Thailand is 10th in the world in automotive production

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China Dominates As The World's Top Car Producer

by Tyler Durden

Saturday, Dec 28, 2024 - 09:30 AM

Last year, global vehicle production reached 93.5 million units, representing a 2% increase compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019 and a significant 17% rise from 2022.

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Kayla Zhu, visualizes the share of motor vehicles produced by the top 30 countries in 2023.

The figures come from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, and includes both passenger and commercial vehicles.

Which Country Produced the Most Cars in 2023?

Below, we show the total number of motor vehicles produced by each of the top 30 countries, as well as their share of global production.

Rank	Country/Region	Region	Total Car Production	Share of Total Production
1	🇨🇳 China	Asia	30,160,966	32.2%
2	🇺🇸 USA	Americas	10,611,555	11.3%
3	🇯🇵 Japan	Asia	8,997,440	9.6%
4	🇮🇳 India	Asia	5,851,507	6.3%
5	🇰🇷 South Korea	Asia	4,243,597	4.5%
6	🇩🇪 Germany	Europe	4,109,371	4.4%
7	🇲🇽 Mexico	Americas	4,002,047	4.3%
8	🇪🇸 Spain	Europe	2,451,221	2.6%
9	🇧🇷 Brazil	Americas	2,324,838	2.5%
10	🇹🇭 Thailand	Asia	1,841,663	2.0%
11	🇨🇦 Canada	Americas	1,553,026	1.7%
12	🇫🇷 France	Europe	1,505,076	1.6%
13	🇹🇷 Turkey	Asia	1,468,393	1.6%
14	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Europe	1,404,501	1.5%
15	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Asia	1,395,717	1.5%
16	🇸🇰 Slovakia	Europe	1,080,000	1.2%
17	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Europe	1,025,474	1.1%
18	🇮🇹 Italy	Europe	880,085	0.9%
19	🇲🇾 Malaysia	Asia	774,600	0.8%
20	🇷🇺 Russia	Europe	729,864	0.8%
21	🇿🇦 South Africa	Africa	633,337	0.7%
22	🇵🇱 Poland	Europe	612,882	0.7%
23	🇦🇷 Argentina	Americas	610,725	0.7%
24	🇲🇦 Morocco	Africa	535,825	0.6%
25	🇷🇴 Romania	Europe	513,050	0.5%
26	🇭🇺 Hungary	Europe	507,225	0.5%
27	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	Asia	425,876	0.5%
28	🇧🇪 Belgium	Europe	332,103	0.4%
29	🇵🇹 Portugal	Europe	318,231	0.3%
30	🌍 Others	-	2,646,404	2.8%

China dominated global car production in 2023, accounting for almost a third of all cars produced last year. The country currently produces and exports more cars than any other country in the world, as of December 2024.

The country currently has the capacity to produce more than twice its domestic demand for cars, freeing up a significant portion of its car production to be allocated for export.

The Chinese government has massively invested in ramping up domestic automotive production, and specifically its burgeoning electric vehicle sector.

The government’s strategic initiatives, such as “Made in China 2025,” have prioritized electric vehicle manufacturing, leading to substantial growth in this area.

The Best of the Rest

Following behind China is the United States, with 11.3% of the global share. Elon Musk’s Tesla is currently the most valuable automaker in the world, with a market cap of over $1.4 trillion, as of Dec. 24, 2024.

Tesla shares hit a record high following Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election. The American electric vehicle company dominates the industry, representing nearly half of the market capitalization among global automakers, with a valuation exceeding the combined worth of the next 29 car manufacturers.

Japan ranks third at 9.6% of global car production, bolstered by legacy carmakers like Toyota and Honda.

To learn more about global car production, check out this graphic that breaks down the global battery electric vehicle (BEV) industry by automaker.

