SHAH ALAM, Sept. 15 -- Proton e.MAS accounted for more than 60 per cent of Malaysia's electric vehicle (EV) registrations from January to August this year, with 27,403 domestic registrations recorded during the period.

The national EV brand said the performance strengthened its position as Malaysia's leading EV brand, with the Proton e.MAS 5 leading the EV segment, while the Proton e.MAS 7 remained the top EV sport utility vehicle (SUV) and the Proton e.MAS 7 PHEV led the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) segment.

The achievement followed Proton e.MAS recording more than 6,000 registrations in August alone, its highest monthly figure to date.

According to Pro-Net, Proton e.MAS recorded 27,856 total registrations year-to-date, comp...