Prabowo: National Electric Motorcycle to Launch Soon

President Prabowo Subianto has revealed that Indonesia will soon have a national electric motorcycle as part of efforts to strengthen the domestic automotive industry while encouraging the use of environmentally friendly vehicles. In a speech during the TNI Harvest Event in support of the Food Security Programme at Abdulrachman Saleh Air Base, Malang Regency, East Java, on Friday, President Prabowo said the launch of the national electric motorcycle would take place within the next few weeks. “Soon we will have a national motorcycle. I will launch the national electric motorcycle in a few weeks,” Prabowo said, as monitored via the Presidential Secretariat broadcast in Jakarta on Friday. President Prabowo expressed hope that the national electric motorcycle would be widely utilised by the public, including farmers, as a more efficient and affordable means of transport. Furthermore, President Prabowo mentioned that the government is also targeting the ability to produce a national car, the work of the nation’s own children, as part of strengthening domestic manufacturing capacity. “We will have motorcycles made by Indonesian children. We will have cars made by Indonesian children,” he asserted.