Bandersnatch

Over half a million electric vehicles on Thai streets

At the International Motor Expo 40% of people who reserved a car chose an electric vehicles.

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40033855

3 hours ago, parallelman said:

I don't intend to buy a new car EV or otherwise though I am interested in the progress of EV technology. While I viewing varies topics on line I came across a Canadian youtube EV car (practical) car problem. It concerned damage to the underside protective housing of the battery. The EV was a year old which, according to the content of the video, was now outside the warranty period, the EV purchase of 50,000 Canadian Dollars. Photos showed what was considered slight damage to the battery housing but the dealership garage quoted 60,000 Canadian Dollars for a battery replacement (documents are shown during the video. The insurance company apparently decide to write off the car. ( haven't posted the URL of the video in case in broke any forum rules but I would supply if there was a request.

My thought was about variable conditions road surfaces in Thailand particularly off main road lanes (Soi) Certainly in the area where I live that although holes are regularly filled with black pitch, they are bumpy rides to say the least. I just wonder how EV's will fair in Thailand.

The Title of this Discussion is "Electric Vehicles in Thailand" Please keep your posts to EVs in Thailand. Nobody here is interested in what insurance companies in Canada have to say about EV batteries in Canada, it's not relevant to this discussion.

If you have information about insurance claims in Thailand relating to EVs please post them here alternatively you could start your own discussion "EVs in Canada" 

16 minutes ago, Pink7 said:

That was a good price on the Growatt Inverter you got. Where you buy? Good luck with the project.

 

 

 

Pink

I got a bit of a discount on the current price

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.O6Ys8

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Made in China safety rating. Are the EVs any safer?

 

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/mg-5-receives-zero-star-ancap-safety-rating

MG 4 5☆

https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/mg/4+electric/48646

MG ZS EV 5☆

https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/mg/zs+ev/39678

This is an EV discussion and you post about an ICE car! Also do you know how Google works? You can find answers to questions by yourself - you should try it and stop wasting our time.

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

Is there a limit on the number of inverters you can slave together?

 

With my MUST inverters the limit is three, I have three of 5.5 kW giving me 16.5 kW in total.

45 minutes ago, Lee65 said:

 

Showing your true colors Bandersnatch.

 

Why don’t you join a scuba instructor’s discussion and start telling them all how diving works.

When they ask you how many dives you’ve logged and you reply with “I’ve done a bit of snorkelling” they will call you an idiot and tell you to piss off.

30 minutes ago, stratocaster said:

EV fanboys in the UK are called EVangelists.

Definition. A person who seeks to convert others to the EV faith especially by public preaching.

The OP and myself have both said that EVs are not for everyone. So you are wrong. An Evangelists wants all to be converted. 

Most of the EV haters posting here have demonstrated an inability to complete basic research so will definitely struggle with the tech in an EV. EVs are not designed for simple folk yet, they are complicated, please don’t buy one. 

Clearly someone who struggles to understand the difference between fact and opinion will also struggle using an EV app or reading a user manual.

Those of us who own multiple EVs and have driven them for years like myself get exasperated at uninformed EV haters trying to tell everyone what it’s like to own an EV. Stop it you are embarrassing yourselves. 

1 hour ago, Lee65 said:

Here are alleged a few "Problems with EVs":

 

https://www.youtube.com/@MGUYTV/videos

Posts a Clickbate YouTuber as “Evidence”  

26 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Last page has a few of the EV fanboys lined up.  You'd have a hard time convincing us, we made the wrong decision buying an EV, after we've been driving for a while.  It's a learning process.

 

Are they perfect, of course not.  But the best thing on offer at the moment.  The future should even be better.

 

Think most of us, wouldn't even consider buying another ICEV in the future, I know I certainly wouldn't.  Those that still have, doubt will be replacing with another ICEV.  That's a bit telling in itself.

 

Hopefully those EV trucks will hit the market the next 5 years.

Buy an ICE after owning 2 electric cars?

No way

I love being able to charge it at home for free from excess solar power

I like that it comes with 6 Tesla powerwalls of backup power for my house

I love the instant torque

I love the 0-100km/h in 3.8 seconds without spinning my wheels 

I love that it has perfect 50:50 weight distribution

I love that it has an incredible low centre of gravity and goes round corners like it’s on rails

I love the drag coefficient of just 0.219 Cd which is better than a Porsche Taycan

I love the regenerative breaking and not having to use the break pedal

I love the adaptive suspension

I love that the battery pack is a structural component, increasing torsional stiffness and so increasing handling limits

I love the Torque vectoring which sends power to which wheel needs it most

I love that it only has one gear  

I love that it has long wheel base

I love that it so silent to drive for me and other road users

I love that I not poisoning the pedestrians and motorbike riders around me when I drive

I love being able to switch on the aircon while I’m still in the restaurant 

5 hours ago, vinny41 said:

 

Clearly you didn't read the op initial port as he made it clear he was looking for feedback from  any open minded anti-EV posters. now to me that excludes any of EV fanboys on this forum unless they come under the heading of open minded anti-EV posters

As to the rest of your post your making yourself look like a social media influencer that can't cope with negative views about EV's

I am happy to hear sensible criticism of EVs based on facts. I didn’t see much of that.

Why is it that only those who don’t own an EV here claim range anxiety is a major problem. 99% of my charging is done at home from my solar. I have 600km of range and can add 350km extra in 20 minutes.

The OP did say that for many of the posters an EV is clearly not for them and I agree. It’s not as easy as rolling into PTT with a “Bee Jet Ha Roy” There are apps that can be a tricky for some and the technology on the cars can be overwhelming.

It’s not that I “can't cope with negative views about EV's” I can’t stand the BS from people who know nothing about the topic.

3 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

I've never honestly thought EV's are the future, I'm more hopeful for H2 fuel cells.

Why don’t you import a H2 car (can’t buy one in Thailand) and put your money where your mouth is?

There are no public H2 filling stations here, but maybe you can fill it at home like many of us EV owners do here from our solar systems.

Looking forward to hearing how you get on.