During the beginning of 2015, The Thai government had shown an attention on the electric vehicle (EV) technology and start to launch a policy to promote EV in Thailand.
This support motivated an academic and private sector in Thailand to discuss and establish the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT) on September 14, 2015 at Knowledge Exchange (KX), KMUTT in which the EVAT had been officially registered on November 6, 2015.