$10k Local Cambodian made 'Angkor EV 2013' on display @Phnom Penh http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/cambodia/130108/cambodia-launches-home-grown-electric-car-Angkor-EV-2013-Heng-Development [image] Cambodia launches a home-grown electric car by Faine Greenwood Jan 8 2013
[image / TANG CHHIN SOTHY AFP/Getty Images http://www.globalpost.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/gp3_slideshow_large/angkor-car-cambodia-electric.jpg Locally made electric car 'Angkor EV 2013' sits on display at a showroom in Phnom Penh on January 8, 2013. Cambodia's Heng Development Company has unveiled its first electric-powered car branded 'Angkor', named after the country's famed ancient Angkor temples, which has a top speed of 60 kilometers per hour and was designed by local innovator Nhean Phaloek. video http://youtube.com/watch?v=r_MJNqCHf0s Angkor EV.car khmer.mp4 sat veasna Jan 7, 2013 angkor ev 2013. made in cambodia. ] The Angkor EV 2013 can travel around 37 miles per hour and for as many as 186 miles between charges, say manufacturers. A locally produced car in Cambodia? That's the idea behind the new electric Angkor EV 2013, which was unveiled in Phnom Penh on Jan 7. The Phnom Penh Post reported that the small electric car is produced by the Heng Development Company. Heng Development general director Seang Chan Heng was on hand to unveil the car to the nation, The Post said. Some of the parts used in the Angkor EV 2013 were made in Cambodia, while others are imports, wrote the Post, meaning that the vehicle is not entirely locally made. It's not clear yet how much the vehicle will cost, although Seang Chan Heng said that the price tag will be less than $10,000 — a bit up from earlier prices of around $5,000 bandied around the blogosphere, including by the French-Cambodian Chamber of Commerce. It's also unclear how many of the cars will go to market in 2013 — according to blogger Khmerba, production of the little vehicles was pushed back to December 2012 from several months earlier. In February 2012, Seang Chan Heng told the Cambodia Herald that four Angkor Car models would be released in 2012, and added that her company would work with inventor Nhean Phalloek to build a car production factory. Read more from GlobalPost: Screw off, beggars: Obama's coming to Cambodia A variant on the Angkor car has existed for years, created by inventor Nhean Phalloek, who made the first model by hand for his family back in 2000 — you can see a 2008 variant here. Phalloek even claimed back in 2009 that he'd built a feature into the car that would allow him to open the doors "telepathically." Versions of the vehicle have been shown to the public in Phnom Penh for years, and have been met with significant interest — although private citizens wanting to drive their own may have to wait just a little bit longer. Hyundai operates a large manufacturing plant in Cambodia's Koh Kong province, an area located near the Thai border, and is seeking to boost production at the facility, according to a Post report from early last year. [© 2012 GlobalPost] http://khmerization.blogspot.com/ by Khmerization Jan 09 2013 [image / Rann Reuy/Phnom Penh Post http://www.phnompenhpost.com/images/stories/news/national/2013/130108/130108_07.jpg Seang Chan Heng, general director of Heng Development company, speaks during the launch of the locally produced Angkor Car, Monday, Jan. 07, 2012, in Phnom Penh http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sHgBm6-jBRs/UOvhoes_SEI/AAAAAAAA6Gw/eDeTUJz-xQc/s1600/Nhean+Phaloek+and+electric+car+Angkor+EV+2013+%28AFP%29.jpg ] A Cambodian-produced electric car, the Angkor EV 2013, was officially unveiled yesterday by the Heng Development Company, based in Kandal province. Heng Development general director Seang Chan Heng said the car, designed by local innovator Nhean Phalloek, was a great achievement. Nhean Phalloek said the battery-powered Angkor EV 2013 could travel 300 kilometres between charges and had a top speed of 60 kilometres an hour. Seang Chan Heng blamed delays in building the car, intended for use in the domestic market, on a former business partner who dropped out of the project. In March, 2011, Seang Chan Heng signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chou Leang Alliance Group and Nhean Phalloek in a $20 million deal to produce between 500 and 1,000 battery-powered cars a year, using 300 workers. “I am really disappointed in (the) partner company, which had co-operated with us in the past,” she said. “I waited (for) them day after day, month after month, for six months without samples and moulds.” Seang Chan Heng said that although the Angkor EV 2013 had been unveiled, the number of cars that would be produced each year, and the amount of any new investment necessary, was not yet known. http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2013/01/cambodia-unveils-1st-home-made-cars.html Cambodia unveils 1st home-made cars [images / AFP http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sHgBm6-jBRs/UOvhoes_SEI/AAAAAAAA6Gw/eDeTUJz-xQc/s640/Nhean+Phaloek+and+electric+car+Angkor+EV+2013+%28AFP%29.jpg Cambodian mechanic Nhean Phaloek (centre R) shows a feature of a locally made electric car 'Angkor EV 2013' to people at a showroom in Phnom Penh on January 8, 2013. Cambodia's Heng Development Company has unvveilled its first electric-powered car branded 'Angkor', named after the country's famed ancient Angkor temples, which has a top speed of 60 kilometres per hour and was designed by local innovator Nhean Phaloek http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8b4R5sEznho/SxJUn6i3III/AAAAAAAALI0/LXfCwje0F-w/s400/nhean+phaloek-+bulider+of+angkor+car.jpg Cambodian mechanic Nhean Phaloek sits in his self-designed home-made Angkor 333-2010 car at his house in Phnom Penh] PHNOM PENH, Jan. 7, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Heng Development Company on Monday unveiled the first-ever electric-powered cars manufactured by its factory in Kandal province. The show was made after the firm has completed the construction of a 20 million U.S. dollar car manufacturing plant branded " Angkor" in Kandal province's Takhmao district. Speaking at a car show on Monday here, Khuon Sodary, the 2nd vice-president of the Parliament, said it was the first time that Cambodia has its own car-made factory and this was a pride for the country. "This is a good start. Even though the car is not as good as that imported from other countries, but it is the good start. No start, no progress," she said. Sieng Chan Heng, director general of Heng Development Company, said the factory has used raw materials and spare parts from auto manufacturers in China's Shanghai. "We do believe that the Angkor-branded car will gain popular among local customers because it is friendly to environment," she said. "A car costs less than 10,000 U.S. dollars." She did not disclose the number of cars the factory will produce annually, saying that it will depend on market demand. The car models and designs are created by a Cambodian innovator Nhean Phaloek. http://www.ccfcambodge.org/en/single-news/n/my-country-my-car-angkor-car-the-first-cambodian-car/ My country, my car: Angkor Car, the first Cambodian car News Cambodia | September 19, 2012 For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Citi.Transmitter EV, two-wheeled, single seater EVLN: Clackmannanshire replacing its transport fleet with e-vans EVLN: Mahindra e2o as solar-EV to make-up for lack of public charging EVLN: OR Gov. 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