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No Electric Bus Under BAS.MY For Now To Maintain Cost - Loke

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Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has announced that the government's BAS.MY program will not incorporate electric buses into its fleet at this time. The primary reason cited for this decision is the significantly higher upfront cost of electric buses compared to their diesel counterparts.

However, Loke did not completely rule out the possibility of electric buses being introduced into the BAS.MY program in the future. He suggested that the transition to electric buses could be a gradual process.


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“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.

Ipoh's BAS.MY stage bus service, which includes 14 midi buses and 37 mini low-floor buses serving 16 routes, launched today as part of the Stage Bus Service Transformation (SBST) Programme.


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The transport minister announced that new bus lines have been added to Kuala Kangsar and Kampar to improve the program's service levels. The buses will operate from the Medan Kidd Bus Station and the Meru Raya Bus Terminal in Jelapang, serving routes that connect Medan Kidd to Bercham, Tanjung Rambutan, Chemor, Pasir Puteh, Pengkalan Sentosa, Sultan Azlan Shah Airport, Taman Botani, Batu Gajah, Seri Iskandar, Kuala Kangsar, and Kampar.

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JPJ Running Numbers

KUALA LUMPUR

VPS7694

SELANGOR

BSH8761

JOHOR

JYG9478

PULAU PINANG

PRU2037

PERAK

APB3091

PAHANG

CFD5173

KEDAH

KGC3430

NEGERI SEMBILAN

NEH1576

KOTA KINABALU

SJM6634

KUCHING

QAB1877M

Last updated 23 Sep, 2025

Fuel Price

Petrol

RON 95

RM 2.05

RON 97

RM 3.21

+0.03

RON 100

RM 5.00

VPR

RM 6.23

Diesel

EURO 5 B10

RM 2.93

+0.03

EURO 5 B7

RM 3.13

+0.03

Last updated 18 Sep, 2025

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