SGMW Motor Indonesia
Indonesian subsidiary of SAIC-GM-Wuling
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PT SGMW Motor Indonesia is a subsidiary of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile. It is the first Chinese automotive company to build a manufacturing plant in Indonesia.
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Indonesia |
| Key people | Shi Guoyong (President-Director) |
| Products | Passenger cars Light commercial vehicles |
Production output |  24,456 vehicles (2023) |
| Parent | SAIC-GM-Wuling |
| Website | http://wuling.id |
Unlike their operations in China, SGMW Indonesia only markets vehicles in one marque under Wuling, instead of both Wuling and Baojun. However, the facilities also produce rebadged Chevrolet vehicles for exports and are shared with MG Motor to manufacture MG electric cars.[1][2]
In 2018, Wuling Motors was the ninth largest automotive manufacturing company in Indonesia and the sixth largest passenger car manufacturing company in Indonesia by sales and production.[3]
History
The company started its operation by building its first plant in Greenland International Industrial Center in Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, West Java province on 20 August 2015.[4] Built on a 600,000 m2 land including the supplier park, the plant was built for the production and manufacture of automobile in Indonesia and to set up an export base for Southeast Asia. The investment of the project is around US$700 million. The plant is expected to produce up to 150,000 vehicles in a year in its maximum capacity and is estimated to create 3,000 jobs for Indonesia.[5]
In August 2016, SGMW Motor Indonesia joined the 2016 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show and showcased the Wuling Hongguang S1 and Baojun 730.[6][7] On 11 July 2017, the plant officially started its operations for mass production and was inaugurated by the vice president of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla.[8] Their first product was a compact MPV named Confero, which is a rebadged Hongguang S1.[9] Initial pricing started at Rp 128 million, making it the cheapest MPV in its respective class.[10] At the end of 2017, Wuling Motors quickly climbed into the top-10 car brand in Indonesia by production and sales.[11]
On 9 February 2018, the company launched the Cortez, a rebadged Baojun 730.[12] On 7 November 2018, Wuling launched the Formo as a commercial variant of the Confero.[13] At the end of 2018, Wuling missed the targeted vehicle sales of 30,000 units, instead recorded 17,002 units for the wholesales figure and 15,162 units for the retail sales figure.[14]
On 27 February 2019, Wuling unveiled the Almaz, a rebadged Baojun 530 as their first SUV in Indonesia.[15] Wuling announced that it would export the Almaz to Thailand, Brunei and Fiji as the Chevrolet Captiva.[16]
On 10 August 2022, SGMW Motor Indonesia introduced its first battery electric car in Indonesia, the Air EV.[17] In April 2023, Indonesian buyers of the car will receive incentives of battery-based electric cars, in the form of VAT subsidies, from 11% to 1%.[18] Wuling Air EV is the best selling electric car in Indonesia for 2022, account for 77.98% of electric car sales in the country for 2022.[19]
In February 2023, Wuling announced the Alvez, a rebadged Wuling Xingchi as their second SUV in Indonesia.[20]
On 18 August 2023, PT SGMW Motor Indonesia said that its production facilities will be shared with PT SAIC Motor Indonesia[21] to manufacture MG Motor (other brand owned by SAIC, the parent company of SGMW),[1][2] which commenced production of MG4 EV and MG ZS EV in February 2024.[22][23] As of February 2026, it also produces the MGS5 EV.[24]
On 16 November 2023, Wuling announced the Binguo EV as their second battery electric car to enter Indonesia.[25]
On 15 February 2024, Wuling announced the Cloud EV as their third battery electric car to enter Indonesia, to complete their 'ABC Trio' electric car lineup.[26][27]
On 11 July 2025, Wuling announced the Mitra EV, a rebadged Wuling Yangguang as their fourth battery electric car to enter Indonesia. Wuling announced that it would export the Mitra EV to Thailand and Hong Kong as the Porta EV.[28]
