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Re: Electric Cars
A "no-brainer" IMHO. Could well have a bit of fun with it as some have done with Tesla - V12/10/8 sounding. Might pi$$ off the neighbours, but pedestrians will certainly hear you coming (although I'm sure you can adjust the volume)!!
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Re: Electric Cars
2019 Baojun E200 Electric Vehicle review
https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/170680 ... w#cxrecs_s
Should Chevrolet rebadge this Chinese-made battery-electric vehicle and sell it in Thailand?
China now is not only home to the world’s largest car market but also to one with biggest sales of battery-electric vehicles. Even Tesla plans to produce their cars there.
Baojun, one of the China’s best-selling brands, says that BEVs should make up for around 20% of total car sales in 2025. Which is why Chevrolet’s sister-brand is offering the E200 BEV for sale there as an update of the E100.
But as you may know well, making two-seat BEVs isn’t really a natural business case because they cost just as much to develop as four-seaters. With government subsidies, the E200 goes for 40,000 yuan (around 200,000 baht). Without state help, it’s 100,000 yuan (500,000 baht). Last year, Baojun sold 50,000 E200s mainly in its hometown of Liuzhou.
Considering that Chinese-made BEVs can come to Thailand with no import duty, the E200 could retail for some 600,000 baht if adding other petty taxes. That’s the price level of an Ecocar like the Toyota Yaris.
Yes, that’s already the first challenge. And the next one would probably be its size as Thais usually don’t like extra-small cars with less practicality and perceived levels of crash safety.
That’s also a reason why you can hardly see a Fomm One, a super-compact BEV priced at 668,000, on Thai roads. Which is probably why the E200 won’t sell in Thailand, even if it was to be rebadged as a Chevy.
But there’s still much to like about the E200. Its 2.5m length makes it a doddle to handle in tight road space and U-turns. The 1.6m width helps for ample elbow room for two on board. And speaking about that, the minimalist cabin has a new-age look with sassy colours and shapes. China’s Smart, perhaps.
But probably not a Smart when it comes to the driving bit. As the E200 has been developed primarily for Chinese urban streets, Mercedes-Benz’s small car division had to ensure that Smart can handle European mountain roads and motorways.
The E200 comes with an electric system developing 40hp and 110Nm. A 22kWh battery allows for 200km driving range which is certainly enough if you live and work in the same city.
Around Baojun’s test track, the E200’s drivetrain does what other BEVs do: pick up power instantly upon the driver’s desires while delivering that electric swoosh on the ears. Of course, it isn’t super-quick, but sluggish it ain’t.
Capping the top speed to 100kph is a good idea. It’s not that the E200 can’t go faster but for how it handles that matters more. This is an 830kg car with very compact dimensions. So while the ride’s acceptably comfortable, the E200 does have its limitations in handling. Drive over a mid-corner bump at speed and the E200 feels very much on the edge.
But use it as how its maker wishes you to do, the E200 makes much sense. It’s easy to drive at real-world speeds and offers a seating package suitable for single-person commuting, something so evident in Thailand.
Like what some other brands are doing, the E200 could initially be deployed into various state or university campuses in the country. But that’s only an idea.
Photos at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/170680 ... w#cxrecs_s
Should Chevrolet rebadge this Chinese-made battery-electric vehicle and sell it in Thailand?
China now is not only home to the world’s largest car market but also to one with biggest sales of battery-electric vehicles. Even Tesla plans to produce their cars there.
Baojun, one of the China’s best-selling brands, says that BEVs should make up for around 20% of total car sales in 2025. Which is why Chevrolet’s sister-brand is offering the E200 BEV for sale there as an update of the E100.
But as you may know well, making two-seat BEVs isn’t really a natural business case because they cost just as much to develop as four-seaters. With government subsidies, the E200 goes for 40,000 yuan (around 200,000 baht). Without state help, it’s 100,000 yuan (500,000 baht). Last year, Baojun sold 50,000 E200s mainly in its hometown of Liuzhou.
Considering that Chinese-made BEVs can come to Thailand with no import duty, the E200 could retail for some 600,000 baht if adding other petty taxes. That’s the price level of an Ecocar like the Toyota Yaris.
Yes, that’s already the first challenge. And the next one would probably be its size as Thais usually don’t like extra-small cars with less practicality and perceived levels of crash safety.
That’s also a reason why you can hardly see a Fomm One, a super-compact BEV priced at 668,000, on Thai roads. Which is probably why the E200 won’t sell in Thailand, even if it was to be rebadged as a Chevy.
But there’s still much to like about the E200. Its 2.5m length makes it a doddle to handle in tight road space and U-turns. The 1.6m width helps for ample elbow room for two on board. And speaking about that, the minimalist cabin has a new-age look with sassy colours and shapes. China’s Smart, perhaps.
But probably not a Smart when it comes to the driving bit. As the E200 has been developed primarily for Chinese urban streets, Mercedes-Benz’s small car division had to ensure that Smart can handle European mountain roads and motorways.
The E200 comes with an electric system developing 40hp and 110Nm. A 22kWh battery allows for 200km driving range which is certainly enough if you live and work in the same city.
Around Baojun’s test track, the E200’s drivetrain does what other BEVs do: pick up power instantly upon the driver’s desires while delivering that electric swoosh on the ears. Of course, it isn’t super-quick, but sluggish it ain’t.
Capping the top speed to 100kph is a good idea. It’s not that the E200 can’t go faster but for how it handles that matters more. This is an 830kg car with very compact dimensions. So while the ride’s acceptably comfortable, the E200 does have its limitations in handling. Drive over a mid-corner bump at speed and the E200 feels very much on the edge.
But use it as how its maker wishes you to do, the E200 makes much sense. It’s easy to drive at real-world speeds and offers a seating package suitable for single-person commuting, something so evident in Thailand.
Like what some other brands are doing, the E200 could initially be deployed into various state or university campuses in the country. But that’s only an idea.
Photos at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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EA eyes 1,000 charging points
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... ing-points
SET-listed Energy Absolute Plc (EA) aims to have 1,000 charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in 2019 after developing 500 stations so far.
The EA charging outlets are operated by Energy Mahanakhon Co, an EA subsidiary. The company started to install and expand EV charging outlets in 2017 and won investment incentives from the government.
Earlier, Energy Mahanakhon expected to reach 1,000 charging stations by 2018.
With 1,000 EV charging stations, Energy Mahanakhon will spend 800 million baht on the expansion plan.
Amorn Sapthaweekul, EA's deputy chief executive, said the company has to speed up the EV charging roll-out to meet the 2019 target, so it has to seek more business partners who are open for the installation of charging stations.
"We completed agreements with four new companies -- Chevron Thailand, CP All Plc, Bridgestone and Robinson Plc -- for our EV charging stations," he said. "The charging outlets will be installed at their petrol stations, convenience stores, department stores and auto-repair shops."
Mr Amorn said EA's charging stations are compatible with plug-in hybrid and battery EVs and provide two types of plugs: normal charge (type 2 for European EVs) and quick charge (combined charging system or CCS for types 1 and 2).
The CCS plug has two connectors, covering many EV types from Japan, China and the US.
Energy Mahanakhon plans to install 30 charging stations at Caltex petrol stations, 21 at 7-Eleven convenience stores, 23 at Robinson stores and 20 at Bridgestone service shops.
Earlier, EA collaborated with many partners to develop its charging stations, including TCC Group, hotel chains and office buildings.
Mr Amorn said EA is working on the EV assembly plan with a commitment to start production of battery-powered cars and boats from 2020 onward with a budget of 1.5 billion baht.
For electrified vehicles and ferries, another EA subsidiary, Mine Mobility Research Co, is in charge of the operations.
Mine Mobility Research is positioned as an R&D company for electrified vehicles and ferries with an investment budget of 200 million baht to seek vehicle and boat assemblers for the business.
Mine Mobility Research was granted government investment incentives, similar to Energy Mahanakhon.
Mr Amorn said Mine Mobility Research is near to completing talks with a boat operator to serve as its assembler, while electrified cars have yet to come to a conclusion.
