ExpatOilWorker
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August 25th?
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25 minutes ago, Mavideol said:I do hope so and the faster the better
We might see some spectacular action 🎬 by Ukraine 🇺🇦 on or around May 9th, the Victory ✌️ day in Russia 🇷🇺.
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3 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:
Good for them, but not as good as Ferrari 🚗 🚘 😊 😃.
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My biggest dream?
To solve this equation.
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Why don't you just apply for your next extension on June 5-7th, after you return from ur trip?
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9 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:
Looks like some clips are missing.
You see missing clips, I see missing Chinese quality control.
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25 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:
Does that mean you'll be buying an EV?
Only if it comes with a big tube of superglue.
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3 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:
Atrue believer in bidenomics... 555... I you are losing on every unit and you sell more units... you are not making anything "up"... you are losing more... subsidies are the reappropriation of moneys taken from the citizens to support a failed state program... it is not profit.
They could also just continue to lose money 💰 until they go out of business and we can all live happily ever after 😊.
Isn't this exactly what @KhunLA has been looking for?
....cut the price of its Li Mega multipurpose minivan by 30,000 yuan, or 5.4 per cent, to 529,800 yuan. Launched in March this year, the fully-electric minivan described by its maker as being essentially a “mobile home” is designed to cater to the travel demands of wealthy families and is fitted with a refrigerator and a sofa.
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5 hours ago, Yellowtail said:
Over capacity increases costs.
It will increase sunk cost, but that is OK 👍.
The Chinese are losing money on every vehicle sold, but make it up on volume.....and state subsidies.
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3 hours ago, Gweiloman said:
Actually, I do enjoy their trolling, especially when accompanied with inaccurate and/or ignorant comments.
Keep up the good work boys.
G-man is the man, we are staying.
Here is a bit of factual information: China 🇨🇳 is sitting on 10 million of un-needed vehicle production capacity.
Expect more discounts and price wars on all vehicle types. The next few years will be golden times to buy a new car 🚗.
New York Times (Free): https://archive.ph/4jCiQ
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We have plenty of stickers. You want some?
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6 hours ago, josephbloggs said:
How long would your "Performance Motors" stickers take to be reprinted?
We have plenty of stickers. You want some?
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6 hours ago, josephbloggs said:
Maybe the new more reasonable EOW is no more?
The reasonable EOW is celebrating 🍾 a million wells completed 😊 😃.
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1 hour ago, 0ffshore360 said:
Or are well funded lobby groups countering competition with propaganda and bureaucratic obstruction?
Perhaps not dis-similar to initial resistance to Japan then Korea then Taiwan then Chinese whatevers?
Looks like BYD has a service problem in Thailand 🇹🇭.
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41 minutes ago, vinny41 said:
Chinese EVs Become Virtually Uninsurable In UK Even Though There’s Nothing Wrong With Them
Lack of parts, Long period off the road waiting for parts from China ,No documentation on how to repair vehicles, mismatch in the viability of repairs Chinese costs vs European Costs
No Supply Chain
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/chinese-evs-become-virtually-uninsurable-in-the-uk-says-report/
Sounds like chaos in the BYD/MG after market service centers. Is it any different in Thailand 🇹🇭 or are the Chinese brands hanging their customers out to dry?
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2 hours ago, josephbloggs said:
Has anyone been burned to death (while refueling their car) in Thailand?
More than 100 in a single day on September 24th, 1990.
Even of you had lighting balls shooting 🔫 out of your headlamps, EVs will never match the carnage dino fuel ⛽️ can unleash.
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5 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:
Definitely not.
I cannot see Porsche limiting their EV's Taycan & Macan. If you do EV's you HAVE to do ICE, nope, never, not going to happen.
Vinny actually has a good point and EV owners might soon "volunteering" lower their cars performance, to avoid paying an insurance premium.
In Russia, having a dash camera reduces insurance cost and we know EV owners are penny pinchers at the pump or power cable, so most will go slow 🐌 to save a few baht.
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2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:
Yes I can see the problem.
