Without doubt the most important EV launch in Malaysia this year, the eMas 7 is Proton’s first production battery-electric vehicle. As a national carmaker, its products are geared towards the Malaysian masses, many of whom may be new to EVs and therefore still wary of taking the plunge.
Besides range anxiety, the battery is one of the most questioned aspects among those new to EVs – what is the battery’s lifespan? What if there’s a problem with the battery? Valid questions, and we’re sure people asked the same questions about combustion engines 140 years ago. We certainly did with hybrids!
Well, apart from a six-year/unlimited mileage warranty that applies to the vehicle, the Proton eMas 7 is sold with an eight-year/160,000 km EV warranty, which covers the EV components and the battery. We checked with Proton – if the battery’s state of health dips below 70% within those eight years, Proton will replace the entire battery for free, just like BYD and Chery. How’s that for peace of mind?
Moreover, according to Proton, internal tests show that after 921 complete charge and discharge cycles – which is equivalent to a mileage of 400,000 km – battery state of health is 90.5%, which ‘far exceeds international standards’.
With RM105,800 Prime and RM119,800 Premium variants (promo prices for the first 3,000 buyers), the Proton eMas 7’s 218 PS/320 Nm front-mounted electric motor is fed by Geely’s Aegis short blade lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, with capacities of 49.52 kWh for the Prime (enabling a 345 km WLTP range) and 60.22 kWh for the Premium (410 km).
Learn all about the Proton eMas 7 in our launch story, first drive report and walk-around video.
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10 years will be perfect.
LiFePo4 battery has the longest lifespan among all other li-ion variants battery. The downside is there’re slightly more costly and less energy density compares to Li-ion NMC battery.
what is the cost of battery replacement after the warranty?
Still, the question remains unanswered: how much will the cost be to replace the battery when warranty is over and SOH is poor? We just want to know.
Rule of thumb 50% of car price when new so you’ll be expecting RM50k
You can’t afford, you dont go for EV. Ask so much?
30% degradation is a lot… confident a bit at least kasih 80% if not 90%.
So >7yo RV=Trash
C’mon gimme a break. You think geely is Tesla? Even if I give you 80% after 7 years it’s software manipulation. Do verify with a certified independent workshop on actual SOH
Tested to 400k km and achieved SoH of 90%. In the other hand not confident enough to set the warranty at 90% or even 80% at a fraction of that mileage
MY typically change car every 5 years, but you can imagine how shitty the 2nd hand of this Emas after 5 years (3 years left on the battery and all know min 5 digits to replace it). oh man, we are not 1st world country yet who can afford to dump the car after 5 years and fork out the full down payment again to buy another one
Not bad at all Proton, not bad.
This would make a good 2nd car/city car i guess for those that yang mampu. but for longer distances, i dont think our charging facilities has caught up with the EV craze yet. Perhaps a few more years down the road for marhaens like me to consider since we have limited cars at home haha.
Next is Perodua. Once these 2 national carmakers do their own EV, i think charging facilities is going to improve in our nation. this would def help make owning an EV more feasible in the future
What do you call a person who pays about RM40k more to buy a lower spec same car?
Guess the word start with the letter ‘I’.
Can’t really think of anything else for this car.
rm120k 8 years a better buy than the x70,x50 if u own a proper landed house to charge the car. In 8 years fuel and maintenance saves a lot.