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Ecosystem service for electric vehicles will be improved in Klungkung, Bali. This is in line with the fossil fueled vehicle transformation effort to the eco-friendly electric ones.

This was stated by Regent og Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, when testing the EV to be used by the heads of states participating in the G20 conference. Some 400 zero-emission Evs are prepared for the G20 in November 2022.

Suwirta said that the mass use of EV is a government effort in reducing carbon emission in transportation. EV will help overcome climate change and global warming.

Suwirta added that the government keeps encouraging the use of mass EV in Indonesia. One of which is the Presidential Regulation No. 55 / 2019 about the Battery-based Electric Vehicle Program Acceleration for Land Transportation.

State-owned power company PLN Klungkung Unit has the Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. Here, people can charge their EV battery by using the smartphone app.

He mentioned that the Indonesian fuel consumption is around 1.2 million barrels per day and contributes to 27 percent of carbon emission or around 157 million ton of CO2. The use of EV can reduce fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emission.

According to Suwirta, Indonesia has the potential to make EV because the technology and components are simpler than the conventional vehicle. Indonesia has the potential to produce batteries with support of nickel mineral mines as battery raw material.

Currently, the Indonesia Battery Holding is being made to process nickel products from the upstream to the downstream until it becomes an EV battery.