Bandersnatch

Just now, Bandersnatch said:

anyone who has an MG can also charge their BYD cars at all the MG stations on high-speed DC

I asked my MG dealer and they said I needed an MG card that costs ฿1,500

Just now, JBChiangRai said:

I think the same on single phase, maybe faster on 3 phase, i’m sure someone who’s read the manual will confirm if they charge at 11 kW on three phase?

 

I think MG is 7.2Kw regardless.

 

anyone who has an MG can also charge their BYD cars at all the MG stations on high-speed DC

3 minutes ago, Peciacake said:

What are BYD like compared with MG when it comes to home charging P?

They both give a free wall charger and installation. MG uses Prime to do the installation and they don't like(understand) Solar. 

BYD uses a different company (name escapes me currently) and I was assured by the dealer that having solar was not a problem. 

REVERSHARGER x BYD Showroom is open today for the first 5 stations!!

REVERSHARGER has expanded its electric charging stations at Showroom BYD service centers nationwide to provide special privileges and convenience for all customers. Both BYD customers and customers of other car brands who have the REVERSHARGER application on their mobile phones 

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Open 24 hours a day

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Service fee 8 baht/kilowatt.

1.BYD Review Automotive Rama 9

2.BYD Review Automotive Rama 2

3.BYD Spyder Group Petchakasem

4.BYD Chonburi Group Pattaya

5.BYD Dream car Group Rayong

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For REVERSHARGER customers and BYD customers, get ready to meet a new station opening, possibly a SHOWROOM near you, soon!!

Download REVERSHARGER Mobile Application at

App Store

https://apps.apple.com/th/app/reversharger/id1492566430

BYD Buriram had the DC charger but not operational yet.

EV subsidies in Thailand to be continued but at a greatly reduced level

For the EV 3.5 measure, the Thai government will provide subsidies for electric cars, electric pickup trucks, and electric motorcycles. By type of car and battery size as follows

     1. In the case of electric cars priced no more than 2 million baht with a battery size of more than 50 kWh, they will receive a subsidy between 50,000 - 100,000 baht/car. For a battery size of less than 50 kWh, they will receive a subsidy between 20,000 - 50,000 baht/car.

     2. In the case of electric pickup trucks priced not more than 2 million baht with a battery capacity of 50 kWh or more, they will receive a subsidy between 50,000 - 100,000 baht/vehicle.  

     3. In the case of electric motorcycles priced no more than 150,000 baht with a battery size of more than 3 kWh, they will receive a subsidy between 5,000 - 10,000 baht/bike.

https://www.posttoday.com/business/701455

6 hours ago, macahoom said:

 

So you're getting the Performance?

wondered if anyone would notice 👍

That is the current plan, but things can change.

4 hours ago, macahoom said:

my comment was directed at @Andrew Dwyer and @Bandersnatch who both have Premiums on order but are both tempted to buy the Performance

Apparently the deal could be approved if I could buy a nice handbag to go in the space under the drive selector. Unfortunately the handbag has to accommodate an iPhone, the one that’s as big as a surfboard.

On 10/30/2023 at 1:54 PM, Photoguy21 said:

Bit of education. Yes you can charge at home but the electricity still comes from the grid. Do you think it appears magically from somewhere else? Solar and wind do not produce sufficient electricity to fill the difference and even if they did, you have to store the electricity generated.

I don’t know why people are crying like a baby about EV electricity usage when the electricity used by EVs is a tiny fraction of the energy used in crypto mining. Yet you never hear a single complaint about crypto mining being a complete waste of energy.

“Cryptocurrency has an energy consumption problem. Bitcoin alone is estimated to consume 127 terawatt-hours (TWh) a year — more than many countries, including Norway”

https://rmi.org/cryptocurrencys-energy-consumption-problem/

6 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

@Bandersnatch will hopefully testing it out shortly

Hopefully

14 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Wonder if there has been a new shipment or if they are being released from the docks very slowly .

Seen adverts for 8 Seals near me today on FB.

3 x Black in Rangsit 

1 x Black + 1 x Grey in Phra in ( Ayutthaya )

1 x Black + 1 x White + 1 x Blue in Ang Thong

 

All Performance models.

We put down a deposit on a White Seal Premium on September 29th (They released the price info at 6pm on Sept 28th)

Was told will get in October or early November. Called the sales girl this morning and she didn’t know when the next premium would arrive. 

Ask if the Q for performance was any shorter 

“we have a white performance at the showroom now if you want it” 🤔

On 10/30/2023 at 9:57 PM, xtrnuno41 said:

Bandersnatch compliments of showing all.

Nice he is showing temperature difference between painted and non painted wall. All the effort of isolating.

Sadly also some panels are in shade of house and doing less at times

I get this question so often that I made a video about it. 

7 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

@Bandersnatch Thanks very much for your input. Sorry that I haven't made much of a comment yet - I wanted to look at your blog first and I'm about halfway through that. Very interesting so far.  I doubt I'm as committed so probably won't go as far you have but there's a lot of ideas in your build that can easily be incorporated into a 'standard' build with little/no cost.

 

Thanks again.

Completely understandable. If you look at the design criteria section I lay out the priorities for the build. This is where you have to make compromises and if you want the most efficient home possible you have to move away from what most people consider attractive in a house. In Thailand that is a house that you would expect to see in North America or Northern Europe with big picture windows. I was lucky that I have a very understanding wife.   

Go on admit it.

How many of you have got one of these and no car to plug it into  🤨

43 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Breaking news for you, the electricity has to come from somewhere. Many people cannot charge from home and even if you can where is the electricityh going to come from. Maybe sprinkle some oofle dust and it magically appears?

stay off the "oofle dust" my fiend 

Home charging will be at a speed of 7kW AC compared to fast DC charging at 150 kW so I don't think it will put too much strain on the battery

I regularly see posts here claiming that REES are used in large quantities in modern EV batteries but that is incorrect. They were is used in Nickel–metal hydride batteries in older hybrid cars, but that is no longer the case.

“ 'rare-earth' is a misnomer because they are not actually scarce, although historically it took a long time to isolate these elements.

rare-earth elements are technically relatively plentiful in the entire Earth's crust, cerium being the 25th-most-abundant element at 68 parts per million, more abundant than copper

Ce and La are important as catalysts, and are used for petroleum refining and as diesel additives”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element

3 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

evidently you believe the electricity comes from no where. You have Generators plus associated equipment, You need distribution network upgrading plus the storage facilities. Didnt you even consider these issues?

This was your carefully considered reply to  @Gweiloman post "Why would there be a need to upgrade the national infrastructure? Most EVs are charged at home at night when there is low demand for electricity from industries and businesses."

If there wasn't less demand and more supply capacity at night why would PEA & MEA offer TOU Tariffs?

1 hour ago, Pink7 said:

 

Im on 30 days off grid since switched over, but now its raining and Im on 66% battery so lets see if I can "survive" this day and next  before need to switch over to grid. I use ATS and expect to do the switching manually. I will save some battery for emergency if ever on grid and grid down in the bad weather. How much battery capacity you have? How many rainy days can you "survive" ?

 

Pink

There is rain and there is rain! The last time I switched on PEA was in September 2022 during Super Typhoon Nuri
 

Here is the video of the Event - I have 4x9kWh LFP batteries by the way.

18 minutes ago, xtrnuno41 said:

solar panels cant be recycled