Appearance of the Largest EV Battery Factory in Karawang, which is the Largest in ASEAN

Penampakan Pabrik Baterai EV di Karawang yang Merupakan Terbesar se-ASEAN

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Appearance of the Largest EV Battery Factory in Karawang, which is the Biggest in ASEAN.

The EV battery factory owned by PT Hyundai LG Industry (HLI) Green Power will operate in 2024.

Appearance of the Largest EV Battery Factory in Karawang, which is the Largest in ASEAN

Dream - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited the PT Hyundai LG Industry (HLI) Green Power electric car battery factory in Karawang Regency, West Java, on Thursday, September 14, 2023. The factory will be the first and largest battery cell producer in Southeast Asia, which will start production early next year.

"Yes, earlier, PT HLI Green Power will start producing 30 million lithium-ion batteries at the beginning of the year, which can be used to produce approximately 180 thousand cars. This is the largest in Southeast Asia. The first in Southeast Asia and currently the largest in Southeast Asia,""
said Jokowi

quoted from the President's Secretariat.

According to him, the battery factory is part of the development of a large electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem promoted by the government. With the establishment of this large ecosystem, Jokowi hopes that Indonesia can enter the global electric vehicle supply chain.

"Global supply chains, that's where other countries' dependence on our lithium batteries, other countries' dependence on our EV batteries, can be entered."
translates to

quoted from the Presidential Secretariat.

"Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia added that the factory has started conducting production trials since the groundbreaking ceremony exactly two years ago. "Now the products are already available, currently undergoing trial and error, maybe by March next year, they will start production," said Bahlil. Bahlil stated that the factory has implemented the latest technology from LG in its production process. Interestingly, out of the five LG factories worldwide, Indonesia is one of the countries using the latest technology."

In addition, Bahlil explained that the president's visit was conducted to observe the second stage of the factory's production expansion, which amounts to 20 GWh. According to him, once the factory has been built, its production capacity will increase to 30 GWh.

"So later on, LG will build 30 Giga, and this is the investment commitment that we have discussed all this time, which we often talk about regarding electric vehicle battery production, and thank God it has now emerged,"
he/she expressed

quoted from the Presidential Secretariat.

Bahlil conveyed that with the existence of this factory, it is also a manifestation of Jokowi's aspirations to develop downstream industries. Bahlil said that in the future, Indonesian children will be the ones running its operations.

"So what the President has been conveying all this time, it's not just words but this is real evidence and this is truly using high technology. And later it will be operated by Indonesian children because they have been sent there, more than 100 people, to Korea to study there,"

the word Bahlil.

When reviewing, the President also observed several factory areas, such as the electrode line, assembly line, and formation line. In that review, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Indonesia, Lee Sang Deok, and the Minister of Trade, Zulkifli Hasan, were also present.

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Appearance of the Largest EV Battery Factory in Karawang, which is the Biggest in ASEAN.

"Global supply chains, that's where other countries' dependence on our lithium batteries, other countries' dependence on our EV batteries, can be entered." translates to

"So later on, LG will build 30 Giga, and this is the investment commitment that we have discussed all this time, which we often talk about regarding electric vehicle battery production, and thank God it has now emerged,"he/she expressed

"So what the President has been conveying all this time, it's not just words but this is real evidence and this is truly using high technology. And later it will be operated by Indonesian children because they have been sent there, more than 100 people, to Korea to study there,"

"Global supply chains, that's where other countries' dependence on our lithium batteries, other countries' dependence on our EV batteries, can be entered."
translates to

"So later on, LG will build 30 Giga, and this is the investment commitment that we have discussed all this time, which we often talk about regarding electric vehicle battery production, and thank God it has now emerged,"
he/she expressed