Grab Targets Electric Vehicle Fleet to Triple by Year End

JAKARTA - Grab Indonesia targets the number of electric vehicle (EV) fleets operating on its platform to increase three-fold by the end of the year.

Currently, the company has operated more than 14,000 electric vehicle fleets in Indonesia.

Grab Indonesia's Director of Mobility, Food, & Logistics Tyas Widyastuti said the target was driven by a number of factors, both internal and external.

According to him, internally, Grab is currently the ride-hailing platform with the largest electric vehicle fleet in the country.

"From within, we are actually the number one ride-hailing platform that has the largest fleet of EVs in Indonesia, that's the first," said Tyas in a Media Group Interview session at the Grab Business Forum 2026 in Jakarta, Tuesday, June 9.

In addition, said Tyas, the increase in fuel prices is one of the factors that has accelerated the adoption of electric vehicles. According to him, electric vehicles have the potential to help reduce operating costs so that they can support the sustainability of the business in the future.

Furthermore, Tyas emphasized that this step is not just following a trend.

In addition to providing operational cost efficiency, Grab also wants to maintain its position as the largest ride-hailing service provider with an electric vehicle fleet while strengthening the company's contribution to sustainability initiatives and green steps.

"So, that's why we set a target (to increase it to) three times by the end of this year," he said.

Even so, Tyas admitted that there were still a number of challenges in expanding the adoption of electric vehicles.

He explained that in the early days, one of the main obstacles came from the limited level of acceptance of driver partners.

In addition, the choice of electric vehicles in the market is also not much and tends to be expensive.

However, in the last two years, this condition has begun to change with the advent of more affordable electric vehicle models.

This condition makes electric vehicles easier to be accepted by driver partners, both for car and motorcycle segments.

"In the past, maybe the brand was only a few, now there are more than ten on the market. So, the choice is much more," he explained.

He added that the development of the electric vehicle ecosystem does not only depend on the availability of vehicles.

According to Tyas, the readiness of driver partners is also an important factor.

If previously many drivers were worried about the battery life and the ability of electric vehicles when used in various road conditions, now their understanding and experience have improved.

Tyas assessed that the driver partners currently have a better understanding of how to operate electric vehicles, including using the battery swap service quickly and efficiently.

Not only that, Tyas emphasized, the acceleration of the adoption of electric vehicles also requires wider ecosystem support, ranging from the availability of charging stations for cars, battery swap station networks for motorcycles to regulatory support from the government.

"How can the government continue its support for the adoption of electrification itself. So these challenges that arise, we won't know if we don't scale it up," explained Tyas.