Motor Expo 2026

January 2026: Automobile production totaled 118,386 units, an increase of 10.53 percent. Electric passenger car production totaled 2,471 units, an increase of 48.41 percent.

Produced 459 electric pickup trucks, an increase of 100 percent. Sales of 73,936 units, an increase of 53.74 percent. Sales of electric passenger cars (BEV) 31,859 units, an increase of 273.38 percent. Sales of electric pickup trucks 79 units, an increase of 1,875 percent. Exports of 58,405 units, a decrease of 6.28 percent. 

Exports of electric passenger cars 1,265 units, an increase of 100 percent. Exports of electric pickup trucks 59 units, an increase of 100 percent.

 

Suraphong Phaisitphatthanaphong, Advisor to the Chairman of the Automotive Industry Group and Spokesperson for the Automotive Industry Group, The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), revealed the production volume, domestic sales, and exports of automobiles and motorcycles in January 2026. 

The total number of automobiles produced in January 2026 was 118,386 units, an increase of 3.98 percent from December 2025 and an increase of 10.53 percent from January 2025. This is due to a 46.56 percent increase in the production of passenger cars for export, a 153.57 percent increase in the production of pickup trucks for domestic sales, and a 76.18 percent increase in the production of trucks for domestic sales. This is in line with private sector investment in Q4 2025. Additionally, this is the first year of producing electric vehicles to offset imports for sale in 2024-2025, under the EV 3.5 scheme.

Passenger cars: 41,535 units produced in January 2026, an increase of 16.30 percent from January 2025, categorized as follows:

 

• Internal Combustion Engine passenger cars numbered 17,991 units, a decrease of 12.65 percent from January 2025.

• Battery Electric Vehicle passenger cars numbered 2,471 units, an increase of 48.41 percent from January 2025.

• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle passenger cars numbered 1,725 units, a decrease of 20.32 percent from January 2025.

• Hybrid Electric Vehicle passenger cars numbered 19,348 units, an increase of 21.58 percent from January 2025.

 

Passenger vehicles under 10 tons and over 10 tons had no production in January 2026. 

 

Trucks in January 2026 produced a total of 76,851 units, an increase of 7.65 percent from January 2025.

 

1-ton pickup trucks in January 2026 produced a total of 75,468 units, an increase of 6.89 percent from January 2025, categorized as follows:

 

• Pickup trucks for cargo: 10,795 units, an increase of 5.08 percent from January 2025.

• Double cab pickup trucks: 50,834 units, an increase of 11.53 percent from January 2025.

• Double cab BEV pickup trucks: 459 units, an increase of 100 percent from January 2025. 

• PPV pickup trucks: 13,380 units, a decrease of 9.29 percent from January 2025.

 

Trucks under 5 tons and over 10 tons produced 1,383 units in January 2026, an increase of 76.18 percent from January 2025. 

In January 2026, 79,686 units were produced, accounting for 75.71 percent of total production, an increase of 6.19 percent from January 2025.

Passenger cars produced for export in January 2026 numbered 20,451 units, an increase of 46.56 percent from January 2025. 

1-ton pickup trucks produced for export in January 2026 numbered 59,235 units, a decrease of 3.04 percent from January 2025, categorized as follows:

 

• Pickup trucks for cargo: 5,994 units, an increase of 14.30 percent from January 2025.

• Double cab pickup trucks: 43,909 units, an increase of 2.91 percent from January 2025.

• PPV pickup trucks: 9,332 units, a decrease of 29.19 percent from January 2025.

In January 2026, 38,700 units were produced, accounting for 24.29 percent of total production, an increase of 20.71 percent from January 2025. 

 

Passenger cars produced for domestic sales in January 2026 numbered 21,084 units, a decrease of 3.11 percent from January 2025. 

1-ton pickup trucks produced for domestic sales in January 2026 numbered 16,233 units, an increase of 70.62 percent from January 2025, categorized as follows:

 

• Pickup trucks for cargo: 4,801 units, a decrease of 4.53 percent from January 2025.

