Govt. Finally Introduces Framework for Electric Vehicles

After a wait of several years, the Indonesian Government has finally jumped on the electric-vehicle bandwagon through the issuance of Regulation of the President No. 55 of 2019 on the Acceleration of the Battery-Powered Electric Motor Vehicles for Road Transportation Program (“Regulation 55/2019”).

Regulation 55/2019 sets out several provisions which address the planned transition to battery-powered electric motor vehicles (“Electric Vehicles”), however, this edition of Indonesian Legal Brief (ILB) will confine its analysis to the following matters: