Six electric models on sale in Thailand
Front rowUT ฿549,900Y Plus ฿769,900ES ฿846,000Back rowV ฿869,900Hyptec HT ฿1,199,000Hyptec SSR ฿7,999,000
Aion electric cars in Thailand.
Builds the UT, Y Plus and V in Thailand.Six models on sale, ฿549,900 to ฿8,999,000, across hatchbacks, SUVs, sedans and other types. #4 of 47 brands in DLT first registrations, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026: 9% of every battery-electric passenger car registered.
On sale
6 models
12 trims
From
฿549,900
to ฿8,999,000
DLT registrations
#4 of 47
9% of battery-EV first registrations, 12 months to October 2026
In Thailand since
2023
28 Jun 2023
Built in Thailand
Rayong
Builds the UT, Y Plus and V
The range
Six models, ฿549,900 to ฿8,999,000. One hatchback, three SUVs, one sedan and one other.
One price ruler for the whole range, cheapest trim to dearest. The best evchu Score in it is the Hyptec HT 620 Premium at 65, joint #16 of 234 scored trims on sale.
hatchbacks1
SUVs3
sedans1
other types1
Aion in Thailand
Top five: #4 of 47 brands in Thai EV registrations. 9% of battery EVs first registered Nov 2025 – Oct 2026.
18,669
Aion battery EVs first registered, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. On the 12 months published in both years, registrations rose 83%.
#4 of 47
brands ranked by DLT first registrations over the same 12 months.
9%
of all 207,226 battery EVs the DLT recorded in those months.
Oct 20261,235 Aion7.2% of 17,265 battery EVs
Source: DLT first registrations, September 2023 – October 2026. Battery-EV totals: DLT fuel-type figures. Monthly figures swing from month to month; compare 12-month totals.
By model, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
Calendar years
- 20238812 months
- 20244,12712 months
- 202511,969 · 10.1% of 118,722 BEVs12 months
- 202616,238 · 8.9% of 182,681 BEVs10 of 12 months
Months the DLT did not publish are left out, not counted as zero. Battery-EV totals exist from January 2025.
Built in Thailand
Rayong
The price story
Two cuts and no rises we can confirm. Since the Y Plus arrived in September 2023.
List prices only. A price counts once our price checks have seen it on two different days, or when the research file dates it with a source; launch offers and campaign prices are kept apart. 11 recorded moves did not pass and are listed at the end.
2
List-price cuts
5
Model launches
11
Held back
9 Sep2023
Y Plus arrives at ฿1,069,900date from the research file
20 Oct2023
Y Plus · First price cut — 490 Elite ฿1,069,900 → ฿969,900 (−฿100k). 8-yr / 200k-km battery, free home charger, registration, 1-yr insurance.−฿100,000Research fileSources: Autolifethailand
29 Nov2023
ES arrives at ฿850,000date from the research file
19 Sep2024
Hyptec HT arrives at ฿1,449,000date from the research file
28 Nov2024
V arrives at ฿1,029,900date from the research file
Y Plus 410 Premium−฿90,000฿859,900 (recorded 25 Mar 2024) → ฿769,900
Y Plus 490 Premium−฿120,000฿949,900 (recorded 25 Mar 2024) → ฿829,900
24 Jun2025
UT arrives at ฿519,900date from the research file
Todaychecked 12 Nov 2026
฿549,900 to ฿8,999,000 across 12 trims on saleEach dot is a model's cheapest trim.
Prices from evchu's price records: dated prices from the research file, then our price checks. Dashed: two prices far apart on record, with no date for the move itself. Ringed: the research file's own account.
What we left out
11 recorded moves did not pass our checks: they stay in evchu's records, flagged, and are not counted above. We also hold 28 campaign prices, kept apart from list prices.
- 3on trims no longer sold
- 2an open question in the research file
- 5not in the research file's dated rows
- 1seen only after a gap
evchu’s take · Buy or wait, today
Buy now on 3 models.
- ESBuy now
Buy before 01 Jan 2027 — import excise set to rise. Excise on imported EVs is set to rise from 10% to 35% on 01 Jan 2027, and this car is imported. How much of the rise reaches the price is not known; passed on in full it would add up to ฿378,000.
