Nissan to hire more than 2,000 new workers for Samut Prakan plants
Nissan Motor Co's unit in Thailand plans to hire over 2,000 new workers as the company seeks to shore up its last remaining large-scale production base in Southeast Asia.
Thai-Chinese joint venture SAIC Motor-CP plans to increase the number of charging outlets for electric vehicles to 500 next year as the firm is determined to strengthen the MG brand in the Thai EV market.
Tesla Inc reported a fifth consecutive quarter of profits on Wednesday, handily beating analysts' estimates, and said it remained on track to deliver 500,000 cars in 2020 despite weaker sales in the rest of the global auto industry.
Nissan Motor Co's unit in Thailand plans to hire over 2,000 new workers as the company seeks to shore up its last remaining large-scale production base in Southeast Asia.
Car manufacturing in Thailand remains unimpressive, decreasing by 38.7% year-on-year to 963,066 units over the past nine months, attributed to the global economic slowdown, closures of some car factories and weak purchasing power, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
MONTREAL: Fiat Chrysler (FCA) has committed to a multi-year investment in assembling electric vehicles in Canada and to add up to 2,000 new jobs, a union representing some of the carmaker's workers announced Thursday.
Hyundai Motor Group will invest S$400 million (US$294 million) in a new innovation centre in Singapore that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says may produce up to 30,000 vehicles a year by 2025.
Nissan is ramping up production at its manufacturing facilities in Samut Prakan because of increased demand for vehicles produced in Thailand.
Fast Auto Show Thailand organisers expect used car trade will stand at 1.5 million transactions in 2020, a 5% dip from last year.
Chevrolet Sales Thailand plans to upgrade all 88 service centres across the country to provide automotive parts and products as well as to better support customers, following an announcement it was terminating its local car sales operation earlier this year.
State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has started trading its Renewable Energy Certificates (REC), with Toyota Motors Thailand the first buyer to support efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
The Industry Ministry is pushing ahead with its ambitious plan to bring prices of electric vehicles (EVs) closer to those of traditional fuel-powered cars by reducing the import duty on auto parts used to assemble EVs in Thailand.
Richard Leu, a Motoring editor at the Bangkok Post, died on Friday at the age of 52.
Crowds packed a mega motor show in Beijing on Saturday — the only major international auto event this year — as manufacturers hope to boost the world's biggest car market despite the coronavirus battering demand.
Government Savings Bank (GSB) plans to enter the car title loan market with an emphasis on retail loans worth up to 200,000 baht per borrower.
