While the headlines follow individual EV launches, the bigger shift in Malaysia’s car market is happening quietly across the whole fuel mix. In July 2026, 15.7% of all new vehicles registered were electrified, meaning either a hybrid or a fully electric vehicle.
A year earlier, in July 2025, that figure was just 7.0%. In other words, the electrified share of the market has more than doubled in twelve months. Roughly one in every six new cars registered in July had a plug or a hybrid system, up from about one in fourteen a year ago.
Electrified share sat between 7% and 9% for most of 2025, ticked up to 12.4% in the December EV rush, and has trended higher through 2026 to peak at 16.3% in June before July’s 15.7%.
For most of 2025, hybrids outsold EVs comfortably. Through 2026 the two have converged, and they are now running neck and neck: July saw 6,937 EVs and 5,622 hybrids registered. The plug-in and full-hybrid crowd, led by the Japanese marques and Proton’s e.MAS 7 PHEV, is growing alongside the pure-electric surge rather than being replaced by it.
Petrol still powers the vast majority of the market, of course, and will for years yet. But at the current rate of change, the day when one in five new cars in Malaysia is electrified is no longer far off. You can explore the full fuel-mix breakdowns, by month, brand and model, on our car sales data tool.
Well not something we want
but most new cars launch
is either PHEV or BEV
You are absolutely spot on. About 50% variants of model launched this year has some form of electrification
Not surprising, the EV haters gang are reluctantly trying out hybrids and once they do they are hooked. They cannot go back to 5hitty ICE only vehicles. The only thing stopping them from going full EV is the FUD surrounding EV batteries. They will realize soon enough that the battery out lasts the chassis in almost all reputable car makers. batteries are never the concern. its DC charging higher than 1C rate for the battery pack along with frequent depletion below 20% or charging beyond 80% with NMC packs wile with LFP its depleting below 20% as 100% charging is encouraged.
Main worry is parking it overnight in the car porch. There’s is no plan B if it catches fire while your entire family is deep in sleep upstairs (double storey terrace). Best case is everyone get to escape, but u still have to watch your entire house burn down because we can’t stop the thermal run away. If you dont believe me, refer to the recent case in Petaling Jaya where a Zeekr and a BYD Seal parked in the house car porch caught fire.
Typical idiot comment!
Hybrids is not EV, the fuel source still 100% fossil. The rising trend of BEV and PHEV is encouraging, government if introduce the correct policy then this will accelerate benefiting Rakyat and Government.
thanks to jojo from umno, ordinary citizens have no other choices but to buy emas5. we see emas5 at every turn of the street, just like the good old myvi era, just that we now trades a rotten apple for a rotten orange, myvi to emas5.
eMAS 5 is the best selling BEV in China. Nearly 500,000 sold in 2025 in the most competitive car market in the world with no tongkat for the other brands in China and yet it was the best seller
Most ppl are buying Proton PHEV or a corolla cross HEV…this cars are selling like hot cakes