Ministry Of Transportation Allows 7.585 Electric Vehicles To Operate In Indonesia

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. (Photo: Doc. Kemenhub)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) explained that so far, around 7.585 units have a Type Test Registration Certificate (SRUT), and as many as 112 electric vehicles in Indonesia have received a Type Test Certificate (SUT).

For your information, SUT is a document required by a Brand Holder Agent (APM) to obtain a permit to import or produce vehicles in Indonesia. SUT indicates that a vehicle model has passed the Ministry of Transportation's feasibility test.

Then, after obtaining the SUT, every unit imported/manufactured for sale in Indonesia is required to have an SRUT. The SRUT is proof that the unit has conformity with the specifications of the SUT.

"There are already in Indonesia that have submitted a type test to our office. Until now the type test register letter for registration of new motorized vehicles which will later be forwarded to the police is around 7.585", said Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Budi Setiyadi, in the 'Launching Pilot' event. Project for Converting Fuel to Electric Motorcycles' Program, Wednesday, August 18.

Furthermore, Budi said that there is a possibility that this figure is not the same as the number in the field. This is because many repair shops do not know that when buying an electric motorcycle, it must be reported.

"Perhaps this is the one who has submitted it because there are still many people who buy it or then the repair shop or the Brand Holder Agent (APM) doesn't know that it must be registered. Like the online sale yesterday, we issued a warning for the online sale of electric motorcycles but then it didn't go through a type test", he said.

For your information, the government is committed to accelerating the development of the domestic electric car industry. This is evidenced by the issuance of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 55 of 2019 concerning the Acceleration of Batteries for Road Transportation.

A number of innovations and efforts have been made in the transportation sector in order to support efforts to accelerate the development of electric vehicles in Indonesia. These efforts include making supporting regulations, increasing research and innovation of electric vehicles, making grand designs for the development of electric vehicles, to downstreaming in the industrial world.

"With the regulation of the Minister of Transportation Number 65 of 2020, the government also encourages the conversion of two-wheeled vehicles", he said.

With the regulation, Budi hopes that other workshops that are still MSMEs can be further fostered by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to become conversion workshops.

"Because this is in line, because many workshops may not have electricity, do not have the equipment. So far, only three have proposed conversions. We hope that in several big cities there are also conversion workshops like this", he said.