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More electric cars spontaneously combusting after driving over a twig in the road

Great to hear, please keep the reports coming e.g. was there a sun shield for the glass roof? We paid our deposit for a White Seal Premium on 29th September (The price was announced at 6pm on 28th September) Seem to be plenty of performance models available - discussed with the wife if we haven't heard anything by the end of this month, we will ask if we get a AWD any quicker

My MG makes a unintrusive sound like a spaceship which is perfectly acceptable to me. Not sure if it's a generated sound or a slight whine from the electric motor, but ice cream van sound - really

If the Thai version is the same as the EU version, I will be selecting the "Ice Cream Van" jingle and see how many kiddies come running at the sound 😇

This story is only a couple of weeks old. In other versions Tesla is reporting to be investigating the incident - maybe we can reserve passing judgment until we have all the facts (might be a challenge for some)

I have translated the article you posted and it makes no mention of the vehicle from which it comes. It does say that 99% of EV batteries do not have plastic covers. sounds like a nonsense story to me My battery is structural and is enclosed in Aluminum.

You could be right - I seen online reviews saying 80% but I can't verify that information on the Thai official site. The Atto3 is quoted at 8 years/160,000 kilometers SOH ≥70%

Sorry for delay in responding, but needed to book an appointment with Mrs Bander to watch together. Excellent videos thanks for posting 🙏

BYD Seal has received a five-star rating from ANCAP https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/byd-seal-earns-five-star-ancap-rating

Just ordered my second EV so will have 2 in the house running on solar. Latest car has a 82.5kWh LFP battery which is warrantied for 8 years - if the battery drops below 80% capacity in that time it will be replaced for free. The car also has 8 years of warranty and 8 years of 100% free servicing and breakdown cover. The car has V2L (bi-directional charging) so I can use it to support my home solar system or charge my other electric car and electric scooter. The car has an 650km range and drives like a sports car. I am definitely “enthusiastic” about it.

@josephbloggs This my thoughts

@Andrew Dwyer Have you checked with your local PEA office that they will allow you to have a second meter as a TOU?

MG supplied just the wall charger. The installer supplied the breaker box and cables back to my closest consumer unit in my mech room Usually 15m of cable back to a source of electricity consumer unit for me - TOU meter for you. You pay extra for longer cable or different spec. The installer will come and do a site survey before the installation You are responsible for cable from the meter to the house. Maybe the BYD installer could do it or you could get an electrician to run cable from a small consumer unit via a breaker to the post where the meter will be installed and PEA will attach it to their meter.

You did that on purpose. you know it’s called the bZ4X Toyota get very upset when you get the name wrong

You’re not wrong there

I chose not to join the Solar Rooftop feed-in program as at the time the rate was a Buy-Back at 1.68 Baht/KWh. It has now been raised to 2.2 Baht. I had single phase electric as I planned to go off-grid. The max PV was 5kW with 10kW for 3 phase. Inverters had to be on PEAs approved list. This was a few years ago and may have changed. When I bought my first EV I did look at TOU because I was told that I couldn’t use solar with the supplied EV charger. I don’t think TOU makes sense unless you have a high nighttime load like EV charging. PEA rules vary by office and even within the same office. Not much you can do about it. I have had my meter changed 5 times as it wasn’t moving they thought it was broken. I have been accused of breaking the meters with my solar even though my grid connection is permanently switched off. I have also been accused of spinning the meter backwards (to the same reading every month) each time I ask for a digital meter. Over 5 years now still waiting.

apparently so

Good point the CHAdeMO charging standard is not long for this world.

"In terms of total vehicles sold in Thailand, BYD has surpassed four smaller Japanese competitors, namely Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Mazda and Suzuki" If you own a Japanese ICE vehicle you would be sensible to sell it while it still has some value. Here in Thailand last month EV sales were over 10% of total vehicle sales: Chinese EVs 6,007 ; Tesla 375; Japanese EVs 19

I’ve test driven both and my opinion of the MG 4 is that it’s a great little family hatchback. A little slow off the line, but fine once it’s going. It’s practical and great value for money. So why did I order a Seal Premium at twice the price, because it feels like twice the car. It is luxurious and polished and a joy to drive. If you want a car that gets the job done competently, then go for the MG4, but if you want a car that brings a smile to your face every time you drive it, then buy a Seal.

"EVs don't work for people who live in apartment buildings - how are they going to charge?" You will certainly have seen statements like this, but it's nice to see the that condos in Thailand are now being built with EV charging built in.

Did you find a sun blind for the glass roof? My sales girl said it's included.

Didn’t know that

First year is free

might need to change the name of this discussion to “Seal Club Thailand” 🦭 How many posters here have ordered Seals?