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Bangkok Post – BMW to create local EV battery plant

An engineer works on the assembly line at an automotive manufacturing facility of BMW.

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.

The investment budget and production capacity of the factory, which will be located in Rayong, will be decided soon, said the company.

“We decided to invest in battery manufacturing because China is expanding its EV investment and supply chains in Thailand,” said Alexander Baraka, president and chief executive of BMW Group…

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