(EV) (2025-); Plant of Thonburi, producing Mercedes-Benz - The 10-year contract with Tata Motors Thailand expired at the end of April 2017. Tata Thailand aims to increase Xenon pickup sales Mercedes-Benz considers hybrid battery factory in Thailand Mercedes extends contract with local partner TAAP in Tahiland Tata Thailand launched XENON Single Cab Mercedes-Benz ditches E220d in favor of E350e in Thailand Diesel power returns to Thai Merced...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/02

, mini trucks, buses; electric commercial vehicles (planning); Foton CP Motor's manufacturing plant of CVs in Thailand; Started production in 2024 - Opening Ceremony of the plant in November 2024. - Foton CP inked a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant Co., Ltd. (TAAP) in July 2023 for the THB 1 billion project to manufacture Foton trucks in Thailand. Foton CP Motor’s Thailand plant revealed (July 2023) Foto...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/01/28

local production for Mercedes-Benz PHEV-batteries. The new battery factory was built on a 50,000 square meters site located at the vehicle manufacturing plant in the Bangkok region. Mercedes-Benz AG has invested over 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. The battery systems manufactured in the new battery ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/17

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

Beijing Plant, China Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC set up a battery plant in Yizhuang Industrial Park in Beijing. The plant is producing batteries for the EQC. Bangkok Plant, Thailand This is a joint venture plant with the local partners Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP) and Thonburi Energy Storage Systems (TESM). The plant is producing batteries for PHVs.   Mercedes-Benz partners with Chinese battery manufac...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/07/09

ed at THB 2.7 million. Starting production of PHV batteries In December 2019, Mercedes-Benz started the production of PHV batteries at the new battery plant that it built with Thonburi Energy Storage Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz’s Thai partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP). These PHV batteries are mounted on the C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, GLC and GLC Coupe.   Energy Absolute: Postponing deliveries of EV MPVs an...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/10/02

approved in July 2018). Mercedes-Benz ・On December 4, 2019, Mercedes-Benz started the production of PHV batteries at the battery plant which the automaker built jointly with Thonburi Energy Storage Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz’ Thai partner, Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP). The batteries manufactured at the new factory are used in the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, E-Class and S-Class as well as GLC and GLC Coupe models. ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/05/13

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

des-Benz PHVs Lithium-ion batteries for electrified vehicles THB 607 million THB 600 million Samutprakarn plant for PHVs A new battery plant to start operations in early 2019 ・Thonburi Energy Storage Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz’s Thai partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP), has been building a battery plant and will start production in early 2019. BMW PHVs Batteries for electrified vehicles THB 700 million THB 54...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/07/08

batteries for electrified vehicles (approved in March 2018). ・PHVs are assembled at the Samut Prakan plant in Chonburi province. A battery plant has been under construction by Thonburi Energy Storage Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz’s Thai partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP), since March 2018 and will start operations in early 2019. ・PHVs accounted for 40% (around 5,500 units) of 2017 sales of Mercedes-Benz vehicle...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/03/13

ly applied for the investment incentive programs for PHV and EV production. The automaker plans to launch a new EV model in 2018. In March 2018, Daimler announced plans to build a plant for production of PHV battery packs in Bangkok. Together with local partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP), Daimler will invest a total of EUR 100 million by 2020 to expand the existing vehicle assembly plant and to build a new battery plant. The batt...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/04/16

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

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

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

ehicles a year from Thailand. Mainly the BMW X3 and X5 will be exported to China and Malaysia. Mercedes-Benz extends contract production agreement; partner's plant to be expanded In December 2016, Mercedes-Benz extended a contract production agreement with Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP), its local partner, for 12 years. As a result, it was reported that there was no longer a possibility that the automaker would build its own pla...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/01/30

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-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