Electric Vehicles in Thailand

[Pib]

https://autolifethailand.tv/ev-register-april-2024-thailand/

Total registrations for 100% electric vehicles in Thailand April 2024 total 4,088 vehicles | decreased 18.3% Deepal S07 reigns as champion.

 

 

 

Decreased -18.3% ! The number of registrations for 100% electric vehicles in Thailand in April 2024 totaled 4,088 cars, a proportion of 13.3% of new cars, Year 1 nationwide, 38,022 cars. ChangAn Deepal S07 was the champion with 754 cars.

ChangAn Deepal S07 ranks 1st with a total of 754 cars, followed by 2nd place BYD Dolphin with a total of 500 cars and MG 4 takes 3rd place with a total of 478 cars. Honda e:N1 registered 63 cars in the first month.

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Total vehicle registrations for the 100% electric vehicle group (BEV: Battery Electric Vehicle) in April 2024 totaled 4,088 vehicles (representing 13.3% of total vehicle registrations in Thailand, R.Y.1, totaling 38,022 vehicles).

Top 15 rankings with the highest number of registrations in April 2024

• Number 1 ChangAn Deepal S07 : 754 units
• Number 2 BYD Dolphin: 500 cars
• 3rd place MG 4 : 478 cars
• 4th place NETA V : 381 cars
• Number 5 Aion Y Plus : 301 units
• Number 6 BYD Atto 3 : 217 cars
• Number 7 BYD Seal: 180 cars
• Number 8 ORA Goodcat: 169 cars
• Number 9: Tesla Model 3: 159 cars
• Number 10 ORA 07 : 129 cars
• No. 11 Volvo XC40 EV: 109 cars
• Number 12 Volvo C40 : 97 cars
• Number 13 MG EP : 71 cars
• No. 14 Tesla Model Y: 65 cars
• No. 15 Honda e:N1 : 63 cars

Statistics on cumulative registrations of 100% electric trains in Thailand

• Year 2020: January - December 2020, total 1,056 cars.
• Year 2021: January - December 2021, total 1,935 cars.
• Year 2022: January - December 2022, total 9,729 cars.
• Year 2023: January - December 2023, total 76,314 cars.
  • An increase of 66,585 units from the previous year, a growth of +684.4%.
• Year 2024: January - April 2024, total 26,377 vehicles.

The total number of 100% electric vehicle registrations in Thailand in April 2024 totals 4,088 vehicles, accounting for 10.75% of the total number of 38,022 vehicle registrations nationwide.

 

 

[Yellowtail]

Whatever did you guy do in life before you got EVs?

[ExpatOilWorker]

7 hours ago, Pib said:

https://autolifethailand.tv/ev-register-april-2024-thailand/

Total registrations for 100% electric vehicles in Thailand April 2024 total 4,088 vehicles | decreased 18.3% Deepal S07 reigns as champion.

 

 

 

Decreased -18.3% ! The number of registrations for 100% electric vehicles in Thailand in April 2024 totaled 4,088 cars, a proportion of 13.3% of new cars, Year 1 nationwide, 38,022 cars. ChangAn Deepal S07 was the champion with 754 cars.

ChangAn Deepal S07 ranks 1st with a total of 754 cars, followed by 2nd place BYD Dolphin with a total of 500 cars and MG 4 takes 3rd place with a total of 478 cars. Honda e:N1 registered 63 cars in the first month.

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Total vehicle registrations for the 100% electric vehicle group (BEV: Battery Electric Vehicle) in April 2024 totaled 4,088 vehicles (representing 13.3% of total vehicle registrations in Thailand, R.Y.1, totaling 38,022 vehicles).

Top 15 rankings with the highest number of registrations in April 2024

• Number 1 ChangAn Deepal S07 : 754 units
• Number 2 BYD Dolphin: 500 cars
• 3rd place MG 4 : 478 cars
• 4th place NETA V : 381 cars
• Number 5 Aion Y Plus : 301 units
• Number 6 BYD Atto 3 : 217 cars
• Number 7 BYD Seal: 180 cars
• Number 8 ORA Goodcat: 169 cars
• Number 9: Tesla Model 3: 159 cars
• Number 10 ORA 07 : 129 cars
• No. 11 Volvo XC40 EV: 109 cars
• Number 12 Volvo C40 : 97 cars
• Number 13 MG EP : 71 cars
• No. 14 Tesla Model Y: 65 cars
• No. 15 Honda e:N1 : 63 cars

Statistics on cumulative registrations of 100% electric trains in Thailand

• Year 2020: January - December 2020, total 1,056 cars.
• Year 2021: January - December 2021, total 1,935 cars.
• Year 2022: January - December 2022, total 9,729 cars.
• Year 2023: January - December 2023, total 76,314 cars.
  • An increase of 66,585 units from the previous year, a growth of +684.4%.
• Year 2024: January - April 2024, total 26,377 vehicles.

