Following a glimpse of the Proton Iriz EV prototype in South Korea last October, we now have the first pictures and initial specs of the local carmaker’s very own electric vehicle. The Proton Iriz EV is currently on display at the 2015 International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition and Conference Malaysia (IGEM).
While the exterior looks familiar, the Iriz EV is a totally different car underneath. Powering the car is a permanent magnet AC synchronous electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 116 kW (155 hp) and 360 Nm of torque – the motor is juiced up by an LG-developed 39.6 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery. This allows for a 0-100 km/h time of less than nine seconds and a top speed of 150 km/h.
Other details in which the spec sheet lists is a 50 kW fast charging and a 6.6 kW normal charging system. A 7.23 ratio for the single-speed transmission is also noted. According to Proton, the battery can be charged from 40% to full in just 15 minutes with a fast charger, four hours with a public charger and seven hours with a standard three-pin plug.
While it was previously claimed that the Iriz EV had a better range than the Nissan Leaf (240 km versus 200 km touted by the latter), Proton now says that it can cover more ground than that – a NEDC cycle-based operational range of around 300 km is mentioned. An impressive figure considering that the car weighs in at 1,380 kg – 195 kg heavier than the standard Iriz 1.6 Premium CVT (1,185 kg).
Elsewhere, the underfloor-mounted battery means that interior space has not been compromised – the car even retains its spare tyre under the boot floor. The gearknob is now a small, stumpy item that appears to have been nicked off a third-gen Toyota Prius, and there’s now a digital instrument display showing the speed, charge status, power used/regenerative braking applied and even the battery temperature.
Back in October 2014, it was revealed by Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) CEO, Madani Sahari, that one of the two proposed Malaysian-developed electric vehicles could be sold for under RM100k when it hits the market.
If all goes according to plan, the Iriz EV could be officially launched by end 2016/early 2017.
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Brave and crazy macais, of course.
RIP prius c
Pls buy Iriz lah like how we support our national football team. If they lose, we riot and baling suah. That’s how we show our love for Malaysia. We cannot lose one just like Proton. We are the best in the world whether it’s automotive or sports
Habis la Toyota
Low class car for kampong people who just know how to makan nasi lemak, tidur and have babies like bunnies
People never learn. For 30 yrs Proton has been giving us low quality. Every year and every launch of new car, they promise quality has changed and outstanding.
Now they say this about this EV. I tell you, this car will explode like the Exora for sure. Proton cannot be trusted
Actually Madani Sahari talks rubbish all the time. Don’t take him seriously. Everything he says is always government propoganda.
You see, Madani Sahari is the Government’s biggest ball carrier. He is the front man for MITI to maintain the AP system and he will cium every buntot.
If you see MAI in the past, all they have said is utter propoganda by the Government. Infact local car companies lost billions because Madani told them Government was moving towards EEV vehicles and local car companies spent bilions to CKD models like Jazz, Civic etc.
Now, Government told us to kentut and podah with regard to Hybrids. Now EV?
Bodoh MAI. Our crony glc TNB bills are so high. It is cheaper to put petrol than drive this EV.
Hello Proton, you probably used a few billion of our LHDN money to kononnya invent this EV car. Although Tesla patents and designs and 100% technical development is completely free using Tesla’s Open and Free to the World patents, Proton would have aked or will be asking tens of billions to develop this car into production.
Can you pls take this tens of billions and give us cheaper existing petrol engined cars??
Or better still, can the Government use the money to build more hospitals and schools?
best of luck Proton!
See below and you will know why Proton EV is high risk to buy.
Japanese workers :
“We must work hard. We must focus in our work. We take pride in our products and must deliver excellent quality. Only then, we can enjoy our remuneration for the hard work done. We must aim to be more hardworking than our other Japanese car plants”
Proton Malaysia workers:
“Rilak lah bang, buat apa nak keje ni. rilak lah, nanti boleh buat. Letih lah ni, mari meh tido sekejap kat bilik stor, boss takde ni. Eh tengok awek kilang cun tu, bess lah dapat kongkek dia. Syok. Jom lah, mari pegi kantin minum teh dan makan kuih lapis. Tak payah keje kuat ni, kerajaan nanti tolong. Buat apa keje kuat ni? Malas lah nak solder EV ini.
If Lee Chong Wei lose, they critic. If they own ethnic lose in World Cup qualifier, they throw flares. Malay-sia boleh!
