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I'm by no means an expert but I think while this is true, the startup spike is very brief so it's not as bad as it sounds and it won't contribute a significant amount of the overall energy usage. The interesting question is when is it worth upgrading a perfectly working older fixed speed air conditioner to a newer inverter model? I think in most cases it's worth keeping the old one until it dies.

Unfortunately the government has done their best to discourage the use of NGV by incessantly raising the price...encouraging many to switch back to subsidised dirty diesel or LPG.

Sounds like your typical Thai employee who is absolutely clueless about the product they are trying to sell. I expect it's supposed to be 800,000 THB.

MG 4 updates ...now available in orange too. Official price (Thai assembly) Comes with campaign promotions as follows: Guaranteed vehicle quality for 4 years or 120,000 km. Battery warranty for 8 years or 180,000 km. Free first class insurance for 1 year Free 1 set of MG HOME CHARGER Free installation fee for MG HOME CHARGER Free 1 set of V2L cable

I think EVs catching fire under normal usage is indeed very rare but when they are involved in a severe collision then the risk is much higher especially with NMC batteries. LFP batteries are generally safer. I believe the Venice bus crash below used LFP batteries but the bus may have landed on high voltage train tracks which caused the batteries to explode. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67001518

Looks like the prices of all cars in Thailand are dropping like a stone... https://autolifethailand.tv/discount-official-suzuki-ciaz-thailand/ 150k discount on a brand new Suzuki Ciaz. How long before you break even with the lower fuel costs on the MG 4 for the extra 300k?

Are you trying to tell me a wallbox is worth 70k baht? Let's say a rather generous 20k then it's still a 50k saving.

https://www.car250.com/mg4-th-2024-1.html Another price cut by MG as I expected. All of the early adopters rushing to buy at the end of last year are looking rather foolish now...

They know they will have massive depreciation when a newer model comes out in a year or so that is cheaper, has a bigger battery and charges twice as fast.

How stupid can Western governments get? Forcing Western companies to buy imaginary carbon credits from foreign companies... Energy Absolute must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Let's hope they use some of that money to stop the monorail wheels and conductor rails falling off again!

You said most of the chargers in Thailand are DC chargers but from the website you quoted there are: 2,827 Type 2 AC chargers 1,471 CCS DC chargers Obviously there is only one small child here who doesn't know the definition of the word "most".

Please look up the definition of the word "most" in a dictionary.

You early adopters are in the golden age of EV charging. It's only a matter of time until there are long queues for fast highway chargers like the UK is experiencing now (with the public charging cost higher than petrol).

So how many fast DC chargers are available in Thailand? I think Thailand has the exact same problem as most of the public chargers I see in shopping malls etc are the slow AC type. Even if there are plenty of fast DC chargers available now, at the current rate of EV sales I highly doubt the charging infrastructure will be able to keep up and it will be absolute carnage for longer weekend trips.