The total number of 100% electric vehicle registrations in Thailand in April 2024 totals 4,088 vehicles, accounting for 10.75% of the total number of 38,022 vehicle registrations nationwide.

 

 

Not that it really matters, but do you know why there is a small discrepancy in the numbers?

Autolife and car250 both quote 38,022 for total registrations, while DLT had 39,697 in the sheet you shared.

For EV car250 quote 3997 and autolife 4088.

 

EV registrations for April 2024 3997

https://www.car250.com/th-2024-04-11-3.html

Total  registrations for April 2024 38,022

https://www.car250.com/th-2024-04-11.html

[JBChiangRai]

Bz4x did well

 

pfft

[ExpatOilWorker]

14 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Bz4x did well

 

pfft

It is probably just a rounding error for the Bz4x. 3 zeros in a row sound odd. Maybe a 1,000?

BMW did well in April at 111 registrations. Mercedes is really struggling to join the party 🥳. 

[JBChiangRai]

15 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

It is probably just a rounding error for the Bz4x. 3 zeros in a row sound odd. Maybe a 1,000?

BMW did well in April at 111 registrations. Mercedes is really struggling to join the party 🥳. 

They initially registered 66.  I suspect they were pushed on the dealers as demonstrators.  
 

They are appalling VFM so I would only be mildly surprised if they didn’t sell any at all.

 

I am also surprised about the Changan Saloon, I don’t like SUV’s but it appears I am in a minority.

[Pib]

5 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Not that it really matters, but do you know why there is a small discrepancy in the numbers?

Autolife and car250 both quote 38,022 for total registrations, while DLT had 39,697 in the sheet you shared.

For EV car250 quote 3997 and autolife 4088.

 

EV registrations for April 2024 3997

https://www.car250.com/th-2024-04-11-3.html

Total  registrations for April 2024 38,022

https://www.car250.com/th-2024-04-11.html

 

Nope...I can't explain why car250.com's reported registration amounts does not match the DLT registration data that DLT posts on their website.

https://web.dlt.go.th/statistics/

 

I checked the DLT website again this morning...and it still reports the same thing as shown in above snapshot from a day or so ago when DLT posted their updated data for April registrations.

 

 

[marino28]

Anyway I am not surpresid the Deepal is selling very well here.

 

one of the most important things for Thais is look. The Deepal look expensive and posh 

 

the design of the suv in particular is really nice 

 

Maybe when Byd will lunch the pickup , that will be the new best sellers, but we don’t have a date yet and pricing 

 

Edited May 4 by marino28

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, marino28 said:

Anyway I am not surpresid the Deepal is selling very well here.

 

one of the most important things for Thais is look. The Deepal look expensive and posh 

 

the design of the suv in particular is really nice 

 

Maybe when Byd will lunch the pickup , that will be the new best sellers, but we don’t have a date yet and pricing 

 

Are not looks one of the most important things for most everyone buying a new car? 

[Pib]

2 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

It is probably just a rounding error for the Bz4x. 3 zeros in a row sound odd. Maybe a 1,000?

BMW did well in April at 111 registrations. Mercedes is really struggling to join the party 🥳. 

From looking at the DLT registration data 66 Bz4x's were registered in Jan and then for months Feb thru Apr there have been zero sales.    And even in 2023 they had very few sales.  

 

I bet those 66 Bz4X registrations in Jan was just some type of Toyota creative accounting like maybe selling/transferring all remaining Bz4x in their new car inventory to maybe Toyota Sure (preowned car division) who in turn would try to sell them.   Or maybe an wholesale sale to some company in another country and they Bz4s's where then shipped out of country. 

 

 Yeap, my gut feel is Toyota just need some type of creative booking keeping which involved registration.

[Yellowtail]

Yes, all of the Japanese, European and US automakers used creative accounting, only the Chinese automakers and the people that worship them can be trusted to provide reliable numbers, 

[JBChiangRai]

12 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Yes, all of the Japanese, European and US automakers used creative accounting, only the Chinese automakers and the people that worship them can be trusted to provide reliable numbers, 

Mellow Yellow!

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, JBChiangRai said:

Mellow Yellow!

Thanks, but I'm more a Cactus Cooler kind of guy...  

[Bandersnatch]

 

 

The Ora Lightning Cat now called the 07 was the 10th best selling EV and we haven’t really talked about it much here. Paul Tan’s review is pretty comprehensive

 

”This car has gone by many many names over the last 2 years, it has been called the Ora Sport, Ora Lightning Cat, the Grand Cat, the Flash Cat, the Next Cat or as some people have called it the Copy Cat”

 

 

 

 

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

 

The Ora Lightning Cat now called the 07 was the 10th best selling EV and we haven’t really talked about it much here. Paul Tan’s review is pretty comprehensive

 

”This car has gone by many many names over the last 2 years, it has been called the Ora Sport, Ora Lightning Cat, the Grand Cat, the Flash Cat, the Next Cat or as some people have called it the Copy Cat”

 

 

 

 

Why did they not call it "Bad Cat"? Seems like a miss. 

