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Thailand’s EV industry growing rapidly

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The Thailand Board of Investment announced that Thailand has received more foreign direct investment supporting the country’s growing electric vehicle production ecosystem. The ASEAN member states are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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Perhaps nothing illustrates the rise of electric vehicles over the past decade more than this statistic: In 2012, the total number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the entire world was 120,000. Who is leading the way with electric vehicle adoption? What are the challenges to electric vehicle adoption?

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

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Thirty-seven percent of Southeast Asian consumers planning to buy a car are open to purchasing an electric vehicle, according to a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan. Customers in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia emerged as the most enthusiastic about electric cars. Source: Nissan. Click to enlarge.

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New EV policy to aid premium-quality SUV launches in India, says VinFast India CEO | Autocar Professional

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Lauding India’s new policy that promotes electric car manufacturing and cuts import duty on certain cars, Vietnamese automaker VinFast Auto’s India Chief Executive Officer Pham Sanh Chau said the policy will help the company to introduce premium-quality sports utility vehicles at inclusive prices.

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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. And there is also a 150,000 baht (equal to more than 27,000 yuan) subsidy for each pure electric vehicle purchase. It is foreseeable that Thailand will soon see an explosion of new energy 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. “Gas prices have climbed in the past month, which helps EVs a bit, but it really takes dramatic swings in the price of fuel before people start running toward electric alternatives.”

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EVs market share continues to grow in Norway

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February saw Norway’s plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow to 90.1%, from 86.1% All the growth came from full electrics, whilst plugin hybrids lost share. The bestselling vehicle was the Tesla Model Y. full electrics (BEVs), and 7.0% year on year. Overall auto volume was 7,439 units, down some 9% YoY.

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