Electric Vehicles in Thailand

[JBChiangRai]

18 hours ago, Pib said:

 

I don't have anything handy or really detailed.   But when looking at the DLT stats for RY1, 2, and 3 vehicle categories for Jan 2024 (2567) (see snapshot 1)  total vehicle registrations (i.e., ICE, EV, Hybrid, etc) in those three categories totaled 81,098.   And when looking at the same registration data but for Jan 2025 (2568) the total is 68,009 which is approx 16% lower than Jan 2024.   Vehicle registrations for January of this year is worst than same time last year....an ongoing vehicles sales (and financing) slump.

 

 

Snapshot 1: Jan 2024 registrations

 

Snapshot 2: Jan 2025 registrations

 

So it does appear EV market share is increasing (cue: Vinny)

[vinny41]

19 hours ago, Pib said:

 

I don't have anything handy or really detailed.   But when looking at the DLT stats for RY1, 2, and 3 vehicle categories for Jan 2024 (2567) (see snapshot 1)  total vehicle registrations (i.e., ICE, EV, Hybrid, etc) in those three categories totaled 81,098.   And when looking at the same registration data but for Jan 2025 (2568) the total is 68,009 which is approx 16% lower than Jan 2024.   Vehicle registrations for January of this year is worst than same time last year....an ongoing vehicles sales (and financing) slump.

 

 

Snapshot 1: Jan 2024 registrations

 

Snapshot 2: Jan 2025 registrations

R.Y.3 is 

 

Type 3: Personal trucks (R.Y.3) are vehicles that are not used for personal transport in accordance with the law on land transport. They must be no wider than 2.50 meters, no longer than 12 meters, and the length of the body measured from the center of the rear axle to the rear of the vehicle must not be more than 3/5 of the length measured from the center of the front axle to the center of the rear axle, such as a pickup bed, a cargo van, a pickup bed with a roof, etc.

https://cityleasing.co.th/content21052021/#:~:text

 Type 1: Private passenger cars with no more than 7 seats (R.Y.1) are cars that must be no wider than 2.50 meters and no longer than 12 meters, such as single-cab sedans, double-cab sedans, double-cab vans with two seats and a cargo area at the back, etc.

Type 2: Private passenger cars with more than 7 seats (R.Y.2) are cars that must be no wider than 2.50 meters, no longer than 12 meters, and the length of the body measured from the center of the rear axle to the rear of the car must not exceed 2/3 of the length measured from the center of the front axle to the center of the rear axle, such as a three-section sedan with two rows of seats, a two-section two-row van with three rows of seats, etc.

Addiing R,Y.3 to the mix is adding commercial vehicles 

[Bandersnatch]

BYD Atto 2 

 

 

[JBChiangRai]

Are we getting the Atto 2 in Thailand?

 

I think it will do well.

[CLW]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

Are we getting the Atto 2 in Thailand?

 

I think it will do well.

See my earlier post. They're testing prototypes here already. So I guess it'll be available in Thailand soon. Maybe announce at the Motorshow in April 

[Pib]

Seems the lady in the video was overly excited about being able to relocate some icons and using 3 fingers to adjust A/C temp and fan speed.....also excited about the voice commands.  Seems the Atto 2 is the result of an Atto 3 and Dolphin one night stand.

 

IMO the Atto 2 may not have  enough different specs from the  Dolphin or Atto 3 to excite many people....it's seems to be kinda  a step up from the Dolphin but a step down from the Atto 3.   And I don't tihnk BYD wants to jeopardize the outstanding sales success it's having with the Dolphin in Thailand.  

[JBChiangRai]

14 minutes ago, Pib said:

Seems the lady in the video was overly excited about being able to relocate some icons and using 3 fingers to adjust A/C temp and fan speed.....also excited about the voice commands.  Seems the Atto 2 is the result of an Atto 3 and Dolphin one night stand.

 

IMO the Atto 2 may not have  enough different specs from the  Dolphin or Atto 3 to excite many people....it's seems to be kinda  a step up from the Dolphin but a step down from the Atto 3.   And I don't tihnk BYD wants to jeopardize the outstanding sales success it's having with the Dolphin in Thailand.  

 

I see the Dolphin as smaller than the MG4 and the Atto 3 larger than the MG4, perhaps the Atto 2 is a direct competitor to the MG4?

[Bandersnatch]

On 1/27/2025 at 7:30 PM, Bandersnatch said:

 

I hope to get some time with the car in a few days when the red plate tour of extended family is concluded!

 

I was planning to do a video review of my new BYD M6, but before it was my time to have a play with the car my wife parked it at 7-11 at a "pump"

 

She was returning to the car with baby in hand when a Nissan pickup truck reversed straight back 10m into the M6 barely missing wife and baby.

 

Despite the desperate scream of my wife and shouts from passersby he continued his rearward trajectory into the car. 

 

Wife was quite shaken and it was left to the passersby to berate the Nissan driver over his near infanticide and also damaging a red plate, which apparently is a very unlucky thing to do in Thailand.

 

He apologized and blamed the accident on his broken reversing camera!

 

Wife called me and told her to:

1) call the insurance company

2) get photos of everything and everybody 

3) get contact details of any witnesses 

4) check the dashcam if she had left the Aircon on while she was in 7

 

Only number 1 was accomplished but it turned out we had the same insurance company which simplified matters as he admitted responsibility.

 

The bonnet and the 2 sections below it had a big dent in them while the Nissan had a broken tail light. 

