Electric Vehicles in Thailand

[impulse]

I doubt that it'll be made in Thailand soon (if ever), but here's some eye candy from a company backed by Xiaomi, for $32,000 USD in China.  0-100 km/hr in less than 3 seconds.  It's called the JMEV-01, but you can also Google SC-01.  Released for public sale April 15.

 

 

https://carnewschina.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/jmev_01_launch-800x450.jpg

 

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[Andrew Dwyer]

3 hours ago, Pib said:

 

 

If the person who has booked a time slot does "not" begin charging within 5 minutes of the reservation start time then that reservation slot is lost (along with the reservation fee) and  changes to available for walk-in.  That is, a walk-in could pull-in, hook-up and use the slot.   Like if I had a 7:00 to 7.27 slot but didn't arrive/begin charging with 7:00-7:05 then "after" 7:05 that slot  changes to available for walk-in (i.e., I lost the reservation).

 

 Do a google translate on the portion of the image below which has the stopwatch

 

 

Thanks PiB, i thought i had heard something along those lines but couldn’t be sure.

 

The reason i ask is:

Yesterday i was coming back from a long trip, i knew i would have to charge before arriving home but was not needing to yet.

The request for a bathroom break arose and as I had seen a sign for a PTT in 10km i thought to myself “ I’ll top up a bit if a charger is free, if not will calculate/book a charger ahead “.

 

Pulled in and there was a charger free , it was 2.10 pm so I reckoned 20 minutes will be enough.

Scanned the qr code, plugged in and it started the process but timed out and asked me to try again, i went through the same again and as it was trying to start charging I looked at the app and saw it had been booked, hence my question.

Just to add, have used EV Station Pluz a few times recently, paid directly from my BBK bank debit card and never had an issue.

 

I tried a total of 4 times but it timed out each time, another guy pulled up with the 2.30 pm booking and he shrugged his shoulders at my dilemma, another two EV’s pulled up so I left them to it !!

So, why it wouldn’t work for me remains a mystery, in hindsight if I had hung around 5 minutes to see if he had success I might have learned something !

 

Forgot to do the future booking but drove to the nearest Bangchak and charged at a 50kw PEA Volta , as a bonus they had a great pizzeria in the back 

Marry Pizzaria on the Nakhon Nayok to Rangsit road if anyone finds themselves down that way.

[motdaeng]

37 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

... I looked at the app and saw it had been booked, hence my question ...

 

as far as i know, the app will show you that this slot is already booked and will not let you start charging until the 5-minute grace period has passed. i guess you saw "your" grey-colored time slot, which means this slot cannot be booked anymore. i think you need to book at least 15 minutes in advance; otherwise, it will be treated as a walk-in (also grey colored time slot).

 

sometimes it's hard to find the right explanation why the charging isn't working ... just give it next time another try ..

 

last time, i had also a moment of struggle, till i realised i had to lock the car before charging will start ... 

[Andrew Dwyer]

6 minutes ago, motdaeng said:

 

as far as i know, the app will show you that this slot is already booked and will not let you start charging until the 5-minute grace period has passed. i guess you saw "your" grey-colored time slot, which means this slot cannot be booked anymore. i think you need to book at least 15 minutes in advance; otherwise, it will be treated as a walk-in (also grey colored time slot).

 

sometimes it's hard to find the right explanation why the charging isn't working ... just give it next time another try ..

 

last time, i had also a moment of struggle, till i realised i had to lock the car before charging will start ... 

 

yes, I figured that the charger was free and as it was 10 minutes past the hour I could use it whether it had been booked or not.

When I couldn’t start charging and noticed someone had booked it i wondered if that was the problem.

 

I think that although it does say to lock the car it is not necessary and have certainly stayed in the car with air running etc on a few occasions.

[motdaeng]

18 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

When I couldn’t start charging and noticed someone had booked it i wondered if that was the problem.

 

how do you see if a slot is booked at the moment you try to charge?

 

i think, the light grey slot is free or occupied and not bookable anymore, the darker grey are the booked slots ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

Just now, motdaeng said:

 

how do you see if a slot is booked at the moment you try to charge?

 

i think, the light grey slot is free or occupied and not bookable anymore, the darker grey are the booked slots ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah that’s interesting, wonder if what i was seeing was me occupying the spot as i tried to enable charging or it was free?, it certainly confused me !

 

The plot thickens:

 

I just took a screenshot of this:

 

 

and it is occupied, so the light gray means it cannot be booked.

 

But what does this mean ? :

 

 

Two light grey and two dark grey ??

[motdaeng]

the 19.00 and 19.30 slots are not booked and can not be booked anymore because you are too late (booking must be made min 15 min before). this two slots are walk in ...

 

the 22.00 and 20.30 slots are booked .. (off peak price 555) ...

 

maybe i am wrong, but that's the way i do interpret the booking system ... 

[Andrew Dwyer]

9 minutes ago, motdaeng said:

the 19.00 and 19.30 slots are not booked and can not be booked anymore because you are too late (booking must be made min 15 min before). this two slots are walk in ...

 

the 22.00 and 20.30 slots are booked .. (off peak price 555) ...

 

maybe i am wrong, but that's the way i do interpret the booking system ... 

 

I think you have cracked it, thanks.

 

All good stuff, tbh i haven’t noticed the two greys until it cropped up now.

[Bandersnatch]

19 hours ago, khunphil said:

I understand this, but do you always check before if the charging station is available, or do you stop wherever you want and are lucky 90% of the time. With my ICE, the only thing I check is if they have Amazon coffee branch ... 😉 Just asking for information.

 

I own 2 BYD EVs, the vast majority of the time I charge them at home from my off-grid solar setup. On a long trip like a 900km round trip to BKK which I have done a few times recently I always charge at BYD showrooms which are exclusively for BYD owners. At 8 Baht per kWh they are about 1 Baht more expensive than the average charger so tend to be less popular. I use the BYD app to identify a dealership on my route and can see if the all the chargers are free. The chargers are plug and charge and about 20 minutes each way is all that is required. I can use the customer lounge for free coffee and snacks. 

 

BYD has over 100 dealerships in Thailand with more opening all the time. MG has even more. They are the brands that I would recommend if you do a lot of long distant (over 600km) trips.

[JBChiangRai]

I have charged my friend’s MG4 X-Power at the BYD Dealership albeit on my ReverSharger account.

 

I'm not sure whether you can get an account without a BYD vehicle.

[Pib]

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

I own 2 BYD EVs, the vast majority of the time I charge them at home from my off-grid solar setup. On a long trip like a 900km round trip to BKK which I have done a few times recently I always charge at BYD showrooms which are exclusively for BYD owners. At 8 Baht per kWh they are about 1 Baht more expensive than the average charger so tend to be less popular. I use the BYD app to identify a dealership on my route and can see if the all the chargers are free. The chargers are plug and charge and about 20 minutes each way is all that is required. I can use the customer lounge for free coffee and snacks. 

 

 

The chargers at BYD showrooms are "not" exclusively for BYD owners. 

 

 Anyone who installs/registers the ReverSharger charging network app can use the chargers at the BYD showrooms.    And this also gives charging access to quite a few Shell Sharger chargers at Shell Stations....chargers at SUSCO stations

 

Now if a person owns a BYD vehicle it can be setup to automatically Plug & Charge versus needing to press an extra link or two on the app while charging.

 

Really, Rever just joined forces with Sharger to form the ReverSharger charging network.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharge.shargeapp&hl=en