On 23 July 2025, Wuling announced the Darion, a rebadged Wuling Starlight 730 as the fifth battery electric car and first plug-in hybrid electric car to enter Indonesia.[29][30]
On 5 February 2026, Wuling announced the Eksion, a rebadged Wuling Starlight 560 as the sixth battery electric car and second plug-in hybrid electric car to enter Indonesia.[31][32]
On 11 July 2026, Wuling announced the Aira EV, a rebadged Wuling Hongguang Mini EV as their seventh electric car to enter Indonesia.[33]
Models
| Model | Indonesian introduction | Current model | Current production status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Update/facelift | ||||
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Air EV | 2022 | 2022 | 2025 | Assembled in Indonesia |
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Aira EV | 2026 | 2026 | – | |
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Binguo EV | 2023 | 2023 | 2025 | |
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Cloud EV | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| SUV/crossover | |||||
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Alvez | 2023 | 2023 | 2025 | Assembled in Indonesia |
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Almaz | 2019 | 2019 | 2023 | |
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Eksion | 2026 | 2026 | – | |
| MPV | |||||
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Confero | 2017 | 2017 | 2021 | Assembled in Indonesia |
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Cortez | 2018 | 2018 | 2022 | |
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Darion | 2025 | 2025 | – | |
| Light commercial vehicle | |||||
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Formo | 2018 | 2018 | 2023 | Assembled in Indonesia |
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Mitra EV | 2025 | 2025 | – | |
Sales
| Year | Confero | Formo | Formo Max | Cortez | Alvez | Almaz/
Chevrolet Captiva |
Air EV | Binguo EV | Cloud EV | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6,026 | – | – | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,149 |
| 2018 | 9,558 | 132 | 6,456 | 16,146 | ||||||
| 2019 | 9,475 | 251 | 2,581 | 12,673 | 24,980 | |||||
| 2020 | 3,268 | 321 | 1,426 | 2,338 | 7,353 | |||||
| 2021 | 10,561 | 1,375 | 4,314 | 10,027 | 26,277 | |||||
| 2022 | 10,831 | 815 | 245 | 4,587 | 5,541 | 8,422 | 30,441 | |||
| 2023 | 6,077 | 942 | 1,374 | 387 | 5,956 | 2,297 | 5,626 | 1,797 | 24,456 | |
| 2024 | 2,791 | 242 | 165 | 15 | 2,772 | 1,755 | 4,320 | 6,018 | 3,696 | 21,774 |
| Total | 58,587 | 4,078 | 1,784 | 19,889 | 8,728 | 34,631 | 18,368 | 7,815 | 3,696 | 157,576 |
| Year | Confero | Formo | Formo Max | Cortez | Alvez | Almaz | Air EV | Binguo EV | Cloud EV | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4,958 | – | – | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,050 |
| 2018 | 11,062 | 83 | 5,857 | 17,002 | ||||||
| 2019 | 9,137 | 301 | 3,160 | 9,743 | 22,341 | |||||
| 2020 | 3,060 | 388 | 5,676 | 1,947 | 11,071 | |||||
| 2021 | 10,488 | 999 | 4,423 | 9,694 | 25,604 | |||||
| 2022 | 10,844 | 1,285 | 3,905 | 5,406 | 8,053 | 29,493 | ||||
| 2023 | 5,887 | 763 | 1,319 | 824 | 5,923 | 1,856 | 5,575 | 1,393 | 23,540 | |
| 2024 | 3,109 | 455 | 1,045 | 255 | 2,768 | 1,174 | 4,440 | 5,156 | 3,521 | 21,923 |
| Total | 58,545 | 4,274 | 2,364 | 24,192 | 8,691 | 29,820 | 18,068 | 6,549 | 3,521 | 156,024 |
| Year | Total |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 3,268 |
| 2018 | 15,162 |
| 2019 | 21,112 |
| 2020 | 9,523 |
| 2021 | 23,920 |
| 2022 | 24,270 |
| 2023 | 25,992 |
| 2024 | 25,067 |
| Total | 148,314 |
| Year | Chevrolet Captiva/
Almaz |
Cortez | Formo | Air EV | Alvez | Confero | Binguo EV | Cloud EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,696 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 584 | 27 | ||||||
| 2022 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 26 | ||||
| 2023 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1,504 | ||||
| 2024 | 77 | 36 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 878 | 25 |
| Total | 3,390 | 78 | 16 | 1,564 | 34 | 11 | 878 | 25 |
