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VinFast Milestone: Vietnam’s Homemade EVs Go On Sale – Nikkei

The company, a unit of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, looks to deliver about 100 EVs to customers by the end of 2021


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The new law aims to limit China's access to US tax credits, but it is not known if the Senate will amend the bill or pass it before the US election. This image shows VinFast's North Carolina factory, covering an area of 800 hectares. File photo: Reuters.

 

Vietnamese automaker VinFast has begun sales of its electric vehicles, becoming the first major car company operating in Vietnam to sell electric vehicles in the country, Nikkei reported.

The company, a unit of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, looks to deliver about 100 EVs to customers by the end of December, the report said, adding that its electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are priced at 690 million dong ($30,200) and can travel up to around 300km on a single charge.

 

Read the full report: Nikkei Asia.

 

 

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.