Electrification Of Mobility In Malaysia: The “Why” Is As Important As The “How”
By Liew Chin Tong
April 2025 FEATURE
AFTER HAVING MANY conversations with automotive industry players as well as colleagues in government on the electrification of mobility in Malaysia, I am now of the view that forming a national consensus on the “why” is probably as important—if not more important—as the “how” in making significant progress on that front.In 2024, 40.9% of cars sold in China were “new energy vehicles”—a Chinese term for all cars powered by electricity, either fully or in part—ahead of the US (20%) and...
Liew Chin Tong
is Deputy Minister for Investment, Trade and Industry. This is based on his parliamentary speech winding up the debate for Budget 2023.
