(MENAFN)
Brunei is planning to raise the share of electric vehicles to 60 percent of the total yearly vehicle sales as one of the key strategies under the Brunei National Climate Change Policy (BNCCP), according to a senior government official said.
Haji Azhar, Brunei's Permanent Secretary (Energy) at the Ministry of Energy, said that "we are trying to come up with a pilot scheme by bringing a number of electric vehicles into the country and increasing awareness".
He added that "it will take some time but we hope that following the pilot scheme, we can start to bring in electric vehicles to sell in the open market".
The official also added that the electric vehicles are well-received internationally, mostly in Europe and the United States, and are selling quite well, in comparison to countries in Southeast Asia.
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