Earlier at this time, Petronas Dagangan (PDB) introduced that will probably be installing a number of DC fast charging stations at its stations by the primary half of 2022, working in partnership with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) and JomCharge charging community operation EV Connection (EVC).
The announcement additionally made point out of MBM’s personal plans for electrification, ranging from subsequent yr. “2022 marks the start of our Mercedes-EQ mannequin offensive technique. Mercedes-Benz Malaysia shall be introducing a spread of our premium all-electric fashions to outline the way forward for mobility, consistent with the model’s world technique to go all-electric by finish of the last decade the place market circumstances enable,” mentioned MBM vice-president of gross sales and advertising Michael Jopp.
The renewed MBM tilt in the direction of electrification comes about following the initiative announced by the government during Budget 2022, the place EVs are set to be fully exempt from import responsibility, excise responsibility, gross sales tax in addition to street tax for a interval of two years, ranging from January 1, 2022.
Nevertheless, don’t count on any product-related bulletins to be made this yr or anytime quickly. Talking at a media drive occasion held earlier this month, Jopp mentioned that the definitive outlines will solely come about subsequent yr.
“Now, we have now an excellent foundation of the final pointers, and relating to CBUs, it’s precisely what we’ve been asking, as a result of to develop the marketplace for electrical merchandise and to have an incentive to spend money on EV infrastructure, you want the automobiles, and the one approach to try this is to make the CBUs for a stipulated interval as engaging as doable, which is occurring now.
“As for saying (merchandise), it gained’t be this yr, for positive. If we had readability a lot sooner, it may have been that we might be prepared on January 1,” Jopp mentioned, including that within the case of Singapore, it took the model 9 months to get issues going.
There may be additionally the matter of acquiring the automobiles. “We nonetheless want to attend for some particulars relating to execution. We’ve the coverage information and readability on the pricing, and the costs look engaging in the event you have a look at the like-to-like pricing, however on the finish of the day it additionally boils all the way down to availability,” he mentioned.
“The model has some highly regarded markets the place demand is excessive, so this shall be an ongoing battle. My concern now’s, can we get sufficient automobiles? However we shall be as clear as doable with our sellers and clients, in order to not have any disappointment,” he added.
“As soon as we have now readability on once we get the automobiles, then we’ll announce our electrification plans, and likewise announce merchandise with pricing,” he defined. He did point out that after issues get shifting, it’ll transfer fairly quickly. “What you possibly can count on between the announcement and precise launch shall be slightly brief,” he defined.
