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Foton CP Motor recently meets with Thai Industry Minister; local production of Foton trucks to start by 2024

driving period of trucks and (ii) the weights of vehicles and their battery. The Minister also suggested lowering maintenance costs of the vehicles as it would attract more buyers. On July 19, 2023, Foton CP inked a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant Co., Ltd. (TAAP) for the THB 1 billion project to manufacture Foton trucks in Thailand. This project will also expand strategic cooperation between Foton and its...

News Updated at: 2023/11/06

Mercedes-Benz Cars starts local battery production in Bangkok

The new battery factory was built on a 50,000 square meters site located at the vehicle manufacturing plant in the Bangkok region. The new plant is the third production facilityMercedes-Benz AG has invested more than 100 million euros together with local partners Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP) and Thonburi Energy Storage Systems (TESM) for the plant extension and the battery factory. In total, more than 300 new jobs are created, 100 of...

News Updated at: 2019/12/06

Mercedes-Benz to invest in extension of car plant and battery production in Thailand

Mercedes-Benz to invest in extension of car plant and battery production in Thailand On March 14, Mercedes-Benz announced that it will invest a total of over EUR 100 million in the production operations in Bangkok until 2020 together with local partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP). The investment will go into an extension of the existing car plant to add new models and into a new battery assembly built on the site ensuring availabili...

News Updated at: 2018/03/19

Mercedes-Benz to open Thai battery factory

to come into operation later in 2018, the plant will be able to serve 5,000 Thai-assembled Mercedes cars annually. However, production capacity could easily be doubled should the market warrant for it. The site where the lithium-ion batteries would be made is at Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP) where production of Tata vehicles once took place.In the longer run, the factory will also supply full-electric models like a GLA-sized SUV.(Fro...

News Updated at: 2018/03/01

Mercedes keen on EV assembly in Thailand

2017, up from 30% in 2016. Once the market turns to EVs, Mercedes-Benz will no longer produce any conventional vehicles using diesel or petrol. Mercedes-Benz started assembly of hybrid electric vehicles, the first EV technology, in 2013 with its local partner, Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant Co (TAAP). Then it started assembly of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in Thailand in 2015. It has 12 PHEV models, mainly assembled at TAAP, with...

News Updated at: 2017/05/17

Mercedes extends contract with local partner TAAP

Mercedes extends contract with local partner TAAP German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has overturned the possibility of building its own assembly plant in Thailand after extending its contract for 12 years with local partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP). The deal will see the TAAP factory in Samut Prakarn churning out close to 10,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and sport utility vehicles per year, after having more than 100,000 vehicles sinc...

News Updated at: 2016/12/28

Mercedes to expand factory in Thailand

Mercedes to expand factory in Thailand Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Thailand, a local production arm of the German carmaker, will expand its facilities in Samut Prakan to serve future demand and prepare for electric vehicles in the long run.The company has hired Thonburi Automotive Assemble Plant (TAAP) under Thonburi Group to make Mercedes-Benz models for the local market. The facility area will increase from 135,000 to 185,000 square meters to s...

News Updated at: 2016/12/22