Welcome to what has got to be the biggest unveiling at the Kuala Lumpur International Mobility Show (KLIMS). This is the new Perodua eMO-II concept, billed as “the next evolution of its prototype battery electric vehicle,” ahead of the production version’s launch sometime before the end of next year.
Unlike last year’s eMO scale model, this is a full-size show car – albeit one still made out of fibreglass (Bufori assisted with the finishing and painting) – that shows the clear advancement the national carmaker has made with its EV.
As previewed in Monday’s teaser, the eMO-II is, in some ways, even sportier-looking than the original eMO. The dramatic X-shaped front bumper with its sharp corners has been retained but has now been joined by a full-width light bar underlining an illuminated Perodua logo. There’s also a deep chin spoiler with ‘eMO-II’ embossed on it.
Moving to the side, one can see the dynamic design afforded by the wraparound windscreen design, heavily-raked rear windscreen and thick C-pillars. Side-view cameras replace the usual mirrors (sadly not destined for production), while lower down, you’ll find gloss black wheel arch flares highlighting the flared fenders. Curiously, there are vents low down in the rear doors.
The rear of the car is probably the sportiest angle, with a scalloped tailgate, a sizeable roof spoiler and a massive rear diffuser with a central fog light. A major theme of the design is a chequered songket pattern, found in the head- and taillights, side skirts, rear windscreen and glass roof (yes, you read that right). Completing the look are 19-inch wheels with Tesla Cybertruck-style heptagonal aero covers.
Inside, the eMO-II gets a very modern cabin with a two-spoke steering wheel and a wraparound “cockpit” with a digital instrument display, a smaller touchscreen and twin air-con vents. Further down sits a gloss black centre console with a push-button gear selector, a second touchscreen for the air-con controls and an iPad mini holder with a built-in Qi wireless charger. The show car is finished in a two-tone colour scheme, including the four bucket seats.
Perodua hid a few neat tricks in the eMO-II’s door cards. At the front, you’ll find a storage compartment for an umbrella, Rolls-Royce style, as well as a detachable lower section that doubles as a messenger bag. Meanwhile, the rear doors house collapsible stools that would be handy for camping trips. It remains to be seen if these features will be offered on the production model, but it sure would be great if it did.
No technical details have been revealed just yet, but initial specs include a zero-to-100 km/h sprint time of between six and seven seconds, as well as a range of between 400 to 410 km from a CATL-sourced lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery. Perodua says it will initially import the battery and motor but plans to eventually assemble these components in-house.
In what is a reversal of roles with Proton, Perodua’s EV will be an in-house development, given that neither Daihatsu nor Toyota currently have a full electric model at this size and price. By contrast, the Proton eMas 7 is a twin of the Geely Galaxy E5/EX5.
The company confirmed that the production model will be an all-new nameplate separate from the next-generation Myvi, and it will be smaller than that car, playing in the lower reaches of the B-segment. Perodua is aiming for the car to be the cheapest EV in Malaysia, with the hope that the price will not exceed RM90,000.
Perodua’s electrification efforts ramped up last week with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petronas and Gentari. This will see the latter setting up charging facilities at Perodua service centres, with the view of aiding customers’ transition to full EVs.
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I doubt the production version will look anything close to that.
Concept cars are concepts. Road law and regulations still applies in order for the car to be commercialized. So yes it won’t look identical and this shouldn’t be surprising anymore as the ship has sailed.
Buy P2 EV
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cable for PPR
We bet the final product will be a heavily modded axia EV
Yeah the design is way too EMO. LOL
resembles the Yaris Cross. maybe it is the yaris cross.
Given the time frame they have i think they weil use CATL skateboard platform from to built the car. Save time on platform and battery development. And battery is quite reliable from CATL. Wonder will Perodua use the new generation LFP battery from CATL with higher energy density than current BYD Blade battery,
Bro trying so hard to convince perodua to use chinese battery yuck
Given time they will come out with more concept designs that will continue to have no relevance with ongoing road models since when have they ever been a real carmaker? Their whole history is all about rebadging Daihatsu & Toyota cars and this have not change and they admit it never will.
nothing wrong with that. proton now also rebadges geely cars with minor tweaks and important
At least P1 tried their best to come out with own models and they will soon return with their own creation in partnership with Geely. What does P2 have they can call their own creation? Oh the badge…
Thinking about potential rivals, I can only think off the Tata Punch EV
not that i dont trust local engineers, but since it is a new develop from scratch i wouldnt want to buy unproven techs and be a lab rat. Good luck to future buyers though. Hope its not gonna be Proton 2.0 (before geely). Perodua, please prove me wrong ok!
Much can be said about many new chinese ev startup but people will call me racist lmao
Don’t put much expectation. The front and back middle console screen for air cond control likely happen. This company 1 year 1 concept car modelling. Boring.
Better include small petrol engine as generator like Nissan e-power, to ease off range anxiety by typical EV car.
No dimensions are given. Is this a lower B segment EV? Think BYD Seagull, Dongfeng Nami (Box here) & Wuling Bingo as its nearest sized competitors?
Rather than the bit larger Dolphin.
eh what happened to the hybrid that P2 had been testing? I was looking forward to the Ativa Hybrid that was tested a year ago. Just more practical than a full EV for most Malaysians right now
Hybrid is for Myvi, this One is new car
cannot sell 30k dotn bother
smaller than Myvi but twice the price of Myvi…….at least perodua built this car from scratch unlike rebadge geely by proton.
I don’t trust Daihatsu car to be rigid enough to protect driver but i trust perodua because they modified Myvi gen 3 to be strong than Daihatsu counterpart.
This car should be same price as aruz, if not why called yourself national carmaker if it not affordable to the masses
For the love of God, get rid of the weird square patterns on the exterior. And the infotainment is the weirdest of all.
90k to be the cheapest..yeah right, that is with governments help to control. Let it be free market and let’s see if u make it to top 20 cheapest at this price. Pui!
It says the battery is sourced by CATL which means is Perodua slowly becoming a Chinese brand? I’m so scared right now…
I hope you won’t get a heart attack that I’m telling you: your iPhone was made in china. Asian Teslas also were made in china, utilising BYD & CATL batteries. Get over it, china currently have the best and safest battery tech available right now. You can make a research on this fact.
If you want a nice car battery you cannot get away with Chinese battery, they are in fact worlds best at this moment.
Not much confidenxe in the car as Petodua are under Toyota and Daihatsu have no experienxe making small EV cars. Gentari is a new comer Malaysia company with Zero experience..Hopefully someone sill assemble Seagul, BYD compact EV xar
Apa lachow nama ini emo
Instead of naming Perodua’s first EV , “My-EV” , they opt to named it EMO. What?!
They can adopt Tata’s budget entry level EV, the Tata Tiago EV. A simple EV with low capacity battery. The Tiago EV priced at RM57,000 at highest spec with 24 kwh battery.
But Malaysia car makers are bunch of money minded. They just dont care.
Currently with tax exemption, CBU EVs sold in our market is cheaper or at least on par with those sold in other developed western nations. But don’t compare the prices with their home market (China) as their scale & volume is gargantuan.