Monthly report · May 2025
EVs reached 24.1% of Thailand’s new cars in May 2025, a new high for our series
Fully electric cars made up 24.1% of new passenger cars registered in Thailand in May 2025 (11,827 of 49,028), the highest share since our series began in January 2025.
24.1%
of new passenger cars registered in May were fully electric
EVs registered
11,827
of 49,028 new cars
vs April
+94.1%
more EVs registered
The month in numbers
May 2025, figure by figure
- EVs registered
- 11,827Fully electric passenger cars, new registrations
- All new passenger cars
- 49,028Every new RY.1 car registered, any fuel
- EV share
- 24.1%Nearly 1 in 4 new cars
- EVs vs April
- +94.1%6,092 EVs that month · share 15.0%
- EVs vs May 2024
- —No figures for May 2024: our series begins in January 2025
- January–May 2025
- 42,914EVs so far this year · share 18.4%
- Highest share so far
- 24.1%This month · our series begins in January 2025
- Short of one in three
- 9.2 ptsPercentage points below 33.3%
Every month
The series to May 2025
| Month | EVs | All new cars | EV share | vs prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 · This report | 11,827 | 49,028 | 24.1% | +94.1% |
| Apr 2025 | 6,092 | 40,734 | 15.0% | −19.5% |
| Mar 2025 | 7,570 | 45,741 | 16.5% | +48.7% |
| Feb 2025 | 5,091 | 41,197 | 12.4% | −58.7% |
| Jan 2025 | 12,334 | 55,923 | 22.1% | — |
“vs prev.” is the change in EVs registered on the month before. Every share and change is worked out from the counts, as on /ev-sales, and stands as it was when this report was published.
Best sellers
The best-selling EVs in May 2025
- 01BYD Dolphin1,681 registered
- 02BYD Sealion 71,380 registered
- 03Tesla Model Y1,056 registered
- 04MG4 Electric912 registered
- 05Aion V754 registered
- 06BYD Atto 3746 registered
- 07GWM Ora Good Cat584 registered
- 08Denza D9551 registered
- 09Deepal S07391 registered
- 10Changan Lumin384 registered
Source: DLT first registrations by model (open data), matched to evchu’s catalogue.
By brand
May 2025 by brand
Registrations summed by brand from the 61 models in DLT’s figures by model that evchu matched to its catalogue, 11,645 EVs in all. That is 98.5% of the 11,827 EVs in DLT’s monthly total for May 2025.
Each share is of these models only, not of the whole market.
Movers
The biggest moves from April 2025 to May 2025, among models in both months
From DLT’s figures by model for both months, compared across the 60 models with a count in both. 4 models in only one month are left out: missing from a table is not the same as none registered.
Rose most
Percentages are given where the earlier month had at least 100.