BANGKOK, Aug. 24- The Federation of Thai Industries revealed a 7-month drop in car sales of 5.45% asking the new government to speed up the EV by 3.5, while the cumulative number of electric vehicle registrations and exports as of July 2023 increased compared to the period. same last year
Mr. Surapong Paisitpatanapong Vice President and Spokesperson of the Automotive Industry Club The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) reveals the statistics of BEV electric vehicles as of July 31, 2023, with a total of 81,863 units, an increase of 307.54% from the previous year. HEV types have a total of 311,150 units, an increase from Last year, 33.33%, the PHEV type had a total of 49,587 vehicles, an increase of 31.04% from the previous year.
While sales for 7 months (January-July 2023), 464,550 cars were sold, a 5.45% decrease from 2022, divided into 381,453 internal combustion vehicles (ICE), a 15.78% decrease from last year, electric cars ( 35,781 BEVs, an increase of 1,605.48% from the previous year 1,454 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), a 39.54% increase from the previous year 45,862 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), a 30.02% increase from the previous year Sales of 1,144,760 units, an increase of 10.03% from the previous year, divided into internal combustion motorcycles (ICE) 1,143,722 units, an increase of 10.02% from the previous year, hybrid electric motorcycles (HEV) 818 units, a decrease of 9.11% from the previous year, electric motorcycles (BEVs) ) 220 units, a 100% increase from last year
As for finished car exports, 7 months (Jan.-Jul.) exported finished cars 636,868 units, an increase of 19.55% from the same period last year, with an export value of 396,769.01 million baht, and an export value of 21,012.48 million engines. million baht, a decrease of 16.56%; other auto parts with an export value of 102,141.14 million baht, a decrease of 15.15%. Auto parts have an export value of 13,460.51 million baht, a decrease of 14.70%. Total export value of cars from January to July 2023, engines, auto parts and spare parts, has a value of 533,383.13 million baht, an increase of 11.13. %
while the production side The number of cars produced in January – July 2023 amounted to 1,071,221 units, an increase of 0.66% from the same period last year.
Mr. Surapong said that now he has a new government. Which all parties used to campaign to reduce public expenditures, including electricity bills travel fare therefore want the government to take care of the cost of living The price of food that is expensive does not go down. attract investment to promote continued growth for employment Regarding the promotion of the electric vehicle manufacturing industry in Phase 2 or EV 3.5, it requires urgent approval because EV3.0 will end this December in order to increase the production of EV cars in Thailand. including battery and parts And stepping into a hub in the ASEAN region will be able to extend the ICE vehicle to prevent our exports from decreasing in the future.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency