Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
The
Malaysian Government has introduced measures to encourage bus and
commercial transport fleet operators to switch to natural gas
operations. The measures include grants for bus purchases and duty and
sales tax exemptions.
Bus operators will be entitled to a 50,000 Malaysian Ringgit
($US13,300) grant towards the purchase of an OEM dedicated (monofuel)
natural gas powered bus. The grants have been made available until 2008.
Additional incentives, all of which were announced in the recent Malaysian budget, include:
- Import duty and sales tax exemption on conversion kits
and related components for diesel buses and motor vehicles for
transportation of goods to be converted to dual fuel vehicles
- Import duty and sales tax exemption for chassis fitted
with dedicated natural gas engines for buses and motor vehicles for
transportation of goods
- Import duty and sales tax exemption be given for
dedicated natural gas engines to replace diesel engines for buses and
motor vehicles for transportation of goods
According to a spokesperson for Petronas NGV (PNGV), the government
owned operator of CNG refueling infrastructure in Malaysia, several bus
manufacturers/assemblers have registered their interests to assemble
dedicated natural gas powered buses, with the first under the program
expected to be on Malaysian roads by early 2006.
The incentives package does not include funding for refueling
infrastructure but the spokesperson says that PNGV will consider
supplying infrastructure provided it is viable to do so.
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