i2C Indonesia National Car

• i2C, Indonesia’s national car, developed with local IP, design – EV SUV below RM130k, production late-2027

  In Cars, International News / By Danny Tan / 24 July 2025 1:52 pm / 7 comments

  

  Here’s more info on i2C, Indonesia’s latest national car. The ‘Indonesian Indigenous Car’ (that’s what i2C stands for) is making its debut in 1:1 clay model form at the 2025 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS), and the company behind it is PT Teknologi Militer Indonesia (TMI), which deals with military equipment.

  According to the company’s ‘about us’ description on its website, TMI is a ‘strategic platform for acquisition of innovative technologies to enhance the national defense and security sectors, also the system integrator for combat/battle management system embodying advance military technology development’ and the products section lists air, land and sea defense systems.

  i2C’s first product will be a large SUV based on a platform of a foreign partner which identity is yet to be disclosed. As revealed in our initial post, TMI has roped in Italdesign for styling, but the famous Italian design studio is merely providing advice and technical input.

  

  “The designers are Indonesians. We’re only asking for advice from Italdesign,” TMI president and CEO Harsusantu told Kompas. He added that the Italian company is also providing technical input and access to a global design database, and that TMI is working with Indonesian universities and local designers.

  The people behind Indonesia’s latest national car claim that the i2C electric seven-seater SUV is will be the first car to be fully developed with intellectual property (IP) owned by Indonesia. It is said that five local designers came up with the design from scratch with a Nusantara cultural approach.

  According to TMI, i2C’s focus isn’t just on design, but also manufacturing readiness. “All of the design takes into consideration the availability of tooling and the local supply chain so that production costs don’t go wild,” the TMI chief said, claiming that while the SUV’s battery and motor are from global vendors, the integration system, software and platform are being developed by the i2C team so that the IP belongs to Indonesia.

  

  TMI says that it will build 40 to 50 prototypes for the purpose of crash testing and production feasibility, aided by digital simulators. They are targeting mass production by the end of 2027 or early 2028, with a target price of below Rp 500 juta (RM129,531).

  To recap, i2C’s donor car remains a mystery, but it’s most likely to be a Chinese company, as the company quotes a CLTC range of 617 km from an 83.4 kWh NMC battery. There’s a single rear-mounted motor pushing out 204 PS and 310 Nm of torque (identical figures to the BYD Atto 3), which pushes the big SUV from 0-100 km/h in an estimated 9.1 seconds. Top speed is 200 km/h. As for charging, i2C quotes max rates of 150 kW DC and 11 kW AC.

  What do you think of the i2C SUV’s design and preliminary specs? Anyway, two other national cars from Indonesia were recently announced – the Aletra L8 and Polytron G3. The Aletra is a rebadged Livan Maple 80V L, which is essentially a Geely Jiaji EV, while the Polytron is a Skyworth EV6 SUV.

  GALLERY: i2C concept at GIIAS 2025

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  GALLERY: i2C concept official images

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

   

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• i2C is Indonesia’s next national car – ‘indigenous car’ previewed at GIIAS 2025 by Italdesign SUV clay model

  In Cars, International News / By Danny Tan / 23 July 2025 4:32 pm / 2 comments

  

  Here’s a surprise from the 2025 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) – a new national car for Indonesia. Now, I’m not sure if the locals care so much about a ‘national car’ than we do in Malaysia, and the term has of late been used quite liberally (by Polytron and Aletra), but here’s another one, and it’s called i2C.

  i2C stands for Indigenous Indonesia Car and the company behind it is PT Teknologi Militer Indonesia (TMI). As its name suggests, TMI deals with military equipment.

  According to the company’s ‘about us’ description on its website, TMI is a “strategic platform for acquisition of innovative technologies to enhance the national defense and security sectors, also the system integrator for combat/battle management system embodying advance military technology development” and the products section lists air, land and sea defense systems.

  

  So, why would a defense contractor dabble in passenger cars? I’m guessing that it’s somewhat like a free-for-all in Indonesia if you have a partner to supply a donor car and the right connections. Speaking of partners, local reports say that i2C’s SUV will be based on a platform of a foreign partner which identity is yet to be disclosed. Another partner is Italdesign.

  The famous Italian design studio’s work is here at GIIAS 2025, tucked in a rather hidden nook of ICE BSD. When we first saw the 1:1 clay model, all four of us here exclaimed ‘Kia EV9’ for the mockup’s angular lines, Kia-style rear end and scale, which contains three rows of seats.

  Next to Italdesign’s logo on the backdrop is Fincantieri, which describes itself as one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world, with over 230 years of history and more than 7,000 ships built.

  

  

  “We are a reference player for major cruise operators, the exclusive supplier for the Italian Navy, a partner of the US Navy and numerous foreign navies, and a key player in some of the most important European defence partnership programs,” the company says.

  As mentioned, the donor car remains a mystery, but it’s most likely to be a Chinese company, as i2C quotes a CLTC range of 617 km from an 83.4 kWh NMC battery. There’s a single rear-mounted motor pushing out 204 PS and 310 Nm of torque (identical figures to the BYD Atto 3), which pushes the big SUV from 0-100 km/h in an estimated 9.1 seconds. Top speed is 200 km/h. As for charging, i2C quotes max rates of 150 kW DC and 11 kW AC.

  Anyway, two other national cars from Indonesia were recently announced – Aletra L8 and Polytron G3. The Aletra is a rebadged Livan Maple 80V L, which is essentially a Geely Jiaji EV, while the Polytron is a Skyworth EV6 SUV. Just like how Skyworth is known as a ‘TV maker’, Polytron sells electronics and home appliances ranging from rice cookers to fridges. TVs too, of course.

  What do you think of the i2C’s design?

  GALLERY: i2C concept at GIIAS 2025

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

   

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