Wuling Motors Indonesia has announced that it will start local battery production in late 2024. Most likely, the power storage assembly for this electric car from China will be in Cikarang, West Java.
Then, by using batteries made in Indonesia, will Wuling’s electric cars be cheaper?
Aftersales Director of Wuling Motors, Maulana Hakim revealed, the impact of Wuling’s battery production in Indonesia, of course, the domestic component level (TKDN) for this Chinese electric car is getting bigger. Although, currently, Wuling’s electric car has also met the minimum TKDN limit of 40 percent to be able to get incentives.
“In this case, it means supporting the government, which wants higher local content. Currently, 40 percent is the government’s lower limit so that we can get incentives,” explained Hakim, when met in the Kelapa Gading area, North Jakarta, recently.
According to Hakim, most likely in the future, the government will increase the minimum limit for using TKDN for electric cars that are eligible for incentives.
“So, from now on we have prepared. It must be calculated, the TKDN value is not only from the percentage of parts, but the investment value process, and others,” he said.
Meanwhile, regarding the price of Wuling electric cars which can be cheaper when using local batteries, it has not been decided at this time. The reason is, this Chinese brand will still calculate various factors that affect the selling value.
“(Price) Still being calculated (if the battery is local). We haven’t got the price yet, it will be informed later,” said Hakim.