China auto equipment maker to invest in Thai electric motorbike plant

Harmontronics sets up shop in budding market as Bangkok offers subsidies

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Thailand seeks to expand the market for electric motorbikes, providing up to 18,000 baht for their purchase. (Photo by Kenya Akama)

KENYA AKAMA and TOMOKO WAKASUGI, Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK/SHANGHAI -- Chinese automotive equipment manufacturer Suzhou Harmontronics Automation Technology will build an electric motorcycle factory in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), eyeing a market set to grow thanks to government subsidies.

The company plans to invest 10 billion baht ($281 million) to secure annual production capacity of 150,000 units by 2028. The plans were revealed by the office of the EEC on Tuesday.

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