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Country: Thailand

Sector: Mobility

Expert partners: CENEX, E Co. and Crown Agents Ltd

Sharing lessons from the UK’s experience of electric vehicle (EV) policy development and impact assessments to support implementation of EV policy in Thailand.

To help them achieve their electric vehicle ambitions, Thailand’s Ministry of Energy were looking to develop and strengthen the case for Thailand to adopt an electric vehicle (EV) policy. To support this, UK PACT hosted an initial workshop between senior Thai government officials and experts from E Co., a London based climate finance and development consultancy, and the Office of Zero Emission Vehicles (part of the UK’s Department for Transport and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy). The workshop covered UK EV policy, policy formulation and tax incentives used to promote the adoption of EVs. 

During the workshop, Thai policy makers expressed concerns about impacts on the electricity grid from increased EV usage and how moving away from biofuels may impact farmers. Following the success of the first skill-share, UK PACT delivered a second workshop 6 months later focussing on these concerns.

Working with officials from Thailand’s Ministry of Energy, experts from CENEX and Crown Agents Ltd developed recommendations to help the ministry conduct a comprehensive policy review of the impacts of introducing EVs. Participants looked at examples of policy implementation in Central America, as well as impact assessment tools and highlighting perspectives of EV charging system implementation.

 

   

 

 

 

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• Recommendation reports were created, including policy recommendations on best practice.
• Key Thai government stakeholders enhanced their knowledge of global policy creation and incentive strategies.
• Participant’s work on impact assessments helped Thai officials better understand the risks of introducing EV policies and how to manage them.
• Experts’ professionality and their ability to apply their knowledge to Thailand's economic environment was positively received.
• Participant’s work supported the goals of Thailand’s National Energy Plan.
• Since the first EV skill-share workshop, Thailand has introduced a raft of incentives (mainly tax related) to promote EV adoption.