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Following a collection of previews over the previous few months and the opening of the order books for it again in September, Proton – by way of its subsidiary Professional-Web – has lastly launched the sensible model in Malaysia with the official introduction of the sensible #1 earlier this night. sensible’s world CEO, Tong Xiangbei, was current to launch to model in Malaysia, underlying the importance of our market, which is the primary within the area to introduce the automotive.
The all-electric sensible #1, with the suffix pronounced as hashtag one, arrives right here as a fully-imported mannequin, and as already intimated beforehand, is obtainable in three variant types. There’s a base rear-motor Professional mannequin, adopted by a Premium variant (which was the main focus of the preliminary preview) and a range-topping Brabus dual-motor efficiency model.
Earlier than we recap the specs and equipment out there on the EV, right here is how the sensible #1 mannequin vary in Malaysia is priced:
- sensible #1 Professional single-motor – RM189,000
- sensible #1 Premium single-motor – RM219,000
- sensible #1 Brabus dual-motor – RM249,000
As its moniker suggests, the #1 is the primary mannequin within the new sensible automotive household. Previewed because the sensible Idea #1 in September 2021, the crossover made its world debut in April final yr, with its introduction in Malaysia having already been confirmed by then. The launch as we speak follows the unique timeline set for its introduction in our market.
Not like beforehand, the place the preliminary sensible outing – which started within the ‘90s – consisted of the likes of the funky sensible ForTwo, ForFour and Roadster, the second coming could be very a lot an all-electric affair. Though Mercedes-Benz stays accountable for the design styling, the structure and engineering could be very a lot a Geely effort on account of the Chinese language automaker’s buy-in into the model in 2019.
Electrification means it sits on Geely’s Sustainable Electrical Structure (SEA), a modular EV platform that additionally underpins the likes of the Lotus Eletre, Zeekr 001 and Polestar EVs. The #1 utilises the SEA2 model of the platform, which can be discovered on the Zeekr X and Volvo EX30.
Form-wise, it resembles a hatchback quite than its classification as an SUV as proposed for it by the model, and a really massive one at that. Measuring in at 4,270 mm lengthy (4,300 mm for the Brabus variant), 1,822 mm large and 1,636 mm tall, with a 2,750 mm-long wheelbase, the sensible #1 is not any small ‘un, tipping the scales from 1,780 kg for the Professional and 1,800 kg for the Premium proper as much as 1,900 kg for the Brabus.
Different related numbers embrace a 182 mm floor clearance and as much as 411 litres of boot area, expandable to 986 litres with rear seats folded. There’s a small ‘frunk’ in entrance that takes in 15 litres, helpful to retailer small gadgets that you just don’t need sliding round within the boot. In a nutshell, the important thing dimensions and numbers are:
- Size: 4,270 mm (Brabus, 4,300 mm)
- Width: 1,822 mm
- Top: 1,636 mm
- Wheelbase: 2,750 mm
- Floor clearance: 182 mm
- Kerb weight: 1,780 kg (Professional), 1,800 kg (Premium), 1,900 kg (Brabus)
- Boot area: 323 to 411 litres; 986 litres with rear seats folded
- Entrance trunk (frunk) area: 15 litres
The bottom #1 Professional and #1 Premium are powered by a rear-mounted electrical motor producing 272 PS (200 kW) and 343 Nm of torque, enabling each to get from zero to 100 km/h in 6.7 seconds on the best way to a 180 km/h high pace.
The #1 Brabus provides on a entrance motor to make it AWD, and the setup gives 428 PS (315 kW) and 543 Nm in the best way of output and reduces the 0-100 km/h dash time down to three.9 seconds. High pace is similar to the only motor variations, at 180 km/h.
As you’d count on, there are variations to the bottom Professional and Premium variations, the principle one being that the Professional comes with a 49 kWh lithium LFP battery, which gives as much as 315 km of journey on a single cost.
