Electric vehicle registrations in Malaysia continued to climb in February 2026, even as the wider new-vehicle market shrank.
Data from the government’s open-data portal, based on Road Transport Department (JPJ) registrations, showed 3,635 EVs were registered in February. That was up from 2,160 a year earlier. Over the same period, total vehicle registrations fell to 56,690 from 67,327.
That pushed EVs to 6.4% of all new vehicle registrations for the month, up from about 3.2% a year earlier. Put another way, EV share roughly doubled year on year, even though the overall market was smaller.
The year-to-date picture was stronger still. In January and February combined, Malaysia recorded 9,874 EV registrations out of 124,685 total vehicle registrations. That works out to 7.9% of the market, or close to one EV for every 13 new vehicles registered.
The figures indicate one thing: EVs are taking a bigger slice of Malaysia’s registration mix. They do not, on their own, prove why the wider market fell, or whether that decline came from softer demand, supply constraints, timing effects or model-cycle swings.
February’s numbers show EV adoption is gaining ground, and they do show that EV growth in Malaysia is no longer trivial.
For now, petrol vehicles still dominate the market by volume, and mass-market nameplates continue to anchor overall registrations. But the EV share is moving up fast enough to be noticed, especially against a softer total market backdrop.
