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BMW to announce local EV battery plant plan
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 28/02/2024
» BMW Group Thailand is planning to build an electric vehicle battery factory in Thailand this year to support its sales of battery EVs and plug-in hybrid EVs, competing with Chinese EV supply chains.
IEAT, Japanese firms eye green project
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/02/2024
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has joined hands with two Japanese firms to conduct a feasibility study on a green utility project at Smart Park Industrial Estate in Rayong, part of efforts to promote eco-friendly manufacturing.
FTI restates support for high-tech hub
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 06/02/2024
» A new public-private collaboration should allow entrepreneurs to be more competitive and gain easier access to funding, supporting their investment and businesses in S-curve industries within the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Auto sector faces bumpy sales
Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 05/02/2024
» The automotive industry is expected to have unequal sales growth this year, driven by motorists' changing lifestyles and choices by lenders.
With new plant, Great Wall Motor targets electric vehicle growth
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/01/2024
» Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) aims to grow its electric vehicle business in Asean after developing an EV production base in Thailand, which is scheduled to start selling locally-made EVs this month.
Car output poised to reach 2m vehicles
Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 10/01/2024
» Thailand's car manufacturing is likely to reach 2 million vehicles, including electric vehicles (EVs), in 2024 despite economic challenges both domestic and external, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Changan set to produce electric SUVs locally
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/12/2023
» Chinese electric vehicle maker Changan Automobile plans to start producing sport utility vehicles (SUVs) from its Rayong factory in the first quarter of 2025, a move expected to intensify competition in the fast-growing Thai EV market.
Calls for reduction in Sa Kaeo land rent
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 28/11/2023
» Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin is being urged to boost investment by telling the Treasury Department to reduce land rent when it leases out land to investors in the Sa Kaeo Industrial Estate in eastern Thailand.
Farmers call for higher sugar cane price
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/11/2023
» Sugar cane farmers plan to ask the authorities to set the price of sugar cane at 1,400 baht a tonne for the 2023-24 crop year, which is higher than the estimated price to be tabled by the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB).
Sugar farmers call for talks
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/11/2023
» Sugar cane farmers plan to ask authorities at the Industry and Commerce ministries on Monday to clarify the cabinet's decision to allow ex-factory sugar prices to increase by only two baht a kilogramme, as the intervention is viewed as unfair by sugar manufacturers.