THAILAND, renowned as the ‘Detroit of Asia’ for its production of internal combustion engine cars, wants to break into the top tier of electric vehicle (EV) makers as part of a goal to attract one trillion baht (US$28bil) of investments in four years.
To that end, the South-East Asian nation has set up a “special operation” centre to catch what its investment board head calls the “big fish” of the EV industry and other strategic sectors.
