BYD Leads Record Thai Auto Show Bookings as Fuel Prices Surge

Stinging retail fuel prices are pushing more Thais toward electric vehicles, with models from BYD Co. and other Chinese automakers topping booking charts at Bangkok’s biggest motor show.

Bookings surged 71% from a year earlier to 132,951 at the Bangkok International Motor Show, held from March 25 to April 5, according to organizer Grand Prix International Pcl. Chinese EV makers accounted for more than two-thirds of total sales, relegating Toyota Motor Corp and other Japanese manufacturers to a distant second place, the data showed.