The government is optimistic that Proton and Perodua can produce the first national electric vehicle (EV) by 2025, said minister of international trade and industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
“At MITI, they have shared the latest updates on their plans. Our team from MITI is also involved in understanding this progress (memahami kemajuan ini). So far, it looks like it can be achieved. According to the briefings by the national carmakers, we’ll be able to achieve the goal, in 2025,” he told the media at the launch of the smart #1 EV yesterday.
On affordable EVs, Zafrul said that the government is encouraging carmakers to have CKD local assembly in Malaysia in order for them to offer EVs at a more affordable price point.
“The government is giving plenty of incentives for EVs, but as mentioned earlier, the incentives must be enjoyed by all Malaysians, not just those who can afford it (buy EVs at current prices). We want to democratise the use of EVs, to ensure that more people can afford EVs,” he said.
Earlier this week, deputy MITI minister Liew Chin Tong said that the government’s policy is to develop the local auto industry, with local content. He said that the government welcomes all auto players to set up shop in Malaysia, and CKD EVs won’t have price restrictions, referring to the current RM100k minimum price for CBU imported EVs.
This mandate means that budget EVs such as the Wuling Air – which we test drove in Jakarta – won’t be coming to Malaysia for around RM50k to RM70k anytime soon. The Neta V is priced at RM100k, but is much cheaper in Thailand. Even the BYD Dolphin was earlier rumoured to come in below the century mark.
Zafrul previously told paultan.org that the condition was put in place to allow local players to get themselves ready for electrification.
“We are giving them (local carmakers) time to prepare for EVs. There have been questions as to why we are not liberalising quicker, but we have to look at the big picture to protect our local automotive industry for a while so that there is a just transition, because it does relate to a lot of employment, from jobs to suppliers,” he said in July.
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“Zafrul adalah kepala Perbankan Pelaburan semasa di Maybank apabila urusan pinjaman kepada GHK (Genting Hong Kong) dibuat. Dia kemudiannya berkhidmat di dalam badan eksekutif di CIMB semasa pinjaman kepada GHK diservis.
“Dia telah menjawat jawatan sebagai Menteri Kewangan hampir dua tahun. Dia mempunyai kepakaran yang luas berhubung perjanjian itu, dan mempunyai masa yang cukup untuk melakukan pindaan yang mampu memastikan manfaat kepada pengguna bank.
“Tapi itu tidak berlaku. Ringkasnya, hanya ada seorang yang mampu merundingkan perjanjian yang lebih baik kepada GHK bagi pihak rakyat Malaysia iaitu Menteri Kewangan sekarang. Ternyata beliau telah gagal,”
Actually did you check the share price of CIMB while he was in the helm of the company? (wink-wink)
Also wasn’t all those shoddy dealings with direct negotiation tender at inflated price by previous government (no price for guessing who is the previous FM) and want to take a good guess why not all are complicit in this matter?
“Tengku Zafrul memberikan kenyataan yang sangat mengelirukan, nak kata dia tak faham, dia faham tetapi saya tidak faham kefahaman dia.
“Nilai ringgit jatuh merudum, bukan jatuh, tapi merudum… dia jawab ‘tidak memberikan kesan kepada ekonomi negara, kerana keutuhan ekonomi’.
“Saya tidak pernah urus bank, adalah pengalaman sikit sebagai Menteri Kewangan dan Pengerusi Development Community IMF World Bank. Jatuh begitu dalam suasana tidak ada krisis serantau adalah suatu yang parah.
Individu yg menggelarkan dirinya ‘PM Zimbabwe’ memang jelas sedang menghadapi masalah psikologi ‘mythomania’ yg dia sendiri pernah bercerita secara panjang lebar, kerana sebenarnya jawatan PM Zimbabwe tidak lagi wujud sejak 10 tahun yang lalu selepas perlembagaan Zimbabwe telah diubah.
Anwar menang, AP hapus
Tremendous vote swing from majoriti B40 n m40 voters back to the ruling govt.. Since PH BN imposed higher taxes on kafir non halal pro-israel car producing nations.. Kudos madani gomen.
Yeaaa just like how the previous government tells us by saving Malaysia through direct negotiation tender process given to family, friends & cronies increasing debt to 2x or RM1.5 trillion then try to recoup tax collection through increasing gambling from 22x from usual 8x all in the name of 3R – Brilliant.
will not happen in 2025. guaranteed 100%. likely 2026 launch. 2027 delivery. 2030 until EV-charger supply is optimal. Meaning 7 years to go on the optimistic side. so apa tunggu? sign dulu loan 9 tahun ICE terakhir, no problem.
Would you stop using Intel, Google, Android, WhatsApp, Facebook…..? No Action Talk Only!!!!
again this ckd nonsense, making some cronies rich by assembling sub par quality parts or cars at the expense of the rakyat
There would be no en masse sudden switch to buying cheap sub-RM50K EV cars even if to start it now. The lack of charging points at condos/flats housings and additional upgrade high cost to 3-phase wiring for high speed charging to private house surely hinder the initial sales for B40 group to buy it.
Therefore it is a myth/ falsehood/ unnecessary fear-mongering that Proton Perodua will collapse due to the cheap EV cars flooding the market. Many people will still buy petrol cars just as usual.
The nonsense must stop and let free market demand & supply operate without govt intervention. Indonesia and Thailand doing far better without having national car anyway.
If by produce you mean rebadging then yes proton perodua can make it haha. Proton came up with their own home grown tech design with Persona, Preve, Exora but sadly that were the last of it. Back to merely rebadging. Perodua is even worse and has never even made its own car. Singapore dont have a national car and they doing just fine so can tutup Proton Perodua and remove unfair taxes on foreign brands and bring prices back down like the 80s
So minister how do you think those CKD locally assembled EV at affordable price can curb the low quality safety aspects or how it can become a dumping ground here in our country since you love the AP cronies so much.
Just rebadge the smart lah. Apa susah?
Its so dumb to follow the Europeans in mandating EV adoption. The Europeans harping on environment because they are not affected by the pollution from the rare earth mining required for EV manufacturing.
We, on the other hand, have an entire rare earth processing plant right at our backyard.
What’s the expected outcome of this? If Proton and Perodua can produce EV? Any quantifiable outcome?
over 30 years later but both are still playing the rebadging game and he wants them to produce an ev? bffr.
If you want CKD EV, there must be a better long term commitment from the Govt. It’s not a small investment to CKD
Please define national EV. Are we talking about Vinfast level bottom up? Or are we talking about Geely and Toyota/Daihatsu rebadge?
Not clear on which crony is taking the country for a ride.
and Proton’s new electric car division will be called..
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drumroll…
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the Elektron
I got no Idea why Our politicians protect monopolies held by syed mokhtar. He controls national car, rice imports, sugar, power stations, even mrt trains are made by his company. No matter who you vote,syed mokhtar comes first. Voters welfare and interest is not even on the list.
Why encourage full EV when we can have PHEV? for me phev is better tht when there is no electricity, can use petrol or the other way. As a Petroleum producing country, we still need to support the use of petrol. I hope P1 or P2 can come out with Phev, so can hv best of both worlds.