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The government has set 2025 as a target for national brands Proton and Perodua to introduce electric vehicles (EVs). The timeline was revealed by deputy minister of international trade and industry (MITI) Liew Chin Tong. […]
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Aston Martin electric cars to use Lucid technology – hypercar, sportscars, GT and SUV models on the way
Aston Martin Rapide E introduced in 2019 Aston Martin has announced that it will be building its future EVs using Lucid technology. It will pay US$232 million in shares and cash to Lucid in exchange […]
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Electric cars might get more expensive to charge in Malaysia – from 57.1 to potentially 84.1 sen per kWh?
Charging your electric car at home might get more expensive soon if the government’s electricity subsidy scheme is revised. According to MKini reporting from the National Economic Action Council (NEAC) meeting press conference earlier today, […]
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Volkswagen to debut new 286 PS, 550 Nm “APP550” rear wheel drive electric motor for MEB electric cars
Volkswagen has announced that its MEB electric car platform that currently underpins cars like the ID3, ID4 and ID Buzz will receive a new electric motor option – the AP550. The new motor will be […]
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Indonesia launches new EV subsidy scheme covering 250,000 new e-bikes, conversions; 39,500 electric cars
Indonesia today launched a new subsidy programme aimed at boosting the adoption of electric vehicles in the country. Under the scheme, a subsidy of seven million rupiah (RM2,040) will be provided to eligible buyers of […]
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Electric cars aren’t zero emissions when electricity is generated by coal power plants, but so what?
It was bright and sunny this morning, with the kind of clear blue sky with minimal overcast that begged for you to go out and take a stroll to warm your body up in preparation […]
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EVs under RM100k? Malaysia working on making electric cars more affordable – climate change minister
Malaysians are slowly but eventually catching on to electric vehicles (EV) with over 10,000 EVs registered in Malaysia but as a whole, the barriers to entry for EV ownership are still high. Currently, the most […]
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Izera to build electric cars using Geely SEA EV platform – Poland’s national car
Geely has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with ElectroMobility Poland to supply its Geely Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) platform to EMP to develop a series of electric cars for EMP’s new Izera […]
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BMW will use 800V architecture and 46xx batteries for next generation Neue Klasse electric cars
BMW has announced initial details of its generation electric car platform, currently called the Neue Klasse architecture. Neue Klasse cars will feature BMW’s sixth generation eDrive technology. Firstly, BMW will be moving from the current […]
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Electric cars cannot drive through floods? Watch this Tesla Model 3 go ‘swimming’ in Kuantan, Pahang
One of the many questions or perhaps misconceptions that people have about electric cars is that they cannot go through even the most mild of floods. Naturally, people are concerned as flash floods seem to […]
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Sarawak will see more electric cars on its roads from 2030 – state leading in transition to hydrogen economy
Sarawak will have more electrified cars on its roads from 2030 to 2050 as carmakers shift from internal combustion engines to powertrains that rely on electricity and hydrogen. This is according to premier of Sarawak, […]
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EV global market share at 9%, 6.6 million sold in 2021 – total 16 million electric cars on the road worldwide
The global sales of electric vehicles over the past decade have been growing at a significant rate, most apparently in the last two years when electric vehicle sales more than doubled from three million units […]
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Volkswagen doubles down on EV presence in China, plans to produce 1 million electric cars by 2023 – CEO
China is Volkswagen’s biggest and most important market, so big in fact that 40% of its global deliveries are made within the country alone. Electric car adoption in China is also surging exponentially (2.91 million […]
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Registrations of EVs in Malaysia on hold as JPJ is unclear about road tax exemption for electric cars
Hiccups are to be expected at the start of any scheme or initiative, and this is very much the case with electric vehicles (EVs) in Malaysia, although no one could have seen the latest snag […]
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Affordable EVs in Malaysia – how cheap can electric cars be priced with zero import, excise and road tax?
Prospective electric vehicle owners, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz announced during his Budget 2022 speech that the government is proposing to eliminate all taxes on EVs in […]