2023-09-11 07:06:00
“Yoonthairath Online” Had the opportunity to meet and talk with “Dr. Champ Rittee Kitpipit” Chief Executive Officer of Scan Inter Public Company Limited or SCN, an expert in the natural gas business and related to natural gas products. Including the business of selling cars, spare parts and repair and maintenance of air-conditioned NGV buses, the renewable energy business and transportation business and others
Dr. Champ is also a license plate collector. Collects supercars such as BMW-57, BMW-X5, LAMBOGHINI-Huracan, FERRARI-Californaia T and BMW-M3. It can be said that in addition to being experienced in the natural gas industry, He is also an expert in the automobile industry.
The topic we chose to discuss with Dr. Champ can be said to be currently in the trend of the automotive industry in Thailand. Which is probably inevitable from electric cars or EV cars that are booming right now.
Dr. Champ told us that if we look at the energy dimension I would like to ask again, are EV cars really clean energy? which in some countries may be clean energy But in some countries, including Thailand, this may not be the case. Looking back, the electric car trend was sparked by two people: Xi Jinping and Elon Musk.
especially in China Even though clean energy like solar cells is already number one. But the automobile industry has not yet been able to rise to number one. Because China does not have the same technology as Germany and Japan, China sees that the automobile industry must turn to making electric cars instead.
This is the issue that causes China to face the problem of PM 2.5 dust because China’s electricity source comes from coal. (Thailand itself produces 70% of its electricity from natural gas, 30% from coal). China also has to accept this because his main goal is to push Chinese electric car brands to be on par with Japanese car brands. That’s German.
for Thailand If we look at it from the perspective of the people who use it, I think that the current EV car market in Thailand seems to be booming. But from now on I will be calm. and dropped a little before turning into a true upward trend For example, now China is producing better EVs. Or former combustion car brands come to produce more EV cars.
Currently we can see that Now there are more high-end car brands coming to market EV cars, with another case being cars from China that we’re not too familiar with. Produce EV cars which we don’t know the origin of I saw again that it was an EV car. Causing many people to be confused.
“I’ll give you an example. In the past, they didn’t buy this brand. Because I know that price and quality cannot go together. But when there was a change to put electricity in People buy it even if it’s expensive. Because I saw that it was an EV car. But in the future, if products from China are more developed, more Japanese or European companies will enter the EV car market. There are more electric charging stations. Here, the trend of the EV car market in Thailand will truly emerge. Because people have more options. Get an electric car that is worthwhile, worth the price, and really saves energy.”
Moreover, using an EV car can really save money. Or if we really calculate EV cars sold in Thailand are very expensive. Even though the government has announced tax support, such as cars of the same model but different Just another car to fill up with gas. The other one is used for charging. But the price is hundreds of thousands different. EVs sell for over a million baht. While a gas car sells for around 600,000 baht, when calculating the value for money, now a gas car may be more economical.
“I think that right now, if you buy an EV car, you should buy a luxury supercar. Because the price is quite good from the government policy. I think the government is trying to push EV policy without understanding EV. This makes the cars that are most beneficial to be European luxury cars. Personally, I think the people who benefit the most are the high-end group who buy luxury cars.”
But if looking in terms of government and investment The government may see that in the next few years. China will be a superpower. Various investments will come mainly from China We take this opportunity to attract new investment. In China, they come to invest in Thailand, wanting to develop the EEC into a production center. It must start with reducing taxes, such as production related to electric cars. In order to promote the automotive industry in the future.
Dr. Champ concluded that people who bought the first batch of electric cars There may be a problem with competing for an electric charger. And most importantly, charging costs in Thailand are quite high right now. If you do Fast Charge, you must register for three-phase electricity. The price is likely to be high as well. If this is the case, you must calculate carefully.
As for charging in the department store, it’s also expensive. Because most of them are thinking in a lump sum way. Because most people will charge for 3 hours or more. Then you have to sit and see how much you can run when charging. Is the power supplied as specified by the charging station? Because I personally have experienced charging for three hours. But in practical use, it can run only 16 kilometers.
“I think charging at home is best. Suitable for people with repetitive behaviors, such as home not too far from work, returning at the same time, charging at night after 9 p.m. because the electricity bill is cheaper than during the day. And the meter was changed to TOU and started charging from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and it was full. Or if it’s daytime, use solar cells to help produce electricity. It will help save on electricity costs in another way as well.”
interview : Kamonthip Hirunprasertsuk [email protected]
picture : Unique, no less
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