Seven electric models on sale in Thailand
Front rowiX1 ฿2,499,000iX2 ฿3,399,000i5 ฿3,499,000Middle rowiX3 ฿3,599,000i4 ฿3,789,000Back rowiX ฿5,999,000i7 ฿6,999,000Front rowiX1 ฿2,499,000iX2 ฿3,399,000i5 ฿3,499,000iX3 ฿3,599,000Back rowi4 ฿3,789,000iX ฿5,999,000i7 ฿6,999,000
BMW electric cars in Thailand.
Builds the i5 in Thailand.Seven models on sale, ฿2,499,000 to ฿7,599,000, across SUVs and sedans. #15 of 47 brands in DLT first registrations, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026.
On sale
7 models
11 trims
From
฿2,499,000
to ฿7,599,000
DLT registrations
#15 of 47
1,472 first registrations, 12 months to October 2026
In Thailand since
1998
Built in Thailand
Rayong
Builds the i5
The range
Seven models, ฿2,499,000 to ฿7,599,000. Four SUVs and three sedans.
One price ruler for the whole range, cheapest trim to dearest. The best evchu Score in it is the iX3 50 xDrive M Sport at 65, joint #16 of 234 scored trims on sale.
SUVs4
sedans3
BMW in Thailand
#15 of 47 brands in Thai EV registrations. 1,472 battery EVs first registered Nov 2025 – Oct 2026.
1,472
BMW battery EVs first registered, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. On the 12 months published in both years, registrations rose 23%.
#15 of 47
brands ranked by DLT first registrations over the same 12 months.
5,705
first registrations in all, Jan 2022 – Oct 2026.
Oct 202686 BMW0.5% of 17,265 battery EVs
Source: DLT first registrations, January 2022 – 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
- 202230912 months
- 20231,39712 months
- 20241,48012 months
- 20251,261 · 1.1% of 118,722 BEVs12 months
- 20261,258 · 0.7% 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
BMW Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. — Plant Rayong, Amata City Industrial Estate, Rayong province. Opened 2000, expanded multiple times.
From the research file.
The price story
No list-price move we can confirm. 9 recorded; none passed our checks.
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. 9 recorded moves did not pass and are listed at the end.
What we left out
9 recorded moves did not pass our checks: they stay in evchu's records, flagged, and are not counted above. We also hold 7 campaign prices, kept apart from list prices.
- 6on trims no longer sold
- 2the research file contradicts it
- 1an open question in the research file
evchu’s take · Buy or wait, today
Buy now on 6 models.
- iX1Buy 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 ฿1,117,000.
- iX2Buy 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 ฿1,520,000.
- iX3Buy 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 ฿1,609,000.
- i4Buy now
Buy before 01 Jan 2027 — import excise set to rise.
- iXBuy 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 ฿2,682,000.
- i7Buy 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 ฿3,130,000.
Then: Monitor on the other one.
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 a BMW. Sold by BMW Thailand.
Four years on the car, eight on the battery.
Drawn to scale, in years. Sources: Autolifethailand, BMW Press, bmw.co.th, HeadLightMag
Sold and serviced by
Who owns it
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW AG / BMW Group), Munich — also owns MINI and Rolls-Royce
Showrooms
~29 BMW dealers plus 8 BMW M Certified Showrooms (sub-brand M-focused outlets), per BMW Group Thailand's 2025 dealer expansion plan (from 28 BMW + 5 M in 2024). 20+ cities covered. Major dealer groups include Performance Motors, BMW Millennium Auto, Master Group, Barcelona Motors, Phranakorn Auto Sales.
In Thailand since
1998BMW (Thailand) Co., Ltd. founded 1998 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMW Group, replacing prior third-party distribution. BMW Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Plant Rayong opened 2000 — initially 3 Series, expanded through 2 / 5 / 7 / X1 / X3 / X5 / X6 / X7. First BEV (iX xDrive50) launched 15 Jun 2021; first locally-assembled BEV (i5 eDrive40 M Sport CKD) launched 2025.
What’s next
What’s next for BMW. A tax change on imported EVs.
Policy · from 1 Jan 2027
Cabinet approves 35% excise on imported EVs from 1 January 2027
- iX1 · imported fully built from China
- iX2 · imported fully built from Germany
- iX3 · imported fully built from Hungary
- i4 · imported fully built from Germany
- iX · imported fully built from Germany
- i7 · imported fully built from Germany
Source: thaipbs.or.th
Stories
3 evchu stories about BMW. All of them.
The research behind this page
Research file · researched 14 May 2026 · updated 12 November 2026
The BMW file.
“BMW occupies a distinctive position in Thailand's premium BEV market that differs structurally from both Chinese price-leaders (BYD / GWM / Aion) and from Mercedes-Benz.”From the file’s opening
20,184words · 88 min
126linked sources
14sections
170checked facts
127verified✓25partly◐18still unverified✗
Open the BMW fileInsideLength
- At a glance
- Distribution & business
- i4 Gran Coupé — D-segment electric fastback (G26)
- i5 Saloon — E-segment electric sedan (G60)
- i7 Saloon — F-segment electric luxury flagship (G70, LCI since 2026-10-28)
- iX — full-size luxury electric SUV (I20; LCI on sale in TH since 2025-11-28)
- iX1 L — compact electric SUV (U11, long-wheelbase) — Asia-exclusive variant
- iX2 — compact electric coupé-SUV (U10) — on sale since 2024-02-02
- iX3 50 xDrive M Sport — Neue Klasse compact-mid SUV (NA5) — first 800 V BMW in ASEAN
- Discontinued / no-longer-on-sale BMW BEVs in Thailand
- Cross-model lineup history
- Sales / market position
- All sources
- Cross-cutting verification matrix
Questions
Asked about BMW.
Which BMW EVs are sold in Thailand?
BMW has 7 EVs on sale in Thailand. From-prices: iX1 ฿2,499,000 · iX2 ฿3,399,000 · i5 ฿3,499,000 · iX3 ฿3,599,000 · i4 ฿3,789,000 · iX ฿5,999,000 · i7 ฿6,999,000.
What is the cheapest BMW EV in Thailand?
The iX1, from ฿2,499,000, is the BMW EV with the lowest starting price in Thailand right now.
Who sells BMW cars in Thailand?
BMW is distributed in Thailand by BMW (Thailand) Co., Ltd. — wholly-owned BMW Group AG subsidiary since 1998. CKD assembly through BMW Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. at Plant Rayong (since 2000), BMW Group's third BEV-capable plant globally.
How many BMW EVs have been registered in Thailand?
According to the Department of Land Transport's new-registration statistics, 5,705 of the BMW EVs sold in Thailand were registered between January 2022 and October 2026. The most registered is the iX3 (2,354).
Prices checked 12 November 2026 · BMW research file, researched 14 May 2026