{"id":51995,"date":"2023-01-19T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T04:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/19\/thailands-tuk-tuks-go-green-amid-rising-demand-for-electric-models"},"modified":"2023-01-19T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T04:29:05","slug":"thailands-tuk-tuks-go-green-amid-rising-demand-for-electric-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=51995","title":{"rendered":"Thailand\u2019s tuk-tuks go green amid rising demand for electric models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world\u2019s worst air pollution<\/p>\n<p>Thailand\u2019s iconic, gas-guzzling tuk-tuks are being replaced by a greener, more energy efficient model, offering travellers a more environmentally friendly way of getting around what is one of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqair.com\/th-en\/world-most-polluted-countries\">worst countries<\/a> when it comes to air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe benefits are quite clear in terms of the environment\u201d, says Krisada Kritayakirana, co-founder and CEO of start-up Urban Mobility Tech. \u201cWhen you use traditional tuk-tuks, you can smell the gas and it sometimes could be unpleasant. With the electric tuk-tuks, basically you don\u2019t have any noise and you don\u2019t have any emission from tailpipes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/19\/thailands-tuk-tuks-go-green-amid-rising-demand-for-electric-models\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world\u2019s worst air pollutionThailand\u2019s iconic, gas-guzzling tuk-tuks are being replaced by a greener, more energy efficient model, offering trav&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2710,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2623,65,564,2662,93,2436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-electric-hybrid-and-low-emission-cars","category-environment","category-greenhouse-gas-emissions","category-motoring","category-thailand","category-travel-and-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2710"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51996,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51995\/revisions\/51996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}