JBChiangRai

I am unsurprised, but disappointed.

The manufacturer is recalling the vehicles because the plug is supposed to be locked in place during charging. Removing it whilst charging will damage the contacts, I think you know this. There is a specific international standard that has to be observed and clearly in some circumstances it isn't.

No, you need to look at the plug and socket arrangement, the contacts are shielded by heat resistant plastic. Power is immediately shutoff by the charger wallbox as it loses the pilot signal from the car. Any ark would be between shielded pins and extremely short lived. 220 volts is not enough to keep an arc going and as I said the power would be shut off immediately.

The manufacturer is recalling the vehicles because the plug is supposed to be locked in place during charging. Removing it whilst charging will damage the contacts, I think you know this.

I gave a definition of terrorism and I gave the link, let me abridge the relevant bits for you "state or state-sponsored terrorism, is employed by governments—or more often by factions within governments—against that government's citizens, against factions within the government, or against foreign governments or groups. There have been 314 UN documented attacks on Palestinians by settlers in the West Bank since 7th October, land has been stolen and entire villages displaced. US sanctions individuals implicated in West Bank attacks - BBC News Can we link the Israeli Government or Faction within the Israeli Government to this? Yes we can. " The settlers are armed and supported by powerful allies in the Israeli government, led by Itamar Ben Gvir, the minister for national security and Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister who also has security responsibilities in the West Bank. Controversially, Mr Smotrich just found more than $100 million for the settlers. Israeli settler violence brings destruction and fear to West Bank as war rages - BBC News Israel is occupying the West Bank against International Law and operating an apartheid system Israel's apartheid against Palestinians - Amnesty International Is Israel's aim to declare the West Bank as Israel? Israel’s Gaza war: Welcome to the new, “new” Middle East - The Washington Post A few nights ago, the school in Khirbet Zanuta, a small Palestinian village in the hills south of Hebron, was destroyed along with most of the houses, by a bulldozer. Around 200 Palestinians had to leave the destroyed village. The Police did not investigate even though the village petitioned Israel's Supreme Court. Israeli settler violence brings destruction and fear to West Bank as war rages - BBC News So we have a declared aim to incorporate the West Bank as Israel, we have the Israeli governement supporting the illegal Israeli settlers with $100M. QED there is your link, Israel most definitely can and should be labeled a Terrorist State. You will notice Morch, there are no personal attacks in here, nothing other than referenced facts and a proven conclusion.

If you remember, I did warn you that public sentiment is likely to change with continuing bombing by Israel. My post reported, verifiable facts with a reasonable conclusion drawn by demonstrating a link between facts and definition. Go for the personal attack, it's always a great refuge when you don't have the facts on your side, I expected better from you.

You don't appear to be done judging from your voluminous posts, I guess it's difficult for you to argue against facts.

Nonsense. It's a gigantic leap to go from removing the plug while charging to electrocuting you. Absolute nonsense, first the ELCB would trip.

Oh yeah, I read about that Toyota plans to triple its EV output to 600,000 vehicles in 2025 | Automotive Dive Don't believe any youtube videos, they are nonsense and not backed up by anything. However, unless Toyota gets its act together, I can see them stopping production, simply because nobody is prepared to spend 50% more with Toyota to get an inferior product to a Chinese EV costing a third less.

Expand on that, which part is rubbish?

Israel is a Terrorist State I am using this definition taken from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online which defines terrorism generally as "the systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective". The encyclopedia adds that "[e]stablishment terrorism, often called state or state-sponsored terrorism, is employed by governments—or more often by factions within governments—against that government's citizens, against factions within the government, or against foreign governments or groups." I am not saying this because of Israel's response to the Hamas attacks on 7th July which probably could be qualification criteria (and let me be clear before you jump in with labeling me antisemitic, I am not, many of my friends and business colleagues are Israeli. Further, I do condemn the attacks on 7th October by the terrorists Hamas. I label Israel a Terrorist State because since 7th October there have been 314 attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank (documented by the UN) some of these have been used to steal more land from the Palestinians. The USA has sanctioned some of these settlers and is applying pressure to Israel to stop allowing this to happen. Of course nothing will happen. Israel is occupying the West Bank against international law and is operating an apartheid system. Israel is a Terrorist State under Netanyahu because it's aim in allowing the settlers to terrorise the West Bank civilians is to label all of the West Bank "Israel" as documented by Netanyahu himself in his July presentation to the UN showing both Gaza & the West Bank as one single entity "Israel". State terrorism - Wikipedia

