Indonesia Bets on SE Asia’s First Battery Plant to Become EV Hub

China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt is replacing South Korea’s LG Energy Solution in Indonesia’s $9.8 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain project
A worker moving battery cells to be packed for shipment at the battery manufacturing plant at PT HLI Green Power, Indonesia's first electric vehicle battery cell manufacturer, in Karawang, West Java. Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP

By Marchio Gorbiano

Rows of robotic arms move with precision to assemble nickel-based battery cells on the production line at Indonesia’s inaugural electric vehicle battery plant, the first in Southeast Asia.

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