Current Readiness Status of Electric Vehicles in Indonesia: Multistakeholder Perceptions

Meilinda Fitriani Nur Maghfiroh, Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo and Hiroshi Onoda
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Meilinda Fitriani Nur Maghfiroh: Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta 55584, Indonesia
Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo: Environmental Research Institute, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0042, Japan
Hiroshi Onoda: Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0042, Japan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-25

Abstract: As a net oil importer since 2004, Indonesia’s success in developing fuel economy and infrastructure for electric vehicles would be vital to ensuring energy security and decarbonization from the transport sector. Following the Presidential Regulation on the Acceleration Program for battery-based EV for Road Transportation in 2019, the Indonesian government provides incentives for the domestic production of EVs. However, as EV technology is relatively new for the domestic automotive industry in Indonesia, it needs to go through stages of development to achieve full readiness in society. This study analyses the key stakeholders’ perceptions of EV industries using the Japanese technology readiness assessment (J-TRA) to better understand the current readiness level of EVs in Indonesia. Primary data are collected through interviews with an EV start-up company, experts in the EV field, government officials in charge of the national EV projects, and EV end-users. Extensive literature related to success stories of EV adoption in other countries was conducted as the basis for this study. The results showed that key stakeholders agree that EV technology has reached a high readiness level in technology development. Most of the stakeholders voted that the readiness bottleneck is commercialization, safety, and integration parameters. Furthermore, an elaborate policy recommendation gathered from both literature reviews and interviews with related stakeholders is presented.

Keywords: electric vehicles; Japanese technology readiness assessment (J-TRA); multistakeholders; perception; readiness level (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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