Earlier this 12 months, minister of worldwide commerce and business Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz revealed on X that Perodua was scheduled to start mass manufacturing of its first EV on the finish of 2025, which is simply in time for the eventual lifting of worth cap safety measures.
The MITI minister reiterated that timeframe as soon as once more in one other publish on X earlier right now, having met with senior Perodua executives, together with president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad, yesterday to search out out extra in regards to the improvement of the automaker’s EV venture and the way the federal government may assist to make the venture a hit.
Whereas repeating the purpose about Perodua’s appointment because the lead within the manufacturing of reasonably priced EVs underneath the New Industrial Grasp Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030), Zafrul didn’t point out how far improvement has progressed on the venture.
Beforehand, he had intimated that the automaker had developed an electric-powered prototype in cooperation with an ‘worldwide automotive firm’, which whereas not named is undoubtedly Perodua’s technical associate and shareholder, Daihatsu.
Nearly nothing is understood about P2’s electrification venture, with the corporate not having acknowledged what kind of EV is being deliberate for the market. To date, no matter indicators there have been level to a hatchback-styled providing, with the strongest trace coming from the Electrical Movement On-line (EMO) idea that was proven in scale mannequin type in Might 2023.
That proposal, which the corporate stated provided a imaginative and prescient of how its all-electric path may form up down the highway, was a Myvi-sized EV with a 50 kWh battery and as much as 350 km of journey vary. Having acknowledged that an precise mannequin for the research would ultimately be constructed, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if an idea exhibits up at KLIMS 2024 in December. That might nicely present a clearer have a look at what may come a few 12 months on.
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