Satu lagi project crony to ask for more public funds
Spec good but nobody buy like the normal. RIP Iriz EV coming soon
Typical Proton, apa pun boleh but the end results everyone know lah
Japanese Workers : “We must work hard. We must focus in our work. We take pride in our products and must deliver excellent quality. Only then, we can enjoy our remuneration for the hard work done. We must aim to be more hardworking than our other German car plants”
Proton Workers: “Rilak lah bang, buat apa nak keje ni. rilak lah, nanti boleh buat. Letih lah ni, mari meh tido sekejap kat bilik stor, boss takde ni. Eh tengok awek kilang cun tu, bess lah dapat kongkek dia. Syok. Jom lah, mari pegi kantin minum teh dan makan kuih lapis. Tak payah keje kuat ni, kerajaan nanti tolong. Buat apa keje kuat ni?”
Build EV? Malam jumaat lebih baik lah
Habis la wang rakyat Malaysia
Shame on you shame lorr. Proton dare to change this time. Iriz EV is better than Nissan Leaf. Please accept that!
Malaysia football team is better than Saudi. Please accept that!
Better? In term of Range only? Or price? Make the nissan leaf 100% tax free and see who will buy this iriz EV. Dun forget nissan can sourse bigger battery at anytime.
Burning money of course dare to do ANYTHING! You don’t do anything how to BURN money?
Petrol Iriz already no one bother, and you expect got people to buy EV Iriz?
While Proton can’t even make proper power window and door handler, you better pray you won’t get electrocuted in the car.
Don’t be so hasty. See the pricing first.
This is a great car. All those here saying negative things about this car are stupid otak kosong Bersih supporters. There are 300,000 idiots who wore yellow shirts to cause trouble for the country and for good companies like Proton.
Bravo Proton!!! Termakasih BN kerana prihatin dan bagi kami Proton.
See if these 300,000 ppl boycott Proton. Proton will close down within a year. Ppl buy Proton simply because it is CHEAP.
Is it really cheap? Not really! A Malaysia Preve is more expensive than a 86 in Japan. Local made local price.
i still support Proton.. hope Proton will succeed with this EV..
i support Tun M!!! hahaha
Remember the Saga EV they were TALKING BIG sometime ago? What happen?
Now Iriz EV.
Proton is just creating sensational news cos they know time is running out.
Before selling any Ev, kindly insaflah,protong…sell your current product range by ditching the f..up CVT gearbox and fix the irritating fan noise when the car is idling.
Like Tun said,dont be LAZY.Swallow your bladdy overblown ego…learn the humble way ,like the japanese…start from ground zero.Dont tokok you have reached Everest summit when you are not even at Base Camp.
They cannot lah. Whole day eat nasi lemak and sleep in Proton factory, see awek also want to kongkek in factory, 7 time go kantin to minum teh dan makan kuih lapis in a day.
How to improve?
At least they’re doing something by developing the EV all by themselves. They tried with the Saga EV. They were even willing to partner with Detroit Electric, even though in the end Detroit Electric never use the Persona platform at all. Instead of blaming Proton (or other carmakers) for the sluggish sales of EVs, you should instead blame the lack of proper charging infrastructure. Just look at everywhere in KL, does DBKL provide dedicated parking for EVs with charging sockets or at least the damn little 3-pin 13A sockets for EVs…? Does any flat or apartment provide at least 13A sockets for charging the EVs…? Those living at ground houses and terrace houses are considered lucky because they can at least pull out their extension wires to charge the EVs.
Total agree!
Proton 5S principles:
1. Sendiri Cakap
2. Sendiri Syok
3. Sentiasa Rosak
4. Selalu Discount
5. Siapa pun tak beli
@squall
Build themself but funds for where? Rakyat !!! If really Themself try to use own money to build and buy materials and not ask Govt for funds !!! Go do research b4 comments “themself”.
Even a CTV transmission also cannot tackle well, now move on to EV, come on lah, settle the petrol engine car first, then go EV. My CVT jerk like shit, slow respond, went thru so many hassle in proton workshop, refresh this ECU, Refresh that CVT switch, WTF, until today the CVT warning light still on and off!
Simple CVT also cannot resolved and now want to sell EV Iris?
I no brave enough to buy Prius bcoz it still using petrol, furthermore it is ugly look. Those ppl said Toyota save fuel seem like not true anymore.
Typical basher. When you can’t afford that, you said you not brave enough to buy. And then bullshit hear this people say hear that people say.
Those who bash Prius, never even sat in the car once.
