BAW

At a glance

• Distributor: Nex Point PCL (NEX), SET-listed, part of the Energy Absolute group. Exclusive distributor and after-sales provider for BAW in Thailand on a 3-year contract (Thansettakij, 2026-07-16, Bangkok Biznews, 2026-07-17).
• Distribution deal announced: 2026-05-05 (Autolifethailand, 2026-05-05, autospinn, 2026-05-06). The exact signing date is not published.
• Entered Thailand: official launch and price on 2026-07-16 (Autolifethailand, 2026-07-16, Thansettakij, Daily News, 2026-07-16). Bookings are taken by phone and LINE (9carthai, 2026-07-17); that reservations opened on launch day rests on the NEX press release (Mitihoon) and is [unverified] — neither Autolifethailand nor Thansettakij mentions a booking start date.
• First model launched: M8 EV Flagship, a 7-seat electric MPV.
• Models on sale (as of 2026-11-03): M8 only, one variant.
• Deliveries: from October 2026 (Thansettakij, Autolifethailand); the NEX press release says Q4 2026 (Mitihoon). Whether deliveries actually began is [unverified]; no report found.
• Showrooms: 9 showroom-and-service sites planned for 2026, 20 by 2027 (see Showrooms).
• Current price band: ฿1,299,000 (single variant).
• Import: imported from China under the Thailand–China FTA (0% import duty); no Thai assembly yet (Autolifethailand).

BAW is a Chinese maker best known at home for light off-roaders (the 212 line), commercial vehicles and small electric city cars (Wikipedia — BAW). NEX itself builds electric buses and tractor units in Thailand and imports electric trucks and vans; the BAW M8 is its first passenger car, pitched at corporate fleets, executives, hotels and airport transfers (autospinn, Thansettakij). NEX says the M8 is BAW's only right-hand-drive model worldwide and that Thailand was the first country to launch it with an official price (Autolifethailand).

Thai spelling. 9carthai writes the brand บีเอดับเบิลยู (page title "ราคา บีเอดับเบิลยู M8" — 9carthai); most Thai press keeps the Latin "BAW". Bangkok Biznews writes the model เอ็ม 8 ("เอ็ม8 แฟลกชิป" — Bangkok Biznews).

Distribution & business

NEX announced on 2026-05-05 that it had signed with Beijing Automobile Works to become BAW's sole distributor in Thailand, starting with the M8 EV (Autolifethailand). NEX chairman Wasu Klomkliang (วสุ กลมเกลี้ยง) framed it as NEX's move from electric buses and commercial vehicles into passenger MPVs (autospinn). At launch, Co-CEO Thanapat Sukhsuthamwong (ธนพัชร์ สุขสุธรรมวงศ์) said the contract runs 3 years (Thansettakij). NEX handles sales, warranty, parts and service itself (NEX press release via Mitihoon).

The May announcements promised a price "within May" (Autolifethailand, 2026-05-05); the launch actually came on 2026-07-16.

Company background. Bangkok Biznews describes BAW as a 75-year-old maker (i.e. founded 1951), now 100% privately owned and selling in more than 60 countries (Bangkok Biznews). Wikipedia dates the company to 1953 (as a parts factory, renamed BAW in 1958) and records the move to private ownership in 2020 and 2023 (Wikipedia — BAW). The founding year is therefore ◐ (1951 vs 1953).

Volume targets. 1,000 M8s by the end of 2026 (Thansettakij, Autolifethailand) and 1,500 in 2027 (Bangkok Biznews). NEX expects the M8 to lift its total 2026 vehicle sales to 1,500–2,000 units (Thansettakij).

Local assembly: none for now. NEX says the FTA duty exemption makes local assembly unnecessary at current volumes and that a decision could take about a year (Autolifethailand). If demand is good, NEX could add a BAW line at its Chachoengsao plant, which builds 3,000 vehicles a year today (Thansettakij).

Showrooms

Nine showroom-and-service sites are planned for 2026, with the network to reach 20 nationwide by 2027 (Thansettakij, Autolifethailand, 9carthai). No street addresses, operators or opening dates have been published.

Bangkok Biznews names eight sites "such as" a different list that includes Praditmanutham and Nonthaburi and omits Bang Na, Chonburi and Liab Duan (Bangkok Biznews). The list above follows Thansettakij, Autolifethailand, 9carthai and Daily News, which agree (Daily News, 2026-07-16).

Booking contact: phone 065-949-4191 or LINE Official @nexpoint (9carthai). The NEX corporate site links the same LINE account (nexpoint.co.th).

Service centers

Charging network partners

NEX links M8 owners to its own NEX EV Charger stations and the EA Anywhere network run by its parent group (9carthai, NEX press release via Mitihoon). The first 500 buyers get an EA Anywhere 7.3 kW AC wall charger, installation not included (9carthai, Bangkok Biznews).

