With approval from the Thai government's Board of Investment, effective on January7, Toyota will have to initiate production within three years to benefit fromthe country's tax privileges, including corporate income tax exemption,although no penalties will be imposed for abandoning the plan, Kyodo newsreported.
However, details about schedule and models for production have yet to be finalised.
In its strategy released in 2017, Toyota aims to sell more than 1 millionelectric vehicles and fuel-cell vehicles by 2030 globally.
The Board of Investment introduced its tax privilege scheme for electricvehicles and plug-in hybrids in March 2017 to promote investment in such greencars. Besides Toyota, Mazda Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi MotorsCorp. among other Japanese automakers have also applied for the scheme./.