Why don't Pindad cooperate with Gesits for production and marketing since Gesits already have electric bike production line and sales marketing networks
And let them have all of Pindad's hard work? C'mon, it is logical why they want to get this piece of cake. Defense equipment manufacturing is
not too profitable enough, Pindad has
no success in exporting them to other countries. So it will rely on local order, and as we know, TNI usually
order them in small trickle amount - or
ngetengan. Because of this, they aimed on more lucrative field in their capability range: The undisputable automotive field. Pindad even quite optimistic reaching 50.000 to 100.000 units of electric bikes sold to the market (Which an amount and profit that would exceed some of the defense equipment sale but this
I highly doubt). This is from Kompas.com :
Pindad Sets Sales Target of 100,000 MotoEV Electric Motors
PT Pindad Persero introduced its newest electric motorcycle prototype, MotoEV at the international motorcycle racing event, World Superbike (WSBK) which was held at Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, on Friday 19 to 21 November 2021. Director of Business Strategy PT Pindad (Persero) Syaifuddin said, as a company in the defense sector. Pindad continues to innovate to create products that are suitable for the Indonesian market. “When market demand demands vehicles that are more effective, efficient and environmentally friendly, we innovate to prepare electric motors. This is one of Pindad's keys in business continuity," said Syaifuddin when met by Kompas.com in Mandalika, Saturday (20/11/2021).
Syifuddin continued, after the WSBK event was over, in the next three to six months, Pindad began mass-producing MotoEVs. Unmitigated, Pindad immediately set a high enough sales target for consumers in Indonesia. "We deliberately use the WSBK Mandalika event to expose and introduce MotoEV electric vehicles," said Syaifuddin.
"Our target is quite high, around 50,000 to 100,000 units that we deliver to the market," he continued. For information, MotoEV is an electric motor with a power of 5 kW, uses a lithium battery with a charging time of about 3-4 hours, can cover a distance of up to 100 km on a single battery charge and has a maximum speed of up to 120 km per hour.
Some of the advantages of this electric motor product include being more efficient, environmentally friendly, providing considerable savings in terms of fuel use and being purely made by Pindad as a result of innovation and development from the nation's children and having a high Domestic Component Level (TKDN).
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