Perodua remains committed to launching its first-ever electric vehicle with a maximum price tag of RM80,000. This was confirmed by the President and CEO of Perodua, Zainal Abidin Ahmad, during the launch of the automaker’s new super app, P-Circle.
This is despite mounting pressure from other competitors, especially fellow national automaker, Proton, which has recently revealed the RM60,000 to RM80,000 estimated price tag for e.MAS 5. Perodua will be offering its EV using the Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) model.
Perodua EV homologation completed, pilot production in progress
Meanwhile, Zainal has also confirmed that the launch of Perodua EV is also on schedule, which will take place by the end of this year. This is also being reflected by the countdown inside the new app, which points to 11:59 PM on 31 December 2025
That being said, Zainal stated that the launch will likely occur much earlier than that. The CEO also pointed out that the company has completed the homologation process for the EV, and several units have been produced through trial production.
Not only that, we were also told that test drive sessions could be available as early as mid-November.
Perodua might increase EV production capacity
When asked by media members whether there will be any changes to Perodua EV’s production plan, Zainal said that Perodua is looking to increase the monthly production rate for its new EV.
“…now we are considering to increase (production)…maybe up to 2,500 per month.
Because I think the offering that we give is actually not only the EV product, but this P-Circle is one of the propositions that customers might choose. So, we are actually working very hard to have that 2,500 (units) as a capacity.” – Zainal Abidin Ahmad, President & CEO, Perodua.
Earlier this year, Zainal said that Perodua has decided to turn its new EV into a mass-production model with production capacity of up to 2,000 units per month. The original production target was only 500 units per month.
Perodua is also looking to increase local content within its EV. The current target is to have more than 50% of local content by June 2026, according to Zainal.
Unlike Proton, which has created e.MAS as the sub-brand for its New Energy Vehicle (NEV) lineup, Perodua is not planning to establish an EV-specific sub-brand or dealership. Nevertheless, only selected Perodua dealerships will be able to offer the EV initially due to limited production capacity.
