TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to attend the groundbreaking for the construction of an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in East Halmahera, North Maluku. This information was conveyed by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bahlil Lahadalia, during the opening of the Human Capital Summit 2025 forum at JCC Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
Bahlil said the groundbreaking ceremony will take place this month. “In June, we will make the first groundbreaking for the world’s first electric car battery with investments worth US$6 billion to US$7 billion, from upstream to downstream,” he said.
The project is part of the national…