Monthly report · January 2026
Nearly half of new cars in Thailand were electric in January 2026
Fully electric cars made up 47.5% of new passenger cars registered in Thailand in January 2026 (40,465 of 85,100), the highest share since our series began in January 2025; January tends to run high, as many year-end sales are registered after New Year.
47.5%
of new passenger cars registered in January were fully electric
EVs registered
40,465
of 85,100 new cars
vs January 2025
+228.1%
more EVs registered
The month in numbers
January 2026, figure by figure
- EVs registered
- 40,465Fully electric passenger cars, new registrations
- All new passenger cars
- 85,100Every new RY.1 car registered, any fuel
- EV share
- 47.5%Nearly half of new cars
- EVs vs December 2025
- +185.1%14,194 EVs that month · share 36.6%
- EVs vs January 2025
- +228.1%12,334 EVs that month · share 22.1%
- Highest share so far
- 47.5%This month · our series begins in January 2025
- At one in three or more
- 2 monthsIn a row, to January 2026
Every month
The series to January 2026
| Month | EVs | All new cars | EV share | vs prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 · This report | 40,465 | 85,100 | 47.5% | +185.1% |
| Dec 2025 | 14,194 | 38,791 | 36.6% | +37.1% |
| Nov 2025 | 10,351 | 39,921 | 25.9% | +7.8% |
| Oct 2025 | 9,602 | 41,159 | 23.3% | +2.1% |
| Sep 2025 | 9,400 | 43,271 | 21.7% | −0.3% |
| Aug 2025 | 9,431 | 41,325 | 22.8% | −5.0% |
| Jul 2025 | 9,924 | 45,481 | 21.8% | −23.1% |
| Jun 2025 | 12,906 | 47,678 | 27.1% | +9.1% |
| May 2025 | 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 January 2026
- 01Jaecoo J5 EV6,796 registered
- 02BYD Dolphin5,892 registered
- 03BYD Atto 34,078 registered
- 04MG4 Electric2,400 registered
- 05MGS5 EV2,080 registered
- 06Deepal S052,019 registered
- 07GWM Ora Good Cat1,904 registered
- 08Aion UT1,518 registered
- 09Chery V231,337 registered
- 10Aion V1,267 registered
Source: DLT first registrations by model (open data), matched to evchu’s catalogue.
By brand
January 2026 by brand
Registrations summed by brand from the 71 models in DLT’s figures by model that evchu matched to its catalogue, 40,201 EVs in all. That is 99.3% of the 40,465 EVs in DLT’s monthly total for January 2026.
Each share is of these models only, not of the whole market.
Movers
The biggest moves from December 2025 to January 2026, among models in both months
From DLT’s figures by model for both months, compared across the 68 models with a count in both. 11 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.
Also this month on evchu
Other evchu stories from January 2026
Launches and price moves dated in January 2026, as evchu reported them: 4 stories.