Charging points are the easy part. The harder part will be making our power grid support the load.

Even Singapore – small country, world-class city planning, lots of money, highly qualified politicians – has problems now where their fast chargers have to downclock to slow charging speeds during peak periods. The issue has become a running joke among EV community social media over there.

Imagine here, during festive season on NS highway. Look at the number of cars lining up at the petrol stations. Even if you divide that number by 4 and ensure enough charging points. If all those charging points used at the same time and fast charging, almost guaranteed nationwide blackout. Charging infra is more than simply building charging stations.

That’s why I think the recent Perodua estimate of 2030 is fairly realistic. If you buy a car now, make it a hybrid and plan to keep it for 5-6 yrs, and then look at the market again.

Removal of fuel subsidy won’t happen anytime soon. Government won’t dare. They remove fuel subsidy, it won’t just be your pump minyak price increase. Everything will become more expensive. Food, medication, services, etc. Political suicide for any government in power in this country. They must improve economy gradually and remove subsidy at the same rate, like 5% each time. Remove 20% in one go and confirm people riot.

This post has been edited by dev/numb: May 9 2023, 04:28 PM