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"How Common Are Electric Car Fires? Electric car fires are exceedingly rare. There will be only three electric car fires per 1,000 vehicles over the vehicle’s lifetime. Fuel-powered vehicles will experience fires 35 times more frequently over their lifetimes. Since 2010, researchers who study vehicle fires found 200 fires in electric cars over the last 12 years. That research also studied the whole world and not just the United States. The U.S., however, had the most fires of that, 200: 52. The researchers also stated that in 20 years, the percentage of electric cars that experience fires might go up after two decades of wear and tear. The number of fires has stayed constant since electric vehicles jumped from experimental status to a viable choice for people buying vehicles. Are Electric Cars More Prone to Fires? Electric cars are not more prone to catching fire than their fuel-powered counterparts. Hybrid vehicles often catch fire because they, in essence, have two engines. It’s still not common even when considering hybrid vehicles, which catch fire about 130 times for every straight-up electric car. That’s still only roughly 3,000 per 100,000 or one in a hundred vehicles over the vehicle’s life. A new lithium battery is also even less prone to fires than lithium-ion batteries. It’s called the lithium iron phosphate battery. Recently, Tesla, Volkswagen, and Ford are switching to these new batteries for their newest vehicles. This will make a rare event even rarer. Still, the risk is so low that there are no plans to recall and retrofit already-produced electric vehicles. The same holds true for hybrid cars, whose fire incidence will also be drastically reduced. Improvements are “coming down the pike” more and more quickly these days, so changes to the power plants of electric vehicles are inevitable. As the market changes, safety measures for these electric vehicles are bound to change along with it."

Some real uninformed, inexperienced replies ... ... I only use my Pink ID, and it has been accepted EVERYWHERE in TH. Real life experience vs barstool BS

Why would anyone buy an EV when petrol is so cheap ... Actually 91 is 37.65 down here in the south, Trang, Phatthalung, Sonkhla, Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat.

I must really be F'g bored ... hmm, let me see ... searching for just the fast chargers... ... nope can't find any, so if living in Chonburi, use the baht buses ... Photo below is obviously fake, as the guy on the barstool next to me, told me there is no fast charging network in TH.

Give this a bump ... we're O&A now, and slow ride back home, after going as far south as possible. Checking off the remaining provinces we haven't visited. NO ISSUES CHARGING THE EV THE WHOLE WAY DOWN OR START OF RETURN Southward route: Returning, and in Trang now for couple nights, then up through Krabi, Phang Nga, and Surat Thani again, before Chumphon & back to PKK. Have done that a few times, so no surprises expected. Happy Motoring

Flooded/heavy traffic and you need to go 78km and car states you got 90km left ... well, nuff said. Adding any other opinion would be considered offensive.

To add to my previous ... my dog is always on a leash, as too damn stupid to not get run over, or chase after anything moving in the grass. Even caught a pigeon at the park, though did drop it, when I told her to, and it flew off, seemingly no worse from the taste test. She did a taste test on a cane toad the other day, dumb ass ... so wife spent a bit of time wiping her mouth out. I wasn't with her and it was in the yard, as she knows to avoid them, if I'm there, or a swift kick will follow with any thought of disturbing a toad. "NO, don't even think about it" usually works.

To add to that, yes, you will need to subscribe to the different vendors. All quite easy, after a quick learning curve. Some payment differences, through app, pre-loaded, bank transfer, or CC. I would highly advice not to register with Evolt, very few fast charger, terrible network, and can't withdraw funds once on app.O We use EV Station Pluz & PEA Volta almost exclusively. Since having a MG, registered with them and have used them a lot in the past, but like the EV Station Pluz locations @ PTT Parks, with plenty of munchies (7-11) available. Usually hit in the AM, and being our 1st meal for the day. O&A (out & about) now, and seems we eat as much from there, as we do restaurants

What net citizens ... not Thais, as I've yet to see anyone pick up after the dog, myself inclusive. But I don't live in urban area, and she won't do her business on walkways. Of course, I drove her to the park (prior house), so not to drop any land mines on neighbor's property, as simply rude. But at the park, on Vit D run, land mines placed on non-walked areas, away from walkways & excesice equip.... & it's free grass food, or locally, down from the house, (present), along roadway with no houses.

Agree totally

Be nice to actually have a Thai motor vehicle site, in Thai script, with actually legality of ebikes. Would think and ebike, would have pedals. Though the smaller ones I've seen, the pedals seem to be just window dressing and yet to see anyone using. When researching, I found nothing concerning ebikes. If it has 2 or 3 wheels and is motorized, it's a motorcycle, no matte what size, 50cc or 250w, or how powered. Whether that has been updated or not, I don't know as haven't searched recently. Which would require registration, license & helmet of course. Have yet to see any ebike, mobility bike/scooter pulled over/stopped, getting cited, and there's plenty around town, that seem to be ignored by PoPo. Also thought the motor size was limited to 250w or 350w, from sellers stating laws, without any verification of. Mine (DIY on a Schwinn) is 1000w, and the same as the smallest motor of DECO motorcycles' 3 offerings (1000-2000-3000w), which our DECO motorcycle is 3000w, and will do 90 kph, as I've done 87 kph, and still had more throttle to go. Had my DIY ebike up to 40+ kph, but no desire to go faster, as not built for speed, both suspension & brakes are still original, and I'd never stop in time if an emergency. Most ebikes <500w motor will do 25-35 kph, and maybe 30 kms on full power, with light load (1 person). A lot depends on your battery also, if it will provide enough juice to max the power output of motor. Most ebikes have 3 modes, pedal (no power), PAS (Power assist while pedaling) and full power (no pedaling).