SJRQ3 (was Q2)-Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences (KJSS)

 Journal Name: Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences

(formerly Kasetsart Journal: Social Sciences)

Short name: KJSS

Subject Area and Category: Social Sciences

Country: Thailand

Review date: 2021.06.15 Review date: 2024.10.25

SJR Quartile: SJRQ2, dropped to Q3 in 2023

ISSN: 01258370

2024.12.27

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The formatting and the English editing e-mail from KJSS Staff will be sent to you nearer the time. The article proofs will be sent to you after the final format checking and English editing. And then the article will be scheduled for publication.

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The electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM) trustworthiness, brand imageand other determinants of purchase intention of the middle class to luxuryhotel services  

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Sowatree Nathalang	Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University, Thailand
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Handbook comments: The journal had some of the most extensive pre and post-acceptance editing we have ever seen. Also, KJSS was and still is renowned for their highly structured submission process and documentation support. For a year or so they were also under the Elsevier umbrella, but then suddenly withdrew back to being an independent university journal. 

Also, even though APA Edition 7 has been out since October 2019, the very long KJSS style guide PDF specifically states they are using APA Edition 6 in April 2021. A little behind the times we would say. Finally, KJSS places a very strict 15 page limitation on author manuscripts, which is double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman. Using these constraints, it is nearly impossible to submit a paper other than a short RESEARCH BRIEF. Full RESEARCH ARTICLES (RA) including the expected theory development, associated references and tables exceeds these limitations significantly. Therefore, if you need to publish a full RA which meets your doctoral or faculty requirements, you need to find another journal.

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[PDF] GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THAILAND

N Sakdapat, P Ngamcharoen, R Cheewakoset… - Arts Educa, 2024

Aim: This research is a qualitative study aimed at examining the guidelines for the
development and promotion of global citizenship behavior among undergraduate
students in Thailand. Methods: The key informants are the administrators who play a …

SJRQ2-Journal of Ecohumanism (JOE)-$1,250 USD-Scopus active-Papers Scopus indexed

 

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C Lalaeng, C Sumpathanon, C Boonnual - Journal of Ecohumanism, 2024

Objectives: Research Model of causal factors of network management capabilities
affecting market opportunity and performance of community enterprises. This paper
examines to check the consistency of the model. To develop a model of causal …

[PDF] Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Thailand's Agricultural Economy

N Pimpa - Journal of Ecohumanism, 2024

Climate change is rapidly intensifying, leading to a surge in climate-related disasters
worldwide. Thailand's agricultural sector, a cornerstone of its economy and food
security, is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of these climatic shifts. This …

[PDF] The Intention to Use Innovative Compliance Application for Thai-Listed Companies

P Chalermnon, S Vuthisopon, A Saengnoree… - Journal of Ecohumanism, 2024

This study explores the intention to use innovative compliance applications among
Thai-listed companies, focusing on a novel technology introduced to companies
listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). The research employs the …

[PDF] An Empirical Study of Integrating Orff-Schulwerk in Music Classes to Improve College Students' Social Competence in the Post Epidemic Era

Z Cai, K Daoruang, A Posrithong - Journal of Ecohumanism, 2024

As the global epidemic eases, college students face increasing Social-Skills
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[PDF] The Adaptation of Executive Education Programs in Thailand during the COVID-19 Pandemic

T Arriyavat, N Pimpa - Journal of Ecohumanism, 2024

This study explores the factors influencing the management of an executive
education (EE) program in Thailand during COVID-19. The pandemic caused
significant disruption, necessitating a rapid shift to online learning and curriculum …

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Mixed Reality (MR) technology is an innovative technology that has the capability to transform
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Job stress matters: Understanding how job stress moderates the relationship between person-environment fit and innovative work behavior in the Thai food industry

K Phanniphong, K Na-Nan, N Asavanatthakorn - Acta Psychologica, 2024

This study investigates the impact of person-environment fit and job stress on
innovative work behavior within Thailand's food industry. Through a comprehensive
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Finland downgrades MDPI and Frontiers – will others follow suit?

