Indonesia plans to launch 6 million electric motorcycles nationwide by 2025, as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and save fossil fuel consumption through wider use of electric vehicles.
The plan to achieve this involves various stakeholders, including state-owned enterprises, Indonesian state news agency between To quote Ego Syahrial, Secretary General of the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Syahrial said the collaboration will focus on developing energy conversion programs for motorcycles and infrastructure development to support Indonesia’s electric vehicle ecosystem.
“The plan is expected to save about 13 million barrels of fuel per year, worth 16 trillion rupiah ($1.07 billion), reduce carbon emissions by 4 million tons per year, and increase electricity consumption by 2.4 terawatt-hours per year,” he noted.
Pertamina, power company PLN and banks as partners
To implement the plan, the Indonesian government signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned power company PLN and state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina. PLN signed another memorandum with state-owned banks Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat, Bank Negara and BTN to fund electric vehicle retrofits and public charging station infrastructure.
Syahrial said the electric motorcycle conversion program will further provide the younger generation with opportunities to acquire new skills, find new jobs and increase local production of components.
From a broader macroeconomic perspective, the plan will accelerate Indonesia’s energy transition, reduce fossil fuel imports and subsidies, and ease pressure on the state budget.
Government, army, police use electric vehicles
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Indonesia’s presidential palace said the country’s government will fully switch to electric vehicles for government officials, as well as the army and police, in another move to speed up the electrification of the country’s transportation.
“The government will soon prepare a presidential directive to accelerate the use of electric vehicles within the government, including the military and police. In a government setting, the use of electric vehicles will be mandatory,” the spokesman said, without giving a timetable.
The electric cars that will be used will not be fixed to one model. In the initial stage, the government will rent electric vehicles as official vehicles, and later consider purchasing domestic electric vehicles.
Electric motorcycles lead EV adoption in Indonesia Indonesia plans to launch 6 million electric motorcycles nationwide by 2025, as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and save fossil fuel consumption through wider use of electric vehicles. Plans to achieve this involve various stakeholders, including state-owned enterprises, Indonesia’s state news agency Antara quoted Ego Syahrial, secretary general of the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, as saying. The collaboration is focused on developing an energy transition program for motorcycles and infrastructure development to support…
Indonesia plans to launch 6 million electric motorcycles nationwide by 2025, as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and save fossil fuel consumption through wider use of electric vehicles.
The plan to achieve this involves various stakeholders, including state-owned enterprises, Indonesian state news agency between To quote Ego Syahrial, Secretary General of the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Syahrial said the collaboration will focus on developing energy conversion programs for motorcycles and infrastructure development to support Indonesia’s electric vehicle ecosystem.
“The plan is expected to save about 13 million barrels of fuel per year, worth 16 trillion rupiah ($1.07 billion), reduce carbon emissions by 4 million tons per year, and increase electricity consumption by 2.4 terawatt-hours per year,” he noted.
Pertamina, power company PLN and banks as partners
To implement the plan, the Indonesian government signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned power company PLN and state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina. PLN signed another memorandum with state-owned banks Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat, Bank Negara and BTN to fund electric vehicle retrofits and public charging station infrastructure.
Syahrial said the electric motorcycle conversion program will further provide the younger generation with opportunities to acquire new skills, find new jobs and increase local production of components.
From a broader macroeconomic perspective, the plan will accelerate Indonesia’s energy transition, reduce fossil fuel imports and subsidies, and ease pressure on the state budget.
Government, army, police use electric vehicles
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Indonesia’s presidential palace said the country’s government will fully switch to electric vehicles for government officials, as well as the army and police, in another move to speed up the electrification of the country’s transportation.
“The government will soon prepare a presidential directive to accelerate the use of electric vehicles within the government, including the military and police. In a government setting, the use of electric vehicles will be mandatory,” the spokesman said, without giving a timetable.
The electric cars that will be used will not be fixed on one model. In the initial stage, the government will rent electric vehicles as official vehicles, and later consider purchasing domestic electric vehicles.
