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    Electric Vehicles in Thailand

    in Thailand Motor Discussion

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    Not sure if anyone is in the BYD Seal Thailand FB group. The admin of the group has a black Seal and was planning to wrap it in PPF but got hit before he could. The black colour clearly shows the white undercoat. 
     

    Anybody thinking of getting a PPF wrap?
     

    He tested the depth of paint and said it was a good standard.

     

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    Here is the video of the damage. Apologies that that it’s in Thai

     

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/bydsealclub/permalink/1007526720466067/

     

     

     

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    Electric Vehicles in Thailand

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    Went to land transport today to check I had the correct paperwork to sell a vehicle (deposit for the BYD Seal purchase) Sometimes Yellow House Books are not considered proof address,  it seems to vary by province.

     

    “You bought it in another province. Have to go back to that province to sell it. Or you could transfer the vehicle to this province but that takes at least a week”

     

    I did try to transfer the vehicle to my new province when I moved here but LT said it wasn’t necessary. I tried to insist that I wanted to do the transfer but they insisted it wasn’t necessary.

     

    All of this has pushed back the date to pickup the Seal  - apparently to an unlucky day!  

     

     

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    Any ideas for usage of excess solar energy?

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    2 hours ago, Pink7 said:

    Good idea. How much the temperature in your freezer down just before its power back up?

     

    Pink

    It is a check freezer  - so it’s a big size. I packed  the bottom with large boxes of water, which froze solid after that I setup the timer. The ice boxes act as a cold sink to hold the temperature during the night.  An upright freezer the cold air falls out when you open the door. 

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    Buoyant EV market raising skill gap concerns

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    47 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

    It's a genuine concern. People need to be aware of the damage they are doing, even if like you they couldn't care less.

    If you had a genuine concern you would have posted about it before - you haven’t - I rest my case.


    The EV saloon I am buying weighs less than the average pickup for sale in Thailand, so yes I don’t care about its weight. 

     

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    Buoyant EV market raising skill gap concerns

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    13 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

     

    Don't be silly. It's about comparing like with like. An electric truck would weigh much more than the ICE versions you showed.

     

    We can all compare apples to oranges to attempt to prove a point. How about we compare an ICE Suzuki Celerio to a Tesla Model X? 820 kg vs 2771 kg. Fair?

     

    Fact is, when comparing apples to apples, electric vehicles are a lot heavier and therefore have increased tyre wear and damage roads more. Not exactly green, but then neither is mining lithium and cobalt. 

     

    They can also do more damage in a collision. But hey, if it makes you feel like you're saving the world who cares about little Timmy getting mowed down by 3 tonnes of batteries?

     

     

     

     

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    Just wanted to know if you are genuinely concerned about heavy vehicles damaging the roads or just wanted to engage in some EV bashing - thanks for confirming my suspicions.

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    Any ideas for usage of excess solar energy?

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    2 minutes ago, Pink7 said:

    Anyone thought of any usage of the excess solar energy some of us have after batteries are full and its still much energy who could be used for something usefully?

     

     

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    I have an ice making machine which runs during the middle of day. My chest freezer is on a timer that switches off at night. Any other load shifting you can do.

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    Buoyant EV market raising skill gap concerns

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    44 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

    Yes, I was chatting with a pal yesterday, we are both ex-UK. And he was telling me that EVs are expensive to buy new, and impossible to sell second hand!

    Depreciation varies, during covid used EVs were selling for more than new ones due part shortage for new cars.

     

    The UK is currently in as massive financial crisis caused by Brexit and financial mismanagement. As well as an energy crisis causes by a short sighted “cut the green crap” approach to becoming energy independent. No onshore wind and grants for home solar cut overnight devastating the industry.

     

    32% of households in Australia have solar. In the UK it’s 4%.

     

    In the light of the above nobody is buying expensive new or used cars and those with them can’t afford to keep them. However, it is interesting that the same publications crowing about depreciation on EVs were the same ones complaining that ULEV compliant vehicles were too expensive even secondhand.

     

    Back to Thailand. I ordered my second EV last week. I have solar and don’t have a PEA bill. I put excess power into running my first EV, but I have enough extra power for a second EV. It comes with 8 years warranty on the car. 8 years warranty on the battery. 8 years 100% free servicing. 8 years free breakdown cover. I will be keeping it for at least…… 8 years so won’t worry about depreciation.

     

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    Electric Vehicles in Thailand

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    23 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

    Since I am old and ugly, I try to stay away from posing.........lol  so wifey was victimized for the obligatory handover pictures.

     

    It's a performance version, did some runabout around town, battery is still at over 80%.

     

    For those of you using the MG wallbox - as expected, it works, pumping electrons at 7kW.

     

    What I find annoying is that lots of the infotainment functions, including navigation, and the BYD app, are not working for the first 7 days. I wonder whether this is a Thai thing (more than one company has to mesh) or whether this is so all over the world?

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    Thanks for the update. Like you I will charge from MG wall box initially so good to know it works.

     

    I tend to use apple car play and Google Maps for navigation, but thanks for the heads up about the apps 

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    Buoyant EV market raising skill gap concerns

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    37 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

    Wait for a few more incidents like this and premiums will inevitably rise as they have in the UK.

    We know this story in the EV forums - it was not a traction battery fire. 

     

    38 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

    Or a bad raining season.

     

    Fortunately, the batteries are stored at the bottom of the car

    The batteries in EVs are sealed. They suffer less with flooding than ICE cars

     

     

     

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    Electric Vehicles in Thailand

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    24 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

    @Bandersnatch posted from the manual that the engine sounds simulator can be switched on and off but I am not so sure it can be truly turned off, only change the sounds.

    Saw a couple of of FB posters questioning that and all the replies were the usual unplug the speaker/turn the music up replies!

     

    @mistral53  , if you get chance.

     

     

     

     

     

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