Will EVs take off in Malaysia?


THE electric vehicle (EV) industry has a lot of ground momentum driving its growth and adoption globally, but there are still key chokepoints that could impede any widespread adoption locally – at least for the moment.

No doubt, the EV sector is still touted as the biggest shift in the automotive industry that is still in progress since the development of the petrol internal combustion engine (ICE) which took off in the 20th Century.

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