(Photo: Gesits Indonesia)
The promotion of electric motorcycles in Indonesia has not been as effective as expected. Indonesia Ministry of Industry has promised to release battery standardization regulations this January. This will make it easier for riders to replace batteries nationwide, addressing the issue of incompatible specifications among different manufacturers.
Indonesia president, Joko Widodo, introduced an electric vehicle subsidy program last year, providing a subsidy of 7 million Indonesian Rupiah (approximately USD 451) per vehicle. The goal was to increase the total number of vehicles by 200,000 throughout the year. However, the actual number of vehicles purchased using this program only 11,532 units.
