Bandersnatch

On 1/2/2024 at 1:48 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

While on the subject of chargers:

Anyone used an EV Anywhere outside of BKK ?, they seem to be plentiful in the Big Mango but not so many outside.

I can confirm that EA Anywhere have chargers at Robinson Surin and Buriram. They were the first chargers to appear in both provinces.

Back in April 2019 I visited the BKK motor show and registered an interest in the EV that they were planning to build in Thailand, unfortunately I never heard back from them.

Anybody see this discussion?

https://aseannow.com/topic/1315843-please-dont-buy-this-just-smile/

Apparently “EV enthusiasts”  are stupid

Watch this guy wreck his Seal so you don’t have to

4 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I think people that want EVs should buy them, but unless they are driving over 10,000km a month, anyone thinking they are going to save significant money buying an EV is going to be sadly disappointed, unless of course they don't actually run the numbers. As long as they don't run the numbers, they can believe whatever they like. 

Ok, I could have bought a Neta V for ฿500,000 or pushed the boat out and splashed ฿700,000 on an MG4 but instead I spent ฿1.6m on a BYD Seal AWD Performance. 
 

I probably didn’t make this purchase primarily to save money. If my criteria was the cheapest car you can buy in Thailand with a 0-100kph in less than 4 seconds, then I bagged a bargain.

However, my car does provide the equivalent of 6 Tesla PowerWalls of backup power to my house now it really sounds like a bargain 

I don’t have to pay to power my car if my journey is less than 600km, but this isn’t a huge saving. 
 

I’m sure anyone buying a BMW M4 doesn’t brag about the savings so neither will I

10 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I didn’t copy the VIN number, does it mention what discount and rewards you get ?

No, I will have to wait and see 

Best Selling passenger vehicles in November

By segment  - mixed EV and ICE:

15 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I registered for the ReverSharger app which is chargers at BYD Showrooms, Malls and Shell stations.

I also registered and I’m please to see that BYD is currently charging ฿8/kWh which would explain why on New Year’s Eve 4 chargers at my local dealer are free.

When I registered it asked me to enter my 17 digit vin

I was pleasantly surprised that the vin on the Seal has a QR code to allow copy the code and paste it in

On 12/27/2023 at 3:08 PM, macahoom said:

 

On the AWD car, can anyone tell me how to call up the page that shows the 0-100km/h acceleration times? I have attached a sample screenshot of what I want to view.

 

I’m sure it must be possible but I’m damned if I can find it.

Apologies that this video is in Thai. If it offends you, try watching with the sound off. The first 2 minute summary is all you need to watch 

The video is about PTT’s newest station, with EV support designed in and not added as an afterthought. I particularly like the solar roof canopy, 6 fast EV chargers, BYD showroom, healthy food options.

I’ve had solar thermal at my house in Surin for 6 years. 200L insulated tank. Has an immersion heater for topping up the heat but have never used it. The water circulates via convection pushing colder water out of the tank to be reheated. 
 

Water from my rainwater tanks is pumped through a filter system to fill 2 500L tanks. The float sensor keeps the tanks filled. Cold water from these tanks is pumped to the solar thermal system via a demand pump the also pumps cold water around the house.
 

All my bathrooms that require hot water and the kitchen are located together on the ground floor and share a wet wall.

There is no pump to send the hot water out as it’s naturally pressurized.

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Why so much power?

Are you powering grow-lights, or something?

 

 

7 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

I have been off-grid for 6 years and my system powers 2 electric cars and an electric motorbike bike.

 

Mine is 4x5kW not sure by he installed 4x3kW.

32 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

My understanding is the seal uses different material for the casing

Some Seal owners are buying an aftermarket product to increase the protection of the underbody not for rodent issues for what they see as other potential road hazard's  that people may encounter on the roads

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063619101882

This I am familiar with. I was discussing it just the other day with a guy who I’ve done a podcast with in Australia, he has now arranged to import them into Australia.

20 hours ago, vinny41 said:

Mice gnaw on BYD ATTO3 and BYD Dolphin batteries. What can EV car owners do besides make peace?

Now there are more than 10 cases and the center requests car owners not to come out and speak because if there are a lot of them. Then there was a lawsuit. in Thai law Regarding consumer protection, it is even necessary to return the money to return the car and buy the car back, like the latest car company

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZDSQqwW0sU

 

Not an isolate case many reports on youtube

EV Easy Talk, consult about problems of EV 12 BYD Atto3, the battery was chewed by a mouse, total damage is 600,000 baht.

 

20 hours ago, vinny41 said:

Not an isolate case many reports on youtube

I have seen that exact shaped hole a few times, but never any others so we are all looking forward to you proving that you are not making stuff up as usual by posting “many” pictures of atto 3 batteries with different shaped holes.

What we are looking at here is not the bottom of the battery as many have claimed but the top. To access it the rat would have  come at it from inside the car.

It is clear that the battery top cover has not been removed, so no investigation work has been out. This battery might have been able to be repaired by replacing a single chewed wire.

This is quite a good video explaining the structure of the atto 3 battery starting at 0:51 Maybe by the same guy that @Andrew Dwyer mentioned above. 

17 hours ago, vinny41 said:

Here is another case where the driver The right tire exploded on both the front and rear wheels.

The repair cost has been offered from BYD with a total value of 1,167,571.16 baht, including the cost of replacing the battery worth up to 896,190 baht.

https://ch3plus.com/news/economy/weekend/337287

 

So in this case the owner got paid by the insurance company who decided to write off the car. That is not to say that the battery pack has no value.

EVs in Thailand have only been selling in any numbers for 3 or 4 years and there are not enough older and crash damaged cars about to develop an aftermarket.

A good example of how this works is what is happening in the UK with Nissan Leafs, expect to see something similar here in Thailand in the not too distant future.

37 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

Thanks for the hint........ I will have a look.

 

Do you run VTL for only one phase?

House is single phase. I knew I was going to install solar, so no point spending ฿100,000 installing three phase.

10 hours ago, mistral53 said:

This will sound a bit selfish, but I am already salivating about getting my hands on a 50+ kWh battery pack on the cheap as a home solar back-up battery from a salvaged EV.......... I am actually wondering whether I should buy one of the entry level EV's just for the battery, discarding the car bits - would still be half of what solar installers quote for batteries.

Did you see any of my videos about using my BYD Seal to power my home. I can power the house all night and it takes less than an hour to charge it back from my solar system.