"Battery-powered boats will start a test run in the fourth quarter," Mr Amorn said, adding that EA plans 54 assembled boats for the pilot scheme.
For EVs, the company ran a showcase in March with the Mine SPA 1, a multi-purpose vehicle.
Mr Amorn said EA received 4,562 bookings for the Mine SPA 1. Some 3,500 EVs are part of the taxi-fleet agreement.
"Every process is following as EA planned, and the Mine SPA will start delivery from 2020 onwards," he said. "We plan to assemble 3,000-5,000 EVs per year."
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... ing-points
SET-listed Energy Absolute Plc (EA) aims to have 1,000 charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in 2019 after developing 500 stations so far.
The EA charging outlets are operated by Energy Mahanakhon Co, an EA subsidiary. The company started to install and expand EV charging outlets in 2017 and won investment incentives from the government.
Earlier, Energy Mahanakhon expected to reach 1,000 charging stations by 2018.
With 1,000 EV charging stations, Energy Mahanakhon will spend 800 million baht on the expansion plan.
Amorn Sapthaweekul, EA's deputy chief executive, said the company has to speed up the EV charging roll-out to meet the 2019 target, so it has to seek more business partners who are open for the installation of charging stations.
"We completed agreements with four new companies -- Chevron Thailand, CP All Plc, Bridgestone and Robinson Plc -- for our EV charging stations," he said. "The charging outlets will be installed at their petrol stations, convenience stores, department stores and auto-repair shops."
Mr Amorn said EA's charging stations are compatible with plug-in hybrid and battery EVs and provide two types of plugs: normal charge (type 2 for European EVs) and quick charge (combined charging system or CCS for types 1 and 2).
The CCS plug has two connectors, covering many EV types from Japan, China and the US.
Energy Mahanakhon plans to install 30 charging stations at Caltex petrol stations, 21 at 7-Eleven convenience stores, 23 at Robinson stores and 20 at Bridgestone service shops.
Earlier, EA collaborated with many partners to develop its charging stations, including TCC Group, hotel chains and office buildings.
Mr Amorn said EA is working on the EV assembly plan with a commitment to start production of battery-powered cars and boats from 2020 onward with a budget of 1.5 billion baht.
For electrified vehicles and ferries, another EA subsidiary, Mine Mobility Research Co, is in charge of the operations.
Mine Mobility Research is positioned as an R&D company for electrified vehicles and ferries with an investment budget of 200 million baht to seek vehicle and boat assemblers for the business.
Mine Mobility Research was granted government investment incentives, similar to Energy Mahanakhon.
Mr Amorn said Mine Mobility Research is near to completing talks with a boat operator to serve as its assembler, while electrified cars have yet to come to a conclusion.
"Battery-powered boats will start a test run in the fourth quarter," Mr Amorn said, adding that EA plans 54 assembled boats for the pilot scheme.
For EVs, the company ran a showcase in March with the Mine SPA 1, a multi-purpose vehicle.
Mr Amorn said EA received 4,562 bookings for the Mine SPA 1. Some 3,500 EVs are part of the taxi-fleet agreement.
"Every process is following as EA planned, and the Mine SPA will start delivery from 2020 onwards," he said. "We plan to assemble 3,000-5,000 EVs per year."
- A plug-in hybrid car is charged at the EA Anywhere station at the Crystal Design Centre. EA is committed to having 1,000 charging stations by 2019. Thiti Wannamontha
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All-electric Mini shown in market-ready form
https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/171010 ... m#cxrecs_s
Three-door Hatch BEV set to cost less than three million baht in Thailand.
Does it share the same drivetrain with the BMW i3?
After showing an all-electric concept car in 2017, Mini has finally revealed the production-ready model based on the three-door Hatch.
Dubbed Cooper SE, the Hatch BEV gets its power system from the BMW i3 including the 184hp/270Nm electric motor and 33kWh lithium-ion battery.
The Cooper SE goes from 0-100kph in 7.3sec before calling it the day at a limited 150kph. Range under the WLTP scheme is claimed at some 235km to 270km.
The E, Mini’s first-ever BEV produced 10 years ago but only for field trials, had a 204hp system, 8sec 0-100kph time and 251km range under the preceding NEDC measurement.
It seems a balance had to be achieved in the Cooper SE…
The Cooper SE is based around B-segment car dimensions which means that too much battery on board would have some repercussions in packaging and driving characteristics.
That explains why the range isn’t high as in some other BEVs like the bigger Audi E-tron, Jaguar I-Pace and Mercedes-Benz EQC, all capable of around 400km and housing twin electric motors driving all four wheels.
The front-drive Cooper SE has been conceived as a city car where potential users are most likely to be content with under 300km. It’s the same case for the upcoming Honda E.
Despite needing to lift the floor in the Cooper SE by 18mm to accommodate the battery pack, Mini claims that boot space remains the same as in the ICE-powered counterpart. The maker also assures unaffected levels of driving fun.
The Cooper SE has some distinctive details like the sassy wheels, closed front grille, standard LED lights and playful yellow hues on both the exterior and interior.
*Is it really coming to Thailand?
For quite some already, executives of Mini Thailand have expressed their desire to sell an all-electric Mini. A plug-in hybrid version of the Countryman has been available in other markets for two years, but it has never been offered to Thai buyers.
Thanks to special excise taxation of 8% (4% if built in the country), the Cooper SE probably won’t cost as much as the petrol-powered 192hp Cooper S, whose range is 2.71-2.85 million baht. The performance strata of the Cooper SE may also translate to a lower price point than the Cooper S.
Of course, the Cooper SE probably won’t be attracting as much attention as the cut-price MG ZS EV from the general car buyer, but it’s nearly half of what other luxury BEVs are asking for.
Global production of the Cooper SE starts in November meaning that Thai sales may kick off early next year.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/171010 ... m#cxrecs_s
Three-door Hatch BEV set to cost less than three million baht in Thailand.
Does it share the same drivetrain with the BMW i3?
After showing an all-electric concept car in 2017, Mini has finally revealed the production-ready model based on the three-door Hatch.
Dubbed Cooper SE, the Hatch BEV gets its power system from the BMW i3 including the 184hp/270Nm electric motor and 33kWh lithium-ion battery.
The Cooper SE goes from 0-100kph in 7.3sec before calling it the day at a limited 150kph. Range under the WLTP scheme is claimed at some 235km to 270km.
The E, Mini’s first-ever BEV produced 10 years ago but only for field trials, had a 204hp system, 8sec 0-100kph time and 251km range under the preceding NEDC measurement.
It seems a balance had to be achieved in the Cooper SE…
The Cooper SE is based around B-segment car dimensions which means that too much battery on board would have some repercussions in packaging and driving characteristics.
That explains why the range isn’t high as in some other BEVs like the bigger Audi E-tron, Jaguar I-Pace and Mercedes-Benz EQC, all capable of around 400km and housing twin electric motors driving all four wheels.
The front-drive Cooper SE has been conceived as a city car where potential users are most likely to be content with under 300km. It’s the same case for the upcoming Honda E.
Despite needing to lift the floor in the Cooper SE by 18mm to accommodate the battery pack, Mini claims that boot space remains the same as in the ICE-powered counterpart. The maker also assures unaffected levels of driving fun.
The Cooper SE has some distinctive details like the sassy wheels, closed front grille, standard LED lights and playful yellow hues on both the exterior and interior.
*Is it really coming to Thailand?
For quite some already, executives of Mini Thailand have expressed their desire to sell an all-electric Mini. A plug-in hybrid version of the Countryman has been available in other markets for two years, but it has never been offered to Thai buyers.
Thanks to special excise taxation of 8% (4% if built in the country), the Cooper SE probably won’t cost as much as the petrol-powered 192hp Cooper S, whose range is 2.71-2.85 million baht. The performance strata of the Cooper SE may also translate to a lower price point than the Cooper S.
Of course, the Cooper SE probably won’t be attracting as much attention as the cut-price MG ZS EV from the general car buyer, but it’s nearly half of what other luxury BEVs are asking for.
