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And below is the model breakout of the 1,823 BYD BEVs registered in June: Atto-819.....Dolphin-754......Seal-249.......E6-1 For June 2024...partial snapshot of DLT stats

Well, 4 of the 5 men in the picture must thing it's a GREAT idea as they are giving it the thumbs up. Although the 5th guy did give a thumbs up (or down) he is smiling like it's a great idea. Yea, PEA or MEA don't seem to make it easy, cost-effective, and/or desireable for the typical solar user to feed enery into the grid. I'm not expecting Thailand to become a "hub" of home solar to grid anytime soon...or even in several decades. Plenty of sunshine year-round but very little to no monetary incentive for the average Thai to make such a solar investment. I know here in my large Bangkok moobaan of around 900 standalone homes owned by middle to high income folks that only a handfull have any type of solar, some solar panels on the roof, etc. I guess there is just no monetary incentive to do such. But I do expect to continue to see the occassional media release trying to convince the public that the Thai govt and some organizations fully support such.

Yea...I know you can power your home (ie., Vehicle to Home)....but feeding the energy back into the grid by going to a V2G station seems to be something very, very, very few people would have the time or desire to do.

Some BEVs are getting cheaper & cheaper and Wuling is offering an AC Level 2 charger only model--that is, it does "not" include DC Charger capability. Or for an additional Bt30K they include the additional hardware for DC Charging capaibliyt up to a 50KW rate which would charge the battery from 30 to 80% in 35 minutes. Personally, I would never buy either of these models but I can see people buying them for an "in-town/local car use only" when the person does have home charging capaiblity (i.e, a wall charger). https://www.wulingthai.com/booking/model Below is a partial snapshot of brochure of above Wuling models. Notice there is a "AC" model which only uses Level 2 charging (i.e., like a home 7KW wallcharger) and a "DC" model that has both AC Level 2 and DC Charger capability at 50KW.

For folks such as @Bandersnatch @KhunLA who use solar to charge their BEV, help me out in how below idea (an AutoLifeThailand article) has a chance of providing any singificant energy to to the grid since few folks have solar in Thailand (I'm not counting farmers who run a field water pump with a solar panel).....and I simply can't image that someone would want to go plug their BEV into a V2G station for say 30 minutes to an hour to feed energy into the grid and probably only get paid/credited approx half of the current going rate for home electricity grid use (i..e, home electricity cost approx Bt5/KWH which includes Ft, tax, meter fee). Maybe this will create electricity smuggling....somehow figure out how to get free electricity from a commerical DC Fast Charger (hack it for free charging maybe) or maybe have family/friend that let's you use their home wall charger for free and then drive your BEV full of free electricity to the nearest V2G station to upload it to the grid with maybe recieve a credit/payback of Bt2.5 to Bt3 per KWH as the company has to make a profit thru resale of the electricity. https://autolifethailand.tv/nissan-join-hands-with-3-partners-to-launch-vehicle-to-grid-project/ Nissan partners with 3 agencies to launch a test project to use electricity from vehicles back into the power grid (Vehicle to Grid) BySirote Petchjamroensuk At the Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, V2G study for sustainable energy management Recently, Nissan Motor (Thailand) together with project partners including Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and Haupcar Co., Ltd. launched a project to test the use of electricity from cars back into the grid or Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) by using the bi-directional charge capability of Nissan LEAF which can be used for more than just a vehicle to study sustainable energy management in the future together. This project is part of Nissan's commitment to create a pollution-free society and improve people's travel and lifestyles through electric vehicles and technological innovations under the Blue Switch project, which was initiated in Japan in 2018. Currently, the Nissan Leaf is one of the first electric vehicles with technology that transfers energy from the vehicle to the grid, which can use the electricity from the vehicle to use in buildings, homes or charge everyday electrical appliances. ********************

DLT registration stats for RY1 category for June 2024 show a total of 43,147 registered with 5,657 (13.1%) being BEV.

