The road transport department (JPJ) has revealed the list of top 20 electric vehicles by volume sold in January 2026, and the top-seller for the first month of this year holds the lead by a considerable margin. See the top 20 brands of January 2026 by JPJ registration data, here.
The top spot goes to the Proton eMas 5, which recorded 3,068 units sold last month, which makes the Proton-branded EV seven times as popular as the second-placed Zeekr 7X, which charted 426 units sold in January 2026. Rounding up the top three is the BYD Atto 3, with 389 units sold in Malaysia last month.
Proton’s other EV – its first to market, the eMas 7 – comes in at fifth place with 208 units sold last month, behind fourth-placed iCaur V23 with 268 units sold and slightly ahead of another two BYD models, the Sealion 7 (196 units) and the Seal 6 (195 units) which are positioned sixth and seventh, respectively.
Rounding up the top 10 are the iCaur 03 with 183 units, Leapmotor B10 with 100 units and the Tesla Model 3 with 91 units, while the Model Y just misses out on the upper half of this list in 11th place with 85 units.
The MG brand is represented by the MG4 (85 units) and MG S5 (78 units) in 12th and 14th places respectively, sandwiching the 13th-placed Mercedes-Benz EQS with 80 units, representing the sole German marque in this list.
Chinese brands are the majority and indeed, round up the list of top 20 best-selling EVs in Malaysia last month. These are the Xpeng G6 (72 units), Leapmotor C10 (71 units), Zeekr 009 (59 units), BYD Atto 2 (56 units), Denza D9 (55 units) and the BYD M6 (53 units).
You’ll have noticed an entrant that is conspicuous by its absence. The Perodua QV-E has not recorded any registrations last month, and although the company had received 205 bookings as of early February, production has been delayed as it has found that some of its new suppliers, including those from China, have not met its quality standards.
That said, Perodua is aiming for a full localisation of the QV-E by June this year, which is expected to bring cost savings, and the national carmaker will push for sales volume after that. By then, Perodua’s first battery-electric model is expected to be priced in the region of RM60k including its battery, which is less than its RM80k OTR price that excludes battery leasing.
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