Proton vendors must supply parts for electrified cars

Proton vendors must supply parts for electrified cars

Proton vendors must focus on new technologies and manufacturing parts for electrified cars so they can be aligned with Geely’s plan to become the number one electric car manufacturer in China.

This is according to economist Yeah Kim Leng in a report by Bernama, who also said, “if they (Geely) are able to transfer some of the technology, it would augur well for Malaysia more so if they make Malaysia the production hub to penetrate ASEAN.”

With an increasingly competitive market, Yeah believes only global players can survive and Proton’s strategic partnership with Geely will allow the national company to tap into the Chinese automaker’s financial and technological capabilities.

“Niche and small players, as well as national car players, would find it increasingly very difficult because they do not have the economies of scale. More importantly, they do not have the research and development capacity and the deep financial pockets to continuously invest in research and development and, improve car designs,” he explained.

Proton vendors must supply parts for electrified cars

Yeah added the current trend towards green vehicles that are either fully electric or hybrid will require vendors and carmakers to adapt accordingly. “The quicker we follow this trend, the greater will be the potential for the country to emerge as a regional manufacturing hub for global companies,” Yeah said in relation to Proton and Malaysia.

Yeah commended Proton’s efforts to improve its dealer network by upgrading them to 3S or 4S centres in order to provide an enhanced customer experience. “Proton is doing right by strengthening that kind of distribution network, elevating it to become the so-called showroom of choice for potential car buyers,” he said.

“Proton would have a very good future if it can absorb some of these production techniques and technological advantages to lower their costs and offer very cost effective incentives.”

“With all these winning attributes, we would likely see Proton regaining some of its past glory sooner than later including rising demand from the middle class and using Malaysia as a base to penetrate the ASEAN market,” Yeah added.

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Comments

  • Same L0rr on Jun 19, 2018 at 11:32 am

    1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s if still sale the outdated campro vvt engine & lousy punch cvt transmission, proton still cant sale well.

    #Buy toyota & perodua better. Eev status engine & reliable gearbox.

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    • Oh u mean outdated engine, compromised steel, questionable QC, faulty axles, & suddenly exploding airbags? Yeah, Im sure pipu will pick those “features”.

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    • Vincent Ang on Jun 19, 2018 at 11:47 am

      Proton vendors should now be all ready and set for electrified cars. Since given ample notice by MAI from 2014, as the coordinator of the Proton EV project.

      Previously Proton Iriz EV prototype was produced together with LG Electronics.

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      • But can they do at the cost and quality required by Geely or will they run crying to Bapak, hoping for P1 2.0 to come as soon as possible?

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    • Hailat Sucks on Jun 19, 2018 at 1:05 pm

      Ur typical uncle auntie mentality, never ready for a change. Its like “Aiya, buy smartphone for what? My dinosaur Sony Ericsson already can do everything liao la” that said, purchasing a new old stock flip phone costing RM300 instead of a new andriod phone costing RM300.

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    • YB Albert on Jun 19, 2018 at 2:26 pm

      DR.M will most likely go ahead with his pet auto project.
      Initially,they say private entity…then later,as biasa,they will apply R n D gomen grant amounting to billions of RM.
      So,we end up with 1.perodua 2.Protong 3.Pertama(whatever the new name of protong 2.0)…so 3 national cars fighting it out in a overcrowded and small market.
      In the end,only Perodua will still emerge winner,with a slightly smaller market share.

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      • kzm (Member) on Jun 19, 2018 at 3:13 pm

        u know that R&D grant every entity operate in bolehland is qualify to apply… don be stupid “Y”ang “B”odoh Albert

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      • stastasta on Jun 20, 2018 at 2:09 pm

        qualify to apply doesnt mean will get. only selected few GLCs or cronies will be approved. don be stupid kzm.

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  • “Niche and small players, as well as national car players, would find it increasingly very difficult because they do not have the economies of scale. More importantly, they do not have the research and development capacity and the deep financial pockets to continuously invest in research and development and, improve car designs,”

    Not so subtle dig on Bapak pet project revival kah?

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    • Calon on Jun 19, 2018 at 12:33 pm

      LOL cmon la why so petty & personal kakakah

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      • Well, almost all economists says P1 2.0 is near suicidal so certainly Mr Yeah has some bone to pick with Bapaks logic of doing it again. I dun see anything personal lor

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      • MyDedak on Jun 19, 2018 at 1:23 pm

        Itu org kecewalah bro…

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    • Sabri Tahir on Jun 19, 2018 at 12:48 pm

      ha ha ha ha. The sour grape and sore loser talks

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  • What electrified car? They can’t even be successful in their bicycle venture. What’s good with these people apart from asking money from the public?

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  • New dumping grounds for mediocre chinese cars,rebadge technology at its worst.

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    • Ricash on Jun 19, 2018 at 1:39 pm

      inb4 past gomen BFF is china

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    • Really? Do name another automaker offering of a car with real AEB, BLIS, ACC, LDW, LKAS, auto headlights, built in TPMS, air purifier, full digital meter, touch panel HU, TGDi engine, 360 3D cameras, Morel sound system, voice control, and all that at under RM100k?

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  • Why pay more tax? on Jun 19, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    NO Proton 2.0

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  • fadzili Rahman on Jun 19, 2018 at 1:47 pm

    PROTON is dreaming… what EV? what electric car? last time Frazer and Nash took PROTON and Malaysia for a ride costing hundreds of Millions. if not Malaysia would have been spearheading EV tech and EV production. I recall they had a PREVE REEV Blue colour on display back in 2014. I wonder what happened to that car? in the Paultan article it said it was done internally by PROTON team.

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    • This?
      https://paultan.org/2018/05/30/geely-bo-rui-ge-more-details-revealed-next-proton-perdana/
      https://paultan.org/2017/09/29/geely-powertrains-will-be-integrated-into-proton-products/

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      • Fadzili Rahman on Jun 19, 2018 at 6:47 pm

        No . This one: https://paultan.org/2014/09/27/proton-preve-reev

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    • Not Toyota Fan on Jun 19, 2018 at 3:38 pm

      NST 2016 ” RM270Million R&D grant secured in 2010 to develop hybrid Cars. For the record, Proton was in a joint venture with UK firm Frazer–Nash Research Ltd to develop the hybrid technology.

      The chairman and owner of Frazer-Nash is Kamal Siddiqi, a UK-based Indian businessman who, by most accounts, is very close to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

      Many industry insiders claimed that Frazer-Nash was fully paid upfront even without one electric car being delivered to Proton.”

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  • David Kam on Jun 19, 2018 at 5:34 pm

    Lol, this Chinese guy is giving a lot of headache to the crony companies.

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  • haha, This chinese guy is teaching them how to fish for survivor instead of waiting for free lunch.

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