JBChiangRai

I have never seen a CS without at least one spare port. What you say is right though, the challenge in the future is to match new CS on the major routes to volume of EV's sold. Sooner or later, rate of new CS's will fall behind and then we have a problem, the UK and US are already facing this. The other challenge we face is slow adoption at condo and apartment buildings. I think legislation is needed to force installation of CS when any resident buys an EV.

Actually, I don't think the gas stations will become dual source stations. There is practically zero requirement for any CS in towns. People will charge at home. Much like the Central Malls, now you have to pay for charging, nobody is ever using them.

Funny you should say that. That's the part about EV's and CS you haven't grasped yet. Most EV'ers charge at home, they only ever use a CS on a long run. There is absolutely no need for any CS within 150-200km of your home. All these local petrol stations you see around your town will disappear. All that time people with ICE cars waste every week queuing at and waiting for their tank to fill, what a colossal waste of time.

What hassles would they be? I have never experienced any hassles.

That's misleading, ALL car sales are down in July (every July) and often that hangs through to August.

It wouldn’t take 80 years, it would take under 6 years. The rate of growth of EV sales is 250% per annum.

Our ratio of EV’s to CS is superb. It won’t always be so.

Someone on the MGEVS forum in the UK tested the V2L function on the MG4 and could get over 6Kw out of it before it tripped. You need to wire the plug yourself with thick enough wire to stand the current. I bought an adaptor that is basically a plug with a socket on the same plastic moulding and that’s rated at 3.6Kw.

What a bizarre comment. Thailand has one of the best EV charging infrastructures in the world with over 4,200 charging points. Regarding price, I wouldn’t call them expensive, the Neta V is stunningly cheap.

This what we were told by the local BiB about our 2 seater ATV. Not legal, but providing wearing seatbelts and helmet and not driving like a loon, they would ignore us.

If you're shipping anything bulky or expensive from China (AliExpress etc, but not Lazada) then ask the shipper to quote you a freight price for "Thailand Special Line" it includes duty and all other fees, it's basically a country specific terms of DDP (Delivered, Duty Paid).

They ship from China with terms DDP

The Incoterms define who pays what, unless you signed up overseas for DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) then it's more likely the receiver is responsible for duty and duty admin charges by the import carrier.

What Incoterms did you pay for? usually a 3 letter code.

It's not good to post this kind of thing, I would view it as a personal attack if I were him, and I know exactly who you are talking about.

It's interesting what China is doing. They have transitioned from producing low quality, low cost goods to producing high quality, low cost goods and nowhere is this more evident than their EV cars. I believe this is an attempt to achieve market domination and put all the other manufacturers out of business. The market is already polarising into two, Tesla and all the other Chinese suppliers. We will still have a few specialist car manufacturers with brand loyalty like Mercedes Benz, but we are going to have to get used to paying double for their products. Even these sectors are going to be attacked with premium products from new Chinese Co's we are yet to see. Part of this strategy is acquiring Western manufacturers like MG & Volvo. Anyone who thinks an MG has anything to do with Great Britain or a Volvo has anything to do with Sweden is sadly mistaken. Yes, they keep a design team in their historic countries but this is really nothing more than window dressing. IMHO, it's a very good thing, I wouldn't have bought an MG4 & EP+ for my daughter if it were still a GB Co., nor would I have bought a Volvo if it were still a Swedish Co. A British MG would be unreliable and poorly made and a Swedish Volvo would have been slow and handled like a tank. I can see them acquiring other companies if they get into trouble. There will be a lot of "also ran's". Fiat, Citroen, Peugeot, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, they will most likely all disappear, anything now is too little, too late. This strategy of low price, high quality is already bearing fruit for them in other sectors. 4 years ago, there were 3 Chinese Air Con companies in Thailand and together they held a 6% market share (source Clasp). Today, according to Lazada, the #1 model sold is TCL in all the popular sizes (no data available elsewhere). What TCL have achieved in Air Con they are rolling out to TV's, Washing Machines & Fridge/Freezers. I recently bought a TCL 10kg Wash/7Kg dry machine for 9,700 baht. I moved my LG machine to a rental property and kept the TCL, I have confidence in the brand. I bought a TCL American style Side-by-Side Fridge Freezer for the rental property for 11,000 baht. Previously I had to hunt hard to find anything around 30,000 baht. Once China dominates the markets it wants, what happens next? lack of competition always results in price increases. If I were Xi, my strategy would be simple, control the supply of rare earth metals, grow my market share in sectors where the West would find it difficult to compete, buy more Western brand names, encourage Musk to grow his investment in China and when it's all paying off, make it a bit more difficult and uncompetitive for him to manufacture in China. Musk is a clever guy, he knows what's happening and it's why he's slashing prices, he has to if he wants to stay in the game and it's why he's concentrating on sources of rare earths/Battery Giga factories. Regarding Hydrogen cars. After experiencing BEV's, nobody wants an ICE, so the ideal of running an ICE on H2 is a dead duck. If we can't get enough supply of Lithium then we will see H2 Fuel-Cell cars proliferate alongside BEV's. But in my opinion, it will come to availability. BEV's will be seen as a premium product and the less attractive alternative will be a H2 Fuel-Cell. There are lots of reasons why. The H2 car will still have a Lithium battery albeit a lot smaller, it has to because the Fuel Cell doesn't generate the kind of power people are getting used to in BEV's nor is it as responsive to ramp up/down power production. H2 is going to be more expensive per km compared to BEV because of all the extra steps involved in producing H2. For now, we can enjoy what is coming, BEV's are going to get faster and more prolific. Faster because it doesn't cost the manufacturer a lot to add another motor and makes the driving experience better and it's much more expensive for H2 Fuel-Cell technology to compete with a fast BEV.

It does make you think. If my daughter's weren't at University in Chiang Mai, the Citroen Ami would have coped with all except one of my journey's in the last 2 years. But for me, driving is about pleasure and I can't see me enjoying driving a Citroen Ami. I followed a Fomm One yesterday, looks a fairly similar type of car to the Ami, I think it's going to take a little while for the populace to accept them, early adopters are likely to be viewed as hilariously brave.

You can check degradation through the OBD port, but you need a scanner. Current thinking is that 85% SoH (State of Health) at about 500,000 kms, there's a post on here somewhere about it.

You don't need to sue, defamation is a criminal offence, simply document and report it to the police, or with a lawyer you can cut out the police and go straight to the court who will issue an arrest warrant for her. Latter step is useful when you suspect police are cozy with perpetrator.

Funny that, not my interpretation at all

Putin changed the law in Russia to allow enemies of the Kremlin to be assassinated on Russian or Foreign soil. I wouldn't put it past him to have an assassination team here to kill a few draft dodgers to send an implied message at home. It's very much his style.

Yes, but he doesn't like the answers.

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You’re like a broken record

Had one in the UK, if they made it as a BEV I would have ordered one, I don't want ICE ever again.