Popular Post Bandersnatch Posted September 28, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 Official BYD Finance - just sent to me by the dealer 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pib Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 Thailand digging deep to keep the subsidy going if now using funds earmarked for "...emergency or necessary expenditure." See below The Nation 27 Sep 2023 report. https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/policies/40031395 Quote WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 The Cabinet agreed during its weekly meeting on Tuesday to allocate 1.024 billion baht to support measures and promote the purchase and production of electric vehicles in Thailand. A source said on Wednesday that the allocation under the EV3.0 policy was proposed by the Finance Ministry. The funds will come from the amount earmarked for “emergency or necessary expenditure” in the central budget. Under the EV3.0 policy, EV importers are granted tax incentives and the price of electric vehicles is subsidised by a maximum of 150,000 baht per vehicle. This policy is set to expire on December 31. The National Electric Vehicle Policy Board (EV Board), meanwhile, has said that without a top-up, the subsidies would have run dry due to a rush to purchase electric vehicles. The original budget approved for the EV3.0 policy was 29.23 billion baht. The incentive package under the policy includes a 70,000-baht subsidy for an EV car with a 10 to 30kWh battery for completely knocked-down (CKD) and completely built-up (CBU) units. The subsidy rises to 150,000 baht for vehicles with a capacity of more than 30kWh going at a recommended retail price of less than 2 million baht. An 18,000-baht subsidy is also available to buyers of electric motorcycles with a recommended retail price of less than 150,000-baht from eligible manufacturers. According to the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), some 37,000 electric vehicles were registered in Thailand during the first seven months of this year, which is far higher than in 2022, which saw some 9,600 registrations. EVAT believes total EV registrations in 2023 will surpass 50,000 units. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macahoom Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) I can’t believe I forgot about this from the test drive: Below 25kph, or thereabouts, the car emits a sound which is designed to alert pedestrians that there is an EV close at hand. In most countries, EVs are required to have such a sound for safety reasons. . That’s well and good, but the Seal’s sound is pretty bizarre. It sounds like they sourced it from a Hollywood sound effects library filed under Banshee Wailing Sound or Eerie Wind Noise in a Haunted House. The pitch of it varies, y'know, just like the sound a banshee makes. Very strange! I’m surprised none of the other testers mentioned it. Wooooooohhhhh! Edited September 28, 2023 by macahoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandersnatch Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 30 minutes ago, Pib said: Thailand digging deep to keep the subsidy going Thanks for posting an English version- made much more sense than the Thai news source I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, macahoom said: I can’t believe I forgot about this from the test drive: Below 25kph, or thereabouts, the car emits a sound which is designed to alert pedestrians that there is an EV close at hand. In most countries, EVs are required to have such a sound for safety reasons. . That’s well and good, but the Seal’s sound is pretty bizarre. It sounds like they sourced it from a Hollywood sound effects library filed under Banshee Wailing Sound or Eerie Wind Noise in a Haunted House. The pitch of it varies, y'know, just like the sound a banshee makes. Very strange! I’m surprised none of the other testers mentioned it. Wooooooohhhhh! Same as the Atto 3 ?, under 30 kph emits a pedestrian awareness synthetic sound, 2 actually which have been described as a space ship or ice cream truck !! Heard it in a Seal YouTube video with that Irish fella. On the Atto it is possible to unplug the speaker under a plastic cover right at the front of bonnet, of course safety concerns means some people aren’t prepared to unplug this. But wrapping the speaker with a couple of layers of tape seems sufficient to reduce the sound, still audible outside but less so inside. Of course, it may be hard wired in the Seal or difficult to access, time will tell. Edited September 28, 2023 by Andrew Dwyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandersnatch Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 55 minutes ago, macahoom said: I’m surprised none of the other testers mentioned it. Old cloth ears here probably wouldn’t have heard it anyway, but the AVAS might have been switched off in my demo car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandersnatch Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 8 hours ago, Bandersnatch said: how to change regen levels? It wasn’t obvious and the girl knew less about the car than I did. No button in the Seal, have to use the screen. You can see your regen level at the top of the driver’s display (#3) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motdaeng Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 the finance business is making a nice profit! i know some people (including foreigners) who think it's a good deal to pay only 1.88%. in this example it's around 3.65% because you reduce your debt every month, but you still have to pay every (48) months the 1.88% interest on the initial debt! