EP Manufacturing partners Saean to develop EVs

From left: EP Manufacturing Bhd executive chairman Hamidon Abdullah and SAEAN Group Inc. chief executive officer John Lee.

KUALA LUMPUR: EP Manufacturing Bhd has entered into a memorandum of agreement with California's Saean Group Inc to mass produce 20,000 electric cars a year for the Southeast Asian market.

The group said it is making its debut in the manufacturing of four-wheeled electric vehicles (EV) with the partnership to mutually develop and manufacture electric vehicles (EV) in the A-segment's four-seater, five-door electric car.