Those who own Prius, never complain and enjoy. Thus you see more Prius than Iriz on the road.
Good thing expensive, ppl buy.
Lousy thing expensive, you think ppl sohai?
Will EV charging station be given like how 99% petrol stations are given to Bumiputera?
I am non bumi but I want licence to run EV station. Can ah?
Stay away from Hybrid or EV. Anything spoils in the electrical parts, nothing less than RM5k to repair. RM5k to RM10k.
In overseas, people can buy extended warranty until even 20 yrs also. Malaysia got no extended warranty. After warranty you will heart attack.
It is not like carburator or injection car where parts are cheap
I would buy.
Pigs pigs pigs. Once a pig always a pig
*twist
Looking at Honda CR-Z low sales volume,
how well can Iriz EV RM100k sell?
Iriz EV, should be around RM75k.
It’s already RM15k above Iriz high spec.
read again it says there 100k or UNDER 100k? baca sudah habis?
Satu kereta IRIZ berbagai versi ada crossover ada elektrik vehicle ada r3 race car ada city car dan ada long journey car, memang la jimat tapi takde penumpuan contohnya whellbase iriz sangat besar untuk sport rim 1.3 nampak pelik pulak disebabkan iriz dicipta juga untuk crossover car bagi menyesuaikan rim crossover yang besar
Iriz with sport rims is lightyears good looking then ah beng tin milo myvi.
wheelbase besar sangat?
wheel arch lah.
penah tengok Ford Ka? itulah inspirasi Iriz… 15 thn lepas. di eropah Ka diterima dgn baik.
Such a low class car. Malu pakai kereta ini.
whellbase???
this is great! if jadi la
Forever in display only. Where is the EV car in production? 2nd generation of Leaf can go 250km only. If you can really go beyond that, then why are you not selling?
In b4 Sam Loosers here sez Gov and P1 cannot trust one, the car is actually weighs ton more, price will sky high, mileage 50km onli, bateri quality will be like power window one, sure will catch fire and kill all occupants.
Ini semua salah Mahathir/Najib/UMNO/BN/kroni
He will definitely compared it with the new hideous Prius which no one buy anymore.
He will oso say if w/o P1, he kau-kau sure toyota will CKD prius here and price like axia basic spec.
More public funds for ‘R&D’ coming in…
When sozai bashing china car makers are copycat, here we see Proton doing same thing. Suddenly our Prius gearstick existed inside a Proton. Strange ha?
If you can show me toyota’s patent on their gearknob I will bow down to you.
China car makers are copycat because they blindly copy 100%. But Proton engineers are smarter. They improve the Accord platform applied the latest tech into new Perdana. Cant wait for the launch next year..
Exora cooling problem also cannot handle, now want to do EV? Good luck
And the steering wheel is circular too, same as in our Prius!
Proton copycat!
Huh?
You must be new here
buy this to balik kampung, kampung need a charging station too.
Renault Twizy uses 3-pin home socket. Need to charge overnight thou
most People who embrace such technology by Proton would be GenY.
Come brainstorm a solution how to charge a Proton when we live in high rise, apartment of flat.
Charging station is on the ground
battery capacity is 39.6 kWh, fast charging 50kW will take less than 1 hour… about 50 minutes? normal charging 6.6kW would take 6 hours.
say:
12 month = 30,000km
1 month = 2,500km
full charges required = 2500/300 = 8.3 times.
say 9 times.
9times X 50kWh = 450kWh
this already at RM0.402/kwh calculating rate.
ok, say the maximum rate.
RM0.454/kwh.
450kwh: 450*0.454 = RM204.3/month.
Question: how much guarantee it runs 300km every charge.
thus, i have included safety factor to generate a reasonable reality value.
it will be RM200 + – for normal people usage.
Yeah, I’ve driven an EV before and the driving range is ALWAYS not as claimed. It all depends on driving conditions, occupants, etc etc etc… So, dont put hopes so high on this EV.
With Proton promoting 300km, it will be already good if it can run for 30km…
it always more than that, the charging efficiency will not be 100%….please take note that…
Dont forget, any electrical failure or components rosak, it will cost you thousands to repair. Goodbye to the few hundreds you saved using electric.
This is why Hybrids in Malaysia FAILED. Once outside warranty, any small repairs is few thousand rinngit. I owned a Prius before I know.
Also Hybrid and EV RV jatuh like rock. Nobody dare touch Hybrids now cause price like yoyo and to sell your hybrid, you got to beg and beg used car dealer. I sold My Prius after 3 yrs for RM70k. New I bought RM140k. Lose RM70k in 3 yrs. Loan also I got to top up.
