The Nissan file

• Distributor model Wholly-owned subsidiary. Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is 100% owned by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Yokohama). The company's roots trace to the 1962 JV "Siam Motors and Nissan Co., Ltd." with Siam Motors (the Phornprapha family's conglomerate) — making Nissan the first Japanese automaker to build a plant in Thailand. Nissan progressively took full control during the 2000s, with the JV renamed Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in April 2009 after Renault-Nissan Alliance restructuring. (Wikipedia — Automotive industry in Thailand¹; Siam Motors Group — Nissan Motor Thailand²; Bloomberg profile³)
• Entered Thailand 1962 as Siam Motors and Nissan Co., Ltd. JV. First plant at Soi Srichan, Sukhumvit 67, Bangkok — 120 employees, 4 cars/day initial capacity. Today the same legacy site has expanded to two adjacent plants in Bang Sao Thong, Samut Prakan province, immediately south-east of Bangkok.
• First BEV in TH Nissan LEAF ZE1 — debuted at Motor Expo 2018 (Challenger Hall, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani) on 2018-11-28 at ฿1,990,000 CBU-Japan. Thailand was the first ASEAN market for the 2nd-generation Leaf, ahead of Malaysia (2019) and Singapore. The launch was framed as Nissan's flagship demonstration of "Intelligent Mobility" — but commercial uptake was extremely limited (HeadLightMag's full review was sub-titled "Why Thai customer Leave it on the showroom?"). (HeadLightMag launch⁴; HeadLightMag full review⁵; InsideEVs Doi Inthanon trip 2019⁶)
• Models on sale (May 2026) 1 BEV nameplate — LEAF Minorchange (ZE1 2nd-gen, 40 kWh, CHAdeMO). Single trim. CBU- Japan. Listed on nissan.co.th's product page and ZigWheels TH. No Ariya. No Leaf Mk3. (Nissan TH — Leaf page⁷; ZigWheels — Leaf 2026⁸)
• Models on sale (2026-11-03) None. The Leaf is no longer on nissan.co.th — not in the new-vehicles index, not in the all-model price list, and its product pages return 404. The current Nissan TH lineup is Kicks e-POWER, X-Trail e-POWER, Serena e-POWER, Serena, Almera (incl. Stylish Package), Navara and Terra — no BEV. (Nissan TH price list⁹; Nissan TH new vehicles¹⁰)
• Total current BEV trims on sale (May 2026) 1 — the Leaf Minorchange single trim. By a substantial margin Nissan has the smallest BEV lineup of any major brand active in Thailand, far behind BYD (11+ trims across 6 models), MG (8+ across 4 models), Tesla (5+), BMW (10+), and Zeekr (10 across 3 models).
• Current BEV price band ฿1,590,000 (single trim, no spread) until the Leaf was delisted; none since (delisted by 2026-09-05).
• CKD vs CBU split (May 2026) CBU-Japan only. The Leaf is imported fully-built from Nissan Oppama plant (Yokosuka, Japan). No BEV is currently CKD-assembled in Thailand at either Samut Prakan plant — they manufacture ICE/Navara/Almera/Note/Kicks e-POWER and (from April 2026) the new-generation Kicks e-POWER for export across ASEAN. (MarkLines — Nissan TH e-POWER Bangkok Motor Show 2026¹¹)
• Local plant Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. — Samut Prakan complex (Plant 1 + Plant 2 adjacent in Bang Sao Thong district, Samut Prakan province). Plant 1 (opened 1975) is Nissan's oldest in Thailand and was for decades the primary vehicle-assembly site. Plant 2 (opened 2014) is the newer, larger facility built originally to support the eco-car programme. As part of Nissan's 2025–2026 line-integration restructuring, Plant 1 has ceased vehicle assembly and now houses body, plastic, press shops, and logistics; all car assembly has consolidated into Plant 2. Total combined site capacity: ~370,000 units/yr unverifiedexact current capacity not publicly disclosed post-integration. (Bangkok Post — Nissan commits to Thai production¹²; Nation Thailand — denies factory closure, streamlining¹³; ASEAN Nissan press — line integration¹⁴)
• Battery plant None. No EV battery assembly in Thailand. Nissan announced in May 2025 that it was cancelling a planned US$1 bn+ battery plant as part of global restructuring (location: Kyushu, Japan — not TH). Thai BEV battery packs remain fully imported in the Leaf CBU. (Electrek — Nissan cancels battery plant 2025¹⁵)
• e-POWER investment ฿10.96 billion committed to expanding e-POWER series-hybrid production at Samut Prakan Plant 2, with the all-new Kicks e-POWER (P15 facelift) entering local production April 2026 and debuting at BIMS 2026 as a TH-built export model for ASEAN and beyond. This is Nissan TH's actual electrification strategy — not BEV. (Zigwheels PH — Kicks e-POWER TH production¹⁶; MarkLines — new e-POWER model BIMS 2026¹¹)
• Showrooms (May 2026) 257 authorised Nissan dealers across 168 cities in Thailand, plus 144 service centres across 118 cities (ZigWheels directory data). Major dealer groups include Siam Nissan Body & Service (legacy Phornprapha family), Siam Nissan Automobile, plus the Nissan Retail Concept – NEXT new-store format (first TH NEXT showroom opened 2024, Bangkok; first Northeast Thailand NEXT store opened 2025). All dealers carry the full Nissan lineup; EV-certified dealers are a subset unverifiedcount — Nissan TH does not publish a separate EV-dealer list. (ZigWheels — Nissan TH dealers¹⁷; ZigWheels — service centres¹⁸; 9CarThai — Nissan dealers all¹⁹; Nissan ASEAN press — NEXT Bangkok 2024²⁰)
• Sales context Nissan Thailand's total passenger-vehicle sales have declined sharply through 2024–2025 amid Chinese-brand pressure and ageing lineup. Specific BEV sales (Leaf) are unpublished but estimated at <50 units/year based on DLT registration data and HeadLightMag's commentary that the Leaf "sits on the showroom floor" — a structural contrast to BYD Atto 3's ~10,000-unit annual peak unverifiedspecific Leaf registration count. Nissan won 4 of the Car of the Year 2026 awards — but all 4 were for e-POWER models (Kicks, X-Trail, Serena), not the Leaf. (Nissan ASEAN — COTY 2026²¹)

