News & Reviews:   EV

Perodua’s affordable electric vehicle (EV) is touted for release later this year, with the price range lauded to be under RM100,000. Now, its CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad has alluded to a new sales concept that allows the company to sell the EV for under RM80,000: By not including the batteries!

Perusahan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of next-generation electric vehicles (xEV). Among others, the MoU includes plans to educate and train future engineers in developing new xEV technologies.

Electric vehicles (EVs) may be seen as the transportation of the future as well as one of the solutions to reduce carbon emissions. But at the same time, it raises questions about maintenance for its users, especially the impact of direct current (DC) fast charging on battery life. That said, what should you know about it?

Earlier today, Telekom Malaysia announced a new partnership with Perodua to advance the local electric vehicle (EV) industry. Under the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030), the partnership will drive the EV industry growth through four strategic areas.

Recently, we reported on the launch of Malaysia’s first national electric vehicle (EV), the Proton e.MAS 7. Now, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad revealed that Malaysia is in its final preparation to make the EV the official ASEAN vehicle.

The Pahang State Government is aspiring to turn the state into the assembly and manufacturing hub for electric vehicles (EVs) on the East Coast. This is according to the State Investment, Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee Chairman Datuk Mohamad Nizar Najib.

In case you didn't know, you can now find nearby EV charging stations on your Waze app. To turn it on, you just need to visit 'Vehicles details' on the Settings page and then tap on 'Electric Vehicles'. From there, you can choose whichever EV charging station type that you prefer.

According to BERNAMA, MITI is now sharing that it has established cooperation with the state governments of Selangor and Johor. This is done to ensure that each district has facilities for DC charging for electric vehicles. This move is also expected to be in line with the government's target to reach 10000 EV charging stations by 2025.

For some reason, there is a surge of new e-hailing services in Malaysia. The latest player to come into the market is GV Ride (GVR). To make itself distinct from other competitors, it will introduce electric vehicle (EV) services in December. This marks the first company to offer such services.

Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd (Rapid Bus) recently shared that it’s projecting savings of up to 30 per cent in maintenance costs and more than 50 per cent in energy costs with the full adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2037. Its CEO, Muhammad Yazurin Sallij said that this was based on nearly 10 years of operating data from 15 electric buses on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service along the Sunway Route.