Chery Omoda E5 review – best-value EV in Malaysia?

The Chery Omoda E5, priced at RM147k in Malaysia is over RM20k cheaper than the BYD Atto 3. Is it also a better electric SUV? Hafriz Shah finds out.

00:00 Introduction
00:10 Pricing
00:41 The brand
01:29 CKD plans
01:54 Its rivals
02:40 Exterior styling
06:13 Interior looks
10:27 Rear seats
10:59 Boot space
11:21 Powertrain
13:27 Efficiency
17:35 Ride & handling
20:58 Refinement
21:59 ADAS
22:58 Closing thoughts

[zackzack]

Better than any Tesla models. Cheaper, better reliability and not really boring than any of Tesla models

[Antiguan_Dart]

First time to your channel was searching for a good comprehensive Omoda E5 review - after having viewed two quite poor ones by other channels. Yours is all I need - comprehensive, clear, succinct, detailed, pertinent and informative. Thank you. I’ve subscribed.

[David_Denali]

Polite, direct to the point and including a comparison with the main rivals. Great job

[tenarisblue]

in Indonesia, they are willing to offer a lifetime warranty for the battery - just erasing all the worries about the battery issue

[hatin_the_thinker]

Paul tans reviews are the best. No favours to any brand in the fear of not getting them. And straight talk. I'm glad Malaysia is getting such great models. Wish I lived there.

[everram]

Both BYD and Chery are one of the better electric cars while Tesla can’t compete with this.

[benanderson]

This car is launching in the UK this month, and it'll be Chery's first model here, so it's great to get a decent look at a right hand drive model! Thanks! 👍

[aquaboy]

Nice review Hafiz, here In Indonesia this car sells well, even for the non EV.

The fastest 0-100 km/h results here is 6.5 seconds, the figure mentioned by Chery was clearly underclaim

[carsten]

A very good presentation, Hafriz ! I agree the Omoda E5 is truly the best value EV in Malaysia at RM147K.

[aimanfitriiv]

it's surprisingly affordable (if not the most affordable around) i love the looks it looks slightly different than the ice variant 👏

fun fact ice omoda 5 is now everywhere especially in my area hopefully we're going to see that similar with the omoda e5 😄

[ppower]

Excellent comprehensive review! Look forward to Chery bringing this to the UK.

[standupmoto]

First time on your channel, well done review. I review motorcycles here in Australia but will review the Omada EV when it eventually gets here and see how it goes with our heat. Thanks again for comprehensive review.

[Abhinay_Limbu]

just to correct you at 8:40 . The sunroof is automatic. you can voice command the car to open it and it will open both the glass panel and the interior cover that you opened with your hand

[UncleDougDeli]

I think your review is EXCELLENT !!! 👍

[danielspeedminer]

Nice review as always Hafriz! I’d have like to hear Hafriz’s take of the latest Model Y with his experience of EV and also as an existing EV driver.

[LouDeVere]

Thank you Hafriz. Great review. I currently drive an Atto 3 here in Western Australia. I also had a 2023 Tesla MY RWD but in October, it was destroyed in a serious, not at fault accident. I miss my Tesla so much - except for the awful firm suspension! I like the aspect of the proximity detection to unlock the Chery, something the Tesla had too via bluetooth from my phone or Apple Watch. The Atto 3 unlocking procedure via the BYD App is a huge let down for me and as you said, a very dated attempt by BYD to do something simple. Why the PIN is required within the App I have no idea. Anyway, look forward to your next review mate. Thanks again.

[bobkids]

Good briefing ....very precise & good highlights on the pro & done

[patrickchan]

Im sure BYD Atto price will go down very soon

[Syamirm]

Cant wait for ckd value perhaps 10% lower

[David_Denali]

GJ team! 2 questions remained tho
Does it have proper under car coverings or are the batteries just stuck under the car with no separation like in most PHEVs?
And r the breaks just tricky or dangerously bad?
Tysm!