What Is The Fate Of Electric Cars In The Auction? It Turns Out This Is According To The JBA Auction Center

Car unions at the JBA Indonesia Car auction. (Photo: Afrizal Abdul Rahman / VOI)

JAKARTA - Electric cars in Indonesia are starting to vary and have seen many roads in various cities, especially in Jakarta. But talking about used electric cars turns out to have a fairly high level of depreciation.

This was revealed by Wily Willim, as Fleet and Auction Head JBA Indonesia. He revealed that used electric cars have a higher depreciation than conventional cars.

"There was once a unit, but when the electric car was about one year old, the depreciation was around 35 percent, compared to the new price," he said, when met in Jakarta, Tuesday, November 28.

He further said that this is very different from conventional cars in general, where in the first year of ownership the depreciation was only 25 percent.

Not without reason, according to him, one of them is because electric cars are additional vehicles, not the main choice such as conventional vehicles.

"Many are worried, such as charging and many other reasons, this situation makes depreciation higher," he explained.

In line with Wily, Johan Wijaya, as Sales & Operations General Manager of PT JBA Indonesia, said that the depreciation of electric cars is indeed higher than conventional cars in general.

"Maybe the floor is big, so the depreciation is definitely high," he said.

As is known, one component of an electric car is that the battery has a relatively expensive price. This must also be considered by consumers when there is damage.

"The price of the battery is half the price of the car, the warranty is also only eight years, and many measure the age of the vehicle from there," concluded Wily.