Various Electric Motorcycle Brands That Can Be Subsidized IDR 7 Million From The Government

Presidential Chief of Staff, Moeldoko, tried out electric motorized vehicles (Photo: Doc. Antara)

YOGYAKARTA - Electric motorcycle brands that can be subsidized from the government are interesting to watch. Battery-based electric motorized vehicles (KBLBB) are likely to be purchased by the public at a cheaper price after the electricity vehicle incentive rules are issued.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan ensured that the regulation on the subsidy of electric motorcycles of IDR 7 million would be issued in early February 2023.

"We have finalized (related to KBLBB) at the Ratas (Limited Meeting) yesterday, next week there will be a Ministerial Regulation (Ministerial Regulation) from the Ministry of Finance regarding subsidies and so on. Hopefully next week, early February. It will be around Rp. 7 million, approximately for new electric motors and later announced all of them, will be prioritized for simple people," said Luhut, quoted by VOI from Antara, written Wednesday, February 1.

Until now, there has been no more detailed explanation of the electric motorcycle brand that can be subsidized by the government. However, if you look at several types of electric motorized vehicles that have entered Indonesia, there are several brands that have the potential to get a purchase subsidy of IDR 7 million.

Adapting CNN Indonesia, along with electric motorcycle brands that have the opportunity to receive an incentive of IDR 7 million:

This Indonesian-made electric motorbike was first introduced to the public at the Indonesia International Motor Show or IIMS 2019, which was held last April 2019.

This electric motorcycle brand is offered IDR 28 million. If this vehicle is included in the category that can be subsidized by the government, the price will drop to IDR 21 million.

Gesits electric motor has 6.7 hp (horsepower) power and is equipped with a Lithium NCM battery with a capacity of 3kWh which is claimed to be able to run up to 100 km per hour.

United's bicycle manufacturers are expanding their products in the form of T1800 electric motorcycles. The electric motorcycle made by United is priced at IDR 30.5 million. However, if this electric motorcycle brand gets subsidies from the government, the selling price will be IDR 23.5 million.

The electric motor T1800 is equipped with a Lithium battery with a capacity of 60V28Ah. This motor can travel at a maximum speed of 70 km per hour. The distance is claimed to be 60 km with an average speed of 50-60 km per hour in normal mode.

Similar to Gesits, Viar includes an electric motorcycle made in Indonesia. This brand offers three types of electric motorcycles, namely Q1 which are sold for IDR 21 million, Viar N1 for IDR 25.87 million and N2 for IDR 34 million.

Viar Q1 is equipped with two batteries, each measuring 60V23Ah. The maximum speed of this electric motor is 60 km per hour.

If this electric motorcycle brand is included in the subsidy from the government, the price is estimated to be IDR 14 million for Q1, IDR 18.87 million for N1, and IDR 27 million for N2.

Volta has two electric motorcycle products, namely Virgo and 401. Volta sells Virgo at a price of Rp. 18.5 million and 401 is priced at Rp. 12.8 million. If subject to subsidies, the price of Virgo's electric motor is estimated at Rp. 11.5 million and Rp. 7.8 million for 401.

Virgo is claimed to have a distance of 65 km with one battery and 130 km for two batteries. This motorbike can be used at a maximum speed of 55 km per hour.

Meanwhile, Volta 401 has a distance of 60 km with one battery and 120 km with two batteries. The maximum speed is up to 60 km per hour.

Selis offers two electric motors for the Indonesian market, namely E-max SLA which sells for IDR 11.499 million or to around IDR 4.4 million after subsidized, and Agats for IDR 14.99 million or IDR 7.9 million after receiving incentives.

E-Max SLA electric motor can travel at a speed of 50 km per hour and travel a distance of 40 km. Meanwhile, Agats has a distance of 50 km and can be driven at a maximum speed of 60 km per hour.

This is information about electric motorcycle brands that can be subsidized by the government. How, interested in switching to electric motorized vehicles?