Perodua has launched a teaser of its first ever EV, and within the video, the automobile’s entrance finish is proven for a cut up second. Our rendering whiz cum auto detective Theophilus Chin froze the body you see above and brightened it to point out the automobile’s quantity plate, which reads ‘QV-E’, confirming the identify we’ve been utilizing all this whereas to deal with the P2 EV.
“Electrical mobility for all. It started as only a dream. However with native hearts and palms, that dream turned actual – the primary 100% Malaysian EV. Not simply constructed right here, however constructed with imaginative and prescient, a imaginative and prescient to energy an ecosystem, jobs, expertise, expertise. Making EVs extra inexpensive, and sustainability extra actual. As a result of once we construct from dwelling, we construct a future for everybody,” the narrator reads.
The video ends with the road “from the palms of Malaysians comes the facility to maneuver Malaysia”. Is that this a not-so-subtle dig at Proton, which eMas EVs are rebadged Geely fashions which might be CBU imported from China? Solely P2 would know… Anyway, the QV-E, branded as an ‘vital nationwide agenda’ by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, might be launched by the PM on the finish of this month.
Malaysia’s first homegrown EV is designed and developed in-house by Perodua and the corporate’s president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad informed us that P2 holds the (IP) mental property for the EV’s design and platform. Sure, platform too – Perodua’s first electrical automobile will use CATL-supplied LFP batteries, however that’s the extent of the Chinese language battery big’s involvement – no CATL skateboard.
We bought up shut with the QV-E cross part on the current GATE 2025 present and noticed that the battery capability is 52.5 kWh. We’ve been informed to anticipate real-world vary of between 400 to 410 km. If true, that is usefully greater than the eMas 5’s vary and rivals the eMas 7, which maxes out at 410 km WLTP. Perodua’s efficiency targets for its EV – 0-100 km/h between six and 7 seconds, and a high velocity of round 160 km/h – are additionally streets forward of the just-launched eMas 5, which is quoted with 0-50 km/h figures as an alternative.
Value smart, the Perodua QV-E will not undercut the eMas 5 (RM57k to RM70k with early fowl rebates) – anticipate it to be across the RM80k mark. Nevertheless, one courageous and novel function is the ‘assured future worth’ scheme that Zainal beforehand talked about – GFV, utilized by premium makes similar to Mercedes-Benz, will defend patrons from the steep depreciation of EVs. Additionally not provided by another EV vendor in Malaysia now’s P2’s battery leasing scheme.
The purpose of getting a homegrown electrical automobile can also be to construct up a neighborhood ecosystem for EVs, and Perodua is concentrating on round 50% native content material for its EV by the center of 2026, which is an admirable purpose. This likely gained’t embrace key elements such because the battery and electrical motor – which can come from China – however there are plans to localise these too. Nevertheless, enough quantity is required earlier than this makes enterprise sense.
Learn all about Perodua’s first EV right here, and discover out extra concerning the recently-launched P-Circle app that its homeowners will use, in addition to the wallbox dwelling charger which has a CCTV digital camera, ambient lighting and a touchscreen management panel.
Cling on, it’s simply across the nook now!
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