SoyaCincauMay 12

MITI’s EV policy flip-flop raises bigger questions than just protecting Proton | Let’s Talk About #143 #byd #cars #cbuev #ckd #ckdev #electricvehicle #ev #featured #letstalkabout #miti #opinions #perodua #proton #transport #video

https://soyacincau.com/2026/05/12/miti-cbu-ev-policy-may-slow-ev-adoption-malaysia-lta-143/

MITI’s EV policy flip-flop raises bigger questions than just protecting Proton | Let’s Talk About #143 - SoyaCincau

Fuel subsidy costs are rising and EV adoption is surging, yet Malaysia’s latest CBU EV policy could reduce affordable options for consumers.

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SoyaCincauMay 11

Malaysia EV registrations more than double in April 2026, over 20,000 registered in four months #byd #bydatto3 #cars #chery #ev #evregistration #evregistrations #featured #icaurv23 #jpj #news #perodua #peroduaqve #proton #protonemas #protonemas5 #protonemas7 #tesla #transport #xpeng #zeekr7x

https://soyacincau.com/2026/05/11/malaysia-jpj-ev-registration-april-2026/

Malaysia EV registrations more than double in April 2026, over 20,000 registered in four months - SoyaCincau

EV adoption continues to double in Malaysia with 20,485 units registered in Jan–Apr 2026 (+110.8% YoY), driven by higher fuel costs and subsidy adjustments.

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SoyaCincauMay 10

MITI says EVs won’t become more expensive, but can Malaysia’s CKD industry fill the gap? #cars #cbuev #ckd #electricvehicle #ev #featured #miti #news #opinions #perodua #proton #simtzetzin #transport

https://soyacincau.com/2026/05/10/miti-ev-wont-be-more-expensive-malaysia-but-can-ckd-fill-the-cbu-gap/

MITI says EVs won’t become more expensive, but can Malaysia’s CKD industry fill the gap? - SoyaCincau

MITI says affordable EVs aren’t going away, but Malaysia’s current CKD EV capacity may not be enough to fill the gap left by CBU brands. Something doesn’t add up.

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MikaMay 7
TLDR on the new EV import rules: In just 2 months, a lot of the popular EVs you see on the road now, will be illegal to sell. Those that are deemed legal to continue to sell, will no longer be sold in accordance to the previous min floor price of 100k MYR - they are forced to be sold for over 300k.

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The kind of policy making you can expect from a 3rd world country. Changes to new rules on imported EVs to take effect in just 2 months when you'd expect at least a year for something so incredibly drastic and disruptive, and those changes themselves have been changed ~3 times over the last month alone - and these changes were meant to 'protect' 'local' car brands like #Proton (which is essentially China's #Geely), yet #Tesla which had an exclusive deal w this Malaysian government when they came here is expected to be exempted from these new rules.

It's fine if this is all just to incentivise these (Chinese) car brands to set up local production here... but our dumbass government also made sure to update the rules for that too - to ensure that the new rules (on local production) does the absolute opposite and disincentivise local production by these companies, especially #BYD. The end result is, ultimately, either buy Proton's/#Perodua 's shitty EVs for cheap (i.e. overpriced for what they are), or buy the forced-to-be-expensive options from the other brands, that are now also incredibly limited due to the government also enforcing some sort of seemingly arbitrary minimum power requirements for these cars to be imported and sold here. OR, the easiest option most would opt for - just forget getting an #EV la, pointless.

All in all, just your typical lanjiao governance from Malaysia.

▶️ https://xcancel.com/paultan/status/2051837781526426016

▶️ https://xcancel.com/meinmokhtar/status/2051996909074849835

🔗 https://paultan.org/2026/05/06/miti-issues-new-rules-for-cbu-evs-effective-min-price-rm300k-245-ps-fr-july-promote-ckd-protect-proton
WilliamMay 3
#carshow #carmodel #motorshow #autosalon #klims #photos #photography #models #sonya6300 #klims2024 #Perodua #cutemodel
SoyaCincauJan 30

Perodua QV-E only costs RM1.4k to maintain for 5 years, cheaper than Axia #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #featured #perodua #peroduaalza #peroduaaruz #peroduaativa #peroduaaxia #peroduabezza #peroduaev #peroduamyvi #peroduaqve #peroduatraz #protonemas5 #protonemas7 #tqwulingbingo #transport

https://soyacincau.com/2026/01/30/perodua-qve-ev-service-interval-cheaper-than-axia/

Perodua QV-E only costs RM1.4k to maintain for 5 years, cheaper than Axia - SoyaCincau

The cost of maintenance service for Perodua QV-E has been revealed and guess what: it is much lower than any Perodua ICE vehicles.

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SoyaCincauJan 28

MOT launches old vehicle replacement scheme: Only 5,000 slots available #budget2026 #cars #cashforclunkers #featured #matchinggrantprogrammeforthereplacementofoldvehicle #ministryoftransport #ministryoftransportation #oldvehiclereplacementscheme #perodua #proton #transport

https://soyacincau.com/2026/01/27/malaysia-grant-rm4k-for-old-vehicle-replacement/

MOT launches old vehicle replacement scheme: Only 5,000 slots available - SoyaCincau

Got a car that is over 20 years old you want to scrap? You could be eligible for a grant of up to RM4,000 to upgrade to a brand-new Proton or Perodua!

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Albert LeeJan 14
#PeroduaKelisa dressed up as a #Daihatsu Mira Gino, further painted to hone the Mira's homage to the #Mini #perodua #kelisa #keicars #keicar #carsofmastodon #carspotting #photography #carphotography #weirdCarmastodon #malaysia #daihatsumira #daihatsumiragino
Albert LeeJan 13
The last facelift of the #PeroduaKancil. Never thought I'd see the day where these are rare #perodua #kancil #keicars #keicar #carsofmastodon #carspotting #photography #carphotography #weirdCarmastodon #malaysia
David WilkinsDec 31

When is a Daihatsu Sirion not a Daihatsu Sirion? When it’s a Malaysian-produced second-generation Perodua Myvi. This version of the Sirion was also available as the Toyota Passo and the Subaru Justy. Perodua is part-owned by Daihatsu, which is owned by Toyota. The following generation of Myvi was an all-Malaysian design, rather than borrowed from Daihatsu/Toyota. Seen in my local Sainsbury’s supermarket car park last January.

#davidsdailycar #Daihatsu #Perodua #Subaru #Toyota #WeirdCarMastodon.