ExpatOilWorker

What is happening here? Is BYD subsidizing electricity and if so why? What is in it for BYD to hand cash back to existing customers? Bundle "free" electricity as a sale promotion on a new car makes sense, but not after the deal is done. I don't recall BMW ever gave me a jerrycan full of fuel!!!

Extreme low speeds, less than 10 km/h, is a range killer, as per the below. https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-range-impact-of-speed-and-temperature/

Right, so if the car is consuming 1.3 kWh for propulsion (10 km @ 7 km/kWh) and the AC is separately using 1 kWh, then the overall milage for EVs drops significantly in hot weather and slow moving Bangkok city traffic, similarly to the case of extreme cold weather and highway speed. @Pib probably has the number, but just like ICE, EVs certainly also have a 20-80 km/h sweet spot in terms of fuel efficiency.

Rain arrived in Koh Tao, but just enough to make the ground wet.

That is very interesting, although not relevant for Thailand, that EV range is so temperature sensitive. How much of an effect is Bangkok traffic and the summer ☀️ heat on the Atto 3's range? 10 km/h is not uncommon for a morning/afternoon commute. Assuming 7 km/kWh driving milage, suddenly the AC consuming 1,000 W play a big factor.

248 visits to immigration in the 62 years you have been here. Did you enjoy every single trip?

You still shower??? I stopped brushing my teeth last week to save water 💧. We are not there yet, but we are using shower water to flush the toilet and I have a 50 m3 (almost empty) storage tank.

We are all just guessing, but that is the fun part. I think BYD got themselves into a bit of a pickle. They sold around 40,000 cars under the EV3.0 and 3.5 agreements. As I understand it, they now have to match those sales numbers with domestic produces cars in 2024 or 1.5x in 2025. With falling overall auto sales, the only option for BYD is to dump prices. To make matters worse, some potential EV buyers might skip the showroom and look at the growing second hand market.

Expect the price war to continue in Thailand. China has a (over)-supply problem. https://www.ft.com/content/496f3bfa-9f0c-4145-9024-188572a280fd Imported vehicles are piling up at European ports, turning them into “car parks” as automakers and distributors struggle with a slowdown in sales and logistical bottlenecks including the lack of truck drivers.

Speed kills, but luckily 😉 no lives were lost and only the EV's range was killed at m highway speed. The above 420 km range is reduced to 163 km at a constant 120 km/h. Both the Atto 3 and Seal 🦭 take a massive +60% reduction in range at speed. Not sure if the ORA funky cat is the same model as the good cat, but it is doing surprisingly well for it's fairly poor aerodynamic.

Oil 🛢 is at $90, I am at the cabin and in good company, so even EVs get to see my soft side.

BYD will start domestic production in Q3: https://electrek.co/2024/03/29/byd-kick-off-ev-production-new-thailand-plant-q3 BYD is rapidly ramping up its EV production capacity in Southeast Asia as a leaked image shows trial production of a right-hand drive Atto 3 at the company’s new factory in Thailand.

Now that the dust has settled for the motorshow registration numbers and it is clear that EVs did well, then why was Tesla not there? Is Tesla afraid to compete directly with the new Chinese brands on price and showmanship? Also, are we really going to see 140 of these contraptions on Thai roads? Add an "r" to BOMA and you have a joke in Spanish. Lastly, Firebright might not be the best name for a Chinese EV. They are kind of setting themselves up for trouble down the road, so to speak.

You are right. It is all happening so fast. 100% electric cars in Thailand are Mercedes-Benz, GWM, MG, NETA, Honda. https://autolifethailand.tv/ora-good-cat-ora-good-cat-gt-ev-thailand-production/

Translation error? Apart from busses, not a single EV is made in Thailand yet, right?

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What happened on April 7th? Did Aion, MG and Mitsubishi just drop their pants and gave the cars away?

Nah, the fun 🤣 has just begun. More cannon fodder for our little December 8th fire 🔥 deadline. Starting August you will have some tough sales numbers to match.

The winner 🏆 in the cheating category is Mr. Dwyer. The team category is won by PibOil with a score of 5,088. In the individual category Pib takes gold ✨️ and EOW comes in on a strong second for silver

@Pib, @vinny41 Are the sales number from the Motor Show out yet? Still a lot of blanks here: https://bims45.motorshow.in.th/statistics/# Pib at 3,200 vs. EOW at 1,888 for BYD.

But....maybe she was an ex-employee at the bar 😉.

That was all BYD had, one single swallow of a quarter. Winter came early this summer for BYD.

Thanks @Pib. I find that EV are always online intriguing, but also alarming. Of course our phones also collect data, but with the cars we have hardware, software, firmware and all data access rules made in China 🇨🇳. I assume the car don't have options as to what data are shared similar to what most phone apps have? Is there any options to see what or even just how much data the car uploads? Apparently the car manufacturer can remotely disable the car. It could be a handy feature for the repo-guy, but so far no reports of it happening in Thailand.....yet.

Very nice article. If you ever come across a similar discount tracking list for ICEV, please share. So far we seen 150,000 baht off the Ciaz and 800,000 baht on the Mercedes E300, but I am sure there are more out there

SeñorLA?