I don't think so....I think Thais still like BYD vehicles....when they think EV they probably think BYD in the same thought out of the 35 manfuacturers which have sold BEVs in Thailand in 2024 according to DLT stats. But of course people are not happy about big price reductions for most all BEVs (regardless of the manufacturer) when they bought at a higher price thinking the price would "not" go any lower except "maybe" a little bit for some models especially since the history of vehicle cost in Thailand has generally been the price has either stayed the same or went up a little every year.....but this way of thinking has been driven by ICEVs for decades...the Toyota, Honda, and Isuzu's which rule the Thailand vehicle market...has set the prices for many years. It really good news overall that BEV prices are going down (and at a much faster rate than ICEVs)....but if you bought at a higher price you are probably not going to be too happy about it...can pis$-off person. But people also need to undestand we are undergoing a HUGE technical logical shift in vehicle technolgy...the shift from fossil fuelled vehicle to electric fuelled vehicles....IMO it just like the shift from horse & buggy to fossil fuelled vehicle that began around a century ago and took about three decades to do most of that transition. But back to current day. Of the RY1 category vehicles (i.e, private vehicles with no more than 7 passengers) of the 5,657 BEVs (100% electric) registered in June 1,823 of them were BYD BEVs....a little over 32 percent of the total. Almost 1 of 3 or almost one-third of all RY1 BEVs In February it was a little over 30%, in March it was almost 24%, in Apr was a little over 22%, in May it was almost 38%, and as already mentioned in June a little over 32%. Monthly variations....but the average of those five numbers gives a little over 29%. And I'm must going to ignore the January number which was 7,880 BYD BEVs regestered out of the 13,314 total RY1 BEVs which equates to a little over 59%. Ignore that since it's spike resulting from End of Year craiziness and fear of the govt subsidy for BEVs being reduced...maybe BEVs prices heading north a little in 2024, etc. BUT, if I didn't ignore January then regristrations for January-June a total of 36,397 RY1 BEVs registered of which 14,665 (or 40.3%) were BYD BEVs. BYD is still definitely the biggest pig at the Thailand BEV trough...and maybe no longer a 1,000 pound guerrila but stil at least a 800 pound guerrila in the BEV market.

Congrats. Glad it worked out easily. Since you switched from a Non O "Marriage" extension maybe you could overview what BOI/Chamchuri Sq Immigraiton required to cancell that Marriage Extension just before issuing you the LTR Pensioner visa. Was it a fresh Kor Ror 2 (i.e., marriage registration) to confirm you are still married/lived up to that requirement for marriage extension, a copy of your pretty Kor Ror 3 Marriage Certifcate you got when getting married (and maybe they wanted to just see that original also), and a copy of your Thai spouse ID card. All of these signed by you and wife except the Thai ID just required the spouse's signature. Of course taking along the wife is good "if easy to do" but not required with the signed docs. Just what did Chamchuri Sq want to see to cancel your current marriage extension. Congrats again.

Why reference such an old article that didn't even talk how many had been reserved/sold. 1 million, 10,000, or maybe just 1,000, 100, etc.. When I started googling on the subject I found numerous articles talking about the Land Cruiser over the last several years like below Dec 2023 article talking it selling out in Germany....but it was only 1000 Land Crusiers. Kinda sounds like Toyota gives individual countries a low allotment just so they can say they sold out in country XYZ in 30 minutes....sounds more like an Toyota sponsored advertising technique/media release. https://www.carscoops.com/2023/12/first-1000-2024-toyota-land-cruisers-in-germany-sold-out-in-just-30-minutes/

Sure did. And if you call SSA they probably say they can't see anything onfile but also say they can't see everything....I say that based on numerous posts over the years where people did call SSA or email Manila trying to find out if their 7162 arrived Wilkes Barre. And if it doesn't arrive SSA will send your another in the Sep/Oct time frame....and if they don't get a response to that in Jan SSA will send you a notice of suspended payments until they receive a 7162 response.

