Shifting into green mode


Going carbon-neutral: Ismail Sabri paying a visit to the SKS Coachbuilders’ manufacturing facility in Pulau Meranti, Puchong. — Bernama

PUCHONG: The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has booked 60 electric buses from SKSBus Group which will be delivered in stages from this year until 2023, says the Prime Minister.

In a press conference after touring a bus manufacturing facility here yesterday, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said electric-powered bus services would kick off in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and other major cities before being expanded nationwide in an effort to make Malaysia carbon-neutral by 2050.

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