Proton Hybrid

Automotive Malaysian national car manufacturer, Proton Holding Bhd, will produce a green car hybrid. For this project, Proton and Dutch company that will handle the field of energy source car.

Signing of the cooperation and Proton Electronic Detroit (Dutch company) has done on Monday (30 / 3). Mentioned in the agreement, the electric car will be marketed in Europe and the United States are more types of vehicles that need.

According to the Detroit Electric, the contract is valid for five years. In the first year, Proton is expected to reach revenue of 1.2 billion Ringgit Malaysia.

Dutch company plans to sell 40,000 battery as a power source of the sedan car that Malaysia akan produced in Tanjong Malim plant, in the first year. In the production schedule, the electric car will be produced as many as 270,000 in the first four years.

According to information management to the Detroit Electric Down Jones news service that the electric car will be shown in February 2010. The base of the vehicle, according to the Detroit Electric CEO Albert Lam, the Proton gen-2 and Persona with a few modifications. The source energy on the lithium battery manufactured Detroit.

Lam self confident with the project estimate will be large and there is demand for between 120,000 to 150,000 units. He said, the market will grow rapidly associated with the insistence that the government focus more on the sector incentive environment and green technology.

Cars are planned, said Lam, will be sold with prices ranging from 23,000 U.S. dollars to 33,000 U.S. dollars. All that depends on the size of the battery because it affects the distance.

source : otomotif.kompas.com