That's a two and half years old article from Jan 2022

While many make EV sales predictions (and rants) have been based on bad or good months/quarters (like the 1st quarter that is typically down) we should really be focusing on what the long term trend is such as year-over-year....and it's up, up, up...see the blue long term trend I drew in....I'm such an artist.

Let me guess....your US Postal System Tracking (not to be confused with Thai Postal System tracking) shows the item arriving and possibly leaving one of the U.S. international mail entry points on the east or west coast of the U.S.....like maybe New York City. But then the registered mail item goes MIA. Well, that's because around 15 years ago the USPS changed its policy regarding the handling/tracking of inbound international registered mail....not just from Thailand but from any country. See USPOS policy snapshot at bottom. International registered mail is "not", repeat, not tracked/handled like say you were using USPS registered mail to send somethinkg from say LA to NY. What happens is generally inbound international registered mail is handled as a normal first class mail once it enters/exits the U.S. entry point where addtional tracking & scanning of the tracking number may cease. I say "generally" because registred mail from certain countries meet certain standards that complies with what the USPS requires for tracking of inbound international registered mail. While your international/Thailand registered mail item probably arrived its intended address such as Wilkes Barre PA it may not show any tracking/delivery once it exits the U.S. entry point ike say it entered the US at the New York City international mail entry point. Now "sometimes" scanning of the international registered mail item does occur once it's in the US first class mail system.....and sometimes (maybe most of the time) scanning does not occur. While paying for registered mail from Thailand to the US might give the mailer a warm fuzzy it will be tracked and specially handled the whole way to its final address in actuality the tracking/special handling only realiablity occurs up to the point of entry in the U.S......then it's pretty much treated as plain ol' 1st Class Mail which where mail is handled differently from registered mail (registered mail is handled in a more secure manner which also sometimes slows down final delivery due to special handling}. Any scanning in the 1st class mail system for tracking purposes will be hit and miss....any scanning that does occur probably occurred because an automated mail sorting machine scanned the item vs the postman doing a scan at final delivery. For mailing 7162s back to Wilkes Barre you are probably just as good off mailing it "regular airmail" at around Bt50 vs paying aorund Bt330 for "registered airmail." I say that from personal mailing tests. In a series of personal mailing tests from Bangkok to Texas/California (5 tests over several months...a total of 10 envelopes) I did in 2019 where I mailed envelopes at the same time and from the same Bankgok post office to the same US address the envelopes that I mailed via "regular airmail" arrived 2 to 3 times faster than the envelopes I mailed via "registered airmail." The envelopes sent via regular airmail arrived in approx two weeks but the registed airmail took 4 to 6 weeks and only only one of the five registered mails showed tracking the entire way...the other four registered envelopes didn't show full tracking or simply stopped after they exited the NY City or Los Angeles international mail entry points. They all arrived but simply didn't show tracking the whole way. Now back in 2019 registered mail from Thailand to the US was a LOT cheaper....right around Bt100 per envelope....but now days it around three times more expensive. https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2009/pb22259/html/updt_004.htm

There will be a battery depreciation schedule for the battery under the new rule....however, the insurance company is suppose to also offer a rider (i.e., pay an extra premium) to where the owner can still continue to ensure for 100%. https://insightplus.bakermckenzie.com/bm/financial-institutions_1/thailand-first-official-battery-electric-vehicles-insurance-policy

