BEKASI, KOMPAS.com - Ady Siswanto (27) is occupied with his men at the studio in the Posse Kicil region, Jatisampurna Locale, Bekasi City. They changed two bike approaches that stood upstanding. Toward the edge of the studio, which is called Patrikbike, you can see heaps of different bicycles that should be changed. A dusty programmed motorbike can likewise be seen there. Ady is a mechanics retailer who explicitly acknowledges electric vehicles. It can fix a wide range of electric vehicles. He is likewise equipped for changing over a manual bike into an electric bike. "We can work five to seven vehicles every day. A mix of a bike needs to be changed, so it becomes electric power and electric bike overhauling," he said when met at his studio, Wednesday (25/11/2020).
An turnover of Rp. 400 million. The business that Ady runs is quite profitable. During the pandemic alone, he was able to earn a turnover of IDR 300 million to IDR 400 million a month. He can earn that much turnover because there is no other repair shop that focuses on repairing or modifying electric vehicles. "We got the turnover in the middle of this year during the pandemic. Around month seven (July) to month ten (October)," he said.
All beginning with adjusting electric bikes Ady's prosperity started when he opened his most memorable studio in Cibinong, Bogor Regime, in 2015. Around then, Ady, who was as yet an understudy, just got electric bike administration administrations. "At the outset, I was separated from everyone else, just getting the administrations of an electric bike that ladies like to utilize," said Ady. Over the long run, Ady got a solicitation to change one of his client's bikes into an electric bike. He was tested to meet the client's solicitation.
All beginning with overhauling electric bikes Ady's prosperity started when he opened his most memorable studio in Cibinong, Bogor Regime, in 2015. Around then, Ady, who was as yet an understudy, just got electric bike administration administrations. "Before all else, I was separated from everyone else, just getting the administrations of an electric bike that ladies like to utilize," said Ady. Over the long haul, Ady got a solicitation to change one of his client's bikes into an electric bike. He was tested to meet the client's solicitation.
Suddenly, crafted by his most memorable electric bike was fruitful. His work turned into a dictum among bike darlings. "At last, orders for electric bike adjustments have begun to show up," he said. Ady said that numerous occupants from different districts utilized his administrations to alter bikes. Since most of clients came from Bekasi City, Ady dared to move his studio to Group Kicil.
Overwhelmed with orders because of cycling patterns As indicated by Ady, electric bikes are presently the decision of many individuals. This should be visible from the enormous number of client demands that come consistently. Most of clients who come, he proceeded, are novices who are simply getting into the leisure activity of cycling. "Numerous normal individuals who enjoy a side interest of cycling follow companions who have loved bikes for quite a while. Long-term bike devotees as a rule travel significant distances when they ride, up to several kilometers," said Ady. "Since they were not sufficiently able to keep up, they adjusted bikes with electric ability to walk significant distances," added the one who moved on from the Astra Assembling Polytechnic.
While changing the bicycles of her clients, Ady frequently experiences different hindrances. One of them is connected with the kind of bike. "For new kinds like Brompton, you need to utilize batteries and other unique gadgets," he made sense of. Battery accessibility is likewise a different issue. The vast majority of the batteries utilized are made by the actual studio. This is on the grounds that there are no stores that sell bike explicit batteries.
Change rates range from Rp. 5 million to Rp. 25 million. The rates set by Ady for each bike adjustment are consistently unique. "By and large, it goes from Rp. 5 million to Rp. 7 million. The most costly at any point contacted IDR 25 million," he said. As indicated by Ady, bike alteration rates are changed in accordance with the model the client needs. For the most part, they need to change bikes into electric bikes for three reasons. "There are three boundaries, in particular speed, distance, and force or power. The farther the bicycle is, the more costly it will be. The higher the speed, the more costly it will be. It relies upon what the client needs," made sense of Ady. Attempting to construct an electric vehicle Now, Ady is in the middle of dealing with an electric vehicle project with a gathering of understudies. With a capital of Rp. 90 million, they chipped away at an electric vehicle project with a speed of 90 kilometers each hour in four months or less. Work on the task has arrived at its last stage. "It tends to be driven as well. Simply introduce the vehicle body," said Ady.
In the event that the undertaking is effective, Ady intends to open a public vehicle boating administration into electric vehicles one year from now. This desire emerged on the grounds that Ady saw that the electric vehicle portion of the overall industry was viewed as more extensive. Ady understood that this step required an enormous capital. Nonetheless, up to this point, he has not pondered searching for financial backers. "That is the arrangement. We began with our own pocket capital, not acquiring from banks or searching for financial backers," he closed.
Considered Risky, Police Justification behind Prohibiting Electric Bicycles in Makassar
The Makassar City Police (Polrestabes) have prohibited the utilization of electric bikes on the streets, since they are viewed as hazardous to other street clients. Kasat Then Makassar Polrestabes, AKBP Zulanda, said, from the guidelines of Regulation 22 of 2009 Article 47 passage 4 recognizes mechanized vehicles and non-mechanized vehicles driven by human and creature power.
"Gone on in Article 48 to Article 56, where it is obviously specified that vehicles utilizing motorbikes should initially have specialized and street commendable prerequisites with a progression of type tests completed by the public authority. On the off chance that they pass, a sort test pass letter will be given, which can then just be enrolled for the vehicle. at Samsat," he made sense of cited from Provincial Kompas.com.
Hendro Sutono, a dissident and representative for the Electric Bike People group (KOSMIK), said the premise utilized was not right in light of the fact that the guidelines for electric bikes are in different subordinates. "Without a doubt, in Regulation No. 22 of 2009 there is no known term for electric mechanized vehicles, which is the reason subordinate legitimate items have arisen that direct this. Unofficial law No. 55 of 2012 notices electric mechanized vehicles," Hendro told Kompas.com, Saturday (9/7/2022). Hendro proceeded, the presence of electric bikes was additionally fortified by Official Guideline No. 55 of 2019 concerning the speed increase of the battery-based electric mechanized vehicle program.
"The end is Clergyman of Transportation Guideline No. 45 of 2020 concerning Specific Vehicles Utilizing Electric Engine Drives," said Hendro. "In it has incorporated the kinds of electric mechanized vehicles that are excluded from the class of mechanized vehicles with SUT and SRUT," he said. Moreover, AKBP Zulanda underlined that there is a criminal danger in Article 277 for collecting and changing a vehicle utilizing a motorbike that doesn't meet the sort test with a jail sentence of 1 year or a fine of IDR 24 million.
Aside from that, bike dealers who utilize battery-controlled electric motorbikes can be likely to partaking articles in the Crook Code Articles 55 or 56 for taking part or aiding while selling bikes utilizing the motorbike unlawfully," he said. Answering this, Hendro expressed that there were at that point guidelines with respect to changing the exhibition of electric engines. "Moreover in regards to gathered and changed over electric mechanized vehicles, this has been directed in the Clergyman of Transportation Guideline No. 65 of 2020," said Hendro.