Perodua today is moving closer towards incorporating Mobility as a Service (MaaS) under its super App: P-Circle.
“The P-Circle offers mobility as a lifestyle as all these offerings covers a significant portion of our online services engagement under one super app,” Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad said.
“This diversification into tech-based business is in line with our future direction and the auto industry’s future in terms of convergence with consumer preference towards connecting their vehicles, and even homes with the Internet,” Dato’ Sri Zainal said.
“We foresee that this convergence to only grow stronger in the years to come, and we want to prove that we can innovate by providing all the services our customers’ needs before they ask for them – which is in line with our “We Go Beyond” philosophy,” he explained.
“A key component in MaaS is to offer drivers flexible solutions based on their travel needs and the package that we are offering fits right into that description,” he said.
One of the key components of the P Circle is the is the P Duit, an e-wallet, which makes payments easier for nearly all transactions in Malaysia.
“This feature will be useful for those looking to own our first EV (electric vehicle) as we have made an agreement with all charging point operators to agree to accept payments from our e-wallet,” Dato’ Sri Zainal said.
He added that “P Vehicle” will only made available after Perodua’s EV launch.
Dato’ Sri Zainal said that the P Guardian is a surveillance app offered together with P Charge where you can monitor the condition of your home from the camera attached to the P Charge.
The P-Circle app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play App. The mobile charge and smartwatch can be purchased at any Perodua Sales and Service outlet nationwide.
P Circle offers:
P-Duit
An e-wallet service
P- Calendar
A reminder app
P-Reward
Loyalty programme: points gathered through this Super App can be collected and used here.
P-Health (Smart Watch)
A smart watch that monitors a suite of health monitoring system.
PAC Home
Home charger port.
P-Charge
Mobile charging points for EVs.
P Charge Mobile
Freedom of charging your EV on the go. A crew will be there in case your EV needs emergency charging currently available in West Malaysia.
P Marketplace
A collaboration with Perodua Spare Parts Department. Products sold by SPD are all Spare parts & accessories from Perodua.
For phase 1 only, the Perodua Spare Parts Department is the seller as we want to highlight that we have an official platform for customers to get spare parts from Perodua aside from outlets.
Phase 2 will incorporate other sellers such as TM Unifi products, small sellers across Malaysia can be onboard as sellers as well.
They will go through a proper onboarding with credit check to ensure all our merchants are legit.
P-Chat
Forum for Super App users and Perodua car owners. similar to Lowyat. forum more towards automotive discussions, guidance and tips.
P-Entertainment
An OTT – “Over the Top” A streaming platform service with local content and contest.
P Vehicle
A module for our upcoming Electric Vehicle (EV). Connected is a remote-control module that lets our users control their EV remotely.
Features such as turn on/off the EV car, Location tracking, air-con control, lock/unlock the car. all from the app itself
Check-in
Location check-ins and share in their social media accounts
P-Home
Virtual smart home. Smart-home app that can be accessed through your smart phone and smart watch.
P-Map
Perodua’s navigation system