. Roslan also revealed that the company is currently in active discussion potential partners to locally assemble EVs in Malaysia although no names were mentioned during the Invest Malaysia’s session.
Proton is also currently considering models made by its co-parent company Geely that can meet the demand and the necessary mass volume for the Malaysian market. In terms of achieving economies of scale, the deputy CEO noted that the company is looking at 20,000 to 30,000 units as the volume that the company might need to work on although Roslan admitted that the numbers still relatively subjective.
Roslan has also made an interesting remark regarding the importance of having local EV vendor ecosystem which is generally non-existent at the moment. He said that Proton is currently working to attract foreign EV-oriented vendors to set up operation in Malaysia.with the aim to boost the EV charging infrastructure in Malaysia.
This would then allow Proton to source parts locally and build a true national EV. Else, Malaysia will just become a “processing or assembly house” which is why Proton is looking into this matter deeply according to the industry veteran.
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