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You need to ask/make an appt. Installation and parts is free and only takes about an hour.

Actually for the Atto and Dolphin the bottom half battery pack pointing towards the road surface is metal and the upper half is plastic. The free Rat Guard modification consisting of metals shields on the battery front and anti-critters rubber coating around all the plastic cover sides takes about an hour to install at a BYD dealership.

Before you did your exchange rate math did you add the Bt100 BAHTNET hidden basic receiving fee? I guessing you didn't which is why you are calculating 32.08 rate vs 32.158 And if your bank branch is not in Bangkok or surrounding provinces there "may" be an additional up-country BAHTNET fee as talked earlier which would also need to be added back to get the actual exchange rate before fees are applied.

When it comes to the Toyota solid state battery, a new revolutionary combustion engine, or some other Toyota pie-in-the sky propaganda "which is just around the corner" it's all meant to keep current Toyota customers hanging on a little longer for that revolutionary Toyota innovation/vehicle that always seems to be just around the corner...can now see it on the horizon...just hold on a little longer....etc. Toyota (and Honda) are really behind the EV vehicle curve and I think have made the business decision to put most of their plans it transitioning from "ICEV to Hybrid and then to EV".....they are simply not making the ICEV to EV jump....they are first taking an interim jump to Hybrid. They see that as the best business decision and maybe it is. While I think Toyota makes excellent ICEVs (I still own a 2009 Fortuner I bought new but now my primary vehicle is a 2023 BYD EV) Toyota is really dragging their feet in the transition to EVs and using tactics like advertising "revolutionary" propaganda to help mask their foot dragging (i.e., business decision). But hey, it's their business...and it could very well be the best long term business decision to concentrate on selling Hybrids for now while they slowly catch-up in EV technology.

No...32.158 is correct. Even when using the very generous Wise exchange rate on 3 Oct at 7:0am the rate was only 32.88....and then you got the Wise fees which effectively reduce that rate. I'm going to guess you made a math error like maybe not really knowing the "net" dollar amount of your SSA pension. If you have a SSA Online acct it will show you your gross amount, all deductions, and net amount. Remember, the "net" amount is the amount after all taxes, Medicare, other deductions, etc.,.......net amount is the amount of your pension that is transmitted to your bank account. Below snapshot from Wise website..

I'm assuming you are concerned about being able to "quickly" sell the vehicle in a few years. Well, the "sales" market share of used vehicles in a few years will still be predominately ICEV/Hybrid. So, the number of potential buyers would be higher than potential EV buyers. But just because there will surely be a larger number of ICEV/hybrid potential buyers doesn't mean you will be able to sell your used vehicle faster as "pricing" and desirably of your model are probably the two biggest factors in how fast a used vehicles sells. Now for me, I bought a new BYD Atto EV almost one year ago...still perfectly happy. I also still have my 2009 Toyota Fortuner ICEV (which I bought new years ago) as my 2nd vehicle. I'm happy with my EV vehicle....and I will probably never buy another ICEV/Hybrid while I live in Thailand which will hopefully be the rest of my life as its been for over a decade and half now. I charge my EV right at home with a wall charger....I save around 78% in fuel costs compared to my Fortuner....and the charging network in Thailand is good for long trips. Now if I was living in the U.S. I would probably buy a hybrid because of a limited choice in EVs (U.S. EV sales is ruled by Tesla and also protecting its ICEV/hybrid manufacturers from Chinese EV manufacturers) and the charging network for long trips in many parts of the U.S. is inadequate. Don't be afraid of buying an EV especially if you can charge right at your home using a wall charger.....it makes keeping your EV charged as easy as keeping your smartphone charged. And with the range of EV nowdays which is around 400Km and more, the charging network in Thailand is good in many areas and along major highways for those l....o.....n.....g trips with a radius of say 200Km or more.

A partial quote from above article. I expect the folks who bought the 183 petrol/diesel cars are "hard core" ICEV supporters or just scared to death of EVs or ???????

