EV manufacturer Chery to invest in Thailand

The company aims to use Thailand as a production base to meet the domestic demand for right-hand drive EVs, as well as export the vehices to Asean, Australia and the Middle East.

BANGKOK: Chery Automobile, an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer from China, has been granted promotional privileges to establish a production facility in Thailand by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI).

Chery is the eighth EV maker from China to be approved following BYD, MG, Great Wall Motor, Changan Automobile, GAC Aion, NETA and Foton, Narit Therdsteerasukdi, BOI secretary-general, said on Monday.