14 June 2021 11:48 am / 5 comments There are now 100,000 connected Proton cars in Malaysia as of May 2021, car connectivity technology and products joint venture ACO Tech said in a statement from chief executive officer Li Pu. Signed in June 2019, the joint venture between Proton, Altel Communications and ECarX saw the forming of ACO Tech in September 2019 to serve the connected vehicle technology needs of markets in Malaysia and in the greater Asean region. In line with the milestone, the connected car technology firm has released an infographic briefly describing its users and the usage patterns observed. Across Malaysia, the male-female user split has been found to be 62:38, with around 80.3% of the 100,000 users fund to be active users. A total of 1.5 million “Hi Proton” voice commands were received by the system on a monthly basis.