Indonesia is actively selling electric cars recently. On the other hand a report from Carbon Tracker says otherwise.
In a report entitled Driving Change: How Electric Vehicles Can Rise in The Global South, Indonesia and 11 other countries in the southern region of the Earth, such as Brazil. Argentina, Mexico, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Egypt and Algeria have the potential to become dumping grounds for conventional cars.
This is because car manufacturers around the world can no longer sell conventional cars in developed countries, which are generally located in the northern part of the Earth.
Developed countries have agreed to no longer sell conventional cars by 2035. This is different from countries in the southern region of the Earth which have not yet made an official stance on stopping sales of conventional cars in their regions.
“In this context, southern countries could become dumping grounds for conventional cars because car manufacturers want to sell them in places that still allow this after 2035,” wrote the Carbon Tracker report as quoted by El Pais, Monday (20/11/2023).
Ben Scott, an analyst from Carbon Tracker, said that these countries are predicted to be trapped in dependence on fossil fuels. This condition will make millions of countries dependent on other countries for fuel needs.
“These fuel imports result in large capital and foreign currency losses,” said Ben Scott.
Sadly, these countries actually spend billions of dollars every year to import transportation fuel. In Carbon Tracker’s view, they also do not have the capacity to improve and ultimately worsen their trade balance.
From there, Ben Scott hopes that these countries can switch to electricity as soon as possible. At least ensure that they will not sell conventional cars again in the future as countries in the northern part of the Earth have done.
It is believed that this transition could provide huge savings. “A fleet of electric cars can be charged using local renewable energy at a much lower cost than conventional refueling,” said Ben Scott.
According to Carbon Tracker, switching from conventional cars to electric cars in these countries can save transportation costs by around 50 percent. Equivalent to more than USD100 billion per year. Additionally, this shift will generate new job opportunities in electric vehicle supporting industries such as mineral extraction, manufacturing and infrastructure development.
