14 June 2021 11:48 am / 5 comments
There are now 100,000 connected Proton cars in Malaysia as of May 2021, car connectivity technology and products joint venture ACO Tech said in a statement from chief executive officer Li Pu. Signed in June 2019, the joint venture between Proton, Altel Communications and ECarX saw the forming of ACO Tech in September 2019 to serve the connected vehicle technology needs of markets in Malaysia and in the greater Asean region.
In line with the milestone, the connected car technology firm has released an infographic briefly describing its users and the usage patterns observed. Across Malaysia, the male-female user split has been found to be 62:38, with around 80.3% of the 100,000 users fund to be active users. A total of 1.5 million “Hi Proton” voice commands were received by the system on a monthly basis.
18 February 2021 11:33 am / 35 comments
Proton’s salvo of four special edition models today rounds off with the 2021 Exora Black Edition, which joins the Saga R3 Limited Edition, Iriz R3 Limited Edition and Persona Black Edition in making their debut via a virtual launch.
Like the others, the Exora Black Edition is a limited production run, with only 500 examples available. The edition, which is based on the Exora RC that was launched in 2019, is priced at
RM67,800 on-the-road without insurance, but with sales tax exemption until June 30, which makes it RM3,000 more than the Premium variant (RM64,800). The price will increase by RM2k to RM69,800 when the tax is reintroduced on July 1.