The 2025–2026 Leaf Mk3 question is unresolved. Globally the all-new 3rd-generation Leaf (June 2025 reveal, CMF-EV platform shared with Ariya, ~75 kWh battery, ~600 km WLTP) is a wholesale reset for the nameplate — but Nissan's launch communication explicitly confirmed only Europe, North America, and Japan as initial markets. No Thai-spec Mk3 Leaf has been announced as of May 2026. The Mk3 would require CCS2 retrofit (it ships with CCS2 globally and adds NACS support in North America). If Nissan TH does eventually bring the Mk3, it would likely replace the ZE1 Minorchange rather than supplement it — but for now the ZE1 remains the sole BEV on the price list.

Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is the in-country sales, marketing, distribution, and aftersales subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Yokohama). Headquartered in Bangkok. The President of Nissan Motor Thailand as of May 2026 is unverifiedNissan TH does not prominently publish the current MD/President on the public site. The company traces its roots to the 1962 JV with Siam Motors (the Phornprapha family conglomerate that also owns Siam Toyota, KIA Thailand, Siam Hitachi, etc.) — at founding it was Siam Motors and Nissan Co., Ltd., a 50:50 JV with Siam Motors distributing and Nissan supplying CKD kits. Renault-Nissan Alliance formation in 1999 began the gradual unwinding; by April 2009 the JV was rebranded Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. with full Nissan operational control, although Siam Motors retains a residual dealer network presence through Siam Nissan dealers.

Unlike BMW (vertically-integrated subsidiary + own plant), BYD (third-party distributor Rêver Automotive), or Mercedes (subsidiary

• third-party CKD via TAAP), Nissan Thailand is a direct subsidiary that also owns its CKD plants — the closest comparator is Toyota Motor Thailand or Honda Automobile Thailand, both also wholly- owned manufacturer-subsidiaries with in-house plants. This vertical integration was unusual in 1962 but standard for the Big Three Japanese OEMs by the 1990s.

