GroveHillWanderer

Did you even bother reading the article? According to it - and as per a statement by the vehicle owner, "under the hood" is exactly where the fire started. Which as you rightly point out, is where petrol vehicle fires normally start. "The police officer who owned the vehicle told reporters that he was heading back from Patong to his house in Mueang Phuket. All of a sudden, smoke began coming out from the engine room in front."

You need to read the sentence in its entirety, to get the proper sense of what is meant here. If you take the whole thing, it's clear that it's talking about the fact that her body was found, "Within the premises, [...] in proximity to the entrance."

The average range of an ICE vehicle according to industry figures, is 320-640 kilometres, so that must be a relatively uncommon ICE vehicle. I've owned many and none had a range anywhere near 1,000km. Most had a range of between 450 and 650 km, depending on whether I was doing urban or motorway driving. Anyway, there are already a number of EV's with a range of 1,000km or thereabouts (I've posted about some of them on other threads) and while they might not become the norm (just as 1,000 km range ICE vehicles are not the norm) I suspect EV's doing 650 km or more on a full charge (like the BYD Seal, for example) will soon be common.

For those saying they'd only ever consider an EV if it gave them equivalent or better range than an ICE vehicle, here's another contender to consider. NIO Revolutionizes Electric Vehicles with Solid-State Battery Pack Exceeding 930 km Range Solid state batteries also promise shorter charging times, especially once faster chargers are available. It's a bit pricey though, with the more powerful battery model (that gives the longest range) costing around US $60,000.

I don't think you've quite grasped the meaning of the phrase I quoted.

There's an old saying, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." I suspect the same is true with dirty looks.

No, long-sighted actually. It could also be because, I (like others who have already commented) usually pay scant attention to what others' attitude towards me is, when going about my daily routine.

Are you talking about doing this on a True ID TV box (which uses the Android TV OS) or something else? Because if it's a True ID TV box, you can get games without spoilers by going into the TV Guide, and going back to the original broadcast using the calendar. Also, if you have the True ID app on your phone or tablet, you can do it there by going into Live TV, then using catch up also. Once it's playing on your phone, you should be able to cast it to your Android TV.

You can call bs on me as well then, because (as far as I'm aware) I've never received any dirty looks from anyone while in Thailand. Especially not when ordering 'farang' food in a place that is obviously set up to serve it (otherwise it wouldn't be on the menu).

It seems that the number of EV charging stations is multiplying rapidly these days. Not that I check very often, but I just noticed on Google Maps that there are a whole bunch of new ones in Hua Hin, including new names (to me at least) like Sharge, Virta and HAUP. There are also two new "Porsche Destination Charging Stations" and apparently a new Altervim* charger at (or planned for) Market Village. This brings the total in Hua Hin (at a rough count) to about 20 by including Google Maps and PlugShare lists, which I reckon is as many, if not more than, the number of petrol/diesel service stations in town. *Altervim and Lotus have formed a partnership that will see 400 new charging stations installed at Lotus supermarkets throughout the country by next year, with 100 already operating.

Nothing in the OP suggests that it does. The paragraph regarding mask wearing is as follows: "Members of the public are advised to wear face masks, maintain social distancing in crowded places and where air circulation is poor and wash their hands frequently, citing a rising trend in COVID-19 infections." Numbers of cases for various other diseases (including Dengue) are mentioned later on in the article, but not in conjunction with the advice on wearing masks.

Although, as that dictionary example showing its usage in this sense indicates, it should be "zoomed off" not just "zoomed" by itself. So in normal usage, it would be: "A TRUCK DRIVER who zoomed off to escape a police search ..."

Except that credit and debit cards never show a day of the month for expiry, only the month and year. As @richard_smith237says, it is a little bit funny.

Not so - when I mentioned MG a few years ago to my nearly 30 year-old daughter, she said she'd never heard of the brand before.

It's still not entirely clear to me what precisely it is you really want to do. Are you definitely set on using the 65k monthly deposit method or would you prefer (or are you OK with) just doing the "total needed in one year" - i.e. 800k in the bank. method? Until it's clear what your preferred method is, it's difficult to give a precise answer.

That's what I thought, but he seems to think different. I also asked him if he would charge his vehicle using the granny charger at his home if he installs the wall charger up in Surin and he said no, it takes too long and he would just charge at commercial charging stations. Again, if he's using the car as a Grab taxi and trying to minimize his running costs, that doesn't seem like the best way to go.

A question for those more in the know than me (I know little to nothing about electrical power systems, or the requirements and considerations for EV wall chargers). My Thai nephew has just bought an MG4 on finance. He is apparently planning to make the repayments mainly by operating as a Grab taxi driver - he also has/had a pool cleaning business but I'm not sure if he's going to continue doing both (it would seem a little tricky to do so). Anyway, he's talking about installing the free wall charger that he says was included in the deal at his parents home in Surin province, on the basis that there aren't many charging stations nearby. Although there's one just 17 km away and another two roughly 40 km distant. Now, he does go up there surprisingly frequently (maybe 10 times or so a year) and often spends four to five days there. However, wouldn't it still make more sense, economically speaking to have the wall charger installed at his home in Hua Hin where it would get a lot more use? Also, would the power supply at his parents' house, which is a small rural dwelling with only one major appliance (a refrigerator) be likely to be suitable for a wall charger?

