- Company name
- Heng Development Co. Ltd
- Place
- Phnom Penh
- Country
- Cambodia
Heng Development Co., Ltd. was a Cambodian company that became known internationally for promoting a domestically branded small electric vehicle called the Angkor. Press coverage in 2010–2011 described Heng Development as planning to invest about US$20 million in a factory to manufacture hybrid/electric vehicles and as signing an agreement with Hong Kong–based Chau Leong to build the “Angkor” eco-friendly vehicle, which was attributed to local inventor/designer Nhean Phaloek. Reporting framed the effort as an attempt to establish a local auto industry through low-speed, city-focused electrified vehicles rather than a conventional full-scale automaker.
The Angkor program appeared in multiple prototype iterations over the early 2010s. Coverage of the “Angkor EV” described a small city car aimed at the domestic market, typically citing a top speed around 60 km/h and a claimed driving range figure as high as roughly 300 km, alongside assertions that a production ramp was expected “next year” from the perspective of 2011 reporting. Later reporting in 2016 continued to describe the vehicle as a home-grown electric car unveiled and displayed by Heng Development, emphasizing its symbolic role and local origin rather than confirmed mass production. Across these accounts, plans for factory-backed series manufacture were repeatedly announced, but public documentation of sustained series production remained limited in the sources available.
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