Corporate structure#

Comparative distribution model#

Manufacturing — Nissan Samut Prakan complex#

• Site: Soi Srichan / Theparak Road, Bang Sao Thong district, Samut Prakan province, ~25 km south-east of central Bangkok. Two adjacent plants on the same site.
• Plant 1 — opened 1975 (originally relocated/expanded from the 1962 Soi Srichan site). Historically the primary vehicle assembly facility for Navara, Almera, March, Note, Sunny, Sentra, X-Trail, Teana. As of 2025, ceased vehicle assembly and converted to body / plastic / press / logistics. (Nation Thailand — line integration¹³)
• Plant 2 — opened 2014. Newer expansion site, built originally for the Eco-Car Phase II programme. All vehicle assembly is now consolidated here post-2025 line-integration. Produces Almera, Navara, Note, Kicks e-POWER, and (from April 2026) the new- generation Kicks e-POWER for ASEAN export. (Zigwheels PH — Kicks production launch¹⁶)
• Owner: Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. — 100 % Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Models historically CKD-assembled: Bluebird (1962–90s), Sunny, Sentra, Cefiro, Teana, March, Almera, Note, Navara, Frontier, Sylphy, Pulsar, X-Trail, Kicks (P15, e-POWER), Leaf [Leaf was NOT CKD-assembled in Thailand — confirmed CBU-Japan throughout the ZE1 lifecycle].
• First BEV model assembled (CKD): None. No Nissan BEV has ever been CKD-assembled in Thailand. This contrasts sharply with Toyota (bZ4X plans), Honda (e:N1 CKD), and the Chinese brands (BYD, MG, GWM, Neta, GAC Aion — all CKD in TH).
• Annual output (post-integration): ~150,000–200,000 vehicles/ year combined unverifiedNissan does not publicly disclose post-restructuring Samut Prakan unit volume; pre-2025 capacity was ~370,000 across both plants.
• Battery plant: None. Globally Nissan cancelled its US$1bn+ battery plant project in May 2025 (Kyushu, Japan). No battery assembly is planned for Thailand. Leaf CBU includes the fully-imported 40 kWh battery pack from Japan.

Showrooms / service / parts#

Nissan Thailand has by far the largest service footprint of any BEV-selling brand in the country — 257 dealers vs ~29 for BMW, ~24 for Tesla, ~46 for BYD via Rêver. This is the legacy moat Nissan inherits from 60+ years of ICE-market presence. The trade-off: very few of those 257 dealers are EV-fluent. Siam Motors Group dealers (legacy Phornprapha-family franchise) dominate the southern provinces and Isan; Yontrakit Group has strong Bangkok central presence; Greenwich Auto covers Chiang Mai north. The Nissan Retail Concept – NEXT programme (launched 2024) is Nissan's global showroom refresh — modular interior, digital configurators, EV-charge demo bays — currently rolled out to a handful of flagship stores with full ASEAN rollout planned through 2027 unverifiedspecific TH NEXT-store count.

Charging network partnerships#

• PEA Volta / PEA Volta Verse — Nissan signed an MoU with the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) for joint EV charging service development, focused on PEA Volta Verse (the PEA's public-charging app). Target was 263 PEA charging touchpoints by end-2023 across highways, secondary routes, and tourist areas. Nissan supplies Leaf data + co-research; PEA operates the charging hardware. This is Nissan TH's only formal charging partnership. (Nissan ASEAN — PEA MoU²⁴; ETN News coverage²⁵)
• CHAdeMO connector availability — the Leaf is the only current TH-market BEV that requires CHAdeMO. CHAdeMO-equipped public DC fast-chargers in TH are a shrinking subset, available at EleX by EGAT (some stations dual-port CCS2 + CHAdeMO), PEA Volta (some stations), and a handful of legacy stations. Newer networks (Sharge, EVolt, EA Anywhere / EleX partner sites, EV Station PluZ by OR) are typically CCS2-only — meaning Leaf owners have meaningfully fewer fast-charge options than CCS2 EV owners. unverifiedexact count of CHAdeMO public chargers in TH as of May 2026; estimated 100–200 across the country versus 3,000+ CCS2 ports.
• No home wallbox partnership — Nissan TH does not bundle a home wallbox with Leaf purchase (a notable gap versus BMW's free 11 kW Wallbox, Mercedes's MBSP charger, BYD's home charger included). Buyers source third-party hardware. unverifiedmay have changed; not confirmed on May 2026 Nissan TH offers page.

