Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia, Toyota Motor Corp.’s manufacturing unit in Indonesia, said on the 20th it will work with China’s automotive battery maker CATL to produce battery cells and modules for hybrid vehicles.
TMMIN said it will invest 1.3 trillion rupiah (about 12.0639 billion yen) and plans to begin exports in the second half of this year.
The cells and modules, now largely imported, will be made at a CATL plant being built in West Java. TMMIN currently packages batteries for hybrid versions of the multipurpose vehicle KIJANG INNOVA ZENIX, the small MPV VELOZ and the small SUV YARiS CROSS at its Karawang plant in the same province. By producing cells and modules locally, the company aims to raise the local content ratio, known as TKDN.
TMMIN said the project will help develop Indonesian talent, reduce reliance on imports and strengthen Indonesia’s position as a production and export hub for vehicles and auto parts.
CATL, through its subsidiary CBL, is also pursuing an integrated production project with Indonesian state-owned companies, including Indonesia Battery Corp., a holding company for automotive battery manufacturing, and mining firm Aneka Tambang Tbk. The project includes a nickel smelter and an electric-vehicle battery plant. Nickel is also used in hybrid-vehicle batteries.
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