Real Steps Needed To Overcome Air Pollution In Jakarta: Focus On Transportation Electrification

Vice President Director of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) Bob Azam. (photo: Dok ANTARA/HO/TMMIN)

JAKARTA - It takes mutual commitment and concrete steps to overcome air pollution in the capital city of Jakarta which has recently deteriorated, even the index has reached 170 or is included in the category of unhealthy or worst in the world. "It takes real and concrete steps together, so it must be clear who did what, and run," said Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) Vice President Director Bob Azam in talks with the media, on the sidelines of the GIIAS 2023 automotive exhibition in the ICE area., BSD City, Tangerang, Banten, Friday afternoon, August 18. According to Bob Azam, so that environmental improvement steps, in this case, the air quality in Jakarta and its surroundings are increasingly worrying, so firm policies and concrete steps are needed. In terms of vehicle electrification, for example, this must start from public transportation. Public transportation must be a priority for electrification programs for reducing CO2 emissions, because this sector is relatively easier to control before going to vehicles personal. Then, another priority is the fleet sector, such as logistics transportation, company and institutional and government institutions operational vehicles, said Bob. "So this is more of a mindset, if you have to immediately switch to vehicles that are more environmentally friendly, you must immediately apply it with discipline, the target must also be clear. Who is doing what, when, and how," said Bob Azam. Touching on motor vehicle exhaust gas which is often accused of being the cause Main pollution in Jakarta and its surroundings, Bob Azam said there are several sectors that contribute pollution in the capital city, and the transportation sector (road transport) contributed 57 percent.,Nox emissions from road transport contributed 57 percent, while 43 others were contributed from power plants, industry, and households. the duty that accounts for 46 percent, and this is in line with Bob Azam's opinion which emphasizes that electrification on logistics transportation is also very important because the impact will be large. Likewise, in terms of PM2.5, the largest also comes from heavy duty vehicles whose numbers reach 20 percent, while for the largest SOx emission comes from power plants, reaching 64 percent. While the largest CO emission in the transportation sector (95%), 50 percent of it comes from motorcycles. This could be the case strong reasons that electrification on two-wheeled vehicles will also have a huge impact on air quality. In detail, the study concluded that the spread of CO2 emissions in Jakarta, 36 percent of which came from road transport, from power plants - in this case PLN - 36 percent as well, and from households. 13 percent.Bob Azam said that real jumps are needed to overcome poor air quality in Jakarta and its surroundings, ranging from vehicle electrification to standard application strict emissions. "In other countries now leading to Euro6, we are still going to Euro4. This requires serious efforts to catch up."

According to Bob Azam, if you want to catch up, Indonesia can actually immediately implement the standard emission policy of Euro5 firmly and no longer reason for the economic impact to be an obstacle. If the policies and implementation are consistent, the action plan is clear, the industry will make good adjustments. "In other countries, this can run faster because their mindset is that in green economy there are many new advantages. So, not only high investment, but also look at the opportunities," he said.TMMIN, as Toyota vehicle manufacturing in Indonesia, said Bob Azam also does not mind if the Euro5 standard is immediately implemented in real terms, because so far TMMIN has exported many vehicles with Euro5 specification. "So if the industry will definitely make adjustments if that's the best policy to be implemented. They are best at making important adjustments to implementation and policies are consistent," Bob added.