Warranty terms (Nissan Leaf TH)#

• Vehicle warranty: 3 years / 100,000 km (one of the shortest in the segment — BMW gives 4 yrs, Volvo gives 5 yrs, BYD gives 6 yrs vehicle warranty in TH).
• High-voltage battery warranty: 8 years / 160,000 km (industry-standard; covers capacity loss below 9 of 12 bars on the dashboard battery-state-of-health gauge).
• EV system warranty: 5 years / 100,000 km (motor, inverter, on-board charger, BMS).
• Roadside assistance: 3 years (matches vehicle warranty).
• Wallbox warranty: N/A — no wallbox bundled with the Leaf purchase.

Sources for warranty + ownership package: HeadLightMag — official launch 2018⁴; HeadLightMag — Minorchange 2023²⁶; Autolifethailand — Minorchange 2023²⁷

unverifiedcurrent TH-market warranty terms may have been extended; the above reflect 2018 launch + 2023 Minorchange disclosures, not confirmed for May 2026 carryover

Nissan's flagship BEV — and globally the best-selling EV of all time until 2020 (when overtaken by Tesla Model 3 cumulative sales). The Leaf is a C-segment 5-door hatchback on the dedicated Leaf platform shared with the original 2010 1st-generation Leaf. The 2nd-generation ZE1 was introduced globally in 2017 (TH: 2018), received a mid-life Minorchange facelift in 2023 that updated the V-Motion grille, LED lighting, and infotainment, and continues to be sold in Thailand through May 2026 as the only Nissan BEV available. It was delisted from Nissan Thailand's sites between 2026-07-16 and 2026-09-05 and is recorded as discontinued (see "Discontinuation evidence" below).

The Leaf competes directly against the BYD Atto 3 (LFP, more range, ~฿700k less), MG ES (~฿700k less), GWM Ora 03 (~฿700k less), and at the upper end the MG4 Long Range (~฿500k less). At its current price point, it has effectively no defensible competitive advantage other than the Nissan service network — the platform is 8+ years old, the battery (40 kWh) is half the size of mainstream 2026 BEVs, the CHAdeMO connector is an orphan standard, and the range (311 km NEDC, ~250 km real-world) is below the segment.

Lineage & platform#

• Generation: ZE1 — 2nd generation, global debut 2017-09, Thailand launch 2018-11-28. Minorchange (facelift) globally launched 2022-09, TH-spec Minorchange launched 2023-08-09.
• Platform: Nissan EV Platform (dedicated, derived from Renault-Nissan B-platform) — predecessor to the modern CMF-EV platform that underpins the Ariya and the 3rd-generation Leaf Mk3.
• Shared with: No other current Nissan model — the ZE1 platform is Leaf-exclusive globally.
• Architecture: 400 V
• Battery technology: AESC NMC pouch cells (Automotive Energy Supply Corp — Nissan's original battery JV with NEC; now owned by Envision AESC Group). 40 kWh gross / ~37 kWh usable. Air-cooled (no liquid cooling — a known limitation in hot Thai climate, can lead to charge-rate throttling and faster long-term degradation).
• Origin (TH): CBU-Japan — built at Nissan Oppama Plant, Yokosuka, Kanagawa.

Lineup events / timeline#

Trims#

Leaf Minorchange — leaf (single trim, MY2024–2026 carryover) — discontinued (off Nissan TH's sites by 2026-09-05; last list price ฿1,590,000)

Discontinuation evidence (checked 2026-11-03)

Each URL was checked once on 2026-11-03; archive captures are from the Wayback Machine CDX index.

Not evidence of sale: both pages above still embed a price JSON with a new-leaf entry at 1,590,000 (Updated_On 2026-10-08) and a leaf entry at 1,990,000. The same JSON also carries long-dead nameplates (pulsar, teana, sylphy, juke, march, nv350-urvan, test-gt-r), all stamped in the same 2026-10-08 14:37 refresh, so it is a legacy pricing catalogue, not the lineup. ZigWheels / Checkraka kept quoting ฿1,590,000 (Zigwheels to 2026-10-26) — aggregators, leads only.

