Kenneth Hall August 4, 2008 Comment Now! Small-scale Malaysian car manufacturer Proton is developing a new range of in-house engines, including a new hybrid powerplant as part of its strategy to ...

Using the full parallel hybrid configuration the car can achieve fuel economy of 5.6 litres/100km (a 28 percent improvement over a standard petrol Proton GEN.2) while producing maximum torque of ...

Also joining the mix is the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variant for the e.MAS ... the automaker’s sole hatchback offering at the ...

What makes the Proton interesting is that it will be a plug-in series hybrid powered (a la the Chevy Volt) with a drivetrain developed completely by Lotus Engineering. Antuan Goodwin Writer ...

As we suspected recently when we heard that Proton would be showing a hybrid concept car next week at the Geneva Motor Show, the propulsion system has been developed by Lotus.

A new hybrid-electric concept car from PROTON featuring a Lotus Engineering drivetrain will debut in Geneva next month. Lotus has designed the entire drivetrain for the plug-in hybrid city car ...

The name Proton may not immediately conjure up a stylish ... All three vehicles make use of a Lotus designed plug-in hybrid-drive system. In town, the cars run entirely on lithium-ion batteries ...

Proton Holdings has rolled out its Proton Iriz model, which was earlier displayed at the DRB-HICOM Autofest last month. “When we launched the new Persona in August, 2016 with improved Noise ...

KUALA LUMPUR: National carmaker Proton expects sales of the Iriz and Persona to increase by at least 30% with the launch of facelift models this month. Currently, sales of the Iriz and Persona ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Malaysian autos firm Proton launched its first electric vehicle on Monday, the latest entry into the local market as the country seeks to boost EV and hybrid EV ...