Palembang, The Indonesia Post – The Governor of South Sumatra H Herman Deru opened and appreciated the implementation of the Governor’s Drag Race and Drag Bike Championships in the context of the 77th National Electricity Day and the 94th Youth Pledge Day and the socialization of electric motorbikes organized by the South Sumatra Youth Gathering Forum (FSPSS).
HD hopes that the FSPSS will continue to work and continue to campaign for the dangers of illegal and reckless racing on the highway, not only for drivers but for other people. He hopes that this event will be a place to select outstanding HR so that they can take part in prestigious events at other levels
Regarding the socialization of electric motors in this activity, HD said that the South Sumatra Provincial Government is committed with PLN to implement Presidential Instruction No. 7 of 2022, concerning the Use of Battery Electric Motorized Vehicles (Battery Electric Vehicles) as Operational Service Vehicles and/or Individual Vehicles for Central Government and Government Agencies. Area.
“We want to immediately transform from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles, indeed the price is higher than vehicles that use fuel. But the maintenance and utilization costs are much cheaper, which means that in the long term this electric car is quite promising,” he said.
Currently, the South Sumatra Provincial Government has forged 3 units of Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (SPKLU) and built 6 more SPKLUs.
It is known by Home charging that charging electric vehicles takes 5-6 hours, but if at SPKLU in South Sumatra from 0 to 100% it only takes 50 minutes to travel about 350 Km
Meanwhile, the GM of PT PLN Persero S2JB, Saleh Siswanto, reported that this activity was carried out for 2 days, today for cars and tomorrow for motorbikes. Participants came from 17 regencies/cities totaling 250 cars, 850 motorcycles. On that occasion, HD also provided 3 electric motors which were given to participants. (mhn/ril)
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