Juneyao

At a glance

• Distributor: JuneYao Auto (Thailand) Co., Ltd. — "ผู้ผลิตและผู้จัดจำหน่ายรถยนต์ไฟฟ้า" in the same group as Juneyao Airlines (Autolifethailand, 2024-11-19, Thansettakij, 2024-11-19, Sanook, 2024-11-20).
• Entered Thailand: 2024-11-19 — the brand's first launch anywhere, ahead of China (Headlightmag full review, 2025-07-11, CarNewsChina, 2024-12-02). China launch followed on 2025-05-07 (Headlightmag).
• First model launched: JY AIR (C-segment electric sedan), CBU from China.
• Models on sale (as last confirmed, 2025): JY AIR — Standard, Plus, Max.
• Showrooms: 4 dealer showroom-service sites (Bangkok Nawamin, Bangkok Suwinthawong, Chonburi, Udon Thani) plus 7 AutoClik partner service points (Headlightmag, July 2025).
• Price band (last confirmed 2025): ฿759,000 – ฿959,000.
• Import: CBU from China — "นำเข้า CBU จีน" (Autolifethailand).

Juneyao's parent group also owns Juneyao Airlines, and the brand sold the JY AIR on that link: three years of Juneyao Airlines Gold membership and 12 free airline seats came with every car. Managing director Zhang Haibo (จาง ไห่ โป), formerly at MG Thailand, ran the launch and promised the brand "would not join the price war" (Autolifethailand interview, 2024-11-19). The launch went poorly: 63 bookings from Motor Expo 2024 against a 300-unit 2025 target, few dealers, and Zhang left for Charoen Pokphand (CP) on 2025-06-13 (Headlightmag). DLT data shows 46 JY AIRs registered from February 2025 to January 2026, more than half of them as taxis (see Sales).

Thai spelling. Thai press writes the brand จูนเหยา (Thansettakij headline "จูนเหยา เปิดราคา EV รุ่นแรกในไทย"; Bangkokbiznews; 9carthai "จูนเหยา JY Air"), and the registered company name uses the same spelling. The official site also writes จูนเหยา (จูนเหยา กรุ๊ป, จูนเหยา ออโต). The model name stays in Latin script ("JY AIR") everywhere.

Distribution & business

JuneYao Group bought the debt-laden EV start-up YUDO Auto (Putian, Fujian) in Q2 2022 and started its car business in earnest in November 2023 (Autolifethailand interview, Headlightmag). The official Thai site says the JY AIR is built in the YUDO Battery Electric Vehicles Smart Plant, in operation since 2016 on 200,000 m² with capacity for 100,000 cars a year, in Fujian province (juneyaothailand.com, archived 2026-01-05). Wikipedia gives the city as Putian, Fujian (JY Air) ◐.

The Thai company, JuneYao Auto (Thailand) Co., Ltd., imports and distributes directly. The launch press event was held on 2024-11-19 at EM Sphere (Bangkok) (Headlightmag). At launch it announced a partnership with Central Group (Autolifethailand interview).

Plans announced at launch (none delivered as of the newest source):

• Dealers: 10 showrooms by end-2024, 30 by end-2025, 90 by 2028 (Autolifethailand interview, Thansettakij). By July 2025 there were 4 (Headlightmag).
• Sales: about 300 bookings expected at Motor Expo 2024; 3,000 units in 2025 (4,000–5,000 with a small SUV) (Bangkokbiznews, car250, 2024-12-18 — lead only). Actual: 63 bookings at the show, 2025 target 300 (Headlightmag).
• Thai factory: a right-hand-drive plant, ~20,000 cars a year, leased in Suphan Buri with a partner Bangkokbiznews spells "สกุลฎ์ซี" (Wikipedia: "SAKUN.C"), ready late 2025, production from early 2026, starting with a small B-SUV; BOI and EV 3.5 applications filed (Bangkokbiznews, Autolifethailand interview, Thansettakij). Headlightmag reported no visible progress by July 2025. Whether any Thai assembly ever started is [unverified] — no source found, and every DLT-registered JY AIR is consistent with CBU imports.
• Model plan: at least one new model a year; pickup, large SUV and MPV for 2027 (2570), with EREV versions (Bangkokbiznews).

Business health. Headlightmag's review (2025-07-11) is titled, in effect, "the car is drivable, but the company may not survive". It cites: YUDO's history of losses before the takeover; 63 bookings; few dealers and reluctant investors; Zhang Haibo leaving on 2025-06-13 to become a vice-chairman of CP's automotive and industrial business; no factory progress; almost no paid advertising; an unconfirmed report that one multi-brand Juneyao dealer had cash-flow trouble; and early quality problems on press cars. It also says the business was continuing "quietly", cars were still on sale and after-sales was running (Headlightmag).

