The Aletra L8 EV MPV has been launched in Indonesia at the ongoing Gaikindo Jakarta Auto Week. The first product from Indonesian brand Aletra under PT Sinar Armada Globalindo (PT SAG) comes in L8 (435 million rupiah, RM122k) and L8s (478 million rupiah, RM134k) variants.
Here’s the backstory – PT SAG last year went into a partnership with Livan Automotive, itself the result of a 2022 merger between Geely-owned Shanghai Maple and Lifan Technology, and is a joint-venture between Lifan Group and Geely Qizheng (owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding).
As such, the L8 is essentially a Livan Maple 80V L (an EV Geely Jiaji) with some changes for the Indonesian market including uprated twin-compressor air-con, new-design 18-inch alloys and a slightly-revised face. It’s built in Cikarang by long-time contract assembler PT Handal Indonesia Motor, which assembles Chery, Neta and Jetour vehicles, amongst others.
With seven seats in a 2-2-3 layout, the electric people-carrier is 4,812 mm long (-14 mm versus Jiaji L), 1,909 mm wide and 1,699 mm tall, with a 2,807 mm wheelbase. Ground clearance is listed as above 160 mm, which is similar to the Jiaji, but the boot’s 459-litre volume is less than the Jiaji L’s 513 litres (perhaps due to the EV battery underneath). Suspension is handled by front MacPhersons and rear multi links, like the Jiaji.
The base L8 variant’s 50.4 kWh LFP battery enables a 431 km CLTC range, while the top L8s carries a 64.74 kWh short-blade bulletproof battery for 540 km CLTC. Both variants have the same 163 PS/240 Nm motor, sprinting the MPV to 100 km/h in 10.7 seconds before hitting an electronic ceiling of 160 km/h.
Equipment includes a panoramic roof, auto wipers, 360 cam, blind spot monitoring, seven-inch TFT full-LCD combination instrument panel, 50W wireless phone charging, 72-colour ambient lighting, six-way electrically-adjustable front seats and a 12.4-inch touch-screen with wireless AACP. It’s got four airbags and stability control, but no mention of any ADAS.
Warranties are six years/150,000 km for the vehicle, eight years/200,000 km (L8 variant)/500,000 km (L8s variant) for the battery and eight years/150,000 for the drive unit. There’s also six years/100,000 km of free maintenance. Body colours are Silk White, Titanium Grey and Black Onyx.
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Rebadging & nationalising a foreign designed car. So they are following Proton role model eh?
So Geely is now the producer of ‘National’ cars for many nations lol
China will take over the world as USA had done in the last century
Still a more credible product than Esemka.