These are the first 13 owners (and their families) of the Hyundai Kona Electric in Malaysia, who recently collected their new EV from Hyundai’s flagship Ara Damansara showroom. It’s an assortment – you can see the Kona Electric in Lite, Plus and Max forms, and in various colours too.
Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) says that the first shipment of slightly over 100 cars was sold out shortly after the EV’s launch in November 2021. The Kona Electric is available in three variants – the 39.2 kWh Lite (RM149,888), the higher-spec 39.2 kWh Plus (RM169,888) and the range-topping 64 kWh Max (RM199,888).
Driving range per full charge is 305 km for 39.2 kWh models and 484 km for the 64 kWh Max. The smaller battery is paired to a 136 PS/395 Nm motor, good for 0-100 km/h in 9.9 seconds and a 155 km/h top speed. The 64 kWh battery juices a 204 PS/395 Nm motor, and the Max is capable of 0-100 km/h in 7.9 seconds and a top speed of 167 km/h.
“The growing EV segment continues to hold vast potential in Malaysia as we strive towards decarbonisation within the automotive industry. We remain focused on supporting EV adoption, further contributing to the government’s Low Carbon Mobility Blueprint. On this note, we are pleased to see a very positive response from customers towards the Hyundai Kona Electric, clearly indicating the growing appetite for EV vehicles among Malaysians,” said Jeffrey Gan, MD of retail and distribution of Sime Darby Motors Malaysia.
“The Kona Electric and Ioniq 5 have recorded amazing feedback. This indeed reflects the increasing market acceptance by customers and recognition of the vast benefits of EV. We are pleased to hand over the first batch of Kona Electric vehicles to customers, and given the strong take-up rate with bookings coming in fast, we encourage customers to place their orders soon!” said Low Yuan Lung, MD of HSDM.
First batch Kona Electric owners received a one-year complimentary ChargEV card, which provides access to over 300 charging stations across the country. HSDM says that it has a highly-skilled pool of EV technicians, who have undergone world-class service and maintenance training by Hyundai. The EV technicians’ capabilities are further supplemented by additional training provided by TOC Automotive College.
The Kona Electric is available for viewing and test drive at Hyundai showrooms in Ara Damansara, Old Klang Road and Citystore Penang.
GALLERY: Hyundai Kona Electric Max 64 kW
GALLERY: Hyundai Kona Electric Plus 39.2 kW
GALLERY: Hyundai Kona Electric Lite 39.2 kW
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This is one held of good news to see many opting to buy and own EV vehicles.
Question remain unanswered: The road transport Minister is sleeping on his job without any VISION OR CLUE TO BUILD FAST CHARGING POINTS INFRA ACROSS MALAYSIA ASAP.
Ahsiogkor,sleeping on his job?
You must be sadly mistaken.
He has an impressive CV now…mega awards of MRT 3 packages,JPJ kiosks nationwide…what else…Charging points on the way(selection of tenderer takes time,bro)
Tweedledee Taylor seem to not know how to read or use search function in Paultan or even learnt proper internet etiquette NOT TO USE CAPITAL LETTERS WHEN YOU DON’T MEANT IT.
For your benefit do read this away from the internet: https://paultan.org/2022/03/17/government-to-install-10000-ev-charging-stations-in-malaysia-by-2025/
And you can bring Tweedledumb Sabrikorkor below with you. He is just as intellect challenged as you.
The EV car actual road tax is calculated higher than normal petrol car road tax.
Clearly the CBU import tax exemptions being recouped back thru the ridiculous EV road tax. Is this how to promote EV car usage and EV car industry ?
Read more here:
https://paultan.org/2021/08/26/ev-road-tax-structure-in-malaysia-how-its-calculated-and-how-rates-are-different-for-sedans-and-non-sedans/
People who can afford a RM 200,000 EV are typically rich and won’t question the road tax cost, it is so minuscule that their time is better spent earning money to pay for the road tax in 5 minutes than spend 10 minutes writing a sad story.
According to Perodua hybrid are more ecofriendly than EV so stop buying EV, buy hybrid Peroduas instead
https://paultan.org/2021/11/22/perodua-hybrids-more-eco-friendly-than-evs-in-malaysia/
Oh wai…
Gonna see a lot of these EVs hogging those public chargers in malls looking at the amount of them getting sold lately.
13 units of Ev nothing to shout about,Mr.Low Yun Loong Of Hyundai Sime darby.
How many units of latest Sonata,Elantra sold to date?I see more flies on top of the showroom demo units than actual units on the road.
Some dudes ,when they reach Bukit Gasing,they trumpet aloud as if sampai Mt Everest.Just unacceptable piece of BS and syiok sendiri news.
At these price points, looks like Hyundai can only sell EVs in Malaysia. And that’s only because the Japanese segments lack any proper EV models in Malaysia for now. Once they’re in, Hyundai will fail in this segment too.
well i don’t think so because in indonesia their are about three brand that sold an ev is hyundai, nissan and DFSK but believed or not hyundai sold more ev either than nissan like for example last month hyundai sold 1000 unit of ioniq 5 in indonesia but nissal sold 0 unit. last year hyundai sold 800 unit ev while nissan sold only 18 unit so it doesn’t matter if the japanese in to the ev segment or not
Aren’t public chargers meant for EV cars anyways? If they were ICE cars taking up the parking space then it’s considered hogging