Kemenhub Adjusts Regulations on Electric Truck Load Limits

The Ministry of Transportation has updated the technical guidelines (“Juknis”) on the permitted gross weight of motor vehicles, including their loads and passengers. This update follows the issuance of Regulation of the President No. 41 of 2026 on the Strengthening of National Logistics and forms part of the preparations for the implementation of the zero over-dimension and overloading (“ODOL”) policy in 2027.

Hermin Esti Setyowati, Assistant Deputy for Land and Railway Connectivity at the Coordinating Ministry for Infrastructure, stated that the update to the Technical Guidelines is necessary to align vehicle load limit requirements with developments in the use of electric vehicles (“EV”) and hybrid vehicles, particularly trucks powered by these technologies.

“The Juknis are already in place. However, the revised guidelines will need to accommodate the emergence of EV-powered and hybrid trucks. We hope that the Ministry of Transportation will finalize them soon,” she told Hukumonline.

According to her, the existing provisions on permissible vehicle weight need to be adjusted to accommodate the specific characteristics of electric and hybrid vehicles. These adjustments will subsequently be incorporated into a ministerial regulation that is currently being prepared by the Ministry of Transportation.

The Government expects the regulation to be finalized before the end of 2026, so that it can serve as the legal basis for implementing the zero ODOL policy beginning in 2027. Accordingly, the adjustments to vehicle load limits are expected to proceed in tandem with the technological transformation of freight transportation and efforts to strengthen the national logistics system.