PROTON Wins Best Range Extender EV in the Brighton to London Future Car Challenge!!

The Challenge, organised by the prestigious Royal Automobile Club in the United Kingdom, is a motoring contest for Electric, Hybrid, and Low-Emission Internal Combustion Engine passenger cars. Winners were based on cars with the lowest energy consumption on the 91.2 km drive from Brighton to London. The different categories available for the Challenge were the Full Electric (EV), Hybrid (HEV) and Extended Range EV (E-REV) and Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) with up to 110g/km Co2 emission. 

A total of 64 cars from the world's most recognised carmakers and individual parties took part in the Challenge, and PROTON participated with the Saga Electric in the EV category and Exora Extended Range EV in the E-REV category. The Exora Extended Range Electric Vehicle emerged as the winner in its category after consuming only 2.2 litres of petrol during the entire Challenge and going against a more prominent name in the global green automotive industry. 

PROTON's entry into the Future Car Challenge was a collaboration with one of its technology partners, Frazer-Nash Research Limited. The Saga EV was driven by Mr Noamaan Siddiqi, an engineer from Frazer-Nash and co-piloted by Mike Grice, a Software Engineer also from Frazer-Nash. The Exora was driven by Steve Riches, a Senior Software Engineer from Frazer-Nash, and co-piloted by Rozadatul Intan Safrina Che Rus, an Engineer from Component & Commissioning Section of PROTON's Green Technology Department.  


                                                                         CONGRATULATIONS PROTON!!!