Thailand’s government has targeted 1 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2025 and 5 million by 2030.
The targets were outlined earlier this week by the National New Generation Vehicle Committee and are part of wider plans to help Thailand become the ‘Detroit of Asia’ for electric vehicle production.
The targets for e-vehicle usage in Thailand over the next fifteen years are as follows:
2025: 1.05 million e-vehicles: 402,000 cars and pickup trucks, 622,000 motorbikes, 31,000 buses and trucks.
2030: 5.41 million e-vehicles: 2.05 million cars and pickup trucks, 3.2 million motorbikes, 160,000 buses and trucks.
2035: 15.58 million e-vehicles: 6.4 million cars and pickup trucks, 8.75 million motorbikes, 430,000 buses and trucks.
To help reach the targets of e-vehicle ownership in Thailand, the government is set to make the county a hub for electric vehicle production.
By 2030, the government wants at least 50 percent of the e-vehicles on Thailand’s roads to have been produced locally, Manager reported.
And by 2035, the government wants more than 18 million electric vehicles to be produced in the country annually.
To help achieve its target, the government said it will continue to offer tax break incentives to both manufacturers and customers of electric vehicles.
Exclusive parking zones will be set up for e-vehicles only and charging stations will be installed throughout the country.
Varying estimates put the amount of charging stations in Thailand at between 500 and 1,000, most of which are in Bangkok.
As well as using Google Maps, drivers of electric vehicles can search for the nearest charging stations on these websites:
