At the ASEAN Director-General Meeting on Digital Technologies to Enhance Excise Tax Administration and Moving Forward to Carbon Neutrality in Thailand, Bao Zhuangfei, General Manager of Neta Auto (Thailand), said that the company has plans to expand in the ASEAN region.

“By participating in the ASEAN meeting of the Excise Department this time, Neta will be aware of the guidelines and visions of the Excise Department of various countries in the ASEAN region to determine the implementation plan in accordance with government policies in each country. It also supports the carbon neutrality policy among countries in the ASEAN region,” said Bao Zhuangfei.

“We are ready to support both the public and private sectors to grow the electric vehicle market in the ASEAN region and do our best to make the most of consumers all over the world from the advancement of technology,” he added.

What is Neta, you ask? Neta models are electric vehicles (EVs) from China’s Hozon Auto, which has a partnership with Arun Plus, a subsidiary of Thailand’s national oil company PTT. The company is reportedly planning to locally-assemble (CKD) Neta EVs and become ASEAN’s production hub.

For now, only the Neta V is offered in Thailand and it is one of the most affordable EVs in the country with an introductory price of THB 549,000 (around RM 68k).

The Neta V gets a front-mounted motor that makes 95 PS/150 Nm with energy supplied by a 38.5 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. On a single full charge, the Neta V has a NEDC range of 384 km.

Charging power is yet to be specified, but the company says that the Neta V takes 8 hours through conventional AC charging (CCS 2 port) while DC fast charging takes about 30 minutes.

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