now you know why Geely is smart in acquiring 49% in Proton. they can basically exploit the Malaysian market and at the same time, eliminate other China competitors.

they already had Daihatsu/Toyota with them and the Japanese will deem P2 collaborating with the Chinese a betrayal and will definitely pull out of the existing partnership and with the partnership gone, 90% of P2's inventory will be gone too haha.

alot of people believe that pure EV is the way of the future so cannot blame P2 also want to capitalized on that.

given P2's record, it is very likely that they'd just end up borrowing one of Toyota's outdated EV drivetrain and plug it in. more cost effective and Malaysians generally don't care what's underneath as long as they "have it".