EV will be worse RV
Impressive!
VW Golf GTI, which either moves fast or gearbox jammed.
1370kg, 350Nm,
0-100 = 6.5seconds.
so, this IRIZ EV 1380kg, 360Nm,
0-100 = ~6.5 seconds lar
u shud consider also number of horses(hp),not torque alone
Nice Prius gear knob there.
nak 1 biji preeese..
Is that a Toyota Prius gear-lever?
Wow ! The specs are very promising; 360 Nm of torque is maaaad ! If it’s priced well, it will sell… overseas. Not here, I don’t think so. Malaysia is not yet prepared for EVs, but the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, China and Japan have excellent EV infrastructure and government support. Proton could carve a niche for themselves with the Iriz EV, as a safe and low priced EV city car. China has had great success exporting their EVs (like the BYD e6) as taxis to Europe, so it’s not a guessing game.
If it’s allowed to be priced below RM100K here then other brands also should enjoy the same or similar price range.
Do not hide behind some indirect protections anymore.
Anyway nobody is crazy enough to waste RM100K on a Proton.
No protection, those high prices are simply the excise duties imposed. EVs are naturally more expensive regardless.
Once upon a time, there’s a country that sell Corolla at around 18k. Then the country decided to produce its own car called Saga. Automatically the Corolla become 27k, while Saga is on 23k.
Even with the difference Saga couldn’t sell that good, then they introduce something called FCUK duty that applies to ‘all’, which then Saga become 27k and Corolla become 50k.
Still with the difference Saga couldn’t sell that good. Then they abolish the FCUK duty and introduce another called SIHT duty which said to apply to ‘all’, Saga become 33k and Corolla become 80k.
Still with the difference Saga couldn’t sell that good. Then they abolish SIHT duty and introduce ECXISE dutywhich said to apply to ‘a;;’, Saga become 37k and Corolla become 120k.
Still….
once upon a time, both saga and corolla sit in the same segment. years later, one of them is a basic A-segment sedan and the other is a high-end C-segment car.
are you THAT dumb?
thats the reason why Prius and others price hike.
same when protong started that make all other car more expensive to make cronies rich.
make no mistake, its never rakyat but cronies.
Proton RM100k?
Honda CRZ RM110k, the sales volume, was low enough.
CRZ is crampy car, only 2 doors.Iriz has 4 doors suitable for family city car
“China has had great success exporting their EVs (like the BYD e6) as taxis to Europe, so it’s not a guessing game.”
I’ve never seen a chinese EV taxi in Europe? In which part of Europe they sell all this taxis?
@ Heng Lee :
China has made sooo many EVs in the last few years, it’s hard to keep track of their progress. But the BYD e6 is one of their better known ones, they’ve sold some in the U.K., U.S., Netherlands, Belgium and a few other places. Hong Kong and Singapore also have a few. Here’s a recent 2014 article for further reading ;
http://europe.autonews.com/article/20141016/ANE/141019898/chinas-byd-beats-renault-nissan-in-brussels-electric-taxi-bid
Here’s a list of all the Chinese EVs that are in production ;
http://chinaautoweb.com/electric-cars/
Don’t worry. It will remains a prototype.
So when myvi ev is out? Year 2030? Lol
Why must myvi go for eev now?
If tidak laku also okay, can put back normal engine sell it again lelong price.
Nice move proton. I am not patriotic or proton supporter. Prove to other people that Proton are capable of new technology and not proud of your Campro engine which is 20years old technology . Please launch it as soon as possible and be a market leader
Lol 20 years old tech can be euro5 stanatd engine lor. Most honda toyota herenot even euro4!
To improve the range better remove all power windows to save weight. Surely can travel up to 1,000km. (The power windows will spoilt anyway, better remove it lah)
I am thinking, without LG proton has lower chances of producing this EV.
But hey hey, 0-100 in less than 9 seconds? Bye bye satria neo!
With 39.6kWh battery, using 6.6kW charger will require about 5+ hours for 0-80% & another 2-3 hours more till 100%.
If using 50kW fast charger, 0-80% could be done in 1 hour.
Mind you, if using 6.6kW charger at home will require dedicated 30A circuit breaker. 50kW fast charger maybe only available at charger station.
