It’s no secret that the Perodua’s first-ever, self-developed EV (electric vehicle) was off to a less-than-ideal start.
That said, it appears that Perodua may have sorted out production issues, as Perodua’s President and CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told Careta in a video interview that the company faced production delays as Chinese suppliers do not meet Perodua’s quality standards.
Last month, Perodua recorded a total of 52 registrations for its QV-E – the highest figure since the model was launched in December 2025. To-date, Perodua has registered 102 units of its homegrown EV.
As a brief recap, the Perodua QV-E is Perodua’s first self-developed EV, without input from Daihatsu or Toyota. Instead, to develop their first-ever EV, Perodua reached out to Magna Steyr to jointly develop the QV-E’s platform – one that has been developed to accommodate hybrids (HEV) and range extender EVs (REEV).
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Motivation comes from a front-mounted electric motor that delivers 150 kW (204 PS) and 285 Nm of torque, juiced by a CATL-sourced 52.5-kWh LFP battery pack. Under the WLTP test cycle, Perodua says that the QV-E can return up to 370 km.
The Perodua QV-E is priced at RM 80,000 (on-the-road, without insurance). That said, the figure doesn’t include the battery, as the QV-E is currently the first and only EV on sale in Malaysia to offer the Battery-as-a-service (BaaS) subscription model.
More details about the Perodua QV-E’s BaaS subscription model can be found here.
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