Can you provide a valid evidentiary source for that outlandish claim? If not, then it's baseless (and therefore worthless). All I can find is where Biden, although he initially promised to halt drilling on federal lands and stop issuing offshore oil-drilling leases has ultimately not carried through on these promises (albeit partly because of legal action). ­Biden’s Oil Letdown: Despite pledge to stop public lands drilling, Trump-era drilling boom continues

It should only be 'Cat Water' if you believe you have to follow the word order of the source language when translating. For instance, if you translate 'le ballon rouge' from French, would you say that should really be 'the balloon red' and not 'the red balloon' in English?

You need either 800,000 in the bank or proof of monthly deposits. It's one or the other - not both. If you have 800,000 in the bank you don't need to do monthly transfers. But as others have said, you need to clarify what method you (or more pertinently) your agent, has been using. Because if what you're doing amounts to changing the method used to show financial means, there may be some different considerations involved.

Nothing that I've noticed. So if you're not bothered about having Android Auto functionality, as you say it's maybe not worth doing the update. For me though, I'd always been a fan of Android Auto and was a little peeved that it wasn't there in MG ZS's sold in Thailand when all the reviews I read from other countries said it was supported. So I updated as soon as I could. As I say, I couldn't point to anything else that changed. Perhaps an MG dealer could tell you what else (if anything) was changed - though I wouldn't necessarily count on it.

That answer is way out of date though, the MG ZS got an OTA update that implemented full Android Auto functionality probably close to a year ago. I use it all the time

I think much of this was already addressed in earlier posts, but here goes. The older technology that powered earlier Teslas (and other brands) was Lithium-ion - also called Lithium-ion NMC. The newer technology that both Tesla and others are already using on more and more models are LFP (lithium iron phosphate, aka LiFePO 4) batteries. And this is not in the future, this is now. They are a different technology, but whether you would call them merely a tweak of Li-ion batteries would somewhat depend on your definition of the word. Not only can LFP batteries be charged to 100% as often as you want without detriment, they are indeed, much less likely to catch fire. If an LFP battery were to catch fire, the issues surrounding extinguishing them would be slightly different, as they require a class D fire extinguisher as opposed to class A, B or C for Lithium-ion batteries. However, current EV's are already 11-80 times less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles and those with LFP batteries will be even less of a risk, since they are much, much harder to ignite in any normal circumstances, such as in a collision or as a result of thermal runaway. I believe someone already posted, not too long ago on the thread, the video of an LFP battery having a nail driven into it with no hint of a fire breaking out. The Risks of Lithium-ion vs LFP I couldn't tell you what is "mostly" used in Chinese EV's but again, more and more of them use LFP batteries - the MG4 does for instance, as mentioned by @Bandersnatchabove. As do various new Tesla models. You're right that there are other technologies still being developed but LFP batteries are already here.

This is only true of older battery technologies which are already on the way out. It doesn't apply for instance, to LFP batteries which many manufacturers are switching to now and as far as I'm aware. won't apply to most upcoming battery technologies (in which there is generally much less battery degradation over time anyway). Electric vehicles with LFP battery compositions can be charged to 100% daily Even with Lithium ion batteries, that figure of 75% sounds suspiciously low. According to the same article linked to above: Also, it is generally accepted that charging your Li-ion EV battery to 100% from time to time is OK - you just don't want to be doing it every single day (and most drivers don't need to, as they don't require 100% charge for their regular, daily vehicle use). Which is just like an ICE vehicle if you ask me - I have a petrol vehicle and I rarely fill the tank to 100% full. And again, although people often quote it as a drawback of EV's that you're usually advised not to Iet them get below 10% (not 25% as in that Telegraph article) that's pretty much the same as with ICE vehicles. I usually refill my petrol tank once it's down to somewhere between 10 - 25%. I would never let my vehicle's petrol tank get down to 0% before refilling but somehow with EV's, that's seen as something bad.

Had a 2020 ZS ICE for 3 years now. Had no problems with it regarding reliability. In contrast to some other posters, I find it very comfortable - especially on long trips, where I suffer no driver fatigue or 'butt pain'(unlike the Isuzu I owned before). I don't find the engine noisy when accelerating (although I find putting it into Sport mode reduces the noise level when you really want to put your foot down). Once cruising, I switch back to regular D mode to reduce fuel consumption. As you can switch to S mode and back 'on the fly' just by pushing the gear selector sideways, this is really quick and easy to do. The 2020 model isn't particularly good on fuel economy but I can still get 14km/l on longer trips (less around town, obviously). The only fault it's had was that when I first got it, the battery kept going dead every couple of days, which they fixed at no cost (a wiring issue apparently) in under an hour at the local dealer. In the three years since then, no faults at all. Overall I'm extremely pleased with my MG ZS purchase.