Thailand to reduce excise tax on electric vehicle batteries
A national committee on electronic vehicle (EV) policy of Thailand, also known as the EV board, on February 2 agreed in principle on a proposal to lower the excise tax on EV batteries from the current 8% to just 1% while offering a 24 billion THB (730 million USD) subsidy to the EV battery-producing industry.
Bangkok (VNA) – A national committee onelectronic vehicle (EV) policy of Thailand, also known as the EV board, onFebruary 2 agreed in principle on a proposal to lower the excise tax on EVbatteries from the current 8% to just 1% while offering a 24 billion THB (730million USD) subsidy to the EV battery-producing industry.
The subsidy will be on a first-comefirst-served basis, Thai Minister of Energy SupattanapongPunmeechaow said, adding that the subsidy should help reduce the prices of EVbatteries and EVs overall, which will boost the country's EV-making industry.
The amount of the subsidy on offer will depend onthe size of the battery produced, Supattanapong said.
A producer of an EV battery with less than 8-gigawatt hours (GWh) capacity willreceive a subsidy of between 400 THB and 600 THB per kilowatt hour (kWh),while a factory making an EV battery of more than 8 GWh will receive between600 THB and 800 THB per kWh, he noted.
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