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Then maybe an OTA update has made the RWD BMS and AWD BMS same-same.

That protruding bolt in that Sealion pic or even the protruding bol shown in my Atto pic are "not" close to a person's feet UNLESS the person is trying to jam his feet up under the dash and way behind the pedals. And I just went out to my Atto and tried touching those protruding bolts I showed in my Atto pic by sticking my feet behind the pedals and they upwards to where my toes could feel/touch those bolts. I could just barely feel them....they did not bit/snag my toes....and I would be crazy to try to drive that way with my feet behind the pedals and pushed upwards to reach those bolts as I surely wouldn't get far before having an accident.

My post/chart was talking "charging rate"; not range. And you did say in earlier posts that your MG ZS EV charged very slowly at a higher SoC. And regarding range estimates that website does its range tests under specific, controlled, repeatable conditions which us humans driving on real life roads can not duplicate as everybody's driving area, habits, conditions, etc., vary quite a bit.

Do you have a Seal RWD which is the charging curve chart you include in your post above? Or, do you have a Seal AWD which has a different charging curve as shown below? And notice the chart below shows a 45-46KW charging rate up to 98% like you are showing almost the same at 44kW at 99%....so, that's why I'm asking if maybe you have a Seal AWD. Additionally, from my experience of using the ReverSharger DC chargers over 5 dozen times since early August in getting free electrons and using OBD2 data which shows charging percentage to a tenth of a percent once reaching 98.5% per OBD2 data readout which will be a 99% readout on your EV's display the vehicle charging curve can deviate quite a bit from charge to charge. In fact if you started the current DC charge from a higher SoC say over 90% then when you get to around 98% display on the vehicle it can jump right to 100% because the charging percentage indicator gets confused/recalibrates itself...I've notice this several times on my Atto at the ReverSharger because If I drive by one that has an open slot I will pull-in an top-up...even if my SoC is at 90% or a little more....get those free electrons whenever I can without queuing. Yea, the charging rate during the last couple of percent can appear quite a bit different than the last time you charged depending on SoC starting from, temperature of battery, SoC percent indicator getting confused, etc. But unless there has been an OTA update changing the battery's BMS charging curve the rest of the curve should follow pretty close "assuming" the charger you are using can provide whatever amount of KW is being requested by the EV. But if at a charger that can't provide the power level being requested then of course the curve wouldn't match....the curves shown at that website is based on using high power DC chargers that can provide whatever amount the EV requests. Charging Curve for Seal AWD https://evkx.net/models/byd/seal/seal_awd/chargingcurve/

If you are trying to upload your updated passport under the passport area it may not work unless BOI has unlocked it for you....same for hotel info. You may need to provide the info to BOI via Email and/or contact BOI telling them your problem. A similar thing happened to me when I was applying for my LTR 2 years ago. In the end I had to "email" BOI my passport which hadn't changed any since I initially uploaded it. DO NOT wait to see what the next day might bring since you are having problems in the upload. Email or call BOI with your problem....they should respond via email within hours to a business day or two. You will not be able to make an appointment until you satisfy BOI info/docs request.

@KhunLA If I remember right you have a MG ZS EV. If so from looking at it's charging curve from 89% to 100% it has a low and rapidly decreasing charging rate to 100%. By the time it gets to 95% it down to a 11KW rate and then to 6KW just before reaching 100%. That is not quick. Now my Atto has a has a charge rate of 32KW from 85% to 99% and the final 1% is at 16KW. MG ZS EV Charging Curve https://evkx.net/models/mg/zs/zs_ev_standard_range/chargingcurve/

From the Manila SSA Office website. It may by around two weeks before they respond....and they "might" ask for additional info and/or a signed direct deposit form if they want your John Hancock on a form....you'll just have to wait and see. And I expect even if they took action on your email already that it wouldn't be until the 3 Feb 2025 payment that it would take effect. https://ph.usembassy.gov/services/social-security/faq/