 

By the time I got there the lower two section which were plastic had popped back to their original shape.

 

 

We have just got back from the body repair shop who checked the car and will be ordering parts from BYD. I will do an update on how things progress.

[Pib]

Sorry to hear about the accident. 

 

And the driver blaming it on a supposedly broken rear view camera is a lame excuse as he should had also been using this rear view mirrors--especially with the rear view camera broken!!!  Preaching to the choir I know.    At least he didn't use "his brakes failed" excuse.  

 

Wishing a quick repair.   

 

 

[mistral53]

On 1/18/2025 at 1:49 PM, mistral53 said:

BYD just decided to nuke the entire car industry:

 

https://carnewschina.com/2025/01/17/byd-to-ship-autopilot-features-across-entire-lineup-from-seagull-to-yangwang-u8-in-2025/

 

I truly believe this is a game changer when they “democratize” access to L2+ smart driving from the cheapest to the $200k model in their line-up. This is a price war paired with a very real technological impact.

 

We live in deed in golden car times!

 

Of course, it begs the question how much Tesla share prices will jump on this news on Monday - the $10,000 for FSD starts to look rather silly right now.

 

https://evmagz.com/everything-you-should-know-about-byds-gods-eye-driving-assistance-system/

 

'Shares in Chinese automakers Xpeng and Geely experienced significant drops on Tuesday amid concerns that they may struggle to compete with BYD’s latest move.

 

BYD announced it would provide its “God’s Eye” advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) at no extra charge across 21 models, including its budget-friendly Seagull, which is priced at $9,555. This decision marks a shift in the competitive landscape as BYD offers features akin to Tesla’s smart driving capabilities without additional costs.'

 

[Pib]

On 2/10/2025 at 2:07 PM, Bandersnatch said:

We have just got back from the body repair shop who checked the car and will be ordering parts from BYD. I will do an update on how things progress.

 

I hope the shop receives the parts quickly.  Recently my Atto needed a replacement part...a real turn signal light assembly that was failing.  By failing I mean sometimes it would not blink along with it being very dim when "trying" to blink and this also caused the turn signal indicator on the dash display to blink at "double time" which also caused the front turn signal light to blink at double time.  I guess that double time blinking was the car's way of notifying the driver of a turn signal problem of some kind....take a look at the lights to see which one is messing up/burnt out.   And at other times the rear turn signal would blink at the proper rate and normal brightness but 3 of the 25 or so LEDs comprising the tail light wouldn't turn on at the proper time/not in proper sequence...but this didn't cause double time blinking nor light dimming.    Then other times the light assembly worked normally...an intermittent problem although it primarily settled into a routine of the 3 of 25 LEDs not turning on in the proper sequence.

 

Anyway, it took the BYD dealership here in Bangkok almost two weeks to get the replacement tail light assembly as repair is just not swapping out a plug-in blub or LED subassembly, but replacement of entire assembly which takes about 20-30 minutes of removing some interior planning to unhook the assembly....it can't be removed totally from outside of the car. 

 

 I'm still unclear as to where the replacement assembly came from...whether it was BYD China or the BYD central parts warehouse in Bangkok.   One dealership I first went to with the light problem said the light assembly would have to come from China and take around a week (which usually means 2 weeks in Thai time) , but the 2nd dealership I went to and where I had it repaired said the part would come from the big BYD central parts warehouse in Bangkok.  When the part finally came it it was around 10 to 14 days later (I can't remember exactly how long and I did bug them twice during those 10-14 days as why it was taking so long to get).  The dealership swore it came from the central warehouse where it was in stock, but couldn't explain to me why it took so long to simply make it from one side of Bangkok where the central warehouse is to the other side of Bangkok where the dealership is.  Me thinks it really had to come from some warehouse in China as the warehouse in Bangkok really didn't have it in stock....any maybe if it was not in stock at the central warehouse then the warehouse ordered it from China...the part then came to the central warehouse...and then it was sent from the warehouse to the dealership that ordered the part.  

 

I don't know what type of parts your M6 will be needing...hopefully they are all readily available in a BYD warehouse/dealership right here in Thailand....but if they need to come from China, you might be looking at a few weeks for the parts to arrive Thailand.    Wishing your M6 a speedy repair.

 

In closing,  here's a quick story on another "red tag" car getting hit within a week of being brought home from the dealership.  This was an in-law's new Mazda ICEV....some small compact model...this happened about 3 years ago.  The new red tag car was brought home....was proudly shown-off for a week to family and friends....and then one night around 10pm the new car is parked in from the in-law's house which is around 25 meters from the road.  The in-law setting in his house heard a crash that sound like it was right outside his front door...and it was indeed right outside his front door as a drunk driver had ran off the road, thru the in-law's wire fence surrounding his property, travelled 25 meters to crash into the in-law's red tag car.  Actually the drunk's car ended up mounting the rear of the red tag car.  Fortunately the in-law had insurance as the drunk did not.  The in-law's car got repaired in about 3 weeks, but the in-law's "wife" now thought the car was "unlucky" and didn't want it anymore....about 6 months later they sold it and got another car.  

 

 

[3NUMBAS]

The Nissan silence has a removable battery pack on a trolly  so u just wheel it into your condo ,easy Peasy 

[TronxII]

1 hour ago, 3NUMBAS said:

The Nissan silence has a removable battery pack on a trolly  so u just wheel it into your condo ,easy Peasy 

Seems a pocket car for the price of a netaV, not gonna come to TH.