If you drive an electric car but live in a condominium or high-rise, charging at home has always been the awkward part. Proton's EV arm is working to close that gap, and it has now widened its residential charging network to more than 1,500 points across the country.
PRO-NET, the company behind the Proton e.MAS brand, says owners can charge at over 500 participating condominiums and high-rise residences nationwide, paying residential rates that start from RM0.63 per kWh through the Proton e.MAS App.
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What Proton e.MAS owners get
The programme targets the part of the EV market that landed-home owners rarely have to think about: drivers who cannot install a private wallbox at home. By placing chargers inside condominium and apartment compounds, PRO-NET lets high-rise residents use their own building as a base for topping up overnight or while the car is parked.
Access and billing run through the Proton e.MAS App, which lists participating sites and applies the residential rate to eligible owners. The RM0.63 per kWh starting price sits close to what landed-property owners pay on a normal home electricity tariff, the comparison PRO-NET has used since the scheme began.
How the network grew
The condominium charging effort began in late 2024 as a tie-up between PRO-NET and EV Connection (EVC), the operator of the JomCharge network, with an early goal of fitting chargers at condominiums that had none. It later brought in charge point operators including Charge+, ChargeSini, RExharge and Charge N Go to widen coverage, and the network has now reached more than 1,500 points across over 500 buildings.
The expansion reflects how EV ownership in Malaysia has spread beyond early adopters, which has pushed demand for charging closer to where people live rather than only at malls and highway stops.
Why it matters for Malaysian EV buyers
Charging access is one of the main reasons apartment and condominium dwellers hold off on switching to an electric car. In Malaysian cities, where a large share of households live in high-rise homes, the lack of a private bay with a wall socket has been a real barrier. A nationwide residential network, priced near home-tariff levels, removes some of that hesitation and makes the e.MAS range easier to live with for buyers who do not have a landed home. It also keeps Proton owners inside the brand's own app and pricing, instead of relying only on public fast chargers, which usually cost more per kWh.
The takeaway
For Malaysians weighing an electric car from a local brand, the question is shifting from whether you can charge at home to whether your building is on the list. With the network past 1,500 points and 500 buildings, the answer is yes for a growing number of high-rise residents.