PM Launches Two New Car Models.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Tuesday launched two new car models using local technology which could reduce the dependence of fossil oil.
The China-made sport utility vehicle (SUV) of the Trekker and Tourer models are fitted with fuel and water tanks.
Abdullah said he was proud that the cars were developed by local scientists which used a revolutionary fuel technology called hydroxene.
Hydroxene is a new technology which allow the use of water as a supplementary fuel to petrol, giving the car a fuel consumption saving of up to 50 percent.
"In my view, this event will have an important long term implication for the domestic automotive industry in increasing the level of value added activities," he said after launching the revolutionary vehicle at the Johor Baharu Expo, here.
He said efforts by LM Group to incorporate new technology into its vehicles should be seen by other local assemblers and manufacturers as a signal to infuse new ideas into their own car models.
Abdullah said the government has outlined the need to encourage the use and development of sustainable and renewable energy resources. "As such, it is my wish to see other efforts to develop vehicles that employ alternative energy resources in the long term," he said.
The prime minister also welcomed the collaboration between LM Star and Dadi Auto of China, which specialises in the manufacturing of military vehicles. "I welcome the relationship as China has always been an important trading partner," he said.
Abdullah also said that it was time for local companies to start venturing overseas as Malaysia was relatively a small market place compared with the global market.
The China-made sport utility vehicle (SUV) of the Trekker and Tourer models are fitted with fuel and water tanks.
Abdullah said he was proud that the cars were developed by local scientists which used a revolutionary fuel technology called hydroxene.
Hydroxene is a new technology which allow the use of water as a supplementary fuel to petrol, giving the car a fuel consumption saving of up to 50 percent.
"In my view, this event will have an important long term implication for the domestic automotive industry in increasing the level of value added activities," he said after launching the revolutionary vehicle at the Johor Baharu Expo, here.
He said efforts by LM Group to incorporate new technology into its vehicles should be seen by other local assemblers and manufacturers as a signal to infuse new ideas into their own car models.
Abdullah said the government has outlined the need to encourage the use and development of sustainable and renewable energy resources. "As such, it is my wish to see other efforts to develop vehicles that employ alternative energy resources in the long term," he said.
The prime minister also welcomed the collaboration between LM Star and Dadi Auto of China, which specialises in the manufacturing of military vehicles. "I welcome the relationship as China has always been an important trading partner," he said.
Abdullah also said that it was time for local companies to start venturing overseas as Malaysia was relatively a small market place compared with the global market.
posted by The Malaysian. at 8/15/2006 02:59:00 PM
4 Comments:
Dadi Auto or Baoding Dadi:
Dadi Auto's website:
http://www.bddqc.com.cn/english/
Suspiciously dodgy and shabby. Descriptions of cars looks like those 'WARNING' lables you see from typical Chinese medicine, like from 'Po Chai Yuen' or 'Wa Tor Yau'.
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LM Star:
Nothing turns up for LM Star though, which makes it worse...
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and 'Hydroxene' turns up as a pharmaceutical DRUG in Google.
Either we will win the Nobel Prize for saving the world with this 'new' and 'revolutionary' technology OR it's a 'Lemon'.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_technologies
please do not give my beloved former prime minister any ammunition to get at our current PM as this new company has advertised a website which cannot be found in the afternoon and when found in the morning it was under construction
Now is Proton being side lined further. And did my eyes belie me when I see teh PM planting the malaysian flag on the vehicle upon launching ?
Is this vehicle also going to qualify as a malaysian car like that accorded to Nazaria(?)
Perhaps we should be focussed on producing a state of the art and affordable Proton and challenge the Koreans in the small car market.
On the other hand nationalistic considerations have weighted down on getting the best deals from sub contractors and prolonging the gestation period(which will never end!)
Sure the descriptions look like labels from typical chinese medicine. But that's normal with many websites belonging to china companies, but they are getting better.
Forget the thought of the Dadi site, has nothing to offer of the Malaysian LMG car, and yes the Dadi which is used for our LMG's are of Isuzu D-Max breed.(Dadi directly cooperates with Isuzu to build their cars)
How they fix the Hydroxene tech into the car I do not know, but I'm quite sure there are many issues that were considered before it was decided to be launched as a new Brand and product.
Perhaps the new technology was not even reveiled to the chinese? Maybe we did the crucial assembly of the tech here?
The only thing I'm concerned right now is wether the tech has been thoroughly tested by experts and that it won't have major or expensive repairs in short service.
But then again, Hey! if you don't try you would'nt know! Right?
I say 'Syabas'to Malaysians, keep trying, that's the way to the future.
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