After Welcoming China’s Electric Vehicles, This Country Is Paying the Price NYT - Top Stories By: Sui-Lee Wee · Kittiphum Sringammuang and Nicola Longobardi for The New York Times 16 October 2026 at 10:00 Thailand introduced subsidies and tax cuts to encourage electric vehicle adoption. Now it is trying to recalibrate, alarmed by the threat to its industrial landscape.