The Wayback CDX index has no nissan.co.th / en.nissan.co.th HTML capture between 2026-07-17 and 2026-09-04, so the end of sale cannot be narrowed further from archives. The discontinued date is therefore 2026-09-05, the first capture without the Leaf (fact-check pass 2026-11-03; the first pass had dated it 2026-11-03, the live check).

Not found: a Nissan Thailand press release or any Thai trade-press article on the end of Leaf sales (searched 2026-11-03). Dealer stock may remain. If a dated statement surfaces, replace the 2026-09-05 discontinued date with it.

Standard equipment (Leaf Minorchange)

• V-Motion front grille (Minorchange redesign — blank closed panel with chrome accent)
• Full-LED headlamps with auto high-beam assist + LED DRL + LED fog
• 8-inch touchscreen infotainment with Apple CarPlay (wired) and Android Auto (wired)
• 7-inch digital cluster (TFT) + analogue speedometer hybrid
• Around View Monitor (AVM) — Nissan's 360° camera system
• ProPILOT Level 2 ADAS — Intelligent Cruise Control + Steering Assist (single-lane only, not multi-lane like Tesla AP)
• Intelligent Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection
• Intelligent Lane Intervention (active lane-keep)
• Intelligent Driver Alertness (drowsiness alert)
• Blind Spot Warning + Rear Cross Traffic Alert
• e-Pedal — one-pedal driving mode (regen up to 0.2g, full stop)
• Synthetic-leather seats with 6-way manual driver / 4-way manual passenger to checkif heated
• Climate control — automatic single-zone
• Heat pump — unverifiedNissan ZE1 Minorchange globally offered heat pump as standard in cold-climate markets; TH-spec may have it deleted given no cold-climate use case
• Wireless smartphone charging pad — unverifiedTH spec
• 6.6 kW Mode 3 AC charging cable (Type 2) — included
• CHAdeMO DC charging — supported (cable purchased separately or accessed at public chargers)

Distinctive features (vs the global Leaf e+ 62 kWh, NOT sold in TH)

• 40 kWh battery, not 62 kWh — Thailand never received the Leaf e+ variant (also known as Leaf Plus / Leaf 62 kWh) with the larger 62 kWh battery and 215 km / 217 hp powertrain. Only the base 40 kWh spec has ever been sold in TH.
• CHAdeMO — the global Leaf supports CHAdeMO worldwide; in markets like Europe and North America there are large CHAdeMO networks; in Thailand CHAdeMO is rare and shrinking.
• No e-4ORCE AWD — TH only ever received the single-motor FWD spec; no AWD or rear-motor option.

Colors (Leaf Minorchange TH)#

unverifiedNissan TH does not publicly publish the full color palette for the Leaf Minorchange. Below is the derived global ZE1 Minorchange palette

Versus competitors#

Sources#

• 42Nissan TH — Leaf product page (TH) — 404 on 2026-11-03; archived 2026-07-16³⁵nissan.co.th
• 7Nissan TH — Leaf product page (EN) — 404 on 2026-11-033 Nov 2026 · en.nissan.co.th
• 41Nissan TH — Leaf specifications — 404 on 2026-11-033 Nov 2026 · nissan.co.th
• 9Nissan TH — all-model price list — no Leaf on 2026-11-03; archived 2026-06-06 with Leaf³⁴nissan.co.th
• 10Nissan TH — new vehicles index — no Leaf on 2026-11-03; archived 2026-05-19 with Leaf³³nissan.co.th
• Nissan TH site menu without the Leaf (archive.org): en.nissan.co.th 2026-09-05³⁶; nissan.co.th 2026-09-21³⁸; nissan.co.th homepage 2026-10-25³⁹
• 4HeadLightMag — Leaf official launch 2018headlightmag.com
• 29HeadLightMag — Leaf special price 2020headlightmag.com
• 26HeadLightMag — Leaf Minorchange 2023headlightmag.com
• 5HeadLightMag — Leaf full review 2019headlightmag.com
• 27Autolifethailand — Leaf Minorchange 2023autolifethailand.tv
• 44Car250 — Leaf Minorchange 2023car250.com
• 45AutoStation — Leaf 2023 minor changeautostation.com
• 28Sanook — Leaf 2019 launchsanook.com
• 46Kapook — Leaf 2019 at Motor Expo 2018car.kapook.com
• 6InsideEVs — Leaf Doi Inthanon trip 2019insideevs.com
• 8ZigWheels TH — Leaf 2026zigwheels.co.th
• 47ZigWheels TH — Leaf 2025 specszigwheels.co.th
• 48Wikipedia — Nissan Leafen.wikipedia.org
• 49EV-Database — Nissan Leaf 40 kWh (global ZE1 40 kWh)ev-database.org

