The recently tabled Budget 2022 saw a host of full duty exemptions for electric vehicles in Malaysia proposed, and these incentives rolled out directly to consumers are expected to drive demand and market excitement for the newly-broadened electric vehicle market in the country, the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) has said in a statement.
As the technical agency for the development of the automotive and mobility sector, the institute has been working to establish numerous Malaysian standards and regulations for electric vehicles, electric motorcycles as well as electric mopeds, it said.
According to the institute, these include standards for EV-specific components such as connectors and inlets, sockets, charging systems, testing standards for lithium-ion batteries, as well as standards to encourage practices such as battery swapping, wireless charging, recycling and disposal of batteries.
Through MARii, the Malaysian government has also formulated strategies for the development of homegrown technologies in the EV sector.
These include the manufacture and application of local batteries along with the development of battery and thermal management systems, feasibility studies for hydrogen fuel cell technology, the development of critical EV components, as well as the application of well-to-wheel emissions calculations for EVs, it added.
Together with the government and the industry, MARii has started the establishment of the Electric Vehicle Interoperability Centre (EVIC), a shared test centre for the development of electric vehicles and EV-related products and systems. Details of the EVIC will be released in the future through announcements by MARii or MITI, it said.
MARii has also identified – and are working with – car manufacturers and motorcycle assemblers, commercial vehicle builders, charging station providers and local component manufacturers for the various aspects required to develop a complete ecosystem for electric vehicles in the country, it added.
With the aforementioned exemption of duties for fully electric vehicles in Malaysia, the selection of electric vehicles on the market will be cheaper to purchase by varying margins; to see just how much difference this will make to the sticker prices, read on for some examples we’ve prepared here. Is this the tip over the edge you need to make the jump to buying a fully electric car?
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Have these authorities made studies on the details of electric vehicle implementation ie. charging station network, battery range vs distance to charging station, end of lifecycle battery recycling, congestion area usage, etc. Probably not, because it seems they’re more interested in following trends and calculating duties that can be collected from the sale of such vehicles
https://paultan.org/2021/11/11/malaysia-to-formulate-policy-to-ensure-electricity-supply-will-be-able-to-meet-ev-demands-azmin-ali/
Only our minister in whole of Asean did contemplate the side effects of EV.
Our vocational schools/technical colleges/multi-million universities/Education Ministry also seems zero planning on introducing subjects for electric vehicle installation kits, repair and maintenance. EV gonna be a big business soon for students to venture on instead of becoming food delivery boys.
EV conversion is illegal.
https://paultan.org/2021/09/15/ev-conversions-of-ice-cars-not-allowed-in-malaysia/
Our vocational schools/technical colleges/multi-million universities/Education Ministry should not promote illegal activities.
Old outdated laws should be replaced.
You mean like gun prohibition laws, Dredd agrees.
At least there is one Kolej Komuniti Kepala Batas that offers courses on maintenance and repair of EVs.
Remember those renault zoe and comos company? What happened to them?
This is the test phase to do analysis. to do data analysis you need a huge amount of data. Giving incentives will get the mules to buy. the car is on the road data gets collected. then within a year, a new law comes into place.
dont know just feel the whole market not mature enough to go on full EV, unless everyone home or parking station can easily allow you to charge your vehicle else is kinda pointless pushing this EV, is not about the prices is more about the practicality. Maybe another 5 or 10 years.
There’s a shop in Kajang which has been doing the service, maintenance & repair of hybrid & electric vehicles since 2018 – Mili Auto & Hybrid Service. Will you guys be doing a story on them?
the most suitable for malaysia market now is PHEV, not EV.