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Group seeks foreign funding for EVs

A Nissan Leaf EV is charged at the Bangkok International Motor Show 2022.

The Thailand Automotive Institute (TAI) vows to draw more foreign investment in electric vehicles (EVs) through a plan to build a test track for battery EVs, along with its 1.7-billion-baht project on the second-phase development of an automotive test track.

Cars can be tested in five categories — brake performance, parking brake, dynamic platform, long distance and high speeds, as well as skidpad — at the new facility in Chachoengsao, said Pisit Rangsaritwutikul, president of the TAI.

“The phase-two project has been delayed as the pandemic affected the government’s financial support of the construction,” he said.

The cabinet agreed to push ahead with the…

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