Bandersnatch

Still obsessing about trying to get a cool (not hot) EV with a stupid glass roof.

Thinking about buying a Tesla and don’t want to have to pay ฿50,000 extra for white colour (the free colour everywhere else)

https://youtu.be/iDVrfLad3Es
 

Then buy a Black car and wrap in white or silver including the glass roof.

https://youtu.be/iDVrfLad3Es

Update on Tesla Supercharger/Destination charger locations in Thailand, which are all currently located in central Bangkok. Tesla previously listed “coming soon” on it’s charger map, but that is no longer the case. Current roll-out rate is less than one location per month.  None of the chargers are open to non teslas. Tesla does have a link on it’s website for anyone interesting in hosting a supercharger location. 

14 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

7kW for single phase, but someone like myself with solar 3 phase or even DC is very attractive as I can make 20kW of power in the middle of the day and it would be a shame to waste it by only putting 7kW of power into the car.

This is the sort of thing I would like to use if it was avaible in Thailand:

https://enteligent.com/dc-coupled-dc-evses

3 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Here’s a little look at the Honda e:Ny1

I was quite impressed with the Honda e when it was released back in 2020, but I feel that the e:Ny1 is a step backwards design wise.

1 hour ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Seems like a pita to carry and fit that screen .

A lot of Atto 3 users have been buying that foam with aluminium foil both sides, 10 mm thick, to block out the sun, fitting it between the sunshade and sunroof , others using 80% film to keep cool .

I was thinking about doing the exact same thing with the foam as I have still have some laying around after insulating my house.

Sunroof/Glass-roofs in Thailand make no sense at all.

BYD Seal’s Glass roof has a solution for hot climates, which Tesla doesn’t include and I am not talking about the ventilated seats.

Jump to 13:13 in the video (apologies the video is in Thai, but it does have hard coded English subs)

To continue the “Made in Thailand” Theme

On March 10 2023, BYD, Held the foundation stone laying ceremony of it’s first overseas factory here in Thailand.

BYD's car production base in Thailand covers an area of nearly 600 rai.
Ready to start production next year with high annual production capacity to about 150,000 vehicles. In the future, BYD will move forward offer a wider range of products, including provide better service to Thai consumers

At the same time they celebrated delivery of 10,000th ATTO 3 in Thailand.

MG has invested more than 500 million baht to develop a battery factory in Thailand.

NEW ENERGY INDUSTRIAL PARK, will be built on more than 75 rai of land. The first phase of the project is targeted to completed and ready for use by October 2023.

@Silencer

Solar PV should cost about ฿9/W

My 5kW hybrid off-grid inverters cost ฿36,000 each

9kWh LiFePO4 Batteries ฿68,000 each
 

Fitting plus extra components required is extra 

If you are building your house now spend some money on increasing insulation to lower electricity demand. My aircons are only 8,500 BTU 
 

My PEA bill last month:

The MG Maxus 9 has SAIC Motors branding in NZ

Need an MPV?

Electric:

or ICE (note ฿+)

On 4/1/2023 at 12:00 PM, Bandersnatch said:

Bangkok Motor Show March 2023 Answers provided by staff on the stand

 

MG Maxus 9

 

3-row MPV with 90 kWh battery, 540 km EV range

This a product of the Maxus, which is a subsidiary of SAIC Motor that also owns MG. It is known as the Maxus Mifa 9 in China.

 

At the show it was available for prebooking with a ฿20,000 deposit which entitles customers to double that amount in discount. Staff at the show said that price and delivery had not been confirmed.

 

In Thailand, the Maxus 9 will be offered in two grades, starting with the X and the V which will add run-flat tyres, genuine leather upholstery, improved powered front seats with massage, heating, ventilation and driver’s side memory functions, VIP-style second-row captain chairs.

 

I had to queue for some time to see these cars as they were probably the most popular cars at the show! Due to the crowds I have included some photos from PaulTang.org  so that you can get a clearer view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my subscribers in a teacher at an international school in Thailand. He is planning a unit on sustainability with his students and wanted his students to interview me. I suggested that I make a video that covers my attempts to achieve self sufficiency in Thailand and that his students could  interview me over zoom after watching the video.

Anybody else working on self sufficiency in Thailand?

12 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I didn’t think that the MG4 had a sunroof ?

@JBChiangRai , what sayeth thou ??

You could be right I might have been fooled by painted roof on the base model and the black roof - thought it was glass on the top model

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

Driving past my local MG dealer and saw that they had MG EPs in stock, so popped in for a closer look. This is not the new shape which is called MG ES in Thailand (both models are called MG 5 else where)

 

The EP is ฿1,000,000 but with the government incentive only ฿771,000

really great value.

One thing I really like about these cars is no sunroof.

Thais are complaining on the Tesla forums that Model Y and 3 in Thailand are getting too hot. Teslas come with heated seats, heated steering wheels but no cooled seats. In Thailand Black is the Free colour and you can’t even select a white interior.

I previously test drove the MG 4 which is a great car and it comes 2 trim levels 

One has a sunroof and the cheaper one doesn’t  - choose wisely

https://www.mgcars.com/th/pdf/RequestBrochure/30/MG4ElectricBrochure_2022.pdf