{"id":12106,"date":"2026-04-02T02:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=12106"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:16:28","slug":"acting-president-launches-ev-import-program-for-gasoline-powered-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=12106","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Acting President Launches EV Import Program for Gasoline-powered Vehicles&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2 April 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reduce fuel consumption, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the Acting President and Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission, emphasized the importance of implementing a system that allows for the exchange of old fuel-powered vehicles for the importation of electric vehicles (EVs). This statement was made during a meeting focused on the availability of fuel and fertilizers for agricultural activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the hot and dry summer season begins, the use of air conditioners and electricity increases, leading to a higher reliance on generators, according to the Interim President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Acting President highlighted the necessity of conserving electricity and reducing the consumption of generator fuel and vehicle fuel. By decreasing fuel consumption, foreign exchange expenditures can also be minimized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, he reiterated the need to establish a system whereby old fuel-powered vehicles can be returned when importing new electric vehicles. #Acting President #Fuel consumption #EV #mtnews<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 April 2026 To reduce fuel consumption, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the Acting President and Chairman of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12108,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12106\/revisions\/12108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}