 

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Decision to downgrade 271 journals on quality and operating model concerns sparks debate

December 20, 2024

Jack Grove

Twitter: @jgro_the

Finland is downgrading almost 300 Frontiers and MDPI journals to its lowest rating – a de facto blacklisting move that might soon be replicated in other countries, according to an expert.

Announcing its downgrading of 271 open access journals from January, Finland’s Publication Forum said the decision was the result of a policy set in September that sought to downgrade so-called “grey journals” – which, it says, “make use of the APC (article processing charge) operating model” and “aim to increase the number of publications with the minimum time spend for editorial work and quality assessment”.

At its meeting, the Publishing Forum, known as Jufo in Finnish, which uses discipline-specific expert panels to rate the quality of journals, noted how “one of the most important changes in scientific publishing in Finland is the sharp increase in the number of articles published, especially in MDPI and Frontiers open access journals operating with APC fees”.

“The scientific community’s key concern is whether the costs of open access publishing increase unreasonably, and whether the increase happens at the expense of a thorough quality assessment,” it added.

Among the 271 journals to be downgraded is Frontiers in Cell Development and Biology, which gained attention earlier this year when it published a paper featuring garbled artificial intelligence-created text and a striking picture of rat with a penis twice the size of its body – which was also generated using AI.

The paper, with the rat image widely circulated on social media, was condemned by science integrity expert Elisabeth Bik as a “sad example of how scientific journals, editors and peer reviewers can be naive – or possibly even in the loop – in terms of accepting and publishing AI-generated crap”.

Frontiers

A stem cell research paper published in the journal Frontiers in Cell Development and Biology sparked debate about how the robustness of peer review and how generative Ai was being used to write scientific papers

The decision to downgrade the Frontiers and MDPI journals to zero is the most drastic action taken by a national body against an academic publisher over quality concerns. In June, the Finnish classification body announced it was downgrading 60 journals to its lowest rating, while Norway removed MDPI’s Sustainability from its register of approved journals last year, with Jufo taking similar action.

In March 2023, Clarivate’s Web of Science delisted two journals published by MDPI – including the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, which had published about 17,000 articles in 2022 – as it erased dozens of journals from its influential index.

However, the move by Finland’s Publication Forum might be seen as more controversial because it states that a “publisher’s operating model can be considered in evaluations” – a departure from its previous policy that “each journal is evaluated independently”.

It notes, for instance, that “problems with individual journals, such as MDPI Sustainability, may be due to the operating model of the publisher by which the publisher seeks to increase the volume and rate of publication”.

The ratings are potentially significant in terms of research funding as the Jufo classifications will affect the weighting of publications in the funding model of Finnish universities between 2025 and 2028, with papers published in level zero outlets given less weight than higher-rated ones.

The move comes amid growing concern over quality at Frontiers and MDPI, both headquartered in Switzerland, following rapid expansion in recent years. One MDPI publication, the Journal of Clinical Medicine, published 44 papers in 2017 but 4,367 in 2021, according to analysis by the Grenoble-based economist Paolo Crosetto published last year, which also found that some journals were opening so-called “special issues” at a rate of nine a day.

Mark Hanson, a researcher at the University of Exeter who has researched the rise of MDPI and other open access publishers, said it was “quite possible” that other countries might follow Finland’s lead, with concerns raised about publication practices in Poland, Spain and Italy.

“Scientific bodies in China are thinking about publishing destinations and what guidance they should provide to researchers to maintain a global reputation for research quality,” he added.

However, a spokesperson for Frontiers condemned the move by Finland’s classification body, saying the “decision can only be interpreted as an attack on a publishing model, rather than as an assessment of journal quality”.

“After many years of successful collaboration with the ministry, founded on a common vision of the needed transition to open science, we find ourselves frustrated and bewildered by Jufo’s hasty decision to broadly classify Frontiers as a ‘grey publisher’,” she said, adding: “We communicated in good faith with Jufo, and our concerns about the original decision remain unanswered."

