NEWS: Low-hanging fruit in EV sector, says Zafrul

The Edge TV

In an interview on the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030), investment, trade and industry minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz points to the electric vehicle (EV) sector when asked to list low-hanging fruit.

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00:00 Of course, I want to do some local remanufacturing.

00:03 There's a few.

00:04 Because EV side, actually there are many opportunities

00:10 that we can do.

00:11 The spillover is quite positive.

00:13 Motorcycle.

00:17 There's a few, you'll be surprised.

00:21 There are a few local companies that are,

00:23 'cause it's not that easy to,

00:24 not that difficult to do.

00:26 It's just the technology.

00:29 I don't want an assembly,

00:29 but I want them to also build from scratch.

00:32 Build from scratch.

00:35 Some are already, one company I visited

00:36 did our battery storage system,

00:38 already BESS, which is now used by international.

00:42 In fact, the battery energy storage system,

00:45 this company in Malaysia,

00:46 is now building it to build a plant in,

00:50 Tesla's plant in US.

00:51 And it's a Malaysian company.

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