Electric Vehicles in Thailand

[Bandersnatch]

5 minutes ago, Pib said:

With all these new Chinese brands some of them have a very small dealership support structure in Thailand where you can take your EV for service/maintenance. 

 

Agreed, that is why BYD is currently top of my list. 

[JBChiangRai]

I’m interested in what EV’s come from China in the large luxury type category, I think we’ll see something, maybe Honqi or BYD’s premium brand in the next 3 years.

 

I could be tempted by the Yang Wang U9 if BYD make it available at a similar price to China or the Xiaomi Porsche knock-off (SU7).

 

It’s a very exciting time to be a motorist.

[JBChiangRai]

I’m not worried about distance to dealership.

 

My previous two cars had to be trailered to Chiang Mai (Mercedes dealer 180km away) and Bangkok (German main agent 800km away).

 

As long as they will trailer them if they fail, I’m comfortable.  I don’t mind a trip to Bangkok every year or two for a service, a road-trip occasionally is fun.

 

I have 30,000 baht charging credit to use in the next 2 years so I need to start thinking about road trips.