Bandersnatch

EV subsidies in Thailand to be continued but at a greatly reduced level

For the EV 3.5 measure, the Thai government will provide subsidies for electric cars, electric pickup trucks, and electric motorcycles. By type of car and battery size as follows

     1. In the case of electric cars priced no more than 2 million baht with a battery size of more than 50 kWh, they will receive a subsidy between 50,000 - 100,000 baht/car. For a battery size of less than 50 kWh, they will receive a subsidy between 20,000 - 50,000 baht/car.

     2. In the case of electric pickup trucks priced not more than 2 million baht with a battery capacity of 50 kWh or more, they will receive a subsidy between 50,000 - 100,000 baht/vehicle.  

     3. In the case of electric motorcycles priced no more than 150,000 baht with a battery size of more than 3 kWh, they will receive a subsidy between 5,000 - 10,000 baht/bike.

https://www.posttoday.com/business/701455

6 hours ago, macahoom said:

 

So you're getting the Performance?

wondered if anyone would notice 👍

That is the current plan, but things can change.

4 hours ago, macahoom said:

my comment was directed at @Andrew Dwyer and @Bandersnatch who both have Premiums on order but are both tempted to buy the Performance

Apparently the deal could be approved if I could buy a nice handbag to go in the space under the drive selector. Unfortunately the handbag has to accommodate an iPhone, the one that’s as big as a surfboard.

On 10/30/2023 at 1:54 PM, Photoguy21 said:

Bit of education. Yes you can charge at home but the electricity still comes from the grid. Do you think it appears magically from somewhere else? Solar and wind do not produce sufficient electricity to fill the difference and even if they did, you have to store the electricity generated.

I don’t know why people are crying like a baby about EV electricity usage when the electricity used by EVs is a tiny fraction of the energy used in crypto mining. Yet you never hear a single complaint about crypto mining being a complete waste of energy.

“Cryptocurrency has an energy consumption problem. Bitcoin alone is estimated to consume 127 terawatt-hours (TWh) a year — more than many countries, including Norway”

https://rmi.org/cryptocurrencys-energy-consumption-problem/

6 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

@Bandersnatch will hopefully testing it out shortly

Hopefully

14 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Wonder if there has been a new shipment or if they are being released from the docks very slowly .

Seen adverts for 8 Seals near me today on FB.

3 x Black in Rangsit 

1 x Black + 1 x Grey in Phra in ( Ayutthaya )

1 x Black + 1 x White + 1 x Blue in Ang Thong

 

All Performance models.

We put down a deposit on a White Seal Premium on September 29th (They released the price info at 6pm on Sept 28th)

Was told will get in October or early November. Called the sales girl this morning and she didn’t know when the next premium would arrive. 

Ask if the Q for performance was any shorter 

“we have a white performance at the showroom now if you want it” 🤔

On 10/30/2023 at 9:57 PM, xtrnuno41 said:

Bandersnatch compliments of showing all.

Nice he is showing temperature difference between painted and non painted wall. All the effort of isolating.

Sadly also some panels are in shade of house and doing less at times

I get this question so often that I made a video about it. 

7 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

@Bandersnatch Thanks very much for your input. Sorry that I haven't made much of a comment yet - I wanted to look at your blog first and I'm about halfway through that. Very interesting so far.  I doubt I'm as committed so probably won't go as far you have but there's a lot of ideas in your build that can easily be incorporated into a 'standard' build with little/no cost.

 

Thanks again.

Completely understandable. If you look at the design criteria section I lay out the priorities for the build. This is where you have to make compromises and if you want the most efficient home possible you have to move away from what most people consider attractive in a house. In Thailand that is a house that you would expect to see in North America or Northern Europe with big picture windows. I was lucky that I have a very understanding wife.   

Go on admit it.

How many of you have got one of these and no car to plug it into  🤨

43 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Breaking news for you, the electricity has to come from somewhere. Many people cannot charge from home and even if you can where is the electricityh going to come from. Maybe sprinkle some oofle dust and it magically appears?

stay off the "oofle dust" my fiend 

Home charging will be at a speed of 7kW AC compared to fast DC charging at 150 kW so I don't think it will put too much strain on the battery

I regularly see posts here claiming that REES are used in large quantities in modern EV batteries but that is incorrect. They were is used in Nickel–metal hydride batteries in older hybrid cars, but that is no longer the case.

