BYD Dolphin, Electric
★5.0· 20Automatic44.9 kWh95 hpFront-wheel5 seats
฿850per day
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Electric car rental in Koh Samui
Kenan AlkanCity and intercity driver
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Electric car rental in Koh Samui from Rent-Trip: 10 electric cars, from ฿850 per day, delivered to any address on the island and to Samui International Airport (USM). The delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
Which electric cars you can rent in Koh Samui
We keep 10 electric cars on the island, spanning three body classes: hatchback, crossover and sedan. All 10 have 5 seats, automatic transmission and run on electric power only — no petrol or hybrid options sit in this part of our fleet.
The 10 electric models in our Koh Samui fleet
| Model | Body | Battery | Power | Seats | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYD Dolphin | Hatchback | 44.9 kWh | 95 hp | 5 | ฿850 |
| GWM Ora Good Cat | Hatchback | 63.1 kWh | 143 hp | 5 | ฿900 |
| Nissan Leaf | Hatchback | 40 kWh | 150 hp | 5 | ฿950 |
| MG 4 Electric | Hatchback | 51 kWh | 170 hp | 5 | ฿1,000 |
| MG ZS EV | Crossover | 51 kWh | 177 hp | 5 | ฿1,100 |
| BYD Atto 3 | Crossover | 60.5 kWh | 204 hp | 5 | ฿1,200 |
| GAC Aion Y | Crossover | 63.2 kWh | 204 hp | 5 | ฿1,200 |
| BYD Seal | Sedan | 82.5 kWh | 313 hp | 5 | ฿1,400 |
| Tesla Model 3 | Sedan | 60 kWh | 283 hp | 5 | ฿1,500 |
| Tesla Model Y | Crossover | 60 kWh | 299 hp | 5 | ฿1,700 |
Hatchback, crossover or sedan — which EV suits your trip
Drivetrain splits the fleet too: the MG 4 Electric, BYD Seal, Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y drive the rear wheels, while the rest are front-wheel drive.
Battery size and power across the fleet
- Mid-range pack: the MG ZS EV and MG 4 Electric at 51 kWh, with 177 hp and 170 hp respectively.
- Larger crossover packs: the BYD Atto 3 at 60.5 kWh and the GAC Aion Y at 63.2 kWh, both 204 hp.
- Tesla pair: the Model 3 and Model Y both use a 60 kWh pack, at 283 hp and 299 hp.
- Power spread: 95 hp in the BYD Dolphin at one end, 313 hp in the BYD Seal at the other.
What electric car rental in Koh Samui costs
Prices on this page cover ten electric models, from ฿850 to ฿1,700 a day, with VAT 7% already included. Weekly and monthly rates are lower per day: weekly is the daily rate × 6, monthly is the daily rate × 21.
Daily rates by model
| Model | Body | Battery | Power | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYD Dolphin | Hatchback | 44.9 kWh | 95 hp | ฿850 |
| GWM Ora Good Cat | Hatchback | 63.1 kWh | 143 hp | ฿900 |
| Nissan Leaf | Hatchback | 40 kWh | 150 hp | ฿950 |
| MG 4 Electric | Hatchback | 51 kWh | 170 hp | ฿1,000 |
| MG ZS EV | Crossover | 51 kWh | 177 hp | ฿1,100 |
| BYD Atto 3 | Crossover | 60.5 kWh | 204 hp | ฿1,200 |
| GAC Aion Y | Crossover | 63.2 kWh | 204 hp | ฿1,200 |
| BYD Seal | Sedan | 82.5 kWh | 313 hp | ฿1,400 |
| Tesla Model 3 | Sedan | 60 kWh | 283 hp | ฿1,500 |
| Tesla Model Y | Crossover | 60 kWh | 299 hp | ฿1,700 |
The spread between the cheapest and the dearest car is ฿850 a day — the same money again. Pick by the trip you have planned, not by the badge on the bonnet.
