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BOI Section 8 electric motorcycle incentive package (Q1 2026 extension)
8-year tax holiday, 0% duty, 50% capex credit
Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 electric-motorcycle promoted-activity package extended Q1 2026 stacks three incentive levers: an 8-year corporate-income-tax holiday for Thai-domiciled e-motorcycle assembly, 0% import duty on battery and motor components through 2028, and a 50% capex credit on the Thai-domiciled assembly line. Honda Asian Honda Motor, Thai Yamaha Motor, and Piaggio Thailand have already secured promoted-activity certificates; Ola Electric EEC CKD assembly evaluation is pending decision. The package effectively closes the Thai-cost gap with Vietnam and Indonesia assembly hubs for the back half of the decade. The structural risk is any review-period change to the import-duty schedule which would re-rate the bill-of-materials stack by 8-12 percentage points and depress assembler IRR by 4-7 percentage points.
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Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 electric-motorcycle promoted-activity package extended Q1 2026 stacks three incentive levers: an 8-year corporate-income-tax holiday for Thai-domiciled e-motorcycle assembly, 0% import duty on battery and motor components through 2028, and a 50% capex credit on the Thai-domiciled assembly line. Honda Asian Honda Motor, Thai Yamaha Motor, and Piaggio Thailand have already secured promoted-activity certificates; Ola Electric EEC CKD assembly evaluation is pending decision. The package effectively closes the Thai-cost gap with Vietnam and Indonesia assembly hubs for the back half of the decade. The structural risk is any review-period change to the import-duty schedule which would re-rate the bill-of-materials stack by 8-12 percentage points and depress assembler IRR by 4-7 percentage points.
Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 electric-motorcycle promoted-activity package extended Q1 2026 stacks three incentive levers: an 8-year corporate-income-tax holiday for Thai-domiciled e-motorcycle assembly, 0% import duty on battery and motor components through 2028, and a 50% capex credit on the Thai-domiciled assembly line. Honda Asian Honda Motor, Thai Yamaha Motor, and Piaggio Thailand have already secured promoted-activity certificates; Ola Electric EEC CKD assembly evaluation is pending decision. The package effectively closes the Thai-cost gap with Vietnam and Indonesia assembly hubs for the back half of the decade. The structural risk is any review-period change to the import-duty schedule which would re-rate the bill-of-materials stack by 8-12 percentage points and depress assembler IRR by 4-7 percentage points.
Time scope
Effective Q1 2026 through 2028
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Interpretation notes
What this tells you
Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 electric-motorcycle promoted-activity package extended Q1 2026 stacks three incentive levers: an 8-year corporate-income-tax holiday for Thai-domiciled e-motorcycle assembly, 0% import duty on battery and motor components through 2028, and a 50% capex credit on the Thai-domiciled assembly line. Honda Asian Honda Motor, Thai Yamaha Motor, and Piaggio Thailand have already secured promoted-activity certificates; Ola Electric EEC CKD assembly evaluation is pending decision. The package effectively closes the Thai-cost gap with Vietnam and Indonesia assembly hubs for the back half of the decade. The structural risk is any review-period change to the import-duty schedule which would re-rate the bill-of-materials stack by 8-12 percentage points and depress assembler IRR by 4-7 percentage points.
What not to do with it
Section 8 incentive applies to Thai-domiciled electric-motorcycle assembly. Foreign-domiciled IP holders qualify through Thai-domiciled assembly subsidiary structure. Battery and motor component 0% duty covers LFP cell packs and integrated motor controllers through 2028.
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