“ 'rare-earth' is a misnomer because they are not actually scarce, although historically it took a long time to isolate these elements.

rare-earth elements are technically relatively plentiful in the entire Earth's crust, cerium being the 25th-most-abundant element at 68 parts per million, more abundant than copper

Ce and La are important as catalysts, and are used for petroleum refining and as diesel additives”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element

3 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

evidently you believe the electricity comes from no where. You have Generators plus associated equipment, You need distribution network upgrading plus the storage facilities. Didnt you even consider these issues?

This was your carefully considered reply to  @Gweiloman post "Why would there be a need to upgrade the national infrastructure? Most EVs are charged at home at night when there is low demand for electricity from industries and businesses."

If there wasn't less demand and more supply capacity at night why would PEA & MEA offer TOU Tariffs?

1 hour ago, Pink7 said:

 

Im on 30 days off grid since switched over, but now its raining and Im on 66% battery so lets see if I can "survive" this day and next  before need to switch over to grid. I use ATS and expect to do the switching manually. I will save some battery for emergency if ever on grid and grid down in the bad weather. How much battery capacity you have? How many rainy days can you "survive" ?

 

Pink

There is rain and there is rain! The last time I switched on PEA was in September 2022 during Super Typhoon Nuri
 

Here is the video of the Event - I have 4x9kWh LFP batteries by the way.

18 minutes ago, xtrnuno41 said:

solar panels cant be recycled

I plan to add the Seal Camera and then I plan to add a multi camera system like you see in a Tesla

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/tiesfong-m10max-2k-1440p-dash-cam-for-car-dvr-4ch-360-camera-24h-parking-monitor-gps-night-vision-auto-video-recorder-256gmax-i4809803963-s19902910010.html?

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

nd what about storage? You’ll need a storage card or USB stick somewhere too.

 

I think I read somewhere that the resolution on the BYD camera is not very good?

All the cabling is present just need to slot the camera in and SD card slot for the camera is still there

12 hours ago, vinny41 said:

The World's Top-Selling Automakers, Ranked

Toyota Motor Corp. sold 10.48 million vehicles in 2022, keeping its title as the world's top-selling automaker for a third year.

https://www.carlogos.org/reviews/worlds-top-selling-automakers.html

 

Toyota has an important warning for electric vehicle enthusiasts

Despite major investments in EVs, automakers have been sounding the alarm.

https://www.thestreet.com/electric-vehicles/toyota-has-an-important-warning-for-electric-vehicle-enthusiasts

Toyota like the other Japanese legacy manufacturers are very late to the EV party so they are directing their efforts to posting misinformation rather than developing and building EVs

Here in Thailand last month over 10% of all vehicle sales were EV and it's growing all the time

Full EV sales last month:

Chinese 6,007 
Tesla 375
Japanese 19

4 hours ago, vinny41 said:

The Japanese auto market is one of the fastest-growing major markets globally. In H1 2023, passenger car sales in Japan grew by 27% YoY, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Global Passenger Vehicle Model Sales Tracker. Toyota held the top position in the domestic market, boasting a 50% share, followed by Suzuki and the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Alliance. Japanese auto OEMs, namely Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Subaru, Mazda, and the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Alliance, collectively accounted for more than 90% of passenger vehicle sales in the country. Japan is the second country, after the US, where Chinese automotive companies have failed to make significant inroads. In 2023, BYD Auto, a Chinese auto OEM introduced its Atto 3 EV model in the Japanese market and only managed to sell around 1,000 units. 

https://www.counterpointresearch.com/insights_category/press-releases/

The biggest car market in the world is China by comparison the Japanese market doesn't compare. 

Japanese Automakers Face Major Sales Crisis Nissan's sales fell by 45.8% in China last quarter while those at Honda and Mazda dropped by 38.2% and 66.5% respectively

https://www.carscoops.com/2023/05/japanese-automakers-struggle-in-china-as-local-ev-manufacturers-dominate-market/

14 hours ago, Pib said:

The voice command system (a.k.a., Hi BYD) really works great and greatly reduces the need to actually tap the screen to change some setting, switch to different functions/apps, etc.  

Thanks for the update  - please keep them coming 

Any chance we could compile a list of Hi (Hey) BYD phrases that BYDs recognise (Increase the regeneration level - doesn't seem to work)