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The job of the film is to stop you from heating up. The physics is very simple - if you park your car in the shade the glass will heat up via convection to reach the ambient air temperature: If parked in the sun, solar radiation will pass through the glass to the film some of which will be reflected back but some will be absorbed by the film heating it up. Air in the car will come in contact with the hot film and heat via convection. The hot air will come in contact with you and make you hot. In addition if you are sitting on the sunny side of the car, some solar radiation will pass through the film and heat your skin directly. If you press your hand up against the inside of the film coated glass then heat will pass into your hand via conduction. If you hand gets hot, then you will know your film is not doing a great job reflecting solar radiation.

I wish that was true but it's not. Tesla claim to have heat reflecting film on their glass but still many owners complain about the heat on sunny days. On my current car I rejected the free film offered and paid ฿9,000 for ceramic heat reflective film. Temp of the ceramic heat reflective film coated sunroof (you can see the clouds): temp through foam and foil: Temperature through foam/foil and sun screen:

I agree. If I was buying a Tesla I would do a glass delete on the roof with a white or silver wrap. My current car has a large sunroof but it does have a sun shade. I have posted here before about putting foil covered foam between the sun shade and the glass. It’s out of sight but makes a real difference.

Tesla really needs to do something about the glass roof for Asia markets. This is not a good look for them

The price of the ionic 5N in the UK is likely to be about £65,000 ฿3,000,000. If you want a similar 0-100kph then the UK price of the MG4 XPower is £36,500 ฿1,650,000

“EVs are boring” Anybody else heard this from a petrol head? Well now you can point them to the Hyundai ionic 5N The ionic 5&6 are coming to Thailand this year, let’s hope we get 5N as well

The 2 biggest EV manufactures are BYD - 100% lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP) - no nickel and Tesla whose best selling models by far are the standard range model 3 & Y use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) - no nickel

Great Price: Great Car: Great Deal:

Why don’t Tesla cars benefit from government EV incentives in Thailand? According to the BoI, Tesla is not participating in the government's EV incentive package, which grants excise tax cuts and subsidies to promote EV production and consumption in 2022 and 2023. Participating companies are committed to starting to produce EVs in Thailand from 2024 Tesla is in talks with the Indonesian government on the possibility of investing there and not Thailand as Indonesia has abundant supplies of nickel, a key component in lithium batteries.

Laughing Ford won’t be laughing for long. Then he will have to change his emoji to crying Ford

Nice article on EVs in Thailand on Cleantechnica - a site well worth following. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/07/08/byd-atto-3-tops-the-bev-sales-charts-in-thailand-in-first-half-of-the-year/

My MG HS PHEV came with 5 years of free servicing. I have not paid anything at all in 2 years, not sure it’s saved me a great deal, but makes the experience a bit more pleasant. They put it on charge when it’s finished being washed and I can monitor the state of charge on my app and decide when to pick it up.

You obviously didn't bother to read my recent post where I spoke to Hyundai and they said that Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6 were both coming to Thailand at the end of this year So @LikeItHot please check your facts and do try to keep up "womp womp"

Nice infographic, do you have anymore? My MG HS PHEV is perfect for transporting our dogs.

GAC Aion Hyper GT launched in China with 340 hp and swappable battery. Starts at 30,370 USD https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/03/gac-aion-hyper-gt-launched-in-china-with-340-hp-and-swappable-battery-starts-at-30370-usd/ 20,000,000th NEV (Plug-in Vehicle) to roll off the assembly line in China: They can swap the battery in 90 seconds: Other Aion Cars:

฿549,000 for a full EV with free wall charger with installation. cheaper to fuel and service looks like a bargain to me.

฿549,000 for a full EV with free wall charger with installation. cheaper to fuel and service looks like a bargain to me.

Couple more AION cars to give some balance.

AION Goes Global With Thailand Overseas Debut https://www.thaipr.net/en/auto_en/3352676 AION, the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant, has signed its first memorandum of understanding for business cooperation with Gold Integrate, its first overseas distributor. “Thailand is the largest automobile manufacturer and exporter in Southeast Asia. It is also the region’s largest electric vehicle market, with the EV industry supported by positive government policies such as tax and fee reductions, consumer cash subsidies, and investment support. All of these factors make Thailand an attractive location for investment and HQ”

I attended a couple of sustainability energy shows during my house build. They were less Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and more Business-to-Business (B2B) lots of Chinese manufacturers looking to sell solar panel racking etc.

At the Bangkok motor show it seemed to be mostly women looking at the Dolphin. BYD probably had this in mind by choosing and pinkie purple colour. The 0-100km/h time maybe slow, but being an EV it will have instant torque which will probably fine for BKK traffic.

Are you certain that the car is not supplied with any chargers? I got a free mobile charger and a wall charger.

Tesla model 3 Highland and model Y Juniper are both on my shortlist for my next EV, but I will also consider other cars including BYDs.

I have posted previously that the BYD Seal has been seen testing in Bangkok before it’s launch here.