Shopping malls, parks, and coffee shops are among the common locations where you can find public electric vehicle chargers in Malaysia. Now you can even add post offices to the list as well, thanks to a new collaboration between Pos Malaysia and Yinson GreenTech (YGT).
In case you are not familiar with YGT, the company operates chargEV through a joint venture with the Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC). It is currently the largest EV charging network in Malaysia with more than 400 chargers under its purview to date.
At the moment, Pos Malaysia and YGT have deployed chargEV chargers at six General Post Offices (Pejabat Pos Besar) including Seksyen 12 Shah Alam, Bukit Baru Melaka, Ipoh, Seremban, Alor Setar, and Taman Sri Tebrau Johor Bahru. According to our quick check through the chargEV app, all the chargers are already online.
Each of these Pos Malaysia chargEV DC chargers comes with two CCS2 connectors that are able to provide 40kW of output each. When it comes to the charging fee, EV owners are able to utilise these chargers for free at the time being.
The free charging offer will last until the end of June and it will then cost RM1.20 per kW starting from 1 July onwards. As a comparison, chargEV has implemented similar charging fee at many of its DC charging stations including Berjaya Times Square, Publika, Eco Ardence, and Ayer Keroh OBR as well as those that are located at Starbucks Drive-Thru outlets.
At some of the GPOs, EV owners may be able to take advantage of additional offers from brands such as Cafe Mesra, ZUS Coffee, and Photobook. However, do note that the chargers at Pos Malaysia GPOs are only open from 7 AM to 11 PM.
Pos Malaysia’s decision to deploy EV chargers at GPOs may seem rather odd but then again, the company has been actively adding electric vans and motorcycles into its fleet for quite some time. In fact, the national postal and parcel service provider already planned to have more than 200 electric motorcycles and 140 electric vans across Malaysia by the end of 2023.
Ultimately, Pos Malaysia is looking to have its entire fleet become 100% electric by 2030. As for EV chargers, there will be more to come in the future too as the company want to have them available at around 50% of post offices nationwide.