- Hyptec HTBuy now
Buy before 01 Jan 2027 — import excise set to rise. Excise on imported EVs is set to rise from 10% to 35% on 01 Jan 2027, and this car is imported. How much of the rise reaches the price is not known; passed on in full it would add up to ฿536,000.
- Hyptec SSRBuy now
Buy before 01 Jan 2027 — import excise set to rise. Excise on imported EVs is set to rise from 10% to 35% on 01 Jan 2027, and this car is imported. How much of the rise reaches the price is not known; passed on in full it would add up to ฿3,577,000.
Then: Monitor on the other three.
The verdict reads the cheapest trim's list-price history, announced facelifts and policy changes. Monitor means no reason to wait and no deal to rush: buy when you're ready.
Buy-or-wait calls for every EV →Owning one
Owning an Aion. Sold by GAC AION Thailand.
Warranty, part by part.
Drawn to scale, in years. Sources: Paultan, car250.com, Headlightmag
Sold and serviced by
Who owns it
GAC Group (Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.) — GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. is the wholly-owned NEV subsidiary; Hyptec (formerly Hyper) is the premium sub-brand, merged into a single business unit Dec 2025
Showrooms
~59 sales outlets + 25 charging stations as of late 2025; 80-store target by end-2025 per GAC's "Thailand Action Plan". Not yet confirmed by a primary source
In Thailand since
2023Distributor MOU 28 Jun 2023; brand launch + Aion Y Plus debut 9 Sep 2023; Rayong plant opened 17 Jul 2024
not yet confirmed by a primary source
What’s next
What’s next for Aion. One dated event and a tax change on imported EVs.
Dec 2026
UT CROSS (raised +20 mm, 17″ wheels, roof rails) to debut in Thailand at Motor Expo 2026. BEV, no Thai price or spec sheet yet
Dated in the research file.Research file · Read the section →
Policy · from 1 Jan 2027
Cabinet approves 35% excise on imported EVs from 1 January 2027
- ES · imported fully built from China
- Hyptec SSR · imported fully built from China
Source: thaipbs.or.th
Stories
Aion in evchu’s market reports. The latest 3.
The research behind this page
Research file · researched 27 May 2026 · updated 12 November 2026
The Aion file.
“GAC Aion sits in a distinctive structural position in Thailand's EV market: it is the first Chinese EV brand to enter Thailand with a luxury sub-brand (Hyptec / formerly Hyper) alongside its mass-market line, and the second Chinese-EV brand to localise production (after BYD Rayong, before Changan and just before GWM Ora 5 EV CKD).”From the file’s opening
10,263words · 45 min
154linked sources
12sections
72checked facts
57verified✓9partly◐6still unverified✗
Open the Aion fileInsideLength
- At a glance
- Distribution & business
- Aion Y Plus — compact electric SUV (volume model)
- Aion ES — D-segment electric sedan (taxi-leaning)
- Aion V — mid-size electric SUV (2nd generation)
- Aion UT — compact electric hatchback (BYD Dolphin rival)
- Hyptec HT — premium electric SUV (gull-wing)
- Hyptec SSR — electric supercar
- Models not covered in this file (mentioned for context)
- Cross-model lineup history
- Sales / market position
- All sources
Questions
Asked about Aion.
Which Aion EVs are sold in Thailand?
Aion has 6 EVs on sale in Thailand. From-prices: UT ฿549,900 · Y Plus ฿769,900 · ES ฿846,000 · V ฿869,900 · Hyptec HT ฿1,199,000 · Hyptec SSR ฿7,999,000.
What is the cheapest Aion EV in Thailand?
The UT, from ฿549,900, is the Aion EV with the lowest starting price in Thailand right now.
Who sells Aion cars in Thailand?
Aion is distributed in Thailand by Aion Automobile Sales (Thailand) Co., Ltd. — multi-distributor model with Gold Integrate (lead), Sharich Holding/AIONIC AUTO, V Group, and Harmony Group as authorised distributors.
How many Aion EVs have been registered in Thailand?
According to the Department of Land Transport's new-registration statistics, 32,422 of the Aion EVs sold in Thailand were registered between September 2023 and October 2026. The most registered is the UT (10,723).
Prices checked 12 November 2026 · Aion research file, researched 27 May 2026