Arsjad Rasjid, chairman of Asean Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) and chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), has shared his opinions about the electric vehicle industry in which Thailand and Indonesia can work together to establish an efficient and resilient supply chain in Southeast Asia for the global EV industry.

Chinese battery manufacturer Svolt Energy Technology (Svolt) has begun construction of a plant in Thailand to make battery packs for electric and hybrid vehicles.

Thailand’s investment promotion scheme for the first half of 2023 was up by almost 70pc from a year earlier to 364.4bn Thai baht ($10.37bn) of proposals, led by the growth in targeted industries like the electronic and auto sectors.

Businesses need to accelerate their existing adoption of digitisation, electrification and automation in an effort to curb climate change and gear towards sustainability.

Costly electricity bills create a financial burden for the public, but also accelerate momentum for the establishment of free power trade in Thailand.

EGAT and network partners announced their collaboration to implement the royal initiatives of His Majesty the King for taking care of the society, community, and environment, supporting energy efficiency, and raising the standard of Thai youth; to help drive Thailand toward a sustainable low carbon society.

A former Indonesian minister of tourism once called Thailand and Indonesia ‘sparring partners’. This can be applied not only to tourism but also other sectors, especially automotive manufacturing. The shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) has changed the competition between the two countries in this sector. Both countries have enthusiastically welcomed full-battery EVs more than other […]

Thailand’s domestic gas supply has increased as production from the Erawan gas block in the Gulf of Thailand has risen to 400 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) from 210 MMSCFD earlier this year, according to the Department of Mineral Fuels.

Rondo Energy, developer of the Rondo Heat Battery, announced it has partnered with Siam Cement Group to expand its factory to a 90 GWh capacity. The Thailand facility currently produces 2.4 GWh of industrial heat batteries and is planned to be expanded to the largest battery factory in the world.

Charoen Pokphand Group—controlled by Thailand’s richest family—and Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday their joint venture will start producing hydrogen this year in the Southeast Asian country.