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TAIA: Look beyond EVs to ethanol
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 09/12/2016
» The government is being urged to focus more on promoting vehicles fuelled by other alternative energies in addition to electric vehicles (EVs).
Ford sees higher Asean sales
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 06/12/2016
» US carmaker Ford Motor Co expects to end the year with higher sales in the Asean market after posting sales growth in the first 10 months of this year, notably in Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Eco-car production likely to rev up
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 01/12/2016
» With promising prospects in the pipeline next year, many eco-car makers are expected to start second-phase production in 2017.
Triumph Motorcycles sees easy ride as market hums
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 28/11/2016
» Despite murky economic prospects, British manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles remains upbeat about sales prospects in Thailand this year because of lower retail prices and a growing big-bike market.
Honda upbeat as market recovers
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 16/11/2016
» AP Honda, the local distributor of Honda motorcycles, has regained confidence about sales prospects this year after seeing signs of recovery in the domestic market.
Plans for test centre revved up
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 15/11/2016
» The government is revving up construction of the first-ever automotive testing centre in preparation for the ambitious policy to make electric vehicles locally.
Dongfeng eyes Thai heavy-duty trucks
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 08/11/2016
» Chinese truck maker Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles Co is making a foray into Thailand's heavy-duty truck and bus market.
BoI: Incentives for HEVs would be unfair
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 02/11/2016
» The Board of Investment (BoI) has brushed aside the private sector's request for privileges for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), saying it would be unfair to companies that have already invested in the production of HEVs without incentives.
China's Foton to make trucks in Thailand
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 25/10/2016
» China's car and truck maker Beiqi Foton Motor has made a foray into the Thai automotive market by setting up a wholly-owned subsidiary to handle sales and production of Foton's pickup trucks, passenger pickup vehicles (PPVs) and passenger cars in Thailand.
A woman of substance
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 01/10/2016
» Panatda "Moo" Chennavasin thinks the brain is not divided by gender. Today, women are often ahead and it's no longer a man's world. Mrs Panatda's new role as executive vice-president of Tri Petch Isuzu Sales, a local distributor of Isuzu trucks, is a case in point. She is the first and only Thai female on the executive board of Isuzu Motors and Mitsubishi Corporation, Isuzu's largest shareholder.