The Tawon Car is a mini car, one of the Indonesian Low Cost Green Car. The naming comes from the philosophy of tawon (wasp), small but can sting like a bee. Wasp also diligently start to work in early morning.
Until end of 2010, most of Tawon cars are used as village public transport or taxis without argometer.
At the end of 2010, the company launched Tawon Pickup with 500cc gasoline engine only. In 2013, all Tawon variants use 664cc 2 cylinders 4 stroke engine with gasoline or CNG. Except Chinese engine, all car components are made in Indonesia.
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PT Super Gasindo Jaya is a member of Asianusa who use Chinese-produced engine, but all other contents is locally made. As of 2017, the only member of Asianusa in active production is PT Fin Komodo Technology, the others (including Tawon manufacturer) already bankrupt.