I agree, and don't think anyone suggested they could. The world of everything is intertwined. One has 2000 ish parts, and fuel used to operate them, degrade many of those parts, and they need replacing. An industry in itself, and why (the profits) they've been the dominant transport now, and for the next couple decades, or at least 1. A machine made to malfunction for profits vs the alterative; batteries & electric motors that will probably outlast the rest of the vehicle. Easy choice for some.

I doubt that ... 1989 & Swayze ... no thanks.

Without a battery, an ICEV wouldn't ever start ... Without trees you would have tires ... what's your point ? Without fossil fuel conglomerates, the world would be running on alternative energy and EV all ready. Or the corruption that allowed their control. Again ... what's your point ? Humans corrupt ... people have had enough ... that's my point. I have solar & EVs for spite, as much as I do for the savings. F'em all

Yea they knew, as 2 doubles in a row was the limit, and no triples allowed. Although some stations were a little lax on enforcement, as long a nothing went wrong, they were pretty agreeable. Though 3 shift in a row, definitely not allowed, ever.

Yea, 2 double 8 hr shifts. If I'm there, might as well knock out the work week in 2 days. Just gave the last day (8 hr shift) away. The company didn't care who worked your shift, so just find a like minded person, and work doubles. If on 1st shift, trade with someone on 2nd shift. I couldn't be bothered with coming in for an 8 hr shift, unless it was overtime. You could even trade weeks at a time with people. Which was great since working for an airlines, and use the flight bennies to travel, for pleasure or recon retirement options. I really was having way too much fun. And still made 45-50k a year at that job. When I moved to TH, Sept 2000, and left the company April 2001, I was in TH more than at work, (Memphis airport), as the commute was a killer. So used up all my sick time, OJI time, and vacation time.

TH, you can probably get away without wearing one, maybe, and depends on the 'look' of the bike. My DIY, still looks like a pedal bike, although, doesn't take much to realize it's motorized. I don't bother with a helmet, though rarely go over 25 kph, even though it will do 40+ kph. Keep a low profile, as don't need the attention, and better not to be noticed, since not wearing a helmet. Saying that, they don't enforce the helmet law here anyway, unless a check point, which aren't even set up on a weekly basis. Everyone actually drives pretty good here, unlike other areas. Do wear a helmet all the time on the MB, as simply common sense.

If I wasn't an irresponsible idiot and having way too much fun, I would have retired even earlier than 45/46 yrs old. Didn't expect to live this long (69), or I might have planned an earlier retire. I don't need a schedule or a routine to be happy, and really couldn't imaging working another 20 yrs especially if it was a 9-5pm, 5 day work week. As last 10 years, I worked, it was a 2 day (32 hrs) work week (salaried), which left the other 5 days for me, whether paying myself what I deserved, or simply having fun.

Mixed thoughts on that one. Raising my daughter has been a major highlight of my life ... BUT ... ... not a thing for everyone, as know more than a few, most, that should have never had kids. And myself, never lived with (married or living together) someone that I'd consider mother material. Even present wife and a great mother, had to be told, 'I'm the only and final word on daughter's raising', though she has adjusted and been excellent in her own right. Took some adjusting for her to realize, 'daughter gets free speech, and allow to express ANY thoughts' .. IF .. done right. Not really a Thai or Asian thing. Also couldn't see raising a kid when working towards retirement, as simply would have sacrificed too much of my time & money (yea I know, selfish) to play parent instead of retiring. After retirement, yea, too easy, and had the time & finances to do it right. Though still didn't meet anyone worthy of motherhood. That all said & done, not raising our daughter, or having, wouldn't have made much difference in my life. It does give one purpose, but playing single or DINK lifestyle would have been just as much fun. Not knowing how rewarding it can be (either I was a very good parent, or just lucky), I don't think I would have missed that much, especially if the kid was an A-hole. Although since a village orphan, could of just dump the little sh!t off at grandparents, and never looked back ...

EV cost about the same now (location dependent) as ICEV. Why anyone buys ICEV, with few real reasons to, is still a mystery to me. Waiting for price war maybe, though it's costing you while you wait. Paying for the fuel that degrades the parts of an underperforming vehicle. Oh well ... HAPPY MOTORING

If no wife or kid, or would bounce my last check ...

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. "The world’s largest maker of batteries for electric cars, China’s CATL, claims it will slash the cost of its batteries by up to 50% this year, as a price war kicks off with the second largest maker in China, BYD subsidiary FinDreams. CATL and BYD now make EV batteries without any cobalt, an expensive, scarce metal linked to child labor and dangerous mining practices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo."

2 month old story... he gone in the wind, and unless an interpol red notice (don't think so), good luck getting him back.