Recently, the Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) and Greentech Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) where both parties will work together in order to work towards having lower carbon mobility in Malaysia. The MoU was entered into during the International Greentech and Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM) at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) on 11th of October 2017.
The jist of the MoU is that MAI, which is an agency under the Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI) responsible for the development of the automotive industry which includes energy efficient mobility, will work more closely with Greentech Malaysia, the organization under the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) tasked to increase penetration of green technology within Malaysia.
“Despite the specialisation of MAI and Greentech Malaysia, we often find commonality in our goals, knowledge and resource pool. This MoU is a great example of collaboration, and reduced duplication of limited resources towards the pursuit of greater technology penetration in our ecosystem,” said Datuk Madani Sahari, CEO of MAI.
(from left to right) Dato Madani Sahari (CEO of MAI),Tan Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui (Chairman, Greentech Malaysia), Dr. Mohd Azman bin Zainul Abidin (CEO of GreenTech Malaysia)
One of MAI's formative goals is to be continuously pushing forward Malaysia’s drive towards becoming a regional Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) hub, which includes the manufacturing and aftersales development for vehicle with efficient internal combustion engines (ICE), hybrid technology, and alternative powertrains such as battery or fuel cell electric vehicles (EVs and FCVs).
Greentech Malaysia on the other hand is championing electric vehicle roll out initiatives and is currently the owner of the national EV charging networks with “chargEV” mark.
So it is reasonable and very logical that these two government agencies actually work together towards a common goal. It is about time we hear more of this sort of inter-governmental agency cooperation rather than these agencies strike out on their own with almost overlapping fields and duties.
Let's see where this takes the automotive industry next.
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