Weekly and monthly rates
Longer bookings drop the daily cost without any negotiation on your side. Weekly rates start at ฿5,100, which is the ฿850 daily rate × 6; monthly rates start at ฿17,850, the same daily rate × 21. Applied to the top of the range, the Tesla Model Y runs ฿10,200 a week and ฿35,700 a month on the same multipliers.
If your stay runs past a week, ask the manager to quote the whole period at the weekly or monthly rate before you confirm — the booking is fixed only after the dates, the delivery address and the price are agreed with a manager.
What sits inside the price
- Delivery: we bring the car to any address on Koh Samui or to Samui International Airport (USM); any delivery fee is agreed when booking.
- Security hold: a bank card in the main driver's name is used for it, and the amount is set out in the rental agreement.
- Insurance: compulsory Por Ror Bor is attached to every registered car; Class 1 cover and its excess are set out in the rental agreement.
The daily rate is the easy part to compare. What decides the final bill is how long you keep the car and where it has to be brought — settle both with the manager before the booking is fixed.
Rules, roads and documents for electric car rental in Koh Samui
Thailand drives on the left, and every car in our fleet is right-hand drive, so the steering wheel sits on the side you may not expect.
What the ring road asks of an electric car
What the surface asks in return is attention — potholes, sometimes deep, standing water after rain, oil patches left by refuse trucks and animals on the road.
Documents a foreign driver needs
- Home driving licence: your national licence, valid and carried with you for the whole rental.
- International Driving Permit: the 1949 Geneva Convention permit, required alongside the national licence under section 42 bis of the Motor Vehicle Act; ASEAN nationals drive on their national licence instead.
- Passport: carried on you, not left in the car.
- Bank card: in the main driver's name, used for the security hold; the amount is set out in the rental agreement.
- Minimum age: 21; conditions for drivers under 25 are set out in the rental agreement.
- Police fine: driving without a valid permit costs ฿500–1,000, and an insurer may refuse a claim.
Rules that catch visitors out
The alcohol limit is 50 mg% in blood, dropping to 20 mg% for drivers under 20 and holders of temporary licences; the penalty runs to up to a year in prison, a fine of ฿5,000–20,000 or both, and a licence suspension of at least six months, and refusing the test counts as an admission. Children under six must ride in a TISI-standard child seat, and below 135 cm a seat belt or a special seat is required — the fine reaches ฿2,000. Everyone in the car, rear row included, wears a belt. Parking against a red-and-white or yellow-and-white kerb is prohibited.
Delivery and hand-over for electric car rental in Koh Samui
We deliver every car to the address you give us, and the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. The car comes to your hotel, villa or the airport, and you decide when.
How delivery works for electric car rental on the island
- Where we deliver: any address on the island, plus Samui International Airport (USM) — both are agreed when booking, not chosen from a list.
- What is agreed first: the exact address, the date and the time; a delivery fee, if any, is agreed when booking as well.
- What you bring: passport, your home driving licence, an International Driving Permit unless you hold an ASEAN licence, and a bank card in the main driver's name.
- What stays in the agreement: the deposit and the insurance excess are set out in the rental agreement, and the minimum driver age is 21.
What to check before you drive away
- Tax sticker: the square blue hologram on the windscreen must be current — the year on it follows the Buddhist calendar.
Traffic here keeps to the left and every car is right-hand drive, which is worth a slow first loop around the block before you join the ring road. If a traffic-camera fine arrives after your booking, it is issued to the car owner and re-invoiced to you — so keep to the limits and there is nothing to settle later. Anything not covered here, from a late flight to a change of address, is agreed with a manager when booking.
Booking your electric car rental in Koh Samui
We agree the delivery address, the date and the time with you before anything is fixed, and only then does the booking become firm. That order matters on an island where a car has to be driven to you rather than collected from a lot.
What we need from you to confirm the booking
- Delivery address: any address on Koh Samui, or Samui International Airport (USM) — the exact spot is agreed in the chat.
