RI Starts Supplying Electric Battery Baku Materials For Tesla Next Month

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia revealed the export plan for the precursor of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

The precursors will be exported to Elon Musk's world-leading electric car manufacturer, Tesla. Meanwhile, the precursors to be exported are the result of the production of a nickel processing plant located in the Weda Bay Industrial Estate, Halmahera, North Maluku.

"We will export the precursors next month to America to meet the Tesla in Weda Bay," said Bahlil, quoted on Saturday, October 19.

However, Bahlil was reluctant to reveal the volume of the precursor to be supplied to America. Bahlil said that his party could not reveal the exact figures regarding the number to be exported.

"We will announce it later, we will inaugurate it first and then we will announce it," he added.

Previously, while still serving as Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Bahlil once revealed that Indonesia Indonesia would start supplying precursor requests for Tesla starting January 1, 2025.

"in the future, January 1, 2025, Indonesia will send precursor battery materials, namely the factory in Weda Bay," Bahlil said at a press conference on Investment Realization in the Second Quarter of 2024, Monday, July 29.