BANGKOK, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's auto production continued to expand in December 2025, driven by a surge in electric vehicles (EVs) amid strong domestic and external demand, data from the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) showed on Wednesday.
Automakers produced 113,855 vehicles in Thailand last month, up 8.56 percent from a year earlier, as manufacturers accelerated EV output to compensate for earlier imports under the government's incentives, according to the FTI.
The upturn was primarily attributed to strong overall growth in passenger cars, where passenger EV production jumped nearly 800 percent to 10,714 units in December, said FTI Automotive Industry Club spokesperson Surapong Paisitpattanapong.
For the whole year of 2025, auto production dipped 0.91 percent over the previous year to 1,455,569 units, partly due to the discontinuation of fuel-powered passenger vehicles, especially export-oriented models, Surapong told a news conference.
Domestic auto sales soared 39.07 percent year-on-year to 75,121 units in December, marking the highest record in 33 months, as the EV 3.0 incentive program concluded, Surapong said.
The Southeast Asian country's finished car exports grew 11.29 percent from a year earlier to 84,963 units in December, thanks to an ongoing robust increase in shipments of hybrid EVs, he noted. ■