JAKARTA - Automotive expert from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Yannes Martinus Pasaribu assessed that Indonesia could get a layered profit if it succeeds in producing national electric cars and motorcycles.
"The benefits are layered and strategic if done correctly. Macro, this step strengthens energy sovereignty by cutting down on fuel imports, which have been draining large amounts of foreign exchange every year," Yannes said when contacted by Antara from Jakarta, Friday.
Economically, he said, it is able to transform nickel reserves from mere export raw materials into a high-value battery ecosystem, absorbing skilled labor in the manufacturing and component sectors, and retaining the value added that has been running abroad.
"This is what, if the entire process is done correctly and programmed in the right way, has the potential to make Indonesia have the opportunity to rise from being a market to a player in the global value chain," he added.
"The multiplier effect can occur if it is carried out consistently and strongly through the entire supply chain from upstream, namely the manufacture of vehicle components to the Indonesian-controlled integrator industry, even to the end user, which will occur in the country, will create a circular economy that builds national industrial independence.
"But all of this is conditional on one thing, namely that the local content must be directed to the core components, not stop at the frame and body, and then stop at merely selling goods whose imported components are still high," he said again.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto said he would accelerate the process of electrifying people's mobility in the presentation of the Government's Introduction/Explanation of the Bill on the 2027 Budget Year APBN along with the Financial Note in Jakarta, Friday.
"We will accelerate the process of electrification of people's mobility. We must significantly reduce fuel subsidies. For this reason, the government that I led yesterday has launched a national electric motorcycle ecosystem," he said.
In addition, he also announced that he would provide incentives for one million electric motorcycles produced domestically by Indonesian entrepreneurs.
"This policy has three goals at once: reducing vehicle costs for the people, reducing the consumption of imported fuel, and expanding the national electric motor industry along with the battery supply chain, components, software, and after-sales services. This incentive is an investment to make the Indonesian people the first market for Indonesian children's works," he said again.
According to him, the presence of electric motorcycles made in Indonesia that run on the highway is a three-in-one victory, namely savings for families, reduction of energy imports, and jobs for the nation's children.
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