President Director Of PLN Says No Electric Vehicle Runs Out Of Batteries When Homecoming Nataru

President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo (second from the left). (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo said, no electric vehicles had run out of batteries during the Christmas and New Year 2025 (Nataru) holidays.

Darmawan said the use of electric vehicles during the Nataru homecoming reached up to 8,000 units.

"Alhamdulillah, until now there have been no reports of electric vehicles running out of electricity in the middle of the road," said Darmawan as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 1.

According to him, the absence of electric vehicles that run out of energy because his party has increased public electric vehicle charging stations (SPKLU) on the homecoming route by eight times.

In addition, electric vehicle users understand well how to design a good homecoming trip.

"We ensure that our brothers and sisters who go home using electric vehicles can run their homecoming smoothly, enjoy a time full of happiness with their families," said Darmawan.

PLN detects that the number of electric vehicles homecoming during the 2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year holidays has tripled compared to the previous year,

Darmawan said that electric vehicle users are estimated to be more than 7,500-8,000 units during the Christmas and New Year holidays. This figure is an increase when compared to the 2023/2024 Christmas and New Year holidays of around 2,800 units.

"Then the number of transactions for charging has almost increased 5 times. This is an increase and a spike (when compared) the number of electric vehicles homecoming compared to last year," said Darmawan.

"The last report, just 15 minutes ago we checked every queue at each SPKLU under control and there were no significant queues," added Darmawan.

Even so, he appealed that electric vehicle users face problems or run out of power in the middle of the road, they can use PLN Mobile.

"There is a button to ask for help or you can also call directly using WhatsApp number 0877-7111-2123," said Darmawan.

Darmawan explained, once the average charging of electric cars can cover a distance of about 300 to 550 kilometers.

This means that if the homecoming trip reaches 600 kilometers, electric vehicles must charge at least twice.

However, to make it safer, you should charge an electric car three times, with each charging carried out after traveling about 200 kilometers.

He ensured that the homecoming route in Pantura has a distance between the Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station (SPKLU), one and the other, an average of about 23 kilometers.

This is an important factor in ensuring smooth travel for electric car drivers, because the closer the distance between SPKLUs, the easier it is for drivers to charge the car.

"Of course, with the convenience of the SPKLU which we add massively, this time it makes homecoming this time with electric vehicles running smoothly," said Darmawan.