JOHOR BAHRU, July 1 (Bernama) — The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Dr Adham bin Baba today officiated the launch of Campuses for Local Electric Vehicle Expeditious Roll-out (CLEVER) at EDUCity Iskandar Johor. It is a technology and market validation programme, ideated and spearheaded by NanoMalaysia Berhad (NMB)—Malaysia’s leading agency in nanotechnology and advanced solutions commercialisation—to deploy electric vehicle (EV) technologies at selected university campus grounds—participating campuses include EduCity Iskandar (an entity under Khazanah Nasional Berhad), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and Universiti Tenaga Nasional.
CLEVER will act as both an innovation and regulatory sandbox—allowing start-ups and other innovators to conduct live experiments in a controlled environment. There will be 2-wheeler electric rides, battery swapping stations, development of converted internal combustion Engine-to-EV, autonomous system deployment, and off-grid charging using renewable energy implemented on the campuses. Through this, NMB will facilitate technological developments, set up regulations and amend insurance coverage by collecting user, performance and safety acceptance data before a mass scale investment and deployment to the Malaysian market.