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Electric pickup truck export to Thailand

Thailand is right-hand drive and requires TISI certification before registration. It is also the hardest ASEAN market to enter on landed price alone, because Thailand builds one-tonne pickups domestically at scale — the opening is in electric fleet mandates and in specifications the local plants do not build, not in undercutting a locally made Hilux.

What does Thailand require?

Steering
Right-hand drive
Pre-export certificate
TISI certification and Department of Land Transport registration compliance
Issuing body
Thai Industrial Standards Institute
Vehicle age rule
Used-vehicle import is effectively prohibited; new vehicles are unaffected
Ports and routing
Laem Chabang (primary), Bangkok
Sea or rail transit
7–10 days from Shanghai

How is duty assessed?

Thailand has operated electric vehicle incentive packages (the EV3.0 and EV3.5 schemes) offering duty reduction and subsidy in exchange for local production commitments, which are aimed at manufacturers rather than independent importers. Standard CBU duty for an importer outside those schemes is high — model it carefully before committing.

We quote FOB China and CIF Thailand only — never landed cost, because a duty change between order and arrival would make that number wrong. Confirm the current rate with your clearing agent before committing to an order.

Who is buying MAXUS vehicles in Thailand?

Industrial estate and logistics fleets in the Eastern Economic Corridor, agricultural estates, and corporate fleets responding to Thailand's national EV policy. Thai buyers are the most pickup-literate in the world and will compare specification lines closely — publish the numbers and expect them to be checked.

Which models can be registered in Thailand?

Thailand is right-hand drive, so the 8 models below are the eligible ones. Ordering the wrong steering is the single most expensive mistake in vehicle importing — the unit cannot be registered and cannot economically be returned.

Common questions about importing to Thailand

Can an independent importer compete in Thailand?

On specification, not on price against a locally built diesel. The realistic openings are fleet electrification requirements, duty cycles the local plants do not serve, and buyers who want a 4WD electric pickup with 3,500 kg towing — which no Thai-built one-tonne currently offers. Treat CBU duty as the base case and check whether any current incentive scheme applies to your structure.

Which specifications can be registered in Thailand?

The four factory right-hand-drive models: the T60, Interstellar L, eTerron 9 and T90 EV. Thailand drives on the left.

How does Thailand's charging network compare?

It is among the best in ASEAN, with substantial public DC coverage on the main intercity corridors. For depot fleets that is a convenience rather than a requirement — 11 kW three-phase overnight charging covers both platforms — but it does remove the range objection on long-distance duty cycles that would still be a real constraint elsewhere in the region.

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Quoting a shipment to Thailand?

Send the destination port, quantity and specification. We return a proforma invoice with FOB and CIF priced side by side, plus the TISI certification and Department of Land Transport registration compliance your customs authority will ask for.

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