Pro-net & EVC Launch Condominium EV Charging Infrastructure Programme – Free EV Charger Installation For 100 New Condos & Discounted Charging Rates At 70 Existing Condos

KUALA LUMPUR – 2 December 2024 – PRO-NET, PROTON’s new energy vehicle subsidiary and EV Connection (EVC), operator of the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging network JomCharge, today jointly launched the “PRONET-EVC Condominium EV Charging Infrastructure Programme”. Under this programme, EVC will allocate funds for the installation of EV chargers at 100 condominiums that currently do not have any EV charging facilities. In addition, both parties will also work together to ensure competitive charging rates at around 70 condominiums already on the JomCharge network.

This marks an expansion of the existing collaboration between PRO-NET and EVC, which currently manages the supply, installation, operation, and maintenance of home wall chargers for smart owners— having completed more than 400 installations to date. Additionally, EVC’s JomCharge, one of the largest charging networks in Malaysia, is integrated into PRO-NET’s charging network, featuring around 600 charging points and facilitating 2,000 charging sessions since the launch of smart vehicles.

Expanding EV Accessibility to High-Rise Residential Buildings

Both parties also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today with regards to this programme, which has two main aims – first to ensure the availability of EV chargers at high-rise buildings and second to ensure the affordability of EV charging at these high-rise buildings in Malaysia. The former is, of course, in line with supporting the government’s initiative to enhance the EV charging infrastructure in Malaysia and to achieve 10,000 charging points by the end of 2025. The latter, bearing in mind that around 70% of Klang Valley citizens live in high-rise buildings, is to ensure that this group of people have access to EV Charging at an affordable rate, which would in turn further catalyze EV adoption.

With regards to condominiums who currently do not have any EV charging facility, condominiums can now submit their interest to install these free EV chargers through the EVC website – this application will then be jointly assessed by EVC & PRO-NET. Successful applicants will be eligible for a free package that includes EV chargers, infrastructure work required to set the chargers up, compliance costs, charger management system and porting onto the JomCharge network. In fact, the condominium will also be eligible for a profit/revenue sharing mechanism via this programme. Charging rates are set at a very competitive RM 0.70 / kWh for these condominiums.

 Competitive Charging Rates

In terms of pricing for the aforementioned new condominiums and also for existing condominiums already on the JomCharge network, Proton e.Mas 7 users will get to enjoy an additional 10% off the prevailing charging rates from January 2025 onwards. This translates to a highly competitive rate of RM 0.63/kWh — nearly as affordable as the TNB residential tariff for landed property owners. Similarly, users at existing condominiums with time-based charging rates will also benefit from this discount. 

PRO-NET CEO, Zhang Qiang commented: “As part of our imminent entry into the Malaysian EV market with the Proton e.MAS 7, we are proud to work with dynamic partners like EVC to introduce additional charging points to our integrated charging network, which is available via both the Proton e.MAS and Hello smart apps. Since we opened for booking slightly under a month ago, we have received such positive feedback from the public, which shows that Malaysians are ready to embrace the future of sustainable mobility. And by providing convenient charging facilities–even for our customers who stay in condos–we believe it will not only add value but also remove any lingering barriers they might have to owning an EV.” 

“EVC is delighted to partner with PRO-NET in ensuring Malaysia’s EV charging infrastructure continues to grow in tandem with the increased EV adoption in our nation. We also want to ensure that EV charging remains affordable to condominium dwellers, which is one of the main reasons this programme was conceived,” said EVC Managing Director Ir. Lee Yuen How after the official MOU signing ceremony today.