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Importance of EVs touted by minister

Visitors check out the latest models of cars at a motor show in March 2022. (Photo: Bangkok Post)

Electric vehicles (EV) are expected to transform Thailand’s automotive industry in five years and are instrumental in driving Thailand to become an EV hub in Asia during that period, says Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.

“EVs will completely change the local manufacturing sector over the next five years, while helping to support Thailand to achieve its ambitious plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,” said Mr Supattanapong at an EV forum.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declared at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow that Thailand wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and net-zero greenhouse gas…

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