KUALA LUMPUR: The government wants to make it mandatory for the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem to be certified by Sirim Bhd before entering the market for safety reasons.

The move will include EV batteries and charging stations.

Malaysia currently has over 100,000 EVs on the road.

The Sirim certification for all EV-related facilities could be compulsory within one or two years, said SIRIM Bhd president and group chief executive officer Datuk Dr Ahmad Sabirin Arshad.

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"It is not mandatory now. The government is giving companies time to keep the industry growing.

"There are some companies that already have their certifications as they have sent their products to be tested by Sirim, but many have yet to do so," he said during a visit to Balai Berita in Bangsar, yesterday.