Global production of the Cooper SE starts in November meaning that Thai sales may kick off early next year.
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Ford and VW team up on EVs
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... -up-on-evs
Automakers say joint development deal for electric and autonomous vehicles will save billions in costs
FRANKFURT: Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG have joined forces to develop autonomous and electric cars and say they are also looking at other areas of cooperation, deepening a global alliance to slash development and manufacturing costs.
The American and European carmakers have already started cooperating in the area of commercial vehicles as part of the industry’s broader effort to redraw production and sales footprints to cope with more stringent regulation and fragmented markets.
VW will invest US$2.6 billion in Argo AI, Ford’s self-driving car venture, and will buy $500 million worth of Argo shares from Ford, giving the two equal stakes in the startup.
Ford also will build an electric car in Europe using VW’s MEB electric vehicle platform, the companies said.
“Our global alliance is beginning to demonstrate even greater promise, and we are continuing to look at other areas on which we might collaborate,” VW chief executive Herbert Diess said on Friday.
Ford expects to build more than 600,000 electric vehicles in Europe over six years, sourcing components and vehicle underpinnings from VW, helping both companies to drive down costs. VW has committed $7 billion to its MEB platform, which is expected to underpin 15 million vehicles worldwide from the VW group over the next decade.
Analysts at Citi said Ford’s licensing of Volkswagen’s MEB platform was a “transformational” step for both companies.
“It likely provides VW with an unassailable scale advantage,” Citi analyst Angus Tweedie said.
The broader alliance, which covers collaboration beyond joint investments in Argo AI, does not entail cross-ownership between the two companies.
Ford created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC in 2018, pledging to invest $4 billion until 2023 and has sought outside investors to help share the spiralling cost of developing autonomous vehicles.
Volkswagen will contribute its Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID) company to Argo, which will boost the self-driving unit’s employees to 700 from 500.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... -up-on-evs
Automakers say joint development deal for electric and autonomous vehicles will save billions in costs
FRANKFURT: Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG have joined forces to develop autonomous and electric cars and say they are also looking at other areas of cooperation, deepening a global alliance to slash development and manufacturing costs.
The American and European carmakers have already started cooperating in the area of commercial vehicles as part of the industry’s broader effort to redraw production and sales footprints to cope with more stringent regulation and fragmented markets.
VW will invest US$2.6 billion in Argo AI, Ford’s self-driving car venture, and will buy $500 million worth of Argo shares from Ford, giving the two equal stakes in the startup.
Ford also will build an electric car in Europe using VW’s MEB electric vehicle platform, the companies said.
“Our global alliance is beginning to demonstrate even greater promise, and we are continuing to look at other areas on which we might collaborate,” VW chief executive Herbert Diess said on Friday.
Ford expects to build more than 600,000 electric vehicles in Europe over six years, sourcing components and vehicle underpinnings from VW, helping both companies to drive down costs. VW has committed $7 billion to its MEB platform, which is expected to underpin 15 million vehicles worldwide from the VW group over the next decade.
Analysts at Citi said Ford’s licensing of Volkswagen’s MEB platform was a “transformational” step for both companies.
“It likely provides VW with an unassailable scale advantage,” Citi analyst Angus Tweedie said.
The broader alliance, which covers collaboration beyond joint investments in Argo AI, does not entail cross-ownership between the two companies.
Ford created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC in 2018, pledging to invest $4 billion until 2023 and has sought outside investors to help share the spiralling cost of developing autonomous vehicles.
Volkswagen will contribute its Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID) company to Argo, which will boost the self-driving unit’s employees to 700 from 500.
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Re: Electric Cars
Roadside assistance of the future. Diesel engine van towing a petrol engine generator to rescue an electric car!
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That could have been a good pic for the Caption Contest.
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Not sure just what the point is with this:
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Lotus unveils new Evija electric hypercar with 2,000hp
https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/171396 ... p#cxrecs_s
Brand’s first BEV can hit 300kph in under 9sec with production starting next year.
Wow, that’s an aggressive revival!
This is the Evija electric hypercar, Lotus first all-new model in a decade developed under new ownership: Geely of China.
Codenamed Type 130, the Evija is marking new milestones in development of battery-electric vehicles.
The body of the two-seater is made from carbonfibre to help bring the weight down to 1,680kg, a figure Lotus says is best among all-electric hypercars (others including those from Pininfarina and Rimac). The wheels are made from magnesium measuring 20in up front and 21in at the rear.
The Evija is 4,459mm long, 2,000mm wide and 1,122 tall making it almost similar in size to the last all-new model Lotus: the combustion-engined Evora.
That extra-low height is also the result of the 105mm ground clearance giving the Evija a truly sporty exterior appearance. The same goes for the inside where F1-style steering wheel, bucket seats and electronic fascia can be found.
How many electric motors has it got?
The Evija is powered by four electric motors driving all wheels via single-speed automatic. In the typical Lotus fashion, the lithium-ion batteries are located mid-ship for optimum handling balance; they have been developed by Williams Advanced Engineering and help for 400km of driving range.
Preliminary figures for the Evija include 2,000hp of power and 1,700Nm of torque making it the most potent car ever produced, be it one powered by petrol or batteries (Bugatti’s ICE-powered Chiron has 1,500hp and Pininfarina’s all-electric Battista 1,900hp).
Performance targets include 320kph top end, 0-100kph in under 3sec (Tesla’s upcoming Roadster is said to do it in 2sec) and 0-300kph within 9sec. Mid-range punch appears more outrageous: 100-200kph in 3sec and 200-300kph in 4sec.
There are five driving modes in the Evija ranging from meek to feral: Range, City, Tour, Sport and Track. Apart from providing power for the car’s performance, the electric motors also have torque-vectoring control to make handling as intuitive as possible.
Lotus says the Evija uses lots of active aerodynamics to aid for that monumental performance.
There are no side-view mirrors with wing-mounted cameras doing the job instead by relaying images onto door-mounted screens inside (similar to that in Audi E-tron). Another hi-tech feature is the main and dipped beam head lamps using laser lighting technology.
It must cost millions…
Oh yes it does. In the UK, where the Evija will be built starting from next year, the price is set at 65 million baht. Buyers need to place a deposit of 9.5 million baht for a production slot.
Add that with Thai taxes and the retail price of the Evija is almost 200 million baht. Of course, buyers would be offered with plenty of scope for personalisation.
As a reference to its model code, only 130 Evijas will be made worldwide.
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Lotus unveils new Evija electric hypercar with 2,000hp
https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/171396 ... p#cxrecs_s
Brand’s first BEV can hit 300kph in under 9sec with production starting next year.
Wow, that’s an aggressive revival!
This is the Evija electric hypercar, Lotus first all-new model in a decade developed under new ownership: Geely of China.
Codenamed Type 130, the Evija is marking new milestones in development of battery-electric vehicles.
The body of the two-seater is made from carbonfibre to help bring the weight down to 1,680kg, a figure Lotus says is best among all-electric hypercars (others including those from Pininfarina and Rimac). The wheels are made from magnesium measuring 20in up front and 21in at the rear.
The Evija is 4,459mm long, 2,000mm wide and 1,122 tall making it almost similar in size to the last all-new model Lotus: the combustion-engined Evora.
That extra-low height is also the result of the 105mm ground clearance giving the Evija a truly sporty exterior appearance. The same goes for the inside where F1-style steering wheel, bucket seats and electronic fascia can be found.
How many electric motors has it got?
The Evija is powered by four electric motors driving all wheels via single-speed automatic. In the typical Lotus fashion, the lithium-ion batteries are located mid-ship for optimum handling balance; they have been developed by Williams Advanced Engineering and help for 400km of driving range.
Preliminary figures for the Evija include 2,000hp of power and 1,700Nm of torque making it the most potent car ever produced, be it one powered by petrol or batteries (Bugatti’s ICE-powered Chiron has 1,500hp and Pininfarina’s all-electric Battista 1,900hp).