And here was the AXA's earlier annoucment regarding the soon to occur changes in EV policy coverage based on the government Office of Insureance (OIC) directive from 1 June 2024. And be sure to read the last paragraph in AXA's annoucment telling how great this change is for customers, safety, and society. https://www.axa.co.th/important-update-ev We would like to inform you about an important update concerning Directive No. 47/2566 issued by the Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC). Effective from June 1, 2024, a new Electric Vehicle (EV) insurance policy will be implemented for EVs of passenger cars with less than 7 seats of Type 1 and Type 3 insurance. For New and Renewing Customers Prior to June 1, 2024: Customers who confirm their purchase or renewal of insurance by May 31, 2024, will remain covered under the terms of current motor insurance policy until it expires. For New and Renewing Customers From June 1, 2024 Onwards: Customers will be subject to the terms of the new EV insurance policy in accordance with the OIC Directive. Under this new policy, it will be mandatory to list a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 5 named drivers per vehicle for personal use. Should an accident occur with a driver who is not a named driver, an excess of 6,000 THB will be payable by the customer. Full name, date of birth, identification number and valid driving license number are information required to name a driver. (A copy of the driving license is required for new applications and renewals through offline channels.) This policy change is established to comply with the OIC's Directive, aiming to develop EV insurance policies that align with customer needs, enhance road safety standards, and provide benefits to both customers and society.

Well, actually the Bangkok Post article helped to clear things up somewhat and Tokio Marine tried to clarify things. Basically Tokio Marince is saying new and renewal policies will be subject to the new EV insurance polices the Thai govt approved effective 1 July 2024 (or maybe it was 1 June) where rates will be based on driving records vs just a standard rate of a good driver, drivers "must" be be named on the policy (up to 5 drivers), driving records of those named driver can affect rates, etc. Just stricter rules comparied to govt rules regarding ICEV vehicle policies. Yes, all Thai insurance companies will adjust their EV policies to the new Thai govt rules....and actually the new rules give insurance more lattide in how they can write vehicle policies for EV. No doubt in my mind EV policy rates will go up somewhat with the Thai govt's blessing. It really gives insurance companies the government go-ahead/blessig to institute some changes in vehicle insurance coverage and rates that insurance companies have long lobbied for. And in some earlier articles/crossfeed on the subject of EV policies changes it was said some of these EV policy changes (like the requirement to name all drivers on a policy) may find their way into ICEV policies in the near future because you know companies love to raise policy rates whenever they get the chance.

Well, be sure to watch all the other videos on the channel...Chase Car....see their video list below...almost every one is negative on EVs. And many of the videos---like the one we are talking about---are simply reruns with minor variations made to make it appear like late breaking news....click bait. It just one of those youtube channels that is dedicated to negative/anti-EV videos....makes Mr Toyota grin ear to ear. https://www.youtube.com/@the_best_car_content/videos

Ain't getting older great....happens to everyone. https://www.essilor.com/sas-en/blog/your-life-and-your-eyes/what-to-do-if-your-eyesight-is-getting-worse/

Never hear of them. And I can't find a Tokyo Marine Insurance (Thailand) on the interet.....when googling I only come across a company named Tokio Marine Insurance (Thailand). Maybe a translation error/typo? Anyway, I don't see anything on the Tokio website about them scaling back on EV insurance...but hey, as company I expect they want to keep that as low key as possible as it can show weakness to potential/new customers...plus not making customers too happy either. https://www.tokiomarine.com/th/en/non-life/products/retail/motor.html https://www.tokiomarine.com/th/en/non-life/products/retail/motor/auto-smile.html

