Title :
The battery 10 kWh: A financial analysis of mini manufacturing plant
Author :
Sutopo, W. ; Atikah, N. ; Purwanto, A. ; Nizam, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Sebelas Maret Univ., Surakarta, Indonesia
Abstract :
Battery of 10 kWh is a result of a mini manufacturing plant project of Research & Development (R&D) for Indonesia Electric Vehicle (MOLINA) Consortium Team, Sebelas Maret University (UNS) will be installed in the SmarT Electric Vehicle (EV). In an attempt to analyze the feasibility of this investment and in order to attract investors to expand this project, MOLINA UNS conducted a feasibility analysis from a financial point of view. The analysis includes a comprehensive quantitative financial analysis of the project profitability with NPV, IRR, ROE, ROA and an assessment of how those key factors may affect the profitability of the project with a value of WACC. This study also offers sensitivity analysis and SWOT analysis to recommends regarding this project, given the results of financial analysis and consideration of other key factors.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; financial management; investment; production facilities; profitability; project management; research and development; secondary cells; sensitivity analysis; IRR; Indonesia Electric Vehicle Consortium Team; MOLINA UNS; NPV; ROA; ROE; SWOT analysis; Sebelas Maret University; comprehensive quantitative financial analysis; feasibility analysis; investment; mini manufacturing plant project; project profitability; research and development; sensitivity analysis; smart electric vehicle; Batteries; Educational institutions; Electric vehicles; Investment; Manufacturing; Sensitivity analysis; WACC; electric vehicle; feasibility study; financial analysis; mini manufacturing plant of Battery;
Conference_Titel :
Rural Information & Communication Technology and Electric-Vehicle Technology (rICT & ICeV-T), 2013 Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bandung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3363-1
DOI :
10.1109/rICT-ICeVT.2013.6741512