Cabinet approves 2.9bn baht EV sale subsidy

[webfact]

 

by Tanakorn Sangiam
    
BANGKOK (NNT) - The Cabinet has approved subsidy packages worth 2.9 billion baht for electric vehicle (EV) sales. The government aims for this campaign to help bring down the EV prices in the market.

 

The Cabinet in its weekly meeting today approved subsidy packages for electric vehicles as announced by Government Spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.

 

These packages, worth 2.9 billion baht, will be offered at different values based on the size and specifications of eligible EV models, covering both sedans and motorcycles.

 

The biggest packages at 150,000 baht per vehicle will be offered for 10-passenger vehicles, with a battery size of 30 kilowatt hours or more.

 

Packages of the same subsidy are offered for domestically manufactured pickup trucks in the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) category, with a battery size of 30 kilowatt hours or more. These trucks must have a suggested retail price of less than 2 million baht.

 

Electric cars with up to 10-passenger capacity, but with battery sizes smaller than 30 kilowatt hours are eligible for a 70,000 baht subsidy.

 

The smallest packages at 18,000 baht per vehicle will be offered to battery-operated electric motorcycles in the BEV category, with a suggested retail price not exceeding 150,000 baht.

 

All of these packages will be available to eligible persons, according to the Excise Department’s announcement. This includes manufacturers and authorized dealers. These entities must work with the department to establish mutual agreements, and file individual requests for each vehicle model.

 

The Excise Department will analyze the retail pricing structure from these filings to make sure that buyers benefit from EV subsidies, before approving any packages.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220823221824371

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-08-25

 

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[Rampant Rabbit]

How  this  is  going to  play  out...............they will  just  increase the price of  gas and diesel  cars to make  electric  look a  better  deal......then they  will end up with  massive grid  problems  when they cant cope, add  to that incresed  prices  for charging your  car, already  being touted in other countries wanting a seperate  meter and  higher  rate to charge,  only  being  allowed to charge at certain times.already stopping the use of  off  peak meteres  in the UK.......dont worry  later  theyll add a  solar  panel roof  tax

Edited August 24, 2022 by Rampant Rabbit

[sqwakvfr]

I have seen one Tesla in Chiang Mai.  Besides home I wonder where the owner can charge his or her EV?

Back in the US there are more and more charging stations popping up everyday.  Even then the cost of an EV is out of reach for most Americans.  If I was still working then I could possibly squeeze some money out of my budget and buy a Tesla.  Presently even if I lived back in Los Angeles there is no way I could afford to own an EV.  

 

The next and most obvious question is how long does an EV battery last?  Cannot find an answer to this question.  Also, what is the cost to replace or even repair the battery?  In my last year in Law Enforcement I had to investigate a traffic collision involving an early version of an EV(I think it was a Honda EV?) and the battery was impacted and the acid spilled onto the road.  Of course the Fire Department declared this as a Haz Mat incident and the Haz Mat response team had to be called out.  The road was closed for almost 4 hours.  Traffic was a nightmare in this part of town.  A standard collision not involving death or serious injury would have been wrapped up in about 30 to 45 minutes.  Of course this was long before EV's were on the road.  

 

Having the road filled with EV's sounds like a good idea until one looks into the details.  

 

"The devil is always in the details.".  

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

Wondering how that 10 passenger EV van will get the group from Bangkok to Chiang Mai in 10 hours if it has to stop and charge 4 times to get there.....asking for a friend who just traveled to the Myanmar Consulate for a passport....

[BKKBike09]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Packages of the same subsidy are offered for domestically manufactured pickup trucks in the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) category, with a battery size of 30 kilowatt hours or more. These trucks must have a suggested retail price of less than 2 million baht.

There are EV pick ups manufactured locally?? Who would ever buy a pick up priced at more than 2 million baht??

 

The main question of course is whether an EV one-tonne pick up truck is still capable of doing 140 kmh while loaded with three tonnes of pineapples / 27 migrant workers / a 20-foot high spirit house [select as appropriate].

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, BKKBike09 said:

There are EV pick ups manufactured locally?? Who would ever buy a pick up priced at more than 2 million baht??

 

The main question of course is whether an EV one-tonne pick up truck is still capable of doing 140 kmh while loaded with three tonnes of pineapples / 27 migrant workers / a 20-foot high spirit house [select as appropriate].

Valid point... the more they're loaded the less distance they can continue..

Also pick-ups are driven into the ground for a long time..

what's the life span of an EV... when it's done 10 years I bet it's dead with zero second hand value.