Monthly report · March 2026
Nearly 1 in 5 new cars in Thailand was electric in March 2026
Fully electric cars made up 18.9% of new passenger cars registered in Thailand in March 2026 (10,095 of 53,342), with EV registrations up 33.4% on March 2025.
18.9%
of new passenger cars registered in March were fully electric
EVs registered
10,095
of 53,342 new cars
vs March 2025
+33.4%
more EVs registered
The month in numbers
March 2026, figure by figure
- EVs registered
- 10,095Fully electric passenger cars, new registrations
- All new passenger cars
- 53,342Every new RY.1 car registered, any fuel
- EV share
- 18.9%Nearly 1 in 5 new cars
- EVs vs February
- +110.8%4,790 EVs that month · share 11.0%
- EVs vs March 2025
- +33.4%7,570 EVs that month · share 16.5%
- January–March 2026
- 55,350EVs so far this year · share 30.4%+121.4% on the same months of 2025
- Highest share so far
- 47.5%January 2026 · our series begins in January 2025
- Short of one in three
- 14.4 ptsPercentage points below 33.3%
Every month
The series to March 2026
| Month | EVs | All new cars | EV share | vs prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 · This report | 10,095 | 53,342 | 18.9% | +110.8% |
| Feb 2026 | 4,790 | 43,589 | 11.0% | −88.2% |
| Jan 2026 | 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
evchu’s figures by model run behind the monthly total. The latest ranking it has up to March 2026 is for 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 March 2026
Launches and price moves dated in March 2026, as evchu reported them: 15 stories.
- LaunchWuling Starlight Darion EV launches in Thailand from ฿839,000
- LaunchMini Cooper Electric adds the Cooper SE Paul Smith Edition at ฿1,899,000
- FaceliftZeekr X facelift cuts prices by up to ฿300,000
- LaunchDeepal L07 adds the L07 S at ฿1,239,000
- LaunchGWM Ora 5 EV launches in Thailand from an introductory ฿629,000
- LaunchPorsche Cayenne Electric launches in Thailand from ฿6,850,000
- LaunchTesla Model Y adds the L Premium Long Range AWD (6-seater) at ฿1,999,000
- LaunchNIO Firefly launches in Thailand at ฿799,000
- LaunchThe new BMW iX3 launches in Thailand at ฿3,599,000
- LaunchBYD Atto 1 launches in Thailand from ฿429,900
- LaunchBYD Atto 2 launches in Thailand from ฿629,900
- LaunchBYD Seal 6 launches in Thailand from ฿899,900
- FaceliftXPENG X9 facelift raises prices on two versions by up to ฿100,000
- LaunchMercedes-Benz CLA Saloon launches in Thailand at ฿2,290,000
- Price riseHyundai raises the IONIQ 5 N by ฿209,000