He noted that the conversion program has been running for several years with a target of approximately 200,000 units per year. According to him, the government will increase the target following the emergence of new technologies.
"Now, the technologies are starting to become available and are cheaper. Thus, the target might be around 4, 5, or up to 6 million," Lahadalia said at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Thursday.
Regarding the possibility of providing subsidies, as has been done previously, he affirmed that the government is currently preparing the appropriate policy framework.
The minister added that the support scheme will be further discussed by a newly formed task force established to accelerate Indonesia's clean energy transition push.
"The task force was just announced today. So after this, we will carry out the task force's work to ensure the planning is truly precise," he remarked.
On the same occasion, he revealed that the Indonesian government will form an energy transition task force to accelerate the implementation of programs, including motorcycle conversion initiative.
The task force is intended to speed up the conversion of conventional motor vehicles—whose number currently reaches 120 million units—into electric motorcycles.
President Prabowo Subianto targets the program's implementation to be fully operational within three to four years, with hopes that it can be realized even sooner.
As part of its emission reduction initiative, the Indonesian government is promoting the use of electric vehicles, setting a target of having 2 million electric cars and 13 million electric motorcycles on Indonesian roads by 2030.
To achieve the goal, the government continues to accelerate the development of supporting infrastructures, including charging stations.
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