Tiuangmoh

I don’t own an EV so I don’t have any bias. However I do intend to purchase a PHEV so I have been doing a lot of research on electrically powered vehicles. What really surprised me is the actual amount of EV infrastructure despite the relatively low adoption currently. Therefore, I can only imagine that things will get easier for EV owners as time goes on. Have you, by any chance, downloaded any apps relating to charging stations here in Thailand. If not, try it, it’s free and see the availability of stations along the long distance trips you would normally make. Don’t bother with stations around you as you have a station already in your house.

Most people, most of the time, are not driving more than 50km from their home on a daily basis. Arrive home, plug in the charger, take off shoes, walk indoors. A lot simpler than going to a petrol station, waiting to be attended to, waving off the guy that wants to smear your windscreen, watching with dread at the bahts piling up at the pump, waiting for the attendant to top off the last few baht, coming over to you with those heart wrenching and soul stealing words (pan song baht krab), handing over your PTT card, waiting, only getting 20 points and then driving home in a bad mood knowing that 1,200 baht could have bought you an excellent sirloin steak.

I estimate around 1.6 million baht. Any idea how to make a pre-reservation? Online or at dealer?

Until the wheels fall off, if you’ll pardon the pun ????

Toyota unsurprisingly tried to cheat the Thai Revenue and Customs and got caught. They can’t afford to leave the Thai market as not too many people are buying Toyotas elsewhere.

What’s strange is that it seems only non-EV owners complain about the lack of charging infrastructure in Thailand. I haven’t yet heard of any EV owners complaining about that. Could it be because non-EV owners don’t know where the chargers are located?

How about PPF? The idea behind it seems very logical ie protecting the paint with a physical plastic film that seems very strong (nail puncture test).