autoparts companies and more than 325000 jobs could be at risk because an ev uses 1500 to 3000 parts versus 30000 in a traditional gasoline vehicle said kiriya kulkolkarn at thammasat university calls for government help great wall motor co chinas top pickup truck maker took over two general motors co plants in thailand in february to make sportutility vehicles and pickups but held back from ev production great wall would need more support from the government to produce evs vice president steven wang told reuters ev incentives from thailands board of investment have expired and now the board is exploring new measures to attract investors said secretarygeneral duangjai asawachintachit what is needed to ensure thailands competitiveness are steps to provide clarity to investors and customers said kiranee tammapibanudom of maverick consulting group the industry is approaching an inflection point she said it will be left behind if policies do not accommodate ev manufacturing its ecosystem and consumptionalso read promoting electric vehicles in chandigarh tell us how asks centre reuters published on jul 17 2020 at 0741 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app electric vehicles in thailand thailand auto industry covid19 impact on thailand auto industry thailand auto sector thailand economy bangkok international motor show homenewsindustrycovid19 electric vehicles to reshape thailands auto industry