The Hyundai Kona and its battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sibling, the Kona Electric, have been removed from the local Hyundai Malaysia website. It's not been a terribly long run for either of these models; the combustion-engine Kona was introduced here in October 2020, with the facelift model coming quite soon thereafter in April 2021. The Kona Electric was launched here in November 2021. During the model's reign here, the facelifted Kona's prices ranged from RM 120k to RM 147k. Meanwhile the Kon

It appears that even market leader BYD is not immune to the slowdown in battery EVs (BEVs), with April 2024’s global sales of BYD’s BEV models reversing 3.9%, to 134,465 units. It’s BYD’s first month of decline for BEV models in a very long time. Note that this is a wholesales figure (vehicle is transferred to dealer), not actual vehicle registration by customers. Still, the slowdown in BEV demand is not a big problem for BYD. Unlike Tesla, BYD doesn’t believe in a BEV-only product line-up, prec

BYD ended April 2024 by recording its best-ever monthly sales for exports, at 41,011 units, up 176.6% year-on-year. The figure excludes BYD buses, but includes BYD’s passenger sub-brands Denza and Formula Bao. To date, BYD has exported over 430,000 vehicles, including commercial vehicles. From January to April 2024, BYD sold 936,446 units of ‘new energy vehicle’ passenger cars globally, up 23.6% from the same four-month period last year. April 2024’s figures amounted to 313,245 units, up 3.5% fr

Malaysia’s most affordable EV, the Neta V has just received an update in China as well as a completely new name. No longer will it be called the Neta V, say hello to the Neta AYA which stands for “Amazing, Young, and Active”. While the exterior sees a few pronounced changes like a trapezoidal cutout on the lower section of the front bumper with dot-matrix patterns, the interior looks almost indistinguishable between the facelift and pre-facelift. Perhaps the biggest update on the Neta AYA’s inte

The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) reported that the Chinese market sold 9.533 million new cars between January and June 2023. Out of these sales, a total of 2,093,000 cars were battery electric vehicles (BEVs), making China the world's largest EV market. While BYD retained its dominant position in the market with 524,184 BEVs sold, which accounted for 25.04% of the market share, Tesla’s Model Y was the best-selling model (not just BEV) in China for the first half of 2023 (H1 2023) with

The Hyundai Kona Electric, better known as Hyundai Kona EV, was launched in Malaysia in November 2021 but deliveries have been held up, partly due to the lack of clarity regarding the new road tax structure for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The matter has since been resolved by JPJ, so deliveries to customers can now begin. Also read: Confirmed: 4 years free road tax for EVs, from 1-Jan 2022 to 31-Dec 2025 Buyers who are waiting for their Kona EV can look forward to receiving their cars star