Electric car project to Thai Cabinet for approval today

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Electric car project to Cabinet for approval today

BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Industry today proposed the cabinet for approval a plan to promote electric car production in the country with the only a condition that major components must be produced in Thailand.

Permanent-secretary of the Ministry of Industry Mr Somchai Harnhirun revealed that the main criteria of the plan is that producers must invest in local production of major components.

If the cabinet approves the plan today, a clearly defined framework should become available within September of this year, he said.

Electric vehicles are currently charged 10% excise tax in Thailand but an allowance for 0% taxation is provided for electric vehicles imported from China under the Sino-Asian Free Trade Agreement.

But importing such vehicles from Japan will incur 24.5 % import taxes.

However officially this amount will be lowered to 20% next year.

Importing electric vehicles from countries other than those stated above will incur the highest taxes of 80%.

Meanwhile Mr Wirapon Jirapraditthakun, the Energy Regulatory Commission chairman stated that charging costs at charging points for these vehicles has not been determined but all the details should be finalized and made public by August.

But he was able to reveal that for day-time periods the overall charging cost should be around 5 baht per unit while night-time charges will be no more than 2 baht per unit.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/electric-car-project-cabinet-approval-today/


-- Thai PBS 2016-07-26

[TheLogikal1]

Are members of the Thai gov't inhaling too many exhaust fumes? Considering the nightmare of driving in virtually any city in Thailand, the horrific pollution coming from millions of vehicles that cram onto every possible road, not to mention the almost complete lack of pollution controls, anything which helps alleviate the problems should NOT be penalized, regardless of the country of origin.

Electric cars don't get built overnight, much less their factories. If the gov

[rkidlad]

I guess we know which is more important at the moment - money.

Yes, I know. It's not only Thailand. Calm down.

[marcusd]

Excise Tax at x%

Duty at y%

Import tax on components at Z%

And the Government can APPROVE all they want. TOYOTA the largest producer of card in this arena is downsizing so why do they want to invest? hmmm. I wonder. If it was good they already would be doing this.

They are moving a lot of production such as the Fortuner to Philippines I read last year and not sure if still on but they are laying off workers.

More GREAT IDEAS and bad implementation.

OR IS THIS another SCAM? Like they did to the Gold Company near Chiang Mai? Granting a license and then coming back cancelling it after al the infrastructure was in place and handing it to THAI owners.

[TheLogikal1]

(Cont.)If the gov't decides in September to start building vehicles exclusively in Thailand, it will take at least 6 yrs before the 1st reliable car rolls off the assembly line.

There are a number of extremely efficient cars, gasoline, electric & hybrid which get phenomenal gas mileage & have some of the best emission controls in the history of cars. Electric is non-polluting to run, but creating the energy often creates serious pollution if made by fossil fuels.

Why should the Thai gov't so heavily penalize their only [short-term] solution to the lung-burning air pollution which causes so many expensive health-related problems & deaths, destroys not just the air, but the water, buildings, roads etc. due to the incredible acidity of the rain. You can put a new brass dish out on one's balcony at night & the next day it's pitted & corroded. If the air can do that to a dish, what's it doing to the people who have to breathe in that soup?

So a car comes from Tokyo, Kentucky or S. Korea? (My 4-cyl. Hyundai Elantra averaged an astounding 51 mpg on a recent 900+ mile trip from Atlanta, GA to Cleveland, OH. It delivers 33 mpg mixed city/hwy & meets/exceeds all EPA air standards.)

Why not declare a tax moratorium on ALL electric/hybrid/high mileage cars until they can roll out their own [working] models? THEN impose stiff taxes on imports.

Maybe they should sniff some clean air for an hour or two to clear their heads & then vote.

[ezzra]

Yeah right, Thailand to produce electric cars, they didn't say how long the electrical cord is going to be....

I'm sure Elon Musk is loosing sleep by now.....

[Redline]

Thailand is done being a production center. It's cheaper nearby

[Morakot]

Yeah right, Thailand to produce electric cars, they didn't say how long the electrical cord is going to be....

Edited July 26, 2016 by Morakot

[Jimbo2014]

Here is where we find out who has more shares in thai auto or thai petri ?

[Eric Loh]

No sensible long time big investors wil risk political instability which many analysts forecast in next 5 years. Many countries in the region are now more political stable than Thailand.

[phil2407]

More chance of bringing the dodo back then letting it left to manufacturing in Land of dodgy elections- sorry electricians

[Thian]

And what if an electric car ends up in traffic jam in BKK? Then the battery will get empty! And who will push the car to a charger? Right, more congestion is coming from that.

Hybrid cars are better, at least they can always drive.

[NongKhaiKid]

Major components must be produced here, isn't that a major turnoff ?

[yellowboat]

Thailand is done being a production center. It's cheaper nearby

Unless there is heavy automation and tax breaks, you are correct.

[billd766]

Yeah right, Thailand to produce electric cars, they didn't say how long the electrical cord is going to be....

This car is LHD. Where does it come from?

[ozyjon]

FUNNY

TOYOTA the largest producer of card ? ? ?

what images come to mind ? ? ?