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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.

Happy to see a review by someone who has actually seen the car. TG did say the car tested was not the UK spec car and “TG will test again when the car is in the UK and update our findings”

@Issanman - this guy always gets quoted by EV haters. He never has anything positive to say about any EVs. We have already discussed the the Dolphin and MG4 and the consensus was the MG4 was the better car. This guy clearly hasn’t even see this car in person or he would have posted his own pictures not pics that he found on the internet. Are we really supposed to take a reviewer seriously when they haven’t even sat in the car! I have seen this car in person and can say that it’s very roomy inside far more so that an equivalent sized ICE car as it has wheels at the corners. Pictures that I took at this year’s Bangkok Motor show: .

Mini car show at my local Robinson so asked about Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6 coming to Thailand expecting a “don’t know” “Both coming at the end of this year”

@edwinchester thanks for the post. My MG came with a free 7kW wall charger as well as the 3kW mobile charging cable. Does Neta not give a 7kW charger?

Latest Status report from the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand http://www.evat.or.th/15708256/current-status EVAT uploads these posters as PDFs to their Google Drive where they can be seen more clearly if the images below are not clear enough https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Uv6WWAx9sVlLUH5hH5z0SOofCFu42kh/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cPXOFPjDMchq179G5u3Hva9h2Y9Ek2M7/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hTuMNdghsaWkkazRU73obrHlKP41Tf-T/view

“More china EV makers eye thailand as production base” Bloomberg article (behind a paywall) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-25/more-china-ev-makers-eye-thailand-as-production-base-group-says Looking for a for a version of this article I could post here I came across this random YouTube Channel were someone read the article.

My mate Miles Robers has uploaded a video on the MG4

I really enjoyed the my MG4 test drive - very impressive car for the price. I couldn’t find the 0-100km time for the MG on the official website, so I took a test result I found which as you say might not be accurate

The picture I posted is from the BYD Thailand website. It looks exactly the same as the Chinese market one I sat in at the BKK motor show in April. The picture on the BYD Thailand app is also the same.