The Malaysian government through the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) is upgrading its tracking infrastructure to provide real-time data on the usage and status of EV charging bays nationwide.
The new system, called the e-Mobility Service Platform (eMSP), is being developed by the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii). It will be a more comprehensive, integrated and consistent system with data being synchronized via API with the existing Malaysia Electric Vehicle Charging Network (MEVnet) dashboard.
Among the issues that arise among EV owners in Malaysia are chargers that are not working or are being used differently than what is displayed in the application. There is also an issue of chargers no longer having full charging power because they have been used by other vehicles.
Under the Low Carbon Mobility Action Plan 2021-2030, Malaysia aims to provide 10,000 public charging spaces nationwide by the end of 2025. But at the end of last year, there were only 5,360 public chargers, far below the target.
