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You clearly don’t know how to read a graph! The calculus used by Volvo says the results depend in large measure on the source of electricity its customers use to charge their vehicles and the 2 year old report said that the grid is greening all the time, so it’s findings are already out of date. In my case I drive my EVs using excess power produced from my home solar. Many EV owners here in Thailand have solar. The report said that internal combustion technology has had over a century to get where it is today. EV technology, on the other hand, is still in its infancy. Improvements in battery technology are happening almost daily. Battery recycling operations are ramping up around the world, which will significantly reduce the need to mine lithium and other natural resources, like nickel and cobalt, that are used to make today’s lithium-ion batteries. The report is not without it’s critics, It claims part of the reason its electric cars create more emissions in the production phase is because they use more aluminum, yet the charts that accompany the report show the gasoline-powered XC40 has an aluminum content of 34%, while the XC40 Recharge uses 30% aluminum and the C40 Recharge 29%.

https://www.reverautomotive.com/en/model/seal/overview

My Thai Wife was hoping we would buy a BMW iX1 (still hasn’t arrived in Thailand) She didn’t feel that the spartan interior of Teslas really looked like luxury. I wasn’t impressed with it’s 64 kWh Li-ion battery and it’s expected high price, but we did end up watching a number of videos of German EVs. This guy does great reviews and he really knows his luxury cars.

Thanks @Pib looking forward to your review before I shell out the big bucks.

You’re in the wrong discussion, this is EVs in Thailand.

Found you ????

Sad I know, but yes I have. I downloaded the PDF of the english language version of the European Seal, which is now sitting in my dropbox. The cars are quite complex so it is a good idea. Unlike Atto 3 owners, there are not too many helpful guides to the seal on YouTube. Perhaps I’ll have to make one.

Thanks for the tip. I am a member of the MGEVForum https://www.mgevs.com/ and you regularly hear discussions about what boat your car is on and people track the boat from China to the UK.

Jimmy Patronis quoted in the video is technically Florida’s state fire marshal, but he’s not a fireman he is a restaurant owner and now a Republican politician telling lies about EVs. The State Fire Marshal’s office shared a bulletin by the National Fire Protection Association about how to handle submerged hybrid and electric vehicles. In the bulletin, it plainly says: “Submersion in water (especially salt water) can damage low and high voltage components. Although not a common occurrence, this could result in an electrical short and potential fire once the vehicle is no longer submerged.”

Great news, I’m still in the vagueness stage of maybe this month or next. I heard that BYD have delayed the launch of the Seal in Australia, maybe it’s a stock issue.

Not sure if you’ve seen the video @Pib was discussing but it was about installing a smart WiFi breaker. You can setup various routines in the Tuya app including automatic switching off.

My Grid connection is switched off so if I am charging the car from solar and if it starts to rain, I might not know as my house is basically a bunker. Then we are draining the house batteries into the car. If the house batteries get down to 60% before I realise we might not have enough battery for the rest of the day and the night. When the seal arrives I will feed V2L into my inverters to power the load (run the house) not charge the batteries for a few hours. Then I will have fewer hours to run the house from home batteries. Hope that is clear. I have investigated solar diverter EV chargers like myenergi zappi they claim to only charge your EV with excess solar power, but they determine that by monitoring exported power via a CT clamp. Unfortunately they don’t work in off-grid situations like mine.

I agree. I started my Channel https://www.youtube.com/EcoHouseThailand as an extension of my Blog: https://EcoHouseThailand.com Neither are monetized and I only post when I think I have something to say that perhaps hasn’t been said before or could be of value to others. Over the years they had led me into conversations with many foreigners wanting to do eco builds, install solar or get an EV in Thailand.

“Shut the door too hard in an EV and the battery catches fire” There are a number of excellent Lithium Iron Phosphate battery cars available for sale now in Thailand: Any BYD, MG4, RWD Teslas any more I missed?

An intelligent approach to this problem would be dynamic pricing that reflect electricity wholesale prices. So at times of excess supply, electricity prices go negative and EVs start charging for free, but any exports incur negative payments. Such a system would make home batteries much more financially attractive. To a certain extent this is already happening with electricity tariffs like Octopus Flux in the UK.

BYD Seal Performance v Tesla Model 3 Performance Tesla model 3 price is pre facelift as new price is not available. LFP batteries are less energy dense per kg video of the drag race (in Thai)

This is the 7th new vehicle I have bought in Thailand. The first 5 I paid cash. I had seen the MG EP EV at a show and wanted to test drive it. My local dealer didn’t have one so I tested another car that was twice the price. I told the dealer it would take me some time to arrange the money and they suggested financing. I was surprised it worked but I now prefer to pay for cars from income than cash in investments.

Maybe you’re right. My dealership is only posting pics of AWD version and seen a few pics of Black AWDs on the Seal Forum but they might be the same car. I know Admin has a Black AWD

BYD Seal RWD LR (Premium) purchase update. Found out today that finance has been approved. The sales girl said she hoped to get us a white premium this month. Clearly all the stock they had has been sold. I thought buying White rather than the cool Black and also not choosing the popular performance version would help with delivery but apparently not.

I installed homes batteries with my solar system and haven’t had a powercut for over 5 years. In the UK companies like Octopus Energy have special rates for consumers with batteries - you don’t even need to have solar. You buy electricity when it is cheap to charge the battery and sell it back at a profit at times of peak demand helping to flatten the demand curve reducing the need for expensive gas peaker plants.

I used a number of non standard building techniques in my build such as geothermal and an Energy Recovery Ventilation system. I attended Architecture and green energy shows in Bangkok. I talked to 2 professors of Architecture about eco build technology but I never came across hemp being used. Another problem for you building on Koh Chang is that if you use any materials that you can’t source on the island, you will have bring them across on the Ferry. I would recommend sticking with AAC blocks. I used two walls of 7.5cm and put 3 inches of foam in between.

It is clear that many posting here are totally unaware just how foul and toxic internal combustion engines are. Can I suggest you try locking yourself in the garage with the engine running. I am sure you will find the experience very educational

Tesla is for sale in Malaysia far cheaper than in Thailand and with White colour for free. In Thailand white costs an ฿50,000.

Looks good, did you buy and fit yourself? How much?

Check the speed of the charger before you plug in PTT has 160 kW Any others?