When opening the ReverSharger app today it said an update is required. I pressed update and it downloaded/installed the update from Google Play....then the app started up. I then noticed I had a "Wallet" where I could add credits via PromptPay instead of just being able to pay via debit/credit card. Now the Wallet icon down at the bottom of the app has been there for a while and when opening it that's were I added debit/credit card(s) to pay for charging. But today it also showed a "Wallet Number" and a red link titled "Add Credits" that I had never seen before. And by clicking that Add Credits link I can add funds (credits) to the wallet via Prompt Pay which gives a person another way to pay for a charging session instead of using a debit/credit card. Now if the Add Credits to your Wallet ability has always been there and I just noticed it today maybe because of the app update emphasizing it/displaying it in a way that finally caught my eye then bad on me. But if it is a new where you can now pay via a Wallet balance where you top-up via PromptPay vs only being able to pay via debit/credit card then this new capability is a good thing especially if a person couldn't get the ReverSharger app to accept their debit/credit card as a Payment Option....or just didn't want to load their debit/credit card as a payment option.

Your MG must charge super slow during the last 5%. I think your MG must have a very slow final 5% based on how it balances/calibrates the BMS. My Atto charges at the same rate from 85% to 100%....a rate of 32KW. And below that the Atto's charge curve is 88KW up to 65%..then from 65% to 85% it's 57KW...and then as already mentioned 32kW 85% to 100%. Or said another way, charging from 95% to 100% (that final 5%) takes the same time as charging from 85% to 90%, 90% to 95%. Each one of those 5% increments takes approx 7 to 8 minutes. And in the final minute of charge just before it reaches 100% it goes into "calculating" mode where it's calibrating the charge percentage indicator. And I seriously doubt such chargers where you pay an attendant vs needing an app will become wide spread....I expect it to remain very rare. Heck, Thailand don't even do "self-serve, self pay" petrol/diesel fuel pump where you insert your debit/credit card into a card reader built into the pump. PTT did some "testing" on the concept about 10 years ago but after almost 20 years in Thailand I've never seen a self-serve/self pay gas pump.

Go to the Rever webpage for the current promotion.

At the end of the LTR visa endorsement process BOI asks you to upload various documents again such as an "updated" passport scan. Since it could have been months and months since you initially uploaded your passport when first applying you could have travelled the world....got many new stamps in your passport....both foreign and Thai stamps depending on where you travelled...maybe some stamps you are not proud of (like getting kicked out of country, overstaying, etc.)....stamps that Thai immigration might consider in a negative light when it comes to issue of a new Thai visa like a LTR visa. They just need to see the very latest version of your passport even if it hasn't changed at all since you first applied/first uploaded it....that's just the way it is. And some of the BOI/immigration final instructions are "generic" in nature which try to cover all possible cases...like if a person is married and on a Thai spouse visa/extension to upload X-docs as we talked earlier if on a B-Visa do this or that first, etc. It can make their final instructions confusing in some cases....make a person think he being asked to upload some docs that he don't have/do not apply to him. You are almost there....good luck. Heck, since your already got the endorsement notification it just down to dotting the I's and crossing the T's like uploading the latest scan of XYZ, providing an address even if it's just a hotel address, etc.

BYD Thailand is still a LOT cheaper than BYD Australia. See example of 24 month Atto checkup cost cost in Oz...see weblink for each of the checkup costs over the entire Oz warranty period. https://bydautomotive.com.au/service-and-warranty

Hey, with BYD no longer offering "for some models" free labor/spare parts for the schedule maintenance checkups which is valued at around Bt35K and also not offering a free wall charger with installation for some models valued around Bt30K at least that combined Bt65K helps to offset somewhat the higher price us folks paid for some of our BYD vehicles which did include those freebies before the price war went into full swing. 😜

Just for example...many Lazada/Shopee vendors sell it.....get the 100A with CT model. Two different CT (current transformer) types...one type where you must remove the wire to place the CT around it (1st image below) and another type (2nd image) where there is no need to remove the wire as it's a open-close clamp-on type. The clamp-on type is bigger and the clamp jaw contact points can corrode over time which could affect the current measurement. I prefer the first type....a little smaller and no clamp-on jaws prone to corrosion. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/diymore-pzem-018-5apzem-020-10apzem-022-100a-80-260v-ac-digital-energy-meter-used-for-closed-ac-voltmeter-testing-of-ct-series-energy-meters-i2870557510-s10478435915.html? or

