IPOH, Feb. 24 -- Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has said there are no immediate plans to introduce electric buses under the BAS.MY stage bus programme due to the significantly higher costs compared to diesel-fueled buses.
"If we were to use electric buses, the purchase costs would be significantly higher. For now, we are still using Euro 5 diesel buses, which are environmentally friendly," he told a press conference after launching the BAS.MY service at the Town Hall building here.
Loke said electric buses might be introduced gradually in the future.
He highlighted that recent funding has facilitated the purchase of 51 new buses for the BAS.MY service in Ipoh, which is part of the Stage Bus Service Transformation (SBST) progra...