Kereta hybrid proton.

Aku agak teruja tahun lepas bila Proton mengumumkan nak menghasilkan kereta hybrid dalam 2 atau 3 tahun. Walaupun automatic electric window pun Proton agak tak reti nak buat (semi-automatic sebenarnya sebab kena angkat tingkap dengan tangan sambil tekan switch), sekurang-kurangnya inisiatif tu ada. Better start now than never.
Setakat yang diketahui, bosch, lotus dan detroit electric sedang membantu Proton dalam hal ini.

Lets not kid ourselves lah, Proton masih terkial-kial di gelanggang sendiri. Yang last aku tahu untuk proton, average 6 defects per car. Toyota? 0.2.
Looooooong way to go, but at least it's in the right direction.
Anyway kita kaji satu persatu:


BOSCH

"...I can only say that we are looking at this possibility in two to three years time before we go into mass production,” he (managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin) said. “To realise this, we have started collaborating with several foreign OEMs such as Bosch who are involved in producing hybrid components and system."

Bosch, a German auto parts maker, is the world’s largest supplier of automobile components. The company has business relationships with virtually every automobile manufacturer in the world. Syed Zainal also said that Proton was currently undertaking research and development to identify certain aspects of technology to reduce the cost of producing hybrid cars.
BERNAMA

Hmm... Syed Zainal Abidin memang dikatakan membawa Proton ke arah yang betul dengan meningkatkan QC nak sebagainya. Lepas announcement ni, lagilah aku respect dia ni.

LOTUS

"Compared to the baseline Proton Gen.2, tailpipe emissions are reduced from a competitive 172g/km to just 134g/km, a reduction of 22%, while fuel economy improves from 39.2mpg to 50.2mpg, a 28% improvement."
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DETROIT ELECTRIC

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Yang ni aku musykil sikit sebab Detroit Electric ialah start-up company daripada some guy yang quit lotus cars. Kalau tengok website Detroit Electric pun macam template website kosong je.