ST: EV-to-Charger Gap Widens - What Happened To MEVNet?

Malaysia’s EV charging landscape has shifted quite a bit over the past year, and fresh data from the Energy Commission (ST) - shared by Azmil Bo Ikram in the MYEVOC group - finally gives us a clearer picture of where things actually stand as the year comes to an end.

As of Nov 2025, the country has 5,360 charging bays in operation: 3,569 AC and 1,791 DC. Selangor remains the core of the ecosystem with 1,872 bays, while Kuala Lumpur isn’t far behind at 1,491. Johor sits in third place with 601 bays, showing how quickly EV adoption is growing in the southern region.

Penang, Perak and Negeri Sembilan contribute another 581 bays combined, but states like Kelantan, Terengganu and Perlis are still very much in the early stages of building their networks. The disparity across states makes Malaysia’s EV rollout look more uneven than many assume.

ST’s update also reveals that Malaysia now has 70,070 BEVs on the road (as of Oct 2025). That puts the national charger-to-vehicle ratio at roughly 1:13, a slide from 1:11 just a year ago. 

In short: EV adoption is outpacing charger installation, and the gap is beginning to show.

MyZEVA previously projected that Malaysia could exceed 700,000 BEVs by 2030. To support that level of adoption with a more sustainable 1:8 ratio, the country would need almost 90,000 charging bays. 

What’s more worrying is the accuracy of the tools meant to track this progress. According to ST, Malaysia has 5,360 bays, but MEVNet, the national charger database run by PlanMalaysia, only lists 4,161. That’s a shortfall of over 1,100 bays. Not a small discrepancy, especially when the government is targeting an impossible 10,000 bays by end-2025.

This isn’t just a data-entry issue. Outdated figures undermine public confidence, complicate planning for operators, and leave policymakers with an incomplete picture. A platform meant to inform the public should reflect what exists on the ground, not numbers that lag months behind.

Malaysia is making progress, but momentum alone won’t carry the EV transition. Clearer policies, accurate reporting and planning that keeps pace with actual EV uptake are all crucial. At the moment, those pieces still aren’t fully aligned.