BANGKOK (NNT) – To promote energy saving and encourage people to use electric motorcycles, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has launched the No.5 power-saving electric motorcycle. EGAT aims to encourage people to use 21,000 No.5 power-saving labelled electric motorcycles per year.   Energy Minister Sonthirat Sonthijirawong presided over the signing of a memorandum […]

The event, which runs from February 20 to March 8 from 10am to 10pm, aims to support the global goal of clean energy transition and net-zero emissions. Egat’s presentation is based on its “Triple S” strategy, which balances the cost of electricity generation, environmental impact and Thailand’s power security.

Kitti Petchsantad, Deputy Governor of Transmission Systems of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), has announced that EGAT has completed the project to improve the transmission system to southern regions of Thailand, effectively, doubling the electrical-supply capacity to Phuket.

New electric vehicle (EV) registrations continue to grow in the first quarter of the year and are now at 8.1 per cent of all new car registrations. This is more than double of last year’s annual figure, which was an increase of almost 20-fold compared with 2020.

Jakarta. For 18 months, the government has gone back and forth on an electric car regulation that is promised to accelerate the country’s shift away from being dependent on imported fossil fuel. But now it seems President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has finally put the pedal to the metal on the issue and is expected to roll out the regulation by the end […]

Electric car sharing company BlueSG is working with sister company Havas Group. Havas Group’s OOH brand AdCity will act as a consultant for BlueSG, which is open to be used as an OOH ad platform, and has a fleet of 470 cars in Singapore. Currently, BlueSG has 220 self-service stations located in public housing, city […]

Electric vehicles are lauded as an environmentally friendly alternative to gas-powered cars, thanks in part to producing no emissions on the road. Yet building electric cars creates more greenhouse-gas emissions than producing an equivalent gas-powered vehicle. Studies have shown that to be true in the world’s top three markets – in the US, China, and […]

MOTOR shows are meant to offer a glimpse of the future, and this weekend’s Singapore Motorshow suggests that electricity is set to play an increasingly prominent role on local roads. “Drivers are now more aware of alternative powertrains and are more willing to explore. Many are starting to view buying an energy-efficient vehicle as both […]

JAKARTA: Indonesian entrepreneur Dion was examining a new white motorbike that he just took for a test drive. “It was really good,” he told CNA of his experience riding the China-made electric vehicle (EV) that was being sold at a showroom in South Jakarta.

LEGISLATORS approved on third reading late Monday a House bill promoting the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and laying out how they are to be regulated, setting parking quotas and providing incentives for setting up charging stations.