Perodua has followed up its QV-E video teaser released last Friday with smaller teasers showing glimpses of its first EV. Honestly, there’s nothing much to share in terms of new angles/features that we’ve not seen so far – what’s more striking for us is the messaging.
The fourth and latest teaser released a few hours ago repeats the line “from the hands of Malaysians comes the power to move Malaysia”. The YouTube clip’s caption reads “Built with our hands. Charged for our tomorrow. A spark lighting the road ahead and ready to move every one of us forward. The future is almost ready to roll out.” The second video titled “Engineering the Next Era of Mobility” emphasises “100% Malaysian R&D”.
The message from P2 is clear – this is Malaysia’s first homegrown EV. “Electric mobility for all. It began as just a dream. But with local hearts and hands, that dream became real – the first 100% Malaysian EV. Not just built here, but built with vision, a vision to power an ecosystem, jobs, talent, technology. Making EVs more affordable, and sustainability more real. Because when we build from home, we build a future for everyone,” the first teaser‘s narrator reads. The videos are embedded below, check them out.
Is this a not-so-subtle dig at Proton, which eMas EVs are rebadged Geely models that are CBU imported from China? Only P2 itself knows… Anyway, the QV-E, branded as an ‘important national agenda’ by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, will be launched by the PM at the end of this month.
Malaysia’s first homegrown EV is designed and developed in-house by Perodua and the company’s president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told us that P2 holds the (IP) intellectual property for the EV’s design and platform. Yes, platform too – Perodua’s first electric car will use CATL-supplied LFP batteries, but that’s the extent of the Chinese battery giant’s involvement – no CATL skateboard.
We got up close with the QV-E cross section at the recent GATE 2025 show and saw that the battery capacity is 52.5 kWh. We’ve been told to expect real-world range of between 400 to 410 km. If true, this is usefully more than the eMas 5’s range and rivals the eMas 7, which maxes out at 410 km WLTP. Perodua’s performance targets for its EV – 0-100 km/h between six and seven seconds, and a top speed of around 160 km/h – are also streets ahead of the just-launched eMas 5, which is quoted with 0-50 km/h figures instead.
Price wise, the Perodua QV-E will not undercut the eMas 5 (RM57k to RM70k with early bird rebates) – expect it to be around the RM80k mark. The company says that it’s not targeting the masses with the QV-E, and as such ultimate affordability isn’t the main goal.
One brave and novel feature is the ‘guaranteed future value’ scheme that Zainal previously mentioned – GFV, used by premium makes such as Mercedes-Benz, will shield buyers from the steep depreciation of EVs. Also not offered by any other EV seller in Malaysia now is P2’s battery leasing scheme.
Ecosystem is one of Zainal Abidin’s favourite topics and the point of having a homegrown electric car is also to develop a local ecosystem for EV production. On this front, Perodua is targeting around 50% local content for its EV by the middle of 2026, which is an admirable goal.
This most probably won’t include key components such as the battery and electric motor – which will still come from China – but there are plans to localise these too. However, sufficient volume is needed before this makes business sense, and that’s a bridge to cross later.
Read all about Perodua’s first EV here, and find out more about the recently-launched P-Circle app that its owners will use, as well as the wallbox home charger which has a CCTV camera, ambient lighting and a touchscreen control panel.
Are you excited to see what Perodua came up with in just two years? We’re about a week away from the launch, when everything can be revealed, including the identity of a big-name global automotive company that consulted in the P01A project. Stay tuned!
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The ultimate compliment for Perodua would be for Daihatsu to rebadge it for other markets.
on Point,
Don’t need the Toyota Urban Cruiser EV that shares with Suzuki eVitara right?
Elsewhere Toyota is selling the new beauty, like the BZ3X at New Generation pricing point happening now at RHD market in Hong Kong.
the already did with daihatsu sirion in indonesia
depends. Daihatsu all along would rebadge cars to sell as their own. but this is only for 3rd world (emerging) markets such as SEA. For instance, the Axia.
Daihatsu already rebadged the new Myvi for Indonesian market, I think
Perodua finally stands up and lead the way in automotive design. truly local effort although integrating mature components from foreign supplier. it is wise and probably the right way to proceed in this automotive industry now. good luck to perodua.. there are still a lot of works need to be done. need to continue development to keep up with fast changes and their supply chain need to be super efficient to face chinese challenges
Good progress for Perodua. However, economies of scale should still be of concern. If the volume of Perodua’s EV is low, how will their small market share allow them to iron out the bugs of an unproven platform and improve it for the second iteration? Established EV platforms have been put through thousands of guinea pig consumers to get to their current level of maturity, and yet they’re still not problem-free.
