Leapmotor B10 spied in Malaysia: Proton eMas 7, BYD Atto 3 rival, 218 PS, as much as 434 km WLTP, launch quickly?

Lower than a month after getting into the ASEAN market in Thailandthe Leapmotor B10 has been sighted in Malaysia, indicating an impending native launch. The only picture, posted on the Malaysian Electrical Automobile House owners Membership (myEVOC) Fb web page by Sobri Sunan, reveals the C-segment electrical SUV with mild camouflage on the entrance and rear, leaving little doubt as to its id.

The B10, in case you’re unaware, is the Chinese language Stellantis-affiliated carmaker’s third international mannequin after the C10 and T03 (the latter is a metropolis automobile not provided in Malaysia). Measuring 4,515 mm lengthy, 1,885 mm large and 1,655 mm tall – with a 2,735 mm wheelbase – the automobile competes with the likes of different C-segment electrical SUVs just like the World Atto 3 and Proton eMas 7.

Energy comes from a single entrance motor producing 218 PS (160 kW) and 240 Nm of torque, getting the B10 from zero to 100 km/h in eight seconds flat on its method to a prime pace of 170 km/h. Two lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery sizes can be found – the bottom 56.2 kWh unit delivers a variety of 361 km on the WLTP cycle, whereas the bigger 67.1 kWh pack boosts this determine to 434 km.

The B10 helps as much as 140 kW of DC quick charging on the usual mannequin and 168 kW with the lengthy vary battery; each take 20 minutes to cost from 30 to 80%. They can even settle for as much as 11 kW of AC charging, with a full cost taking six hours and 45 minutes and eight hours respectively. A 3.3 kW vehicle-to-load (V2L) perform comes as normal.

Wanting all of the world like a shortened C10, the B10 bears all of the design hallmarks of its sibling, together with a clear plastic entrance band, natural surfacing, flush pop-out door handles and full-width taillights that give the automobile a whiff of mini Porsche Cayenne. Not like the C10, nonetheless, the B10 has cut up headlights – replete with “chequered flag” daytime operating lights – and a blacked-out entrance bumper. The wheels measure simply 18 inches in diameter, which is a bit small by class requirements.

The B10 is a bit more ornate than the C10 on the within, due to silver trim on the two-spoke steering wheel and rectangular air vents. Different distinctive touches embody perforated spars forward of the entrance passenger and funky sq. drop-down cupholders beneath the floating centre console. In China, the automobile could be had with a folding passenger desk, however sadly this seems to haven’t survived the journey to worldwide markets.

As an alternative, the automobile comes as normal with an 8.8-inch digital instrument show that strikes along with the steering column, plus a 14.6-inch infotainment touchscreen; in contrast to the C10, the B10 will probably be provided with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, albeit solely as a software program replace in January.

Whereas the B10 ostensibly competes with the Atto 3 and eMas 7, its Malaysian-market positioning will probably be sophisticated by the C10’s latest value drop – at RM125,000, the D-segment mannequin is inside a couple of thousand ringgit of each these vehicles.

That would go away the B10 with little or no wriggle room towards the RM100,000 ground value for CBU EVs, though the looming finish of tax breaks for fully-imported fashions will undoubtedly convey an enormous reset to costs. Leapmotor could also be higher off delaying the B10’s introduction till Stellantis’ plant in Gurun, Kedah begins native meeting subsequent 12 months, which may decrease costs beneath the RM100k mark.

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