Signals after July 2025:

• car250 (aggregator, lead only) still listed 759k / 869k / 959k on 2025-10-03 (car250).
• The official site's TLS certificate (CN=juneyaothailand.com, RapidSSL) was renewed on 2025-10-23 and expired on 2026-10-22 without renewal (checked 2026-11-03 with openssl s_client). The bare domain over HTTP serves a hosting-panel default page. The Wayback Machine holds site assets up to 2026-01-05.
• Newest DLT registration: January 2026 (DLT publishes ~8 months late; see Sales).
• Autolifethailand's monthly C-segment sales reports still list the JY AIR in 2026: 7 cars in Q1, 5 in April, 1 in June and none in July (May unclear) — see Sales. So cars were still being sold, slowly, until at least June 2026.
• Autolifethailand's Motor Expo 2026 booth plan lists "JUNEYAO ไม่มาออกงาน" — Juneyao is not attending (Autolifethailand, 2026-11-02).
• evchu's own news feed (Autolifethailand, Headlightmag, Paultan, 9carthai, Grandprix, Ridebuster; 760 items, 2026-05-14 → 2026-11-03) has no article about Juneyao itself; the brand appears only in the Autolifethailand C-segment sales tables (May and June 2026 reports).

Showrooms

Sources: three dealers (Suwinthawong, Nawamin, Chonburi) in Bangkokbiznews and car250 (Dec 2024); all four in Headlightmag (Jul 2025). Thansettakij expected the first showroom in the Nimit Mai area (Thansettakij). Whether these sites are still open in late 2026 is [unverified].

Service centers

Source: Headlightmag. Mobile service units cover emergencies; the company says parts reach dealers within about three days by air from China (Bangkokbiznews, Autolifethailand interview).

Charging network partners

None announced. Every car came with a free AC home charger with installation (Autolifethailand, Sanook).

Warranty terms

From the launch price announcements (Autolifethailand, Sanook, Thansettakij):

• Vehicle: 8 years / 150,000 km
• Electric motor: 8 years / 150,000 km
• High-voltage battery: 8 years / 800,000 km — as printed by every launch source. 9carthai's detailed table and car250 give 8 years / 150,000 km for the Standard and 8 years / 800,000 km for the Plus (9carthai); the Standard's battery cover is ◐.
• Roadside assistance: 24 h, 8 years, tows up to 100 km
• Insurance: first-year Class 1 (comprehensive), free
• Wallbox: AC home charger with installation, free
• Airline perks: Juneyao Airlines Gold membership for 3 years; four free seats a year for 3 years (12 in all), any route (Headlightmag, 9carthai)
• Finance: 1.88% special interest rate (Thansettakij, Headlightmag)

Headlightmag reported in July 2025 that the launch package was still being offered.

JY AIR — C-segment electric sedan

A 4.55 m rear-drive electric sedan with a 2.8 m wheelbase, sold with a 51 or 64 kWh CATL LFP battery. CarNewsChina set it against the BYD Atto 3 (CarNewsChina) and Headlightmag against the MG4 (Headlightmag). Autolifethailand classes it as a C-segment sedan.

Lineage & platform

• Generation: first generation (2024–). Thailand was its first market (2024-11-19), then China (2025-05-07) and Nepal (2025-08-27) (Wikipedia, Headlightmag).
• Platform: "SKY platform" (Autolifethailand).
• Development: "over 1,099 days" (official site).
• Architecture: voltage not published [unverified].
• Origin: CBU, China — YUDO BEV Smart Plant (official site), Putian ◐ (Wikipedia).
• China price: ¥147,800–159,800 at the May 2025 China launch (Headlightmag).

Lineup events

Pricing — what ฿759,000 means

The launch announcements disagree on whether ฿759,000 / ฿869,000 were a time-limited special or the actual price:

• Sanook (2024-11-20 and 2024-12-01) and Motorist (2024-12-13): ฿759,000 (ปกติ ฿899,000) and ฿869,000 (ปกติ ฿1,018,000) are "ราคาพิเศษ เฉพาะลูกค้าที่สั่งจองระหว่าง 19 พฤศจิกายน - 30 ธันวาคม 2567 และได้รับรถภายใน วันที่ 31 มกราคม 2568" (Sanook, Sanook, Motorist).
• Thansettakij (2024-11-19): ฿899,000 / ฿1,018,000 is the price before the EV 3.5 subsidy, ฿759,000 / ฿869,000 after it (Thansettakij). (The gap, ฿140,000–149,000, is larger than the EV 3.5 subsidy, so this framing is itself doubtful.)
• Autolifethailand (2024-11-19 and 2025-03-29) prints ฿759,000 / ฿869,000 as the "ราคาอย่างเป็นทางการ" (official price) with no regular price and no deadline.
• Headlightmag (2025-07-11) settles the practical question: the selling price has been ฿759,000 / ฿869,000 since launch, unchanged, with the launch campaign still running.