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bandersnatch Posted September 29, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2023 Price of the BYD Seal in Thailand v Europe. So much cheaper here. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macahoom Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said: Price of the BYD Seal in Thailand v Europe. So much cheaper here. Yeh, and I wonder what "freebies" are included in Europe. I can't imagine insurance, for a start. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistral53 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 30 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said: Price of the BYD Seal in Thailand v Europe. So much cheaper here. It appears the Chinese manufacturers are loath to get challenged for dumping products as the French car companies have their panties in a tangle........ with vehicle prices like this in Europe, the EU anti-dumping probe will be another demonstration how to screw their own people 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JBChiangRai Posted September 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2023 28 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said: Price of the BYD Seal in Thailand v Europe. So much cheaper here. I am tempted to order the Performance version, the only thing stopping me is common sense, I know I should wait until I know how much the Cyberster is next year. If it's silly money, this Seal is at the top of my list. Eldest daughter wants my MG4 so I will be getting back her MG EP+ which is probably worth keeping for rainy days unless my youngest daughter wants it. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBChiangRai Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Going off the Seal pricing, the MG4 X Power should be about 274k more than the standard, that would be 1,243,000 if old price and 1,143,000 if new price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alotoftravel Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 jbchiangrai, any idea when the the mg4 x power or the 61khw mg4 comes to Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JBChiangRai Posted September 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2023 8 minutes ago, Alotoftravel said: jbchiangrai, any idea when the the mg4 x power or the 61khw mg4 comes to Thailand? I am not sure they will come, the salespeople at MG know nothing about the product. The sales manager said she expects the X Power to come, as for the other big battery variants, I don't know. One area of concern is battery chemistry, current MG4 is LFP, UK long range cars are NMC which only get's half the charge/discharge cycles. NMC is not ideal for Thiland's heat, it's ok, you just to have live with the knowledge. The Cyberster is definitely coming 2nd half of next year. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pib Posted September 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bandersnatch said: Price of the BYD Seal in Thailand v Europe. So much cheaper here. Since the EU applies a 10% import duty tax on Chinese cars (the U.S. applies a 27.5% tax) compared to Thailand which does not charge an import duty on Chinese cars, has lowered the BEV excise tax from 8 to 2%, and currently has a healthy BEV cash subsidy it appears above EU and Thailand price difference boils down to taxes/subsidy. Who would have ever thought one day it could be cheaper to buy a new car in Thailand compared to the EU/US. Ref for above EU 10% duty reference https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/13/cars/europe-china-electric-car-subsidies/index.html Europe levies a duty of 10% on cars imported from China. That compares with duty of 27.5% in the United States, and China’s manufacturers have taken advantage to carve out a significant and rapidly growing foothold in the European market. Edited September 29, 2023 by Pib 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandersnatch Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 31 minutes ago, Pib said: Since the EU applies a 10% import duty tax on Chinese cars (the U.S. applies a 27.5% tax) compared to Thailand which does not charge an import duty on Chinese cars, has lowered the BEV excise tax from 8 to 2%, and currently has a healthy BEV cash subsidy it appears above EU and Thailand price difference boils down to taxes/subsidy. Good point. Normally EVs are more expensive here. Be interesting to see the BYD Seal price in Australia when it’s announced next month. Tesla model 3 was much more expensive here than in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted September 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2023 Yes, we have it pretty damn good here for EV prices The standard range BYD Dolphin here costs US$19k , the same car has just been launched in Mexico for US$31k !! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post matchar Posted September 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Pib said: Since the EU applies a 10% import duty tax on Chinese cars (the U.S. applies a 27.5% tax) compared to Thailand which does not charge an import duty on Chinese cars, has lowered the BEV excise tax from 8 to 2%, and currently has a healthy BEV cash subsidy it appears above EU and Thailand price difference boils down to taxes/subsidy. Who would have ever thought one day it could be cheaper to buy a new car in Thailand compared to the EU/US. Ref for above EU 10% duty reference https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/13/cars/europe-china-electric-car-subsidies/index.html Europe levies a duty of 10% on cars imported from China. That compares with duty of 27.5% in the United States, and China’s manufacturers have taken advantage to carve out a significant and rapidly growing foothold in the European market. Not to mention 20% VAT compared to Thailand's 7%. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBChiangRai Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Elon Musk’s Tesla could have dominated Thailand if he got the price right. I am sure BYD will leave him for dust. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 This is handy for checking the differences between the 3 specs of BYD Seal and the colours available etc . https://autolifethailand.tv/unofficial-price-byd-seal-ev-bev-thailand/ I don’t see any mention of the built in dash cam that was in the Atto 3 but missing from the Dolphin ( although the camera can be bought and fit to the Dolphin very easily ). Anyone ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pib Posted September 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2023 Another kind of tax that impact new auto prices is VAT. Like in the EU, VAT varies from 17 to 27% depending on the country (see below chart)....that is a VERY healthy tax! I think the UK VAT is now 20% (another VERY healthy tax)....and the Australia VAT 10%. Thailand's VAT is 7%. The U.S. doesn't use the VAT system but a system of state sales taxes which range from 0 to around 8% depending on which of the 50 states you are buying in...and there might also be a city/county sales taxes of a few percent. All the different import duties, excise taxes, VATs, sales tax, subsidies, etc., can cause new vehicle prices for the exact same model to vary greatly from country to country. At least for Chinese made BEVs sold in Thailand (%0 import duty tax on Chinese made vehicles), Excise tax reduced from 8 to 2%, a healthy Bt150K subsidy, and a VAT on the low end compared to most other countries that use the VAT system currently makes Thailand a good place to buy a BEV right now. https://www.acea.auto/figure/share-of-vat-in-net-price-of-cars-by-eu-country/ 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 16 minutes ago, matchar said: Not to mention 20% VAT compared to Thailand's 7%. Yea...ain't that the truth....I was writing my post above about how VAT also has a BIG impact on vehicle prices (and many other things)....I hit Submit on my post and then saw your post on the same subject. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Anyone looking to buy a used Atto 3 ?, now is the time, seen about 12 wanting to sell on FB today. The day after the Seal announcement …….. coincidence ? ….. i think not ! Looks like BYD aren’t taking part exchange or just giving the usual p1ss poor price for the “ turn “. Anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandersnatch Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 58 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said: I don’t see any mention of the built in dash cam that was in the Atto 3 but missing from the Dolphin ( although the camera can be bought and fit to the Dolphin very easily ). Anyone ? Asked the girl during the test drive and she said yes it had a dash-cam but I will try and follow up with her - we have left her a bunch of Qs she couldn’t answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said: Asked the girl during the test drive and she said yes it had a dash-cam but I will try and follow up with her - we have left her a bunch of Qs she couldn’t answer. Okay thanks, a few Dolphin owners were surprised to learn that although the relevant button was on the info screen and the slot for sd card was there the dash cam wasn’t working, only to learn that a camera wasn’t fitted !, but can be bought for 3k and fitted diy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said: Anyone looking to buy a used Atto 3 ?, now is the time, seen about 12 wanting to sell on FB today. The day after the Seal announcement …….. coincidence ? ….. i think not ! Looks like BYD aren’t taking part exchange or just giving the usual p1ss poor price for the “ turn “. Anyone ? You have a link to the FB cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said: You have a link to the FB cars? Here’s someone asking for an Atto in white or gray, low mileage, good condition. Plenty of replies to this post and others wanting to sell, all around the 1.0 to 1.1 million mark which is a bit hopeful I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBChiangRai Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Andrew Dwyer said: Here’s someone asking for an Atto in white or gray, low mileage, good condition. Plenty of replies to this post and others wanting to sell, all around the 1.0 to 1.1 million mark which is a bit hopeful I think. Should be 20-25% cheaper than new 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said: Should be 20-25% cheaper than new Yup, a few desperate souls out there after taking a look at Seal. Here’s one asking 1.1 million with 20k on the clock. But he has put every accessory going : sidestep, spoiler, black roof , ceramic coating, 15.6” screen, Frunk and gas struts, kick sensor and wheels and tyres !! Edited September 29, 2023 by Andrew Dwyer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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