Perhaps introduce REEV version of it (1.0L generator engine + EV), or even petrol version as new Ativa to recoup the cost break-even.
Worst case scenario of making loss, Perodua would not ask bailout tongkat craps from MITI govt unlike the other brand.
I don’t trust Perodua R&D capability
It’s ok, not many will trust your judgement anyway.
behind is daihatsu and toyota so should be ok. can see their dna in the car design
Yeah, looks like you agree too the ‘100% Malaysian developed EV’ claim is pure BS.
Perodua not targetting the masses then target what? just be honest that technology from jepunis and with the small volume, there is not way you can compete price on the same turf with say proton. Geely has the economy of scales in the homeland. just need to pay a bit more for logistic. in my opinion, if cannot target masses then no point to launch EV. just continue to milk the ICE market until the end. the final chapter is the same
yup its obvious, tech and r&d is backed by japanese. proton would have the upper hand on ev with geely backing. geely is ahead of all the japanese marques for ev.
sorry….wa lagi takut….
Cheap things no good, good things no cheap
Not putting my hard earned money on this. I’ll wait and let others try it first.
The last we heard about ‘Important (automotive) national agenda’ was year 1985, the year Proton started selling Saga. What do we get? CBU import Duty (140-300%), CKD Import Duty (40%), Excise Duty, Sales Tax, AP System, Mandatory Deletion Program (MDP). All these supposed to be “Temporary” protection end up still haunting consumers 40 years later.
Next year onwards, we all can say goodbye to the vibrant choices of EVs from many brands, most EV will be priced out from normal consumer. The only choice will be P2 EV with Bank loans + Battery Leasing payment for next 9 years.
Ya that is the point, it is used to protect those lazy pigs that can’t innovate, and they have to rely on a rigged market to actually survive
Haiya..all this while P2 salemen said P2 JDM Daihatsu Toyota, not like P1. Earlier timing belt also cannot mentiin anymore now homegrown?
P2 main selling point has always been the connection to Daihatsu and Toyota. How to convince buyers if this not using Japanese techs?
It depends on our Malaysia people want to supports our own country brand or not. If lets say selling price at rm80k, there are more advanced sub rm100k china model with big discount out there to choose.
gomen will again force people to buy these local trash. The way is as usual, impose high tariff on non-national brands. Gee, thanks Perodua.
Let’s be real. Perodua’s main selling point is they are selling Daihatsu (and Toyota) cars at cheaper prices. Simply put, buyers buy Perodua not because they are patriotic but because they have the perception Perodua cars are Toyotas on the cheap. Take that Toyota connection out, then buyers will have less confidence of Perodua products.
At one point they want to make EV more affordable but at the same point they mention their EV is not for the masses….
People buy P2 coz their cars are cheap and they are expert at making cheap cars. If they decide to take a dip in the upmarket segment then it will take a long2 time for customer to be willing to spend above 80k or 90k for a Perodua or worst, it will fail.
Hyundai and KIA tried to steal some sale from BMW and Merc when they came out with their 5 series & E class rival. It just dont work due to ‘value’ associated with their brand.
The insiders know they use ‘outsiders’ to do the job for them.. interesting to see how far they will use that ‘100% Malaysian’ message.
Whether the “dig” is subtle or not, it is the truth. It is the first Malaysian produced EV… Not simply assembled here and yet called Malaysia’s first EV. And the first batch was even CBU and dare to call it Malaysian. Now that’s a joke and that’s what should have been criticized. So bravo to Perodua on their marketing so far. Facts are facts…
Fact: This is using various major parts from other countries. So, how do you still call it 100% Malaysian R&D? Even P2 salesmen feeling less confident because it’s not using Toyota techs like other P2 models.
Very Simple. Do just like out FAM did, give them “Citizenship”. Foreign Engineer become Malaysian, EV system Master blueprint Patent is Malaysian, but if read to the details on every single components, we can see all the important designs & parts (Inverter, Motor, Transmission, cooling system) all have “patents” that belongs to Daihatsu/Toyota/Denso/Aisin. Perodua own only the “Assembly” and maybe the outer shell and designed or “Wires”.