Can do charging while sleeping. No problem
I wonder how much is it cost to charge from 5%-100% compare to fossil fuel gas? As some source of Malaysian electricity generator come from fossil fuel as well…
hopefully Proton jump to chademo band wagon instead of normal SAE J1772… to make it easy for them to jump into global market where other EV roam. or better yet. provide both socket.
Its a Proton. How many years did they took to get the Power Window right? I think about 15 years. Later if the poor driver take back to Service Center about he battery charging problem. A very high probability the SC will tell you ”Ala Bang, inikan Proton”. Better put you money into Sports Toto, getting a non-lemon 1st edition Proton Hybrid odds is the same as 1st Prize Sports Toto draw.
And here we go. Unfortunately I alredi pre-empted you above. So you can just go back home alredi
Power window problem pon sbb vendor cina…org mmng suka mnipu…
woww… so much torque for car with that size…
let’s wait and see for the price… and if the battery comes with 10 years warranty then maybe proton can have a good selling point.
Iriz battery – 39.6 kWh
Nissan Leaf battery – 24 kWh
BMW i3 batterry – 22 kWh
918 Spyder battery – 6.8 kWh
Apa lagi Proton basher mahu?
Diorang mau semua tu dengan EURO safety tapi harga tata nano basic spec
P1 basher mahu p1 close shop. Only p2 sells moving coffins
Knowing it’s a Proton, better give 20 years warranty. Best is still give lifetime warranty. Only then its worth buying.
Lol even Toyota dun dare to give such warranty. Why? Because it’s not as reliable as before.
lifetime warranty also useless. every week go back to proton service center. sit there more than sit at home.
Higher storage capacity without efficiency will not make it better. You have a bigger car battery but your technology consume more power as compare other.
also, higher capacity weight more and ultimately consume more power to carry it.
You think those car factory don’t know how to put more storage? its a balance of technology and design.
A car the public might actually want to buy. Keluar EV – tak ada infrastruktur and why would anyone pay close to 100k for an Iriz EV in this economy? Want to sell overseas pun susah because of poor brand perception and regulation problems. Did they even do a case study? Aftersales problem pun haven’t settled oso, how to have confidence to keep this type of car long-term? Launch the car – nobody buys it, and the rakyat gets blamed for not being patriotic. After that Proton gets stuck in a rut because they didn’t make enough money to develop their future products, and we get stuck with the same old Preve and Iriz for the next ten years because they were too ego/lazy to follow through on their JVs with other companies. Same old story. Don’t know how you fanboys can’t see the obvious.
Would rather Proton focus on improving their service and brand perception first rather than churning out stuff Malaysians don’t really want. Do a proper JV (with technology transfer instead of rebadging old models) and maybe Proton will go somewhere.
Really Impress by the Torque figures, next time typical P1 fans will say my Iriz smoke this my Iriz smoke that… oh Gosh !!
It can smoke but the relaxing drive is more enjoyable. Try turbo campro
EV don’t smoke. :P
They just drive past you silently.
Yea, while we steadily drive 90km/h drive past a lot of noisy Proton sportcar-wannabe on the road.
Proton horrible engine keep the driver foot lighter than the balloon. So they compensate it with exhaust pipe noise.
dont forget to mention noisy kancil & myvi super duper spotcar wannabe on the road too. :)
EV la…mana ada smoke
After ‘smoke’ then stop by the road side no more juice. If lucky, stuck with charging station for hours.
So many basher. At least we can bought EV. Want pay less, but quality like Prius. Must consider spare parts cost later. EV charger will install nearly 20 station around KL by GreenTech Malaysia. If everyone really read the news about EV. The region without EV station can use 3pin at home or someone can build portal charter like BMW, but for sure expensive. Do not expect the charter cost like your phone charger
if it remains just as a prototype like saga ev, exora ev, then this is just another waste.
I enjoy doing corners in this car…….Proton……maintain or upgrade your strength……and improve your weaknesses…..and in this case …….CVT.
Improved already, it is called manual.
Don worry proton, price this right and i will buy it.already has 2 mercedes i don mind to drive proton. Better proton ev den overpriced old tech samlok toyota
make it lighter and it will fly!..1.3 tonnes for hatchback is too heavy
Seriously? Please change title to Milo Tin EV. And we dont any perodua n proton products anymore. Pls close shop and reduce foreign car tax… All Malaysians can enjoy a quality car with same price as current milo tin price. And pls dont implement anymore nasi lemak management n technilogy. Its hurts ppl!
Who are this ‘we’ you’re talking about?
