Mr. Teerawat Amornthattri Managing Director of Bangkok Sheet Metal Public Company Limited or BM, a manufacturer and distributor of processed steel products in 6 product groups, revealed the progress of the electric tuk-tuk business that uses personal trucks. and used to carry no more than 1 ton of stuff that the company is currently in the process of developing and extending the production of various electric tuk tuk models. to meet market demands such as hotels, resorts, farms and industrial factories. with a lot of demand Because it makes it flexible, economical, easy to maintain, no pollution, low cost, affordable price. While the license plate application is currently under consideration for approval from the Engineering Division and is expected to be approved for private public vehicle license plates within September 2021
The company It is expected to officially launch and receive orders from customers in October 2021, ready to bring prototype models to show to customers, such as electric tuk-tuks that are passenger cars, trucks and food trucks. -3 sizes, with the average selling price of electric tuk tuk starting at 60,000-300,000 baht depending on the size of the customer’s use The production capacity of electric tuk-tuks in the beginning was expected to be 1 vehicle per day and the production capacity was 5 cars per day if there were large orders. However, after accepting the first order The company is ready to deliver products by the end of 2021.
In addition to planning to officially launch The company also plans to create a new business model. by finding business partners to develop battery production together substitute for imports from abroad Because the battery is the main component And it is the heart of one of the costs of producing electric tuk-tuks. It is believed that it will reduce the cost of importing batteries from abroad, which are expensive, allowing the Company to produce electric tuk-tuks at a lower price. or equal to other manufacturers
As for the target after the official market launch, it is expected that the first year will have sales of 400 units per year, with the main sales channels being through showrooms and dealers, etc. Initially, the main focus will be on the domestic market. But if the country is successful It is expected to expand the market to foreign markets as well. which will focus more on contract manufacturing (OEM) and export to foreign customers
“With the strengths we have are 1.Production process That covers the design, manufacture, testing of the strength of the car. Changing the import of new batteries from the original focusing on importing the whole pack It’s just importing cells. and then bring it together in Thailand enabling us to produce electric tuk-tuks at a cheap price, 2. The ability to produce according to the designs that customers want And there are car sizes to choose from according to usage, 3. Can be registered in a large model with passengers sitting and 4. Having after-sales service for customers When the car has a problem Customers can send the car to be repaired with our partnered repair center representatives. That will be a positive factor that will make our electric tuk tuk business successful. And there are definitely orders coming in continuously.”