@bamboozled You are experiencing what almost everyone experiences as they age. First the near vision gets worst but your far vision is still good....so people start wearing reading/cheater glasses. If you don't have any or much astimgmatisn or any other eye problems then just buying some cheap 100 baht reading glasses that's sold everywhere will usually work. But probably every year or so you'll need to replace those reading glasses with a slight stronger pair....no biggie, most anybody can afford Bt100. But as you continue to age you now start to notice more and more the far vision is not as good as it use to be....maybe as you drive your car you notice you have to be a lot close to that sign before you can clearing read the text on the sign to turn right to go to whereever. Or maybe you can't read small text on your big screen TV so good anymore....that's your intermeidiate and far vision also beginning to go downhill along with your near vision that you use to look at things close up like reading a book. So, maybe now you get another pair of Bt100 glasses geared to correct "far" vision....and then switch to the Bt100 glasses for the "near" vision stuff. Have two pairs of glasses hanging on your shirt, in your pocket, etc. If you are like me (which I think you are when it comes to the desire of wearing glasses) you just "hate" that....although you could deal with using some cheapie glasses for reading you hate having to switch to your other glasses for seeing clearing at distance. And although you could surely buy some expensive glasses (like bifocal, trifocal, progessive) for MANY baht from your local glasses shop the fact remaings you just dont' want to wear glasses whether cheap or expensive. So what choice do you have now? Well, there is the possibility of LASIK surgery where they cut a small flap in your cornea, pull the flap back (kinda like a trap door), then they use a laser to slightly reshape the "cornea", and then you should bel be good to go for "a while." Notice I said "for a while" because that LASIK surgery did not treat/fix the root cause of your near and/or far vision problem....the root problem is probably the "lens" of the eye which is behind the cornea. As you age your eye lens will become "not as flexible" as it use to be (i.e., it hardens) which prevents it from being able to focus like you use to when you were younger...and the lens may even start developing "cataracts" which furhter impacts the ability of the lens to focus like it use to in its younger days. Also, with LASIK surgery the eye doc may recommend against it depending on your age (unless the doc is really money hungry)....like if your are 60-65 or older. Maybe that's because they know the lens' focusing abllity is going downhill as you get older (that's just life) and LASIK would merely make vision better for a couple of years before it would be time to do another expensive LASIK surgery (or get new cheater glasses)...and the customer is NOT happy about doing this surgery again. And it's not like a person can do LASIK surgeries over and over even if they are a billionaire. So, what to do. Well, it probably "Inter Ocular Lens (IOL)" surgery time which is where the root cause is fixed...that is, your aging eye natural lens that may also have the beginning of cateracts which just makes your vision even worst is removed (a simple and quick process) and replaced with a man-made IOL. Once doing that the lens of your eye (now a man-made lens vs natural lens from birth) will not further harden/lose flexibility/abiltiy to focus as you continue to age...even if your live to the ripe old age of 125. Now other parts of your eye may get worst as you age, like your retina (back of your eye) but your eye "lens" is good to go for many decades/a lifetime. IOLs come in all varieties...from single focus, bifocal, trifocal, etc., and many price ranges. Single focus (set for near, intermediate, or far) is the cheapest....been around for many decades. Many people go the "monovision" IOL route of having one eye outfitted with a near vision IOL and the other eye with a far vision IOL....and then the brain picks which eye to use when looking at something. Many people get along fine with monovison and some don't. Definitely best to try monovision with some contact lens which simulates monovision before taking the permament just of monovision IOL surgery. But monovision is from the earlier days before new & improved IOLs were developed like Bifocal and Trifocal IOLs which cost more than single distance IOLs. Bifocal IOLs (can set to two distances usually intermediate and far) but you may still need reading glasses. Trifoal IOLs are good at all distances (near, intermediate, and far)...glasses shouldn't be needed at any distance. I went the Trifocal IOL route....first in one eye...and about 6 weeks later in the other eye....this was almost 4 years ago....and my vision in both eyes is excellent....pretty much like having young adult vision again....zero need for glasses. With "both" eyes I can see clearly at near, intermediate, and far. I could put an eye patch over either eye and the other eye can see clearly at near, intermediate, and far....something that folks who went the monovision route can not say. The particular IOL I went with was the Panoptix Trifocal IOL. Had it done in late 2020 at a Thai govt hosptial, specifically Mettapracharak Hospital in Nakhon Pathon province....just outside of western Bangkok where my home is. My total cost for "both" eyes was $4,600 USD (approx Bt165K) for both eyes which included a total of 7 visits....2 of 7 being the days of surgery...the other 5 days just pre-op and post-op checks. That $4,600/Bt165K is approx half the price of what you'll pay for a Trifocal IOL (probably a Panoptix Tricfoca) at a major eye clinic in Bangkok like Rutnin. No overnight stays....just visit of a couple hours each of those 7 days. Now on the day of each operation that's about a 4 hour visit. This hospital has a whole floor dedicated to eye surgery/vision problems...really first class. Thais know it as one of the best places in Thailand to have eye surgery....almost like how Thais consider Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok as the gold standard for Thai hospitals. I expect Thais also like it it due to their prices being about half of high end Bangkok eye clinics. Mettapracharak Hosptial also has a eye clinic right in Bankgok called the Metta International Eye Center although I've never been to it...and I don't know if their prices are the same as at the govt hosptial. Good luck...be sure to study up on the various IOL choices....and I can vouch for the Panoptix trifocal IOL after having two of them in my head for almost 4 years now. . Mettapracharak Hospital in Nakorn Pathom province....just oustide of western Bangkok Metta International Eye Center in Bangok

