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Editorial, Published on 14/07/2024
» The ongoing price wars and uncertainty surrounding insurance coverage for electric vehicles serve as reminders that Thailand's EV industry is still in a transitional stage. However, these challenges should not deter the nation from its path towards an electric future.
News, Editorial, Published on 30/10/2023
» The government has set an ambitious target to increase electric vehicle (EV) production by 30% by 2030 and become an EV hub in the Southeast Asian region. This is one of Thailand's efforts to push its carbon neutrality policy.
News, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2022
» Tesla has become a powerful catalyst for Thai electric vehicle market after the company launched two EV models in the Thai market last week.
News, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2021
» Earlier this year, the government laid out a plan to sell only zero-emission vehicles in the country by 2035. The policy, announced by the National EV Policy Committee in March, is highly ambitious, bringing forward the original target by five years.
News, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2020
» Earlier this month, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha inaugurated a 4.3-kilometre extension of the BTS Skytrain from Kasetsart University to the Royal Forest Department. The event was marked with official fanfare but city residents had little reason to cheer. Over the past year, various extensions have sprung across the city connecting commuters from all corners to the mass transit system. However, transit operators have not been able to get one crucial thing right -- introducing a robust common ticketing system.
News, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2019
» Let's admit it. The car culture of Thai commuters will not go away anytime soon, even though Bangkok's electric rail networks will see a lot of improvements in the coming years.
News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2018
» A free press is the key test of whether a nation has true freedom of speech. Across the region, every country is failing the test. In communist Vietnam and all the way to the resurgent army controllers in Myanmar, governments are arresting, imprisoning and strongly intimidating the media.