TANGERANG, Indonesia : Indonesia's government used the Jakarta auto show to double down on plans to drive production and sales of electric vehicles in Southeast Asia's largest auto market, but buyers are not sold yet.The price premium on electric vehicles (EVs), questions about the availability of chargin
TANGERANG, Indonesia : Indonesia's government used the Jakarta auto show to double down on plans to drive production and sales of electric vehicles in Southeast Asia's largest auto market, but buyers are not sold yet.
"We have to make people interested first with EVs, starting with prices that should be 60 per cent cheaper," the 54-year old said. BYD's ATTO 3, the best-selling EV in Southeast Asia in the first quarter, starts in Thailand at just over $31,000. Indonesia's industry ministry announced at the auto show, which concluded on Sunday, that it would offer automakers two more years to qualify for production incentives.
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