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Forgot to mention that we asked the dealer about a trade-in. I bought a pick-up truck while we were building the house and it has sat unloved and unused for a few years now. Asked the dealer about it - she said that they could only give us the Tent price and yes it was a joke. Charged the battery and had it washed and polished, then stuck it on FB Market Place. We asked ฿150,000 more than the Tent offered and had a deposit within 2 hours.

Update on buying my BYD Seal RWD LR This will be the 7th new car/truck I have purchased in Thailand, so you think I would be getting the hang of it by now - it has never gone smoothly …..until now. I was expecting a fight to get the freebie items listed below included on the contract - no fight necessary ???? Car dealers like to give you a copy of the contract, then ask for it back when you pick up the vehicle - what the heck is that about! “Yes you will be given the top copy of the contract” “Yes it is yours to keep” ???? Sun protection for the glass roof included free No dash cam but can fit what you like no warranty issues We decided to go for 25% deposit 48 month finance. I will be borrowing approximately 1 million Baht, but I have more than that in Thai Banks - always easier to borrow money if you can show you don’t need it. My wife has never had a pay-slip so we will be relying on my income We expected to have to drive back to the dealer to discuss finance, but they arranged for a bank girl to come us. She called us yesterday for an initial discussion and she seemed shocked I already had the amount I wanted to borrow. Will share more later

100% agreed

No argument there, but he does post about Thailand quite a bit - just adding to the discussion

Tesla considering EV factory in Thailand, reports prime minister after meeting with Elon Musk “Tesla is reportedly considering building an electric vehicle factory in Thailand, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after meeting with Elon Musk. Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to discuss several topics.” https://electrek.co/2023/09/25/tesla-ev-factory-thailand-prime-minister-elon-musk/

Electric Viking is suggesting that we should be comparing the performance Seal 3.8sec to the Tesla Model 3 LR with performance boost 3.9sec and LR RWD Seal 5.9sec to the RWD Tesla model 3 6.1sec I think he has a point. Price difference between a LR RWD Seal and a std range Tesla model 3 in white would cost an extra ฿364,000 Acceleration Boost update costs $2,000 ฿73,000 Price difference between a AWD Seal and a LR Tesla model 3 with PB in white would cost an extra ฿522,000 Is it worth it?

Price Comparison

On my Seal test drive neither the sale girl nor I could find the regen switch ”Hi BYD, increase the regen level to maximum” ”Say again please” ”Sigh”

On my MG the paddle shifters change regen level, but I just leave them on max

Definitely. I contacted MG call center hoping to bypass local ignorance. When they got back to me, it was to inform me that a 7kW home charger would require a 30A PEA connection (with upgraded cables to the meter) and also a 3 phase supply. I cancelled my order for the ZS EV

I am not grid tied - I have off-grid pure sine wave inverters that produce a rock steady 220v. My connection to PEA is switched off at the breakers. I haven’t drawn a Watt from PEA for over a year. Now I have V2L with an 84kWh LFP battery to support my 36kWh LFP house battery, I doubt if I’ll every use PEA again ????

My understanding is that with one pedal, you never have to touch the brake, all regen comes from lifting off the accelerator pedal. With BYD some of the regen comes from lifting off, the rest comes from the initial depression on the break pedal before pushing down further to engage the friction breaking. Watch this video https://youtu.be/uIf2a7O5MFQ?si=_s2P3S6ekqGoFDoE

MG made it clear to me that if I installed the free wall box myself or fitted any other wall box apart from the supplied MG wall box it would invalidate the warranty on the car. They had outsourced the installation of the wall box to a company that knew nothing about solar or EVs.

Just put down ฿10,000 deposit on a BYD Seal Premium (Long Range RWD) in White. This was after making it very clear that I wanted to charge the car from Solar or the deal was off. Most here probably know that I put down a deposit on an MG ZS EV in 2019 as soon as they were released in Thailand. The wall box install team selected by MG refused to install as I had solar “solar no good”. 2 years later after involving the president of MG Thailand I finally got to power an MG from my home solar system. Don’t want to go through that again.

During the test drive she that the seal had a dash cam but today she said “ไม่มีค่ะ ลูกค้าต้องติดตั้งเองค่ะ มีกล้องบันทึก เฉพาะ ATT03 ค่ะ“ Not have Customers must install it themselves. There is a recording camera, only ATT03 ????

I am not sure if you saw the posts above about adjusting regen levels? On my test drive, the BYD girl didn’t know how to adjust regen. My Regen was set to std and it was certainly was not one pedal. I could see the power meter go negative kW as I lifted off.

Tiy fits the Captain America Sun Shield. Start the video at 13:10 minutes

This is a good video from TiY a Thai living in China who used English subs: Screen Shots:

OK will ask the girl today. Just for information, when I ordered my 2 MG EVs both times I was told “cannot fit any after-market electronic devices as this an electric car. Can only use devices that fit into USB/cigarette lighter power supply not wired into the car” Had to sign a paper to that effect. I ordered a MG branded dashcam from the dealer and they wired it in for me

Asked the girl during the test drive and she said yes it had a dash-cam but I will try and follow up with her - we have left her a bunch of Qs she couldn’t answer.

Good point. Normally EVs are more expensive here. Be interesting to see the BYD Seal price in Australia when it’s announced next month. Tesla model 3 was much more expensive here than in Australia

Price of the BYD Seal in Thailand v Europe. So much cheaper here.

No button in the Seal, have to use the screen. You can see your regen level at the top of the driver’s display (#3)

Old cloth ears here probably wouldn’t have heard it anyway, but the AVAS might have been switched off in my demo car.

Thanks for posting an English version- made much more sense than the Thai news source I found.