Cohesive Mobility Solution (COMOS), which introduced its electric vehicle car-sharing programme back in 2015 and subsequently offered corporate lease packages for the Renault Zoe, has announced plans to introduce a new leasing programme.
The vehicle is the item of interest, because the car that is being planned for the subscription programme is the Hyundai Kona Electric. Just like its previous arrangement with the Renault Zoe and Twizy, the plan is to bring in the battery-powered Kona Electric in Malaysia through official channels, in this case via Hyundai Sime Darby Motor (HSDM), with full after-sales support from the manufacturer.
According to the company, the plan will entail the purchase a fleet of Kona Electric units for the subscription programme, and negotiations are well underway, so this is definitely no grey import run. To gauge response, the company is inviting the public to register their interest in the programme, which you can do here.
Although the total number of units that will be deployed hasn’t been revealed, both market versions of the Kona Electric – which made its debut last year – will be available through the leasing programme. The first is a Standard version with a 39.2 kWh battery, and the 136 PS and 395 Nm model is good for 312 km of operating range. The estimated leasing price for it is RM4,300 a month, with the lease tenure set at 60 months.
The other is the 64 kWh version, tagged as High Spec by COMOS. Maximum output is 204 PS and 395 Nm, with a claimed operating range of up to 482 km (WLTP mode). The leasing price isn’t that much more, at RM4,900 per month (also 60 months lease tenure), making it a better value proposition given the extras it offers.
Standard equipment includes all-LED lighting, a seven-inch Supervision cluster colour LCD meter panel, a seven-inch touchscreen head-unit with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support, leather seats, dual-zone automatic air-conditioning and smart keyless entry, among other things.
The 64 kWh High Spec adds on a tyre pressure monitoring system, head-up display, wireless charging, power-adjustable front seats and auto wipers. There’s additional safety kit too, in the form of blind-spot collision warning and rear cross-traffic collision avoidance assist.
The Kona Electric’s lithium-ion polymer battery takes about about 54 minutes to get to 80% State of Charge (SOC) using a 100 kW DC (CCS) fast charger, and with the 7.2 kW on-board-charger, charging with AC (Type 2) takes about nine hours, 40 minutes for the 64 kWh variant and six hours, 10 minutes for the 39.2 kWh version.
The cost of the EV subscription package includes a free wall charger, although its installation (and costs involved) aren’t included, so the lessee will have to handle that. The lease package however covers the annual road tax and insurance renewal, scheduled service and maintenance, as well as the replacement of wear and tear parts. Should it be necessary, a replacement unit will be provided in some cases (terms and conditions apply).
There is also an option to purchase the car at the end of its leasing tenure, the eventual pricing subject to duties and of course, depreciation. Depending on when the programme takes flight, the Kona Electric might well debut the nameplate in the country – the regular petrol Kona was supposed to have been the first, slated to have been introduced in Q2 this year, but there has been no sign of it as yet.
The Kona Electric – which was shown as a tech showcase at KLIMS18 last year – is already available in neighbouring Thailand, the car having been launched there in March, at the Bangkok International Motor Show.
Both fully-imported 39.2 kWh and 64 kWh versions are on sale in the Kingdom – the former is known as the SE, and costs 1.849 million baht (RM254,990 at current exchange rate), while the 64 kWh car is tagged as an SEL, and is priced at 2.259 million baht (RM311,500).
What do you think of the Kona Electric subscription programme? Chatter on the ground says that a five-year lease tenure may be too long for many, and the option of a 36-month period would facilitate better take-up, but what’s your view on it and also on the pricing? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section.
GALLERY: Hyundai Kona Electric, KLIMS18
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4900×60=294000
Pay same money, better leased Tesla Model S…
Pay Rm1,000 on monthly repayment for X50 and you have Rm3,000 for petrol monthly to reach until Mars and still you won’t have to foot the Rm10,000 on battery replacement at the end of warranty period. This deal is much gooder.
That saving of cost is also come with the cost of spending your kids’ future environment that is full of carbon dioxide and no more greenery. Don’t care? Not your fault also. And it’s not coincident EV is not affordable in msia.
rm4.3k per month…lolzz, are they wet dreaming
One would be on drugs to be interested in a leasing deal like that.
Nissan Leaf subscription at RM3500 for 36 months makes more sense in this case. Looks better too.
At RM 800 less it isn’t that much wiser to go for LEAF either.
hahaha… scheme to con gov and large corporate in the name of being green…
bodoh
bad policy by MY gov
want to protect petrol revenue
are they mad?
I didn’t know COMOS is still around. Thanks for the heads up.
Are they crazy + stupid or what. The whole world is trying to promote electric car, some give even giving incentive for buying and driving an electric car, Malaysian gov are trying to make it unaffordable for the mass market. What are they really trying to do? Are they trying to protect the third national car that is assumed to be a hybrid? Crazy stupid!!!
I can tell you honestly now that I regret my decision voting for the current gov. Nothing changes infact it has gone downhill since the election, even the turnaround of proton was brought by the last gov.
Regret… This is only going to be a one term gov.
Later someone will come and call you ‘john’.
I like environmental friendly car, but can the govt make it pocket environmental friendly too.
It’s a whopping 294k.
Please Paul Tan, do some journalism and ask if the price is cause Gov Tax (The Leaf has at least about RM20k tax slapped on it) or this company really raking it in. The Kona should only be RM100k to RM230K based on US prices.
if they reduce to rm800 per month i also not going to lease it as still expensive because the car not belong to you, reduce to rm200-300 i may consider…
It’s still not a Tesla.
What kind of stupid pricing is this?
For rm4300 People better get volvo s60 or Bmw 530e m sport which looks wayy sportier .. and can still own it after finish paying
Electric car have been facing this kind of harrasment since GM EV1 in US. Even though its a very successful car with very good power consumption, politician in US then stop the manufacturing if EV car. All the purchased EV car have been recalled and being scrapped. It is in 70’s…. Now the power of EV car came back… World have aeen Tesla that can beat lambo’s in drag race. Europe and china already annouced that in 10 years only EV car will ne manufactured… Maybe that time the price will going affordable