If you’re interested in the little Volt City EV, which was launched in Thailand last month, you’ll be able to get your hands on one next year, because the electric hatchback is coming our way. Local firm KuroEV has signed an agreement with EV Primus Company to become the Malaysian distributor for the little Volt.
According to KuroEV founder Ken Too, the company plans to bring-in about 500 units of the Volt in phases, with the first cars expected to arrive here sometime in the Q2 2023. A demo unit will be brought in this year for testing as well as for JPJ VTA type approval.
However, you won’t be able to purchase the car outright, not at the start anyway. Too said the first 500 cars will only be available under a yearly subscription, the intent being to gain feedback from subscribers as well as obtain driving and usage data via an installed telematic device. He added that pricing for the subscription will be revealed at a later point.
To support the initial phase of the brand’s entry into Malaysia, KuroEV will setup Volt 3S centres in all major cities over the next three years. He said that the company will decide on how best to eventually market the Volt once it gets enough market feedback, and added that there are plans for the brand to penetrate other right-hand drive ASEAN markets such as Singapore and Indonesia within the next three years.
To recap, the Volt City EV is available in two- and four-door configurations, each featuring two trim specifications, namely Classic and Premium. Prices start from 325,000 baht (RM39,650) for the two-door Classic and 355,000 baht (RM43,300) for the two-door Premium, while the four-door Classic starts from 385,000 baht (RM46,960), and the Premium, from 415,000 baht (RM50,620).
In terms of dimensions, the two-door Volt City EV measures 2,920 mm long, 1,499 mm wide and 1,610 mm tall, with a 1,980 mm wheelbase. As you’d expect with its size, the little tyke only weighs 690 kg. Meanwhile, the larger four door model is similar in width and height, except that it’s longer (3,380 mm) and has a longer wheelbase at 2,440 mm. It’s also heavier, tipping the scales at 795 kg.
All Volt City variants are powered by the same powertrain, a single synchronous permanent magnet electric motor, which on the two-door offers 40 hp and 90 Nm. The motor is juiced by a 11.8 kWh lithium-ion battery, which provides the two-door version with up to 165 km of travel (based on a NEDC cycle). Top speed is 100 km/h and with an 3.1 kW AC charger, it takes four hours to fully charge the car.
The four door model bumps up the output of the motor to 46 hp and 102 Nm, and it also has a larger capacity 16.5 kWh battery, increasing the range up to 210 km (again, NEDC). Top speed is identical to the two-door, and again, with a 3.1 kW AC charger, it takes 5.5 hours to fully charge the battery.
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Any one interested AC charge 5.5hrs…? Vs. Pump petrol 2mins …?
Can you pump petrol at home or at the office?
Can u charge your car @ the office when there is no Charging Station?
Or you can drag the AC extension chord from your Working Desk, reaching your parking spot, without your boss knowing you are doing the stealing..?
Does DC charging station charge this 3100watt AC only EV?
Do you drive 200km a day, every day? No you don’t. You drive to work, drive to lunch, drive back to work, drive to the groceries, drive home, plug the car in, then take the rest of the day off. 70km at most for some people, and with stop-go and aircond you’re looking at 50% of the battery charge tops. And, no more queuing at the petrol station every week, ever.
Where is that joker that claimed no one else can bring in EV below Rm 150k because of some absurd and unproven so called restrictions, huh?
Any one interested AC charge at home while you sleep? Vs drive a few km to the petrol station every few days?
If take myvi or bezza into consideration… That would be a week.
Any extra driving minute possesses accident risk including a short detour drive to the nearest petrol station. U careful people no careful bro. Charging at home doesn’t sound so bad after all.
We need more E-EVs !!! Gomen isn’t going to keep the current petrol prices forever.
Let’s say you travel 120km per day charge 10kWh everyday out of the maximum capacity of 16.5kWh that’s 300kWh addition to your electric bill. That would be 154.80, 163.80, 171.30 depending on which band you fall into. Unless your petrol bill is higher than 200.00, you save very little.
How convenient that you pick a number with no basis. You are suggesting that number as if all Malaysians work in postal services covering all those miles everyday.
My commute to work both ways is 43km. Setia Alam to Port Klang, both ways 40 km. Kota Kinabalu to Tuaran both ways less than 70 km. Shah Alam to Putrajaya, 80 km. Semenyih to Putrajaya, 50 km. These are some the commutes among the people I know. On average I would cover just over 1200 km a month at most that includes trips out of state. That’s only 110 kWh extra, and in my case I would still be consuming around 500kWh a month. That’s a bill of around RM180 a month, or an addition of about RM70. Not even an Axia filled to the brim with RM70 and driven empty would come close to that range.
Asean NCAP crash test how many star?
battery burnt blown. hiccups or short power los are to be expected for all these EVs
This is for renting, not buying.
No need to worry about warranty and parts problem.
If got parts or startup problem, u might just need to bear the downtime, unless there is compensation for time loss.