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Electric motorbikes and cars star of Indonesia motor show despite country's slow uptake

(13 Feb 2025) ASSOCIATED PRESS Jakarta, Indonesia - 13 February 2025 1. Chinese EV with gull wing style doors on display 2. Door closes 3. Car with charging station in foreground 4. Motor bikes on display in the hall 5. Close of Boost charging on the motorbike 6. Motorbike on display 7. Italian made motor scooter, a Vespa, on display 8. Potential buyer sits on a Vespa 9. Sign of Indonesian International Motor Sh ow reading (English) "Empowering Your Next Move". 10. Pan right of the hall 11. Visitors walking 12. Chinese EV BYD on display 13. Various of visitors sitting in EV cars 14. Tilt up from Chinese concept car to its brand, Wuling 15. Car with its gulf wing doors open 16. Pull focus of steering wheel 17. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Brian Gomgom, PR manager Wuling motors: "From year to year (EV) the development is very positive, in 2017 our sales figure was 5,050 but now our sales are more than 20,000 units a year so this 7-year journey has given increasingly positive confidence to Wuling cars especially from consumers in Indonesia." 18. Various of Mini cars on display 19. BMW EV being displayed 20. Cheapest EV made in Vietnam, Vin Fast, on display 21. Interior of the car 22. Turn signal flashing 23. Wide of Japan made EV car being displayed, electric charging beside it 24. Mid of car 25. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Hari Siburian, Visitor: "One of the challenges that electric car manufacturers must answer is that they must start building infrastructure for battery charging, if it's only used in Jakarta we don't have a problem but when we leave greater Jakarta we become worried (because there aren't enough charging stations)." 26. Various interiors of EV sport car, MG brand 27. MG EV sport car STORYLINE: The future of Indonesia’s automobiles and motor bikes is electric—at least according to the exhibitors at the Indonesia International Motor Show opening in the country's capital city of Jakarta on Thursday. That's despite the country's own slow uptake of electric vehicles and motorbikes, which only make up a small fraction of the vehicle fleet of the world's fourth most populated country. Experts say a lack of infrastructure, high upfront costs and low performance hinder the adoption of EVs in the vast archipelagic nation. Over 50 International and domestic brands were on display at the massive multi-room exhibition hall, with several brands debuting models in Indonesia. Many of the models debuted were hybrids or electric vehicles: Chinese automaker BYD unveiled their Sealion 7 electric SUV, while Vietnamese automaker VinFast's electric-powered VF 3 mini SUV had its Indonesia debut. The event also welcomed a new automaker to Indonesia, with Honri- a Chinese electric vehicle- making its debut with the five-passenger Boma EV. While the show floor was dominate by Asian companies, other international makers were present as well, including Germany's Volkswagen and BMW's Mini. Motor bikes— of which Indonesia has one of the largest fleets in the world, with over 132 million registered in 2023— were also a main staple of event, with foreign-made Royal Enfield and Vespa motorbikes on display alongside Indonesia-made Alva motorbikes. A much smaller part of the exhibit featured fossil fuel-powered jet skis, pontoons and boats, which can be seen on the coastlines, rivers and lakes of acountry that has over 17,000 islands. Outside the exhibition hall, drivers enjoyed new-car smell as they test drove cars across parking lots and over steep ramps. AP Video shot by Fadlan Syam Production by Andi Riccardi Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...