An ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV) is displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show held from Oct 24 to Nov 4, 2019. The car will be produced and marketed in Japan in 2020.(Photo: Antara) Jakarta (VNA) - PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) isready to start battery electric vehicle (BEV) production at its factory locatedin Karawang, West Java, though its type had yet to be made public, Indonesia’s Antara News Agency reported.
"It is a global trend. If we do not join it, we will not be able toexport," Warih Andang Tjahjono, the TMMIN president director, was quotedby Antara as saying on the sidelines of the ongoing Tokyo Motor Show held inOdaiba, Japan.
According to Warih, a change in the production line is required, based onseveral component changes, particularly for the powertrain. Some 60 percentmust be changed, especially since its battery, powertrain also changes.
TMMIN Director of Administration, Corporation, and External Relations Bob Azamnoted that his company will train its workers for the production of electricvehicles.
TMMIN will support the government's target for the share of electric vehicleoutput to reach 20 percent of Indonesia's total car production by 2025.
Toyota Indonesia is attempting to produce hybrid vehicles in Indonesia. Hybridvehicle is perceived as being better aligned toward the production of electricvehicles since its engine uses both battery and gasoline.
In August this year, President Joko Widodo signed a presidential regulation(Perpres) on the acceleration of electric vehicles./.
VNA
