PUBLISHED: 3 January 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
As part of Thai Smile Bus ( TSB ) company’s policy to promote clean air and environmental sustainability, the entire fleet of 350 natural gas-fueled vehicles ( NGV ) buses will be decommissioned by the end of the month.
More than 95 % of the NGV buses have already been taken out of service, according to Kulpornpath Wongmajarapinya, TSB chief executive officer, with the most recent batch of 58 buses being removed from service on Monday.
She added that the action is a part of the company’s program to help net zero emissions and that 334 NGV cars have been decommissioned thus far, with the remaining 16 being put out of service by the end of this month.
According to Ms. Kulpornpath, TSB intends to purchase an additional 1,000 electronic buses this year, increasing its EV fleet to 3,100. In Bangkok and the surrounding provinces, the organization already deploys 2, 100 electric cars along 123 roads, serving between 250, 000 and 280,000 people per day.
In the first third of this year, she added, Thai Smile Boat Company will also relaunch the” Metro Line,” a flight passenger boat service that travels between Sathon and Rama VII piers on the Chao Phraya River.
She stated that there are now 35 electric vessels operating on the Chao Phraya River, which can accommodate more than 5,000 people per day. She added that the company plans to acquire nine more energy vessels this year, bringing the total to 44.
According to Ms. Kulpornpath, the business is getting ready to offer tourists boat services all year long.