DC Handal deploys 180kW DC Charger at BHPetrol Taman Perindustrian Temerloh in Mentakab
- ID
- 30634
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 01 Oct 2026, 10:41 AM
- Fetched
- 01 Oct 2026, 10:46 AM
- Provider
- SoyaCincau
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://soyacincau.com/2026/10/01/dc-handal-180kw-ev-dc-charger-bhpetrol-taman-perindustrian-temerloh-mentakab-pahang/
- Source URL
- https://soyacincau.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 01 Oct 2026, 10:46 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
DC Handal has turned on a 180kW Autel DC charger at the BHPetrol station in Taman Perindustrian Temerloh, its first charger in the Mentakab/Temerloh area and about 7 minutes from Mentakab town. The unit has two CCS2 nozzles and is priced at RM1.30 per kWh, with activation by tapping a credit/debit card or TNG eWallet QR at the terminal, or through Gentari Go, Jomcharge and ChargEV. The article notes TNB Temerloh already offers a 240kW DC charger with four CCS2 nozzles, and that DC Handal recently switched on a 240kW charger at Zenith Hotel Kuantan.
Why it matters
For most developers, founders and AI builders in this community, this changes nothing about what they ship — it is an EV charging site listing with no API, pricing model or platform decision attached. The only mildly reusable detail is the payment pattern: no app required, card tap plus TNG eWallet QR, and roaming activation through three other networks, which is a concrete example of how Malaysian charging operators handle interop and per-kWh pricing (RM1.30/kWh here versus a 240kW option nearby). Treat it as background, not a build trigger.
Discussion angle
Worth 2 minutes at most: charging operators here are competing on kW and price (180kW at RM1.30/kWh vs TNB Temerloh's 240kW) while standardising on card-tap and cross-network roaming instead of proprietary apps — is that the same pattern local payments or mobility builders should copy, or does it just mean margins are thin?