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Ford-backed electric battery venture approved for $9.2bn US loan
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» NEW YORK: A Ford joint venture to build three new electric vehicle battery plants is set to receive up to US$9.2 billion in US federal loans under a program backed by US President Joe Biden, officials announced Thursday.
Susco makes a move into EV services
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 23/06/2023
» Susco Beyond, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thai oil retailer Susco Plc, continues to focus on non-oil businesses, including electric vehicles (EVs) under the BYD brand, to diversify from uncertainties in the oil business as prices fluctuate.
Californians told not to charge EVs as grid struggles in heat wave
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Californians were told Wednesday not to charge their electric vehicles (EVs) during peak hours, just days after the state said it would stop selling gas-powered cars, as the aging electricity grid struggles with a fearsome heatwave.
Mexico deploys 15,000 troops to US border to slow migration
AFP, Published on 25/06/2019
» MEXICO CITY - Mexico has deployed nearly 15,000 soldiers and National Guardsmen to its border with the United States, the army chief said Monday -- admitting they are detaining migrants who try to cross, after the policy triggered backlash.
Foreigners caught for prostitution, fraud
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/06/2019
» An Uzbek woman has been arrested at a condominium in Bangkok after eight years on the run from authorities in her country.
Government puts Chana on economic development map
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/06/2019
» Chana district of Songkhla province is now formally included in the government's economic and security development scheme for southern border areas being piloted in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.
Myanmar plant to assemble Toyota Hiluxes
Published on 31/05/2019
» TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp has said that it will build an assembly plant in Myanmar to produce Hilux pickup trucks from February 2021.
High turnout expected for Sunday vote
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2019
» Thais are keenly awaiting the first general election in eight years on Sunday, with many of them expressing hope that a post-junta government will somehow bridge the nation's political divide that has existed for years.
Cambodia, China kick off joint military exercise
Published on 13/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia and China on Wednesday began a 13-day joint military exercise in southern Cambodia involving more than 600 military personnel from both sides.
Indonesia to open fishing zone near disputed S. China Sea
Published on 21/02/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to open a fishing zone within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at the southern edge of the disputed South China Sea, most of which is claimed by China, later this year, to prevent foreign encroachment, a cabinet minister said Wednesday.