Govt Support to National Industry Tested
Deliberation on the draft Presidential Regulation on accelerated development of electric vehicles has yet to show the government’s full support in encouraging the national electric car industry.
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Prototype electric vehicles, including an electric scooter and an electric multipurpose vehicle, are displayed on Tuesday (28/8/2018) at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) in Jakarta. The BPPT is improving its development tests on electric cars and motorcycles, as well as on charging stations, chargers and batteries. The domestic manufacturing industry will also be involved in supplying components.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Deliberation on the draft Presidential Regulation on accelerated development of electric vehicles has yet to show the government’s full support in encouraging the national electric car industry.
In Indonesia, research on electric vehicles began in 2012 with the National Electric Car (Molina) research program that involved the University of Indonesia (UI), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Sebelas Maret State University (UNS), Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS).