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Thailand’s EV industry growing rapidly

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The ASEAN member states are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Electric vehicle battery production is growing in Thailand, with manufacturing plants operated by SAIC, Honda, Toyota and a recently announced Mercedes production facility.

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Nissan, Frost & Sullivan study finds 37% of Southeast Asian consumers open to buying EV

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Three in four respondents said they were ready to switch to electric vehicles if taxes were waived. Nonetheless, the survey shows that consumers are aware of differences among technologies such as battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids and Nissan’s e-POWER series-hybrid vehicles.

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Rivian’s EV registrations get up as startups Lucid, VinFast stall

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Early this day, VinFast stated it had imported about 2,000 devices of the crossover to California ports from Vietnam. Vietnamese automaker VinFast added 19 brandnew registrations in July for its imported VF 8 two-row crossover, bringing the January to July overall to 170. The primary cargo arrived in December 2022.

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

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In addition, the tax rate for pure electric vehicles in Thailand was reduced from 8% to 2% in June this year. With regular government subsidy practices, solid tax adjustments, and transparent plans, this series of actions gives Chinese car companies a familiar smell. That is an unexplored continent that needs to be tapped.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8 The First Car Vietnamese Car Comes To North America When Vietnam’s largest company, the VinGroup, announced in 2017 they were entering the automobile manufacturing business, it probably didn’t get too much notice. seconds: 0-60 mph 191 mile driving range. ( VinFast offers charging options.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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However, there are still challenges ahead, most notably with procuring the raw materials needed for battery production. Manufacturer challenges On the manufacturing side, global demand for EV batteries doubled in 2021, driven largely by China’s EV sales. Who are the top countries for EV adoption?

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EVs market share continues to grow in Norway

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That low came as a hangover effect of new tax policies active from January 1st, which had pulled-forward a large number of auto sales into November and December. With the new tax policies further disincentivising combustion-only sales, their combined share in February fell to 4.4%, almost a new record low.

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