Performance targets include 320kph top end, 0-100kph in under 3sec (Tesla’s upcoming Roadster is said to do it in 2sec) and 0-300kph within 9sec. Mid-range punch appears more outrageous: 100-200kph in 3sec and 200-300kph in 4sec.
There are five driving modes in the Evija ranging from meek to feral: Range, City, Tour, Sport and Track. Apart from providing power for the car’s performance, the electric motors also have torque-vectoring control to make handling as intuitive as possible.
Lotus says the Evija uses lots of active aerodynamics to aid for that monumental performance.
There are no side-view mirrors with wing-mounted cameras doing the job instead by relaying images onto door-mounted screens inside (similar to that in Audi E-tron). Another hi-tech feature is the main and dipped beam head lamps using laser lighting technology.
It must cost millions…
Oh yes it does. In the UK, where the Evija will be built starting from next year, the price is set at 65 million baht. Buyers need to place a deposit of 9.5 million baht for a production slot.
Add that with Thai taxes and the retail price of the Evija is almost 200 million baht. Of course, buyers would be offered with plenty of scope for personalisation.
As a reference to its model code, only 130 Evijas will be made worldwide.
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World's longest electric road trip ends
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/17154 ... -trip-ends
WELLINGTON: A Dutch sustainability advocate completed the longest ever journey in an electric vehicle in New Zealand on Friday after a three-year drive that took him through more than 30 countries.
Wiebe Wakker set off from the Netherlands in March 2016 in his "Blue Bandit" to showcase the potential of sustainable transport, funded by donations from those following his trip on social media.
"I wanted to do my best to promote this technology and show that sustainability is a viable way of transport," Mr Wakker told journalists.
"I wanted to do something really that speaks to the imagination which is driving an electric car from Amsterdam to the other side of the world to show that it can be done."
The 101,000km trip took Wakker through Eastern Europe, Iran, India, Southeast Asia, before travelling around much of Australia and across to New Zealand.
M Wakker gave regular updates on his blog and social media throughout the journey, detailing visiting Iran's biggest car manufactuer in Tehran, a breakdown on the Indonesian island of Java and visits to Australia's outback and world-famous Uluru.
The drive had relied on the support of strangers across the globe who offered the traveller food, a place to stay and the essential means to charge his car along the way.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/17154 ... -trip-ends
WELLINGTON: A Dutch sustainability advocate completed the longest ever journey in an electric vehicle in New Zealand on Friday after a three-year drive that took him through more than 30 countries.
Wiebe Wakker set off from the Netherlands in March 2016 in his "Blue Bandit" to showcase the potential of sustainable transport, funded by donations from those following his trip on social media.
"I wanted to do my best to promote this technology and show that sustainability is a viable way of transport," Mr Wakker told journalists.
"I wanted to do something really that speaks to the imagination which is driving an electric car from Amsterdam to the other side of the world to show that it can be done."
The 101,000km trip took Wakker through Eastern Europe, Iran, India, Southeast Asia, before travelling around much of Australia and across to New Zealand.
M Wakker gave regular updates on his blog and social media throughout the journey, detailing visiting Iran's biggest car manufactuer in Tehran, a breakdown on the Indonesian island of Java and visits to Australia's outback and world-famous Uluru.
The drive had relied on the support of strangers across the globe who offered the traveller food, a place to stay and the essential means to charge his car along the way.
- Dutchman Wiebe Wakker holds a charging cable as he poses with his electric vehicle, the Blue Bandit, after travelling 34 countries to reach Bluff, New Zealand's most southern tip, in this handout photo released on Friday. (Wiebe Wakker/Handout via Reuters)
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Charging the EV market
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... -ev-market
More incentives and infrastructure are finally starting to emerge in Asean to spur adoption of green vehicles by bringing down costs
While electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be cheaper than internal combustion engine (ICE) or conventional vehicles in Europe in just three years from now, green vehicles are still far too costly for most drivers in Southeast Asia. A lack of subsidies and infrastructure is holding back EV adoption in the region, experts say.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) forecast in April that the "crossover point" between ICE and EV prices will arrive in the EU in 2022. The main reason is that prices of EV batteries, which make up half the car's total cost, are coming down every year. The crossover point -- when EVs become cheaper than ICE cars -- won't be seen in Asean in the foreseeable future, although some hopeful signs are emerging.
"EV prices in Southeast Asia are more expensive than in other developed markets like the US, Europe, Australia and China," Justin Wu, head of Asia Pacific for BNEF, told reporters in Bangkok last month.
The main culprits in the eyes of the general public are taxes, while experts point to the lack of subsidies and infrastructure such as charging stations. Taxes and subsidies depend entirely on government decisions, while infrastructure can be built either by governments or via public-private partnerships.
Policymakers throughout the region are now exploring many options. But few have been announced or introduced on a wide scale, even though action could have been taken five years ago when EV battery costs started to visibly decline.
As recently as 2016, prospective EV buyers in Thailand found their choices limited to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) priced at over 2 million baht (US$65,000). Now there are more than 10 models from Audi, BYD, FOMM, Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia and Nissan, although all but the FOMM carry seven-figure price tags. MG, the newest entry in the field, introduced its ZS EV in Bangkok two weeks ago for 1.19 million baht ($38,730).
"My previous prediction might be wrong. Prices for EV cars might come down to less than 1 million baht as soon as 2020," Yossapong Laoonual, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), told Asia Focus, reiterating his contention that the more the competition, the lower the price.
GLOBAL TREND
There are now more than 5 million EVs on the roads worldwide, of which 2 million were sold in 2018 alone, compared to just a few thousand in 2010. "There is no sign of a slowdown," Colin McKerracher, head of Advanced Transport at BNEF, wrote in its latest report on EVs.
"We expect annual passenger EV sales to rise to 10 million in 2025, 28 million in 2030 and 56 million by 2040," he said.
BNEF also expects conventional passenger vehicle sales to fall to 42 million by 2040, from around 85 million in 2018, as policy support such as fuel economy regulations and China's new energy vehicle mandate will drive the EV market in the next five to seven years, before pure economics takes over in the latter half of the 2020s.
Mr McKerracher pointed out that battery prices have kept falling every year, from $1,160 in 2010 to $176 last year. At the same time, emission regulations are getting tougher at both the city and national levels globally, while automakers are responding with new EV models that are expected to hit the market more frequently in the next five years.
"As a result, we expect price parity between EVs and internal combustion vehicles by the mid-2020s in most segments, though there is wide variation between geographies and vehicle segments," he added. With that in mind, BNEF projects EVs are on track to take up 57% of global passenger car sales by 2040.
But even with EVs' share of new sales rising and battery prices falling, EVs still account for less than 0.5% of the global vehicle fleet of over one billion vehicles. Most of them are in China, Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea.
At present, China is the world's biggest market for EVs in all segments, and represents 76% of all commissioned lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity. The country accounted for 60% of global EV sales in the fourth quarter of 2018 and half of global public vehicle-charging infrastructure. By the end of last year, EVs made up 7% of new vehicle sales in China, with a compound growth rate of 118% since 2011.
BNEF now expects annual EV sales in China to reach 2 million units in 2020 after hitting one million for the first time last year. Government support such as the direct EV purchase subsidies is one big reason.
In Thailand, cumulative registrations of all EVs with the Department of Land Transport stood at 1,800 units in 2017, mainly electric motorbikes, compared with more than 5 million EVs on the road globally, according to BNEF. An EVAT report tallied just 100 battery electric cars on Thai roads as of February 2018 compared with around 400,000 passenger cars sold in the country last year.
"This means that the number of battery electric cars has doubled from 2017 to 2018 even though it is still a small number," Mr Yossapong said on the sidelines of the International Electric Vehicle Technology Conference and Exhibition and Asean EV Summit 2019 in June.
Chatri Limpongsai, executive director of the Board of Investment, said the current incentives offered to charging station operators should lead to more than 7,000 stations in the "coming years". He also acknowledged that several companies are planning to invest in hybrid electric, PHEV and battery electric vehicle (BEV) production facilities, as well as EV stations, and had submitted applications for incentives. The total value of applications in all three segments is $4.7 billion.