I just noticed below car250 article that details the BYD Sealion 7 "scheduled maintenance costs" a person needs to pay over the car's warranty period....that is, labor/parts costs when you take the car in for its "periodic scheduled checkups" to keep the warranty valid. What surprised me was the scheduled maintenance labor/spare parts checkup costs are "not" free as I was assuming the free checkup labor/parts costs still applied to most BYD vehicles sold like when in late 2023 I bought my 2023 Atto Extended range as it came with free scheduled maintenance and even a free wall charger including installation. But from looking at the BYD Rever Automotive website and the "current" promotions for 11-31 Dec 2024 there is no free labor/spare parts for checkups and also no free wall charger with installation for models recently released by BYD like the Sealion 7, M6, and Sealion 6. When I continued to look at the other BYD models it showed the current promotions for the Seal and Atto did include free maintenance labor/spare parts costs and free wall charger. Current promotion for the Dolphin did not include free maintenance/parts costs or wall charger. And the current 11-31 Dec promotions are not to be confused with promotions offered during the recent motor show which were different promotions. So, it seems as BYD is slowly cutting back on freebies such as free scheduled checkups and wall chargers especially for the new models it released this year in Thailand like the Sealion7, M6, and Sealion 6 while still offering those freebies for the Seal and Atto. And the Dolphin continues not to receive freebie checkups and wall charger. Guess that helps to maintain profit in the ongoing price war. Car250.com 18 Dec 2024 media release....partial snapshots below...see weblink for full article and full scheduled maintenance costs over the 8 year/160,000km warranty period. https://www.car250.com/byd-sealion-7-ev-2024-18-1.html

Here's some pics of my 7KW wall charger setup. EV charger 40A regular breaker in main home box Wall charger setup in my carport. 40A (30ma) breaker box at top, charger at bottom, and that power meter I added on later Closeup of 40A(30ma) RCBO Close up of the meter I added to monitor input to the charger. Bought the meter off Lazada and the plastic electrical junction box the meter is at the hardware store....I just cut out the front of the box to fit the meter in. Easy. I even fired-up the charger and was charging my EV for a few seconds to show the type of meter readout provided.

A 40A circuit breaker is required in the main circuit box.....from that breaker 10mm2 wire (live, neutral & ground) to a 40A (30ma) "RCBO" just before input to the wall charger. Yeap, regular breaker on one end of the 10mm2 wire run and a RCBO breaker on the other end. Installed by BYD electrical contractors. Later, I added a wattmeter/voltage/100A meter with CT on the input of the wall charger so I could see/monitor electron flow. Bought it off Lazada. I also have a similar meter on my main circuit box panel to monitor voltage, amps, etc.

Same kind of stuff on an Atto 3 "if you put your heads & eyes down to seat level so you can see under the dash." Just bolts and nuts. In the Atto's case it easy to see if you look under the dash since the carpet don't go as high up like the Sealion 7 to cover the nuts and bolts in some places. See below. On the Sealion I expect there is a nut on that protruding bolt if the person looks closer. Nothing to worry about. And when looking under the dash a person can see all kinds of nuts and bolts, wires, stuff, etc. Nothing to worry about.

Should be no problem in BOI/Chamchuri Sq cancelling your tourist visa just before they issue the LTR visa. The stuff about the Thai spouse marriage certificate/Thai ID card only applies if you ware currently on a Marriage Visa/Extension of Stay which I assume you not since you said you plan to enter on a visa free entry. If you were currently on a spouse type visa/extension of stay BOI/Immigration wants to confirm the spouse is aware you are cancelling the marriage visa/extension AND they want to confirm that you lived up to the requirements of the marriage visa/extension like are you still married. Because if you were no longer married (i.e., got divorced) but didn't take the steps to cancel the marriage visa/extension after the divorce then that means you broke the rules associated with the marriage visa/extension of stay and the BOI immigration would not issue the LTR visa until you cleared up the marriage visa/extension issue. Congrats on the LTR visa.

Previous administrations going back "for decades" didn't have a handle on it.

