Indonesia’s Djarum Group launches first locally developed EVs

Indonesia's Djarum Group launches first locally developed EVs Indonesia's Djarum Group launches first locally developed EVs

JAKARTA — Djarum Group, through its electronics manufacturing arm Polytron, launched two domestically assembled electric vehicles on Tuesday, becoming the first Indonesian conglomerate to do so.

It unveiled the Polytron G3 and Polytron G3+ electric cars that have a driving range up to 402 kilometers, in partnership with Chinese automaker Skyworth Auto. Polytron’s models are adaptations of Skyworth Auto’s EV6 car and are powered by lithium ferro phosphate (LFP) batteries that have capacity of up to 51.916 kilowatt-hours.