Whereas the headlines observe particular person EV launches, the larger shift in Malaysia’s automotive market is occurring quietly throughout the entire gas combine. In July 2026, 15.7% of all new automobiles registered have been electrified, which means both a hybrid or a totally electrical car.
A yr earlier, in July 2025, that determine was simply 7.0%. In different phrases, the electrified share of the market has greater than doubled in twelve months. Roughly one in each six new vehicles registered in July had a plug or a hybrid system, up from about one in fourteen a yr in the past.
Electrified share sat between 7% and 9% for many of 2025, ticked as much as 12.4% within the December EV rush, and has trended greater by 2026 to peak at 16.3% in June earlier than July’s 15.7%.
For many of 2025, hybrids outsold EVs comfortably. By way of 2026 the 2 have converged, and they’re now working neck and neck: July noticed 6,937 EVs and 5,622 hybrids registered. The plug-in and full-hybrid crowd, led by the Japanese marques and Proton’s e.MAS 7 PHEV, is rising alongside the pure-electric surge relatively than being changed by it.
Petrol nonetheless powers the overwhelming majority of the market, in fact, and can for years but. However on the present price of change, the day when one in 5 new vehicles in Malaysia is inspired is now not far off. You possibly can discover the total fuel-mix breakdowns, by month, model and mannequin, on our automotive gross sales information device.