Warranty terms

(9carthai, Bangkok Biznews)

• Vehicle: not published [unverified]
• High-voltage battery: 8 years / 150,000 km
• Drive motor: 5 years / 200,000 km
• Roadside assistance: not published
• Insurance: 1 year first-class, free (first 500 buyers)
• Wallbox: EA Anywhere 7.3 kW AC, free, installation extra (first 500 buyers)

9carthai lists the motor and battery warranty inside its "สิทธิพิเศษ 500 คันแรก" (first-500 benefits) list, on both its launch article and its price page; Bangkok Biznews lists it under "ข้อเสนออื่น ๆ" (other offers) without a unit limit. Whether the warranty applies to every buyer is therefore [unverified].

M8 — 7-seat large electric MPV

A 5.3 m, 3.2 m-wheelbase MPV with powered sliding doors and second-row captain's chairs, sold in Thailand as a single BEV variant at ฿1,299,000. NEX targets the ฿1–2 m MPV gap below the usual premium people-movers (Autolifethailand).

Lineage & platform

• Generation: first-generation M8 (Chinese name 锐胜M8, "Ruisheng M8"), in production since 2025 (Wikipedia); China pre-sales opened in November 2025 (CarNewsChina, 2025-11-06).
• Platform: a stretched version of the BAW Ruisheng Wangpai M7 platform (Wikipedia) ◐.
• Thai-market build: right-hand drive, BAW's only RHD model (Autolifethailand). Thai press reports front-wheel drive (9carthai, 9carthai price page); the China and Hong Kong EVs are rear-wheel drive (Paultan, 2026-08-11, Wikipedia) ◐.
• Architecture: voltage not published [unverified].
• Origin: imported from China (Autolifethailand); BAW builds the M8 in Qingdao, Shandong (Wikipedia) ◐ — plant not stated for the Thai cars.

Lineup events

Trims

M8 EV Flagship (7-seat) — ฿1,299,000

Pricing. All sources agree on ฿1,299,000, VAT included (Autolifethailand, 9carthai, Thansettakij, Bangkok Biznews, Daily News; VAT-inclusive per the English NEX release via Mitihoon). They differ on whether the price itself is limited:

• Thansettakij calls it a special price for the first 500 units, subsidised by the parent company ("ราคาพิเศษ 500 คันแรก"). Bangkok Biznews and Daily News also tie ฿1,299,000 to the first 500.
• Autolifethailand and the NEX press release present ฿1,299,000 as the selling / starting price, with no unit limit (Mitihoon).
• 9carthai lists ฿1,299,000 as the price and limits only the gifts (wallbox + insurance) to the first 500 (9carthai).

both launch and current price; its last observation is the 9carthai price page, published 2026-07-27. No official BAW Thailand or NEX product page exists to re-check it — the NEX corporate site lists no BAW model as of 2026-11-03 (nexpoint.co.th sitemap). The BAW tag pages on 9carthai and Autolifethailand show no BAW article after July 2026 (checked 2026-11-03), so no price change has been reported either.

Source conflicts:

• Range: the May signing quoted 505 km CLTC; the launch quoted 408 km NEDC. Both are kept under their own cycles; neither is a WLTP figure and none is converted.
• Seats: autospinn's pre-launch piece says 7–9 seats (the China range); every launch source says 7 for Thailand.
• Drive: 9carthai says FWD (on both its launch article and price page); Paultan says the China and Hong Kong EVs are RWD; Wikipedia says the EV is rear-motor RWD but that Thailand gets a front-motor FWD version (uncited there, likely from Thai press). No second independent Thai source confirms FWD.
• Height: Thai sources and CarNewsChina give 1,955 mm; Paultan's

Standard equipment

From 9carthai, Bangkok Biznews and Thansettakij:

• Powered sliding doors on both sides
• LED headlamps with auto on/off, LED DRL, LED tail lamps
• 18″ two-tone alloy wheels (225/55 R18)
• 12.3″ digital instrument cluster + 14.6″ central touchscreen (NEX OS)
• Wireless phone charger
• Powered front seats with massage
• Second-row powered "Zero Gravity" captain's chairs: long-rail fore/aft and sideways slide, armrests, powered leg rests, one-touch comfort mode, ventilation, heating and massage
• Fold-down tables on the front seatbacks
• Separate front/rear air-conditioning with PM2.5 filter
• Ambient lighting; two-tone black/orange interior
• V2L, up to 3.3 kW
• Safety: 6 airbags, ESC, TCS, ABS + EBD, brake assist (HBA/BAS), hill-start assist (HHC), hill-descent control (HDC), lane-departure warning (LDW), driver monitoring (DMS), TPMS, 360° camera, front/rear parking sensors, seatbelt reminders for all seats

The Hong Kong car adds AEB, blind-spot and door-opening warnings and a Jamo audio system (unwire.hk); none of those is listed for Thailand, so they are not claimed here.

