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View all search resultsNational car to be be electric: Minister
Technology, Research and Higher Education Minister Minister Muhammad Nasir emphasized on Monday that the development of a national car would be exclusively aimed at producing an electric car
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echnology, Research and Higher Education Minister Minister Muhammad Nasir emphasized on Monday that the development of a national car would be exclusively aimed at producing an electric car.
He said his ministry opted for an electric car due to its environmental friendliness.
'We do not develop cars powered by oil-based fuel because the crude oil supply is dwindling,' he said after visiting Batam Polytechnics in Batam, Riau Islands, as quoted by Antara news agency.
He added that Japan and South Korea had mastered the technology for cars using oil-based fuel, so it would be difficult to match.
Currently, the development of a national car is in the evaluation and testing stage by the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), involving two universities, the University of Indonesia (UI) and the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).
'We expect to identify the weaknesses of the car's design by year's end, following the evaluation and testings,' Nasir said, before deflecting questions about the newly signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) between an Indonesian company and Malaysian carmaker Proton.
Proton Holding Bhd CEO Abdul Harits Abdullah signed the MoU with Adiperkasa Citra Lestari CEO AM Hendropriyono to develop a national car program. The MoU was signed with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo' present, during the latter's recent state visit. (nvn) (***)
