Electric motorcycle trial gets underway
Taxi drivers conduct test of Egat’s EVs
The state-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has begun piloting its electric motorcycles among motorcycle taxi drivers in a fresh move to help the government reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the country.
Officials on Monday handed over 51 motorcycles, each with a replaceable 3-kilowatt battery, to motorcycle taxi drivers at nine motorcycle taxi ranks located near Egat’s headquarters in Nonthaburi.
Egat has spent 21 million baht on rolling out the electric motorcycle project. Each motorcycle costs 84,000 baht, with a battery…
