Mercedes-Benz is planning to assemble its EQ electric vehicles in Malaysia soon. This was revealed by the Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) President and CEO Sagree Sardien during the Malaysian launch of the Mercedes EQE 350+ executive sedan earlier this week.
However, Sagree did not provide any further detail regarding the exact model or release timeline aside from the fact that it will take place sometime in 2023. In many ways, it is a natural progression for the EQ family which has been given a rapid rollout into our market.
Mercedes-Benz originally planned to launch the first Mercedes EQ model in Malaysia with EQC SUV way back in 2020. The move faced significant delay due to the massive global pandemic but the company was finally able to kick start its full electrification era over here in March by launching the EQA 250 SUV.
From then on, the Mercedes EQ line-up in Malaysia began to expand further with the introduction of the flagship EQS 450+ luxury sedan in July alongside two more SUVs, the EQB 350 4MATIC and EQC 400 4MATIC. MBM then nicely finishes off this year with the EQE 350+ a few days ago.
First opened in 2004, more than 100,000 vehicles have rolled out from the Mercedes-Benz Pekan Plant in Pahang. Aside from catering for the Malaysian market, the facility also exported the left-hand drive model to the Philippines.
During the launch of the Ora Good Cat EV last month, Great Wall Motor also announced its commitment to kick off its local assembly operations in 2023. Even Proton is already in active discussion to locally assemble EVs in Malaysia although the local outfit does have an even bigger aim which is to produce its own EV by 2027.
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