Foxconn and Thailand's PTT aim to rule EV market in Southeast Asia

Bangkok cheers venture by energy group hoping to start production in 2023

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Foxconn's platform for electric vehicles is displayed at a company event in Taipei in October 2020. © Reuters

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thai oil and gas group PTT signed a joint venture deal with leading contract electronics producer Foxconn on Tuesday to make electric vehicles, propelling Bangkok's strategy to turn Southeast Asia's second-largest economy into the region's top manufacturer and exporter of EVs.

The state-owned PTT and the Taiwanese manufacturer look to produce EVs and related parts as early as 2023.

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