Investor Presentaiton
National Policy
Indonesia Electric Vehicle Outlook 2023
Upstream incentives are crucial to unlock the massive
potential to become EV manufacturing hub
• Indonesia's car manufacturing industry is the second largest in Southeast Asia with close to
1.5 million car production in 2022 (Gaikindo, 2022). Also, the motorcycle manufacturing is
the biggest in the region with around 6 million production in 2021. This fact indicates that
Indonesia also has the potential to become EV manufacturing hub, especially when an
integrated supply chain is available.
• With 21 Mt nickel reserves, Indonesia is the only EV manufacturing country that has the
main raw material resource for EV. This advantage over natural resources is attractive for
automakers to establish manufacturing sites in Indonesia, because cost of raw materials,
which affects up to 25% of final battery price, is one of the biggest uncertainties automakers
face today (Transport & Environment & BNEF, 2021). Furthermore, the Indonesian government
has banned nickel ore exports to secure supplies for the domestic industry.
• However, the domestic EV supply chains are not fully integrated yet. Around USD 20 billion
has been invested across the whole supply chains, but several battery producers and recycling
factories will not be operational until at least 2025.
• To unlock the potential of becoming an EV manufacturing hub, the government needs
to incentivize the EV upstream industry to help the industry become more competitive,
accelerate price decline and create big multiplier effects on the economy. Currently, the
existing upstream incentive is limited to reducing Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) for EV financing
(producing and buying) from 75% to 50%.
• Various forms of incentives have been implemented in more advanced EV markets to drive
the manufacturing industry, such as the Advanced Chemistry Cell Production Linked Incentives
(ACC PLI) in India. India exempts taxes, tariffs, and duties for its battery industry. In the sub-
national level, this policy is combined with job creation allowances package (ICCT, 2021).
Top car manufacturing countries in Asia (2021)
China
Japan
26,082,220
7,846,955
India
4,399,112
South Korea
3,462,404
Thailand
1,685,705
1,121,967
10,000
20,000
30,000
Thousand units
Indonesia
Source: OICA, 2022
Total EV supply chain investment (USD)
160
million
Mining
30
million
Battery
production
EV OEM
Recycling
15
billion
5.2
billion
Total
20.3 billion
Source: Rigel Capital (2022) & IBC (2021)
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