Perodua has published the service schedule for the Perodua QV-E on the official website for the electric fastback. Also included in the schedule is the cost that owners have to pay during each service interval.
Based on the schedule, the preventive maintenance services that are listed for the QV-E are fairly standard for many EVs in Malaysia:
You are looking at cabin filter replacement on an annual basis or every 20,000km, whichever comes first. Lubricants for QV-E’s electric drive system (EDS) and brakes should be replaced every 40,000km / 2 years, while the EV’s coolant should be changed at the 5-year mark.
Inside QV-E’s owner’s manual, the coolant reservoir for EDS and the battery are listed separately. So, we assumed the coolant for both components would be replaced during the said service interval.
It’s cheaper to maintain QV-E than Perodua’s ICE vehicles
As mentioned earlier, the total cost to perform preventive maintenance services on the QV-E is RM2,520.50 over a period of 9 years. That figure is much lower than the total service cost for any of Perodua’s current ICE vehicles.
You can check out the service cost for Perodua’s ICE vehicles, including Axia, Bezza, Myvi, Ativa, Alza, Aruz, and Traz on the brand’s official website. However, the listing maxes out at 100,000km, which is equivalent to 5 years of ownership.
The massive differences between QV-E’s service cost and its ICE siblings were not surprising. This is because service intervals for EVs are much longer, while fewer parts need to be replaced during service, such as spark plugs, engine air filter, and engine oil filter.
As you can see in our table above, the service interval of a Perodua ICE vehicle is every 10,000km or 6 months. That means, a Perodua ICE vehicle has to be serviced twice a year, as opposed to the QV-E’s service interval, which is every 20,000km or once a year.
Ultimately, here’s the main point behind this comparison: the most expensive Perodua vehicle to date (RM109,700 – inclusive of 9-year battery leasing plan) is the cheapest Perodua model to maintain. Interesting, right?
QV-E costs more to maintain than e.MAS 5, though
How about against other EVs? Well, the maintenance cost of QV-E is higher than that of Proton e.MAS 5 but still lower than the Proton e.MAS 7 and TQ Wuling Bingo.
While Proton and Perodua have listed the maintenance fee for their EVs up to 205,000km / 120 months and 190,000km / 108 months, respectively, but the service schedule that we received from TQ Wuling was only up to 100,000km / 60 months. Hence, that is why our comparison above is only up until that duration.
