Sime Darby and Porsche have collectively introduced the enlargement of the carmaker’s meeting facility at Inokom, Sime Darby’s automobile manufacturing and meeting facility in Kulim, Kedah. The bigger facility can be rolling out a second mannequin – the Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Coupe, which is the primary Malaysian-assembled Porsche to be exported to Thailand.
Porsche’s facility in Kulim – now expanded to 11,000 sq. metres – was the primary of its type outdoors of Europe when it opened in 2022. Up to now, the plant has rolled out two generations and over 2,000 models of the Cayenne, and is now prepared for the following part – PHEV and exports to Thailand.
“This can be a vital milestone for us at Sime Darby along with our companion, Porsche, in unlocking new alternatives within the ASEAN area whereas affirming the capabilities of our extremely expert native skills. We stay steadfast in our dedication to delivering product consistency that meets the discerning calls for of Porsche prospects, increasing past home market to our neighbouring nation, Thailand,” mentioned Datuk Jeffri Salim Davidson, Sime Darby’s group CEO.
“Porsche broke new floor when it established an area meeting facility in Malaysia in 2022. Since then, now we have achieved many vital milestones, for instance when greater than 2,000 regionally assembled Cayennes discovered new properties with Malaysian households simply two years after meeting commenced,” mentioned Albrecht Reimold, member of the manager board for manufacturing at Porsche AG.
“At this time, we put together for the long run by significantly enhancing our web site in Kulim, ensuring that this primary regionally exported Cayenne fulfils our prospects’ calls for and expectations,” he added.
The native meeting facility for Porsche was designed and constructed with sustainability requirements in thoughts. Photo voltaic panels with good monitoring programs are put in on its roof to offer the facility wanted for operations; this contributes to diminished electrical energy consumption. Together with the footprint enlargement, the capability of those photo voltaic panels will quickly be elevated. There’s additionally rainwater harvesting on web site.
Talking of the Cayenne, the CKD E3 facelift mannequin was launched right here in October 2023 for RM600k. We don’t have the Cayenne S E-Hybrid in regular or coupe physique kinds but, however because the PHEV is now assembled right here, it’s honest to anticipate it in native showrooms quickly. Or wouldn’t it be the Cayenne Coupe with a the common E3’s 3.0L V6?
Anyway, the newest Cayenne S E-Hybrid will get a 3.0L V6 turbo engine with 353 PS paired with an electrical motor rated at 176 PS. Whole system output is 519 PS and 750 Nm of torque, good for 0-100 km/h in simply 4.7 seconds and a high pace of 263 km/h. Electrical-only vary is a helpful 90 km within the WLTP cycle due to a 25.9 kWh battery.
Click on on the hyperlinks for extra on the Cayenne S E-Hybrid Coupe and the regular-bodied, ICE-powered CKD Cayenne.
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