National initiatives in greening the transport sector: A case of electric mobility in Malaysia

Abstract

Since 1987, Malaysia has been recognised as one of the endorsers of several international agreements that highlight the greenhouse gas emission reduction 1987, and among them are Kyoto Protocol 1992, Cancun Agreements 2010, Montreal Protocol 1987, and Copenhagen Accord 2009. This study investigates the national initiative in making the transport sector go green with electric vehicles alternative by focusing on environmental awareness, consumer attitude, and perceived knowledge. The Malaysian government introduced the National Transport Policy (NTP) 2019-2030. It is the Malaysian government's objective to ensure the services provided are reliable, safe, affordable, and sustainable transport services. The descriptive statistical analysis is for data analysis expressed the quantity of the perception that is partly required to mention the objective based on the information that is gathered. The analysis is performed by the descriptive analysis to research out the statistics of each variable involved here which is consumer attitude and perceived knowledge. Lastly, the green initiative is not a new issue in Malaysia. The only thing that distorts the green initiative development is the costs and financial implications that might be detrimental to the Malaysian economy. However, with the continuous support and encouragement from Malaysian citizens, it could motivate the government to keep going with this initiative and fulfilling the NTP objectives.