Indonesia to allow private companies to build EV charging stations
The Indonesian government is revising the rules to allow third parties to set up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Indonesia, said Minister of Investment and Downstreaming and head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani.
An EV charging station at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo courtesy of Vietnam News Agency
According to the minister, to achieve the target of producing 2.5 million EVs per year by 2030, a sound ecosystem is needed, including charging stations.
Seven EV manufacturers built their factories in Indonesia in the period from 2024 to March 2025, he said, noting that allowing third parties to operate charging stations will spread the benefits more widely to the EV community.
In March, Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced its plan to gradually establish 30,000 to 100,000 public EV charging stations (SPKLU) in various regions of Indonesia, especially Java.
Roeslani said that the investment to build 100,000 SPKLUs is likely to reach $1 billion.
As of March 2025, the total number of SPKLUs for four-wheeled vehicles has reached 3,772 units across Indonesia, statistics from state-owned electricity company PT PLN showed.
These SPKLUs are distributed across more than 2,500 locations, with the highest concentration on Java, where nearly 2,700 SPKLUs have been established at 1,645 locations, followed by Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and Papua.
Indonesia plans to build 63,000 EV charging stations to meet the expected increase in the EV number to 943,000 by 2030.
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