@Charlie D. And since you said you are using K-bank to receive your IDD payment depending on where your K-bank branch is located in Thailand there "may", repeat, may also be an "upcountry" BAHTNET fee which is in addition to the basic Bt100 BAHTNET fee. But if you K-bank branch is in Bangkok and surrounding provinces only the basic Bt100 BAHTNET fee applies. And even if your K-bank branch is not in/around Bangkok the upcountry BAHTNET fee may not apply in the case of this particular incoming US govt payment. Do the math as I described in my above post just using the Bt100 fee....if your baht payment is still a little off then crank-in the K-bank upcountry fee shown in their BAHTNET fee chart below. https://www.kasikornbank.com/en/personal/services/payment/pages/bahtnet.aspx

You are using the IDD direct deposit method which as you said travels via the SWIFT system vs the ACH system. You "can not" use exchange rates like at XE.com, Wise, etc., because the exchange rate is determined U.S. Treasury/its IDD contractor bank (currently Citibank Global for IDD to Thailand) several days before the actual transfer occurs. And no, you can not look at the monthly exchange rate posted by US Treasury on their website as that rate is not being used....that's a rate used for different purposes like for tax purposes. The only fee K-bank should be charging to receive the IDD Direct Deposit is Bt100 which is actually a BAHTNET receiving fee as the last leg of the IDD/SWIFT transfer occurs via the BAHTNET system which interfaces with the SWIFT system. There are no other fees along the way....no fees like if you were using the "ACH" direct deposit method to a Bangkok Bank acct where a Bangkok Bank New York branch fee of $5 or $10 (depends on the amount of the transfer) is charged as the funds flow thru them onto your in-Thailand Bangkok Bank where a receiving fee of 0.25% (min Bt200, max Bt500) is charged. Both of these ACH fees are "hidden" fees and do not appear on your bank statement/passbook. And the IDD BAHTNET receiving fee of Bt100 is also a hidden fee. So, to determine the "IDD" exchange rate you need to know your SSA direct deposit "net" payment, repeat, "net" amount in dollars. Net means after all deductions such as tax, Medicare, etc.,...this will be the amount converted to baht and then transmitted to your Thai bank. Now look at the amount of baht that "posted" to your Thai bank acct and then add Bt100 (i.e., that BAHTNET fee) as that will be the total amount that initially arrived your Thai bank before K-bank applied their Bt100 fee......then divide that total amount by your SSA "net" dollars...you will now have the IDD exchange rate used. The IDD exchange rate for the 3 Oct 2024 payment was Bt32.158 per USD. If you had been using the ACH direct deposit method to a Bangkok Bank acct the exchange rate should have been Bt32.86 per USD (that's the Bangkok Bank 3 Oct 2024 0830hrs "TT Buying Rate" which would have been used for a incoming SSA payment via ACH. Although the Bangkok Bank Exchange rate is higher than the IDD rate the Bangkok Bank total ACH fees are higher so in doing a cost comparison be sure to consider exchange rate "and fees." My wife receives her SSA direct deposit via IDD...by looking at her 3 Oct payment and knowing her net SSA payment that's how I figured out the IDD exchange rate of 32.158. She started using IDD when if first became available for Thailand in 2019. I tracked/compared the exchange rate for 12 months during Jul 2019- Jun 2020. Compared it to the "ACH" direct deposit method which included fees. See below spreadsheet snapshot from June 2020 when the exchange rate was several baht lower compared to today....I stopped tracking at that point as I had the data/answer I wanted. Note that around $1,125 and above net SSA payment is where using ACH would put a "little bit" more baht into your Bangkok Bank acct; below $1,125 IDD would put more. But of course if using a Bangkok Bank bank acct for your ACH US govt reoccurring payment like SSA pension it will be a special restricted acct, whereas, US govt payment via IDD can go into any Thai bank regular unrestricted acct. ACH and IDD Direct Deposit Cost Comparison

Above wording indicates if paying cash a person wouldn't qualify for the trade-in support promotion. That kinda suck$.

To me the promotion is just saying the standard free stuff like warranties, 1st year insurance, charger, roadside assistance, carpets, etc)., BYD provides with each Seal purchase (and most BYD electric cars) is worth Bt240K.

Well, I figured out how they got 17,980. When looking at the DLT stats for August they used the R.Y.1 category but instead of only reflecting R.Y.1 BEV Electric (100% electric) they also added-in R.Y.1 "Plug-in/Hybrid EV categories of Gasoline-Electric, Diesel-Electric, Plug-in Gasoline-Electric, and Plug-in Diesel Electric. See the subtotals below, partial snapshot of the DLT spreadsheet, and how those four above mentioned PHEV/HEV categories added to the Electric BEV category summed to 17,980. Basically the article is talking BEV "and Hybrids." Pretty much mixing apples & oranges in terms of comparing January-July BEV numbers which only reflected BEV numbers with August BEV+Hybrid numbers. Partial quote from article: Subtotals of DLT data "R.Y.1" category used to get 17,980 Electric BEV : 6,211 Gasoline-Electric: 10,915 Diesel-Electric: 2 Plug-in Gasoline-Electric: 845 Plug-in Diesel-Electric 7 ------------------------------------------------ Total of Above : 17,980

Well, more power to Vinny41 if he can figure out from DLT stats how so many EV registrations occurred for August because when I look at the DLT stats from their webpage I only see above half of the August numbers being stated in the news article above.