• Double cab pickup trucks: 7,384 units, a decrease of 153.57 percent from January 2025.

• PPV pickup trucks: 4,048 units, an increase of 157.34 percent from January 2025.

 

Passenger vehicles under 10 tons and over 10 tons had no production in January 2026. 

 

Trucks under 5 tons and over 10 tons produced 1,383 units in January 2026, an increase of 76.18 percent from January 2025. 

In January 2026, a total of 201,007 motorcycles were produced, a decrease of 10.50 percent from January 2025. This is divided into 166,394 Completely Built Units (CBU), a decrease of 6.43 percent from 2025, and 34,613 Completely Knocked Down (CKD) motorcycle parts, a decrease of 25.99 percent from 2025.

Domestic automobile sales in January 2026 totaled 73,936 units, a decrease of 1.58 percent from December 2025, but an increase of 53.77 percent from January 2025. This increase is due to accelerated delivery of electric vehicles under the EV 3.0 scheme, which ended in 2025, as well as the commencement of electric vehicle production at a 2:1 offset ratio under the EV 3.5 scheme. This resulted in passenger car and SUV sales increasing by 76.2 percent and 93.6 percent respectively from January 2025. However, pickup truck sales continued to decrease by 5.5 percent from January 2025, because financial institutions are still stringent in approving loans. This is due to the low growth rate of the domestic economy, weak purchasing power of the public, and the industrial sector still utilizing less than 60 percent of its total production capacity.

 

However, there are signs of an economic recovery, with growth exceeding expectations at a rate of 2.5 percent in Q4 2025. This is driven by an 8.1 percent expansion in total investment, with private investment expanding by 6.5 percent due to increased flexibility for investors. This led to a 12.2 percent expansion in factory construction, and a 13.3 percent expansion in accelerated government investment. Additionally, imports expanded by 12.8 percent, with machinery imports expanding by 21.8 percent. We must await the new government to accelerate the 1.8 trillion baht investment applications submitted for investment promotion in 2025, to create more jobs and income for Thai people, so that Thailand's economy can grow by more than 5 percent, as in the past.

 

Passenger cars and SUVs numbered 55,960 units, accounting for 75.69 percent of total sales, an increase of 83.21 percent from the same month last year.

 

• Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) passenger cars and SUVs: 10,485 units, accounting for 14.18 percent of total sales, a decrease of 12.24 percent from the same month last year.

 

• Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) passenger cars and SUVs: 31,859 units, accounting for 43.09 percent of total sales, an increase of 353.90 percent from the same month last year, the highest since BEV sales records began in Thailand.

 

• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) passenger cars and SUVs: 899 units, accounting for 1.22 percent of total sales, a decrease of 6.84 percent from the same month last year.

 

• Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (REEV) passenger cars and SUVs: 63 units, accounting for 0.09 percent of total sales, an increase of 100 percent from the same month last year.

 

• Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) passenger cars and SUVs: 12,654 units, accounting for 17.11 percent of total sales, an increase of 19.23 percent from the same month last year.

 

Pickup trucks numbered 11,507 units, a decrease of 6.12 percent from the same month last year. Electric pickup trucks (BEV) numbered 79 units, an increase of 1,875 percent from the same month last year. REEV pickup trucks had no sales. PPV vehicles numbered 4,132 units, an increase of 30.88 percent from the same month last year. 5-10 ton trucks numbered 1,186 units, an increase of 20.77 percent from the same month last year. And other vehicle types numbered 1,072 units, a decrease of 5.72 percent from the same month last year.

 

For motorcycles, sales totaled 154,124 units, an increase of 14.71 percent from December 2025, but a decrease of 1.42 percent from January 2025.

