Bebin Djuana News Today

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has mandated the use of electric vehicles (EVs) for government officials across the country in a move aimed at expediting the country’s transition to battery-powered transportation, but experts say that this alone will not mean the general public will follow suit.

Thirty-one-year-old Lukman from the East Java city of Malang was puzzled when many dealers told him last week that it would take three months to deliver the motorcycle model of his choice.