Moreover, growing air pollution in major cities throughout the region means that many governments in Asean are aiming to increase the number of EVs via policy measures and infrastructure construction, while the EVAT and related associations are working together to support this development.
ASEAN VISIONS
According to an Asean Secretariat report on its fuel economy roadmap for transport between 2018 and 2025, strong EV sales in the US, Europe, Japan and China are mainly driven by policy support and a minimum subsidy of $3,000 per vehicle.
Currently, a buyer in China of a pure battery EV with a driving range of 400 kilometres and above is eligible for a subsidy of 50,000 yuan ($7,260). However, that figure will be halved next year. Authorities are scaling back subsidies to encourage local manufacturers to rely on innovation rather than government assistance as the industry matures and costs fall.
Starting in 2020, EVs in China need to have a range of at least 250km per charge, compared with 150km previously, to qualify for any subsidy. The country also plans to cut subsidies before phasing them out completely after 2020.
So far, no Asean country is offering direct EV purchase subsidies, but there are other incentives, especially for two-wheel and three-wheel EVs along with EVs for public transport. This is in line with BNEF recommendations that emerging markets should start with those types of vehicles. Motorcycle sales in Asean totalled about 12 million units last year, led by Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia.
"Once each Asean country can adopt EVs for public transport and spread charging stations across the country, the cost of EVs will drop with the start of local manufacturing," said Mr Wu.
Dennis Chuah, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Malaysia, told the Asean EV Summit that his country was now aiming to have 2,000 electric buses and 135,000 charging stations by 2020 but it has yet to achieve "even 30%" of that goal.
Under Malaysia's Energy Efficient Vehicles policy, which includes electric and hybrid vehicles, once the targets mentioned are achieved, an excise duty exemption will be allowed. The country now has 234 EV battery charging stations run by a government agency.
A Malaysian company has been developing electric buses locally and the government has provided funding to build a route and highway only for electric buses in Kuala Lumpur.
"This route is almost 100 kilometres which is dedicated only for electric buses," Mr Chuah said of the world's first all-electric bus rapid transit system that was launched in 2015. The BRT-Sunway Line runs on an elevated route through the city with 15 electric buses supplied by BYD of China.
The Malaysian carmaker Proton, in which Geely of China now holds a 49.9% stake, is now producing hybrids and all-EVs locally. Honda, BMW and Mercedes are also assembling hybrid cars in Malaysia due to a tax exemption.
Edmund Araga, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP), said his government and the association set a target a decade ago to have more than 1 million EVs by 2020 but "apparently, we haven't reached that target yet".
"However, under the current administration, we are seeing a bright future ahead on modernising public transport," he said.
According to the EVAP, around 9,000 units of EVs, most of them two- or three-wheelers, were on local roads at the end of 2017 compared with 10.4 million ICE vehicles. There are also more than 1,400 e-jeepneys and e-trikes in service in the Philippines in 19 locations, according to the Board of Investments. The EVAP expects to have 200 stations in place by 2022.
EMISSION INCENTIVES
Singapore, meanwhile, last year revamped its carbon emission-based vehicle scheme to a broad-based emissions scheme, which allowed most BEVs to qualify for a maximum rebate of S$20,000 (US$14,775).
Terence Siew, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Singapore, said the policy change currently covers only plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles, but his association sees it as "a good tool" by the government to reduce vehicle emissions.
Singapore is also home to an EV ride-sharing company called BlueSG. Founded in 2017 with a goal of 1,000 shared EV cars by 2020, it is on track to do so with more than 400 blue cars already deployed. BlueSG also aims to have 2,000 charging stations by 2020 to support shared EV cars. The government-owned electricity and gas distribution firm Singapore Power also plans to build more than 1,000 stations by next year.
"This is a good development for private EV owners who can also use the charging stations for their cars," Mr Siew said.
According to the Land Transport Authority, 93% of the total 610,000 registered private cars in Singapore as of 2018 were ICEs. Of the total, only 4.3% were mild hybrids (combining a fuel engine with an electric motor), 0.06% (357) were plug-in hybrids and 0.08% (466) were pure electric.
In Thailand, the ambitious S-curve policy to promote new industries aims to put 1.2 million EVs on local roads by 2036, compared with just 1,500 battery-powered vehicles today. The BoI says the number of projects it has approved should result in more than 7,000 charging stations in a few years, from about 500 at the end of 2018.
The numbers show there is still a long way to go for EVs in Asean, but the good news in Thailand is that one local company, Energy Absolute, is now using subsidies and tax breaks to put 5,000 EVs on the road by next year, backed by 700-plus charging stations. It's also planning a $3-billion factory to make lithium-ion batteries.
The country's second-largest electricity generating company by market capitalisation, EA introduced its Mine Mobility passenger EV at this year's Bangkok Motor Show and immediately received more than 4,500 orders. The car is priced at about 1.2 million baht ($38,000).
Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to offer incentives for EV manufacturers and tax reductions on sales of their cars. Companies can get corporate tax breaks for eight years, exemptions from import duties on machinery and parts, and reductions in excise taxes. That combination of policies and incentives is the most advanced in the region, according to BNEF.
With Indonesia announcing that it would scrap taxes on imports of EVs and hybrid vehicles by June 30, the outlook is brightening for prospective EV buyers in Asean, and for a better environment for all of us.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... -ev-market
More incentives and infrastructure are finally starting to emerge in Asean to spur adoption of green vehicles by bringing down costs
While electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be cheaper than internal combustion engine (ICE) or conventional vehicles in Europe in just three years from now, green vehicles are still far too costly for most drivers in Southeast Asia. A lack of subsidies and infrastructure is holding back EV adoption in the region, experts say.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) forecast in April that the "crossover point" between ICE and EV prices will arrive in the EU in 2022. The main reason is that prices of EV batteries, which make up half the car's total cost, are coming down every year. The crossover point -- when EVs become cheaper than ICE cars -- won't be seen in Asean in the foreseeable future, although some hopeful signs are emerging.
"EV prices in Southeast Asia are more expensive than in other developed markets like the US, Europe, Australia and China," Justin Wu, head of Asia Pacific for BNEF, told reporters in Bangkok last month.
The main culprits in the eyes of the general public are taxes, while experts point to the lack of subsidies and infrastructure such as charging stations. Taxes and subsidies depend entirely on government decisions, while infrastructure can be built either by governments or via public-private partnerships.
Policymakers throughout the region are now exploring many options. But few have been announced or introduced on a wide scale, even though action could have been taken five years ago when EV battery costs started to visibly decline.
As recently as 2016, prospective EV buyers in Thailand found their choices limited to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) priced at over 2 million baht (US$65,000). Now there are more than 10 models from Audi, BYD, FOMM, Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia and Nissan, although all but the FOMM carry seven-figure price tags. MG, the newest entry in the field, introduced its ZS EV in Bangkok two weeks ago for 1.19 million baht ($38,730).
"My previous prediction might be wrong. Prices for EV cars might come down to less than 1 million baht as soon as 2020," Yossapong Laoonual, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), told Asia Focus, reiterating his contention that the more the competition, the lower the price.
GLOBAL TREND
There are now more than 5 million EVs on the roads worldwide, of which 2 million were sold in 2018 alone, compared to just a few thousand in 2010. "There is no sign of a slowdown," Colin McKerracher, head of Advanced Transport at BNEF, wrote in its latest report on EVs.
"We expect annual passenger EV sales to rise to 10 million in 2025, 28 million in 2030 and 56 million by 2040," he said.
BNEF also expects conventional passenger vehicle sales to fall to 42 million by 2040, from around 85 million in 2018, as policy support such as fuel economy regulations and China's new energy vehicle mandate will drive the EV market in the next five to seven years, before pure economics takes over in the latter half of the 2020s.
Mr McKerracher pointed out that battery prices have kept falling every year, from $1,160 in 2010 to $176 last year. At the same time, emission regulations are getting tougher at both the city and national levels globally, while automakers are responding with new EV models that are expected to hit the market more frequently in the next five years.
