, vehicle owners currently must purchase the tag from Touch ‘n Go for RM35. Now there appears to be an opportunity to lower the cost of RFID as JPJ is exploring the use of it as part of its digitalisation plan., Transport Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said JPJ has been studying new technology for vehicle registration such as RFID, QR codes, and chips.
Dr Wee added that if JPJ adopts RFID, they will ensure that it is compatible and can be used for other purposes such as toll payments. He said this will avoid the need to have several RFID tags on one vehicle. The proposed implementation of RFID could help the Transport Minister and the Malaysian Highway Authority blueprint to implement MLFF by 2025. He said they will bring it to Cabinet for approval and hope to provide a solution to LLM and the rakyat.
The Transport Minister shared there are 33.1 million vehicles registered in JPJ’s database and 16.2 million driving and motorcycle licence holders nationwide.