Optional equipment / packs

None published.

Launch offer (first 500 buyers)

Sources: 9carthai, Bangkok Biznews.

Colors

Exterior colours for Thailand have not been published [unverified]. The only colour detail reported is the two-tone black/orange interior (9carthai).

Versus competitors

figure both cars publish.

Sources

• Autolifethailand — NEX signs BAW distribution (2026-05-05)
• autospinn — NEX wins BAW M8 distribution (2026-05-06)
• Autolifethailand — NEX launches BAW M8 (2026-07-16)
• Thansettakij — BAW M8 at ฿1.299 m (2026-07-16)
• Daily News — BAW M8 launch (2026-07-16)
• Mitihoon — NEX press release, Thai (2026-07-16)
• Mitihoon — NEX press release, English (2026-07-16)
• Bangkok Biznews — M8 Flagship (2026-07-17)
• 9carthai — NEX launches BAW M8 Flagship (2026-07-17)
• 9carthai — BAW M8 price page (2026-07-27)
• CarNewsChina — M8 China pre-sale, all powertrains (2025-11-06)
• Autolifethailand — Motor Expo 2026 booth plan (2026-11-02)
• Paultan — BAW M8 at GIIAS 2026 (2026-08-11)
• unwire.hk — BAW M8 Hong Kong launch (2026-07-03)
• Wikipedia — BAW Ruisheng M8

Verification matrix

Announced but not yet on sale

• BAW 212 — off-road SUV. NEX will show it at Motor Expo 2026 to gauge demand and to press BAW for more right-hand-drive models (Autolifethailand, 2026-07-16). The show runs 2–13 December 2026 at Challenger Hall 1–3, Muang Thong Thani (Autolifethailand, 2026-11-02). No powertrain, price or launch date for Thailand has been stated; the 212 is BAW's off-road line in China (Wikipedia — BAW). not even as upcoming. Revisit after Motor Expo 2026.
• Motor Expo 2026 booth: BAW has 360 m² at Challenger Hall, Muang Thong Thani; the booth plan does not say which models will be shown (Autolifethailand, 2026-11-02).
• M8 REEV / petrol / CNG — sold in China (Paultan, Wikipedia); not announced for Thailand. Out of scope (not BEV).
• "Vantastic" EV cargo van — a June 2026 Mitihoon piece on NEX's plans placed this commercial van under the BAW heading (Mitihoon, 2026-06-21); NEX lists it on its own site as "EV Cargo Vantastic". A commercial van, not a passenger car, so out of scope either way.

Cross-model lineup history

Sales / market position

January 2026, before BAW entered Thailand.

• Market context: NEX sizes the Thai MPV market at about 20,000 units a year, 50–60% of them 7-seaters, with few choices between ฿1 m and ฿2 m (Autolifethailand).
• Notable reviews: none yet; only launch coverage.
• Known incidents / recalls: none found.
• Customer feedback: no Pantip threads found yet.

Brand links

• Distributor corporate site: https://www.nexpoint.co.th/ (no BAW page yet)
• Distributor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nexpoint-100847755558016 (linked from nexpoint.co.th)
• LINE: @nexpoint — http://line.me/ti/p/~@nexpoint (nexpoint.co.th; booking channel per 9carthai)
• Booking phone: 065-949-4191 (9carthai)
• No BAW Thailand website or BAW-branded social account found.

All sources

Distributor (NEX)

• https://www.nexpoint.co.th/
• https://www.nexpoint.co.th/sitemap.xml (no BAW pages, 2026-11-03)
• https://www.mitihoon.com/?p=659256 (NEX press release, Thai)
• https://www.mitihoon.com/?p=659372 (NEX press release, English)

Thai press

• https://autolifethailand.tv/nex-sign-mou-distributor-beijing-automobile-works-in-thailand-baw/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/nex-point-lofficial-aunched-baw-m8-2026/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/motor-expo-2026-booth-plan/
• https://www.thansettakij.com/motor/ev/664173
• https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/auto/1243527
• https://www.9carthai.com/nex-baw-m8-flagship/
• https://www.9carthai.com/new-baw-m8-price/
• https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/6032950/
• https://www.autospinn.com/2026/05/baw-m8-149104
• https://www.mitihoon.com/?p=651490

International press

• https://paultan.org/2026/08/11/baw-m8-showcased-at-giias-2026/
• https://unwire.hk/2026/07/03/baw-m8-hk-launch/life-tech/auto/
• https://carnewschina.com/2025/11/06/baws-mpv-m8-offers-gasoline-erev-ev-and-cng-options-in-pre-sale-launch-starting-from-23800-usd/

Reference

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAW_Ruisheng_M8
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Automobile_Works

Leads only (aggregators, not used as sources): Checkraka's BAW M8 pages repeat the same price and specs.