GIIAS 2023: Chery Omoda 5 EV now in RHD, open for booking in Indonesia – coming to Malaysia next year

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Chery is assertive not lone successful Malaysia, but successful Indonesia too. In fact, the outward reasoning Wuhu-based carmaker made its instrumentality to the Indonesia marketplace earlier the marque was relaunched successful Malaysia, and it has an assembly works successful the republic too.

At the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) 2023, Chery displayed the 2 SUVs that were precocious launched successful Malaysia – the Omoda 5 and Tiggo 8 Pro – though the second is an older mentation of what we’re getting. On the main signifier astatine ICE BSD is the Omoda 5 EV, and Chery Indonesia has announced that the electrical SUV is present unfastened for booking.

This is fundamentally the aforesaid car that we showed you from Auto Shanghai 2023 successful April, wherever the Omoda 5 EV made its debut, down to the blue/pale wood interior that I like. There’s 1 captious quality though – portion the Shanghai showcar was a left-hand thrust example, the car astatine GIIAS is right-hand drive, which means that LHD-to-RHD conversion enactment is implicit up of income successful Indonesia and Malaysia.

Elsewhere, lone the beforehand badging is different. It present reads Chery alternatively of Omoda due to the fact that the Omoda sub-brand exists successful China whereas main marque Chery is conscionable starting to re-establish itself successful ASEAN. The rear extremity has besides been filled with with badges, accumulation car-style – there’s Chery bridging the process lamps, Omoda 5 and the all-important EV badge.

We recognize that the Omoda 5 EV volition participate Malaysia arsenic a CBU China import, taking vantage of our country’s existent duty-free incentives for imported EVs. This is successful opposition to the CKD section assembly way for the interior combustion engined Omoda 5.

The Omoda 5 EV has a 61 kWh artillery successful the floorpan powering a 221 hp (165 kW) motor. The 0-100 km/h sprint is done successful 7.8 seconds, and Chery claims powerfulness ratio of 15 kWh per 100 km. As for DC accelerated charging, Chery quotes 35 minutes to get from 0-80% SOC. Claimed scope is 450 km per afloat charge, but enactment that Chinese carmakers usually usage the home CLTC, which typically gives bigger numbers than NEDC, ne'er caput the much real-world WLTP.

Compared to the ICE Omoda 5, the EV has a precise antithetic face. Gone is the elaborate patterned grille that’s a love-or-hate affair, and successful comes a cleaner, much accepted chemoreceptor that’s blocked off, arsenic cooling is not required. No logo, arsenic Chery is spelled retired connected the chemoreceptor supra the charging flap. There are besides aero wheels rendered successful two-tone.

Inside, some the GIIAS and Shanghai amusement cars person a precise absorbing colour strategy with bluish arsenic the main hue, contrasted by yellowish stitching and airy wood trim – precise refreshing. The steering brag has an Omoda logo, and the modern dashboard’s co-joined screens and angled telephone slots remain. The ICE car’s cogwheel lever has been deleted.

The Omoda 5 EV is coming to Malaysia adjacent year. What bash you deliberation of the electrical version’s cleaner look versus the elaborate ICE look, and the tech specs?

GALLERY: Chery Omoda 5 EV astatine GIIAS 2023