According to online sources, if below 70% health or issues with battery not due to user problem, perodua will change FOC as many times as needed within 9 years. If accident, insurance will cover the cost of repair or replacement.

If after leasing period ends after 9 years, no need to change or renew leasing or pay. But battery remains with Perodua ownership. If want to change battery, sign a new 9 year lease.

This scheme is stupid.

Sum insured is RM80k only. The RM275+8% SST is inclusive of takaful insurance. If accident, battery died, Perodua battery insurance will kick in. Just not sure what happens if:

1. Original owner sell the car to Perodua on Year 5 with 80% battery health.
2. Will the new owner only can continue the 80% battery health with 4 years contract remaining @ RM297/m OR
3, Can the new owner insist on getting a new battery with a new 9 year contract @ RM297/m <-- seems like this is fairer, but Perodua will bear the loss.

Resale value is artificially controlled by Perodua, since you can only sell back / or buy from them. Never with 3rd party. Unsure if in the future, what will happen if the 2nd value is high, would there be a market for it.

The wording is there to satisfy their sukuk or islamic loan or takaful insurance that Perodua is having. Unsure how they would enforce those things. Or even worse, nullify the agreement if you are going non-shariah compliant things.

Weird thing to include that if you ask me.

Actually, if consider fuel cost, I'm already paying lower energy cost compared to petrol. My previous Honda Civic is roughly 12.2km/l, and my current ride BYD Sealion 7 is roughly 20kwh/100km. My electricity cost (charging off peak with current rebates RM0.34/kwh https://www.mytnb.com.my/tariff/index.html?....47#calculator)

It will cost me RM6.80 to travel 100km on my EV, compared to RM16.30 if using RM1.99 RON95 via my Honda Civic.

But ROI, definitely different coz different car altogether. Just comparing running cost and not TCO.

Reducing tank size, I agree (battery degradation). Travelling outstation - my previous travelling pattern is 80% city, 20% highway, so I already factored that all in (RM0.34 for home and RM1.70 for highway), so I still am lowering my cost for "fuel" roughly RM800/year if I calculated correctly. I also no need to replace battery while still under warranty and my loan will finish before the warranty ends anyway. The only downside is resale value (if any). Prepared to take a hit on that also,

Agree on the price of the sealion is significantly higher, but I'm just giving facts that my "fuel cost" is lower. But they should have lower cost for "energy" as my BYD is notorious for being inefficient. that 20kwh/100 is conservative already.