KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24 -- Almost two months after it was officially launched to the market, the first batch of deliveries for Proton e.MAS 5 is finally happening. This is based on social media postings by various Proton e.MAS dealerships and sales advisors.

While the e.MAS 5 is already earmarked for local assembly at Proton's EV plant in Tanjung Malim, the first group of rollouts still involve Completely Built-Up (CBU) units from China. At the moment, Pro-Net has yet to reveal how many units are involved in the first batch of shipment, although it appears that there are at least a few hundred units, based on this video by Proton e.MAS Penang.

With the arrival of the first e.MAS 5 shipment into the market, this also means that we get to s...