JBChiangRai

I worry about those that have ordered Tesla in Thailand, the rest of the world has had 2 significant price reductions but not here, not yet anyway, though I'm sure it will happen after they've delivered the initial rush of orders. I know of someone who bought a Model X import last year and he's desperately trying to sell it before he gets burned when Tesla start selling them. Those who bought imported model 3's are cursing their decisions as they have been burned already. The time to order a Tesla will come, but it's most definitely not now, not unless they will give you "price protection" as an IT guy, Elon will understand that only too well., it's common in the IT world.

I agree with you thar charging is probably going to get worse as supply of new BEV cars outstrips supply of DC CS. I don't know about Pattaya, it's more than 10 years since I visited, but I do know about DC CS's on long runs like the ones you mentioned. We are currently in the golden age of owning a BEV, there is an abundance of DC CS's on the roads for those undertaking long journeys, I have rarely seen another car at a DC CS. In the last year Chiang Rai city has gone from no DC CS's to 5 that I know of, probably more. I often drive past a few of them and I've never seen one being used, also in the last couple of months Central Mall has installed some CS's DC or AC, I don't know which as I haven't seen them close up. Central Festival Chiang Mai has added fast DC CS's. But I question the need for DC CS's in cities, generally, people charge their BEV's at home or on a road trip. I think the current issue is Condominium's, my friend is involved with 3 units at Pattaya, Rayong & Chiang Rai and they don't seem to be doing anything about it. I think there are a lot of BEV haters out there because they live in condos and they are practically excluded from BEV ownership. My aforementioned friend canceled his MG EP+ order when it arrived because of frustration at all 3 of his condos with committees that are clueless about the BEV revolution.

My first car was a Mini 850, I hated it.

You won’t keep up with an MG, BYD or Tesla BEV from any traffic light. I wouldn’t want to drive 700km without at least one, preferably two coffee breaks, and that’s long enough to charge most BEV’s. You have to drive one to appreciate the lack of NVH (Noise, Vibration & Harshness) which according to science is the main cause of driver fatigue. 10 years ago I had a 3.0 Toyota Vigo diesel, NVH was terrible. I replaced it with a Ford Ranger 3.2 Wildtrak, much better but still a poor comparison to an ICE car and none come close to a BEV.

In a closed room they will work for a few minutes until the humidity reaches 100% and water can no longer be evaporated. Then your room temperature will climb again and they you are back at the same temperature but now with 100% humidity which is a lot more uncomfortable. They can work outside on a balcony, or you can leave the windows wide open and sit downwind of it. Basically, not recommended in Thailand.

Funny that, I prefer the instant pickup, cheaper & silent ride in my BEV over a diesel's clatter any day

Why would you want to spend 20,000 baht to tell PEA you have a solar installation if you are not exporting?

Tesla in China is now 2/3rds of the price here, Thai customers are being gouged, I am fairly certain once demand drops off the price will be lowered substantially.

Thailand is long, long overdue “Project Discount” instead of the current project “Project Gouging”

Some cars have as much as 22Kw AC chargers (3 phase, 32 amps per phase). It was a >100,000 baht option on one of my cars, I didn’t specify it, my home solar will charge at 7Kw but it doesn’t like it when the car stops charging and the inverters error and reset, I only charge at 24 amps (circa 5Kw).

You are talking about the Treaty of Amity. It is forbidden for a TofA company to own property. You may be able to start the company 100% Thai owned, buy the property then convert it to TofA company, signing the declaration to say no property is owned, then reverse the process to sell the property as no Land Office here will transfer property into/out of a TofA company and if they find out afterwards, eg at sale time, you will lose the property risking jail at the same time. It just takes one jealous neighbor to dob you in and you lose the property. We recently bought a house in my daughters name for University, it stayed in the developers name for 3 months until her 20th birthday.

Look at a 1 year old Suzuki Ciaz, they lose 40-50% in the first year, not so much after that.

Are you going to connect your 2 batteries in parallel? Cable lengths to each inverter need to be identical. Charge your packs separately to exactly the same voltage before joining them in parallel or you will have a massive equalisation current that will goose your BMS’s (ask me how I know)

I said at the time of Prayut’s coup that Thailand had been set back on its path to an uncorrupt democracy by 20 years, I would revise that number upwards significantly now. I suspect had that coup not taken place, Thailand would have ultimately gone the way of Singapore. So PT in power (a corrupt government) would have at some point been challenged by a new party made up of youngsters (perhaps Future Forward) and Thailand would end up as a democratic uncorrupt government. I forecast this before FF came about, now it’s doubly difficult because the last charter change stacked against a true democracy occurring ever again, whether corrupt or not. Until the charter is rewritten, all I can say is those who wished for the coup and to be rid of Thaksin were simply Turkey’s wishing themselves an early Christmas. Incidentally, I am no fan of Thaksin and PT, but he was/is a shortcut to a better, uncorrupt democratic future.

I have the MG4 too and love it, it’s very much a driver’s car. There is talk of a dual motor 4WD with over 400 hp coming, that will be interesting.

Only if the land owner agrees at extension time, even if contractually bound to, the land owner can change his mind without penalty because a promised extension has no legal standing as it is viewed as illegal, the law provides for a maximum of a 30 year lease.

First, I think you would be an idiot to pay to help develop a feature that isn’t yet ready and secondly, Elon Musk is wrong, you cannot safely have self driving without LIDAR, he’s gone down a blind alley with camera technology, even his own experts think so. It’s just a matter of tine before legislation shuts him down.

This is for cars that are coming from a lower tax area. Cars are not cheaper in Malaysia.

So let's be accurate, we're talking about Russians, the number of Ukrainians is statistically insignificant (circa 2% compared to Russians)

I really wish posts would not mention Russians and Ukrainians in the same sentence as if they are the same. Further, if numbers are being quoted, I prefer to see separate numbers for R’s and U’s, it’s impossible to get a real picture without it, we’re just getting propaganda.

It's incredibly easy to stop farmers burning their fields by using AI on satellite images to identify the fields, and the army subsequently destroying any crops grown on any field that was burned earlier that year. It just takes sufficient warning notice to the farmers and the will to carry it through.

If a landlord has 5 or more properties, it is illegal for them to mark up the electric rate.

*Deleted post removed* Minsk2 point 10 was referring to The Donbas when it said "Withdrawal of all foreign armed formations, military equipment and mercenaries". The only foreigners in the Donbas were Russian soldiers whether Wagner or without insignia. Russia claimed (a) it had no personnel there which was clearly a lie and (b) that it wasn't a signatory to the agreement. The problem negotiating with Russia, is that they rarely do it in good faith, it's completely pointless. Regarding your point about "The Former Colonies", I totally agree with you. I think if my neighbour wants to get a guard dog for his protection, as long as it is fenced in safely, it's none of my business. If Cuba want to host Russia's nuclear missiles, it's nobody's business but them and Russia.

Great BTD Atto 3 review here BYD Atto 3 review: the latest Chinese electric car is credible enough to worry the establishment (msn.com)

Correct, it was for 4 lots of 5 years.