Each the sensible #1 Premium and Brabus get a 66 kWh lithium-nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) battery, and by way of efficiency, the unit offers as much as 440 km of WLTP-rated vary for the Premium, and as much as 400 km of vary for the Brabus.
The utmost cost fee is 150 kW DC, which implies that if paired to a suitable quick charger, the #1’s battery can go from a ten to 80% state of cost (SoC) in 22 minutes for the Professional and half-hour for the Premium and Brabus.
As for AC, the #1 Professional is provided with a 7.2 kW onboard charger, permitting a full cost of the Professional’s battery to be completed in round six hours. In order for you sooner AC charging (and vary), you’ll must go for the Premium. That’s as a result of the 7.4 kW onboard charger has been changed by a 22 kW unit as normal for the Malaysian market.
In keeping with sensible, having an onboard 22 kW AC charger makes a giant distinction, as a result of getting the battery juiced up from 10-80% SoC takes simply three hours as an alternative of seven.5 hours if with the 7.4 kW charger. This interprets to improved flexibility and fewer time wanted for charging on AC, absolutely no unhealthy factor. To recap the technical specs:
sensible #1 Professional
- Electrical motor output: 272 PS (268 hp or 200 kW) and 343 Nm; RWD
- 0-100 km/h time: 6.7 seconds
- High pace: 180 km/h
- Battery: 49 kWh lithium-iron phosphate (LFP)
- Vary (WLTP): 315 km
- AC charging: 7.2 kW; 10-80% in six hours
- DC charging: 150 kW; 10-80% in 22 minutes
sensible #1 Premium
- Electrical motor output: 272 PS (268 hp or 200 kW) and 343 Nm; RWD
- 0-100 km/h time: 6.7 seconds
- High pace: 180 km/h
- Battery: 66 kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC)
- Vary (WLTP): 440 km
- AC charging: 22 kW; 10-80% in three hours
- DC charging: 150 kW; 10-80% in 29 minutes
sensible #1 Brabus
- Electrical motors output: 428 PS (422 hp or 315 kW) and 543 Nm; AWD
- 0-100 km/h time: 3.9 seconds
- High pace: 180 km/h
- Battery: 66 kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC)
- Vary (WLTP): 400 km
- AC charging: 22 kW; 10-80% in three hours
- DC charging: 150 kW; 10-80% in 29 minutes
As for tools, the Professional comes normal with manual-levelling CyberSparks LED headlamps, 19-inch ‘Amps’ alloy wheels with 235/45 profile tyres, a panoramic roof with powered sunblind, roof rails and a powered tailgate.
The Premium upgrades the CybersSparks LED headlamps to Matrix LED items with adaptive excessive beam and an auto levelling perform. Additionally happening are sequential flip indicators, aspect mirror puddle lamps, together with an illuminated entrance grille, door handles and logos (on the C-pillars). The Premium additionally provides on 19-inch ‘Rotor’ alloys (identical tyre dimension) and a hands-free powered tailgate with a kick sensor.
In the meantime, the Brabus will get extra styling accoutrements to indicate its sports activities standing, with loads of purple bits to offer distinction, each inside and outside. Externally, the roof, aspect mirror covers and insides of the decrease grille are completed within the explicit color, as are the decrease lip on the entrance and on the decrease edges of the aspect accents, together with the brake calipers.
The variant – which rides on stiffer dampers – additionally will get a Brabus aero equipment, and this brings alongside gadgets corresponding to ornamental letterbox vents both aspect of the sensible brand on the bonnet in addition to a extra distinguished rear spoiler. Finishing the visible differentiation are 19-inch ‘Dynamo’ two-tone wheels with 235/45 profile tyres.
After all, the inside is the place all of the motion is, and there’s loads of it, beginning with the frameless door home windows and a courtesy driver’s seat, which strikes again routinely to permit for simpler ingress and egress.
