YANGON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is implementing a one-year electric vehicle (EV) pilot project starting from Jan. 1 until Dec. 31 this year after importing 40 Chinese-made electric cars last month.
As part of the pilot project, a knowledge-sharing program on EVs was held in Yangon on Saturday, attracting more than 200 participants.
The event was organized by the National-level Leading Committee on Development of Electric Vehicles and Related Business and related EV organizations.
According to the committee, under the pilot project, 10 of the imported Chinese BYD e2 cars will run as electric taxis in Yangon and another 10 vehicles will run as taxis in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw.
To encourage its EV sector, Myanmar in June last year established the committee, which is working on importing EVs, manufacturing EVs in the country and building charging stations to grow the EV sector.
The Southeast Asian country then granted zero-tariff treatment on imported electric cars effective from Nov. 2 last year until March 31 this year.
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