Blue Bird, Indonesia's largest taxi operator: 80% of new electric car purchases will come from BYD

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Xiao Zhan for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, May 30 (Xinhua)-- Blue Bird, Indonesia's largest taxi operator, will purchase 80% of its new fleet of electric cars from BYD and re-evaluate Tesla's order because low-cost models are more popular in the Indonesian market, Bloomberg reported.

Blue Bird President Sigit Priawan Djokosoetono said in an interview that most of the 500 electric vehicles to be delivered to Blue Bird this year will be produced by BYD, especially the E6 and T3 models, because these vehicles are more suitable for the Indonesian market.

Indonesia is one of the largest reserves of nickel in the world, and nickel is a key material for making batteries. At present, Indonesia is making great efforts to develop the electric vehicle industry, and has introduced a variety of measures and subsidy policies to encourage domestic consumers to buy electric vehicles, and to support domestic and foreign electric vehicle companies to invest and build factories in Indonesia.

CTOnews.com noted that on May 25, BYD signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indonesian government to explore the potential for investment between China and Indonesia, including in the field of electric vehicles.