Last week, it was reported that prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Tesla CEO Elon Musk were set to meet this week to discuss the possibility of the American company making further investments in Malaysia.
That potential collaboration will not only be limited to the electric vehicle (EV) sector but other areas as well, according to minister of investment, trade and industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz.
Speaking to reporters during the soft launch of the International Electric Mobility Showcase (IEMS) 2023 in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, he said these would be discussed during the call between Anwar and Musk, which is expected to happen sometime before the end of this week, as Bernama reports.
“There is more than just the EV sector that we are talking about in this potential collaboration. What we want is to attract more potential or investment commitment in the automotive sector and other sectors that we can market within Malaysia,” he said.
Tesla is set to make its official debut in Malaysia on July 20. Back in March this year, Tengku Zafrul had announced that the EV maker was the first approved applicant in the BEV Global Leaders initiative, which would allow it to sell cars in Malaysia without the usual AP rules.
The brand will be establishing its Tesla Experience and service centres as well as a Supercharger network in the country. The latter will see at least 50 units of DC fast chargers with a minimum charging power of 180 kW being set up, and at least 30% (15 units) of these will have to be accessible for the public to use, allowing usage by electric cars from other brands.
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Haven’t met but already promising the moon and the stars.
Typical politicians nowadays. Talk 1st, lie later.
Bro can u at least change ur email if u wanna pose as a different account. I can see multiple usernames tied to one account/profile picture
SpaceX will support us to build Rocket
spaceX-Starlink will make internet a lot cheaper …slow death to telecom maxis celcom
Meanwhile after both PH gomen chased away Chinese investments:
https://paultan.org/2023/07/11/china-carmakers-to-invest-rm6-7-billion-to-produce-evs-in-thailand
Bende…..terang2 dia pakai ‘potential’ kat situ. Mentang2 lah dh banyak kali kne makan capati sebelum ni….
Anwar menang, Tesla mari
When the 2nd biggest shareholder in Tesla is an Indonesian, the priority will be Indonesia, not Malaysia.
Not necessarily true. Elon went against Twitter shareholder. He can definitely do the same thing with his own company, Tesla
Hopefully Elom still have money left to invest in malaysia
What collaboration? What can you offer? Rubber hose for charging gun?
Hopefully I can buy Tesla power wall for my home solar project.
Twitter will move their HQ to Msia.
Betulx3 not only EV but jap AV too!
cakap kosong minister … makan nasi india delivered via helikopter….. boleh di percayai?