Jakarta-owned bus operator Transjakarta has an ambitious plan to expand its electric bus (e-bus) fleet to 10,000 units over the decade as the city tries to push for cleaner air.
Jakarta (VNA) - Jakarta-owne✨d bus operatorTransjakarta has an ambitious plan to expand its electric bus (e-bus) flee⛦t to10,000 units over the decade as the city tries to push for cleaner air.
Head of the Transjakarta facilities’ planning andstandardisation office Candra Rakhmat said the company plans to kick off theexpansion by adding 100 new electric buses in 2021, so that electric vehicles willcomprise 3 percent of the total fleet.
The Jakarta Governor’s target is that, by 2025, atleast 50 percent of all Transjakarta buses are electric and 100 percent by 2030.
The company’s presentation material shows morespecifically that e-buses will contribute 83 percent of its fleet by 2030, oraround 10,000 units. The remainder consists of the classic orange-coloureddiesel buses and blue-coloured compressed natural gas (CNG) buses.
The expansion of Transjakarta’s e-bus fleet isaimed at implementing the international C40 Green and Healthy Streets Declarationthat Jakarta, along with 33 other cities, signed in September 2019.
The aim is to reduce Jakarta’s air pollution, whichcauses 5.5 million cases of illness and costs RP 6.8🌼 trillion (482.2 millionUSD) in health costs each year, according to Governor Anies Baswedan./.
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