In January 2026, 58,405 units were exported, a decrease of 6.28 percent from January 2025, the lowest since May 2022, or a 45-month period. This is due to the cessation of production for some passenger car models for export, and stricter import regulations for vehicles lacking safety-assist features, as well as stringent carbon emission regulations. This led to a decrease in automobile exports to Asian, African, North American, Central American, and South American markets. Automobile export categories for January 2026 are as follows:

• Pickup trucks: 36,478 units, accounting for 62.46 percent of total exports, a decrease of 5.23 percent from 2025.

• BEV pickup trucks: 59 units, accounting for 0.10 percent of total exports. There were no exports in 2025.

• ICE passenger cars: 6,770 units, accounting for 11.59 percent of total exports, a decrease of 48.52 percent from 2025.

• BEV passenger cars: 1,265 units, accounting for 2.17 percent of total exports. There were no BEV passenger car exports in 2025.

• HEV passenger cars: 6,711 units, accounting for 11.49 percent of total exports, an increase of 170.93 percent from 2025.

• PPV vehicles: 7,122 units, accounting for 12.19 percent of total exports, a decrease of 13.17 percent from 2025.

The export value of automobiles was 39,092.58 million baht, a decrease of 5.68 percent from January 2025. However, engine and parts exports decreased as follows:

• Engines: had an export value of 2,869.03 million baht, a decrease of 1.57 percent from January 2025.

• Other automobile parts: had an export value of 14,470.14 million baht, a decrease of 3.52 percent from January 2025.

• Automobile spare parts: had an export value of 1,786.29 million baht, a decrease of 18.19 percent from January 2025.

The total export value of automobiles, engines, automobile parts, and spare parts in January 2026 was 58,218.04 million baht, a decrease of 5.40 percent from January 2025.

In January 2026, 79,078 units were exported (including CBU+CKD), an increase of 8.49 percent from January 2025, with a value of 5,351.75 million baht, a decrease of 12.94 percent from January 2025.

 

• Motorcycle parts: had a total export value of 171.89 million baht, a decrease of 3.19 percent from January 2025.

• Motorcycle spare parts: had a total export value of 226.27 million baht, an increase of 11.93 percent from January 2025.

 

The total export value of motorcycles, parts, and motorcycle spare parts in January 2026 was 5,749.91 million baht, a decrease of 11.91 percent from January 2025.

 

The total export value of finished automobiles, engines, other parts, automobile spare parts, motorcycles, parts, and motorcycle spare parts in January 2026 was 63,967.95 million baht, a decrease of 6.03 percent from 2025.

In January 2026, there were 83,281 registered vehicles using various fuel types, categorized as follows:

• Electric type (BEV): numbered 40,442 units, accounting for 48.56 percent, the highest since records began.

• Gasoline type: numbered 10,935 units, accounting for 13.13 percent.

• Diesel type: numbered 12,760 units, accounting for 15.32 percent.

• Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) type: numbered 17,164 units, accounting for 20.61 percent.

• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) type: numbered 1,975 units, accounting for 2.37 percent.

• Other types: numbered 5 units, accounting for 0.01 percent.

In January 2026, there were 45,668 newly registered Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV), an increase of 210.43 percent from January last year, categorized as follows:

 

• Passenger cars and various other vehicle types totaled 42,136 units, an increase of 239.89 percent from January 2025.

o Passenger cars: 40,443 units

o Passenger vehicles not exceeding 7 persons: 1,674 units

o Business service vehicles: 10 units

o Tourist service vehicles: 9 units

 

• Pickup trucks and vans totaled 73 units, an increase of 128.13 percent from January 2025.

• Motorcycles totaled 3,379 units, an increase of 49.32 percent from January 2025.

o Personal motorcycles: 3,379 units

 

• Three-wheeled vehicles totaled 7 units, an increase of 100 percent from January 2025.

o Personal three-wheeled vehicles: 7 units

 

• Buses totaled 3 units, an increase of 50 percent from January last year.

 

• Trucks totaled 70 units, an increase of 311.76 percent from January last year.

