Nissan and Mitsubishi are reportedly developing an electric kei car that will go on sale in Japan next year for around two million yen (RM75,472) before subsidies, reports Nikkei Asia. With local subsidies in cities such as Tokyo, the price is said to fall to around 1.5 million yen (RM56,597).
The kei EV will use a shared platform and battery pack, the latter expected to provide around 200 km of range. Nissan has put forth such an idea before, as the carmaker previously unveiled the IMk concept for the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show.
The boxy show car measured 3,434 mm length, 1,512 mm width and 1,644 mm height, which is close to kei car regulations. It also had a lounge-like cabin as well as the latest ProPILOT and connected technologies – Invisible-to-Visible (I2V) and Nissan Energy Share (Vehicle-to-Home) systems.
Mitsubishi also had a crack at selling a kei EV with the i-MiEV, although it was priced well above what was mentioned at the start. With kei cars accounting for almost 40% of all car sales in the country, EV versions are certainly important to increase the adoption rate EVs, provided they are affordably priced.
GALLERY: Nissan IMk concept
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No problem we still got lotsa people going gaga over a recently launched car with outdated ICE engine.
For real, it’s so embarrassing.
*Perodua releases a 94 horsepower TURBOCHARGED car in 2021*
Malaysians: OMG GaMe cHanger! _________(insert anti-Honda comment even though Honda has nothing to do with it) lol
Meanwhile you have Camrys in 2021 making 300+ horsepower
Honda S660 3cyl Vtec Turbo Coupe RM 118k only 64ps,
So, it’s pretty powerful
Decent Malaysian Road drive affordable small SUV
RM56k with subsidies, this is Ativa challenger.
finally, jepunis also copy Wuling Hongguang Mini EV