BANGKOK: Chery Automobile, an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer from China, has been granted promotional privileges to establish a production facility in Thailand by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI).

Chery is the eighth EV maker from China to be approved following BYD, MG, Great Wall Motor, Changan Automobile, GAC Aion, NETA and Foton, Narit Therdsteerasukdi, BOI secretary-general, said on Monday.