EV sales are accelerating and it's a disaster (for the EV haters).
Nothing is going wrong!
The customers are joyously happy!
They can charge everywhere!
They pay 20-25% of the cost for fuel they paid for ICE and some even pay nothing!
They have 1% of the moving parts of ICE so need very little servicing!
They don't break down!
They don't catch fire!
They go hundreds of kilometers before needing recharging!
Charging only takes the time it takes to have a coffee!
They only take an average of 4 kWhrs of electricity per day which the power grid can EASILY absorb. What the video said is correct in some countries and specifically in some places in countries, those places specifically being high speed charging stations on motorways which do need feeding with a high current supply. That requires local grid changes back to the very high voltage grid.
All in not well 😢 🤧 on planet EV.
Vinfast might be the first major player to fall from grace. Tesla is feeling the ache of an old man and some of the lesser known Chinese brands are doomed to fail.
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2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:
Yes I can see the problem.
EV sales are accelerating and it's a disaster (for the EV haters).
Nothing is going wrong!
The customers are joyously happy!
They can charge everywhere!
They pay 20-25% of the cost for fuel they paid for ICE and some even pay nothing!
They have 1% of the moving parts of ICE so need very little servicing!
They don't break down!
They don't catch fire!
They go hundreds of kilometers before needing recharging!
Charging only takes the time it takes to have a coffee!
They only take an average of 4 kWhrs of electricity per day which the power grid can EASILY absorb. What the video said is correct in some countries and specifically in some places in countries, those places specifically being high speed charging stations on motorways which do need feeding with a high current supply. That requires local grid changes back to the very high voltage grid.
Accelerating, but using the brakes??
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1 hour ago, KhunLA said:
It's a work in progress ...
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Thai Smile will expand its fleet of electric buses to 3,100 to cover a total of 122 routes this year, they said. It currently has 1,250 electric buses operating on 71 routes.
The BMTA, a loss-making state enterprise, had 119 public bus routes in Bangkok and its vicinity with a total of 2,885 vehicles and 12,671 employees as of August 31 last year.
Under a reform of bus routes, the Department of Land Transport granted permission to private operators to use electric vehicles on 77 new routes in the greater Bangkok metropolitan area. Thai Smile won the right to operate 71 of the routes while two other operators received permits for the remaining routes.
Thai Smile also supplied electric buses to other private bus operators on 45 of 53 routes that had used diesel-powered buses, the company said."
Add those to the E-MV on some smaller canals, and the larger 150/250 psgr boats plowing the Chao Phraya river routs, and Krung Thep is getting there. Slow but steady progress ... 👍
Bit of fine Thai nonsense journalism from the Nation.
Since when is going from 1,250 to 3,100 nearly double? It is more than double!!
"Thai Smile Bus will nearly double the number of its electric buses as it aims to overtake the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority..."
The Thai Smile electric busses charge 15 baht, where everyone else, aka diesel busses, charge 8-13 baht.
"provide a cheaper transport alternative for commuters, he said."
But, whatever, the electric busses are nice and hopefully soon they will replace all the older busses.
I spoke to one of the bus drivers and he said they have lots of problems, mostly software errors, so not an easy transition.
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EV mating season.
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Here is a business idea 💡 to all you EVangelists with V2L: Road side assistance 😀 🛻.
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57 minutes ago, KhunLA said:
Only difference, I have to smell your damn exhaust when out on the scooter, or strolling in a congested area. Along with your fumes helping to dump down the masses. Which explains quite a bit
You are welcome 😊.
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2 hours ago, KhunLA said:
True, but the guy that fuel ⛽️ up with dino juice is indirectly paying me a 1,000 baht, which I happily 😊 spend on fuel. Combined we are doing 720 km, while you and the other solar panel users are creating massive amounts of nuclear waste 🗑 and radiation by supporting the sun 😔 😟.
I think we should have an interplanetary radiation tax for EV users.
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Thai mobile phone provider wants too much money
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I am getting 30 GB @ 5g speed for 399 with AIS.
Pretty reasonable.