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Abstract

As the automotive industry shifts from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs), many countries are setting new strategies in their transportation sector. The Li-ion battery is currently the most common battery used in EVs due to its high energy density, durability, safety, and cost competitiveness. Nickel is predicted to be an essential component for the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide (NMC) as a cathode material of choice for EV applications. Indonesia, one of the world’s largest nickel ore suppliers, put an export ban on nickel ore effective from 2020. The bold movement was intended to initiate the domestic EV industry and encourage investors abroad to drive their manufacturing activities into the country. On the other hand, the global Li-ion battery manufacturers who imported nickel from Indonesia had to restrategize their businesses. This review discussed the chronological events leading to the ban and after the ban from the media, government regulations, and literature reviews. The authors of this study also conducted interviews and attended seminars with the national experts and key players in the battery and EV industry to gain their most pertinent insights. The SWOT analysis of the reviewed materials indicated that while the Indonesian battery industry is still new, it needs to diversify its research and development activities and collaborate internationally to optimize the utilization of its resources and meet the purchasing power of the domestic EV market. Finally, this study summarized six key factors to support Indonesia’s ambition to be a new regional hub for EVs. These factors are: (1) pricing, (2) technology, (3) policy, (4) investment, (5) infrastructure, and (6) compliance with sustainability standards.

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Title
The Emerging Electric Vehicle and Battery Industry in Indonesia: Actions around the Nickel Ore Export Ban and a SWOT Analysis
Author
Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Alan Dwi Wibowo 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Meilinda Fitriani Nur Maghfiroh 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rezqita, Arlavinda 4 ; Onoda, Hiroshi 5 

 Environmental Research Institute, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0042, Japan 
 Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru 70714, Indonesia; [email protected] 
 Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta 55584, Indonesia; [email protected] 
 Ikatan Ilmuan Indonesia Internasional, Jakarta 1290, Indonesia; [email protected] 
 Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0042, Japan; [email protected] 
First page
80
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
23130105
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2612737522
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.