- Date and time: tell us when you land or when you want the car outside your hotel, and we build the hand-over around it.
- Model: name the car from our ten — the BYD Dolphin at ฿850 a day or the Tesla Model Y at ฿1,700 — or describe the trip and let us suggest one.
- Rental length: one day, a week or a month; weekly and monthly rates are calculated as daily × 6 and daily × 21.
Documents the main driver brings
A foreign visitor needs a home driving licence plus an International Driving Permit under the 1949 Geneva Convention, and section 42 bis of the Motor Vehicle Act applies to it. Citizens of ASEAN countries may drive on their national licence. Police fine for driving without the permit is ฿500–1,000, and an insurer may refuse a claim. Bring a passport, a home driving licence, the permit unless you are an ASEAN citizen, and a bank card in the main driver's name. Minimum driver age is 21; conditions for drivers under 25 and for premium classes are set out in the rental agreement.
Timing, changes and what is agreed later
October and November bring the heaviest rain of the year — November alone averages 444.6 mm — so if your dates sit there, book earlier rather than later. A delivery fee, if any, is agreed when booking, and the deposit, the insurance excess and any changes to the booking are set out in the rental agreement.
Why booking ahead pays off on this island
Samui International Airport handles 50 flights a day with a plan to raise that to 73, and high season runs 20 December – 31 March. Our electric fleet is ten cars, all five-seat and automatic. Send the address, the date and the time in one message — that is the whole of it.
Insurance and rental agreement for electric car rental in Koh Samui
What insurance comes with the car
- Por Ror Bor: compulsory cover attached to every registered vehicle; it pays for injury to third parties, not for the vehicle itself.
- Class 1: the policy that answers for damage to the vehicle; its wording and the excess sit in the contract, so read that clause before you drive away.
- Driving without a valid permit: the police fine is ฿500–1,000, and an insurer may refuse a claim — the risk sits with the driver, not the car.
- Traffic-camera fines: issued to the owner and re-invoiced to the renter, so they reach you after the holiday rather than during it.
Documents you need to show
Citizens of ASEAN countries may drive on their national licence instead. Bring your passport, your home driving licence, the permit unless you hold an ASEAN licence, and a bank card in the main driver's name for the security hold — the amount is set out in the agreement. The minimum driver age is 21; conditions for drivers under 25 and for premium classes are set out in the rental agreement.
The agreement itself
Since 30 December 2025 a car rental agreement in Thailand is a contract controlled by the OCPB: it is written in Thai, and all fees and penalties are disclosed in it. Deposit amount, insurance excess, any delivery fee and discount terms are set out in the rental agreement or agreed when booking — we do not quote them on this page.
Summing up electric car rental in Koh Samui
The whole island fits inside 228.7 km², the ring road runs 51 km around it, and every resort we name on this page — Nathon, Lipa Noi, Lamai, Chaweng, Bophut, Maenam — sits on that loop.
What actually decides your booking is the trip, not the badge on the bonnet.
- Rear-wheel drive on wet asphalt: the MG 4 Electric, BYD Seal and both Teslas put power down through the back wheels — worth knowing in the October–December rains, when November alone averages 444.6 mm.
Pricing follows the same logic. Daily rates run ฿850–฿1,700 with VAT 7% included, weekly rates start at ฿5,100 and monthly rates from ฿17,850, calculated as daily × 6 and daily × 21. If you are staying a fortnight, price the longer booking before you commit to day-by-day. And remember you will be driving on the left with the steering wheel on the right, so give yourself the first twenty minutes on an empty stretch of the ring road before you join the traffic in Chaweng.
One last thing from our side. We deliver the car to any address on the island or to Samui International Airport (USM), and the delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. Bring your passport, your home driving licence and an International Driving Permit unless you hold an ASEAN licence — the police fine for driving without one is ฿500–1,000, and an insurer may refuse a claim. Everything else — the security hold, the excess, any delivery fee — is set out in the rental agreement, and it is worth reading before you drive away.