It’s clear that development of Perodua’s first electric vehicle, the eMO (Electric Motion Online), is progressing at a rate of knots. Just five months after the eMO-II concept was shown on the Kuala Lumpur International Mobility Show (KLIMS), images of the hatchback have surfaced throughout social media, with these ones – posted by Meng Lee Chen on the paultan.org Automotive/Automobile Discussion Group on Facebook – giving the perfect view.
How will we know that that is definitively a Perodua? The trade plate number B3598A belongs to the national carmaker, having last been seen in these pages on a Daihatsu Move on test. Being that the automotive continues to be months away from its slated launch at the tip of the yr, the corporate has obviously seen fit to cover the test prototype in loads of camouflage, including some hard disguise across the front end and the rear windscreen to obscure the eMO’s true shape.
Still, it’s pretty clear that the eMO’s design will stay faithful to the show automotive. Look past the rear windscreen shroud (gives the automotive a little bit of a Citroën C4/Renault Avantime vibe, don’t you’re thinking that) and also you’ll see that the actual glass has a similarly fast rake to it.
Also carried over from the eMO-II are the thick C-pillars and the upswept window line, the latter helping to disguise the rear doors in concert with the hidden door handles. Further forwards, you’ll have the option to identify flush door handles for the front doors, plus a wraparound windscreen design with what is going to surely be blacked-out A-pillars, à la Ativa.
Not much will be seen from the blurry front photo, but we will see that the automotive has sprouted split front headlights, with the fundamental units visible lower down within the bumper. We will expect the production model to retain the eMO-II’s full-width light bar up top, in addition to the identical aggressive air intakes.
One thing that’s clear is that the production model will likely be significantly larger than the Myvi – the mule dwarfs the Honda City next to it, and it doesn’t look to be much lower than the Mitsubishi Triton behind it. This means that Perodua may position the automotive as an SUV as a substitute, as hinted at by the black plastic wheel arch trims.
Few technical details have been revealed just yet, but initial specs released at KLIMS include a zero-to-100 km/h sprint time of between six and 7 seconds, in addition to a spread of between 400 to 410 km from a CATL-sourced lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery. Perodua says it would initially import the battery and motor but plans to eventually assemble these components in-house.
The Perodua eMO is about to tackle Proton’s forthcoming small EV, widely tipped to be called the eMas 5. That automotive is about to be based on the Geely Xingyuan, which also has a maximum range of 410 km, this time on China’s ridiculously lenient CLTC cycle. Which one would you purchase? Hold forth within the comments after the jump.
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This Article First Appeared At paultan.org
