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If they endorsement/ (approval) notice is still generic as it was last year they are basically saying if you are currently on a "marriage visa/extension of stay in order for Chamchuri Sq to cancel that marriage visa/extension of stay they will need to see you marriage certificate (Kor Ror 3) and you'll also need a fresh Kor Ror 2 that certifies you are still married. If by chance you got divorced since your marriage extension of stay was approved but you didn't promptly tell Immigration so they could cancel your marriage extension of stay then you have violated the provisions of your marriage extension of stay and Chamchuri Sq will not cancel it....will tell you to go to your servicing immigration office who approved the marriage extension of stay and resolve the issue of you not notifying immigration you are no longer married. Basically they will not issue you the LTR visa if you have violated your current visa/extension of stay---this is purely and immigration requirement and not a BoI requirement. So, if you are not currently on a marriage visa/extension of stay but on some other kind of visa/extension then you don't need to show a marriage certificate. It's just the generic instructions can imply such.

I think there is HUGE profit in vehicle film. Kinda like the crazy high prices of women's cosmetics....mass produce it for a few baht, put it in a fancy jar that costs more to make than the contents, give it a fancy name, and then sell it at a crazy high price....HUGE profit.

I see the ranks are back but shows in a different way....now requires a person to hover their cursor over the symbol on the lower left corner of a person's profile image.

No additional meter....just using my current electrical setup which is non-TOU single phase 100A service. Wires run from a 40A breaker in my main circuit breaker panel to the RCBO/charger located in my home carport. I may switch to a TOU meter in the future.

And just to add one bit of technical information regarding "charging efficiency" of my Atto. During the initial (and brief...only a few minutes) test right after the wall charger install today to ensure it worked when plugged into the car the car showed a charging rate of 6.1KW. The Atto charge was at 70% during the brief test. Using two clamp-on ammeters and two AC voltmeters (the installer's and mine) where they both agreed almost exactly in their measurements the amount of current being drawn was 29.4A at 232.5V. Using the formula of Power=Current x Voltage (i.e.., P=IE....like pie you eat) 29.4 times 232.5 = 6.836KW....this was the amount of power being fed into the Atto....but of course "all" of that power does not end-up in the battery due to losses. 6.1KW divided by 6.836KW = 89.2% charging efficiency which means 10.8% in losses (inefficiency). Losses associated with heat, onboard rectifier, BMS, etc. This amount of efficiency is normal when I compare it to a variety of Youtube videos where other people have done similar/more detailed tests on their EV. Like a snapshot from below video who ran a efficiency charging test on his EV at various charging currents (amps). I'll do more tests over the coming month to see if the efficiency is a little better or a little worst than today's test....tests where the battery is at different charge levels (i.e., 25%, 40%, 80%, etc). But I doubt there will be much of any change in efficiency "except" when the battery approaches full charge and the charging current drops down to around 10A and less since losses will probably remain almost the same but carrying a great weight in the PIE formula Snapshot of charging efficiency and inefficiency (losses) from the Youtube video at bottom.

Final Update: my 7KW wall charger was installed today/6 Nov....12 days after picking up the Atto. Two technicians from the ENSUS company did the install....took them about 6 hours including a 1 hour lunch breaker. Although they only had to use approx 10 meters of wire (the free install includes up to 15 meters free) weaving the wire thru a maze of concreate and ceilings took some time....it was a complicated 10 meters. But a minimum number of small holes was required. From the main circuit box where a single pole 40A circuit breaker was used THW 10mm2 wire (rated at 69amps) was run to a RCBO (40A/30ma) close to the charger and the from the RCBO box a short piece of VCT 10mm2 cable was run to the ZHIDA charger. I was the official flashlight holder all day and backseat supervisor. I was very happy with the installation....they did a very good and professional job. See picture below. I've only used the charger twice today for a few minutes...once right after install to insure it worked...and again for a few minutes this evening....as I do not want to charge the Atto until it gets down to around 40%. After this evening's drive it down to 65%. So, it may be a few more days before I use the charger for X-hours to fully charge the Atto. I can now put my portable granny charger (that served me well for 12 days) back into its carrying case for emergency use in the future.