Verification matrix#

The Nissan Ariya (D-segment electric crossover, CMF-EV platform, 2022 global launch) is Nissan's premium BEV — a 5-seat crossover positioned against the Volkswagen ID.4, Tesla Model Y, BMW iX1, Mercedes EQA, Toyota bZ4X, and Hyundai Ioniq 5. It has never been launched in Thailand.

Status#

• Global launch: 2022-06 (Japan first), 2022-09 (Europe), 2023-01 (North America).
• ASEAN launch: Hong Kong + Singapore (CBU-Japan, 2024–2025). No production ASEAN market has received the Ariya through May 2026. (Wikipedia — Nissan Ariya⁵⁰)
• Thailand status: Not on sale. Not announced. The closest Nissan came was displaying the Hyper Tourer concept (electric autonomous minivan, not a production Ariya) at BIMS 2024 (45th Bangkok International Motor Show, 2024-03-27 to 2024-04-07, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani). Thailand was the first market outside Japan to see the Hyper Tourer — but no production Ariya has followed. (Nissan ASEAN press — Hyper Tourer BIMS 2024⁵¹; Nissan TH news — Hyper Tourer⁵²)
• Pre-2022 Thai-media speculation: In 2022, Car2Day and other Thai automotive outlets reported the Ariya was "coming to Thailand in 2022 with up to 610 km range" — based on Nissan ASEAN soft- launch statements at the time. The Ariya did not actually launch in TH in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025. (Car2Day 2022 speculation⁵³; Autolifethailand 2022 preview⁵⁴)
• 2026 outlook: Globally, 2025 was the final US model year for the Ariya, with Nissan pausing 2026 MY production amid the broader EV strategy retrenchment. This makes a Thai launch increasingly unlikely in the near term. Nissan's stated TH pipeline (5 new models 2025–2027) is e-POWER-focused, not BEV. (Recharged.com — Ariya price forecast 2026⁵⁵; MarkLines — Nissan TH HEV focus⁵⁶)

Verification matrix#

• Leaf TH sales: Not separately disclosed by Nissan TH or DLT monthly registrations. HeadLightMag's 2019 full review headlined "Why Thai customer Leave it on the showroom?" — capturing the commercial reality that the Leaf has been a marketing exercise more than a volume product in TH. Estimated <50 units/year through the ZE1 lifecycle unverified.
• Notable reviews:
  • 5HeadLightMag Full Review 2019 — exhaustive Thai-language review of the ZE1; commercially critical.headlightmag.com
  • 6InsideEVs — Doi Inthanon trip 2019 — Nissan TH's marketing stunt taking a fleet of Leafs to Thailand's highest mountain peak (Doi Inthanon) to demonstrate range + climbing ability.insideevs.com
  • 27Autolifethailand Minorchange 2023 — facelift coverage with full spec table.autolifethailand.tv
• Known incidents / recalls: No major Thai-market Leaf recalls publicly disclosed. Globally the ZE1 has had battery-degradation controversies (the air-cooled pack degrades faster than liquid- cooled competitors in hot climates — a structural concern for Thai owners) but no formal recall. unverifiedneeds Thai DLT recall data.
• Pantip / customer feedback: Pantip threads on the Leaf are notably sparse compared to BYD / MG / Tesla — reflecting the Leaf's small TH owner base. The dominant Pantip narrative is "Nissan should have brought the Leaf e+ 62 kWh" plus "CHAdeMO is becoming a problem for fast-charging". unverified.