It also shows our support for the government in developing vehicles with zero carbon emissions.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - State-owned electricity provider PT PLN (Persero) has launched its first electric vehicle charging station (SPKLU) on Kalimantan Island to expedite the establishment of an electric vehicle ecosystem in Indonesia.

The charging station is located in the yard of PLN’s East and North Kalimantan Regional Main Unit (UIW Kaltimra), Balikpapan city, East Kalimantan province.

"The SPKLU establishment is PLN's attempt for providing supporting infrastructure for electric vehicles," the company’s executive vice president of retail for Sumatra and Kalimantan regions, Sigit Witjaksono, said in a statement released here on Tuesday.

The SPKLU's operation is in line with PLN's commitment to supporting the implementation of Presidential Regulation Number 55/2019 concerning the Acceleration of Battery-based Electric Vehicles Program, he added.

"It also shows our support for the government in developing vehicles with zero carbon emissions," Witjaksono stated.

Users can charge their vehicles quite quickly at the charging station, he said. According to previous trials, it will take less than three hours to fully charge vehicles at the station, he informed.
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Users can download the Charge.In app from Google Play or the App Store to control and monitor the charging process, he said.

In addition, PLN is cooperating with the association of state-owned banks for establishing a payment mechanism for the SPKLU charging service, Witjaksono said.

General manager of PLN’s UIW Kaltimra, Saleh Siswanto, said that the company is seeking to introduce electric vehicles to the community on a massive scale.

"We will continue to introduce electric vehicles to increase stakeholders and people's awareness about the vehicles," he remarked.

In the near future, the company will organize a convoy of electric vehicles along with a number of stakeholders to show the people that the era of electric vehicles has begun, he said.

According to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s roadmap, Indonesia will have 2.2 million electric cars and 13 million electric motorcycles, with the number of SPKLU units reaching 31,859, by 2030, which is expected to reduce fuel imports by around 6 million kiloliters. (

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