Good luck....maybe some stuff like below would work good if they have in Thailand. https://www.uppf.com/en-spf70.html

Oh, you'll get no argument from me that external film would reflect more heat than internal film. But the reason external window film has never been popular is because it's exposed to the environment such as rain, snow, bird droppings, bugs, etc., which dulls/dirties the film and can also easily get nicked/damaged/scratched/etc. And pretty expensive. Supposedly after 2 to 3 years external film might not be looking so good due to exposure to the environment/weather.

You are right, 12V lead acid batteries in tropical environments such as Thailand, Philippines typically last 2 to 3 years. On my 2009 Fortuner which I've had 15 years I had to change the 12V lead acid battery approx every 2.5 years. But 12V lead acid batteries are completely different technology/chemistry from EV lithium type batteries with their Battery Management Systems and battery cooling system.. An apples and oranges comparison.

Interesting. Before seeing this I would have thought batteries would have been a larger percentage of an BEV cost. Seems to average around 21%. And I expect this percentages to drop significantly as more EVs are sold. I expect some of the wild variations in percentage depends on how much of the battery electronics are enclosed within the overall battery pack or external to the battery pack....such as is the battery rectifier inboard to the battery assembly or external in the front drive motor area. Varies among BEVs as to where it's located. As mentioned, I expect battery costs to continue to drop significantly. Below 2017 study showed BEV battery costs averaged around 35 to 50% of total vehicle cost. Now around 6 years later it seems to be more like 21%. In 6 more years will it be down around 10%?...have to wait and see I guess.

Fortuner coping just fine. In fact it did our groceries run today....and got rained on. Now waiting for the rain to stop so I can dry it off and put the tarp back on so it can hibernate for a week or so. I plan to drive it about once a week to keep the battery fully charged, circulated the fluids, etc. 😜

When selecting window film/tinting and the goal is to reduce as much "heat" as possible be sure to concentration on the film's "Total Solar Energy Rejection (TSER)" rating vs all the other ratings/specs like IRR, UV, VLT, etc. Some companies do make film specificity for sunroofs where the goal is to reduce TSER as much as possible....but it comes at a higher price. Solar Gard makes such a sunroof film called Panoramic and Sunroof which has a TSER up to 82% compared to the more typical TSER rating of around 60-65% for good quality film. https://www.caranddriver.com/car-accessories/a37068466/top-car-window-tint-for-heat-reduction https://solargard.co.th/products/automotive-films/Panoramic-and-Sun-Roof

I was told around 7 days....but I haven't tried using/registering with the app yet since it don't really do much. What other functions are suppose to be activated?

Too bad there isn't a voice command to install the clip-on sunshade....like "Hi BYD, Make wife install sunshade." Maybe next OTA update. 😁

Yes...typo...100 to 150mm

Yea...a Seal with its 120mm ground clearance would have probably been plowing water up over the hood (bonnet).

The wife and I did our longest trip so far in our Atto....a 158Km roundtrip from western Bangkok to a seaside seafood market named Don Hoi Lot in Samut Songkram province. On the way back it started raining like cats and dogs on Rama II Road....lots of road construction as they are building the elevated portion of the highway....very poor drainage along the construction areas....bumper to bumper traffic in some locations...and at one time we drove thru approx 2Km of flooded highway...water depth about 100 to 150cm (twice that on the edges of the road that we stayed out of)...absolutely no way to pull of the road....had no problem at all driving thru the flooded area. This was a good example of how sometimes the rain comes so fast and you are in a location where there is just no way to pull off the road and wait it out....you must continue on. My average speed was probably around 80-90KmH although portions was around 10KmH in bumper to bumper traffic and up to 120KmH for maybe 10Km of the trip. Car is still quiet at 120KmH and wind noise was close to zero at that speed....but if you listen real close you could hear just a little wind noise around the external mirrors at 120KmH Below is a snapshot of the trip results. I left on the trip with 100% charge and 495Km range showing....range determination setting on Dynamic vs Standard. Regen braking set to Standard. Set to ECO mode as I'm still in the 2,000Km break-in period...when in ECO mode (vs Normal or Sport) the car still has plenty of power. It may just live its entire life in ECO mode....but I'll give Normal and Sport mode a try after the 2000 Km break-in period. Left home with 100% charge...after the 158.4Km trip I was home again with 70% charge remaining. Basically for each 1% of charge I got 5.28Km. 10.9KWH energy used per 100Km.

