Malaysia’s first electric car sharing scheme, COMOS, is having an Electric Carnival at The Curve this weekend (September 19-21). Visitors to the carnival will be able to get up close with, and test drive, the electric cars of the COMOS fleet.
Membership registration will also be open – sign up and there’s a chance you could become an exclusive pilot user and enjoy unlimited usage of the car-sharing services during the trial period – although no mention is made of when and how long the trial period is.
Back in May, we told you about Cohesive Mobility Solution (COMOS), Malaysia’s first EV car-sharing programme, under which Klang Valley residents would be able to rent either a Nissan Leaf, Renault Twizy or Renault Zoe on an hourly basis. We very recently spotted a trailer load of Zoes – probably the first batch of cars under the scheme.
The initial aim was to have 30-40 EV units operational in KL at the time of launch (targeted for August at the time), and 60 public charging stations. The vehicles would be purchased by COMOS, the cost of which would be recouped by rentals and revenue generated through the sale of advertising space on the cars.
COMOS is a partnership between CMS Consortium, Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) and Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (GreenTech Malaysia).
Private company CMS Consortium operates under the care of NADI Manufacturing, which is controlled by Proton’s ex-chairman Datuk Seri Nadzmi Salleh. COMOS’ executive chairman however, is none other than ex-Proton MD Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin.
Renault Zoe
Renault Twizy
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Syed Zainal, please return back to Proton and continue the legacy that you’ve already built.
What legacy ? Did you like just crawl out from a cave ? His tenure as CEO was no better. He got it easy as he was “gracefully” removed.
Then u r wrong VW. U r the one just came out frm The Cave. Syed Zainal was the one who keep proton to the right track with quality improvement n awareness n become better than his predecessor. He has removed as DRB took over n put their man instead.
At last..going to The Curve this weekend and perhaps get my self an electrifying experience.! Woohoo!
How is that people think electric cars are Green ? By burning fossil fuel to generate electricity to charge them. Wake up people, electric cars is all but a load of crap. Go H20 or go bust to be Green
Ride a bicycly laa, the only fuel it burns is your fat.
what crap are you talking about?
your mother’s crab ?
Yeah, test drive.
Good green environment.
But owning 1 is almost impossible. Bolehland taxes is crazy.
nice..
U will feel like driving a golf buggy
Can buy 1 instead? esp the Twiggy. For the price of Axia why not.
not a tesla…whatever
good to see dato seri sza back in automotive industry, impressed with his speech back then in proton
yes, finally some news on EV car rental…this weekend faster come…
This is good news, saw the EV car sharing in Europe, and it works! All the best to all doing and participating in this project.
yes… i’d like to spend money on a minimum range oversized golf cart under the hot sun with no air conditioning because i could not afford a minimum monthly commitment of RM 262 for a 21 km/L perodua axia grade e ….
*rm 300 if zero downpayment..
DSZ, please bring Tesla to Malaysia! And made it affordable to the rakyat, too! Thank you! :-D
If you think logically: The carbon footprint in building the parts for the Renault Twizy: The tyres, body panels, glass panels, battery cells, etc could have been more than the fuel consumed and CO2 produced during ownership of a motorcycle for; say at least 5 years. Twizy with a hefty RM74K price tag can only seat two person, with zero cargo space (except for Twizy Cargo), a measly top speed of 80km/h (for the range topping Twizy 80 model), and a limited range of 50-80km before another 3 hours charge. That’s why in Europe the Scooter is becoming the rage for users who wanted mobility, economy and less carbon footprint. But hey, maybe it’s because electricity is still cheaper than gas and/or drivers afraid on the safety aspect of two wheelers.
EV for me, EV for you,
Money well spent instead of fossil fuel too,
Goverment enjoys tax high above roof,
We 1Mesia feel being fooled.
Terima kasihhhh (Alleycats style)