Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) has handed over two units of the Nissan Kicks e-Power to the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) for a two-month proof of concept (POC) evaluation programme, the company has announced.
The evaluation programme is conducted with no obligation, and the vehicles will undergo real-world police patrol assessments in order to be evaluated for their performance, practicality and suitability for frontline police operations, ETCM stated.
“As we continuously explore solutions that can enhance operational effectiveness, it is important that any new technology is assessed under real-world conditions. This proof of concept programme enables us to evaluate the performance of the Nissan Kicks e-Power, practicality and suitability for frontline operations.
“The insights gained will contribute to our ongoing efforts to identify mobility solutions that best support the operational needs of the Royal Malaysia Police,” said commissioner of police Redzuan bin Abd Hamid, director of logistics and technology department of the Royal Malaysia Police headquarters at Bukit Aman.
Launched in Malaysia in December 2024, the Nissan Kicks e-Power arrived in two variants – the VL that is priced at RM113,800, and the VLT that is priced RM121,800, and an additional RM4,000 for a black roof finish on the latter; prices are OTR without insurance.
Powertrain for the Nissan Kicks e-Power is a front-mounted 129 PS/280 Nm electric motor that pairs with a HR12DE 1.2 litre three-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol engine that outputs 82 PS and 103 Nm, which serves as a generator for the 2.06 kWh battery, with no mechanical link to the driven wheels.
This enables a 0-100 km/h time of 9.5 seconds, while fuel consumption is a claimed 21.7 km per litre for a total range of up to 900 km from its 41 litre fuel tank.
The facelifted version of the P15 Nissan Kicks was shown at the 2026 Bangkok International Motor Show, and this wears styling drawn from the Nissan Kait for the Brazil market.
Nissan Kicks e-Power Impul Edition at Malaysia Autoshow 2025
Nissan Kicks e-Power Impul Edition official images
Nissan Kicks e-Power
from RM113,800 
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from RM154,800 
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from RM98,600 
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from RM83,888 
Nissan Leaf
from RM168,888 
Nissan NV200
from RM79,800 
0-100km in 11 seconds, can it outrun criminals?
BS it’s 9.5sec official and I clocked I slightly faster than that. It’s more powerful that turds like HR-V and Corolla Cross. Sure on the motorway the engine is constantly running at a low rpm to charge the battery and maintain buffer where as HR-V and Cross use engine exclusively resulting in better motorway mileage. But in the city and picking up speed its not even close Kicks destroys all other hybrids. Period.
The polis force not ready to use full on EVs because they cannot afford to waste 30mins to 1hrs charging up. That could change if there are batteries in the near future that can handle lots of high DoD on fast charging without crystal cracking impacting cell life.
Good! … make good use of it. Police patrol vehicle useage is brutal. daily use and high mileage used. this will give a good test of reliability and suitability for real world assessment… no need theoretical guessing
thats not true as police cars are usually seen stopped by the side of teh road at emergency, asking other motorists for brib…sorry i mean donation.
Nissan SA 3 months ago told me there’s a huge discount of about RM22k for the Kicks, as too much stock from 2025 still unsold. Perhaps now they can sell it at a discount to PDRM.
Tan Chong…the writing is on the wall.
Even mighty Toyota admitted lately they cant compete on price alone with Chinese marques.
Nissan,after the Ghosn fiasco never recovered.
The proposed merger with Honda also kaput.
Makes more sense ETCM bring in more China cars besides the Wuling Bingo.
I think the current bunch of Directors should make a melanchong sambil belajar visit to Anthony Tan( nephew to one of the Tans) of Grab.
Never too late to learn from a younger entrepreneur.
mana ada kick? power pun hampeh…
how to chase criminals using conti killer taxi S70??
I have no idea how suitable this is going to be as a police vehicle, but why are the comments sections of stories like this always populated by flocks of the typical Need for Speed man-child who think the sole criteria for police vehicles is how much power they output to handle pursuits?
Exactly. It’s about handling, maintenance, less dependancy on fuel, performance and long term use. I wouldn’t mind one
Nissan make good cars.
But its etcm and its vendor supplier networks who spoiled the brand.
Nissan Japan should follow Honda Hyundai footsteps, just take over our Malaysian etcm factory operations.
Nissan has no money to spare
nissan worlwide is losing money and going bnakrupt soon . they were begging for a merger with honda and mitsubishi to save them . it all started when they backstabbed their saviour carlos ghosn. are you going to blame all of these antics on ECTM ?
The car is solid, the local car company pushing them out is sus (also the parent company is not doing too good either). There’s a RM22k rebate on this thing. There’s also a RM25k rebate on the Navara, and more 5 digit rebates on the X-Trail and so on. What does that tell you?
They’re all not selling (5 digit rebates are insane). And when something does not sell, no matter how good it is, the company is not long for this world. Or that they won’t be selling it for long, and that’s bad news to owners.