Just came back from Pauline's ACE 2024 in Setia Alam. Proton announced their e.Mas 7 goes for RM120K! Rebate 1.5K for booking now. Suicide pricing for national car? Even if CKD, I doubt it can a lot lower.

More expensive than Tesla because need to buy 2.

Not on my car buying list due to rather expensive & worry abt catching fire due to battery issue.

Then a car is not suitable for you since every car has risks of fire.

I hv 5 ICE cars at home but no EV, so far no fire risk.
Worry if buy EV, house burn down while charging on on the road.

RM1,000 worth of gift + RM500 cashback, so I think technically is just RM500 rebate. The other RM1,000 comes in form of gifts I guess, probably 3pin charger or so.

Proton X70 goes up to 126k... this one if tops out at 129k seems pretty good deal? Technically speaking if compare to other EV in this class in Malaysia... where are the competitors?

Leapmotor C10 RM149,000 for introductory
BYD Atto 3 RM149,800 (I was offered RM135,000 some said can get RM120,000... but no luck on this one, interior is one that if you like it you like it... I didn't...).
Xpeng G6 RM165,000.

What other SUV within this size and price range, eg below 180k?

soyacincau mention in twitter/x said that RM 120k not starting or maximum price

This post has been edited by XeactorZ: Oct 26 2024, 03:35 PM

120k + or - is a good start. Right smack in there at the Neta X Comfort, GAC Aion Y plus Elite and MG ZS EV pricing range .

It gives incumbent BYD Atto 3, Chery Omoda E5, and any new comers a bit of pressure and may entail some form of pricing reworks.

More importantly it is now well position as a keenly priced EV replacement for the first ICE SUV by Geely-Proton here @Malaysia, which is already very long in tooth: X70

I'm guessing its 119k and 129k without insurance price.

You have 5 ICE cars at home = 5 times the risk

You better start worrying about your 5 ICE cars instead of the safer EV

Only possible fire risk for ICE cars is due to fuel leak onto hot exhaust or crash. I would worry more if there is an EV park or charging at home than 5 or more ICE cars parked at home.

That's your stone age perception lmaoooo. We are living in the AI era now brother, please move on and stop living in the past.

FYI, ICE cars' fire risks also include overheating engine and flammable engine oil & transmission fluid so I'd definitely park my car next to an EV instead of an ICE vehicle if there's an option.

Your choice. ICE car fires are caused by leaking fuel (petrol) after an accident or hose leak and drip onto hot engine part such as exhaust. Engine & transmission oils are non combustible.

https://youtu.be/SDN7iJMslWo?si=gvkYL6WxTP6lib19

Of course that's my choice and I'm pretty confident in my choice. I know engine & transmission oils are not highly flammable as fuel but they are still flammable to a certain extent so it's still a risk.

May I know what the point of your link is? I can find you 10 times the number of news on ICE car fire incidents if you want.

This post has been edited by HotshotS: Oct 27 2024, 09:49 PM

A point to note that the eMas has a 11kW OBC over the 7kW OBC that is used in the original car in China.

11kW OBC is very expensive.... BYD sold in Europe cost over rm230k++ compared to same model in Malaysia and Australia RM160k± due to us using 7kW OBC

No 10 years warranty, no buy

https://www.wapcar.my/news/estimated-from-r...pspec-x70-82452

I didn't think the 11kw OBC is that expensive...

Either ways I always prefer 3 phase OBC rather than single phase OBC...

The 7kW will pull 32A, which even if your house is 3 phase but heavily loaded also will overload that phase and require balancing.

FYI, if petrol car your also got fire risk as petrol or even the fumes leak it can burn fast also.
If you want lesser risk the best is Diesel as it wont combust easily and burn slowly compare to Petrol.

Personally, felt the car overpriced. Since it will be locally made, it should make it below 100k for majority of people to easy transit to EV.