price (no price change on the chart). ฿899,000 / ฿1,018,000 is kept as a note, not as a price observation, because no buyer was ever quoted it after launch in any source found. CarNewsChina reported the 899k / 1,018k figures as the price (CarNewsChina).

Trims

JY AIR Standard — ฿759,000 (last confirmed 2025-07-11)

Standard equipment

From Headlightmag and Autolifethailand:

• 17″ alloy wheels, 215/60 R17
• Fabric + PVC seats, 6-way manual front seats; no seat ventilation or heating
• Manual tailgate
• Digital instrument cluster — 10.25″ per the launch press kit (Autolifethailand), 8.8″ per Headlightmag's review ◐
• 15.6″ touchscreen (fixed on the Standard), Crystal OS on Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 (chip: Headlightmag)
• 8-speaker audio; wireless phone charger
• Level 2+ driver assistance (parking assist, lane control, blind-spot warning — Motorist, 9carthai)
• 256-colour ambient lighting
• 60:40 split-folding rear seat; 2 × ISOFIX
• MacPherson front / five-link rear suspension
• Exterior colours: Moon White and Galactic Black only (Headlightmag)

JY AIR Plus — ฿869,000 (last confirmed 2025-07-11)

Same body and motor rating as the Standard (per the launch press kit), with the 64 kWh battery, faster DC charging, 19″ wheels and the comfort kit.

Source conflicts (Plus):

• Power: the launch press kit (Autolifethailand, both articles) and 9carthai give one 204 PS / 150 kW motor for every trim; CarNewsChina agrees (150 kW). Headlightmag's spec text gives the Plus 218 PS, Wikipedia 161 kW (216 hp) and Bangkokbiznews 214 hp — all Thai outlets); 160 kW is [unverified].
• DC peak: 138 kW (Autolifethailand ×2, 9carthai, CarNewsChina, car250) vs "more than 90 kW" (Headlightmag: "สูงสุดกว่า 90 KW"). average (32 kWh in 20 min), which a 138 kW peak allows and a plain 90 kW peak would not.
• AC: 7 kW (Autolifethailand ×2, 9carthai) vs 11 kW (Headlightmag). car250's AC times (10–100% in 6.5 h for the Plus, 5.3 h for the Standard) imply more than 7 kW, which leans towards 11 kW — but car250

Standard equipment (over the Standard)

From Headlightmag:

• 19″ alloy wheels, 235/45 R19
• PU-leather bucket seats; 6-way power front seats with ventilation and heating
• Panoramic glass roof, 2.072 m², no sunshade (Autolifethailand lists it without a trim)
• 15.6″ touchscreen that swivels ±15° towards either front seat
• Power tailgate with adjustable opening height
• Four exterior colours

JY AIR Max — ฿959,000 (last confirmed 2025-05-13)

Added on 2025-03-29. The top trim adds comfort features to the Plus; battery, range and charging are the Plus's.

Distinctive features (vs Plus)

Per Autolifethailand: front-seat ventilation, driver's seat memory, premium rear seat with a centre armrest. Headlightmag's Plus already had ventilated front seats and no rear armrest, so the real difference is at least the memory seat and the rear armrest ◐.

Was the Max delivered? [unverified]. Headlightmag (July 2025) mentions only Standard and Plus, and the DLT data has no "Max" label — any Max sold may be registered as "JY AIR Plus".

Colors

Launch colours: Autolifethailand, Sanook. Standard-only white/black: Headlightmag. Sunset Pink: Autolifethailand. Six-colour list including the two-tone: 9carthai. No hex values published.

(Autolifethailand; trim mapping from Headlightmag's seat-material description ◐.)

Versus competitors

Sources

• Autolifethailand — official price, 2024-11-19
• Autolifethailand — official price with MAX, 2025-03-29
• Autolifethailand — launch interview, 2024-11-19
• Autolifethailand — photo feature, 2024-12-24
• Headlightmag — full review, 2025-07-11
• 9carthai — price page, updated 2025-05-13
• Thansettakij — launch, 2024-11-19
• Sanook — launch, 2024-11-20
• Sanook — real-car photos, 2024-12-01
• Motorist — launch, 2024-12-13
• Bangkokbiznews — business plan, Dec 2024
• CarNewsChina — Thai launch, 2024-12-02
• Wikipedia — JY Air

Verification matrix

Announced but not yet on sale

None of these has a name, price or specification for Thailand, so none is in the catalogue.

