Thailand energy group PTT to make e-motorbikes with Taiwan's Kymco

State-owned company eyes Southeast Asia, world's third-largest bike market

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Heavy traffic in Bangkok. A joint Thai-Taiwanese venture called Aionex will produce and sell e-bikes plus operate battery-swapping services for them. (Photo by Kenya Akama)

KENYA AKAMA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thai state-owned oil and gas group PTT will start making and selling electric motorcycles this year, hoping to bank on Southeast Asia's rapidly electrifying two-wheeler market, the world's largest after China and India.

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