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ST today has two suv style cars on review which were a fairly big contrast  In one corner, the bastion of conti premium luxury is represented by the impress ix3 standing tall at more than 350k and a long feature list plus a highly impressive on paper range of 800km - 580km in reality apparently credit to BMW for developing their own drivetrain and battery system though  then the bastion of old school Japanese reliability and economy is represented by the RAV 4 at close to 250k with a fc of 5.4l per 100km allowing it to go beyond 1000km easily  but it fall short on the feature list and glaringly has no 360camera  The article then throws in a left curve : The elephant not in the room is the zeekr 7 which is priced closer to the RAV but has a similar performance and feature list that won’t feel inferior to the BMW at probably a 100 grand less  for those who have deep pockets and can drop three hundred plus large ones without batting an eyelid, the premium euro...

So we have our prep done Apps, roaming and lots of fluids and snacks  Firstly the apps Checkpoint app for checking tuas and causeway traffic  ABRP and plug share for EV charging stations  You will also need the actual charging apps There are a whole bunch of Malaysian apps but I’ll suggest you download ChargEV and JomCharge as a minimum- SP app does cover some JomCharge stations but there’s a cover fee  Touch and Go app is required and do put at least M$100 inside to cross the customs. You can still use your TnG card for parking and the toll booths. The immigration apps are kind of useful but not compulsory  So typically, if you can hit the Causeway or Tuas checkpoint before 9am, you are much better off - I took only 15 min to clear both sides. From the customs, we proceeded to checkout the Skudai RnR, where there are quite a few options for charging, located at the various petrol stations and stores. For example the Caltex station has a brace of JomCharge DC ch...