A 28 Sep 2024 The Nation news article....be sure to read past the headline as it looks like August registrations of EVs jumped way up....highest of any month this year (even higher than the big number in January). Maybe "sluggish" vehicle sales/registrations for most of 2024 is coming to an end. https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40041876 Thailand sees a 13 percent decline in registration of new electric vehicles SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2024 1 minute read However, trend of increasing demand continues in 2024 As many as 1,876,356 electric vehicles (EVs) were registered in Thailand in the first eight months of 2024, a nearly 13 percent drop compared to the same period last year. The Department of Land Transport (DLT) said on Friday that registrations had declined by 280,091 vehicles from the 2,156,447 in the same period last year. The department said that despite the lower number of registered EVs in 2024, the trend of new EV registrations was still growing, especially after January. EV registrations during the year: January: 15,915 units February: 6,259 units March: 7,373 units April: 5,973 units May: 7,969 units June: 7,911 units July: 8,270 units August: 20,658 units. In August, the top five EVs being registered were: passenger vehicles with less than 7 seats (17,980 units), motorcycles (2,158), trucks (233), taxis (168), and tuk-tuk (39). “Electric vehicles are environmentally friendly as they emit zero carbon dioxide,” the department’s deputy director-general, Seksom Akraphand, said. “It is one of the reasons that the adoption of EVs has been growing continually. We believe that the number of EV registrations will keep on growing until the year-end.”

It's a certificate with a QR code on it plus other data....it signifies you successfully completed the required online training. To to below post for a redacted image of the certificate

When I bought my new car late last year a certificate of residence was needed by DLT to register the vehicle. I have a LTR visa. Getting a certificate at Chamchuri Sq cost Bt500 and takes one hour. Or an immigration officer closer to you may issue one also.

Just an update: Today was my appt for 5 year renewal of my Thai auto and motorcycle licenses here at a Bangkok DL office. My Yellow Book/Pink ID card number was used on both licenses; not my passport number as before. Saved me the time and money in getting a Residence Certificate from my servicing immigration office. No restriction on the license due to use of the Yellow Book/Pink ID card number on the licenses....this restricted notice is a policy that went away years ago according to what the drivers license reps told me and the Thai wife. My new licenses look just like my old licenses which used my passport number. Total time in the DL office today was about 1 hour 45 minutes. Would have been closer to 1 hour 15 minutes but out of the 11 cubicles they normally have open for the final step of taking your picture and printing out the new license along with paying only 3 cubicles were manned. When the wife got her license a few weeks ago all 11 cubicles were manned. Cost of auto license was Bt505 and motorcycle license Bt255. I'm now good to go for another 5 years plus. By the way, you can now renewal a license up to 6 months before expiration without any loss of time....it use to be up to 3 months before. My renewal today was 3.5 months before expiration. The online training QR certificate is good for 6 months (same certificate used for both licenses), and the medical certificate for 1 month. Not sure about a Residence Certificate since I did not use/need one as I used my Yellow Book/Pink ID instead.

I expect the part of the news article that they can submit a request to the manufacturers (i.e., dealerships) where a person bought the EV is incorrect especially since the manufacturers/dealerships want to advertise the lowest possible price to increase sales....a price that is based on the manufactures/dealership receiving the subsidy once they complete registration for the buyer. Now several manufacturers/dealerships have offered "cash back" promotions (not to be confused with the govt subsidy) for short periods where when a buyer must complete payment and registration (even thou the dealership handles the registraton) by a certain date to be eligible for "cash back" like below Bt100K BYD Atto promotions late last year and early this year.....just before BYD started dropping the retail price much more aggressively with no cash back promotion. I figure the "cash-back" promotions was BYD sneaky way of lowering the price of the EV without actually lowering the retail price even more. Below are a coupe of BYD "cash back" promotions from the recent past T https://www.reverautomotive.com/en/news/atto3-runout-campaign https://www.reverautomotive.com/en/news/3-million-sales-celebration-campaign No 12 Cash Back Condition Conditions for 100,000 Baht and 50,000 Baht cash back Cash Back Process Customers must receive payment receipt and take delivery of the car within 31 December 2023 and complete the car registration before 31 January 2024. And customers must to send all required documents through online channel of Rever Automotive Co.,Ltd. before 29 February 2024 at 23.59 only. Cash Back Required Document For individual entities 1. Copy of the vehicle payment receipt (tax invoice) 2. Copy of the owner's ID card/vehicle owner's proof of ownership. 3. Copy of the bank account book of the individual entity who owns the vehicle or is the 4. Copy of vehicle registration manual For legal entities 1. Copy of the vehicle payment receipt (tax invoice) 2. Copy of the company's certification not exceeding 3 months. 3. Copy of the bank account book of the legal entity who owns the vehicle or is the vehicle owner. 4. Copy of vehicle registration manual

