Myanmar general's love for high tech brings electric buses to Yangon

Min Aung Hlaing pushes EVs to save on gasoline

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Myanmar is preparing to build routes and charging stations for electric buses.

Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's economic capital of Yangon plans to introduce an electric-bus network, mapping out routes and installing charging stations in a nod to the ambitions of the country's military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.

The city unveiled the plans at a meeting of a national electric-vehicle development steering committee, a state-owned newspaper reported in late July. Research results showed possible locations for charging stations, such as at bus stops and shopping facilities.

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