JBChiangRai

My EV battery is guaranteed 60% longer than your Nissan engine.

I am surprised the replacement lithium batteries are so cheap? that sounds cheaper than replacement lead-acid batteries.

Why is an ICE engine only guaranteed 3 years? Nissan? That would be the company that S&P downgraded their credit rating to junk earlier this year. Buying any Nissan is a risky thing to do. Nissan don't have any credible EV's, they screwed up the Leaf by not cooling the battery properly.

Humour is lost on some people.

You might want to consider lens replacement in your eye, you won't suffer presbyopia again.

I asked copilot if there is any evidence Cannabis use lowers IQ, here is what it said..... Certainly! Let’s explore the evidence regarding cannabis use and its potential impact on IQ. A long-term study conducted in Dunedin, New Zealand, followed 1,037 individuals born in 1972/1973 over a 25-year period. Here are the key findings from this study1: Adolescent Cannabis Use and IQ: Individuals who used marijuana at least once a week during adolescence showed a reduction in IQ at age 38. Adolescents are at higher risk of being harmed by cannabis because their brains are still developing. Frequent cannabis use is riskier for adolescents than for adults. Adult-Onset Cannabis Use: Adult-onset cannabis users do not appear to experience IQ decline as a function of persistent cannabis use. The decline in IQ was concentrated among adolescent-onset users. Those who began marijuana use as adolescents and continued into adulthood lost an average of eight IQ points, which can significantly impact academic success and job opportunities. Cessation of Use: Stopping marijuana use did not fully restore neuropsychological functioning among adolescent-onset, former persistent cannabis users. Impairment was still evident for one year or more after cessation of use. Areas of Impairment: Impairments in early-onset persistent users were detected across several areas, including: Executive Functioning Processing Speed Memory Perceptual Reasoning Verbal Comprehension In summary, while adult-onset cannabis users do not experience IQ decline, persistent cannabis use during adolescence can lead to cognitive impairments, especially in processing speed and executive functions. It’s essential to consider these findings when discussing the impact of cannabis on IQ2.

Well at least you will be able to see in the dark whilst you're walking not driving.

Anutin said recreational use is not permitted. Growing/selling for recreational use was not a clever move and should not be compensated. Shops are now describing themselves as medicinal dispensary's so clearly they agree and are happy to service that market, or are they being disingenuous?

So you're high the whole time and don't drive a motor vehicle. My compliments on your responsibility. I'm sure you do worker harder than I do, just as I'm sure I work smarter. Choking on those Doritos yet?

And if I remember you correctly, driving your motor vehicle, presumably high.

I drive to Chiang Mai regularly and have gone as far as Kamphaeng Phet. I prefer to fly long distance even though the silent ride and lack of NVH means I arrive much fresher in my EV than in an ICE.

Decent electric scooters are not available in Chiang Rai. You have to order online and you're look at 40-60,000 baht. The ones you can buy here have lead-acid batteries that probably only last a year. Deco is a good brand with Lithium batteries, but not stocked here in Chiang Rai.

In the case of BYD, they were originally a battery maker. Most people who understand batteries agree that BYD's blade battery is a leap forward in technology. BYD and Tesla are a bit different. They both looked at the market and thought outside the box about how to do it better. Tesla have the lowest cycle time of any auto maker peaking at 38 seconds, Ford previously set the record at 53 seconds. BYD looked and noticed that 70% of a car's parts are outsourced from OEM's and BYD decided to make their own parts and it's entirely the other way around in a BYD. They even make the semiconductors in the computers/inverters etc. This is the reason that they have much higher margins and sell so cheaply. Look at it like this. Toyota announces their new Camry is AWD, silent, has a 5 litre twin turbo engine with over 500hp, uses a quarter of the fuel of its 2 litre version and comes with 8 years free servicing and warranty, not only that, but it is also 15% to 20% cheaper. I have just described a BYD Seal Performance. We are not witnessing the usual incremental increase in quality, price and every other metric. We are witnessing a revolution.

I don't agree. Anutin said recreational use was not allowed. If you start a business where your entire business plan is selling recreational then paying any compensation would be madness. We can probably assume that those cannabis entrepreneurs looked at the law and saw there was nothing in place and took the risk. The program with the law is it is a moving target. Find a loophole and it's likely to be closed. Good businessmen don't bet their livelihood on a loophole. You don't reward people making those decisions.

Even a little hick town like Chiang Rai has 2 BYD showrooms and service centers. You see EV's everywhere here.

There is 3.6 Gw of wind power coming online in Laos too, Statistics say EV's catch fire between 11 and 130 times less than ICE cars.

They will probably be allowed to continue selling Medicinal. But that means REAL medicinal, all these shops selling recreational cannabis that changed their names to dispensary and medicinal, will have to walk the talk. The reality is there's almost no market for medicinal, most will shut down, or sell illegally which the boys in brown will love, they'll pay them off for a short while and then be arrested.

UBS paid engineers to strip down a BYD Seal and report on it's quality. They reported to the German auto makers that the quality was excellent on a par with German cars and they were a generation ahead of the Germans. Quality is a non-issue.

Speculation. Studies have shown the average battery will outlast the car. BYD's have an 8 year servicing and warranty. That's plenty of time for a non-dealer network to develop.

The Japanese have dictated the Thai auto market for decades, they have been complacent. They should have embraced EV's.

Nonsense. Anutin said recreational was not allowed prior to decriminalisation. If you opened your business targeting recreational use, you deserve all you get.

Anutin said himself in an interview before legalisation that recreational use was not allowed and they had other laws to tackle that. Yet people opened their businesses entirely expecting to sell recreationally. It would be madness to compensate anyone for making a bad faith decision.

I'm surprised they got themselves off the sofa and got as far as a protest march, clearly not high at that point.

70% of power generated in Laos is Hydroelectric.

Indeed they were all stupid. Anutin said himself in an interview before legalisation that recreational use was not allowed and they had other laws to tackle that. Yet people opened their businesses entirely expecting to sell recreationally. It would be madness to compensate anyone for making a bad faith decision.