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BoI approves B36bn Foxconn-PTT EV battery JV

This aerial photo shows the Foxconn headquarters in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on May 6, 2022. (AFP photo)

The Board of Investment (BoI) on Monday approved a joint venture worth 36.1 billion baht between Taiwan’s Foxconn and PTT Plc to produce batteries for electric vehicles.

The Horizon Plus Co project was one of several investment applications worth a total of 209.5 billion baht in manufacturing and infrastructure that were approved on Monday, the BoI said in a statement.

“The joint venture project will support investment in the EV industry and build up on the policy to become Southeast Asia’s EV manufacturing hub,” BoI Secretary-General Duangjai Asawachintachit said.

The approved projects also included a 162.3 billion baht…

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