Perodua president and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad has told Careta in a video interview that the QV-E has collected 205 bookings since the launch of the national carmaker’s first EV on December 1, and that some 40 units, mostly showroom and test drive cars (test drives at eight outlets only), have been registered to date.
“Internally, we are facing some production problems with regard to the QV-E. We have been accustomed to very high quality standards, learnt from Japan. With the QV-E, we have found that some of our new suppliers, including from China, do not meet our quality standards,” Zainal said, adding that there are now 30 Perodua personnel in China monitoring the supplier(s) to ensure adherence to standard operating procedures.
Exactly which and how many of the QV-E’s numerous components are sourced from China is not public knowledge except for the 52.5 kWh LFP battery, which comes from CATL – the world’s biggest EV battery manufacturer. The Proton eMas 5 also uses CATL batteries.
So what about the 500-unit monthly target? “To be fair, at launch time (December), we weren’t going to achieve production of 500 units a month; we’d planned to start full production in January. It’s achievable based on our initial plan, but we decided to limit test drive cars to eight outlets as this is our first EV and also our first vehicle with many critical items from China, so our confidence to push for sales here is relatively low, despite there being market demand,” said Zainal.
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there are variety China Vendors from cheap to expensive. from bad to good who are competing aggressively for new demands, setting new standards other vendors can’t match.
Looks like Perodua has chosen it’s path and leading a selected Vendors. the world is moving to a new Great Standards.
What expensive in China?
Maduro’s radar not expensive? How did it end up?
maduro should have relied on local bodyguards instead of foreign cuban contingent, same like how proton and perodua relies on local engineers and vendors.
So, what about all of the bragging about “100% Malaysian EV”?
Developed and built in Malaysia. Phase 1 some cricital components would be supplied from external vendors.
Phase 2, all local parts.
podua should have asked their usual japaneese suppliers and vendors for help
Talk about supporting Msian local vendors but here using China parts, perhaps from the same supplier as Geely pulak. Just waiting for when Dr Li buys out P2 and end its charade of being a fake national carmaker.
Sounds like too low a volume to meet the MOQ from the vendors to maintain price. Now blame outside pula…it’s ok to admit it’s not working. We can understand that. If the japanese can’t even compete in the ev field, how could Perodua? No technology no Volume. Going in probably because had a gun on the head only
2026 1st ever joke in bolehland
“Boleh, pun utk kreta yg x boleh”
Ouch, that’s gotta hurt.
Market demand mana tu Tuan Zainal….205 hardly a demand
no other car company in the world dare to do ah long business under the guise of batery rental service
Please conduct an interview with the 205 people who placed the bookings.. And ask them what were they thinking.. Or some logical explanation
At least proton don’t do side ah long business like Perutdua leasing
Perodua QV-E= Perodua Nautical V2
V3. Aruz was Nautica V2.
At least the Aruz sell quite well. You can see them everyday in the streets. So it is not considered Nautica faith
Sugar-coated statement. “…including from China” means local vendors as well. Not just China vendors
One way to burn bridges – they’ll be lucky if P2 still maintain their QC
The strength of an automotive company is the combined strength of it’s supply chain. Any weak link will break the company!!! Perodua hv a lot of lessons to learn about developing own models..
Volvos are manufactured in China. Don’t blame China for your own internal issues la. Typical rent seeking attitude.
proton already sold thousands of emas EVs , didnt face any problem with china vendors also .
Biasalah tu! Semua salah org lain salah, sendiri tak bersalah! Semua salah DAP!
Sound like they have gotten an exit plan…. which is blaming vendors.
205 units booked by staff and government departments. How many units booked by regular folks? Zero.
Since QVE launch until now, Proton and BYD EVs racked up thousands of units booked. If the demand is really high, it would at least look comparable to eMas 7 bookings but it’s not. Chances are more BYD Seals have been sold during that same time frame.
P.S. Perhaps the only China-made part that met their standards are those Purosangue-copy rims. They look pretty fine.
Just point fingers and BLAME LAA.
Typical attitude after failure, it’s always others at fault
I thought Malaysian made. Now China parts pulak? Pity…..
“We have been accustomed to very high quality standards”…is this a joke ??
Don’t blame China for your under-delivery