles to 60 per cent of the total annual vehicle sales as one of the key strategies under the Brunei National Climate Change Policy (BNCCP), a senior government official said.

"We are trying to come up with a pilot scheme by bringing a number of electric vehicles into the country and increasing awareness," Haji Azhar, Brunei's Permanent Secretary (Energy) at the Ministry of Energy was quoted as saying by local daily the Borneo Bulletin on Sunday.