Whereas simply 274 new electrical autos had been offered in Malaysia in 2021, an enormous leap was anticipated for EV gross sales within the yr of 2022 that adopted, and so it has confirmed. Some 2,631 EVs had been offered in Malaysia final yr, in accordance with Malaysian Automotive Affiliation (MAA) president Datuk Aishah Ahmad on the affiliation’s annual assessment press convention immediately.
This represents an 860% achieve over the three-figure tally from 2021, nonetheless MAA’s EV gross sales determine accounts for electrical autos that had been purchased new by way of official distribution channels. In December, highway transport division (JPJ) director-general Datuk Zailani Hj Hashim mentioned that there are greater than 10,000 absolutely electrical autos registered within the division’s database.
When it comes to predicting electrical automobile gross sales in 2023, the affiliation has but to forecast the variety of EVs that will likely be offered subsequent yr, although the gross sales quantity for this yr “will certainly be a lot larger than in 2022” as a result of there are quite a few EV fashions that will likely be launched, and the continuing tax incentives for EVs will proceed to drive gross sales, mentioned the MAA president.
Sure entrants to the Malaysian market have hit the bottom working for 2023, such because the BYD Atto 3 that has had 100 models delivered to prospects in Malaysia earlier this week, and an extra 500 models are on their means right here. Final month, the primary batch of the Ora Good Cat arrived in Malaysia for buyer deliveries.
On the extra luxurious finish of the EV scale, the BMW i7 EV has been sighted registered on Malaysian roads, with expressions of curiosity for the flagship sedan opened from final April, and Audi Malaysia has additionally opened ROIs for its vary of e-tron EVs.
In the meantime, just lately launched within the premium EV phase had been the Mercedes-Benz EQE350+, in addition to the Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electrical; each arrived within the second week of December 2022.
