Melaka To Get Rm1bil Investment For Electric Car Assembly Plant

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State exco member Ab Rauf Yusoh (left) explaining EV car technology to Sulaiman Md Ali during an event in Ayer Keroh today. (Bernama pic)MELAKA: Melaka will receive investment totalling RM1 billion with Bumiputera company Fieldman EV Sdn Bhd set to develop the country’s first electric car assembly plant in the state.
Chief minister Sulaiman Md Ali said the plant will be built on a 200-hectare site at the Elkay Lipat Kajang industrial area in Jasin.
He said the company also obtained exclusive rights to distribute electric vehicles (EVs) in Malaysia and in Southeast Asia for right-hand drive vehicles from China’s automotive company, Changan Automobile Corp.
“Fieldman EV intends to launch EVs and is interested to build an assembly plant in Melaka together with local companies by utilising Changan’s technology.
“The state government welcomes this cooperation, which will provide long-term benefits by further strengthening the development of the automotive industry in Melaka,” he told reporters at Kompleks Seri Negeri in Ayer Keroh today.
In an earlier event, Fieldman EV executive director Razmi Shah Othman handed over an electric car and electric rickshaw to the state government.
Sulaiman said the factory would also provide 5,000 new job opportunities and create downstream opportunities for the local automotive industry.
He also believed that the plant would enable the transfer of EV technology, which would further boost Melaka’s economy.
Established in 2010, Fieldman Sdn Bhd, which is involved in the palm oil, plastic manufacturing and commodity trading industries, set up Fieldman EV in 2018 to hunt for renewable energy resources that can be brought into Malaysia.- FMT

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