You can get ig cheaper off other sites like Lazada. https://s.lazada.co.th/s.qJdUU

U.S. government proposal to prohibit key Chinese software and hardware in cars sold in the U.S. And if approved this could impact cars sold in some other countries if some other countries decide to tag along...especially if some countries want to further protect their vehicle manufacturing industry. Seems a "cold war of economics" is continuing to ramp-up. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-proposes-banning-chinese-vehicles-us-roads-with-software-crackdown-2024-09-23/

For my house that has a large A/C running 24/7 along with several fans running almost 24/7, lights, water pump, another large A/C that runs around 10 hours every night, a 6KW water heater (actually 2 of them but one of them rarely get used), an approx 6KW clothes drier, a washing machine, IT routers, TVs, indoor and outdoor lights, etc....etc....etc., 6.6KW would not be enough to run above mentioned things all at once....which does occur sometimes especially when the wife is washing/drying clothes and/or someone takes a hot shower which is then pulling around 60A total...or approx 13KW. My wife seems to be washing and drying clothes A LOT!!!....a little bit of cleanliness freak. And I have other A/Cs in other rooms which get used occasionally. In my household 6.6KW can be easily (and is) frequently exceeded But if house rules were put into place of always ensuring the clothes drier and water heater do "not" run at the same time along with no more than 2 A/Cs running then I could squeak by on 6.6KW. But start a 3rd A/C in one of my other bedrooms while someone is taking a hot shower while the wife is drying clothes and I would need more like 13KW. But I admit 6.6KW would more than satisfy the power needs or many, many households.

Copying below three posts over from related EV Aseannow thread as it deals with Charging Stations...specifically in this case "EA Anywhere" charging.

I will add that you can now add funds to your EA Anywhere wallet via QR Code/Prompt Pay in addition to debit/credit card. To the best of my memory when I registered with EA Anywhere around late last year the only payment option was adding the debit/credit card payment option in order to top-up your wallet/pay for charging; otherwise, I would have never added my Thai bank debit card as a payment option. This morning I did two tests by adding 10 baht each time to my wallet via QR code/Prompt Pay and it worked no problem. So, I then deleted the Thai bank debit card as a payment option as I prefer not to have any card info online unless I have to.

Thanks. As I use Android I downloaded/installed it from Google Play vs the link in the Facebook image. Google Play shows the new app being added 18 Sep 2024. After installing it from Google Play I used my logon credentials that I used for the original app and I was kinda expecting a rejection along the lines of needing to register again, but it accepted my logon credentials and also sent me OTP to confirm/complete the logon. And all info from the original app such as my EV info, payment card number (redacted), my current Wallet amount of a little over one hundred baht, and all the other info from the original app was indeed showing in the new app. So, all the info does automatically transfer over from the old app to the new app. Now you can still use the old app at least for now BUT when your log into the new app it will log you out of the old app. If you log into the old app it will log you out of the new app. Can't be logged into both at the same time. Anyway, the new app is indeed available for download from Google Play (see below). A little strange they just didn't update the original app via Google Play "automatic" update vs creating a new, separate app. Maybe it has something to do with EA Anywhere financial challenges it has been experiencing regarding some bond payments coming due....you can google it and find articles about this like on the Bangkok Post. Or maybe it just a technical issue with this app that required a new, separate app vs just automatic update of the old/original app. Link to new app on Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=evapp.eaanywhere&hl=en

I think what they are asking for is the TM30 "Receipt of Notification" which confirms the TM30 submission was submitted & approved...that part at the bottom of a TM30 paper form Now a receipt for an online submission would just be a print out of the approved submission. That receipt allows immigration to find the submission in their TM30 system just a case of them wanting to confirm a TM30 was submitted for your current address. And in your case it appears they don't see a TM30 onfile for you and asking you to provide proof of TM30/submit a new one.