"As a result, we expect price parity between EVs and internal combustion vehicles by the mid-2020s in most segments, though there is wide variation between geographies and vehicle segments," he added. With that in mind, BNEF projects EVs are on track to take up 57% of global passenger car sales by 2040.
But even with EVs' share of new sales rising and battery prices falling, EVs still account for less than 0.5% of the global vehicle fleet of over one billion vehicles. Most of them are in China, Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea.
At present, China is the world's biggest market for EVs in all segments, and represents 76% of all commissioned lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity. The country accounted for 60% of global EV sales in the fourth quarter of 2018 and half of global public vehicle-charging infrastructure. By the end of last year, EVs made up 7% of new vehicle sales in China, with a compound growth rate of 118% since 2011.
BNEF now expects annual EV sales in China to reach 2 million units in 2020 after hitting one million for the first time last year. Government support such as the direct EV purchase subsidies is one big reason.
In Thailand, cumulative registrations of all EVs with the Department of Land Transport stood at 1,800 units in 2017, mainly electric motorbikes, compared with more than 5 million EVs on the road globally, according to BNEF. An EVAT report tallied just 100 battery electric cars on Thai roads as of February 2018 compared with around 400,000 passenger cars sold in the country last year.
"This means that the number of battery electric cars has doubled from 2017 to 2018 even though it is still a small number," Mr Yossapong said on the sidelines of the International Electric Vehicle Technology Conference and Exhibition and Asean EV Summit 2019 in June.
Chatri Limpongsai, executive director of the Board of Investment, said the current incentives offered to charging station operators should lead to more than 7,000 stations in the "coming years". He also acknowledged that several companies are planning to invest in hybrid electric, PHEV and battery electric vehicle (BEV) production facilities, as well as EV stations, and had submitted applications for incentives. The total value of applications in all three segments is $4.7 billion.
Moreover, growing air pollution in major cities throughout the region means that many governments in Asean are aiming to increase the number of EVs via policy measures and infrastructure construction, while the EVAT and related associations are working together to support this development.
ASEAN VISIONS
According to an Asean Secretariat report on its fuel economy roadmap for transport between 2018 and 2025, strong EV sales in the US, Europe, Japan and China are mainly driven by policy support and a minimum subsidy of $3,000 per vehicle.
Currently, a buyer in China of a pure battery EV with a driving range of 400 kilometres and above is eligible for a subsidy of 50,000 yuan ($7,260). However, that figure will be halved next year. Authorities are scaling back subsidies to encourage local manufacturers to rely on innovation rather than government assistance as the industry matures and costs fall.
Starting in 2020, EVs in China need to have a range of at least 250km per charge, compared with 150km previously, to qualify for any subsidy. The country also plans to cut subsidies before phasing them out completely after 2020.
So far, no Asean country is offering direct EV purchase subsidies, but there are other incentives, especially for two-wheel and three-wheel EVs along with EVs for public transport. This is in line with BNEF recommendations that emerging markets should start with those types of vehicles. Motorcycle sales in Asean totalled about 12 million units last year, led by Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia.
"Once each Asean country can adopt EVs for public transport and spread charging stations across the country, the cost of EVs will drop with the start of local manufacturing," said Mr Wu.
Dennis Chuah, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Malaysia, told the Asean EV Summit that his country was now aiming to have 2,000 electric buses and 135,000 charging stations by 2020 but it has yet to achieve "even 30%" of that goal.
Under Malaysia's Energy Efficient Vehicles policy, which includes electric and hybrid vehicles, once the targets mentioned are achieved, an excise duty exemption will be allowed. The country now has 234 EV battery charging stations run by a government agency.
A Malaysian company has been developing electric buses locally and the government has provided funding to build a route and highway only for electric buses in Kuala Lumpur.
"This route is almost 100 kilometres which is dedicated only for electric buses," Mr Chuah said of the world's first all-electric bus rapid transit system that was launched in 2015. The BRT-Sunway Line runs on an elevated route through the city with 15 electric buses supplied by BYD of China.
The Malaysian carmaker Proton, in which Geely of China now holds a 49.9% stake, is now producing hybrids and all-EVs locally. Honda, BMW and Mercedes are also assembling hybrid cars in Malaysia due to a tax exemption.
Edmund Araga, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP), said his government and the association set a target a decade ago to have more than 1 million EVs by 2020 but "apparently, we haven't reached that target yet".
"However, under the current administration, we are seeing a bright future ahead on modernising public transport," he said.
According to the EVAP, around 9,000 units of EVs, most of them two- or three-wheelers, were on local roads at the end of 2017 compared with 10.4 million ICE vehicles. There are also more than 1,400 e-jeepneys and e-trikes in service in the Philippines in 19 locations, according to the Board of Investments. The EVAP expects to have 200 stations in place by 2022.
EMISSION INCENTIVES
Singapore, meanwhile, last year revamped its carbon emission-based vehicle scheme to a broad-based emissions scheme, which allowed most BEVs to qualify for a maximum rebate of S$20,000 (US$14,775).
Terence Siew, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Singapore, said the policy change currently covers only plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles, but his association sees it as "a good tool" by the government to reduce vehicle emissions.
Singapore is also home to an EV ride-sharing company called BlueSG. Founded in 2017 with a goal of 1,000 shared EV cars by 2020, it is on track to do so with more than 400 blue cars already deployed. BlueSG also aims to have 2,000 charging stations by 2020 to support shared EV cars. The government-owned electricity and gas distribution firm Singapore Power also plans to build more than 1,000 stations by next year.
"This is a good development for private EV owners who can also use the charging stations for their cars," Mr Siew said.
According to the Land Transport Authority, 93% of the total 610,000 registered private cars in Singapore as of 2018 were ICEs. Of the total, only 4.3% were mild hybrids (combining a fuel engine with an electric motor), 0.06% (357) were plug-in hybrids and 0.08% (466) were pure electric.
In Thailand, the ambitious S-curve policy to promote new industries aims to put 1.2 million EVs on local roads by 2036, compared with just 1,500 battery-powered vehicles today. The BoI says the number of projects it has approved should result in more than 7,000 charging stations in a few years, from about 500 at the end of 2018.
The numbers show there is still a long way to go for EVs in Asean, but the good news in Thailand is that one local company, Energy Absolute, is now using subsidies and tax breaks to put 5,000 EVs on the road by next year, backed by 700-plus charging stations. It's also planning a $3-billion factory to make lithium-ion batteries.
The country's second-largest electricity generating company by market capitalisation, EA introduced its Mine Mobility passenger EV at this year's Bangkok Motor Show and immediately received more than 4,500 orders. The car is priced at about 1.2 million baht ($38,000).
Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to offer incentives for EV manufacturers and tax reductions on sales of their cars. Companies can get corporate tax breaks for eight years, exemptions from import duties on machinery and parts, and reductions in excise taxes. That combination of policies and incentives is the most advanced in the region, according to BNEF.
With Indonesia announcing that it would scrap taxes on imports of EVs and hybrid vehicles by June 30, the outlook is brightening for prospective EV buyers in Asean, and for a better environment for all of us.
- MG, the newest entry in the local plug-in field, introduced its ZS EV in Bangkok in April for 1.19 million baht. (Photo: Patipat Janthong)
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I’m in the UK at the moment and was walking past a Hyundai showroom and saw a nice looking compact SUV Crossover (it was the Kona). In discussions with the sales rep, she mentioned that the electric version has a waiting list of about 2 years - that will kill the interest in switching from CE to EV, irrespective of any price differential.
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Agency urges government to step up EV development
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... evelopment
The Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT) is calling for the government to take more serious action in developing the country's electric vehicle (EV) roadmap to create a local market that can catch up with rapid improvements in electrified cars globally.
EVAT proposed eight actions to promote the EV market, expecting to turn Thailand into an EV society and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector.
Yossapong Laoonual, president of EVAT, said the government will play a major role in the shift from internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to EVs, as it expects to promote Thailand as a global EV hub by 2036 with 1.2 million EVs on local roads with 690 charging stations.
