Exploring the Challenge of Expensive Electric Vehicle Batteries in Jakarta and Indonesia

Jakarta –

Electric vehicle batteries are still a problem, considering the high price of electric vehicle batteries being offered makes the price of electric vehicles also increase.

The high cost of electric vehicle batteries is of course caused by the expensive material of the battery in the form of lithium-ion. In addition, according to Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko, the import of battery components is also one of the reasons why the price of electric vehicle batteries is still high.

“The reason batteries (for electric vehicles) are still expensive is because until now (Indonesia) is still imported. So we are relatively still importing components (batteries),” said Moeldoko some time ago.

Even though it is currently still expensive, Moeldoko as Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Electric Vehicle Industries said that many manufacturers have started to produce electric vehicle batteries domestically, even though many battery cells are still being sent from abroad.

“But from the exhibition (PEVS2023) we can see many new developments which are quite significant. Even though many of the battery cells are still imported from abroad, they have started to be produced domestically,” he explained.

In addition, Moeldoko said that the Indonesian government is currently preparing to produce its own electric vehicle batteries through the Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC). Moeldoko also sees the abundant nickel resources in Indonesia as an important point in supporting domestic electric vehicle battery production.

“For batteries, the government has prepared domestic production through the Indonesia Battery Corporation which will cooperate with several large companies in China and South Korea,” said Moeldoko.

“As for its development, we’ll see. But in terms of resources, we have Antam which has resources in the form of nickel,” he added.

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