Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif said that the use of electric motorcycles has the potential to contribute up to 60 percent of fuel saving and this year the ministry is aiming to fit one thousand motorcycles with electric kits.
The electric motorcycles actually can serve as a solution in the midst of the current surge in fuel prices. However, he acknowledged, transportation industry that uses electric batteries has not grown domestically, while and the price of electric vehicles is still relatively high.
Thus, the ministry has launched a program to convert motorcycles that use fuel into electric motorcycles and pushed the acceleration of electric vehicle infrastructure development in the country.
In 2021, the ministry converted 100 motorcycles spread across the ministry's work units in the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) areas.
The 100 motorcycles passed a roadworthiness test after traveling 10 thousand kilometers—uphill, downhill, and amid traffic congestion in rainy or hot weather—over a period of 48 days.
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The conversion program offers benefits in the form of fuel savings of one liter per day per unit, or a total of 34 kiloliters per year, and a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 0.72 tons per day per unit, or a total of 24.4 thousand tons of carbon dioxide per year.
In 2022, the ministry is aiming to fit one thousand motorcycles with electric kits.
The program is in accordance with the provisions of the Transportation Minister’s Regulation Number 65 of 2020, namely regarding motorcycle modifications by replacing old engine components with electric motor components, including batteries or what is known as converter kit packages.
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