📍🟡 “Our automotive industry is going to collapse because of this.”
LocalCars
26 May 2026 • 3:25 PM MYT
📍🟡 “Our automotive industry is going to collapse because of this.”
Starting July 1, all fully imported EVs must carry a minimum CIF value of RM200k, making the actual selling price of imported EVs at least RM300k.
Bobo from Bobo Borak Motosiput and Daniel Fernandez of dsf discuss:
• What consumers lose if this EV rule goes ahead
• Why Malaysian government treating BYD and Tesla differently
• Protectionism ends up weakening local carmakers
Listen to the full podcast on BFM’s YouTube channel.
Starting July 1, all fully imported EVs must carry a minimum CIF value of RM200k, making the actual selling price of imported EVs at least RM300k.
Bobo from Bobo Borak Motosiput and Daniel Fernandez of dsf discuss:
• What consumers lose if this EV rule goes ahead
• Why Malaysian government treating BYD and Tesla differently
• Protectionism ends up weakening local carmakers
Listen to the full podcast on BFM’s YouTube channel.