JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Grab Indonesia has a big ambitions to develop the electric vehicle ((EV) ecosystem in Indonesia. According to the plan, until 2025, the tech firm targets to operate 26,000 the vehicles across the country.
The president, Ridzki Kramadibrata, stated this projects is already underway in nine provinces, such as Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Yogyakarta, Bali, North Sumatra, and South Sulawesi. Now, the tech firm has 5,000 EV fleets, consisting of grab cars, grab bikes, and others.
“A few weeks ago we just launched 30 units of electric vehicles in Bali for trials,” he said in the launching of battery-based electric motor vehicles on Thursday (17/12) and hope that the supporting infrastructure can be increased in number also various other incentives, such as tax relief for EVs or special parking prices for the autos.
Last November, its parent, Malaysian Grab Holdings, state-owned power producer, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), South Korea Hyundai Motor Co., China’ Wuling Motors, producer of GESITs, and PT WIKA Industri Manufaktur has signed an agreement to support the EV development in Indonesia.
In January 2020, the ride-hailing operator and Hyundai has launched GrabCar electric to support the government’ initiative to bring two million EVs by 2025. The model that use by both companies are Hyundai IONIQ EV with a capacity of 38 kilowatts battery and can travel 380 kilometers.
The Southeast Asia’ ride-hailing giant Grab and South Korea’ top automaker targeted 500 units of EV scan pave in Indonesia throughout 2020. The Hyundai IONIQ EV is ready to operate as an Electric GrabCar with a starting point at Soekarno – Hatta International Airport.
“GrabCar electric is a tangible form of our commitment to support the EV ecosystem in Indonesia which we have conveyed when we obtained an investment of $2 billion from SoftBank,” said Kramadibrata.
Beside electric cars, Grab will also try out as many as 20 units of electric motorcycles, in cooperation with PT Astra Honda Motor and WIMA Industri, said the CEO. There are 20 units of electric motorcycles we prepared for 2020. He revealed Grab had signed a cooperation agreement with the state electricity company PLN to jointly build a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Based on Presidential Regulation Number 55 of 2019, concerning the Acceleration of the Battery-Based Electric Vehicle Program for Road Transportation, to realize clean energy, clean air quality and environmentally friendly, and Indonesia’ commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 29 percent by 2030.
Indonesian government is targeting the supply of 2 million units of electric cars and 14 million units of electric motorbikes by 2030. This is expected to reduce fuel imports equivalent to 77,000 barrels per day.
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