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Electric Vehicles in Thailand

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On 5/31/2026 at 2:19 PM, motdaeng said:

your AI is wrong, BYD thailand gives lifetime battery warranty limited not exceed 50,000 km per year ...

No, his AI was right and you are reading the China domestic restrictions and if you look at the Thailand restriction a couple paragraphs above it states:
Hidden Operational Limits: Many of these warranties contain strict utilization limits. For example, Changan's framework caps annual mileage at 50,000 km

I think I'm going to buy a BYD in the next 4 months but their warranties are too restrictive IMO. Too many escape clauses but in the end I don't see how to get around this small print and still want BYD because of the range the ATTO(extended range) and SEAL offer as well as LFP batteries (don't like nmc). I live in an area that I travel long distances without EV stations.

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I have asked chatgpt and then claude using chatgpt's input to come up with 2 infographics on:

1) what is the current state of the 30@30 EV goals

2) which corridors have a lack of DC fast chargers and where the government need to prioritize in charging infra

https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/78e209f6-b453-4d9a-af0c-9f0782a6f3e7
https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/8cd62b98-82d7-4978-8606-fb94682ab3fb

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On 8/2/2026 at 11:47 AM, atpeace said:

Too many escape clauses but in the end I don't see how to get around this small print and still want BYD because of the range the ATTO(extended range) and SEAL offer as well as LFP batteries (don't like nmc). I live in an area that I travel long distances without EV stations.

I would not recommend the Atto3 if you travel long distances, the Seal on the other hand is much better from the public opinions and aerodynamics.

the atto3 60kWh battery is not that big, a 70-80kWh is much much better.

for example, my atto3 already lost 11% of battery Health, after only 3 years! so my battery now is effectively a 53 kWh battery and will go down to 48-50kWh in 2-3 more years.

if you start at 75kWh, in 10 years you might be at 66kWh, which is still okayish...

Right now the Atto3 is at the service center since this morning, and it will take 2-3 days maybe:

  • First, the front wheel and suspension need alignment, the car keeps going to the right if I don't hold the steering wheel, driving more than 100km/h is a NO GO for this car right now. it's not good, not sure how this happened.

  • Second, the car still cannot Fast charge as it should. Fast charging is limited to 30-45kW only, but should be 80-84kW. The battery still overheats very quickly. This time, in the new Service center, the manager is very nice, he really understood my problem and agree to do a deep analysis. the other 3 times, it was done at this small center near me that nobody had a clue except this one same engineer that couldn't give me much. btw, I never saw again 88kW on this car since last bangkok trip that kill it, maximum when lucky if totally cold would be 82kW, most of the time 30-45 kW

  • And finally, they will update the OS of the car, since I have been stuck on the factory OS from 2022.

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On 8/2/2026 at 12:54 PM, 4myr said:

I have asked chatgpt and then claude using chatgpt's input to come up with 2 infographics on:

1) what is the current state of the 30@30 EV goals

2) which corridors have a lack of DC fast chargers and where the government need to prioritize in charging infra

https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/78e209f6-b453-4d9a-af0c-9f0782a6f3e7
https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/8cd62b98-82d7-4978-8606-fb94682ab3fb

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very nice work, amazing what Claude can do now a days.

60% of the 15k connectors are DC, 40% are AC, but better than nothing eh?

Most are concentrated in Bangkok, and in the south it is an issue with fast DC chargers. some are broken, most are 120kW and the queue can be long, you have to book, then we get idiots with their selfish behavior that makes sharing public chargers not so smooth.

The leg between bangkok and hua hin, shouldn't be an issue, Hua hin has some really large charging stations with many ports and 180-360kW, so does bangkok.

The only problem are those cars that can reach 220km range. my atto 3 is 220km range on highway now :D

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2 hours ago, brfsa2 said:

I hope you guys are using High/Max Endurance SD cards, not the normal "high quality" cards like Sandisk Ultra.

if you use standard SD card, even thou they are very fast, U3, top card, it will fail in a few months, or weeks. They are not intended for continuous writing.

There are many types of SD cards, but the most popular are

Standard (TLC / QLC): Very fast for read, ideal for Phones, DSLR cameras, or devices that you write little but read a lot.

High & Max Endurance: for CCTV or continuous writing usage, often use MLC or heavy 3D TLC pSLC for the chips.

The problem is that prices are crazy lately because of memory Chip shortage, every memory chip is now going to AI packages or to EV controller boards in China.

A 64GB High Endurance are going for 1200 baht, a month ago it was 1500 baht, so prices might be going down.

It was just 400-500 baht 2 years ago. luckily I got many 64GB high endurance cards before for stock :)

That AI response sounds like an advertisement to only buy the most expensive microSD cards. I have SanDisk Ultra cards in 5 different CCTV cameras around the outside of my house where each card has been doing many, many short recordings of objects/human/animal movements per 24 hours for several years now. Also have a SanDisk Ultra in my Atto 3 dashcam system which has been recording for almost three years now. Not one problem with aforementioned cards.

2 hours ago, Pib said:

That AI response sounds like an advertisement

If you belive so. AI must be making a lot of money from it then! 🤣 man you made the rest of my day!

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On 8/31/2026 at 6:40 PM, Pib said:

Still debating with myself whether I should order another identical dashcam from another Shopee/Lazada vendor because maybe the dashcam was causing the problem OR maybe the dashcam "use" to be fully compatible with the Sealion 7 up until the last Sealion 7 OTA update of 3.2.0 which occurred about 1 to 2 months ago. Or said another way, the BYD DVR app in the infotainment system maybe just can't get along with this particular dashcam all the time.

Update: This evening I finished the debate with myself and ordered an identical camera/USB box from a Lazada vendor. I could have bought off Shopee again but if this incoming Lazada dashcam order ends up having the same operational problem at least I will not be hitting Shopee with another refund request....will be hitting Lazada instead.

After looking thru Shopee and Lazada for hours (and even AliExpress) the only dashcam I found that is supposedly a "form, fit, and function" dashcam (i.e., identical to the OEM dashcam if BYD even equips any Sealion 7's with a dashcam at the factory) it turns out all vendors are selling the "exact same after-market SL7 dashcam"...probably because there is only one that is supposedly a form, fit, function dashcam for the Sealion 7. And some vendors include a SD card for a few extra baht...surely a no-name, cheap memory card.....but most of the vendors sell the dashcam without any memory card...you supply your own.

So, time will tell....it will take at least 2 to 3 days to receive the Lazada order. At least installing the camera and USB box will only take around 15 minutes since I've now got good at it. 😄😁

@brfsa2

A while back you posted the USB ports in your Atto 3 stopped working and you were still checking into the problem. What did you figure out?.....and if the USB ports did break did BYD replace/repair for free under warranty? Thanks.

15 hours ago, Pib said:

@brfsa2

A while back you posted the USB ports in your Atto 3 stopped working and you were still checking into the problem. What did you figure out?.....and if the USB ports did break did BYD replace/repair for free under warranty? Thanks.

ah, glad you asked, I have forgotten about it. Didnt use that port since then.
so I just tried it now and it works. maybe it resolved by itself as a software issue.

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