The company started commercial production of various model of cars and minivan in its manufacturing plant at Demangan village, Boyolali Regency in Central Java since 2016.

Esemka uses locally made components from companies such as PT INKA and Pertamina.

[3][4] For a long time local companies in Indonesia have tried to design their own cars but failed to manufacture those in mass production.

[6] Journey of Esemka involved a number of Indonesian vocational high schools (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan or SMK).

The car got wide publicity when Joko Widodo started to use as official vehicle as Mayor of Solo during that time.