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This does not surprise me at all about BYD, or maybe specifically Rever Automotive. I still cannot understand why BYD Thailand charges so much for maintenance of a BEV. Why every 40k km instead of 80k km a gear oil change? Compare this to MG, GWM ORA, Riddara with reasonable maintenance frequencies and prices.

Remember CRS responsibility's is the Financial Institution's as part of KYC, not the customer of the FI.

I agree with @Caldera that as long as he does not get contacted by Kbank, why should he bother. It's the sender's duty to ask the customer for action. Going back to the bank's FAQ #3, as I interpret it, due to CRS obligations, the bank is only required to chase for foreign TINs, not your Thai TINs. And that's the reason @Caldera did not get this email, as he did not convey his foreign address to the bank. 3. Why did I receive an email? Ans: You are considered a tax resident based on your key documents, contact address, or workplace address in 113 countries. This means the bank is required to request your foreign tax identification number (TIN) for reporting to foreign tax authorities through the Thai Revenue Department in accordance with international exchange agreements

Using this tax calculator https://www.uobam.co.th/en/tax-calculation, with 5 M income and I use all the possible deductions/allowances - wife, 3 children, 4 parents, 1 disabled person, all the possible investments, life insurance etc. I come to a net income of 2,683,819.95 and tax to be paid 570,145.98, which is 11.4%. A tax adviser creative more than me can easily come to 10%. Back to the Bangkok Post article. A few quotes that's interesting: "For example, salaried employees bear 80% of the total personal income tax burden. However, only 4 million individuals pay personal income tax, though the labour force tallies 40 million. This means only 10% of the total workforce pays income tax."

Existing EV batteries may last up to 40% longer than expected Many of you may have read or scanned this article. This is the more technical paper. Here my takeaways having read variations of this paper: 1) the real world statistics of battery degradation of around 1.8% per year have not changed as the baseline. What has changed is that real world battery usage gives a better lifespan than the standard laboratory measured constant charge/discharge cycles. 2) So your battery can drive longer than the specified charge cycles x km range of your battery. This applies in particular to [plugin] hybrid batteries that does more dynamic cycling in HEV mode than constant charge/discharge in pure EV mode. 3) city urban driving with lots of stop/go, accelerate and regenerative braking is better, than driving on a quiet motorway using the cruise control on a constant speed. Fortunately Thailand main roads are not so quiet. 4) giving the battery a rest after driving, instead of immediately charging is better for the lifespan. However many of us will not do this when stopping to charge on long road trips. Fortunately this "bad" behavior is already included in the real world stats of 1.8% battery degradation. 5) on time induced aging. If leaving the car idle for several weeks, it is better to ask someone to drive the car to do an errand, instead of asking to start the car only to charge the low voltage battery.

For now yes, as I read the FAQ. They will likely chase you with reminder emails and/or they may change their policy in the future.

Has anyone with an EV implemented this before: V2L as automatic backup on grid outage: Install an ATS [automatic transfer switch] before the main breaker switch panel. If the car is home and not charging, connect the V2L adapter cable to the car and the ATS fallback input line. On a grid outage, the ATS will automatically switch to the V2L input of the car. Charge EV solely with grid tied solar: I have grid tied solar and excess electricity is sold to PEA. Contractually I cannot extend this array. I am using a mobile charger of which the current [Amp] can be changed by an app. I install a second array with a grid tied inverter. If I charge the EV, I can control that the car is solely charged by solar by controlling the current in the charger app and by adding the second inverter on demand, if extra power is required. In order to comply to my PEA selling contract, I limit output of the second inverter to the max power draw of the charger by connecting the ct limiter of inverter to the charger AC cable.

Still in waiting mode here to check the upcoming EV's in 2025. EX5: 100kw DC charging, more efficient than Atto 3. Will do a test drive in Dec/Jan Deepal S05: rumored to be announced March 2025, to be produced in Rayong, better drive as RWD, faster 175kw DC charging, better efficiency than Atto 3, more cargo space, incl a big frunk, less cabin space MG ES5: RWD also, when in 2025?, better efficiency than Atto 3, slow 87kw charging, will MG improve their software? BYD: will there be a Atto 3 major change or replacement with blade battery Gen 2 with faster charging or longer range? Xpeng: will Mona M03 come to Thailand?

1) no impact to Kbank services if form not returned 2) any Thai or foreigner customer of Kbank with a known address abroad gets or will get this email from Kbank Answers are all in the FAQ of Kbank:

Is a range of 420 km WLTP enough for long road trips in Thailand? YES, - my average speed on main roads is not more than 80-90 km/hr - my bladder is more the limiting factor - there are enough fast chargers on Thai main road network to stop and charge for more than 200 km not longer than 40 minutes - in the latest EU survey, almost half of non BEV drivers want more than 500 km range, while 84% of BEV drivers are OK with their current range NO, - my ICE car can drive 500 km without refueling, so why do I have to compromise - if my bladder asks me to stop, I don't need to stop for more than 15 minutes - I don't need to stop for coffee or a snack cause I have my onboard pantry in my car - my car engine is powerful enough to challenge the speed limit, so I can finish my journey faster

Before you follow our beloved budget car expert's advice, please do your due diligence where your Celerio has been produced. There are some which can be regarded as fuel efficient driving coffins. There is no record of NCAP rating that proves that the Rayong produced Celerio's do not have the same deficiencies as the Indians.

Reminds me of 2014 when I test drove this noisy car in the Netherlands and had to compete with Kia Picanto. Fast forward 10 years later, the Kia is available and priced at 19k euro and Suzuki lost the competition and is no longer available. I wonder how long you have to wait for spare parts coming from India. If you need a good short commute car, just look for a low mileage/year BYD Dolphin with plenty of battery warranty in store or wait for the Seagull.

It's still at technological infancy level 3 [Technology Readiness Level], however promising because the material used [silicone as anode] is abundant, compared to the scarce niobium anode battery of Toshiba, which is already commercially viable [TRL 9].

someone considering to buy a very affordable city car like Neta V, please watch this before you buy:

A few surprises for me on the final EV bookings ranking. Based on what the car models offer and the global size of their EV brand, I did not expect Aion [4th], Deepal [7th] and Zeekr [18th] to rank so high compared to their peers like Geely [Aion, Deepal] or Xpeng [Zeekr]. I can think of that these brands have plans to produce in Thailand, while Geely [19th] and Xpeng [20th] don't have. I had expected that for a pickup country like Thailand Riddara [23th] with plans to produce in Thailand would pick up more bookings. Perhaps brand name, range and bank loans can be a reason. I also did not expect Isuzu to drop to 11th place.