 

In January 2026, there were 17,224 newly registered Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), an increase of 27.16 percent from January last year, categorized as follows:

 

• Passenger cars and various other vehicle types totaled 17,177 units, an increase of 27.55 percent from January 2025.

o Passenger cars: 17,164 units

o Passenger vehicles not exceeding 7 persons: 2 units

o Business service vehicles: 5 units

o Tourist service vehicles: 6 units

 

• Motorcycles totaled 47 units, a decrease of 39.74 percent from January 2025.

o Personal motorcycles: 47 units

In January 2026, there were 1,975 newly registered Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), an increase of 83.89 percent from January last year, categorized as follows:

• Passenger cars and various other vehicle types totaled 1,975 units, an increase of 83.89 percent from January last year.

o Passenger cars: 1,975 units

As of January 31, 2026, cumulative BEV electric vehicle registrations totaled 418,046 units, an increase of 72.69 percent from last year, categorized as follows:

 

• Passenger cars and various other vehicle types totaled 322,655 units, an increase of 88.01 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Passenger cars numbered 312,957 units, an increase of 85.93 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Passenger vehicles not exceeding 7 persons numbered 7,412 units, an increase of 191.70 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Business service vehicles numbered 250 units, an increase of 204.88 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Tourist service vehicles numbered 305 units, an increase of 82.63 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Rental service vehicles numbered 5 units, an increase of 66.67 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Ride-hailing vehicles via electronic systems numbered 1,726 units, an increase of 241.11 percent from the same period in 2025.

 

• Pickup trucks and vans numbered 1,613 units, an increase of 79.22 percent from the same period in 2025.

 

• Three-wheeled vehicles totaled 1,049 units, an increase of 3.15 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Personal three-wheeled vehicles numbered 137 units, an increase of 21.24 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Commercial three-wheeled vehicles numbered 912 units, an increase of 0.88 percent from the same period in 2025.

 

• Motorcycles totaled 88,523 units, an increase of 36.53 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Personal motorcycles numbered 88,395 units, an increase of 36.59 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Public motorcycles numbered 128 units, a decrease of 6.67 percent from the same period in 2025.

 

• Others 

o Buses totaled 2,885 units, an increase of 3.37 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Trucks totaled 1,321 units, an increase of 44.53 percent from the same period in 2025.

As of January 31, 2026, cumulative HEV electric vehicle registrations totaled 621,949 units, an increase of 28.79 percent from last year, categorized as follows:

 

• Passenger cars and various other vehicle types totaled 611,915 units, an increase of 29.23 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Passenger cars numbered 610,128 units, an increase of 29.16 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Commercial passenger vehicles numbered 514 units, an increase of 3.42 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Business service vehicles numbered 254 units, an increase of 238.67 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Tourist service vehicles numbered 357 units, an increase of 58.67 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Rental service vehicles numbered 11 units, an increase of 120 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Ride-hailing vehicles via electronic systems numbered 651 units, an increase of 98.48 percent from the same period in 2025.

 

• Pickup trucks and vans numbered 1 unit, the same as the same period in 2025. 

 

• Motorcycles totaled 10,031 units, an increase of 6.79 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Personal motorcycles numbered 10,031 units, an increase of 6.79 percent from the same period in 2025.

 

• Others 

o Buses totaled 2 units, which is the same as the same period in 2025.

As of January 31, 2026, cumulative PHEV electric vehicle registrations totaled 83,301 units, an increase of 29.66 percent from last year, categorized as follows:

 

• Passenger cars and various other vehicle types totaled 83,301 units, an increase of 29.66 percent from last year.

o Passenger cars numbered 83,218 units, an increase of 29.68 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Commercial passenger vehicles not exceeding 7 persons numbered 1 unit, an increase of 100 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Business service vehicles numbered 39 units, a decrease of 9.30 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Tourist service vehicles numbered 27 units, an increase of 28.57 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Rental service vehicles numbered 4 units, a decrease of 20 percent from the same period in 2025.

o Ride-hailing vehicles via electronic systems numbered 12 units, an increase of 100 percent from the same period in 2025.