JBChiangRai

It's just forward planning. How else will they get across Bangkok when it's under water this century?

We have one already and a second on order for one of my daughters. There are loads of recharging stations and some EV's are cheaper than their ICE equivalent (MG EP+ for example). The running costs are massively less.

You are forgetting that electricity is different in Thailand, eg you don't need a ground connection and it won't travel uphill.

They said so, at least that was my interpretation, she didn’t speak English and my Thai is just passable.

I bought a BEV last year, I’ve only done 4,500km in it and I love it to bits. It’s a Porsche Taycan, a 680hp silent monster, I’ve never even unpacked the Porsche wall mounted charger that came with it, it’s still sealed in the box. I already have 2 wall boxes in my garage, a 16a and a 10a/16a/24a/32a wall box both from AliExpress. I have a really crappy 15/45 supply but 18Kw of grid-tied inverters and 22Kw of PV panels. I only charge daytime, typically at 10amp or 24amp (if the sun is out). A 2nd meter isn’t an option for me as the meter is 100 meters away with a buried copper cable to it. I’ve just ordered an MG EP+ for my daughter to take to university, at 771,000 baht with a years free insurance, 5 years free servicing and free charging at MG Super Chargers (they are closer than 150km apart). She has no excuse not to come home and visit me. In the case of the MG EP+, it’s already cheaper than an equivalent ICE car. We are almost at tipping point. The MG EP+ costs almost double in my native UK, it’s a bargain here and much better value than the much smaller MG ZS EV with the same drivetrain. It’s also 15 times less than my Porsche was. In truth, I’m itching to try my Porsche in an MG Supercharger armed with the MG App on my phone and my daughter’s MG Charging Card. I told MG to supply the wall box, but it will stay boxed up for when we sell the car down the road. I’m hoping it’s happy being charged slower than 7Kw.

No, they're standard as practically every EH/PHEV (excluding Tesla and some early Nissan), the problem is they establish a data connection with the car first and only after negotiating the link, car capabilities etc, start charging. With a Porsche Taycan in some countries you just plug it in, it reads details from your car and charges your appropriate account automatically. Not in Thailand, naturally. Maybe I'll drive down to MG and see if I can use the charger, last time I tried to register an account, it wanted the VIN number of the (MG) car. Whilst charging stations are getting more frequent, it's a real PITA if you live in Chiang Rai (as I do) and want to drive to Bangkok or further South, like Khao Lak which is my preferred holiday destination in Thailand. There's a fast charger at Uttaradit, but it's on the edge of the (real world) range.

I’ve seen that MG map, but my local MG dealer told me that you can only charge MG cars at MG charging stations, whether it’s true or not I don’t know. They had the usual car salesman’s product knowledge (in other words they knew how many wheels their cars had, nothing more).

What did you use to get the charging station map? Are the MG chargers allowed to be used by other EV's?

Russia was part of NATO until they invaded Crimea

I’m happy to commit 1,000 pounds to a go fund me page …. to anyone who assassinates Putin

Actually, nobody mooted the idea of fastening the seatbelt behind them to stop that irritating alarm bleep. Someone suggested that could have been what happened. Myself, also a Taycan owner. You insist on jumping to conclusions when a better man would simply accept he made a mistake and apologize his error.

Also, supercars like The Taycan save weight by fitting thinner glass than your average saloon. The body is all carbon fibre and composites too.

You could put the seatbelt behind you to avoid the annoying alarm that increases in intensity. I have a Taycan too and it pesters you to death if any of the occupants fail to wear a seat belt, additionally, one of the 5 digital instruments goes red and displays a warning message instead of 4 or 5 driver selectable options like HV battery charge, HV battery temperature, LV battery voltage, compass, track playing on the stereo etc. It’s impossible to ignore the warnings. Looking at the damage, the 2.1 ton Taycan probably didn’t decelerate enough when it hit the motorbike to trigger the airbags. Shortly followed by the motorcyclist hitting the windscreen. My money is on the driver wearing his seatbelt and suffering only minor scratches (if any) from the accident. The Taycan is a very heavy car and probably weighs at least 20 times more than the motorcycle and the bike would have been catapulted forwards with the car driver not feeling much deceleration, the shock being the rider hitting the windscreen which probably entered the drivers space and that would likely be the scrapes he got, if any, maybe flying glass chips from the drivers side of the laminated windscreen.

That might be the only option with supply chain issues thanks to the Russkies.

It’s a Taycan, a battery electric vehicle, I own one myself. The dealer will be able to read the speed at impact from the cars very sophisticated computer.

Thailand Tourism may be neutral, but I’m not. Our 2 tourism adventure businesses and property business is no longer accepting Russian citizens. PERIOD. Whilst I have nothing against the individual Russian, I do agree with sanctions, and we are applying sanctions to Russia through its citizens.

No, they got their payback when they elected carrot top.

A quick check on the emirates website shows plenty of availability on flights to Moscow. Go on, bye bye!

Not so many, none at all if we have our way. We have just refused to work with any travel agent handling Russian customers, currently that will be all of them.

This is called “sanctions”. Bringing pressures to bear on a nation’s peoples because of the actions of their leader, which incidentally are “taken in their name”. Nobody is saying individual Mr Ivan is bad or Mrs Olga is bad, but we have to bring pressures to bear through them and hopefully change the actions of their leader. We ALL have a duty to do that. Remember, all it takes for evil to triumph is good people to do nothing.

What absolute rubbish. Emirates are running a normal schedule to Moscow, any Russian can easily get home. As for Ukraine, that’s a different matter. I’m appalled by the tourism industry here, especially the 5* hotels run by Western General Managers. Zero statements supporting Ukraine and condemning Russia. Organisation’s like SKAL are conspicuous by their failure to even mention the genocide and war crimes going on in Ukraine. As long as the Russians have money, they are welcome everywhere here. Except my businesses in Chiang Rai, we’ve taken a stand and banned Russian citizens. what a complete lack of morals we are seeing in the Hotel Industry, appalling!

I’m on holiday in Khao Lak and I had some stitches removed at Takua Pa government hospital yesterday, it’s a very small hospital, tiny in fact, they said they are getting more than 100 new Covid diagnoses a day, I think the real figure in thailand is >100,000 new cases/day perhaps more than double that.

NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) is a non-combat mission that aims to strengthen Iraqi security institutions and forces so that they are able to prevent the return of ISIS, fight terrorism and stabilise their country. It was at the NATO Summit in Brussels in July 2018, following a request from the government of Iraq, that Allied Leaders launched this advisory and capacity-building mission in Iraq, which was established in October 2018.

Putin started out wanting $20-30M for his retirement pot, it didn’t take long for him to want to be the richest person in Russia then the World. He can’t spend it anywhere except Russia and is at risk of losing everything if he loses power - which is what must happen now to restore peace and dignity to the Russian people.

Not quite the right analogy, NATO is a defensive pact, it’s more you going to sleep in a bulletproof vest or stab vest.