Andrew Dwyer

A near neighbour died last week of an aneurysm, aged 56, nice fella had a van and sold lottery outside the local 7.

The old lady and myself paid a visit to the local temple for the 7 o’clock chanting. The car park was busy and a lot of people attending, we managed to secure a couple of seats near the front outside ( inside was already full ).

I was just thinking that he had attracted a lot of people when I saw his photo near the refrigerated “ coffin” ……. yup !…. it wasn’t him !!

Our friend was in another smaller room around the back with about 6 people!!

Anyway he had ( yup, I can’t even remember his name !! ) just 4 monks but their chanting was amazing, really melodic and each one slightly offset to the others making a really hypnotic type of music.

They finished their lengthy part and left the stage with their “ gifts “. Another 4 ( one was a returnee ) came on and did similar hypnotic chanting, it was like some religious Battle of the Bands !! Never seen this before.

Note: not trying to diminish the effect of the obviously harrowing funerals of your local children @owl sees all just thought it of interest.

How accurate is the Dynamic range setting ??

Okay it has to be better than the NEDC I hear you say but tbh mine is not much better !!

What is the criteria for the Dynamic range setting ??, is it updated instantly or every 10, 50, 100 km’s ?

So, in the past I have mentally calculated the range setting v the actual mileage driven on a 210 km  highway drive that I frequently undertake and under normal driving conditions ( my driving) 210 km will take 260 km off my range ( that range figure became 189 km when hit a huge stretch of stop and go ) , speed being the major factor.

Yesterday, I decided to do a longer test( mainly highways with a small amount of city traffic).

Starting at 100% battery and a “ range “ of 653 km i embarked upon a trip there and back and got back home with 8% battery and 47 km range left.

Equating to 0-100% battery of 530 km actual driving re a 653 km guessometer reading ( around 82% accuracy ).

Nothing unusual about that you say but when charging back home overnight to 100% it gives me 644 km range on the Dynamic range guessometer !!

Why not 530 km ??

My conclusion is that the Dynamic range isn’t giving me the range to continue driving as per my recent trip but giving me the range possible albeit slightly adjusted ( never got below 650 km before ) but even that is confusing as the last 50 km back home were at a lesser speed when I saw the % getting low.

So, what is the criteria of giving me a lower than normal 100 % range this morning ??

So in conclusion ( again ) the Dynamic range setting is not much better than the NEDC only they give random numbers to make you think it is helpful ??

I will add that this is lower than my previous 580-590 km range claim but possibly due to 4 adults + 1 kid v 2 Adults and sometimes 2 anorexic teenagers, 40° temps in Nakhon Sawan meaning higher air con settings and me showing off my acceleration/overtaking prowess at the start until berated by Mrs D !

5 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Anal Leakage was a popular local band where I come from. As far as gigs and big contracts, they never managed to solidify anything. 

They had a good run though !!

2 minutes ago, retarius said:

Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray, the Rolling Stones, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon, Blind Willie McTell etc etc

So you think Hendrix, Clapton, SRV and the Rolling Stones should have been bigger or did you not understand the op  ?

36 minutes ago, idealistic123 said:

I moved to the east side of Pattaya close to the highways. So within a radius of 5km there are two PTT gas stations with charging stations. 

Besides that there are probably a lot of options in and around Pattaya city. 

 

My monthly mileage is 1.500km with 90% short rides (<60km). 

 

So considering all of that my profile would be more or less ideal for an EV. 

 

Which EV does give you a range of 580km? BYD Seal? 

BYD Seal Performance ( AWD ) is rated at 580 km but I doubt anyone gets above 500 km.

I have the BYD Seal Premium which is rated at 650 km, realistically I get around 580 km but I do drive conservatively.

My efficiency is currently:

13.6 kWh/100 km 

Battery 80 kw divided by 13.6 = 5.88 x 100 = 588 km range.

( where is the divided symbol on an iPhone ? ).

Seal Premium is you want range, Seal Performance if you want performance..

10 hours ago, idealistic123 said:

Does anyone own an EV but can’t charge at home? 
 

I just moved to a new house (rental) and can’t / don’t want to install a wallbox. 

However there is a gas station with chargers just around the corner. 

 

That’s why I’m wondering if some people here rely on public chargers only? 

I use home charging but could quite easily rely solely on public charging if necessary, there are chargers at 3 malls ( Big C , Central and City Park ) which I could combine with a weekly grocery shopping trip/long lunch/cinema or just browsing. Central has 8 or 10 chargers all rarely used.

Of course it depends on your car usage, battery size and charging speed/location of local chargers but I am sure a weekly visit to one of the above locations would work for me to fulfill my local needs.

51 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Yes, the CH EV manufacturers make a nice profit with the mark up on the international markets.  As the local manufacturers (EU & US) pales with lower specs and higher prices.   Easy to undercut the competition, and still maintain a nice mark up over the CH pricing.

 

In TH, our MG ZS EV, with no import duty, and govt incentive, sells for about the same price, as sold in China.  That's pretty amazing and makes it quite the value.   As are the BYD offerings, compared to other countries.  

 

People talk about a Chinese EV price war coming, and I don't see that happening outside of CH or TH, as they simply don't need to discount their cars to compete.  Even as the cost of the batteries are expected to come down as much as 50%.

Yes, i prefer to think of it this way, my Seal would have cost me a further 49.18% if bought in the U.K. and no doubt the cheapest electricity plan there couldn’t compete with my TOU meter ( 2.6 baht per unit ) here.

Toyota continues its love/hate relationship with EV’s by stepping up the schedule to produce a Hilux EV , possibly spurred on by pickup rival Isuzu preparing to reveal their EV pickup later this month..

https://electrek.co/2024/03/26/toyota-launch-all-electric-hilux-pickup-2025-fend-off-rivals/

8 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

How on earth did they find that 'person' so quickly? 

His brown uniform ?

1 hour ago, mistral53 said:

You must be driving down-wind, down-hill all the time.......... my cumulative AEC shows 18.1 kWh/100 km  🤣

Yep !, I took a weekend break in Hua Hin and drove 110-120 kph when I could but my route, from Ayutthaya, takes me via Bangkok so at times a lot of stop/start traffic.

My cumulative AEC went up to 13.5 kWh/100 km 😊

I drive fast when I can but a lot of short trips in the city, I don’t tear away from the lights and ignore those pickups that seem to want to race !!

Seems like i get taunted more now in a sportier car, didn’t notice so much in my Honda Jazz !

52 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

My Seal AWD Performance displayed 100% range of 580km, but when I switched the range display to dynamic it dropped to 560km

 

“I know how you drive” 😳

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