Myanmar starts pilot electric vehicle project with Chinese-made cars

The headquarters of Chinese electric car maker BYD in Shenzhen's Pingshan district, Guangdong province. - Reuters

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar was implementing a one-year electric vehicle (EV) pilot project starting from Jan 1 until Dec 31 this year after importing 40 Chinese-made electric cars last month.

Under the pilot project, 10 of the imported Chinese BYD e2 cars will run as electric taxis in the commercial city of Yangon and another 10 vehicles will run as taxis in the capital city of Nay Pyi Daw, Sai Kyaw Naing Oo, chairman of a working committee on electric vehicle development, said on Saturday.