For many months, it has been a big question to automotive experts in the region — why is VinFast, a company located in the Southeast Asian region, which can gain obvious benefits from selling to markets within the ASEAN, chosing to sell to the finicky markets in North America and Europe first before selling to their neighbors?
The very first VinFast vehicles, based on BMW platforms, were all left-hand drive. The assembly process, from body stamping to welding and painting, electronics and instrumentation, suspension and handling components, as well as current tooling in the factory, is all geared to left-hand drive. But this will change very soon, because at the Future Mobility Summit held from May 17 to 19th in Bangkok, Thailand, VinFast announced it will be ready to enter the ASEAN market.
During the Vingroup media tour last September, Le Thi Thu Thuy, Vice Chairman of…
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