Unless the gomen abolish/reduce excise tax, you’ll keep seeing sales chart where Perodua & Proton at the very top.
Grow up. Stop asking Proton to close shop. Start asking Gomen to abolish/reduce excise tax.
Iriz is a relatively good car, if only they pull down their face to let the ppl to enjoy a national car with a competitive price.
Let’s imagine RM35K , i believe this car will be sold out.
Priced at 35k? P1 can close shop already
Better still price it at 25k,it will top anything on the market now
Lets get real. This this was the real deal they’d debut it at a major car show, not in some booth at iGem. Lol. Think….
If Proton uses this battery from storedot, I would seriously consider buying this Iriz.
5 mins for 300km. Like filling up with your good ‘ol petrol.
http://store-dot.com/Electric-Vehicle.html
At least change to a more original great knob. Don’t just copy from Prius. Or maybe proton is thinking those who are buying iriz never sat in a previous before? Don’t look down on your customer like that, proton.
I am genuinely not joking when I say that I will buy this car if its under 80k.
Fat chance it will happen though :P
RM100K!!!? I wonder how the tax structure works.
is this the car made by LG Korea and not by Proton itself? using prius gear knob reminds me of the Saga they put on display in Motor show KL 2010. God knows how much they paid LG to make this car for them and place proton badge.
for info, Proton had acquired help from South Korean companies like LG to develop some of the cars. list as follows:-
Waja – by Proton
Gen2 – by Proton
Satria Neo – by Proton
Savvy – by Proton
Persona – rear end by Korean
Saga BLM – by Korea
Exora – by Korea
just some info.
it is better for Proton to just focus on export markets.. Malaysia is not ready for this 100% electric cars..
go and see for yourself at igem klcc-cc
the real car looks and feels much better than in picture.
that white CRV road bully will bully this car lor
Might buy one if available. For 300km range…it will suit my daily commute requirement from Batu Pahat to JB… then left it to charge on night.. Further more, there’s always be my prius..
Great news…hope the price will be justified,so many malaysian can afford one and the air is more healthy…..low price..low price..proton show u re competitive..
Price is estimated to be below 100k, that’s really cheap for the 300 km range. Amazing job. I’ve got a video of them repeating the car today at igem. Somebody at Paul Tan drop me an email if you want it, I can’t figure out how to post from a phone.
Proton EV = below rm100k price
Others EV = more than rm100k price
Nampak tak permainan MAI ?
Well, this iriz ev might be the real game changer needed by proton after all these time. Kudos to proton.
As usual pigs wil male.piggy comments. Once a pig always.and forever will be pigs.
Balik rumah la bang. Duduk office main internet je. Patut la bisnes lingkup.
If can go 500km on single charge I’ll buy it. My kampung is exactly that distance from my house gate !
fun second car if you have
gimme a diesel proton, I will live on the 5th floor. cable’s are not long enough, nor I think it’s allowed my the building complex to stretch down from my apartment to my parking lot.
Not bad.. Can be consider to have this Iriz EV if the OTR price below RM90k and warranty 10 years at least..
I know this will coming since Elon Musk open his patent to everyone
But I’d buy another EV
This is something good from Proton. All the best.
This is why when a related topics when off chart too far away. If fact with criticism is still okay but many of people who critical to our proton as if they have good in this & start to connected the issue with others which is off topic far away. So what’s the point of having internet and smart phone spent large amount of money to type nonsense without reading and research. Might as well you just set fire to your iPhone and using keypad phone. FYI, proton is own by DRB HiCOM which also own some of your car tooling to manufactured your honda, VW, Isuzu, Nissan and Modenas. So they can do whatever they want to improve the product.
The specification is either wrong or its for a hybrid car. Even if it got 39 Kwh a 1.4 ton car is not likely to go 300 km without damaging the batteries. Unless your speed is 30 km per hour driving midnight without air-con.
Oh then it say 60volt which means the motor is around 15 Kw.Please give proper press release or is it the mistake of the writer?
Probably more than 300km distance full charge reasonable price below RM120k for local market.. i meant with half the battery energy capacity than the Tesla model-s 85 but twist less weight and 25% more capacity compared to Nissan leaf RM180k in terms of battery capacity and motor power.. Urm..but why don’t Proton working with Samsung SDIEM Senawang N.Sembilan factory HQ Cheonam Korea to developing the lithium battery cells module for EV to reduce the logistic costs produces the cell locally.
It’s now 2017…no news of the EV :(
It’s been three years since this article. So what happened?