Should TNB bear cost of EV ‘charge’?

By DOREENN LEONG

WHEN Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin proposed that charging stations be treated as national grid assets, it made sense.

By having Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) bear the installation costs, Yeo argued, Malaysia could more effectively support the growing presence of electric vehicles (EVs).

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