MELAKA, Jan 4 — Melaka is set to receive an investment totalling RM1 billion by Bumiputera company, Fieldman EV Sdn Bhd to develop the country’s first electric car assembly plant.
He said the company also obtained exclusive rights to distribute electric vehicles in Malaysia and the South-east Asian regional market for right-hand drive vehicles from China’s automotive company, Changan Automobile Corp. “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.
Sulaiman said the factory would also provide 5,000 new job opportunities as well as create a downstream industry among the local automotive industry.