VinFast plans to install EV charging stations across Indonesia, minister says

Reuters

Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 12:59 AM 1 min read

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's concern curate said that Vietnamese electrical conveyance shaper VinFast planned to instal arsenic galore arsenic 100,000 charging stations crossed the country, aft President Prabowo Subianto met institution representatives connected Tuesday.

Minister Rosan Roeslani besides said VinFast's mill successful West Java state would commencement operations adjacent year, with a accumulation capableness of 50,000 units a year. The institution broke crushed connected the $200 cardinal EV assembly works past year.

VinFast did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. Company executives declined to talk to the property aft gathering Prabowo.

Indonesia has ambitions to go an EV manufacturing hub, trying to leverage connected its affluent nickel reserves, utilized for the manufacturing of EV batteries. The authorities has besides been offering a scope of incentives to carmakers.

Adoption of electrical cars successful the state has besides risen successful caller months arsenic much EV makers connection affordable models. Car income successful February roseate 2.2% year-on-year, the archetypal summation since June 2023 and driven mostly by EV sales.

VinFast's planned charging presumption concern could assistance substance further growth, Rosan said.

"(VinFast) has selected the charging presumption points. For us, with EV infrastructure, adoption of electrical cars tin rise," Rosan said.

The steadfast was besides mulling investments successful Indonesia's renewable vigor sector, gathering upwind farms and star panels, the curate said.

Prabowo's gathering with VinFast came a time aft the Indonesian president held a bilateral gathering with Vietnamese Communist Party main To Lam, during which some countries agreed to summation their economical cooperation.

(Reporting by Stefanno Sulaiman; Writing by Stanley Widianto; Editing by John Mair and Kate Mayberry)