According to these various track records it's definitely a good time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nürburgring#

Yeap....made by BYD. And I bet it comes with one year free insurance in case you have an accident before the one year is up the doctors gave you to live. 😜 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangwang_U9

Yea, you are right regarding the PTT app/charger as the text on the video states (1st snapshot below) he attempted his charge 4 days after the transition from the old app to the new app which occurred over a 13 hour period between 2 Dec at 7pm to 3 Dec at 8am. Anytime after 2 Dec 7pm (like him making the trip/video 4 days after that 2-3 Dec app transition) if he was using the old app a person would experience what Bjorn experienced which was no chargers being displayed...unable to start a charge. And where he shows him "opening" the app, yeap, that's the old app based on me opening both the old and new app a few minutes ago to see what they look like when first opening the apps. Bjorn just missed the memo which if I remember right came via pop-up message on the old app "and" I think also via email since the old app used a person's email address as their logon User ID. The new app does not use a person's email but their mobile number. I got the memo in late Nov. I loaded the new app 26 Nov...notice no chargers were displayed....I thought maybe something was wrong in my account setup.....I sent PTT Customer Service an email identifying my problem....they responded with about an hour saying the new app would not show any chargers until the morning of 3 Dec. Then for the old app a person would still be able to logon until 31 Dec for historical purposes but couldn't be used to start a charging session anymore (see snapshot 3). And around noon time on 3 Dec after the transition to the new PTT app I stopped at a PTT charger really close to my home just to confirm the new app worked. As I pulled into the 2nd slot a person in the 1st slot was having problems in getting it to work...the app world recognize the charger...whenever scanning the charger's QR code it would say wrong charger. I then tried and was getting the same problem but notice whenever I would scan the QR code for DC Charger #2 the app would respond with it DC Charger #1...and vice versa if scanning the QR code for DC Charger #1 it would respond with DC Charger #2. So, as a test we both tried hooking Charger #1 cable to the car but scanning the QR code for Charger #2....but the charging still wouldn't work. And if scanning the "AC" Charger QR it would responded with a weird number. About that time a PTT employee came over to assist with/see first hand the problem both of us were having. The first thing she want to confirm if we were using the new app, which she called the "blue" app because the icon of the new app on your phone is a blue color where the old app is a white color (see 2nd snapshot below).....we were both using the new (blue) app. She called some PTT phone number and was told the new app was having issues with the "charger database that identified all the chargers....link QR code on the charger to the actual charger location). At that point we both left. I have seen people using the charger since so I guess PTT probably got that issue fixed sometime on 3 Dec. Anyway, Bjorn just missed the memo regarding the old to new app transition....he was using the old app after it could no longer be used to start a charging session. I don't know what was happening with the PEA app. Plus in his video when it suddenly started working I'm not sure if it just started working while he was still complaining OR he actually unplugged & tried again and this time it worked properly. I got the impression from his video he "may/could have" attempted it a second time versus just a long delay in his initial charging attempt. In a lot of his videos he likes to dramatize things by leaving out bits of info which would have explained there was no real drama at all....guess he thinks more people will like his videos and view his other videos if they come with some "drama." 1st Snapshot...from the video 2nd Snapshot....show icons of PTT old and new apps. If you got the old (white) icon although you can still log into the app as of the date/time of this post (and apparently thru 31 Dec 2024) you can not use it to start a charging session after 2 Dec 7pm as you will not be able to see any chargers. Snapshot 3...a 26 Nov email from PTT Customer Support in response to an email I sent them asking why the "new" (blue) app does not show any charger locations. Basically the PTT email says the chargers will not appear in the new app until the morning of 3 Dec...and also with the old (white) app a person will still be able to logon thru 31 Dec to see/download historical data.

And if he was using the "new" app which was available for download "before" the morning of 3 Dec when it would go fully operational then he would not have seen any chargers in the new app until early 3 Dec....and he did add some text to his video saying the video was made 4 days earlier. Now if he had been using the old/to be retired app which was still fully operational until late 2 Dec then he could have charged. Yeap...he probably installed/was using the new app "before" it went fully operational the morning of 3 Dec.