Prime Minister Anutin drove his personal electric vehicle to work at the Government House for the second day, calling an urgent special economic cabinet meeting to resolve the energy crisis after oil prices rose by 6 baht per liter.
At 10:11 a.m. on 26 Mar 2026 GMT+7 at the Government House, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrived to carry out his duties at the Thai Khu Fah Building. On the same day, he drove his personal dark gray BYD Sealion 7 electric car with red license plates, registration ฎ 9798 Bangkok, to work for the second day.
Immediately after the Prime Minister stepped out of the car, reporters tried to ask about the 6-baht-per-liter oil price increase, but he did not respond, only raising his hands in a wai greeting to the media before entering the Thai Khu Fah Building to work.
Shortly afterward, several ministers and related officials joined the meeting, including Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anek Niti Thantipaprasert, Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob, Minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office Pradorn Prisananantakul, Secretary-General of the National Economic and Social Development Council Danucha Pichayanan, and Secretary-General of the Council of State Pakorn Nilprapunt.
At 11:00 a.m., Prime Minister Anutin convened a special economic cabinet meeting in the Green Room of the Thai Khu Fah Building to discuss solutions to the energy crisis caused by the conflict in the Middle East and following the 6-baht-per-liter oil price hike.
