Bandersnatch

Maybe you are not familiar Toyota's bZ4X but it has had a few problems Toyota finally found a way to keep wheels from falling off its electric SUV https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/06/business/toyota-bz4x-wheel-fix/index.html The Toyota travelled only 307km (191 miles) – way short of the car's 470km (292 miles) stated range on the WLTP cycle. Tester Fred Magne Skillebaek was so shocked he repeated the test – with much the same result. https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/toyota/bz4x/

The BYD Seal does come with 8 years of completely free servicing (see below) However the main point for me is watching the technician walking round the car with a clipboard - he wasn’t doing any servicing. So even if you were paying for a service on your EV it’s definitely going to be cheaper than an ice car.

Why do the EV haters always claim “servicing” an EV will be more expensive? I have just put my BYD Seal in for it’s first “service” Maybe it should have been called check and inspection, because they didn’t do any “servicing”

Ouch this is a cutting review

MG 4 Electric X POWER, 100% electric car. Preparing to launch in Thailand in March 2024! Dual motor 429 horsepower. Torque 600 newton meters. Acceleration 0-100 km/h within 3.8 seconds. Battery 61.7 kWh. Support DC Fast Charging up to 150 kW. https://autolifethailand.tv/mg-4-electric-x-power-ev-bev-coming-thailand/

I have never experienced unusual tire wear in my EVs compared to when I drove ICE cars. Weight is always quoted as a factor in tire wear and people claim that EVs are heavy, which they are, but my EV weighs less that than the average pickup or SUV driven here in Thailand, but I never hear anybody complaining about the damage they do the roads or that they will collapse multistory car parks etc. EVs come with a lot of technology which improves the driving experience and makes the vehicles more efficient. One factor that definitely effects tire wear is wheel spin, the smoke you see is burning rubber. My EV has traction control and torque vectoring that sends power to which ever wheel needs the power most. My EV has a 0-100km/h of 3.8 seconds and I have never been able to spin the wheels. Another factor that effects tire wear is locking up the wheels under heavy breaking. You are literally scrubbing the rubber off the tires. My EV uses regenerative breaking to recharge the battery. The fact that the car also has anti-lock breaks is actually pretty redundant. I have never been able to lock up the wheels. Another factor that effects tire wear is incorrect tire pressure. I get a notification on the app and a message when starting up the car if any parameter of the car is out of optimum spec. Picture from my car this morning, the rear tire pressures are a little low, probably due to the cooler temperatures.

D segment Saloon/Sedan sales EV+ICE in December. Ora 07 (previously known as Lightning Cat) started selling in December so expect their numbers to rise this year.

How do you explain all BYDs sold in Thailand getting 5 star EURO NCAP ratings? https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/byd/seal/50012 https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/byd/dolphin/50011 https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/byd/atto+3/46635

Drives a P.O.S. Mazda, that keeps breaking down and calls all BYDs "pieces of Chinese garbage" - oh the irony https://aseannow.com/topic/1314394-this-ecu-reading-from-check-engine-light/

We can see what you said. EV haters are so happy to post BS all the time, they think nobody will call them out on it. You still haven’t posted any evidence of EVs breaking down in hot weather. Mr B.S.

My dream is a buy a new car with 8 years of completely free servicing (parts and labor)

You only quoted part of my post making your statement incorrect as you missed that my post was about choosing between a Tesla and a BYD in Thailand. Yes CTs have V2L but you can’t buy them in Thailand and currently you would struggle to buy one in America “I purchased a BYD Seal AWD Performance and it was cheaper than the cheapest Tesla you can buy in Thailand.”

Says the biggest idiot of human history However, just like @zhounan I haven’t provided any evidence to support my argument So like @zhounan I am probably incorrect So I am forced to withdraw my assertion that @zhounan is the biggest idiot of human history due to lack of evidence

@BritScot waiting for you to post some evidence to support your claim that EVs breakdown in hot weather.

You have your location as Pattaya so I think you have nothing to worry about.

Post a picture. You must have taken a picture so that you crow about EVs in hot weather. “EV, after EV” Post the picture and prove that you’re not a BS merchant. I have been driving EVs in Thailand for years and never seen any loss in performance in my EVs. I am an active member of a number of Thai EV forums and never heard anyone talking about EVs breaking down in the heat. Batteries now have active cooling management in EVs, but you probably didn’t know that. ICE car engines continue run in traffic jams and overheat but EVs just shut down when not needed, but you probably didn’t know that either.

Not sure if you were referring to my recent video or not, but I can recomend https://aseannow.com/forum/319-alternativerenewable-energy-forum/ you will get some good advice. People share their systems and are available to answer questions

Really? Ultra fast EV chargers have been installed in Thailand over the last couple of years because EVs have only recently been sold here. In countries where they started installing chargers 10 years ago they were slow 50kW chargers, but in Thailand most are 150kW or higher. 150kW charging speed mean that my EV can add 350km range in 20 minutes. Unless I am travelling more than 600km I will charge at home, so my EV is always 100% Do lots of research before posting online, that is my advice.

Elon has joined the Forum everybody - apparently X wasn't working out.

Just that this discussion is about Li in Thailand a country with one of the fastest growing EV manufacturing sectors in the world. This discussion was posted in a Thailand Forum and you don't want to talk about Thailand.

Thanks for the link. Explains my ฿380 annual road tax.

Phone batteries and EV batteries are not the same. I know most people posting here have no experience with either EV batteries of home solar batteries and that you are not going to believe those of us have lived with such batteries for years. https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/why-do-ev-batteries-last-so-much-longer-than-cell-phone-batteries

You think that 70% is the same as 0% and you call me a child! Did you finish kindergarten?

I have solar, so I I can charge both of my EVs from excess solar power. No power bill for the house or fuel bill for the cars. Do you "struggle to understand" that? I don't have to use a public charger unless I am travelling more than 600km. My BYD has bi-directional charging so it comes with effectively 6 Tesla PowerWalls of free backup power. Do you "struggle to understand" that?

Most EVs like both of mine come with an 8yr 70% battery warranty. You clearly didn't know that or you won't have posted something so stupid