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Then there is this: "On June 26, 1954, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant became the first nuclear power plant in the world to go into commercial operation. This day rightfully became known as the birth of nuclear energy. In a TASS announcement from July 1, 1954, it was stated: "In the Soviet Union, efforts by scientists and engineers successfully completed the design and construction of the first commercial nuclear power plant with a useful capacity of 5000 kilowatts." The announcement of the launch of the world's first nuclear power plant came as a complete surprise to both the Soviet and global public, as nothing about its development and construction had been published in open sources; everything was kept strictly confidential. Starting in 1956, the station was open to both Soviet and foreign delegations. The first nuclear power plant was visited by many prominent political figures, scientists, and tens of thousands of ordinary people from almost every country in the world. On April 29, 2002, in accordance with an order from the Minister of Atomic Energy, in a ceremonial setting, the reactor of the first nuclear power plant was shut down for good. The plant operated without incident for 48 years, setting a record for the longest operation of a nuclear reactor."

Its behind a paywall (or registration trap), but even if I violate my own stated requirements, I would not be ready to take anything the FT publishes as even remotely as factual. BTW, just for giggles, here is what ChatGPT 'thinks': '"I remember Putin saying early on in a public interview, Shoigu said we want Ukraine as Russian territory to which Putin replied 'We're not talking about that Sergei'. Factual Context: This specific exchange between Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is not a well-documented or widely reported incident. It could be a misremembering or misinterpretation of a public or private conversation that has not been verified by credible sources. However, it's important to note that official Russian rhetoric has not publicly acknowledged a goal of outright annexation of the entirety of Ukraine. I suggest you go to YT and search for John Mearsheimer, watch his rather different view on the subject of the conflict, very enlightening.

That is a ton of conjecture you are trying to sell as facts...... but I bite: Please give me the sources cited, in Russian, so the actual meaning of what Putin said can be verified. There is so much manipulation and 'lost in translation' applied in Western propaganda, it's nigh impossible to get facts. Or to be clear - in all propaganda, east and west. Case in point is a recent presser of Meloni which a translator turned into 'If Russia does not agree to the terms, we will force her to surrender.' - was totally made up.

Here is another one of those curious cases: Even though Mat said 87% in his voice over, and the calculated value is 87.5%, in the final comparison they displayed the actual range as 82%....... honest mistake? bias?

I have to admit I am puzzled by his results - I easily got 490 km on a tank of electrons, with part of it in stop and go BKK Rama 3 traffic, plus mostly 90+ km/h on Thai pseudo 3 lane Hwy. In this test, he claims to get as little as 342 km range - something does not add up - but what?

Real users feedback on the Seal: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18iMc5VZU4jeic67/

The BYD ACC seems to have a problem. I first thought this is a car specific problem to my car, but it seems this is a general bug, and it is annoying........ who else has encounter their ACC surging?

I noticed voice assist as rather strange compared to before, too - maybe it needs to be trained again? I remember in the early days of 'voice command' on MB and VAG vehicles, it had to be trained to get any semblance of usable operation.

I hope you list these links in an attempt to be sarcastic - not in support of the head-line implication? Of course, there is always one up on those linked 'non-governmental organizations' that of course are as factual as a Mafia poem - you could cite Bill Browder........lol

Indeed - and what is even more entertaining is that there are people so bored in their lives - they spend all day just scouring every nook and cranny all over the Internet to find complaints of customers with Chinese EV's. What I observed is that in general, Thai FB postings are coalescing around negative events - its almost as if the average Joe and Jill in Thailand is searching for others that are worse off to make themselves feel better, also know as "downward social comparison"........lol Conversely - these guys are a pure joy to follow: https://www.facebook.com/share/nhzH5afnjNRUA6Yt/

Then there is this: https://carnewschina.com/2024/06/12/chery-confirmed-jaguar-land-rover-will-adopt-chinese-e0x-and-m3x-platforms/

This is probably why some countries are in total freak-out mode: The first 17 cars on the list are all made in China....... the dominance is palpable.

Who else got the OTA for V 2403? Installed it to day, cant tell much, what is different apart from the location service on the app and the two-finger temp adjustment?

I truly hope there will be more BYD Seal fiascos so their cars will be getting even cheaper........ but alas, reality has usually other, much more mundane explanations: (from the linked article, machine translated) quote: 'BYD discount battery? The main reasons that BYD announced a discount supplier of battery in electric car, born from lower cost of production, continued with the principles of Economy of scale even produced a number of price per piece more was down earlier by the way, BYD has announced a discount on electric cars before, and then as a result of lower cost of production. make can be lowered the price of new cars down. It also affects the subject case, the car accident in the future, because the price of battery discharge, the new price is down more than original than 40%, resulting in a change a new battery due to accident lower cost than the original.' Lower cost of production is a far more plausible explanation, albeit, less sexy than some wild guessing about fake news.

ChatGPT thinks there a some subtle, but significant differences: 'In short, China and Russia are not colonizing Africa in the traditional sense. Instead, they are heavily involved in the continent through economic investments, trade, political engagements, and military cooperation. These activities are sometimes criticized for creating economic dependencies and exerting significant influence, but they do not constitute colonization as historically defined.'

January to April 2024, compared to same period last year, overall sales are down 23.9%, one player is bucking the trend...... 😇

I like this size comparison - but I think it is actually not only that part of the body that is significantly more developed when it cums to electric and especially Chinese cars - but that would be sexist and hi-jack this thread into the gutter faster than I can hit 'enter' 😂🤣😇

I don't know whether this was already posted - certainly interesting trend, if month to month can be labeled as 'trend': https://www.autofun.co.th/news/ev-sales-in-thailand-april-2024-79386

I think it has more to do with fear of retaliation. Same for the German car companies, they are adamant not to introduce tariffs as their main business is in China. Conversely, the French would love to have tariffs in Europe as they would be able to kill to birds with one stone - damage the German's business in China, and protect their fledgling EV business in Europe.

As long as commentators in the west preface with 'if Putin wins', they disclose how much they still believe in their own delusional propaganda. There are only two possible scenarios - Russia wins and this will come to a 'reasonable' conclusion, or we are are all fokked because nobody will survive WW lll. People that don't understand that simple fact should not participate in this conversation........

Thank you! I sent my sales lady your video, not holding my breath that anything will come out of it, but I am open to be dazzled. While it is true that I got one of the earliest cars, as I said above, all the floor mats on the cars they have in their showroom are the same as mine - and some of the Atto's (if not all) she pointed out were 2024 new models. I already caved in and ordered a set of mats on Shopee, keeping my fingers crossed that the retaining pins will 'click' into place.

How about those motorcycles driving in the wrong direction that nobody expects when pulling out of a soi, since we are busy checking for traffic driving in the proper direction..........? of course, no insurance to top off the idiocy.

Thank you very much - this is very different from the floor mat I have. I wonder whether the floor mats are sourced locally, even on the dealer level, and my dealer just mucked this little detail up in the most glorious way. video_2024-05-19_10-02-26.mp4

So your drivers side floor mat hooks onto the pins and 'clicks'....?