Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said, in accordance with world agreements, starting from the Montreal protocol, Rio Summit, Kyoto, Paris, and Glassgow, the world needs a clean energy transition. This is like a shift to more environmentally friendly modes of transportation, such as cycling, public transportation and new and renewable energy-based vehicles such as battery-based electric vehicles. "Electro mobility can make transportation cleaner and cheaper," said Budi Karya, Saturday (18/6/2022). He cited the International Energy Agency (IEA) which in its report in 2022 explained the prospect of electric cars from year to year progressing. In 2021, Budi said, the global electric car market share was recorded at 8.57%. "This figure has doubled from the previous year which was 4.11%," he said. In addition, Budi said, electric car sales also increased to reach 6.7 million units in 2021. This figure grew 116.13% compared to sales in 2020 which only amounted to 3.1 million units. Likewise, the development of chargers for electric vehicles has also increased to 1.3 million in 2020.
"We should follow the example of Norway, one of the oil-producing countries that has environmental awareness. As written in the Norwegian Road Federation (2022), the population of electric cars in Norway can be quite large, the total dominance of electric cars there is 83.7% of the population. the total number of registered cars," he said. Budi said the government continues to strive to improve electro mobility in Indonesia, one of which is through Presidential Decree No. 55 of 2019. The Presidential Regulation contains the Acceleration of the Battery-Based Electric Motor Vehicle Program for Road Transportation. This, said Budi, is a sign of the government's commitment to encouraging the development of the domestic electric car industry. To support net zero emissions in the land transportation sector, said Budi, the Ministry of Transportation has implemented an ASI (Avoid, Shift, Improve) policy. The government is also developing the use of electric trains, electric buses, innaportnet, electric vehicles (EV), green airport AP 1, and the green port of Teluk Lamong.
"In addition, the government is also collaborating with INKA for the development of electric buses as well as cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in the implementation of converting conventional motorcycles into electric motors," he said. Budi said the global mobility trend shows a gradual shift from conventional vehicles to electrification. According to Budi, Indonesia has the potential to produce electric vehicles. "One of the keys so that Indonesia can compete in the global electric vehicle industry competition is to create a good ecosystem for the development of electric vehicles," he said. Budi explained that Indonesia is the largest nickel producer in the world. Nickel itself is an important component for electric vehicle batteries. "We must take advantage of this moment well, we must be able to pick up business opportunities and make Indonesia a production base for electric vehicle batteries," he said. To achieve efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation, said Budi, innovation must continue to be strengthened. In the future, he hopes to be able to work together and support each other with the collaboration and synergy of PentaHelix between universities, government, private sector, communities, and the media. "The government is preparing the ease of regulation, the private sector supports it, the community uses it, and it is well socialized by the media, as a concrete step to encourage the production of the Indonesian electric vehicle industry," he said.
