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Tesla executives looking for 790-acre land in Thailand: Prime Minister

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In an apparent bid to highlight Thailand’s potential position as an electric vehicle manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin personally accompanied Tesla executives on a tour of potential industrial sites last week. Thailand has an annual production of 2.5

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Honda aiming to sell 3.5M electric motorcycles per year by 2030

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Envisioning the future market environment, uses and technological advancements, Honda is exploring a range of future personal-use models including ones equipped with a power source besides swappable batteries. In Japan, four major Japanese motorcycle manufacturers—Honda, Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Battery sharing.

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Ford develops and begins manufacturing new powered respirator; expanding other COVID-19 efforts

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Ford has also started providing manufacturing expertise to help scientific instrument provider Thermo Fisher Scientific quickly expand production of COVID-19 collection kits to test for the virus. With this additional help, 3M and Ford were able to increase the output of PAPRs and N95 respirators at 3M’s US-based manufacturing facilities.

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Foxconn tied up with Thailand’s PTT for making electric vehicles

Electric Vehicles India

Foxconn tied up with Thailand’s PTT for making electric vehicles. Taiwan’s Foxconn has announced a partnership with Thailand’s government, a state-run energy group PTT PCL to manufacture electric cars in Thailand. Let us read further about Foxconn tied up with Thailand’s PTT. .

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Global EV sales are ‘robust’ – more than 1 in 5 cars sold in 2024 will be electric

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While demand remained largely concentrated in China, Europe, and the US, growth also picked up in some emerging markets such as Vietnam and Thailand, where electric cars accounted for 15% and 10%, respectively, of all cars sold. Last year, global electric car sales soared by 35% to almost 14 million. Get started here. –ad*

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Micromobility: Zapp Scooters Bring Style, Range and Fun to Urban Riding

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Story by Steve Schaefer; photos from the manufacturer. Built in Thailand, the i300 is part of a worldwide wave of transportation options that are moving from fossil-fuel power to electric. And with COVID-19 concerns driving some commuters to avoid public transit , personal two-wheelers should experience a boom in the next few years.

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Honda President Ito steps down, Takahiro Hachigo to replace him

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Hachigo went on to assume responsibilities as the person-in-charge of developing the second generation CR-V, Honda’s highly successful compact sport-utility vehicle for the worldwide markets, in 2001. Hachigo then assumed a role in the area of manufacturing as General Manager of Honda’s Suzuka Factory in April 2011.

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