As Thailand ramps up its electric vehicle (EV) industry, the country will be producing batteries as well as assembling EVs for the domestic and regional markets. Most of them are from Chinese companies with battery producer, Svolt recently holding the first battery pack offline ceremony at its plant in Sriracha Chonburi. The battery pack that was taken offline that day was a 60-kWh lithium iron phosphate (LCTP) battery pack with a range of over 500 km. It uses Svolt’s L600 series cell products a

The trishaw rider quickly whipped out his smartphone to search for more information about the bright-eyed, quirky car right in front of him. “Oh, it’s called Ora Good Cat and it’s an electric car,” he told us. “There’s a charging station in Mahkota Parade which is not far from here.” Honestly, we didn’t really need to look for a charging station since the Ora Good Cat still had more than 300 km of range left and we last charged the electric vehicle (EV) at the Ayer Keroh R&R when it had 37% char

Great Wall Motor (GWM), the parent company of Ora and Haval is finalising plans to invest up to USD 30 million (RM 140 million) to set up a new battery pack assembly plant in Thailand, reports Bangkok Post. The Chinese carmaker is also considering setting up an R&D centre in the Kingdom to study the possibility of battery-powered pick-up trucks according to Narong Sritalayon, managing director of GWM Thailand. GWM is looking to turn Thailand into a regional electric vehicle (EV) production hub a

CKD work underway at Go Auto's facility in Gurun, Kedah BEVs and PHEVs to be offered Spare parts warehouse in Klang Valley Earlier today, Great Wall Motor (GWM) marked their return to Malaysia after a brief hiatus. This time around, GWM is represented by a new management. The Baoding-based company is now represented by Great Wall Motor Sales Malaysia Sdn Bhd and they have big plans for Malaysia. Here’s 5 quick facts you need to know about GWM in Malaysia. CKD is in the works In order for GWM to

With prices of the 2021 Suzuki Jimny in Malaysia touching the RM 169k mark, needless to say, internet commenters went ablaze, stating that the Jimny is overpriced. So the big question for everyone’s mind is – why is the Suzuki Jimny so expensive? Also Read: RM 169k 2021 Suzuki Jimny is expensive? First 2 shipments sold out, more coming The short and simple answer is that the Suzuki Jimny itself is an expensive little SUV to begin with, right from the factory. Also Read: 45 pics on why the first

When we reported the spy shots of the Ora Good Cat sent in by Mr Zuhril from Malaysian EV Owners Club (MyEVOC), we mentioned that we also managed to get some pictures of the car ourselves. So, here’s our complete collection of the Ora Good Cat that was parked in Malaysia. As mentioned, although the Good Cat is here in a non-descript location in Shah Alam, it is merely a test unit hence the left-hand drive configuration. Ora has yet to release a right-hand drive version of the Good Cat globally.