Add Electric Vehicle, Blue Bird Predicts Operational Fee Down 60 Percent

JAKARTA - PT Blue Bird Tbk (BIRD) projects that the company's operational costs can decrease by 60 percent with the addition of an electric vehicle fleet.

Blue Bird Deputy President Director Adrianto Djokosoetono said that his company has prepared capital expenditure (capex) of IDR 2 trillion for the addition of 6,000 new vehicles this year.

The vehicles in question are conventional cars, electric cars, and rejuvenation of vehicles. This includes electric buses.

Especially for electric vehicles, continued Andre, Adrianto's nickname, the company targets as many as 300 to 500 new electric vehicles by 2023.

Furthermore, Andre said that with the addition of this electric vehicle, the company projects that the company's operational costs could shrink by up to 60 percent.

"60 percent (operational costs can go down)," he said when met at the Blue Bird Office, Jakarta, Tuesday, February 21.

Not only reducing operational costs, said Andre, electric vehicles have another advantage, namely the absence of carbon emissions.

"We have to contribute positively to reducing emissions," said Andre.

Regarding the implementation of subsidies for electric vehicles starting March 2023, Andre said the company did not expect that. This is because the company has prepared a budget to add electric vehicles this year.

"We haven't calculated whether there is a subsidy or not, but we have prepared a budget for electric vehicles," he said.