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Indonesia's AISMOLI Urges EV Two-Wheeler Industry to Lift Quality, Not Lean on Subsidies

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Indonesia's electric motorcycle association AISMOLI has urged the industry to improve product quality ahead of a government purchase incentive expected by September. The subsidy is set to shrink from Rp7 million in 2023-24 to around Rp5 million. Association figure Riniwaty Sinaga said incentives are 'market accelerators, not the foundation of industry sustainability,' calling for products chosen on their value.

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Ao Azuma

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Looking at the numbers, pushing the industry on quality is right even as the subsidy shrinks from Rp7 million to Rp5 million. Setting emotion aside, registrations dropped when the last subsidy ended, so a dependent structure is fragile. From a battery standpoint too, demanding products chosen on their value is essential to the maturing of electric two-wheelers.