Thailand plans to use entirely electric buses in Bangkok in three years | World

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Bangkok (VNA) – The Bangkok Mass Transit
Authority (BMTA) may procure 3,200 electric buses to
phase out fossil-fueled buses from its fleet in three years, said Deputy
Permanent Secretary for Transport Sorapong Paitoonphong.

The plan is part of BMTA’s revised business rehabilitation plan,
which will be sent to the Thai Government for approval in about two months, he
added.

The development of electric vehicle industry is an important
part of the Thai Government’s efforts to restructure the economy with focus on
hi-tech industry, biological-circular-green economic model, health care and
tourism.

Last
month, the Thai Government approved two tax incentives to promote the use of
electric vehicles and help Thailand become a major manufacturer of electric
vehicles in the world./.