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Obviously meant to obfuscate, not meant to be for information - I am actually surprised that not all was colored identical, even a 6 year old could have done better.......... TH is indeed struggling!

I am not a Tesla fanboy. With that out of the way - the crappy Tesla build quality actually applies only to US made Tesla's, the Chinese get high reviews, even from customers in Germany. I know, this comment will infuriate the China bashers, but there are a good bunch of videos on YT with US and Chinese models compared back to back on the same dealer lot. Last but not least, the US models are getting better, too, just be sure not to fall for what Tesla fanbois label 'luxury' car - except for the price there is not much luxury about Tesla's.

I am not dogmatic about EV vs. ICE powered vehicles - there are indeed arguments in favor for both, but the narrow perspective of the one-vs-other misses the main point. In principle, the electric motor is by several magnitudes superior to an ICE, that argument is settled. To put in simple but accurate comparison: An electric motor is essentially a shaft that rotates, easily to over 10,000 RPM, with a magnificent torque curve to boot, almost maintenance free, vibration free, quiet as a church, small, light, cheap. Conversely, an ICE is a mess of millions of reciprocating parts that conspire to turn a shaft, limited in RPM lest it will grenade, with a torque curve so miserable it requires an elaborate gearbox to compensate, with most annoying vibrations, noisy as fokk, needs constant expensive maintenance, a limited life cycle due to inevitable wear of said motor, gearbox, exhaust, cooling etc. - oh, did I say it is very expensive, too? But there is an additional element to propulsion - the form of energy used to power said motors. The form of energy used for an ICE gives the ICE an edge due to its much denser storage, which is much more favorable compared to batteries. Batteries are a step gap measure, much better technology must replaced this aberration - hopefully before huge investments in battery manufacturing capacity fossilizes research into better technology.

If everybody in a condo building had an EV, there would be 500 chargers. There, I fixed it for you. To me it is amazing to what kind of mental gymnastics people are willing to go to prove they can be silly.

In case you do 700 km multiple times a month in Thailand, a BEV is not the right solution for you - a PHEV could fill the bill. If you do long trips a few times per year, it could be worth the hassle - mind you, few people drive 700 km in one shot, so taking a food/toilet break and recharge the battery is typically not a hindrance and might not add significantly to trip time.

If the price is right, the Haval PHEV ticks all the right boxes, however, the 200 km range does not compute with the battery size - the MG HS with a battery half the size is speced for 67 km. My guess is 150 to 160 km is attainable with a more aggressive BMS, 200 km is just fantasy.............or at 45km/h max speed, no stop and go, no AC, downhill and a strong tailwind.

mmhhhh.........Paul is usually very informed, but on this subject missed: The HV batteries can be charged with the engine while driving, there is a menu setting that is somewhat clumsy in its description, but it will facilitate that goal. However, it is not economical at all, to use the ICE for charging the battery, albeit one reason given is to maintain peak power output of the combined drive train electric and ICE. Another reason is to reach a destination city with a fully charged battery to lower emissions while driving in the city. Mercedes PHEV design goes a step further - one setting allows the on-board brains to do the calculation, all that needs to be done is to use navigation for destination definition, the car then will determine how much the battery charge needs to be to arrive e.g. at a city limit with full battery and all the city travel is done on battery.

We have 12 KW of solar panels installed - but as Paul explained, the total draw is limited by the car. I wish it could be limited even more - on the MB it is possible to select from 8-10-12 Amp (or 2 to 3 KW), or the max. charge limit to e.g. 80%, etc. - in that respect, Tesla has nailed the details.

The MG HS PHEV has an EV range of 67+ km - it's over 9 weeks since our last fill-up and the tank is at 92%, wife does around 50 km daily, the electrons for re-charching come from our PV panels on our roof.

This is the only correct answer, and anybody still confused do an internet search why, and the ramification of, Europe is using 220V and the US has 110V. Hint - Europe wanted to skimp on copper. The only point of Crossy I disagree with is his fear of loading the cable to 2.8 KW - its perfectly fine. Our vacuum cleaner is rated at 2500W and the extension cable gets a lot hotter from the sun than from the juice flowing though it.

Let me get this straight - you posit that the use of a ceiling fan to pump the hot air from the ceiling, down to where you roam around, makes the room more comfortable? Might make sense in your universe, but I prefer to use standard physics to maximize my personal comfort at the lowest possible cost. While it is true that moving hot air over your sweaty skin is more comfortable, it is still hot air, and it wont make you stop sweating. Start by using one of these and be dazzled by facts:

You have to think in terms of energy entering a room/house - a few centimeters or a few meters, the amount of energy entering is exactly the same. The only difference is the heated glass might radiate some small amount of heat back to the outside due to the positive temperature differential. In the middle of the afternoon after a couple of hours of direct sunlight exposure, touch the glass.........carefully, you might burn yourself. A shutter like this on the outside makes a world of difference!

mmmhhh........yes - that was bad wording: I was referring to shades and curtains on the inner side of the window - vs. European style shades/shutters on the outer side of the window, the latter will keep the heat on the outside of the room/house, conversely, regular curtains will let the sun pass through the window, heat up the window and the curtain and of course the room. Most houses in Thailand (like ours) use the below useless setup:

Couple of things, maybe they were mentioned and I missed them with my cursory read diagonally across the thread: 1. In a hot climate, ceiling fans are about as bad an idea as adding...... 2. window shadings/curtains inside the window to add to the first point - we have a couple of ceiling mounted AC units, very bad idea, too - especially in our living room which has a 13 ft ceiling. Good ideas: solar panels on the roof! not just for the production of free electricity, but the added benefit of shading over the roof comes for free.

The flat incline of the roof is nice for the solar panels efficiency, the flip side of course is the dirt does not wash off as well when it rains - did you find you have to wash the panels a couple times a year due to dust accumulation?

My wife has a habit when she cant decide for a color on something like a dress or a hand bag or shoes, to buy at least two colors - this way she wont have post purchase remorse........ in the same vein, I recommend you get two boosters!

I had a Fisker Karma 10 years ago, it already had a PV solar roof - so sad this is not pushed harder today.