Electric Vehicles in Thailand

[Pib]

2 hours ago, carlyai said:

We ordered on 10th December, last day under promotion. Salesman said delivery December. Now they say we are top of the que. Believe it when I see it.

Mukdahan is like the end of a run, so not sure they would deliver a 1 off to Muk but wait to drop other cars off on the run.

The longer we wait the more wife will get Ped off and want to buy another Honda CRV.

 

Sounds similar to what many Seal buyers where being told back in late 2023/early 2024 when the Seal was launched in Thailand on 28 Sep 2023 and was what everybody wanted.  And don't be surprised if your BYD dealership starts telling you the particular Sealion 7 model (Premium or AWD Performance) and/or color you ordered is backordered for X-months along with a wishy-washy expected delivery date, BUT if you will accept this other version/color of Sealion 7 you can get it within a week.   

 

Hang in there for exactly what you ordered!!!....and hope it comes in soon.

[Bandersnatch]

55 minutes ago, Pib said:

Sounds similar to what many Seal buyers where being told back in late 2023/early 2024 when the Seal was launched in Thailand on 28 Sep 2023 and was what everybody wanted.  And don't be surprised if your BYD dealership starts telling you the particular Sealion 7 model (Premium or AWD Performance) and/or color you ordered is backordered for X-months along with a wishy-washy expected delivery date, BUT if you will accept this other version/color of Sealion 7 you can get it within a week.   

 

We ordered a Seal RWD in 2023 and after a month of waiting, while all the time seeing the Seal AWDs getting quickly delivered to forum members here, we asked our dealer about an AWD and got it within a week.

 

We recently looked at the Sealion 7 Premium and it is a lovely car if a bit much for a second car. Buriram BYD told us about 3 months delivery. We swapped to the M6 Extended that the dealer had in stock and saved ฿350,000. 

 

It only cost us ฿400,000 to swap a 4 year old PHEV with a 17kWh battery for a full EV with a 72kWh battery and V2L.

[Alotoftravel]

12 hours ago, carlyai said:

e ordered on 10th December, last day under promotion. Salesman said delivery December. Now they say we are top of the que. Believe it when I see it.

was the deposit 4,000 baht like tesla ? Tesla waiting period is also s long time for the model juniper , 5 months (jan-may ) 

[carlyai]

4 minutes ago, Alotoftravel said:

was the deposit 4,000 baht like tesla ? Tesla waiting period is also s long time for the model juniper , 5 months (jan-may ) 

B10000...

[mistral53]

19 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

We ordered a Seal RWD in 2023 and after a month of waiting, while all the time seeing the Seal AWDs getting quickly delivered to forum members here, we asked our dealer about an AWD and got it within a week.

 

We recently looked at the Sealion 7 Premium and it is a lovely car if a bit much for a second car. Buriram BYD told us about 3 months delivery. We swapped to the M6 Extended that the dealer had in stock and saved ฿350,000. 

 

It only cost us ฿400,000 to swap a 4 year old PHEV with a 17kWh battery for a full EV with a 72kWh battery and V2L.

 

How many KM on your MG? I am looking for a trade-in myself.....

[Bandersnatch]

5 hours ago, mistral53 said:

 

How many KM on your MG? I am looking for a trade-in myself.....

 

We sold it through FB rather than through the dealer as they just call round the local tents.

 

The wife did a soft launch to her 1,600 FB friends (I have 110 friends by comparison) before posting on FB market place. 

 

Fortunately she had a already sold it to one of her friends before the FB market place time wasters had taken up too much of her time.

 

The girl had never even heard of regenerative braking and she has booked my wife for an intro to plug-in motoring.