Indonesia’s first EV battery factory expected to come into operation next month

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second, from right) at the the EV exhibition of the Indonesian Electric Vehicle Industry Association or Periklindo Electric Vehicle Show 2024. - Vietnam News/ANN

JAKARTA (Vietnam News/ANN): Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Monday has told the media that the first electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in the country will begin operating in June.

Speaking at the EV exhibition of the Indonesian Electric Vehicle Industry Association or Periklindo Electric Vehicle Show in 2024 last week, he emphasised that the factory’s operation signals that the domestic environmentally friendly vehicle ecosystem is starting to form in the country.