Perodua has released a teaser of its first-ever EV, and the video shows the front of the car for a split second. Our rendering car detective Theophilus Chin has frozen and brightened the frame you see above to reveal the car’s license plate, which reads ‘QV-E’, confirming the name we’ve been using all along to address the P2 EV.
“Electric mobility for all. It started as a dream. But with local hearts and hands, that dream became a reality: the first 100% Malaysian EV. Not just built here, but built with vision, a vision to strengthen an ecosystem, jobs, talent and technology. Making EVs more affordable and sustainability more real. Because when we build from home, we build a future for all,” the narrator reads.
The video ends with the sentence “from the hands of Malaysians comes the power to move Malaysia”. Is this a not-so-subtle dig at Proton, which eMas EVs are rebadged Geely models imported CBU from China? Only P2 would know… Anyway, the QV-E, branded as a ‘major national agenda’ by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, will be launched by the Prime Minister at the end of this month.
Malaysia’s first proprietary EV has been designed and developed in-house by Perodua and the company’s president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told us that P2 owns the (IP) intellectual property for the EV’s design and platform. Yes, platform too – Perodua’s first EV will use CATL-supplied LFP batteries, but that’s the extent of the Chinese battery giant’s involvement – not a CATL skateboard.
We took a closer look at the QV-E cross-section at the recent GATE 2025 show and saw that the battery capacity is 52.5 kWh. We’re told we can expect a range of between 250 and 250 miles in the real world. If true, this is significantly more than the range of the eMas 5 and competes with the eMas 7, which reaches a maximum of 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 well ahead of the just-launched eMas 5, which is instead quoted with 0-50 km/h figures.
As far as price is concerned, the Perodua QV-E will not undercut the eMas 5 (RM57k to RM70k with early bird discounts) – expect it to be around RM80k. One bold and new feature, however, is the ‘guaranteed future value’ plan Zainal talked about earlier: GFV, used by premium brands like Mercedes-Benz, will protect buyers from the sharp depreciation of electric cars. P2’s battery leasing program is also not offered by any other EV vendor in Malaysia.
The point of having a homegrown EV is also to build a local EV ecosystem, and Perodua is targeting around 50% local content for its EV by mid-2026, which is an admirable goal. This will most likely not include key components such as the battery and electric motor – which will come from China – but there are plans to localize these as well. However, sufficient volume is required before this makes business sense.
Read all about Perodua’s first EV here and find out more about the recently launched P-Circle app that owners will use, as well as the wallbox home charger with a CCTV camera, ambient lighting and a touchscreen control panel.
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