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PT. Mobil Anak Bangsa officially introduces the second prototype of electric bus of its creation at the exhibition of commercial vehicles of the Indonesian Motor Vehicle Industry-Gaikindo Indonesia Commercial Vehicle Expo-GIICOMVEX 2018 held in Jakarta from 1 to 4 March. On the sidelines of GIICOMVEX 2018 exhibition on Friday (2/3) Technical Director of PT. Mobil Anak Bangsa, Bambang Tri Soepandji said that the idea of ​​developing electric bus was firstly initiated by the Indonesian retired General Moeldoko in 2015.

“So, the initial idea was by Retired Gen. Moeldoko. He had a vision for the future after he got retired that cars with fossil fuels will come to an end. So, there needs to be alternative energy to drive the cars. One of the things that he thought is with the use of batteries. The batteries with electric motors can drive the vehicles,” Bambang Tri Soepandji said.

Bambang further said that his side decides to develop electric buses which are able to carry more passengers and can also be used as public transportation in the future. Related to the prototype of electric buses exhibited at GIICOMVEX 2018, Bambang explained that the bus is specially designed for urban transport and airport. He added that the prototype of this electric bus will be mass-produced independently. The production will involve the best Indonesian experts with the use of the domestic content components above 45 percents. (VOI/Rezha/Trans by Rhm)