State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan expressed the government's plans to produce an electric car as a national car should be done

State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan expressed the government's plans to produce an electric car as a national car should be done



State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan expressed the government's plans to produce an electric car as a national car should be done even if the electric car ala "Ferrari", Tucuxi, he was driving crashed in the village of Ngerong, District Plaosan, Magetan, East Java, on Saturday.

"Electric cars must go on. Luckily the accident was not my anything," said Dahlan Iskan while in boarding school PSM, Takeran Magetan.

According to him, he experienced an accident while riding Tucuxi nothing to do with the car engine that uses electricity.

Dahlan rate, in general, the condition of the car is good. Only, when these trials, brake condition is being relieved after using the streets Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java-Plaosan, Magetan, East Java, which is very steep.

"I have to try to drive myself before I finally convinced someone else in the car. Though electric cars, Tucuxi still use the same brake with gasoline cars," he said.

Dahlan explained that the condition of the car brakes is being relieved due to excessive use of the brakes on the uphill and steep streets.

"On arriving at Plaosan that brakes are not working and the car rolling sooner. Current speed estimated between 60 to 80 Kilometers per hour. Then I decided the car crashed into the cliff so as not to harm other people," he explained.

Lucky, a result of the accident he suffered significant injuries. When the incident Dahlan was accompanied by one of the electric car mechanic named Riki whose condition is also survived.

"I remain proud of the electric car, as this artificial country boy," said Dahlan.

Electric cars ala "Ferrari", Tucuxi, Dahlan Iskan property is undergoing tests on the path distance from Jakarta to Surabaya. Before mired in Magetan, the car is departing from the National Awakening Road in Solo, Central Java, toward Surabaya, East Java.

The car is scheduled to transit in Magetan. State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan plans to attend family events at boarding school PSM Takeran on Saturday night. After that, the car will be taken to continue the journey to Surabaya.

Dahlan Iskan driven Tucuxi was worth about R1, 5 billion. In the long-distance road test from Solo to Surabaya, the car crossed the field Tawangmangu-Magetan hill with a height of about 1305 meters above sea level.

The draft Tucuxi done Danet Suryatama home modification workshop Kupu Kupu Night in Yogyakarta in 2012. The car has the ability Tucuxi equivalent gasoline-fueled car capacity of 3,500 cc.