A People's Party deputy leader argues that raising excise tax on imported BEVs (from 10% to at least 30%, per the EV board's direction) is not enough to revive Thai car production. He proposes direct Local Content measures: tighter verification of self-declared local content for subsidised EV makers (about 25,000 million baht paid under EV 3.0–3.5, roughly 200,000 cars owed), counting R&D and new-tech investment, funding skills, and support for SME Tier 2–3 suppliers. This is an opinion post, not a policy decision. For auto-parts SMEs, the practical signal is that the EV tax change is being debated and the local-content rules may shift.