I'm going ask again when visiting the dealership but the salesgirl "stressed" a replacement NFC card would cost Bt10K....be sure not to lose it. I was somewhat shocked by the price but didn't really care as I planned to tuck it away in my safe and just use the two electronic keys. Plus I knew getting a replacement electronic key from a dealership is expensive...and basically a NFC card is similar to the electronic key especially since it would allow a bad guy to start and drive away your car. For example, a little bit of googling regarding a replacement electronic key cost showed Toyota charges around $200 to $350....."maybe", repeat, maybe a replacement NFC card might cost about the same if Toyota used NFC cards. Haven't been able to google anything up regarding replacement NFC cards costs. Yes, I will ask the dealership again when I visit.

And my sales girl on 25 Oct stressed not to lose the NFC card as a replacement would cost Bt10K. I wonder if my salesgirl was just flat out wrong or there is a different price for an extra vs a replacement. Next time I go to the dealership I will ask again. Just know the sales girl "stressed" not to lose the card as it's expensive to replace....and she was not talking the electronic key.

And assuming the NFC card costs the same as for the Atto the cost of a NFC card is Bt10,000. When we picked up our Atto on 25 Oct when the dealership gave us the two electronic keys and one NFC they made a point that if we were to lose the NFC card and wanted a replacement the cost would be Bt10K.

Are we there yet? (a.k.a., rebuild/indexing done yet?) Thanks.

Oh almost forgot....while at the dealership today here in western Bangkok they had Dolphins setting everywhere....dozens in the garage area and parking lot behind the dealership. Just a lot more than normal and I have visit this dealership about a half dozen times over the last six weeks. Also a good amount of Atto's and a few Seals. We saw one blue Seal being delivered to the happy owners when walking into the showroom. The showroom has enough room for 4 vehicles....they had two Atto's and two Dolphins on display. No Seal on display like they had last week...expect it got sold and someone didn't want to wait in a Seal delivery queue. I bet when October EV sales registration stats come out in a few days that the Dolphin will once again be at the top...closely followed by the Atto..and with the Seal starting to show good numbers. I'm going to guess the Seal will easily be within the top 10 even though the Seal didn't go on sale until late Sep. But since the stats is based on "registrations" vs bookings with the Seal only going on sale in late Sep I expect a big bunch of Oct sales haven't completed the registration process and will not appear in bigger numbers until Nov registration stats come out in early Dec. And with EV3.0 ending 31 Dec 2023 (although registration completion by 31 Jan 2024 is allowed) this means a reduced subsidy amount kicking off 1 Jan 2024 under EV3.5. I expect EV sales to really spike for Nov and Dec...maybe even Oct...in order to get the higher subsidy...the Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) will be shown in full glory.

Update on wall charger installation: We picked up the Atto 25 Oct/Wed and the dealership said once again a wall charger installer will call in 1 to 3 days to schedule installation. Call didn't come. We started pinging the dealership again by phone. After pinging the dealership again we then got a call from BYD Reves on 30 Oct/Mon saying wall charger installer would call in 1 or 2 days---but no call came. It's now 1 Nov....7 days after car pickup....still no initial contact from the installer....just a BYD rep saying the installer will call. On 1 Nov/Wed started pinging the dealership again via phone...more excuses...dealership "acting" surprised call hasn't come yet...but I expect that was an acting job. Today/3 Nov/Fri morning we go to the dealership to get facetime on this issue. Once again....surprise...excuses...calls to be made to Rever to see what's going on. We go home with another promise the dealership will follow-up on the delay and call us before 5pm today. Finally at 1:30pm today the charge "installer" finally makes initial contact. Asked a few questions such as size of electric service (we have 100A single phase) and confirmation of our address. Installation is now scheduled for 6 Nov/Mon morning. Hopefully it will indeed be an installation team vs a scouting team to checkout what they will need for later installation. But the call indicated it would be "installation." If installation does occur it will have taken 12 days BUT with us having to ride the dealership hard on why no contact from the installer. Time will tell. Granny charger still working well.

Here's background/explanation of above graph. Gas prices, competition, price cutting, etc. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/26/new-and-used-ev-prices-have-dropped-but-dont-rush-to-buy.html

"Sooner the better" overrode suspicion .