Ready for mass production of electric cars in 2013

Surabaya (ANTARA) - Electric carmaker PT Great Asia Link (Grain) is ready to produce fuel-efficient vehicles are en masse in 2013.

"The production capacity at our plant in Gresik Anyar Kedung capable electric cars reached 60,000 units and 20,000 units of the automatic type for manual electric cars," said Marketing and Sales Manager PT Great Asia Link (Grain), Haryanto Setiawan, met after accompanying Minister Dahlan Iskan SOEs test electric cars, in Surabaya, on Friday.

According to him, interest in producing electric cars because of the potential market in Indonesia is very nice. Moreover, on the island of Java to present its electricity experience "oversupply".

"For that, we are optimistic that produced a four-wheeled vehicle can absorb the automotive market," he said.

In addition, overseas such as China and the Netherlands also have implemented an electric car as a means of transportation. For example, 20 percent of the Dutch have used auto market electric cars.

"In the Netherlands, many operated electric car for a taxi," said Haryanto.

However, estimates of mass production in March 2013 could not meet the entire capacity because it must be done gradually.

"Regarding the electric car variant is prepared, there are three inter alia Ravi, Hivi, and Hevi (for electric cars 'pick up')," he said.

He hoped, by the issuance of an electric car is mainly manual to a market share of five percent of the overall car market in the country is to reach 1 million units.

"For the investment, the price of electric cars are more expensive. However, operating costs 75 percent less than cars that use non-subsidized fuel," he said.

Related constraints dioperasionalkannya electric cars, he said, there is the battery. However, with the development of technologies that exist today that he was able to overcome the problem.

"When using electric cars, for a distance of 150 kilometers the riders can use the average speed of 120 Kilometers per hour," he said.

As the people of the Republic of Indonesia, I take pride in the news will be on the production of electric cars, which obviously would help reduce the impact of global warming.

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