In October last yr, the ministry of investment, trade and industry (MITI) said it was keeping to its goal of getting 10,000 EV charging stations in place in Malaysia by 2025, as outlined by the Low Carbon Mobility Blueprint (LCMB) 2021-2030.
That concentrate on remains to be on the cards, as Bernama reports. In line with deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, Malaysia stays committed in its efforts to determine 10,000 EV charging stations nationwide by the tip of 2025.
“Our goal is to have roughly 10,000 charging stations across Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak, by the tip of this yr,” he said during an address at a dinner with the Malaysian diaspora in Thailand yesterday. As of December 31, 2024, the general public EV charging network within the country stood at 3,611 EV charging bays (EVCBs), in line with PLANMalaysia’s national electric vehicle charging network (MEVnet) dashboard.
Fadillah, who can also be the energy transition and water transformation minister, acknowledged that there have been challenges at present, particularly within the demand for direct current (DC) chargers over alternating current (AC) ones.
“We’re working closely with Petronas and other industry players to deal with this issue. Our ministry is ensuring sufficient charging connectivity, including along highways, in rural areas, and across other parts of Malaysia,” he said.
As reported last yr, it is anticipated that the 10k charger goal will only be met in full by 2026, although that for DC units might be met by the tip of this yr. Originally, the LCMB plan outlined 9,000 AC and 1,000 DC public chargers, but the federal government then revised the DC allocation to 1,500 units, while bringing that for AC all the way down to 8,500 units.
Last November, the Malaysia Zero Emission Vehicle Association (MyZEVA) said that it expected the goal of 1,500 DC charging points across the country to be achieved sometime in the course of this yr, six months ahead of the deadline. With MEVnet listing 1,095 DC chargers in place as of December 31 last yr, that projection looks set to be met.
As for AC, the association forecasted that the intended 8.5k was expected to be in place by Q3 2026, but a revision could also be vital unless the installation pace picks up considerably. With only 2,516 EVCBs in place at the tip of last yr and a growth rate of about 120 units every month (based on last November to December’s installation rate), the projection should fall somewhere within the region of 5k by then.
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