It’s official then, Malaysians will soon be able to buy Tesla electric cars direct from Tesla Motors. This announcement was made by MITI minister Tengku Zafrul on his social media platforms today.
According to Tengku Zafrul, Tesla will establish an office here together with Tesla Experience and service centres as well as a supercharger network. He added that the entry of Tesla was facilitated by MITI through the BEV Global Leaders initiative and Tesla is the first applicant of this initiative by MITI.
Tesla operates on a direct to consumer sales model without involving the use of dealers. Tesla Experience centres are just a place where you can learn more about a Tesla, but you will have to place a booking online, and you will take delivery of the car when your stock has been allocated.
Since Tesla does not work with any shareholding partners in any country that it operates in, the entry of Tesla into Malaysia could also mean that some concessions could have been made with certain requirements like franchise APs, which could have been granted as part of the BEV Global Leaders initiative.
We first reported on the possibility of Tesla entering Malaysia last month when checks with SSM revealed that Tesla Services Sdn Bhd had been renamed to Tesla Sdn Bhd, with a revised nature of business spelling out specifically wholesale and retail of new motor vehicles, and maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. Tesla Sdn Bhd’s shareholding 100% belongs to Tesla International BV.
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Now Singaporean and Thais can’t laugh at Malaysian for not having Tesla sold here in Malaysia.
Tesla see Mesia now under PH will become country only for the rich so now they dare come. Previous gomen only caring for society. This new gomen only cares for us rich.
Welcome Tesla!
my likes are double all your dislikes!!!!!!
If malaysians can buy mercedes BMW or audi or porsche or ford mustangs or volvos, you can say that for malaysia, money is not a serious issue. so expect that teslas can be available and I have seen a few of them before this news They make most of the car brands I mentioned in Malaysia. New tech adaptation is good here! Malaysia is a promising choice. hoyahoi!
Yes, finally! It’s game on for EVs in Malaysia.
Padan muka Kroni AP cannot get a single alibaba share on Tesla Sdn Bhd.
Is that a P3 announced by Government?
The T20 now got no money to buy your Tesla. Thanks for your increase in income taxes. Probably you bring in Tesla to serve your gang only! Another useless minister. Pls bring in affordable EV ok!!!
Great news! For those who are against EV, remember first adopters are paying for poorer battery tech, poorer motor tech and bigger depreciation and laying the market for charging network to be viable. No chicken (EVs on the road), no egg (charging network)
You should thank early adopters rather than calling them all sorts. Your sub-RM100k EV in 2033 will in all likelihood be superior to a RM300k EV from 2023
Tesla, welcome abroad to Malaysia!
Mantap terbaik kjaan Madani PH BN. Better Nation
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo….
Thank you, next
Tesla so many problem and recalls… And self driving is problematic.. and locks you in the car and you can’t unlock to get out .. too many known issues and owning a poor built quality Tesla is totally not worth the money
Not to mention battery production is more damaging to environment..
yaaay
Finally, at last the King of EVs coming to Malaysia. good to see no more substandard China EV. BMW, Mercedes, Porsche and Hyundai will have a good run when Tesla comes in officially.
only for those t20 group the roadtax will kill all you
if not redesign the road tax structure a model 3 long range rwd will cost u 2.3k++ road tax
Not all T20 but more of the top half of T20 can afford these cars..
Bottom half T20 are like urban poor, just driving P1 P2 Toyota or Honda. Income macam T20 but live like M40 in city area..
with a few recent incidents that Tesla run out of control, I will be concerned if I see a Tesla is running close to me :(
Doubt they’ll offer FSD on Malaysian roads… but I’m sure someone will figure out a way to enable it via some software unlock.
GG lah those recond cars sellers
Finally! Been waiting for ages
Last thing we need is more cars on the road here, congestion is already nuts. Why didn’t they make Tesla setup a factory here before allowing them in? The guys face is why Zafrul, making Najib look like an amateur.
One step behind Thailand. Well done…
I like but people are still laughing at me for it. My relative took a close look at it and wasn’t impressed. for me I think its not a problem but design wise I somehow would agree that is kinda ugly. Proton could make better EV models than this. I hope these batteries and motors in each tesla can survive Malaysian weather.
this should be enough motivation for proton to make their own EV cars. They already had this tech, but they still didn’t make it for some reason.
Wham BaM Tesla Cam Mesia coming soon