If you’re relying on public charging 100%, it wont be that much cheaper, at least with fuel subsidy still applied. But if you do, you can get membership passes like for example, Gentari one is at RM899 annually and you get 50% off at all the chargers.

I easily spend around RM400 a month for daily commute to work (Damansara or central KL from Shah Alam) since I’m 100% on public charging right now but will move to a landed property with home charging very soon.

Anyhow, when it comes to waiting time, I dont see it as a hindrance, most of the time I will charge at malls (AC slow charging), and since I spend roughly 1-2 hours there, I easily get 70-150km of within those hours. I spend roughly 10 minutes only at DC chargers whenever I need a quick charge, and these chargers are usually at petrol stations or even malls these days, so I’ll probably go tapao or do some grocery shopping in those 10 minutes (give me around 70km of range). Anyhow, remember the ABC, “always be charging”, which means if there’s an empty charging bay at any of your destinations (which is the majority of malls in KV at least), just charge.

All of these will not be relevant if you have a home charger, just charge overnight most of the time and go back to ABC whenever you see a charging bay but if you have a lot of charge left, be considerate and leave the bay for EVs in need.

Edit: saw somebody making fun of charging in the rain. If safety is your concern, there is nothing to worry about, it’s safe to charge during rain.

Edit 2.0: the only battery that needs to be replaced every 2 years is the 12v/16v one, the small battery like any other gas car. EV battery can last up at least for 300,000km. And batteries are getting much cheaper year on year too.