Jufo’s current stance, Frontiers added, was “based on a vague categorisation of ‘operating model’ that overrides individual journal assessment – all downgraded Frontiers journals meet Jufo’s level one criteria when evaluated – and thus gives unjustified preference to those publishers”.

Criticising Jufo’s “biased approach”, Frontiers said it had “received no substantial feedback from Jufo about any Frontiers journal that we can specifically address, which is the core criterion of any evaluation process. Instead, the response points to hearsay, anecdote and discredited lists.

“We will maintain our dialogue with Jufo concerning this decision and ask all concerned researchers to do so as well.”

A MDPI spokesperson said it was “deeply concerned” by Jufo's decision, claiming its “simultaneous downgrade of 271 journals suggests a generalised evaluation process rather than a fair assessment of each journal’s merit”.

“Singling out fully open access publishers appears inconsistent and risks undermining global open access initiatives,” it continued, claiming the move also “conflicts with Finland’s national open access policies, which emphasise immediate access to publicly funded research”.
MDPI, which said it worked with323 Finnish editorial board members across 151 or its 455 journals, urged “ranking systems like Jufo to adopt consistent, transparent, and industry-wide evaluation criteria that account for the evolving diversity of modern academic publishing”.

jack.grove@timeshighereducation.com

Thai Film/Movie Industry Statistics

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Thailand rolls out red carpet with bigger rebates for filmmakers

 Puntid TantivangphaisalPublished: 17:34, 18 December 2024| Updated: 17:34, 18 December 2024

The Thail Cabinet approved an increase in the rebate offered to foreign film productions, raising it to a range of 15 to 30% to attract more international filmmakers to shoot in the country.

This decision, announced by Jirayu Huangsap, spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, is part of a revised strategy to bolster Thailand’s appeal as a filming destination. The primary incentive stands at 15% for an investment of at least 50 million baht in the country while additional benefits can reach up to another 15%, as proposed by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

For investments exceeding 100 million baht, the primary rebate increases to 20%, with total incentives not surpassing 10%. This new scheme is set to take effect from January 1, 2025.

The funds for these rebates will come from the regular budget of the Department of Tourism. Should there be a shortfall, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports will seek additional funding from the annual central budget allocation.

The Cabinet meeting also decided to waive the cap on the maximum rebate per production, which was previously capped at 150 million baht. This change is aimed at accommodating the increasing trend of large-budget international film productions choosing Thailand as a filming location. By doing so, Thailand hopes to enhance its competitiveness in the global film industry.

“This review of measures will significantly impact the revival and stimulation of the Thai economy, spreading income to secondary cities, increasing employment for Thai people, and boosting domestic spending. It directly generates income for communities and citizens, promoting Thailand’s soft power abroad.”

Over the past seven years, from 2017 to 2024, 72 films have participated in the foreign film promotion measures in Thailand, generating a revenue of 16,102 million baht.

Between 2017 and 2022, 52 films have been reimbursed, contributing 9,669 million baht in revenue, with a total rebate of 1,534 million baht. For the years 2023 to 2024, 20 films are currently being shot, with financial documentation under review, expected to generate 6,433 million baht in revenue and approximately 1,310 million baht in rebates.

Through these measures, the government anticipates an additional revenue collection of 20%.

Thailand’s strategic location, diverse scenery, and rich cultural heritage make it an attractive setting for filmmakers worldwide. The increase in rebates is seen as an effort to further capitalise on these strengths, encouraging more international production houses to choose Thailand for their projects.

By doing so, the country not only benefits from the direct economic impact of film production activities but also gains international exposure, potentially boosting its tourism sector.

The government hopes that the revised rebate measures will not only attract more films but also increase local employment and foster the growth of the local film industry.

By creating a more competitive environment for filmmakers, Thailand aims to position itself as a leading destination for film production in Asia.

This move is also expected to stimulate related sectors, such as hospitality and transportation, thereby creating a ripple effect that benefits the broader economy, reported KhaoSod.