A Gojek driver rides his motorcycle through a business district street in Jakarta June 9, 2015. — Reuters picSINGAPORE, April 30 — Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek plans to make every car and motorcycle on its platform an electric vehicle by 2030 through partnerships with manufacturers and favourable leasing arrangements, co-Chief Executive Kevin Aluwi told Reuters.
“Our target is to work with various different players within the industry and government to reduce the cost of EVs to about 30 per cent lower than internal combustion engine vehicles,” prioritising Gojek’s home market, Aluwi said in an interview ahead of the report’s release. Aluwi, who co-founded Gojek in 2011, said the firm has EV pilot programmes in Indonesia with state energy firms Pertamina and Perusahaan Listrik Negara, scooter makers Gesits, Viar, NIU Technologies and Honda Motor Co Ltd, plus automakers Toyota Motor Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
The world’s fourth-most populous country has grappled with choking air pollution in cities, with traffic-clogged capital Jakarta consistently ranked among the region’s most polluted.