Electric Vehicles in Thailand

[zoolander]

On 11/28/2022 at 6:25 PM, Bandersnatch said:

Latest video from my channel: How to make a dumb EV charger a bit smarter

 

 

I also would like to do this. How do you get around the RFID card. The MG app on our EV plus dose not work. 

[Bandersnatch]

Anybody in BKK this afternoon might want to checkout the launch of Tesla Thailand 

 

[Bandersnatch]

13 hours ago, zoolander said:

I also would like to do this. How do you get around the RFID card. The MG app on our EV plus dose not work. 

The answer was previously posted here 

 

Click the add button and add the code number of the charger and select card free

 

If your app doesn't work - go back to the dealer and they will help you set it up

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Bandersnatch

[Bandersnatch]

Tesla live reveal 

 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=2096224160587526

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Bandersnatch

[Bandersnatch]

 

Model Y

฿ 1.959m 

 

Model 3 

฿1.759m

 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Bandersnatch

[Bandersnatch]

Thanks to Richard Barrow in Bangkok for posting these slides to Facebook - I wasn't able to get a clear picture from the live stream

 

 

 

Anybody interested in buying a secondhand Tesla?  

 

 

 

[KhunLA]

Patience is a Virtue.

 

More than a few Tesla owners kicking themselves for not waiting ????

[Bandersnatch]

Tesla updates in website to include Thailand 

 

 

https://www.tesla.com/en_TH/modely/design#overview

https://www.tesla.com/en_TH/model3/design#overview

 

[Bandersnatch]

But black is the free color!, white is ฿50,000

 

[Bandersnatch]

Tesla’s first supercharger in Thailand will be opened in Q1 2023, and Tesla drivers will have access to up to at least 10 Supercharging stations by 2023 . 

 

Owners can charge the car up to 275 km in just 15 minutes.

 

For the first delivery batch in Q1

 

 

Visit Tesla online at https://www.tesla.com/th_TH

Toll-free Hotline: (1800) 011199

Join Tesla Thailand LINE@ account for the latest updates: https://lin.ee/PP2mP8G

Search ID: @TeslaTH

[macahoom]

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

Tesla’s first supercharger in Thailand will be opened in Q1 2023, and Tesla drivers will have access to up to at least 10 Supercharging stations by 2023 . 

 

I wonder if Tesla plans to allow non Teslas to use its Supercharger network in Thailand from day one. I suppose that would be too much to hope for.

 

The company has been allowing non-Tesla EVs to use its stations in several cities in Europe as part of a limited pilot program.

[motdaeng]

"teslabjorn" raised some good points! i think he's right, some electric car manufacturers

should reconsider their pricing policies for the thailand market ...

 

 

[Bandersnatch]

[GregKeo]

On 4/22/2022 at 10:41 AM, Bandersnatch said:

The cost of electricity in Thailand is cheap. The UK is now about ฿17/kWh.

 

T.O.U. rate overnight in Thailand is ฿2.6/kWh

Please - if you wish to contribute information spell out acronyms and abbreviations so the broad readership understands your comment.

[KhunLA]

25 minutes ago, GregKeo said:

Please - if you wish to contribute information spell out acronyms and abbreviations so the broad readership understands your comment.

UK = United Kingdom  ????

 

If you have any interest in EV (Electric Vehicles), the kWh (kilowatt hrs/hours) & TOU (Time of Use), meter that charges different rates at different times of the day, then you would, should already know those terms.

 

If all else fails, Google is your friend.

 

kWh = kilowatts per hour, charged by PEA, that would be the same on your PEA bill, or units used.  Unit being 1 kWh.

 

Usually between 2-3-700 kW or units used.   To calculate how much, without TOU meter, normal charge, this calculator comes in handy, and very accurate:  https://eservice.pea.co.th/EstimateBill/

 

Just type in how many units (kWh), and click to button, and scroll down to see the damage.

 

Something like the MG ZS or EP, comes with a 50.3 kW battery.  So if about a ฿5ish per kW/unit of PEA at the house (not having solar), then about ฿250 for a 0-100% top up.  If having a TOU meter, then can cut that cost almost in half, by charging 'off' hours.  Which I haven't a clue what those hrs are, or care, as we have solar.

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by KhunLA

[Bandersnatch]

4 minutes ago, GregKeo said:

Please - if you wish to contribute information spell out acronyms and abbreviations so the broad readership understands your comment.