It's the BYD app servers regardless of owning a Seal, Atto, Dolphin, etc. I got the same notice this morning...I own an Atto.

Yeap...both my and the wife's return envelopes were pretty sealed also.....I tore one pretty bad in trying to unstick the sealed part and the other one I got opened will some damage but not a lot. After inserting the 7162s I sealed both using scotch tape....had to as the envelope sealing was no longer in good shape. Yeap....they must have got pretty damp somewhere along the way from Wilkes Barre to Thailand. We live in Bangkok.

That's an aspirational company target and also serves as good advertising/hype to make some folks think the Zeekr is going to sell like hotcakes....I better get in line now to get mine. And it also puts pressure on Zeekr sales people/dealerships to sell, sell, sell in trying to meet the company a company target. Now while they might get lucky and meet that 500/month target for a few months which is often typical for brand new, highly hyped/promoted models "when just released" and bought by those who "just gotta have" the latest-and-greatest model, after that spike in sales rolls way off....the fade has fissled. Buy hey, time will tell....preaching to the choir I know.

I would leave the address alone now. If SSA says you are good to go then leave it alone. Just watch your account over the next few months to confirm the next payment is on schedule....like the upcoming July payment, then the August payment, etc. If something is askew it will show there. I expect the IDD payment is using the address that SSA says they have for you...and SSA says it's Thailand although your benefit letter shows a US address. I fully expect the address loaded for your IDD payment matches what is in your SSA profile address. Yeap....just check for the next few months that your next monthly payment scheduled....like the upcoming 3 Jul payment that we may get a little early or a little late due to the 4 july holiday period.

Thanks....yeap that sentence surely does imply to create an acct to use Login.gov. After some googing on How to Create a MySSA online acct I found below SSA article that explains the MySSA acct creation and/or logon process used now to include receipt of the activation code that KhunLA is waiting for via snail mail....apparently that code could have been sent via text or voice call if the person was able to receive a text/call. Apparently if you want to create a MySSA online acct and have a foreign address then you must use ID.me to start the process/accomplish the identity verification process. Then after completing that identify verification process with ID.me and want to create a MySSA acct even if then somewhere during that process you will be redirected to Login.gov to finalize the account creating process....BUT I doubt you must start from scratch with a full login.gov identity verification but just need to create a basic login.gov acct where no identity verificaiton occurs like what is happening to people who already have a MySSA acct but have been using the riginal MySSA User ID login method that's going away in the near future. For those folks using the Original MySSA User ID login method below snapshot implies to me since you already have a MySSA acct which means SSA did an identity verificaiton on you in the past then the process "SSA has setup with Login.gov" will not require a full blown Login.gov identity verification because SSA has already verifiied you and a simplied/quick method will be used instead. Yeap...depending on whether a persion is creating a MySSA acct or already has a MySSA acct makes a differeence. And also in creating a MySSA acct the process will be different depending on whether you have a US address or a foreign address. See below SSA weblink for full 2 page article....partial snapshot from article below. https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10540.pdf