BYD inaugurated its 11.7 trillion rupiah (US$655 million) electric vehicle factory in Subang, West Java, on September 3, after provincial authorities resolved land, labor, and infrastructure issues at the 126-hectare site.

The world’s top maker of electric-vehicle batteries broke ground on a US$6 billion (RM25.4 billion) battery material ecosystem in Indonesia as the government pushes ahead with commodity downstreaming goals.