Monthly report · May 2026
EVs took 32.1% of Thailand’s new cars in May 2026, the highest share since January
Fully electric cars made up 32.1% of new passenger cars registered in Thailand in May 2026 (18,116 of 56,482), the highest share since January 2026 (47.5%).
32.1%
of new passenger cars registered in May were fully electric
EVs registered
18,116
of 56,482 new cars
vs May 2025
+53.2%
more EVs registered
The month in numbers
May 2026, figure by figure
- EVs registered
- 18,116Fully electric passenger cars, new registrations
- All new passenger cars
- 56,482Every new RY.1 car registered, any fuel
- EV share
- 32.1%Nearly 1 in 3 new cars
- EVs vs April
- +81.0%10,007 EVs that month · share 22.6%
- EVs vs May 2025
- +53.2%11,827 EVs that month · share 24.1%
- January–May 2026
- 83,473EVs so far this year · share 29.5%+94.5% 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
- 1.2 ptsPercentage points below 33.3%
Every month
The series to May 2026
| Month | EVs | All new cars | EV share | vs prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 · This report | 18,116 | 56,482 | 32.1% | +81.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 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 May 2026
- 01MGS5 EV1,775 registered
- 02BYD Atto 31,368 registered
- 03BYD Dolphin1,279 registered
- 04Chery V231,132 registered
- 05Jaecoo J5 EV1,008 registered
- 06Deepal S05800 registered
- 07Geely EX2781 registered
- 08Tesla Model Y779 registered
- 09Tesla Model 3753 registered
- 10Aion UT718 registered
Source: Autolife Thailand’s monthly top 30 of EV registrations; ranks as published.
By brand
May 2026 by brand
Registrations summed by brand from the 29 models of Autolife Thailand’s monthly top 30 that evchu matched to its catalogue, 16,233 EVs in all. DLT’s monthly total for May 2026 was 18,116 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.
Movers
The biggest moves from April 2026 to May 2026, among models in both months
From Autolife Thailand’s monthly top 30 for both months, compared across the 24 models in both tables. 9 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 May 2026
Launches and price moves dated in May 2026, as evchu reported them: 1 story.