Electric Vehicles & Mobility

Malaysia government in talks with Proton, Perodua to expedite production of national EVs – report

Fitch Solutions has anticipated that passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales in Malaysia will expand in 2023, albeit from a low base, as a result of the implementation of incentives to encourage adoption. The research house said in a recent report that according to its projections, sales of passenger EVs will rise by 82 percent in 2023, reaching a volume of…

Fitch Solutions sees Malaysia’s EV sales to reach 1 percent of total vehicle sales by 2024

Fitch Solutions has on Monday anticipated that passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales in Malaysia will expand in 2023, albeit from a low base, as a result of the implementation of incentives to encourage adoption.

EV, bioeconomy among industries poised for exponential growth, says investor & author Azeem Azhar

Azeem is one of the speakers at the DLD Conference held between January 12 and 14 in Munich, Germany.

Malaysian Government drafting strategic framework to develop EV charging infrastructure – report

The EV industry has become one of the hottest sectors among Southeast Asian countries. Often seen as the future of automobile, neighboring countries Indonesia and Thailand has hoped to become EV regional hubs, luring car makers from Japan, South Korea and the US to invest and build factories here. Countries including Malaysia and Vietnam have started to…

Malaysia’s Sunview partners Huawei for renewable energy

Sunview Group Berhad, a Malaysia-based renewable energy player has on Friday announced that it has inked deal with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (Huawei Malaysia) for strategic partnership in renewable energy.

How EV battery maker XING Mobility solved an industry bottleneck and found their market opportunity

The road from concept to development and finally an exceptional product is one every startup has to walk. 

VinFast partners E.ON Drive to electrify VinFast’s European retail and service network with charging infrastructure

VinFast, Vietnam’s first global manufacturer of battery-powered electric vehicles and E.ON Drive, the eMobility specialist of one of Europe's leading utility companies, announced their cooperation to equip VinFast locations with a charging infrastructure in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

India’s Turno raises $13.8M funding co-led by B Capital and Quona Capital

Turno, an India-based platform for commercial electric vehicle (EV) distribution and financing, has on Wednesday announced a $13.8 million Series A funding as it scales across the country and plans to build proprietary battery technology.

Concerns related to driving range are shown as the main barrier for EV, says Kantar

Concerns related to driving range were shown as the main barrier for electric vehicle (EV) buying, says a study. EV considerers named driving range (46 percent), battery durability (43 percent), charging speed (42 percent) and availability of charging stations (41 percent) as the top four triggers that will determine their switch, and selection of brand/…

Singapore’s VFlowTech raises $10M Series A funding led by Real Tech

VFlowTech, the Singapore-based provider of vanadium-based redox flow batteries, announced Tuesday it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Japan-based venture capital (VC) firm Real Tech Holdings.