You Can Look Forward To A Hybrid Car By Proton At The End Of 2014

Proton will produce a hybrid model by the end of this year, said Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri. He revealed that to Dewan Rakyat yesterday, in reply to a supplementary question by Gombak MP Azmin Ali.

Proton Executive Chairman Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil said the national car maker is now looking at innovative ways to produce and market the car.
"We are still on track with the project. We will complete the new technology by the end of 2014," he told reporters after the handing over of the first batch of the new-look Proton Perdana cars to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the Perdana Putra complex here Wednesday.

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“The marketing status (price) and quantum of units have not been made known to us, but Proton has assured us that the car would be produced by year-end,” he said, adding that Proton has already developed the car’s prototype.

“The success is in line with the government’s aim to make the country a production and marketing hub with a target to produce some six million hybrid and electric cars,” Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri added further.

On electric-powered cars, Hamim said planning is still under way and the first EV is slated to be produced by the end of next year.