• Small B-SUV, locally assembled — named at launch as the first model for the Suphan Buri plant (Bangkokbiznews). Name, powertrain and date [unverified]; no sign of it by 2026-11-03.
• Pickup, large SUV and MPV for 2027 (2570), with EREV versions — EREV is out of scope; whether BEV versions are planned is [unverified] (Bangkokbiznews).

Cross-model lineup history

Sales / market position

• DLT first registrations (raw dlt-gdcatalog captures in evchu, queried 2026-11-03; brand label "JUNEYAO"):

  Label	Private car	Taxi	Tour	Total	Months
  JY AIR Standard	7	9	0	16	2025-02 → 2026-01
  JY AIR Plus	14	15	1	30	2025-03 → 2025-12
  Total	21	24	1	46

  The largest single month is 2025-10 (15 Plus taxis). No "Max" label appears. DLT publishes about eight months late, so 2026 after January is not yet visible. Wikipedia's "45 units in 2025" matches.

• Monthly sales (Autolifethailand C-segment sales reports; the reports do not name their data source):

  Period	JY AIR units	Source
  2025 full year	45	Autolifethailand, 2026-02-03
  2026 Q1 (Jan–Mar)	7	Autolifethailand, 2026-05-12
  2026-04	5	Autolifethailand, 2026-06-04
  2026-05	unclear — shown as "–" but with a 0.3% share (≈5 cars)	Autolifethailand, 2026-07-01
  2026-06	1	Autolifethailand, 2026-08-05
  2026-07	– (none)	Autolifethailand, 2026-08-27

  The 2025 figure equals the DLT 2025 registrations. No report after July 2026 tagged Juneyao was found on Autolifethailand by 2026-11-03.

• Notable reviews: Headlightmag full review — measured 5.09 km/kWh at 110 km/h with two people and the AC on; never more than ~300 km on a charge in their test; criticised the Sentury tyres, fixed-height seat belts and window-switch layout; reported an air-conditioning failure, a tyre blowout and features removed by firmware updates on press cars.

• Known incidents / recalls: none found.

• Customer feedback: no Pantip threads of substance found.

Brand links

• Official Thai site: https://www.juneyaothailand.com/ (TLS certificate expired 2026-10-22)
• Parent car brand: https://www.juneyaoauto.com/
• Juneyao Group: http://www.juneyao.com/en/
• Juneyao Airlines: https://global.juneyaoair.com/
• Facebook / Instagram: the brand ran its own pages (Headlightmag), but no URL has been verified [unverified].

All sources

Official (JuneYao Auto Thailand)

• https://www.juneyaothailand.com/ (live site unreachable 2026-11-03: expired certificate)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20251118231048/https://www.juneyaothailand.com/vehicle/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20260105001347/https://www.juneyaothailand.com/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app-36f549e364549d24.js (site text: YUDO plant, parent links)

Thai press

• https://autolifethailand.tv/official-price-juneyao-jy-air-thailand/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/official-price-juneyao-jy-air-max-ev-thailand/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/juneyao-auto-jy-air/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/photo-juneyao-jy-air-ev-bev-thailand/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/motor-expo-2026-booth-plan/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/sales-report-c-segment-overall-2025/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/sales-report-c-segment-q1-2026-jan-mar/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/sales-report-c-segment-april-2026/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/sales-report-c-segment-may-2026-thailand/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/sales-report-c-segment-june-2026/
• https://autolifethailand.tv/sales-report-c-segment-july-2026/
• https://www.headlightmag.com/full-review-2025-juneyao-jy-air-ev/
• https://www.9carthai.com/new-juneyao-jy-air-price/
• https://www.thansettakij.com/motor/612354
• https://www.sanook.com/auto/93803/
• https://www.sanook.com/auto/93999/
• https://motorist.co.th/en/article/3929/jy-air-the-first-electric-vehicle-from-juneyao-launched-in-thailand-with-great-price
• https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/auto/1158286

International press / reference

• https://carnewschina.com/?p=205234

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JY_Air

• https://www.car250.com/new-jy-air-2025-19.html

• https://www.car250.com/?p=385136

• https://bangkokmotorhaus.com/ev-price/ (dealer aggregator; per the 2026-11 gap sweep it lists "from ฿759,000, 61.59 kWh / 520 km" — not re-fetched for this doc, and the kWh figure matches no other source)