FTI members keen to reach EV goal early
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Majority believe sooner is better
published : 30 Apr 2021 at 04:44
1 People browse cars during the 2021 Bangkok International Motor Show at Impact Challenger Hall in Muang Thong Thani. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Most executives belonging to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) want the government to achieve an electric vehicle (EV) production goal before 2025 despite the state s latest move to adjust its plan to produce more EVs ahead of its original schedule, according to an FTI survey.
The National New Generation Vehicle Committee last month approved the private sector s proposal to speed up the EV production plan, setting a goal to have every EV sold in Thailand produced locally by 2035, five years earlier than its original plan.
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EA to start making batteries for electric vehicles in June
published : 8 Apr 2021 at 06:22 From left Jaturong Suriyasasin, deputy governor of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, Aswin Techajareonvikul, chief executive of Big C Super Center, Somphote Ahunai, chief executive of Energy Absolute, and Mr Amorn, at the opening ceremony for the EA Anywhere charging station at the Lat Phrao Soi 2 branch of Big C.
Energy Absolute Plc (EA) expects to start making batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) at its production factory in Chachoengsao in June, marking its presence in the industry this year. The move signals significant progress in the EV supply chain in Thailand because batteries are a major component of EVs, said EA deputy chief executive Amorn Sapthaweekul.
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Indonesia aims to reach an annual production volume of electrified cars by 2030, said the country’s minister of industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita according to
CNN Indonesia. Meanwhile, the country has also aimed for an annual production figure of 2.445 million electric bikes in that time, the report added.
The production targets for electrified cars and electric bikes aims to reduce CO2 emissions in the country by 2.7 million tonnes from four-wheeled vehicles, and 1.1 million tonnes from two-wheelers, which Indonesia hopes to encourage through various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives,
CNN Indonesia reported.
For consumers, the incentives include a maximum of 10% in regional taxes, 0% downpayment and low interest rates, tax holidays, tax allowances, import duty exemptions and others, according to the report. So far, there have been three domestic industrial companies that have built production facilities for four-wheeled vehicles, with