Blue Bird launched its first electric taxi (e-taxi) at Blue Bird Group’s head office in South Jakarta to mark Earth Day on April 22. It becomes the first transport operator in Southeast Asia to provide an eco-friendly electric taxi.
Set to serve passengers in May, the e-taxis comprise 25 BYD e6 A/T for Bluebird and 5 Tesla Model X 75D A/T for Silverbird.
BYD e6 A/T for Bluebird.
Tesla Model X 75D A/T for Silverbird.
Bluebird aims to operate 200 e-taxis by 2020, aiming to eliminate 434,095 kilograms of CO2emissions or 1.89 million liters of fuel consumption. Furthermore, by adding 2,000 e-taxis from 2020 to 2025, the amount is expected to reduce 21,704,760 kg of CO2 emissions, equal to 94.90 million liters of fuel consumption.
They installed 11 charging stations at its headquarters in the city of Mampang, south of Jakarta.
As calculation, each driver of BBG spend an average of 100,000 rupiah (7 USD) on fuel per day, while electric cars only cost around 30,000 rupiah for each charge with a distance of about 400 km.
In April 2019, BBG announced that it would spend an initial investment of US $ 2.83 million for an electric taxi project, targeting city residents who are environmentally conscious.
Source: jakartaglobe.id
