EVC Activates Roaming Agreement With Gentari & ChargEV

KUALA LUMPUR – 3 July 2023 – EV Connection Sdn Bhd (EVC), the leading EV Charging infrastructure provider in Malaysia today announced that they had signed a tripartite agreement to enable cross-tracking and cross-access charging of electric vehicles (EVs) on their JomCharge, Gentari and chargEV charging networks.

This three-way agreement essentially offers EV users access to a combined total of 550 electric vehicle charging points across Malaysia, or more than two-thirds of all EV charging points in the country. It’s basically like a roaming agreement, allowing users of any one of the Setel, JomCharge and ChargEV app to use chargers across the three networks.

EVC Managing Director Ir Lee Yuen How commented, “Via this tri-network partnership, we give greater range confidence to users when driving in Malaysia, as they can locate the entire charging network of the three service providers via JomCharge, Setel or ChargEV.”

“We believe this is an exciting milestone in the development of EV charging infrastructure in Malaysia, where three major charge point operators (CPOs) come together to innovate and bring convenience to the EV user community. With our joint efforts, EV users are now able to enjoy seamless charging experience, where they can discover and access over 600 charge points across EVC, ChargEV and Gentari charging networks using just one single app of their choice. The development of this roaming capability of our backend systems is also the first in Malaysia, and we believe more CPOs will follow suit” added Dr Che Hang Seng, Technical Director, EV Connection Sdn Bhd.

Shah Yang Razalli, CEO, Gentari Green Mobility Sdn Bhd. agreed with such sentiments, “Offering ease of access and convenient use of charging infrastructure is essential to drive the switch to EVs. With this roaming collaboration, we are able to offer access to an extensive network to empower EV drivers with range confidence, growing the number of accessible charging points at a pace that would have otherwise, become a challenge for individual network owners. We are mutually committed to continue fostering innovation and collaboration towards achieving collective progress and pace in building the ecosystem necessary to push greater EV adoption.”.