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Preparing for launch: Can e-mobility take to the air in Indonesia?
Electric vehicles traverse the skies above Jakarta on critical journeys that bypass the challenges of rush-hour jams. This might seem like a scene from the Hollywood blockbuster The Fifth Element, but it could soon be a natural evolution of Indonesia’s transportation ecosystem.
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Future taxi: This undated and unlocated image released by Archer Aviation Inc. shows the company’s eVTOL aircraft, a personal electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator aircraft. (AFP/Handout/Archer Aviation Inc.)
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lectric vehicles traverse the skies above Jakarta on critical journeys that bypass the challenges of rush-hour jams. This might seem like a scene from Hollywood blockbuster The Fifth Element, but it could soon be a natural evolution in Indonesia’s transportation ecosystem.
Transportation electrification in Indonesia is traveling at an impressive pace, with electric vehicles (EVs) targeted to reach an annual production capacity of over 3 million by 2030. Electric mobility is already an increasingly cost-effective solution for two-wheelers and heavy users of four-wheelers, providing both environmental benefits through reduced air pollution and lifetime emissions and quality-of-life benefits for riders.
Indonesia aspires to be a leading market and manufacturing powerhouse for this vibrant industry, with ambitious plans highlighted in Boston Consulting Group’s recent report Electrifying Indonesia’s Two-Wheeler Industry. Electric two-wheelers (E2Ws) provide the most lucrative opportunity in this space, with a target to produce 2.5 million units by 2030 while reaching 25 percent sales penetration.
Now take this natural evolution of transportation to the next level, quite literally, as EVs take to our skies. Imagine taking an air taxi across an Indonesian city, or linking to outbound international transportation at the airport. This fantastical reality is closer than you might think.
The key to this remarkable future is in a new category of aircraft known as the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL), which could radicalize our transportation ecosystem.
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