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. 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. In August 2016, SGMW Motor Indonesia joined the
2016 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show and showcased the
Wuling Hongguang S1 and
Baojun 730. On 11 July 2017, the plant officially started its operations for mass production and was inaugurated by the
vice president of Indonesia,
Jusuf Kalla. Their first product was a compact MPV named Confero, which is a
rebadged Hongguang S1. Initial pricing started at Rp 128 million, making it the cheapest
MPV in its respective class. At the end of 2017, Wuling Motors quickly climbed into the top-10 car brand in Indonesia by production and sales. On 9 February 2018, the company launched the Cortez, a rebadged Baojun 730. On 7 November 2018, Wuling launched the Formo as a commercial variant of the Confero. 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. On 27 February 2019, Wuling unveiled the Almaz, a rebadged
Baojun 530 as their first
SUV in Indonesia. Wuling announced that it would export Almaz to
Thailand,
Brunei and
Fiji as the
Chevrolet Captiva. On 10 August 2022, SGMW Motor Indonesia introduced its first electric car in Indonesia,
Wuling Air EV. 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%. 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. In February 2023, Wuling announced Alvez, a rebadged
Wuling Xingchi as their second SUV in Indonesia. On 18 August 2023, PT SGMW Motor Indonesia said that its production facilities will be shared with PT SAIC Motor Indonesia to manufacture
MG Motor (other brand owned by
SAIC, the parent company of SGMW), On 16 November 2023, Wuling announced
Binguo EV as their second electric car to enter Indonesia. On 15 February 2024, Wuling announced the
Cloud EV as their third electric to enter Indonesia, to complete their 'ABC Trio' electric car lineup. == Models ==