Reveal data on the 10 provinces with the highest number of EV vehicle registrations in 2023, of a total of 75,690 vehicles, taking a 12% share of the overall car market, revealing “Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Chonburi” TOP3, as for the states with the lowest number of registrations, namely Mae Hong Son, only 1 vehicle, while the gas station operator Accelerating plans to expand electric vehicle charging stations throughout the country
On January 28, 2024, the reporter “Prachachat Turakij” reported the hot trend of car registration numbers from the Land Transport Department. Organized by fuel type Divided into electric cars, RY.1 type cars, personal passenger cars not exceeding 7 people. In the last year 2023 (January-December), there was a total of 75,690 cars out of a total of 634,948 passenger car registrations across the country. reflects that the EV car has a sales share of nearly 12% of the overall car market.
This is from the EV3.0 promotional measures to the EV3.5 measures which include tax measures. and subsidies for electric vehicle car buyers Not only does it make the EV market in Thailand grow exponentially. At the same time, Chinese EV camps are also flocking to invest in production centers in Thailand.
10 states with the highest number of people using electric vehicle cars
Of course, the province with the highest number of registrations is Bangkok, with 52,751 vehicles, and the province that follows in second place is Chiang Mai, with 3,083 vehicles, and in third place is Chonburi, with 2,392 vehicles.
Number 4 is Songkhla Province with 1,614 cars, Khon Kaen 1,409 cars, Rayong 1,283 cars, Ubon Ratchathani 1,190 cars, Surat Thani 1,177 cars, Phuket 1,039 cars and Udon Thani 965 cars.
However, for the provinces with the lowest number of EV vehicle registrations last year, Mae Hong Son Province, 1 vehicle
However, if separated by region, apart from the Bangkok area, the northern region is considered to have the highest number of EV vehicle registrations, with 6,208 vehicles, followed by the northeast region with 5,564 vehicles, region the south with 4840 vehicles, and the eastern region with 4,180 vehicles.
5 popular EV brands
For the EV car brands with the highest sales in the past year It is considered the number 1 most popular brand among Thai people, which is BYD brand with 30,467 cars, 2nd place NETA with 12,777 cars, 3rd place MG with 12,462 of cars, 4th place TESLA with 8,206 cars and 5th place ORA with 6,746 cars.
That can be seen in the top 5 EV car brands that Thai people are most popular with are 4 Chinese brands because of their attractive price levels. It also receives subsidies from the government. The price of Chinese EV cars is very attractive to consumers, starting at the level of 5. 100,000 baht – 1 million baht, with only TESLA from the United States in the 4th place.
OR facilitates the installation of electric vehicle charging stations
Meanwhile, gas station operators are accelerating plans to switch to “electric vehicle charging stations” have proliferated, with Mr. Suchart Ramas, Director General of PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited or OR, states that he is in the process of studying the model for establishing an electric vehicle charging service center or “EV. Station PluZ Hub” is a dedicated electric vehicle charging control station. Each EV center will have 8-10 or more dispensers (no oil dispensers) and complete non-oil business services.
The initial target is 10 locations across the states. With a distance of 200-300 km from Bangkok, lay a route to the north, northeast and south to support the travel of people from Bangkok. which when charging from home When running 200-300 kilometers, you want to recharge Jatim electricity. For example, in the northern region, look at the provinces of Nakhon Sawan and Kamphaeng Phet, and in the northeastern region, look at the province Saraburi. Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Southern Region, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province It will be piloted in the third quarter of this year for the first time.
In addition, NEU plans to increase the number of EV Station PluZ service stations by another 600 locations, representing a total of 1,200 charging points, increasing from the current 700 locations with 1,400 charging points, with the aim of going deeper to the area level as well.
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