GeoAnalitikWhere Malaysia’s main roads are far from a fast charger
We merged six charger maps and registers into one list of public fast (DC) charging sites, and measured the drive from every point on Malaysia’s expressways, main federal and state roads and the roads to its resorts, jetties and parks to the nearest one. Two reports, two case studies: Peninsular Malaysia, and Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.
Peninsular Malaysia BL-2026-003
Nearly one in five kilometres of the Peninsula’s main roads is more than 30 km from a fast charger.
Lime within 10 km of a fast charger, then yellow, orange, red and purple to 75 km; black beyond it.
- Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah have the largest share of main road more than 30 km from a fast charger: 41%, 33% and 27%.
- The east coast road, FT3, has 203 km more than 30 km from one, more than any other road.
- Taman Negara is 77 km by road from the nearest fast charger, and Fraser’s Hill 40 km.
- Two thirds of the fast-charging sites stand in the richest fifth of areas nationally.
The Peninsula’s summary, with its film
The case study as a PDF. The findings, the maps and the method on A4 pages, to print or forward.
Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan BL-2026-004
More than four in ten kilometres of Sabah’s and Sarawak’s main roads are more than 75 km from a fast charger.
Lime within 25 km of a fast charger, then yellow, orange, red and purple to 150 km; black beyond it, dashed where none can be reached.
- Sabah has no listed fast (DC) charger from Ranau to Sandakan and Lahad Datu: past the one at Kundasang, a driver is up to 239 km by road from one.
- Sarawak’s Pan Borneo Highway, FT1, has two gaps of about 200 km: Sibu to Bintulu, and Bintulu to Miri.
- Sukau on the Kinabatangan is 264 km by road from the nearest fast charger, and the Sepilok orangutan centre 219 km.
- Labuan has no fast charger at all.
The summary for Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, with its film
The case study as a PDF. The findings, the maps and the method on A4 pages, to print or forward.
What a study for you adds
- Charge-point operators: the sites that would close the most far kilometres, weighted by the traffic on each gap.
- Fuel and highway operators: which of your stations and R&R stops sit inside a gap, and how far each is from a fast charger today.
- Government and planners: where public money closes a gap, and which areas the network leaves out, by household income.
- Car makers and dealers: which routes a buyer can drive today, and where a car’s range matters most.
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