While public response has been muted so far, the Perodua QV-E is just the start of the national carmaker’s electrification strategy. Its first fully in-house-developed platform, developed in partnership with Austria’s Magna Steyr, is set […]
Modularity may allow for applications beyond what the Perodua QV-E is right now, but one thing is for sure – there won’t be an internal combustion engine (ICE) model based on it. This was revealed […]
Exports are not an impossibility for the QV-E, but rather than simply shoving them on to a ship bound for an island nation or two, Perodua is thinking of something quite different this time. After […]
Perodua is aiming for a full localisation of the QV-E battery-electric model in June this year, Perodua CEO and president Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad has told Careta in an interview. Vendors for Perodua are […]
Perodua president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad has told Careta in a video interview that the Bezza in its current form will soldier on until 2030 – no new model is planned for […]
Perodua Myvi 20th anniversary render by Theophilus Chin Perodua capped off a record year with the launch of not one, but two models – its first EV in the QV-E and its flagship model in […]
Perodua president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad has told Careta in a video interview that the QV-E has collected 205 bookings since the launch of the national carmaker’s first EV on December 1, […]
Proton has announced it delivered a total of 3,276 eMas cars to customers in the month of January 2026, which averages out to over 100 units a day. According to data from the road transport […]
Launched last month, the Perodua Traz is a B-segment SUV that sits in between the automaker’s compact Ativa and larger Aruz. Measuring in at 4,310 mm long, 1,770 mm wide and 1,655 mm tall, with […]
Proton aims to more than double local procurement value from Malaysian vendors to RM8 billion by 2030, from RM4 billion attained last year, the carmaker has stated. This is aimed at adding economic value, facilitate […]
Following the transport ministry‘s recent launch of the matching grant programme to scrap vehicles aged 20 and up, Proton has announced that it will give Saga and eMas 5 buyers a trade-in incentive of up […]
MCE Holdings (MCE) has announced it will supply automotive electronics and mechatronic components for a new Proton model. The contracts with an approximate value of RM37.9 million were awarded to MCE’s subsidiaries, Multi-Code Electronics Industries […]
Keeping an eye on the competition is all part of business, and Proton is very much aware that the local market has seen an influx of Chinese players – the company gave us its own […]
At Proton’s media night yesterday, CEO Li Chunrong touted the achievements the national carmaker has made since it entered a “strategic partnership” with Geely back in 2017 (and the eight years since he was tapped […]
Hips don’t lie, Shakira once said. Well, neither can numbers, and the V-shaped graph above makes it clear as day the impact marrying Geely has had on Proton’s sales. Anyone here yet to find a […]