 

And why do we have Mini Big C, rather than just Little C? 

 

 

[josephbloggs]

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Yes, all of the Japanese, European and US automakers used creative accounting, only the Chinese automakers and the people that worship them can be trusted to provide reliable numbers, 

Who worships Chinese EVs? I know people like the ones that are good, why wouldn't they?

Haven't seen anyone on here raving about the big (ugly) cat, in fact I haven't seen anyone say a good word about it - it is pig ugly and nothing special. Haven't seen anyone raving about Zeekr's offerings as they are frankly a bit odd. We've also criticised BYD's offerings that aren't in Thailand yet - I forgot the name but it looks like it could only be used as a taxi as no one would buy it for personal use.

Atto 3, Seal, Dolphin, the MG range, the Deepals however are all excellent cars and great value so yes, people talk about them. Oh and they are selling well.

Toyota's EVs are an overpriced joke and rightly laughed at.

Edited May 4 by josephbloggs

[Bandersnatch]

56 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

forgot the name but it looks like it could only be used as a taxi as no one would buy it for personal use.

You must mean the BYD e6 I gave it a poor review when I saw it in the flesh for the first time 2 years ago

 

 

 

 

 

[Gweiloman]

9 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

You must mean the BYD e6 I gave it a poor review when I saw it in the flesh for the first time 2 years ago

 

 

 

 

 

The interior looks like a Japanese made car lol

 

[JBChiangRai]

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Why did they not call it "Bad Cat"? Seems like a miss. 

 

Or the Top Cat

 

Top Cat!
The most effectual!
Top Cat!
Who's intellectual!*
Close friends get to call him "T.C.,"
Providing it's with dignity!

source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/topcatlyrics.html

[Pib]

3 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Yes, all of the Japanese, European and US automakers used creative accounting, only the Chinese automakers and the people that worship them can be trusted to provide reliable numbers, 

I expect "all" businesses do some creative accounting and transactions for sales, business, profit, tax, etc., purposes.   I expect that is what Toyota did for their Bz4x EV model which for "all 12 months" of 2023 only a total of 60 registrations occurred.  Then for Jan 2024 there were 66 registrations (more than for all of 2023) with zero registrations since then for Feb, Mar, and Apr 2024.  That implies to me Toyota took action in Dec 2023 or Jan 2024 to offload their Bz4x stock which involved registration....maybe a mass sell at wholesale price to an out of country buyer, transfer to their preowned vehicle division (Toyota Sure), or some other creative sell off.  

 

[macahoom]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

Providing it's with dignity!

 

Thanks for that!

 

I could never make out what they were singing. To me, it sounded like "whipping the tee", but I knew that couldn't be right.

[HighPriority]

10 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

Bz4x did well

 

pfft

To be fair it’s sold 66 more than its sister car…

😎

[Bandersnatch]

Road Tax for my electric motor bike has increased 500% since last year!

 

 

฿50 this year up from ฿10 last

[KhunLA]

5 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

Road Tax for my electric motor bike has increased 500% since last year!

 

 

฿50 this year up from ฿10 last

Holy crap ... guess mine will be even more, since I have a 'BIG BIKE' 

[ExpatOilWorker]

2 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

Road Tax for my electric motor bike has increased 500% since last year!

 

 

฿50 this year up from ฿10 last

Ehm, that is a 400% increase.

No need to dwell in trivial math details, when it is harvest season on the cherry picking farm.

[josephbloggs]

10 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

You must mean the BYD e6 I gave it a poor review when I saw it in the flesh for the first time 2 years ago

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, that's the one!

[ExpatOilWorker]

BYD Seal accident. Everyone walked away 👍 👍. 

Female driver 😔 😟. 

Does it qualify 🤔 as an EV fire 🔥?

 

[Sophon]

On 5/3/2024 at 10:41 PM, Yellowtail said:

Whatever did you guy do in life before you got EVs?

 

Says the guy who spends his days commenting on a topic he has no interest in.

[Yellowtail]

8 minutes ago, Sophon said:

 

Says the guy who spends his days commenting on a topic he has no interest in.

I have an interest in EVs, if I didn't, I wouldn't post. 

[Gweiloman]

31 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

BYD Seal accident. Everyone walked away 👍 👍. 

Female driver 😔 😟. 

Does it qualify 🤔 as an EV fire 🔥?

 

Interesting. Yes, I would definitely classify this as a car fire as a result of a big accident. I wonder if it was an ICEV, would there have been an explosion? What’s also interesting is that someone, presumably the fire fighters turned the car over to fight the fire. Also, if I understand correctly, the fire was put out within 3 hours. If it was a thermal runaway situation, could it have been put out as quickly?