Kereta letrik tak laku di Malaysia

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KUALA LUMPUR: BMW Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd has no immediate plans to manufacture electric cars mainly due to poor demand for such vehicles in the country.

This does not override the fact that locally assembled electric vehicles will be exempted from excise duties.

“We can’t produce our ‘i’ (electric vehicle) models now because the volume is just not there,” said BMW Group Malaysia managing director Dr Gerhard Pils at a media briefing yesterday, adding that there was also insufficient infrastructure to support electric vehicles in Malaysia.

He urged the Government to offer incentives for players to sell electric vehicles, regardless of whether they are locally assembled.

“With such incentives in place, other players can come in as well.” BMW’s “i” models are its i3 (electric) and i8 (hybrid).

It was announced under the National Automotive Policy last month that excise duty exemptions will only be given to locally assembled or completely-knocked-down hybrid and electric cars.

The exemption for hybrids will end on Dec 31, 2015 and for electric cars on Dec 31, 2017.

BMW Group senior vice-president region Asia, Pacific and South Africa Hendrik von Kuenheim noted that global demand for electric vehicles was growing.

“The BMW brand, for the past 100 years, has relied on internal combustion engines and we believe there is still potential for growth. However, electric mobility is growing,” he said, adding that governments around the world needed to play a pivotal role in pushing demand for electric vehicles.

On another note, Pils said BMW Group Malaysia was confident of recording double- digit growth in sales this year from the 7,974 units it sold in 2013.

“We have successful products and good orderbank,” he said.

The company’s total sales rose 22.7% year-on-year to 638 units in January this year. Pils said the BMW Group intends to locally assemble the BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo in 2014. This will be the 14th BMW variant to be assembled in Malaysia.

leylapple

kalo rega keta letric nie turun ke 50k sebijik, baru blh konsider nk beli ker tidak...

shogun77

tarif elektric mahal..

namirulmukminin

Mana buleh... nanti petronas rugi loooo...

NIXAR

fasiliti belum cukup di sini. harga pun agak mahal. blom kire rega spare part yg mahal kalau jd apa2 kt kereta tu terutama bateri dia

palmolive

nissan leaf tu kalo xsilap harga cm asx..pahtu mana nak caj...kalo sangkut dlm jem,bateri abis camner..hehe

a_gen2

Paultan dah kira dulu, savings dari minyak kpd elektrik hanya minimal sebab tariff elektrik yg mahal dan tak berbaloi dgn harga kereta letrik yg mahal wpun tax free. Kecuali la kalo Najib terus naikkan minyak hingga habis subsidi mungkin masa tu baru rasa beza dia (itupun kalau letrik tak naik)

peYno

malaysia x cukup urban... masih kagum dgn timing chain

Acong

cuba korang pasang solar panel kat bumbung kereta....... masa parking boleh caj...... sambil jalan pun boleh caj......

cipOt_cedOt

kat luar negara pun kereta fully elektrik mana ada laku... teknologi tu masih baru la... still mahal... tok koleksi item bleh la...

hybrid car lebih sesuai dengan keadaan semasa dunia sekarang ni... tapi still masih tak berapa nak berbaloi nak beli... bateri dia jer boleh kalau nak tuakr sama harga downpayment sebijik kereta...

lavajeans

Acong posted on 19-2-2014 12:32 PM
cuba korang pasang solar panel kat bumbung kereta....... masa parking boleh caj...... sambil jalan p ...

dan lu boleh pi daftar ambik SPM balik...

iza_yuss

letrik mahal la weh.... kalo org kata masih murah berbanding negara lain, tgk ratio gaji la plak....

zjen

ceit,  belum masuk dah ckp tak laku,  belum berak dah ckp berak busuk tak baik utk kesihatan montot, puik

Acong

lavajeans posted on 19-2-2014 12:34 PM
dan lu boleh pi daftar ambik SPM balik...

mau daftar ambil vokasional laa

annehuda

tarif letrik kt malaysia mahal sbnrnye. mcm tak berbaloi je pakai.

AdamBillionaire

dengar cerita proton nak buat model preve guna hybdrid...

enjin pakai dynamo basikal jagua tua..

neotoxin

charging station nak jumpa satu pun susah.. camne nak beli keta letrik? tak pasal kena paggil tow truck. LOngkai jugak yg untung

sueism

memang kereta letrik nie mahal tapi tu lah kena
ada tempat charging station, kat sini mostly semua
mall ada charging station for letric cars

kecimpret

infra tarak camne nak laku...cuba suh petronas tu wat infra kat stesen minyak khas utk letrik car ni...konfom laa ramai yg beli...lg satu faktor ialah range keta letrik ni...sekali charge leh drive hanya 200km...nak balik kuantan kena 2 hari baru smp

shadowbayang

tau berapa harga bateri kalo dia kong?hehehe pegi gugel