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VIVA – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said all the world's electric car manufacturers will invest in Indonesia. This was conveyed at the 2023 Regional Head and Forkopimda Coordination Meeting online on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
During the event, Minister Luhut said several electric car manufacturers such as Wuling from China, Hyundai from South Korea, BYD from China, and Tesla from the United States. He said that some electric car manufacturers have reached the finalization investment stage in Indonesia.
However, he did not mention which electric car manufacturer has reached the finalization stage because BYD and Tesla have not yet entered Indonesia.
"If you see everything here, almost all players, not almost all, (but) all the big car players in the world have entered, will enter us (Indonesia). The latest is BYD, which is number one in the world, number two is Tesla, Hyundai and so on," Minister Luhut said.
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"These have all finalized Indonesia's agreements with our decision, EV, which was yesterday at the cabinet meeting, and we can announce it immediately. Then the big world players will enter Indonesia," he added.
Mnister Luhut added, the development of the electric vehicle battery ecosystem and electric vehicles starting from upstream with nickel downstream, has made Indonesia a very attractive investment destination for the world.
This is also supported by the success of the 2022 G20 Presidency which received great praise from the world.
"The G20 is an extraordinary breakthrough that was appreciated until last night I was in Davos, they gave praise to the organization and outcome of the G20 that we just passed some time ago," he said.
Luhut believes that Indonesia will become one of the world's top three electric vehicles (EV) battery producers by 2027.
This belief is also supported by the signing of a cooperation agreement on the development of an electric vehicle battery ecosystem between state-owned holding company MIND ID and Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited.
"So, we are ready to enter a new era of building a lithium battery ecosystem and also EV cars and if everything goes according to plan, we will also be able to produce the first lithium battery in 2025. Later in 2027, we may be one of the world's top three that will produce EV batteries as well as EV cars," he stated.
