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Govt expands electric motorbike subsidy to all citizens
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Officials exchange electric motorcycle batteries at the Public Electric Vehicle Battery Exchange Station (SPBKLU) at the Electrification Directorate General Building in Jakarta on Aug. 31, 2020. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan/Adi/Dyn)
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very national identity card (KTP) holder is now eligible to purchase one electric two-wheeler at a government-subsidized price, part of an effort to increase the country’s uptake of electric vehicles (EVs).
Under the previous regulation, only low-income Indonesians were eligible for the subsidy.
Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said on Tuesday that only Indonesian citizens were eligible for the subsidy and that they could purchase one subsidized motorbike per person, as determined by a unique KTP number.
The subsidy remains Rp 7 million (about US$457) for each purchaser, roughly the same price as an EV battery.
“We want to expedite the development of the electric vehicle ecosystem in Indonesia,” Agus said in a statement on Tuesday.
Read also: Govt admits few people taking up electric motorbike subsidy
The government previously acknowledged that only a few people had taken up the its electric motorcycle subsidy and blamed the slow adoption on the public’s unfamiliarity with EVs.
