Indonesia's Minister of Industry Agus recently said that the government will provide Indonesian citizens who are 17 years old or older with a subsidy of about Rp 7 million (Rp 15,500 for US$1) for the one-time purchase of an electric motorcycle. Previously, the Indonesian government has announced subsidies for specific electric motorcycle buyers, and the new regulation further expands the applicability of the program.

Aswai, 25, is a registered rider for Go-Jek, an Indonesian online dating platform, and uses his motorcycle to pick up orders for passengers in Jakarta on weekdays. He then switched to an electric motorcycle after the new regulations were enacted. "The policy is highly favorable. It's cost saving and environmentally friendly, so it's two birds with one stone. In the past, we had to spend more than Rp 100,000 on refueling every few days, but now we spend less than half of that. Passengers also like the electric motorcycle with little noise and no exhaust fumes." Aswe said.

In the streets of Bangkok, Jakarta and other major cities in Southeast Asia, motorcycles are one of the main ways for many people to travel, while carrying a variety of services such as takeaway delivery, carrying passengers and running errands. Relevant data show that in 2022, the size of the motorcycle market in the ten ASEAN countries reached 10.6 million units, ranking third in the world. In the first six months of this year, Southeast Asia's motorcycle sales of 7.5 million units, one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. However, overall, the electrification rate of motorcycles in Southeast Asia is low. As of 2022, electric motorcycles will occupy less than 1% of the Southeast Asian market. Under the general trend of regional countries to promote the transformation of automobile electrification, policy measures to popularize electric motorcycles have been put in place, and local companies are taking active actions to capture the electric motorcycle market.

In August 2022, the Thai government approved a budget of 2.923 billion baht (approximately 36 baht per US dollar) to support the development of the electric vehicle and electric motorcycle industries. For high-performance electric motorcycles that reach speeds of 80 kilometers per hour or more, Thailand has launched a supporting preferential policy, whereby electric motorcycles with a retail price of up to 150,000 baht are entitled to a subsidy of 18,000 baht per unit. The policy has been officially in place since last year and will last until 2025. Recently, Thailand has introduced its latest plan to introduce tens of thousands of electric motorcycles one after another, aiming to increase the proportion of electric motorcycles and electric cars in its network and courier vehicles to 10 percent by 2026.

Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazanda will cooperate with an Indonesian startup to introduce 15,000 electric motorcycles for courier deliveries.Go-Jek, which now has more than 2 million registered riders, plans to replace all its motorcycles with electric models by 2030, providing a boost to the Indonesian government's goal of popularizing 9 million electric motorcycles by 2030 Providing a boost. Grab, Singapore's online taxi and food delivery platform, is introducing electric motorcycles from various national markets. Recently, the platform announced a partnership with a subsidiary of Malaysia's Yenon Sdn Bhd to provide Chinese "Blue Shark" brand electric motorcycles to about 80,000 local riders.

Currently, insufficient infrastructure such as charging piles, limited range, and unstable power supply have constrained the popularization of electric motorcycles in Southeast Asia to a certain extent. In order to break through the predicament, Southeast Asian governments and enterprises to actively take measures to create a more mature electric motorcycle ecosystem. Previously, Indonesia launched the country's first electric motorcycle battery exchange station to reduce the cost of use. In recent years, there are also Chinese enterprises and the Indonesian government to carry out cooperation, put the exchange of lithium batteries, intelligent exchange cabinet and other facilities, these facilities were used during the G20 Leaders Summit last year.