BANGKOK (NNT) – To promote energy saving and encourage people to use electric motorcycles, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has launched the No.5 power-saving electric motorcycle. EGAT aims to encourage people to use 21,000 No.5 power-saving labelled electric motorcycles per year.
Energy Minister Sonthirat Sonthijirawong presided over the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the No.5 power-saving labelled electric motorcycle project, between the EGAT and partner agencies in the energy advisor project to raise the standard of electric vehicles to a high level of efficiency. EGAT has recently launched No.5 power-saving electric motorcycles and attached a No.5 power-saving label to them. EGAT aims to encourage people to use the No.5 power-saving electric motorcycles to achieve cost savings of 183 million baht per year. EGAT will be attaching a No.5 power-saving label to electric motorcycles from September.
Plaques of honor were presented to agencies that are participating in the energy advisor project which has operated since 2018 to allow electricity users nationwide to use electricity efficiently through various measures, as well as support the goal of reducing overall energy use. In the future, the EGAT aims to reduce electricity consumption according to the 20-year energy conservation plan by 30 percent by 2036. Electricity consumption has already decreased by eight percent.
