TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Govt to test two Mitsubishi electric cars by year-end
Change Size
Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said two electric car models would be run on a trial basis by the year's end. (Shutterstock/-)
T
he Industry Ministry plans to undergo a trial of two models of electric cars produced by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corporation by the end of this year as part of efforts to formulate a regulation to boost the use of such cars in the country.
The government is currently drafting a presidential regulation (Perpres) to boost the country’s electric-vehicle industry, in line with its plan to see 400,000 low carbon emission vehicles (LCEV) enter the Indonesian market by 2025.
After meeting with Mitsubishi Motors CEO Osamu Masuko in Japan in October, Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said the company would provide 10 prototypes of electric cars to help further research conducted by the Indonesian government to formulate the new regulation. Two models would be run on a trial basis by the year's end, he added.
“We expect the new regulation to be issued in the beginning of next year so that we can soon provide incentives to boost the use of electric cars,” Airlangga said.
Read also: Indonesia, South Korea initiate plan to develop electric car battery
Automotive industry players have demanded the government provide several fiscal incentives, including exemptions from import duty and luxury tax (PPnBM) for the import of completely knocked-down (CKD) electric cars.
Several automakers have shown interest in developing electric vehicles in Indonesia, including PT Sokonindo Automobile, a joint venture between the Hong Kong-based Sokon Group and local firm PT Kaisar Motorindo Industri.
