Indonesia aims to sell only electric cars and motorcycles by 2050 to replace vehicles powered by combustion engines, the country's energy minister said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to reduce its carbon emissions.
All motorcycles sold from 2040 will be electric-powered, while all new cars sold from 2050 will be electric vehicles (EVs), Arifin Tasrif said.
A move towards EVs also supports Indonesia's ambitious plans of becoming a global hub for production, as the country ramps up processing of its rich supplies of nickel laterite ore used in lithium batteries.
Indonesia's homegrown ride-hailing giant, Gojek, in April said that the company would make every car and motorcycle on its platform an EV by 2030.
Jakarta also announced a target this year to make the country carbon-neutral, including a plan to retire all coal powered plants by 2056.
Source: Reuters
Reporting by Bernadette Christina Munthe; Writing by Fathin Ungku, Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Ed Davies
Original published date: 14 June, 2021
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