Jakarta, June 9 -- Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said that electric-based mass transportation (electric vehicles) at Nusantara Capital City (IKN) in East Kalimantan will start operating in August 2024.

"We think that the implementation of electric vehicles in IKN will be relatively possible in August," said Sumadi when he was inspecting the mass transportation, Transjakarta, in Jakarta on Sunday.

The Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) provides electric buses for mass transportation. Apart from electric buses, there are also trackless autonomous trains or Autonomous-rail Rapid Transit (ART) to serve mass transportation.

"ART is a kind of tram, but what special is that it has no rails and electricity, it uses batteries, an...