Taking centre stage within the cabin is a T-shaped dashboard that includes a distinction panel completed in gloss white, with a 12.8-inch standalone landscape-oriented touchscreen the spotlight piece. The instrument cluster is a slim 9.2-inch panel, with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity and Qi wi-fi charging to be discovered.
Customary tools for the Professional contains leatherette seats, 10-way powered entrance seats (reminiscence for driver), a five-speaker audio system, panoramic moonroof with a powered blind, a polyurethane steering wheel, cooled chiller perform for the centre armrest storage, a 60:40 sliding and split-folding rear bench seat, dual-zone auto air-conditioning with rear vents and a N95 carbon filter in addition to a primary 64-colour ambient lighting scheme.
The Premium provides on a 10-inch color head-up show (HUD), which shows all of the necessities, together with navigation in addition to a 13-speaker, 640 watt Beats sound system. It additionally provides on leather-based upholstery, ventilated entrance seats, illuminated door sills and an prolonged 64-colour ambient lighting system.
For the Brabus, aesthetic adjustments abound, with the centre console panel now wearing a gunmetal hue and the headliner completed in black. The seats for it are wearing ultrasuede, with regular leather-based sides, and the variant additionally will get sportier aluminium pedals.
Elsewhere, the purple distinction theme continues, with accents on panel trims and AC vents completed within the shade. Except for the seat belts, the headrests additionally dress within the color, highlighted by way of their finish caps and the Bottrop brand stitched on to the entrance of the items. Crimson stitching additionally offers extra distinction cues.
As for security and driver help methods, the sensible #1 comes totally loaded. There’s ESC, hill maintain help, hill descent management, seven airbags and a complete ADAS suite that features ACC, AEB, entrance/rear collision mitigation help, lane maintain help, lane departure warning/prevention, entrance/rear cross site visitors alert, blind spot monitoring, door opening warning and automatic lane change help.
The Premium and Brabus variants add on totally autonomous parking, parking emergency brake and autonomous parking help. There’s additionally a Hey sensible app will assist with automobile standing monitoring, location and monitoring.
By way of inside color schemes, the #1 Professional will get an After Darkish inside, whereas the Premium comes with a two-tone white and black Darkish Matter cabin. As for exterior shades, patrons haven’t any scarcity of exterior colors to select from, with monotone and two-tone decisions out there, relying on variant. The Atom Gray-Matte is obtainable for a further RM5,000. Listed below are the out there choices, listed out for simpler legibility:
sensible #1 Professional
- Digital White with Eclipse Black roof
- Laser Crimson with Eclipse Black roof
- Cyber Silver with Eclipse Black roof
- Quantum Blue with Eclipse Black roof
- Future Inexperienced with Eclipse Black roof
sensible #1 Premium
- Digital White with Eclipse Black roof
- Laser Crimson with Eclipse Black roof
- Cyber Silver with Eclipse Black roof
- Quantum Blue with Eclipse Black roof
- Future Inexperienced with Eclipse Black roof
- Atom Gray-Matte
- Lumen Yellow with Eclipse Black roof
sensible #1 Brabus
- Atom Gray-Matte
- Atom Gray-Matte with Radiant Crimson roof
- Meta Black with Radiant Crimson roof
- Cyber Silver with Radiant Crimson roof
- Digital White with Black roof
- Laser Crimson with Black roof
- Cyber Silver with Black roof
The sensible #1 comes with an eight-year/200,000 km high-voltage battery guarantee, an eight-year/150,000 km high-voltage part guarantee, a 4 yr limitless mileage automobile guarantee and a two-year limitless mileage spare elements guarantee in addition to 24/7 roadside service help.
Moreover, there’s a complimentary equipment bundle value RM2,000 and complimentary five-year Web information of 60GB. Together with the launch of the model, sensible Malaysia is providing sensible #1 patrons a complimentary smartCharge Dwelling Charger value RM3,200 (excluding the price of set up, which begins from RM2,488). The supply is legitimate till December 31, 2023.
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