JBChiangRai

There was a short period when Lazada were putting refunds in wallets, they had to stop doing that.

Correct, using COD is dangerous. Or don't use COD and you don't need to do anything, no whiteboards in your living room, nothing, Lazada refunds are by the payment method you originally used, they have to be to comply with AML, something amiss if your funds appeared in a wallet to didn't use to make the payment.

You sir, are a troll

You are like a broken record

The OP is not telling us how he stayed "Several months" this year between January and June without a visa. He either came and went a few times or did border bounces, we don't know what he did last year either. The OP likely told the IO he had family here, heightening the IO's suspicion he is not a tourist. The IO was right to reject him. It's all about the right visa for the purpose. The right visa is not free.

Flawed logic. You don't look at an exponential curve and say it's about to plateau, that's fiction. IMHO, when the subsidies disappear, the prices will remain the same, I wouldn't rule out a drop in price next year too.

The OP said he has already visited Thailand for several months this year and that he had no visa for that. This kind of behaviour is not normal for tourists, the visa system is designed for people like this. Further, he probably told the IO he has family here, again a negative factor in whether or not he is a genuine tourist. Admission is at the IO's discretion, if you have a history of what appear to be border bounces, the IO may well ruin your trip. The IO does not have to follow the rules and regulations, he has absolute discretion, yes you can appeal, but people rarely know that.

I think any impact strong enough to damage an EV battery pack would probably be strong enough to write off an ICE vehicle.

I think there is a lesson here on how you visit Thailand. You can't just wander in and out without a proper visa, normal tourists don't do that. There are other more appropriate visa's for people who want to come and go regularly, if you are coming and going regularly without a proper visa, the IO has discretion to ruin your trip. Follow the system and do what's expected of you.

Imagine a piece of cheese fell off the moon and smashed into the road and you drove over it and damaged your battery pack, definitely a risk these darn EV's,

If I sold it in the first year I could have sold it at a profit. Waiting list was 12-18 months at the time.

I came close to a claim, I called them out when someone grazed my back bumper, both insurance companies attended promptly, the other party denied it even though there was CCTV evidence. Roojai said without the other party admitting guilt they would repair the damage but it would class as an at fault claim, they called it knock for knock, I told them to forget it and I would pay for it myself.

It's a fact that the anti EV people don't have EV's Those with EV's tend to love them. One group is largely ignorant, the other tempered by experience.

Or maybe LEMON platform vehicle owners will lose their zest for EV's when they are squeezed by the dealers because they have run out of juice? Taking the Pisps and leave them feeling sour?

Roojai, download the app or find it on the web.

I think there are a few legacy models that the manufacturer has modded to make them EV, but mostly they are designed from the ground up to only be EV. GWM/Haval are built on the LEMON platform, I throw that because I thought you would find it amusing.

You mean...he drove it? I'm shocked. Most people refuel at home overnight, but there are charging stations in every city. In the UK, most EV's are purchased by companies with a massive cost saving to both the company and the driver in terms of benefit-in-kind. I would suggest you are clutching at straws.

Actually, the battery is stored in the middle of the vehicle, below the passenger compartment.

You can use different, accounting principles, in my case, I also installed Solar for the house before I bought an EV, and I charge up my EV, only on sunny days, when the electricity would normally go to waste. On cloudy days where I only have enough Solar to run the house, I don’t charge the EV. In marginal accounting terminology, the power for my EV is free.

Yes, very relevant, I do that trip twice a week

Chiang Rai, not Chiang Mai.

I wonder how many of our EV owners suffer range anxiety? I certainly don't. Incidentally, nobody is going to install a fast charger where there is no mobile phone signal, they communicate to their servers over a mobile signal. I wonder what EV experience you have that makes you find range anxiety is real and completely justified?

Probably much higher as some of the Volvo, Mercedes, Lexus, Lotus, Porsche and BMW orders will be EV's.

I'm happy to accommodate any travelers to Chiang Rai who want this, it will just cost you dinner

What the figures are saying is that people want EV's, the legacy automakers must be sh?tt?ng themselves.