Perodua QV-E name confirmed for ‘the first 100% Malaysian EV’ – PMX launching it end of this month

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Perodua has released a teaser of its archetypal ever EV, and successful the video, the car’s beforehand extremity is shown for a divided second. Our rendering whiz cum car detective Theophilus Chin froze the framework you spot supra and brightened it to amusement the car’s fig plate, which reads ‘QV-E’, confirming the sanction we’ve been utilizing each this portion to code the P2 EV.

“Electric mobility for all. It began arsenic conscionable a dream. But with section hearts and hands, that imagination became existent – the archetypal 100% Malaysian EV. Not conscionable built here, but built with vision, a imaginativeness to powerfulness an ecosystem, jobs, talent, technology. Making EVs much affordable, and sustainability much real. Because erstwhile we physique from home, we physique a aboriginal for everyone,” the narrator reads.

The video ends with the enactment “from the hands of Malaysians comes the powerfulness to determination Malaysia”. Is this a not-so-subtle excavation astatine Proton, which eMas EVs are rebadged Geely models that are CBU imported from China? Only P2 would know… Anyway, the QV-E, branded arsenic an ‘important nationalist agenda’ by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, volition beryllium launched by the PM astatine the end of this month.

Malaysia’s archetypal homegrown EV is designed and developed in-house by Perodua and the company’s president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told america that P2 holds the (IP) intelligence spot for the EV’s plan and platform. Yes, level excessively – Perodua’s archetypal electrical car volition usage CATL-supplied LFP batteries, but that’s the grade of the Chinese artillery giant’s engagement – nary CATL skateboard.

We got up adjacent with the QV-E transverse conception astatine the caller GATE 2025 show and saw that the artillery capableness is 52.5 kWh. We’ve been told to expect real-world scope of betwixt 400 to 410 km. If true, this is usefully much than the eMas 5’s scope and rivals the eMas 7, which maxes retired astatine 410 km WLTP. Perodua’s show targets for its EV – 0-100 km/h betwixt six and 7 seconds, and a apical velocity of astir 160 km/h – are besides streets up of the just-launched eMas 5, which is quoted with 0-50 km/h figures instead.

Price wise, the Perodua QV-E volition not undercut the eMas 5 (RM57k to RM70k with aboriginal vertebrate rebates) – expect it to beryllium astir the RM80k mark. However, 1 brave and caller diagnostic is the ‘guaranteed aboriginal value’ strategy that Zainal antecedently mentioned – GFV, utilized by premium makes specified arsenic Mercedes-Benz, volition shield buyers from the steep depreciation of EVs. Also not offered by immoderate different EV seller successful Malaysia present is P2’s artillery leasing scheme.

The constituent of having a homegrown electrical car is besides to physique up a section ecosystem for EVs, and Perodua is targeting astir 50% section contented for its EV by the mediate of 2026, which is an admirable goal. This astir most apt won’t see cardinal components specified arsenic the artillery and electrical centrifugal – which volition travel from China – but determination are plans to localise these too. However, capable measurement is needed earlier this makes concern sense.

Read each astir Perodua’s archetypal EV here, and find retired much astir the recently-launched P-Circle app that its owners volition use, arsenic good arsenic the wallbox location charger which has a CCTV camera, ambient lighting and a touchscreen power panel.

Hang on, it’s conscionable astir the country now!