Monday, December 13, 2010
"In the meantime, we will refocus on improving our internal combustion engine to be as good as those trending new green technologies," he said. Currently, the company is pushing for more improvements for its internal combustion engine by replacing its cast iron engine parts to full aluminum components in the first stage of its roadmap.
"Although we are still on internal combustion engines and with the effort that we have put in these engines will be on the same footing with hybrid and EV technologies. "The first stage is in the works, and the products would hit the market anytime in the next two to three years," he said.
Perodua is also working on a two-cylinder direct injection turbo-charged engine under its second stage roadmap for engine development. "The car will have more power by then with the extra boost and we strongly believe that with the turbo charged engines, we can improve fuel efficiency and cut down on carbon emissions, both by 30 per cent," he said.
Elaborating on the Electronic Automatic Transmission (E-AT) system meant for production soon, he said it has reached the final stage of production study. "We need to set up a completely different plant for the E-AT systems, and I'm sure investments of more than RM150 million will be made and production will start within two to three years. "We are currently going into the details like the plant layout and selecting the vendors that can help us put some of the components together," he said.
He added investments made could be considered as domestic direct investments (DDI), answering the government's call for the private sector to invest more. "This is the kind of technology transfer we desire from Daihatsu and they will help us train our local engineers, operators and vendors to be compliant. "E-AT is a high-technology dust free extremely sensitive system and quality is of the paramount criteria this time," he said.
With the move to reduce its carbon footprint and improve fuel efficiency, Aminar is calling on the government to recognise the carmaker's efforts and extend incentives for hybrid vehicles and EV to Perodua too. Besides, he added the company would continue to improve the plant's manufacturing facilities as well.
Touching on the widely discussed Proton-Perodua merger, he said the company does not know the outcome and recommendations of the study. "Let's wait for the announcement but we will proceed with our roadmap and address the issues as well as weaknesses we have currently.
"Allow us, together with Daihatsu, to continue on this exciting journey that we have. It will require some time to execute but this is the future as we see it," he said.
-Bernama
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