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| Proton Persona Electric Vehicle & Yang Sewaktu Dengannya |
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| Contributed by Reza Fahmi Razali | |
| Sunday, 07 September 2008 | |
 YES, RM80,000 for an electric powered Persona SE, including sales tax, duties and everything. That was what Albert Lam claimed the Persona SE would cost if his company, Detroit Electric (DE), is to use the Persona as its platform. Of course an electric Persona will not be available anytime soon because as far as Proton is concerned, it is still reviewing the technology. More at Cars, Bikes and Trucks. Meanwhile The Autoindustrie has written a pretty nice piece on "Hybrid vehicle tax incentive for Malaysia. Proton EVs soon? " It's been a very interesting week for the Malaysian auto industry. It all started on 29th August, when Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi revealed in his 2009 budget speech that as part of the government's "natural energy plan," a series of incentives are unveiled to ensure long term energy security for Malaysia, which is expected to be a net oil importer by the next decade. Among the incentives are exemption of 100% import duty and 50% excise duty levied on all fully imported hybrid cars below 2000cc. The exemption however is not indefinate, and will only last for two years, after which the government expects local assembly operations of such cars. For more do visit the Autoindustrie Blog.        |
