Blue Bird Holds The Touring Of Jakarta-Bali Electric Vehicles

PT Blue Bird Tbk (The Company) participated in the Battery-Based Electric Motor Vehicle Touring initiated by the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) from November 7 to November 11, 2022.

As one of the largest land transportation companies and pioneer of electric taxis in Indonesia, PT Blue Bird Tbk (Perseroan) fully supports the government's efforts to realize the Sustainable Energy Transition or Sustainable Energy Transition as one of the priority issues of the G20 Summit.

President Director of PT Blue Bird Tbk Sigit Djokosoetono said Bluebird is committed to carrying out all company operations responsibly by reducing the negative impact of the Company's operations and services on the environment, especially air quality through the implementation of electric vehicles.

"Bluebird is a catalyst in implementing the electric fleet for taxi services. Starting with the launch of 25 units of BYD E6 A/T and 4 units of Tesla Model X 75D since 2019 in Jakarta. Until the end of 2022, Bluebird targets an additional 50-60 units of electric fleet with a focus on Jakarta and Bali," said Sigit in a written statement, Monday, November 7.

The Company's BYD E6 electric taxi will enliven the 1263 KM parade that passes through nine cities throughout Java-Bali, including Jakarta, Cirebon, Semarang, Surakarta, Madiun, Surabaya, Jember, Banyuwangi, and Bali.

According to Sigit, his party will continue to expand the implementation of the electricity fleet in various other regions in Indonesia.

"This is in line with Blue Bird's sustainability vision 50:30 which was launched in April 2022 to reduce emissions and operational waste by 50 percent by 2030," he said.

Later, said Sigit, the vision will be supported by three pillars of sustainability, namely BlueSky, BlueLife, and BlueCorps for the sake of creating improvements in environmental and social quality, as well as improving business quality.

"Through the BlueSky pillar, the Company targets several concrete commitments until 2030, such as an increase in the adoption of electric vehicles by 10 percent, 23 percent of the adoption of CNG (compressed natural gas), and the implementation of solar panels as an alternative to energy at the Blue Bird head office and pool in order to achieve a savings target of 150,000 kWH," he said.

Therefore, Sigit also expressed his gratitude for the opportunity given by the Ministry of Transportation to participate in the series of Battery-Based Electric Motor Vehicle Touring activities.

"We believe this tour is a good form of education to increase public awareness of the benefits of electric vehicles as a solution to the sustainable energy transition in Indonesia and prove that electric vehicles are environmentally friendly vehicles that are energy efficient, safe and comfortable," concluded Sigit.