More cars, buses and trucks on the roads are driving air pollution higher in Yangon. In 2018, a team of Japanese and Myanmar researchers found the city had unhealthy levels of what scientists call PM2.5 – soot 100 times thinner than a human hair. According to their article, published in Environmental Health and Preventative Medicine, […]
Govt to Boost Electric Car Market With 49 New Charging Stations
February 28, 2019 by
Industry Minister U Khin Maung Cho on Friday said the government will allow private companies that partner with it to set up and operate charging stations for electric cars. “There are electric cars in Yangon, but they can’t be used for long-distance travel. So to solve this problem, we will allow private companies to run […]
Myanmar to manufacture electric buses
December 14, 2018 by
“We need to use alternative fuels, as the fossil fuels we are burning today will be exhausted soon”, said Union Minister for Industry U Khin Maung Cho at the signing of an agreement to manufacture electric buses and erect charging stations in Myanmar. At the signing ceremony, held at the Research and Development Bureau in […]
Myanmar to make electric buses
December 13, 2018 by
Modulo electric buses will be manufactured locally under a partnership between No 1 Heavy Industry Enterprise from the Ministry of Industry, Green Power Myanmar Co Ltd, and Csepel Holding Limited of Hungary. The Myanmar Times interviewed U Tin Maung Kyin, CEO of Green Power Myanmar Co Ltd regarding the implementation plans. Production is planned to […]
