BYD continues to be the best-selling electric vehicle (EV) brand in Malaysia with 1,705 units registered in November 2025, according to the latest data from the road transport department (JPJ). At present, BYD is the only brand to hit five-digit total registrations this year, a feat first achieved in October 2025 and further extended to 11,870 units as of last month.
In a bit of a surprise, Tesla managed to beat Proton to take second spot with 1,301 registrations in November 2025, no doubt buoyed by strong deliveries of its Model Y. Even so, The American brand’s year-to-date (YTD) figure of 5,468 units is still below Proton. On that mention, Proton saw 830 registrations last month for a YTD figure of 7,784 units, with a small number of units being the eMas 5 that launched here in late October – the majority has been the eMas 7.
With Tesla gaining ground, Zeekr is displaced to fourth with 356 units (1,718 YTD), while iCaur raked in 218 registrations to further bolster its late-to-the-game YTD total to 565 units. The last brand to secure triple-digit registrations in November 2025 is Xpeng with 193 units (1,334 YTD).
Moving on, we find Leapmotor in seventh with 86 units (437 YTD), while Maxus continues to feature on the top 20 list for another month with 76 units (135 YTD). Completing the top 10 are BMW with 74 units (1,368 YTD) and Denza with 70 units (1,002 YTD).
Outside the top 10, we find MG in 11th with 64 units (534 YTD), while Great Wall Motor in 12th saw its highest number of registrations so far this year with 63 units (361 YTD). Next comes MINI with 58 units (585 YTD) for 13th and Porsche in 14th with 48 units (655 YTD), the latter likely includes recon units that the JPJ also includes in its data.
smart’s 40 units in November 2025 brings it back to the top 20 list in 15th, while the bottom five includes Volvo in 16th with 36 units (502 YTD) and Dongfeng in 17th with its highest single-month tally so far at 35 units (157 YTD). Honda reappears on the list in 18th with 33 units (122 YTD) – the last time it showed up was in September – while Chery and Audi round up the list with 32 units (629 YTD) and 20 units (99 YTD) respectively.
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I thot EMAS 5 and 7 together will overtake BYD.
How come,after a short burst of speed,Proton slipped to third placing.
Perhaps,BYD has a wider and more comprehensive product range of EVs.
Seems BYD is a consistent Decathlon player.Proton is just a 100 meter sprinter.
When you’re pricing proton at almost similar price bracket as BYD targeting buyers that can afford 120k – 160k bracket, the choice goes to BYD due to it being a more completed build than the Emas 7 with software quirks that have yet to be solved till today plus having Android auto & apple car play support right out of the box. The key selling point for EVs is the software intergration. Sales volume speaks for itself.
Where is the 3 pointed star ? Are they really that undesirable considering its peers are in this list.