Proton has launched the Proton Xchange Programme to encourage owners of all vehicle brands, aged 15 years or older and deemed unroadworthy to trade them in for a new Proton. This is to promote sustainable mobility and to align with Malaysia’s goal of becoming a carbon-neutral nation by 2050.
This programme is a collaboration between Proton and Car Medic Sdn Bhd, an authorised automotive treatment facility (AATF), with the national carmaker investing RM4.8 million into the pilot programme, which will run until the end of December 2025.
Certified by the Department of Environment (DOE) and appointed by JPJ as an AATF since 2020, Car Medic Sdn Bhd offers e-Dereg services (door-to-door or at their facility), handling restriction checks, deregistration, towing, safe disposal, and Certificate of Destruction (COD) issuance for this programme.
This service is available to all Malaysians in selected areas for digital JPJ deregistration at their vehicle’s location, while also assisting groups of more than five vehicles with e-Dereg within two days.
A key benefit of the Proton Xchange programme is an incentive worth RM2,000 of overtrade support towards registering any new Proton vehicle, including the Proton eMAS 7 (stylised as e.MAS 7). Additionally, as announced by the Minister of Transport Malaysia, YB Anthony Loke Siew Fook, during his speech at the event, the new Proton’s registered under this programme will also receive one year of complimentary road tax.
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To qualify for the programme, the vehicles (sedans, MPVs, vans, 4x4s, lorries, buses) must be 15 years or older. It must also be in a condition where it is ‘not economical to repair for continued safe usage’, according to Proton. Again, this applies to vehicles of all brands.
To qualify for the overtrade incentive, the new Proton must be registered before the end of 2025. Vehicle owners will also need to provide a Vehicle Ownership Certificate (VOC) for their new car, along with a JPJK1KD form confirming the official deregistration of their old vehicle by the JPJ, and a Certificate of Destruction (COD) obtained from Car Medic.
Speaking during the event, Minister of Transport Malaysia, YB Anthony Loke Siew Fook said, “The Ministry of Transport supports the XChange Programme initiative and encourages more OEMs to follow PROTON’s example and look beyond chasing sales and profits,”
“Malaysia’s first automotive company has once again become an agent of change for the automotive industry and is leading by example. I would like to say thank you and congratulate PROTON for taking the lead and initiating this Xchange Programme.” he added.
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