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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.

Tesla just published a video "Extreme Heat Testing | Tesla Model S, 3, X and Y" This was the comment I posted on the video: "I was hoping to see cabin temperatures mentioned in this video, why weren't they? Here in Thailand it's regularly over 40 degrees C and the Thailand Tesla groups often mention the fact that the air-con does a poor job of cooling the cars. The pre-cooling function is particularly poor. Heated seats and heated steering wheel but the seats are not cooled or ventilated and no sun shade for the glass roof. It is standard procedure here to add additional heat reflective film to all glass and Tesla's have a lot of it. White is the free paint colour in most countries, but in Thailand it's Black and the option to specify a white interior is not available!"

Checked online for “sunroof heat protection” for my model - ฿3,500! Decided on the DIY approach with foil and foam on a roll. The foam fitted easily between the glass and sliding blind. will test the temperature tomorrow

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)

I think that the Atto 4/Seal will probably be more expensive than the Atto 3, so we are probably looking at more than the $1.2m 60kWh Atto 3 and less that the ฿1.7m Tesla model 3. Despite my concerns about the lack of space compared to a SUV, the Seal is still on my short list. I like the LFP battery chemistry, V2L capability, expanding dealer network and BYD’s commitment to Thailand by building it’s first foreign factory here.

China's Hozon to produce NETA EVs in Thailand for Southeast Asian market The company’s first overseas factory broke ground on Friday near Bangkok. Production is expected to start in 2024. The EV maker launched its NETA V model in the Thai market last year and planned to start offering its NETA U and NETA S models in the near future. Last month it was announced that China's Changan Auto would invest $285 million in a facility in Thailand. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/chinas-hozon-produce-evs-thailand-southeast-asian-market-2023-05-06/

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 ฿+)

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?

EV registrations (white plates) for the first three months of the year

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

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

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. https://www.mgcars.com/th/pdf/RequestBrochure/18/NEW_MG_EP_Brochure.pdf

Tesla offering free insurance on model 3s - I’d take a price cut instead. In the USA now selling for under $40k before government incentives ฿1,374,000 no price changes here since launch

NETA GT is launched at Auto Shanghai 2023 “Sport” “Fashion” “ Young” Clearly I’m not the target market!

One big advantage of electricity cars is sitting in stationary traffic the engine isn’t running and you’re not breathing in your own exhaust fumes. My EV has traffic jam assist, which is like adaptive cruise control for traffic jams. The car follows the car in front moving when it moves and breaking when it breaks. With regenerative breaking you are recharging your batteries all the time.

There was no way to edit the video once it had been uploaded, so I have deleted the original video, tweaked the levels and and uploaded a new version - apologies

Yes sorry about that, I used 2 different Microphones - one during the opening video - a Lightning Lavalier Microphone on my iPhone and then a Sure SM58 on my Mac - tried increasing the mic input on my Fast Track to match the opening sound level but just got too much distortion. I considered recording all the second half audio again on Audacity but was too tired at that point. I have now ordered a matching USB TYPE C Lavalier Microphone so hopefully they will produce a matching sound level.

In a previous discussion in the Renewable Energy Forum I was asked about my home battery storage and how I calculated my battery storage requirement. At the time I did promise to make a video on the subject. So here it is: <EDIT By Crossy, updated video with fixed sound is in a later post>

Tesla Powerwall installations available in Thailand starting at 699,000 baht The Tesla Powerwall starts at 699,000 baht ($20,574.86). For comparison, the Tesla Powerwall costs $9,200 in the United States www.teslarati.com/tesla-powerwall-installation-thailand/