The Bahlil Caused CATL Battery Factory in The Clairvoyant

Minister of Heilarization Field and Transition of Bahlil Ladahlia ensures a national strategic project to hilirize nickel and the development of ecosystem electrical vehicles goes according to target.

In this case, Bahlil revealed earlier today President Prabowo Subianto has declared a number of nickel processing facilities in the Weda Bay industrial area, Northern Maluku.

"To the issue of hilirization in the nickel sector goes well. Yesterday the President declared several factories in Weda Bay, in North Maluku," told Bahlil at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta Center, Monday (19 / 10 / 2026).

According to Bahlil in the near future, the government will inaugurate the ecosystem of an integrated electric car battery factory located in Carbular, West Java.

This electric car battery factory is a result of investment commitment and strategic partnership between the Indonesian BUMN and the Chinese manufacturing giants, CATL.

"Soon we'll be doing an inaugural ecosystem battery factory in Caredary one year ago Mr. President was groundbreaking. It was a co-operation between CATL and our BUMN," bright Bahlil and the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.

For your information, Bahlil said that the battery ecosystem factory of the electric vehicle (EV) in the West Java, has been completed to be built and ready to be declared in the near future.

He thinks the inauguration of the factory is just waiting for President Prabowo Subianto's schedule.

"is ready to be official. We're just waiting for the right time from Mr. President. The factory is already," Bahlil in the Office of the ESDM Ministry, Jakarta, Monday (3 / 8 / 2026).

According to Bahlil with the operation of the plant, Indonesia will have two industrial factories of battery vehicles. This is part of the government's move in hilirization.

"So we have two battery factories we built. One was LG when I was Minister of Investment, right? One was CATL when I was the E.R. Minister.