Indonesia boosts electric motorbike usage; government goes “electric vehicles only”
Indonesia is planning to get six million units of electric motorcycles on the road nationwide by 2025 as part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions and save fossil fuel consumption through the broader use of electric vehicles.
The plan to achieve this target is involving various stakeholders, including state-owned enterprises, Indonesia’s state news agency Antara cited Ego Syahrial, secretary-general of the country’s energy and mineral resources ministry.
The collaboration is focused on carrying out energy conversion programmes for motorcycles and infrastructure development that can support the electric vehicle ecosystem in Indonesia, Syahrial said.
“The program is expected to save fuel by around 13 million barrels per year, worth 16 trillion rupiah ($1.07 billion), reduce carbon emissions by four million tonnes per year and increase electricity consumption by 2.4 terawatt-hours per year,” he noted.
Pertamina, power company PLN and banks as partner
To implement the plan, the Indonesian government signed a memorandum of understanding with state electricity firm PLN and state oil and gas company Pertamina. Another memorandum was signed between PLN and state-run banks Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat, Bank Negara and BTN for the funding of electric vehicle conversions and the public charging stations infrastructure.
The e-motorcycle conversion programme would further provide opportunities for the younger generation to gain new skills, find new jobs and increase the production of local components, Syahrial said.
In a broader macroeconomic view, the programme would accelerate Indonesia‘s energy transition and reduce imports and subsidies for fossil fuels, relieving pressure on the state budget.
Government, army, police to use electric vehicles
Meanwhile, a spokesperson of Indonesia’s presidential palace said that the country’s government will completely switch to electric vehicles for government officials, as well as the military and the police in another move to expedite the electrification of transport in the country.
“The government will soon prepare a presidential instruction to accelerate the use of electric cars within the government, including by the military and the police. In the government environment, it will be mandatory to use electric cars,” the spokesperson said, without giving a timeframe.
The electric cars to be used will not be fixed on one model. In the early stages, the government will rent electric cars to be operated as official vehicles and would later look into buying domestically produces electric vehicles.
[caption id="attachment_38627" align="alignleft" width="300"] Electric motorbikes leas the adoption of electric vehicles in Indonesia[/caption] Indonesia is planning to get six million units of electric motorcycles on the road nationwide by 2025 as part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions and save fossil fuel consumption through the broader use of electric vehicles. The plan to achieve this target is involving various stakeholders, including state-owned enterprises, Indonesia’s state news agency Antara cited Ego Syahrial, secretary-general of the country’s energy and mineral resources ministry. The collaboration is focused on carrying out energy conversion programmes for motorcycles and infrastructure development that can support...
Indonesia is planning to get six million units of electric motorcycles on the road nationwide by 2025 as part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions and save fossil fuel consumption through the broader use of electric vehicles.
The plan to achieve this target is involving various stakeholders, including state-owned enterprises, Indonesia’s state news agency Antara cited Ego Syahrial, secretary-general of the country’s energy and mineral resources ministry.
The collaboration is focused on carrying out energy conversion programmes for motorcycles and infrastructure development that can support the electric vehicle ecosystem in Indonesia, Syahrial said.
“The program is expected to save fuel by around 13 million barrels per year, worth 16 trillion rupiah ($1.07 billion), reduce carbon emissions by four million tonnes per year and increase electricity consumption by 2.4 terawatt-hours per year,” he noted.
Pertamina, power company PLN and banks as partner
To implement the plan, the Indonesian government signed a memorandum of understanding with state electricity firm PLN and state oil and gas company Pertamina. Another memorandum was signed between PLN and state-run banks Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat, Bank Negara and BTN for the funding of electric vehicle conversions and the public charging stations infrastructure.
The e-motorcycle conversion programme would further provide opportunities for the younger generation to gain new skills, find new jobs and increase the production of local components, Syahrial said.
In a broader macroeconomic view, the programme would accelerate Indonesia‘s energy transition and reduce imports and subsidies for fossil fuels, relieving pressure on the state budget.
Government, army, police to use electric vehicles
Meanwhile, a spokesperson of Indonesia’s presidential palace said that the country’s government will completely switch to electric vehicles for government officials, as well as the military and the police in another move to expedite the electrification of transport in the country.
“The government will soon prepare a presidential instruction to accelerate the use of electric cars within the government, including by the military and the police. In the government environment, it will be mandatory to use electric cars,” the spokesperson said, without giving a timeframe.
The electric cars to be used will not be fixed on one model. In the early stages, the government will rent electric cars to be operated as official vehicles and would later look into buying domestically produces electric vehicles.
