Top! EV Conversion Can Save Indonesia's Fuel Consumption by 267 Litres per Year per Unit

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) records that converting to electric vehicles (EVs) can save up to 267 litres of fuel oil (BBM) usage per year. Not only that, conversion to electric vehicles can also reduce the fuel subsidy or compensation burden by around Rp500,000 per unit per year. The Special Staff to the Minister of ESDM for Strategic Planning, Jisman P Hutajulu, stated that the government has actually been implementing a conversion programme from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles since 2023 to 2024, reaching a total of 2,250 vehicles. Moving forward, the Ministry of ESDM is preparing a follow-up scheme so that this electric vehicle conversion programme can be expanded. Because, in its calculations, converting fuel vehicles and electric vehicles can save both from the consumer side and the state. “Based on our calculations, each converted vehicle unit can save fuel consumption by up to 267 litres per year and reduce the subsidy or compensation burden for BBM by around Rp500,000 per unit per year,” explained Jisman at the EV Transition in Mining Industry Outlook 2026, held by CNBC Indonesia on Wednesday (29/4/2026). Jisman also mentioned that the Ministry of ESDM is trying to benchmark EVs specifically for vehicles. As is known, the countries that have been most successful in conversion so far are Norway and China, so Indonesia needs to look at the successes in those countries. “Once the policy is issued and effective, the growth of electric vehicles will be linear for 5 to 6 years. Then after 6 or 5 years, it will be exponential,” “So in Indonesia, this year we might already enter the exponential phase. So we can see many electric vehicles on the roads, starting, and hopefully it can continue,” emphasised Jisman.