Karawang, June 29 -- The construction of the Integrated Electric Vehicle Battery Industry Ecosystem by the ANTAM-IBC-CBL consortium began as President Prabowo Subianto laid the first stone of the plant's building foundation in the Artha Industrial Hills area in Karawang District, West Java, on Sunday.

In his remarks, President Prabowo emphasized the importance of developing new energy industries as a strategic step toward achieving national energy independence and resilience.

"I am Prabowo Subianto, President of the Republic of Indonesia, proud to inaugurate the Integrated Electric Vehicle Battery Industry Ecosystem by the ANTAM-IBC-CBL Consortium. With this, I declare it officially gets started," he stated during the ceremony.

The bat...