GIVEN the current sales trend of the Proton e.MAS brand, which clocked just over 32,000 sales in 2026, it looks like electrified vehicles have gained enough traction to break the 10 per cent barrier sometime in the final quarter of this year.
This is certainly good news to the ears of the government, which has been struggling with high fuel prices and ballooning subsidies while the Malaysian motorist gets access to some of the best electric models from China at affordable prices.
As the number of electric vehicles ramps up quickly, there will be additional strain on the after sales network with more problems cropping up and more types of issues to troubleshoot just by virtue of statistics.
While crossing the 10 per cent mark is a significant data point, crossing it is far from a guarantee that electric drive technology will continue to gain acceptance and make it into the mainstream in the next year; that timeline may stretch well to the early 2030s.