I had a Benz ceramic coated, after 2 years they told me it was mostly gone because I washed the car every week. The detailer I go to (who is a geek) thinks 2 coats of a good wax is better and redo it every 6 months. I had self-healing, gloss PPF on my last car. It was an iterative process, the film is very thick and it took him 3-4 weeks with weekly visits to put right curling away from the edges. We probably had to have bits and pieces done the whole first year. I tend to think a good PET wrap is better value. They quoted me 30k for vinyl wrap or 34k for super glossy PET wrap on the Seal. If I was to go for PPF again, I would skip self-healing and consider matt, but I don't think I will do it again, it's more trouble than it's worth. I won't be using Ceramic Coating either, I will have it waxed professionally after a few weeks, 800 baht for 2 coats.

I can't read the 2nd article as it's behind a paywall. I think Chinese EV's sold here have a huge margin because they are typically 20%-50% more expensive here than they are in China Were any of the vehicles sold here mentioned in that article?

I don't believe the numbers of sales quoted at the motor show, I think some manufacturers are telling porky's.

Incidentally, charging speed (Kw) is linked to voltage. The car will draw up to 32 amps but not more, so if you have a voltage drop to (say) 200 volts, the most you will get is 6.4Kw conversely, if you're on solar and you wind the voltage up on your inverter to 240 volts you will perhaps get the full charging speed they get in the UK.

I had already agreed with the dealership that they won't register it until January, but obviously the warranty starting this year would be the giveaway.

I visited our local BYD dealer yesterday, I am now number 2 in the Seal, Space Grey, Performance queue. They said I may not even get it this year, I ordered 19th October.

The fact it's tripping some minutes after you stop charging the car is odd, the current will have dropped by 10amps and it shouldn't trip. It's getting hot too and seems to be tripping as it's cooling down which suggests it's a faulty breaker. It's also possible it isn't seated right, or the cable isn't making a good contact with the breaker, either of these would cause it to heat up, it still shouldn't trip as it cools down.

It sounds like a faulty breaker, you're doing everything right.

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I have a suspicion that the price without the subsidy will remain the same and the manufacturers will absorb it. I think they’re making huge margins with ChineseEV’s

Not been to Wongamat in about 12 years, that's when I moved to Chiang Rai. Water can look perfectly clean and still be poor quality. Pattaya used to discharge sewage into the sea (raw sometimes), perhaps that has changed? I can't say.

You can get a plastic bollard on Lazada and reverse until you see it move. You can also get a traffic light proximity sensor that you fasten to the wall, maybe one on each corner and that will tell you when to stop. There are also rubber raised tyre stops, but that involves screwing to the floor and might need moving when you change your car.

It's going to be interesting to see the breakdown of registrations during 2024. There's no doubt this industry has been well & truly disrupted.

I was out at dinner with my friends last night, a reasonable cross section, Americans, Canadians, British & Thai. We went through the following... Israel Palestine Israeli/Jewish people Palestinians Hamas We were unanimous in our position being Pro Palestine, Israeli/Jewish people, Palestinians And Anti Israel, Hamas None of us are anti-semitic, none of us condone what happened on 7th October, we all think Hamas are terrorists. We all see what's happening as a direct result of Nekbah turning Gaza & the West Bank into internment camps and occupation of the West Bank with Israel flouting international law. We all think the collateral damage is disproportionate to the gains. I am not going to respond to comments, I'm simply putting this out there, if this is how we feel, it's probably more widespread.