@GregKeo  - apologies.  kWh stands for Kilo (meaning thousand) W = Watt a unit of power it is named after the Scottish inventor James Watt and as it is a proper noun it is always shown capitalized. h = hour. So a  a kWh is how many kWs are used in an hour. If you switch on 10 x 100 Watt light bulbs for an hour it will use one kWh. PEA (Provincial Electricity Authority) and MEA (The Metropolitan Electricity Authority) units on your electric bill are one kWh each.

 

T.O.U. stands for time of use rate

 

 

I should point out that this discussion has over twelve hundred posts and at this point in the discussion those active in this discussion are well aware of all the abbreviations used.

 

You could try this Link

 

[VocalNeal]

13 minutes ago, GregKeo said:

Please - if you wish to contribute information spell out acronyms and abbreviations so the broad readership understands your comment.

But how else would anyone appear to be superior.

 

It is like calling Bangkok, Bangers. The same number of characters to input but some people think it sounds more familiar/knowledgeable.

[KhunLA]

4 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

But how else would anyone appear to be superior.

 

It is like calling Bangkok, Bangers. The same number of characters to input but some people think it sounds more familiar/knowledgeable.

Yea, but does Krung Thep ... oops, sorry, I'll dumb it down....

 

Does Bangkok come with mash ? ????

[VocalNeal]

5 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Yea, but does Krung Thep ... oops, sorry, I'll dumb it down....

 

Does Bangkok come with mash ? ????

Noodles????

[unheard]

On 12/4/2022 at 7:45 AM, placeholder said:

Are there any HEVs or PHEVs available in Thailand that resemble a Toyota Avanza?

https://thai-ev.com/listings/evo-v1-van/

[Andrew Dwyer]

BYD coming in hot !!

( motor show orders 30 Nov - 7 Dec )

 

[placeholder]

10 hours ago, unheard said:

https://thai-ev.com/listings/evo-v1-van/

Well, that's essentially a van. Not really a passenger vehicle.  I need something that con do both. in other words a hybrid hybrid.

[KhunLA]

To EV or NOT ... as with all things, housing & wives.

Sometimes better to rent first, to see if it's for you.

 

"Rent a Hatchback, Sedan, Executive car, SUV, Pick-up
truck, Van, E-Scooter, E-Bike, EV and many more models for you to choose from to meet all your lifestyles.
 
You can rent and pick up your car 24 hours a day at more than 1,000 locations throughout Thailand."

https://www.haupcar.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwyerpBRD9ARIsAH-ITn9Df5wUUeC9_TfhEJPVGJfUtI_T8HZYOFQRzEOxlQt2M4Guo0qWCREaAkvqEALw_wcB&https://www.haupcar.com/&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1sucBhDgARIsAFoytUvDEsF4YNu-xpfybFsj4HIfp687H3cqVYUNEIeTTkkFA1MzJ2SbvJgaAji_EALw_wcB

 

 

[Bandersnatch]

13 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

BYD coming in hot !!

( motor show orders 30 Nov - 7 Dec )

 

An update of the above that includes Tesla who did not attend the Bangkok auto show this month, but instead held an event at a shopping center nearby.

 

 

Legacy automakers here should be worried when they look at car bookings at the 2 events

Edited December 10, 2022 by Bandersnatch

[MJCM]

So first BYD at 996 Bookings and in the 2nd picture down to 883. So 113 people cancelled?

 

But Tesla wow! More then 50% more then #2 WOW.

[Bandersnatch]

14 minutes ago, MJCM said:

So first BYD at 996 Bookings and in the 2nd picture down to 883. So 113 people cancelled?

 

But Tesla wow! More then 50% more then #2 WOW.

Maybe ordered a BYD then cancelled and ordered a Tesla instead 

[MJCM]

7 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

Maybe ordered a BYD then cancelled and ordered a Tesla instead 

I wonder what the figures for BYD will be next week.

[macahoom]

2 minutes ago, MJCM said:

I wonder what the figures for BYD will be next week.

The executives of BYD and MG (and all the other EV brands) must be pulling their hair out. Can you imagine?

[Andrew Dwyer]

37 minutes ago, MJCM said:

So first BYD at 996 Bookings and in the 2nd picture down to 883. So 113 people cancelled?

 

I would assume the first picture is more recent as all the sales are down in the second.

 

Expected MG to be further up the list with their ZS and EP EV’s , plus their recently released MG4 EV , maybe need to improve their freebies ??

 

Would like to see a bigger breakdown of car sales at the Motor Show.

[MJCM]

13 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I would assume the first picture is more recent as all the sales are down in the second.

I think you are right on that one.