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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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Video Friday: Strandbeest

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Palantir ] Dr. Heidi from Philippines Flying Labs provides a first report of the drone delivery training in Tawi Tawi along with the very first medical drone deliveries that took place as part of this training. [ Stanford HAI ] In honor of ASIMO’s retirement, here’s a 20-minute history about the robot from Honda.

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

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The Philippines, for its part, is making a significant effort to procure electric buses and has introduced a policy requiring domestic public transport companies to increase the proportion of their pure trams to more than 5 percent. Japanese cars firmly dominate the Thai car market.

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DOE fuel cell market report shows continued growth, with sales surpassing $1.3B worldwide in 2013

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Several automakers announced partnerships to advance fuel cell electric vehicles, including Daimler, Ford, and Nissan ( earlier post ); Honda and General Motors ( earlier post ); Toyota and BMW ( earlier post ); and Volkswagen and Ballard Power Systems ( earlier post ). Earlier post.). Many automakers anticipate commercialization by 2017.

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