EVAT said the first government action needs to be preparation of an EV roadmap and integrated work from relevant ministries.
"Thailand has a plan and a goal, but it does not have deadlines and ministries are working on EV policies separately," he said.
"EVAT also proposes establishment of an integrated policy committee, chaired by the prime minister or deputy prime minister, to streamline all ministries' works in the same direction."
The second action is the government should consider amending various laws such as allowing electric tuk-tuks and taxis to be registered using clear rules and without hassle.
The third action is to promote the use of EVs in all aspects -- introducing personal income tax reductions and non-financial incentives for EV buyers. EV prices should be narrowed to a similar level as ICE cars, with affordable prices of 700,000-800,000 baht.
"State agencies should purchase battery EVs and expand EV use for public transport," said Mr Yossapong.
"Our purpose is to create public awareness and participation of drivers in reducing pollution and preserving the environment, as Thais are suffering from pollution every year."
The fourth action is to request other investment privileges for motorcycle makers to localise production of electric motorcycles because current EV policies emphasise cars, pickups, trucks and buses.
Other actions consist of promoting Thai entrepreneurs in EV development; initiating standards for EVs and related components; expanding charging stations for EVs across the country; and providing professional courses on EVs in educational institutions.
Mr Yossapong said EVAT will soon meet with related state agencies and ministries to outline all eight actions for an EV roadmap. The government has promoted the EV industry since March 2017, launching investment privileges for companies and listing EVs as an S-curve industry.
Investment privileges from the Board of Investment expired in 2018, attracting roughly 20-30 applications from many companies including carmakers, components manufacturers and newcomers in the EV industry.
He said the current scheme has lured mostly manufacturers, but there are less incentives for the demand side and potential buyers.
"New EV registrations are gradually increasing every year, but they are still limited to EVs on local roads," he said.
The Land Transport Department reported new registrations of plug-in hybrid and hybrid EVs in the first half reached 15,366 units. In 2018, both types of EV totalled 20,344 cars.
For battery EVs, there were 420 new registrations from January to June.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... evelopment
The Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT) is calling for the government to take more serious action in developing the country's electric vehicle (EV) roadmap to create a local market that can catch up with rapid improvements in electrified cars globally.
EVAT proposed eight actions to promote the EV market, expecting to turn Thailand into an EV society and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector.
Yossapong Laoonual, president of EVAT, said the government will play a major role in the shift from internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to EVs, as it expects to promote Thailand as a global EV hub by 2036 with 1.2 million EVs on local roads with 690 charging stations.
EVAT said the first government action needs to be preparation of an EV roadmap and integrated work from relevant ministries.
"Thailand has a plan and a goal, but it does not have deadlines and ministries are working on EV policies separately," he said.
"EVAT also proposes establishment of an integrated policy committee, chaired by the prime minister or deputy prime minister, to streamline all ministries' works in the same direction."
The second action is the government should consider amending various laws such as allowing electric tuk-tuks and taxis to be registered using clear rules and without hassle.
The third action is to promote the use of EVs in all aspects -- introducing personal income tax reductions and non-financial incentives for EV buyers. EV prices should be narrowed to a similar level as ICE cars, with affordable prices of 700,000-800,000 baht.
"State agencies should purchase battery EVs and expand EV use for public transport," said Mr Yossapong.
"Our purpose is to create public awareness and participation of drivers in reducing pollution and preserving the environment, as Thais are suffering from pollution every year."
The fourth action is to request other investment privileges for motorcycle makers to localise production of electric motorcycles because current EV policies emphasise cars, pickups, trucks and buses.
Other actions consist of promoting Thai entrepreneurs in EV development; initiating standards for EVs and related components; expanding charging stations for EVs across the country; and providing professional courses on EVs in educational institutions.
Mr Yossapong said EVAT will soon meet with related state agencies and ministries to outline all eight actions for an EV roadmap. The government has promoted the EV industry since March 2017, launching investment privileges for companies and listing EVs as an S-curve industry.
Investment privileges from the Board of Investment expired in 2018, attracting roughly 20-30 applications from many companies including carmakers, components manufacturers and newcomers in the EV industry.
He said the current scheme has lured mostly manufacturers, but there are less incentives for the demand side and potential buyers.
"New EV registrations are gradually increasing every year, but they are still limited to EVs on local roads," he said.
The Land Transport Department reported new registrations of plug-in hybrid and hybrid EVs in the first half reached 15,366 units. In 2018, both types of EV totalled 20,344 cars.
For battery EVs, there were 420 new registrations from January to June.
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Toyota group opens plant for recycling car batteries
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... -batteries
Toyota Motor Thailand has opened a battery life cycle management plant in Chachoengsao, the first overseas facility outside Japan, to circulate batteries of hybrid cars sold in Thailand.
The new facility is a partnership with Toyota subsidiaries and affiliates, comprising Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing (TDEM), Toyota Motor Asia-Pacific, Toyota Tsusho Thailand, Denso Thailand and Siam Waste Management.
The facility is run by TTK Logistics Thailand, a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho, and is located adjacent to Toyota's passenger car plant and battery assembly plant in Chachoengsao.
Ninnart Chaithirapinyo, chairman of Toyota Motor Thailand, said the facility supports local sales of hybrid cars.
Hybrid cars are the lowest level of technology for electric vehicles, in which the batteries need to be circulated and managed in a 3R scheme (rebuild, reuse and recycle).
Mr Ninnart declined to provide a budget for the facility, saying only that the plant will have capacity to rapidly diagnose 10,000 units a year and recycle 20,000 units a year.
He said Toyota started to sell hybrid cars in Thailand in 2009, with 5,000-6,000 batteries exported to Belgium a year under the 3R scheme.
"This facility will serve not only Toyota's hybrid cars, but also batteries from other brands and electric devices," Mr Ninnart said. "We are in talks with relevant companies to provide our services."
After the rapid diagnostic process, the high-efficiency modules will be reassembled and sold as alternative hybrid rebuilt batteries at one-third the price of new batteries.
The moderate-efficiency modules still capable of storing electric charge are reused for energy storage to reserve and supply energy for buildings, factories and charging stations.
The low-efficiency modules, both nickel metal hydride and lithium-ion batteries, will be sent to recycling then shipped back to Japan to produce new hybrid batteries.
Mr Ninnart said Toyota has studied the circular economy concept for two years and is using operating methods developed in Aichi prefecture under Toyota Energy Solutions and Primearth EV Energy.
Toyota was the first to bring hybrid models to market in Thailand, with roughly 78,000 such cars sold as of August.
In 2019, Toyota forecasts sales of all EVs at 36,000 cars, of which 19,000 are expected to be hybrid versions.
Toyota has spent 19 billion baht on hybrid car production in Thailand, with plans to assemble 7,000 hybrid cars a year, make 70,000 batteries and produce 9.1 million units of other parts at the Gateway plant in Chachoengsao.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... -batteries
Toyota Motor Thailand has opened a battery life cycle management plant in Chachoengsao, the first overseas facility outside Japan, to circulate batteries of hybrid cars sold in Thailand.
The new facility is a partnership with Toyota subsidiaries and affiliates, comprising Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing (TDEM), Toyota Motor Asia-Pacific, Toyota Tsusho Thailand, Denso Thailand and Siam Waste Management.
The facility is run by TTK Logistics Thailand, a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho, and is located adjacent to Toyota's passenger car plant and battery assembly plant in Chachoengsao.
Ninnart Chaithirapinyo, chairman of Toyota Motor Thailand, said the facility supports local sales of hybrid cars.
Hybrid cars are the lowest level of technology for electric vehicles, in which the batteries need to be circulated and managed in a 3R scheme (rebuild, reuse and recycle).
Mr Ninnart declined to provide a budget for the facility, saying only that the plant will have capacity to rapidly diagnose 10,000 units a year and recycle 20,000 units a year.
He said Toyota started to sell hybrid cars in Thailand in 2009, with 5,000-6,000 batteries exported to Belgium a year under the 3R scheme.
