Hybrid Cars view in Indonesia

Indonesian Automotive Industry Association supports government measures to provide tax incentives such as duty and luxury tax for the development of hybrid cars. This incentive is important to suppress the price of the car that still relatively more expensive than conventional cars.

"Yes (tax and luxury tax duty is necessary)," said Chairman of the I association said Jongkie D Sugiarto when contacted by Tempo, Thursday, May 10, 2012.

This incentive is needed, said Jongkie that car prices will be cheaper so that the public interest to buy. "For the price attractive," he said. According to him, development must be supported because the car is more fuel efficient.

Previously, the government will soon finalize the design of incentives for the development of hybrid cars. Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa said, one of the incentives are tax breaks for automotive manufacturers who produce variants of the vehicle.

"The government will provide tax incentives on duty (import duty) or luxury tax (value added tax luxury / luxury sales)," he said yesterday.

According to Hatta, the provision of incentives is in line with government efforts to conserve fuel and energy supply switch to the source other than fossil fuels. Although not said when the facility will be given, it ensures the government will enforce it as soon as possible.

"Incentives are the way the growth of hybrid automotive industry in Indonesia," he said Wednesday.

Hybrid cars are the type of vehicle that uses two energy sources, namely fossil fuels and electricity. But the fuel utilization ratio is smaller because only used as a lighter machine.

Moreover, the machine is driven by electrical energy. Currently the sole agent (ATPM) vehicles in Indonesia is still importing hybrid cars from several producing countries.

The price is quite expensive, at over USD 500 million. For one thing, the government imposes a 40 percent import duties and luxury sales by 20-70 percent, both for import cars (CBU) or separated (CKD).

In the near future, car manufacturers produce cars in Indonesia will this car. The signal came Tuesday night, when PT Toyota Astra Motor - Toyota car manufacturers in Indonesia - showcased two hybrids in the presence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, which is one unit and one unit of Toyota Camry Toyota Prius. Laviva Online Store