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Anybody remember the Honda Benly CD200 from the 1980s? Well now there is an electric version. It costs ฿4,500 ……….per month! Apparently you can’t buy the bike outright but have to lease it. It works with a Battery Swap Station, coming to a food delivery service near you

My car is a red HS PHEV and I have taught my wife that manoeuvre for an easy life. We shared the driving so could have been.

Motorshow also had a used car section - mostly high end vehicles with no prices listed. Couple did catch my eye. I always liked the Honda e but it didn’t sell well - expensive with very small range. Original ZS EV - reasonable price

We have puppies in the house and didn’t want to do an overnight. Travelled down on Thursday heading back at 3:30pm with a 9:30pm ETA but got stuck for 2 hours in Korat climbing a giant hill - big trucks in all lanes in stop go traffic. Was able to use my traffic jam assist for the first time (adaptive cruise control for slow moving)

Bangkok Motor Show March 2023 Answers provided by staff on the stand Volvo Volvo C40 RECHARGE Dual Motor AWD 408Hp torque of 660Nm 0-100 in 4.7 seconds. 500Km driving distance per charge XC 40 ฿2.79m VOLVO celebrates 50 years of successful business operations in Thailand- some good offers are available. Sat in both cars and wasn’t that impressed with the interior. Raised the seat to my preferred seating position and hit my head trying to get out.

Bangkok Motor Show March 2023 Answers provided by staff on the stand Neta S Looks fantastic, but locked and no access to the interior. Staff thought about 2 year wait and about ฿2,000,000 Neta V A great value car Neta U Didn't see at the show Staff thought about 1 year wait no news on price. Whatever this is - but it looks cute

Bangkok Motor Show March 2023 Answers provided by staff on the stand Hyundai/Kia Hyundai brought an IONIQ 5 to the show but said you couldn’t buy it in Thailand. Kia didn’t bring anything and when I asked them where was the EV6 - “no have sorry”

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.

Bangkok Motor Show March 2023 Answers provided by staff on the stand. BYD Seal An extremely popular car at the show and in person it looks great, but not in the same league as the Han. Staff on the stand said that the seal will be coming to Thailand next year and the price has not been confirmed. I really wanted to sit in the car as I currently driving a comfortable SUV. The seal is a very low slung car and it wasn’t that easy to get into. The driver’s seat auto moves back when you open the door making exit a bit easier. The seats are a very light colour which seemed to already be showing signs of dirt, buy my wife seemed to think that they were supposed to that colour! I didn’t find the seats very comfortable. It seams to be quite a sporty setup. Atto 3 Forgot to take a photo at the show but ended parking next to one the way home - much bigger than I thought it was. Comfortable to sit in and the interior is not as weird the YouTubers make it out to be. Dolphin At ฿8xx,xxx a very good value car also quite comfortable to sit in. Denza D9 (BYD/Mercedes luxury brand) Luxury people carrier - going to be expensive

Bangkok Motor Show March 2023 Answers provided by staff on the stand. BYD - Han Pride of place went to the BYD Han in stunning emerald green. I confirmed with staff on the stand that neither the Han nor the Tang will be coming to Thailand. They are not built on the new e-platform 3.0 - only cars using this platform will produced in RHD.

Bangkok Motor Show March 2023 Answers provided by staff on the stand. BMW I consider the Chinese made iX3 @ ฿3,589,000 not good value but the iX1 has a UK price of £53,000 ฿2,200,000. I was told by BMW staff at a previous show that BMW Thailand were hoping to assemble the iX1 in Thailand to be able to benefit from the EV incentive. Unfortunate the non electric X1 is already ฿2,200,000. Currently all iX1s are manufactured at the Regensburg plant which would incur an 80% import duty into Thailand. Staff on the stand said that iX1 for Thailand would be manufactured in Japan (20% import duties) and is not coming this year.

On the road down about 4 hours to go. Will post my thoughts later.

I reviewed the e6 in May last year. It is clearly a commercial vehicle designed as a taxi. https://aseannow.com/topic/1257405-electric-vehicles-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=17368969

Going to drive down on Monday. Visit to the Tesla pop up store in Central World then onto the show. Seal is on my list to see https://www.sanook.com/auto/87091/

Lots of research supporting the fact that a vegetarian diet is more sustainable. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220429-the-climate-benefits-of-veganism-and-vegetarianism I use solar well pumps to drip irrigate fruit and veg in the garden so we can have “Green” leafy greens all year round.

No price yet https://www.mgcars.com/th/mg-models/new-mg-maxus9/spec

Copper; Glass; Silicon and the aluminum frame can all be recycled. Did you even bother to read the link I posted above before replying?

Anybody else considering going to the motor show? https://www.motorshow.in.th/ I am making a list of cars to check out along with a visit to Tesla Pop-up showroom at CentralWorld

Nice graphic of currently available reasonably priced EVs in Thailand. Captain DIY is an airline Pilot in Thailand who is also an EV and solar YouTuber.

Big price increase for the new MG EP - now called MG ES (called MG5 everywhere else) - apologies if this has already been posted

The top five EV registrations in Thailand in February were the BYD ATTO 3 with 2,068 registrations, followed by the NETA V with 1,254, the Tesla Model Y with 534, the MG EP with 356, and the MG 4 Electric with 318. Models Sales Shares BYD ATTO 3 2,068 37.6% NETA V 1,254 22.8% Tesla Model Y 534 9.7% MG EP 356 6.5% MG 4 Electric 318 5.8% ORA Good Cat 282 5.1% MG ZS EV 241 4.4% Tesla Model 3 175 3.2% Volvo XC40 76 1.4% BMW iX3 42 0.8% Top 10 Best Selling EVs in Thailand in Feb 2023 BYD Thailand Plant On March 10, 2023, BYD held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new factory. At the ceremony, BYD also held a delivery ceremony for the 9,999th and 10,000th ATTO 3 vehicles sold in Thailand. In addition, BYD plans to have 60-70 sales outlets in Thailand by the end of 2023. The construction of NETA’s plant in Thailand has also begun. https://carnewschina.com/2023/03/13/byd-again-became-the-best-selling-ev-in-thailand-in-feb-2023/

Good question- the article I read was about a year ago so plans may have changed. I do hope the Tang and Han come to Thailand, the more options the better.

Pretty in Pink!

Do you follow this EV YouTuber? https://www.youtube.com/@ElectricVehicleMan/featured Lots of common sense advice. The accountant in me appreciates watching him crunch the numbers on his whiteboard.

Confirms what I saw in an article from Australia saying that the Han and Tang would not be coming to RHD countries. Only cars using the new platform such as the Seal and Dolphin.