Monthly report · April 2026
More than 1 in 5 new cars in Thailand was electric in April 2026
Fully electric cars made up 22.6% of new passenger cars registered in Thailand in April 2026 (10,007 of 44,301), with EV registrations up 64.3% on April 2025.
22.6%
of new passenger cars registered in April were fully electric
EVs registered
10,007
of 44,301 new cars
vs April 2025
+64.3%
more EVs registered
The month in numbers
April 2026, figure by figure
- EVs registered
- 10,007Fully electric passenger cars, new registrations
- All new passenger cars
- 44,301Every new RY.1 car registered, any fuel
- EV share
- 22.6%More than 1 in 5 new cars
- EVs vs March
- −0.9%10,095 EVs that month · share 18.9%
- EVs vs April 2025
- +64.3%6,092 EVs that month · share 15.0%
- January–April 2026
- 65,357EVs so far this year · share 28.9%+110.2% 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
- 10.7 ptsPercentage points below 33.3%
Every month
The series to April 2026
| Month | EVs | All new cars | EV share | vs prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 · This report | 10,007 | 44,301 | 22.6% | −0.9% |
| Mar 2026 | 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 April 2026
- 01Jaecoo J5 EV1,059 registered
- 02MGS5 EV900 registered
- 03MG4 Electric857 registered
- 04Geely EX2805 registered
- 05Tesla Model 3610 registered
- 06Chery V23513 registered
- 07BYD Dolphin510 registered
- 08Aion UT481 registered
- 09Deepal S05471 registered
- 10BYD Atto 3461 registered
Source: Autolife Thailand’s monthly top 30 of EV registrations; ranks as published.
By brand
April 2026 by brand
Registrations summed by brand from the 28 models of Autolife Thailand’s monthly top 30 that evchu matched to its catalogue, 8,999 EVs in all. DLT’s monthly total for April 2026 was 10,007 EVs. Autolife’s table is counted separately, so it is not given as a share of that total.
Each share is of these models only, not of the whole market.
Also this month on evchu
Other evchu stories from April 2026
Launches and price moves dated in April 2026, as evchu reported them: 4 stories.