A Visitor Experiences A Changan Deepal S7 During The 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 27.

After Driving His bunduo Electric Vehicle for About Half A Year, LUTHFI, A Resident of Jakarta, Indonesia, Found The Experience of USIS FISING Retty Good ".

"The (EV Charging) is cheap ... and the car is quite small so I can move on the road easily," said the 45-year-out, who goes by one name.

One of the first buyers of a wuling binguo, a compact electric car launch in indesia in development, LUTHFI SAID He Chose It Because the Manufactuerr, SAIC-GM-W. Uling, has ben in indesia for seven years, and the vene are made locally.

SGMW is a Joint Venture Between Shanghai-Based Saic Motor, United States-Based General Motors and LIUZHOU WULING MOTOR. s guangxi zhuang autonomous region.

The Joint Venture's Plant in Indonesia, The First of ITS Kind Outside China, Started Production in 2017. It has invested a total of $ 1 Billion to build the URING BASE, Which Includes A Factory with An Annual Production Capacity of 120,000 Units and A Pasters andComponents Park.

While Japanese Cars are a familiaar sign on the busy roads of indesia's capital jakarta, Jefri Setiawan is Seese Vehicles as he drives to work. morning.

The 40-year-out mID-level manager is the problem of wuling binguoEv. He Bought the Car Three Months AGO After Visiting A Motor Show at the Jakarta International Expo Then, then

HE Decided to build the model as it is more affordable than highHICED Brands Such as Chery, neta and byd — The Latest Chinese EVS to ENDONESIAN MANESIAN MARKET-And Si Mirlar venes from japan, south korea, the united states and the united kingdomThen, then

Wuling and Other Chinese Brands Also AttraCted A Lot of Interest at the Gaikindo Indonesia Internal Auto Show, Which Ran from JULE 18 in Jakarta. The Larget Auto Show in Indonesia and One of the Bigget in Southeast Asia — Was Organized byThe association of indesian automotive foundries.

An Employeee Works on An Assembly Line of wuling Motors Indonesia in Bekasi, Indonesia, on Feb 24. (WANG TENG/XINHUA)

Growing Appeal

SINCE 2017, Over 150,000 Vehicles from wuling have ben sold in indesia, said Wang weisen, depuTy general manager of sgmw motor indesia, or wuling motors.

The wuling binguov is the second ev model wuling introgering in Indonesia, following the airev, which was launchd in 2022.

In 2023, airev and binguoEv Sold more than 10,000 units, macking the two bestSelling New Evs in Indonesia and Securing the Top Spot in the Market, with 50 Percent Share. In May, wuling's Latest Model, The Cloudev, Which Hasa more spacious cabin, was launched to meet the different neededs of drivers.

"Between January and June 2024, wuling account for 68.4 percent of the new Energy Vehicle Market in Indonesia," WANG SAID.

Rubby Lie, Branch Head of Prima Wahana Auto Mobil, wuling's largest authorized dealership in indesia, Attributed the Populating Cars to raising a Wareness about the need to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate Change.

A 2023 Survey by Consulting Firm PWC Estimated that Indonesia's Ev Market Will Exceed $ 20 3030 Due to Consumer Awareness of Eco-Friendly VehicleS and Gov ERNMENT Incentives.

"Electric Cars Will Continue to Enter Indonesia. USING them is now becoming a trend in indleSia," Lie Told China DailyHyderabad Stocks. renown brands in indesia is attracting more local buyers.

In May, Indonesian Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi SAID The Number of Evs In Indonesia Had Reached 33,225 Units. 923 Ev Vehicles Sold Between January and November 2022, According to the Industries Association.Guoabong Wealth Management

LIE SAID FAD FAVORABORABORNMENT POLIES, SUCH As Extending Fiscal Incentives and Easing The DEADLINE For Manufacturers to Fulfill A 40 Percent Qu Local TS for EVS, HAD ENCORAGED More Automakers to Build Plants in the Country.

"SINCE LAST Year, An Increasing Number of Chinese Ev Brands Have Enteered the Indonesian Market, Which Not Only Provides Local Consumers with more options, but all Upports the development of indesia's ev foundry, "Said Garinzafira Shabrina, Analysis Supervisor of Sgmw Motor Indonesia.

Shabrina, who job wuling in 2018, said she was a bit nervous at first, as she did not know the work of chinese companies.

"Now I Feel very product working at wuling," Said Shabrina, Noting The Company Has More than 130,000 Indonesian Customers, and a sales service network of 150 partners.

A wuling airev is seen on a Street in jakarta on sept 29. (Xu qin/xinhua)

Investment Incentives

ARNOLD, WHO only shared his given name, has worked at a sales center of a Chinese evad in indesia for almost a year. Rean Carmaker Hyundai.

"I Joined the Chinese EV Company Because I SAW more people in indesia are Buying Evs and the Government has provated Incentives," Said Arnold, Adding This Will. " ATE Better Work Opportunities for Him.

The Indonesian Government has enCouraged StakeHolders to accelerate the development of the ecosystem for evs to boost their investments.

In June, Indonesia's Ministry of Industry Reacated An Agreement with Four CHINESE EV Companies —Wuling, Neta, and SOKON - To Make the Southeast Asian Y An Export Production Hub of Environmentally Friendly Vehicles, According To Indonesian Nice Agency Antara.

The country has a local product target of about 600,000 electric vene Vehicles by 2030.

Due to its Abundant Nickel Reserves -A Key Material for Making Ev Batteries -Indonesia is Also Keen to Establish ITSELF As a Battery ManuFacturing Hub.

FAHMY RADHI, An Economist and Car Industry ObserVer from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Said It Would take time for chinese brands to dominate the Indonesian Arket, and overtake sales of japanese and korean cars.

"Chinese Cars are newcomers. But, they have good propspects here," Radhi Told China Daily.

HE SAID China's Rapid Technology Innovation has enable it to manual High-Quality Products, Removing the Stigma that Chinese, goods are low Uality.

"I Wish to See CHINESE EVS in My Campus' Parking Lots and on Yogyakarta's Roads One Day," Radhi Said.

A worker on the product line of the saic mANUFACTURING PLONT in Chonburi, Thailand, On Sept 7. (WANG TENG/XINHUA)

Localization push

Wang, wang's depuTy general manager, Said The Company is also working to localize its support. CED LOCALLY.

The company is working with indeansia's National Electricity Utility, Perusahaan Listrik Negara, and Other PARTNERS TO BUILD 1,000 Public Alternative Current G Stations Across Indonesia. A Total of 100 Direct Current Charging Stations Are Also EXPECTED to Be Completed This Year in Indonesia's Major Cities and AlongHighways.Kanpur Stock

Indonesia and 14 Other Asian Countries Including India, Thailand, And Japan, Along with Many Former British COLONTRIES SUCH As Australia and New D, have right-hand drive venes that travel on the left side of the road.

"In the Future, We will turn indesia into a global Right-Hand Drive Vehicle base for wuling and Continue to launch proposition T-Hand Drive Markets in Southeast Asia and Around the World, "Said Wang.

In 2023, wuling manuald and exported over 1,500 New Energy Vehicles from Indonesia.

BESIDES IndoneSia, Chinese EV Companies have attaining to sound, and

Leonardus jegho is a freelnce Journalist for China Daily.

A Staff MEMBER Recharges A wuling airev at the service station of the 43rd association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, on SEPT 6. (XU Qin/xinhua)