Through a collaboration with Gamuda Land the station located at Gamuda Cove offers a total of 6 Superchargers and 18 Destination Chargers. -- Bernama photo
Through a collaboration with Gamuda Land the station located at Gamuda Cove offers a total of 6 Superchargers and 18 Destination Chargers. -- Bernama photo

MALAYSIA is now home to the largest Tesla Supercharging station in Southeast Asia.

Through a collaboration with Gamuda Land the station located at Gamuda Cove offers a total of 6 Superchargers and 18 Destination Chargers.

According to the two companies the collaboration between them marks a significant step forward in enhancing accessibility and convenience of charging electric vehicles (EVs) in the area.

Available for access around the clock, the pay-per-use Supercharging fee rate is RM 1.25/kWh. Idle fee is up to RM4.00 per-minute when Supercharging station is 100 per cent occupied.

The Supercharging payments are automatically processed from the payment method in Tesla App, which also allows users to view availability, navigate to, and monitor charge status of Superchargers.

Tesla said they are dedicated to building more charging infrastructure and expanding charging network in Malaysia and that more of its charging stations will be operational soon in coming months.

To support travelling between Malaysia and Singapore, Tesla also said it would continually expend the charging network to Singapore with a total of 11 Supercharging stations and 9 Destination Charging stations.

As of today the company has opened 7 Supercharging stations (36 chargers) and 9 Destination Charging stations (55 chargers) in Malaysia.