"This facility will serve not only Toyota's hybrid cars, but also batteries from other brands and electric devices," Mr Ninnart said. "We are in talks with relevant companies to provide our services."
After the rapid diagnostic process, the high-efficiency modules will be reassembled and sold as alternative hybrid rebuilt batteries at one-third the price of new batteries.
The moderate-efficiency modules still capable of storing electric charge are reused for energy storage to reserve and supply energy for buildings, factories and charging stations.
The low-efficiency modules, both nickel metal hydride and lithium-ion batteries, will be sent to recycling then shipped back to Japan to produce new hybrid batteries.
Mr Ninnart said Toyota has studied the circular economy concept for two years and is using operating methods developed in Aichi prefecture under Toyota Energy Solutions and Primearth EV Energy.
Toyota was the first to bring hybrid models to market in Thailand, with roughly 78,000 such cars sold as of August.
In 2019, Toyota forecasts sales of all EVs at 36,000 cars, of which 19,000 are expected to be hybrid versions.
Toyota has spent 19 billion baht on hybrid car production in Thailand, with plans to assemble 7,000 hybrid cars a year, make 70,000 batteries and produce 9.1 million units of other parts at the Gateway plant in Chachoengsao.
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Government readies further EV measures
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... v-measures
Tax perks, discounts aim to lure car buyers
The government plans to launch additional measures for motorists to buy electric vehicles (EVs) and motorcycles this year to pump up demand for low-emission vehicles on local roads, says Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong.
In addition, support policies for production and the supply chain of EVs will be disclosed soon to help determine new output of lithium-ion energy storage and vital parts of EVs.
Mr Sontirat said the government will offer tax waivers, discounts and partial subsidies as measures for car buyers.
"Many relevant state agencies have to further discuss the EV incentives, with meetings planned between representatives from the Finance, Industry and Energy ministries, as well as the Board of Investment [BoI]," he said.
The plan to launch additional EV measures came after the Energy Ministry met with the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT) last Thursday.
The EVAT called for the government to take more serious action in developing an EV roadmap to create a local market that can keep up with rapid improvements in EVs globally.
The government has promoted the EV industry since March 2017, launching investment privileges for companies and listing EVs as an S-curve industry with a goal to have 1.2 million EVs on roads and 690 charging stations by 2036.
Investment privileges from the BoI expired in 2018, attracting roughly 20-30 applications from many companies including carmakers, components manufacturers and newcomers in the EV industry.
EVAT said the current scheme has lured mostly manufacturers, but there are less incentives for the demand side and potential buyers.
Mr Sontirat said the government would revise the EV projection of 1.2 million cars to be more practical, with the goal determined after talks with other ministries and state agencies.
In addition, the country's power supply has a surplus capacity of 30%, expected to reach 40% in the next couple of years, meaning some of it can be absorbed by new demand for EVs, he said.
The government plans to set up an electricity rate to support the development of EV charging stations.
"Some regulations and conditions are barriers to implementing the EV scheme, so they have to be revised as well," said Mr Sontirat.
Separately, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has teamed up with 12 assemblers of electric motorcycles to launch the No.5 e-bike label in order to upgrade their quality in the Thai market.
Each motorcycle will be labelled with the No.5 sticker by Egat, expecting to certify 21,000 electric motorcycles and save 183 million baht annually in fuel expenses.
He said the ministry assigned Egat to adjust its business direction to cope with the coming disruptive technology in the power sector.
The global power industry is moving towards peer-to-peer power trading and focusing more on development of renewable power, allowing households can generate electricity by themselves.
The independent power supply has a capacity of 8,200 megawatts, up from 2,200MW a couple of years ago.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... v-measures
Tax perks, discounts aim to lure car buyers
The government plans to launch additional measures for motorists to buy electric vehicles (EVs) and motorcycles this year to pump up demand for low-emission vehicles on local roads, says Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong.
In addition, support policies for production and the supply chain of EVs will be disclosed soon to help determine new output of lithium-ion energy storage and vital parts of EVs.
Mr Sontirat said the government will offer tax waivers, discounts and partial subsidies as measures for car buyers.
"Many relevant state agencies have to further discuss the EV incentives, with meetings planned between representatives from the Finance, Industry and Energy ministries, as well as the Board of Investment [BoI]," he said.
The plan to launch additional EV measures came after the Energy Ministry met with the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT) last Thursday.
The EVAT called for the government to take more serious action in developing an EV roadmap to create a local market that can keep up with rapid improvements in EVs globally.
The government has promoted the EV industry since March 2017, launching investment privileges for companies and listing EVs as an S-curve industry with a goal to have 1.2 million EVs on roads and 690 charging stations by 2036.
Investment privileges from the BoI expired in 2018, attracting roughly 20-30 applications from many companies including carmakers, components manufacturers and newcomers in the EV industry.
EVAT said the current scheme has lured mostly manufacturers, but there are less incentives for the demand side and potential buyers.
Mr Sontirat said the government would revise the EV projection of 1.2 million cars to be more practical, with the goal determined after talks with other ministries and state agencies.
In addition, the country's power supply has a surplus capacity of 30%, expected to reach 40% in the next couple of years, meaning some of it can be absorbed by new demand for EVs, he said.
The government plans to set up an electricity rate to support the development of EV charging stations.
"Some regulations and conditions are barriers to implementing the EV scheme, so they have to be revised as well," said Mr Sontirat.
Separately, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has teamed up with 12 assemblers of electric motorcycles to launch the No.5 e-bike label in order to upgrade their quality in the Thai market.
Each motorcycle will be labelled with the No.5 sticker by Egat, expecting to certify 21,000 electric motorcycles and save 183 million baht annually in fuel expenses.
He said the ministry assigned Egat to adjust its business direction to cope with the coming disruptive technology in the power sector.
The global power industry is moving towards peer-to-peer power trading and focusing more on development of renewable power, allowing households can generate electricity by themselves.
The independent power supply has a capacity of 8,200 megawatts, up from 2,200MW a couple of years ago.
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PTT, Chinese company team up to make EVs in Thailand
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National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc announced on Tuesday it will team up with Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer WM Motors to study the feasibility of EV car production in Thailand.
PTT planned to invest in a manufacturing plant for EVs in Thailand to further develop battery and plastic products under the PTT Group of companies, the company announced on its PTT News Facebook account.
WM Motors manufactured electric vehicles under the Weltmeister brand. It had sales of over 10,000 EVs in China.
PTT said WM Motors has its own assembly plant for new generation vehicles with the purpose of further development in mobility as a service, also known as the MAAS platform.
The feasibility study would aim at appointing PTT the authorised EV distributor for WM Motors, for both domestic sales and exports.
"PTT plans to be the EV export hub in Southeast Asia," the announcement said.
"The collaboration will be in research and development activities for EV batteries and other relevant businesses in accordance with the government's Thailand 4.0 initiative."
PTT aims to be a spearhead on energy innovation and technology in the near future, according to the announcement.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/17 ... n-Thailand
National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc announced on Tuesday it will team up with Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer WM Motors to study the feasibility of EV car production in Thailand.
PTT planned to invest in a manufacturing plant for EVs in Thailand to further develop battery and plastic products under the PTT Group of companies, the company announced on its PTT News Facebook account.
WM Motors manufactured electric vehicles under the Weltmeister brand. It had sales of over 10,000 EVs in China.
PTT said WM Motors has its own assembly plant for new generation vehicles with the purpose of further development in mobility as a service, also known as the MAAS platform.
The feasibility study would aim at appointing PTT the authorised EV distributor for WM Motors, for both domestic sales and exports.
"PTT plans to be the EV export hub in Southeast Asia," the announcement said.
"The collaboration will be in research and development activities for EV batteries and other relevant businesses in accordance with the government's Thailand 4.0 initiative."
PTT aims to be a spearhead on energy innovation and technology in the near future, according to the announcement.
- An electric vehicle manufactured by WM Motors, a Chinese firm that will team up with PTT Plc to build EVs in Thailand. (Photo from @PTTNews Facebook account)
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