Electric Vehicles in Thailand

[KhunLA]

22 minutes ago, eezergood said:

WOuld love to see the safety ratings for these things.........

Produced by SIAC-Wuling motors, and has a LFP battery bank, considered one of, if not the safest battery chemistry for EVs.  

 

SAIC-MG motors safety record for EVs is excellent ... IMHO ... so no worries, IF I was buying.   Bring the price down to 350k, and I might pick one up.  For those iffy weather days when I can't use the scooter.

 

Not the best specs though, and Neta V is a few baht more.  Depends on one's needs, and fine tuning research of the alternatives.

 

This might be insightful, to Wuling products:

"GM’s Wuling MINI EV Ranks Well In J.D. Power 2023 EV Initial Quality Study"

source

 

Although, not sure I would want to take a hard crash in anything that small.  But if knocking around my little town, that doesn't seem to be a problem, as haven't seen 1 accident yet, in 5 yrs living here.  Unless on hwy #4, which is easily avoided, and have seen no accidents on the stretch bordering town.  Amazingly so.

[Bandersnatch]

11 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Saw this last Sunday at Central Plaza in Korat.
At about 500k and 8 years warranty on the battery it's sure worth the change.
But would like to read first the "fine print" about the 8 years warranty on the batteries ...

Did you sit inside? They are surprising roomy inside due to having wheels at each corner and a tiny electric powertrain. I thought the fit and finish was excellent considering the price.

 

 

 

 

[mikebike]

12 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Saw this last Sunday at Central Plaza in Korat.
At about 500k and 8 years warranty on the battery it's sure worth the change.
But would like to read first the "fine print" about the 8 years warranty on the batteries ...

The NETA seems more like a "real" car at about the same price. 

 

https://www.neta.co.th/en/product/NetaV

 

[br12stol]

On 9/3/2023 at 8:04 AM, JBChiangRai said:

This is all the cr?p the guy at my car wash removed

 

 

 Porsche got a bit carried away with the badges on my Panamera which had to go, the brake calipers are lime green too. Very Gerish!

[JBChiangRai]

30 minutes ago, br12stol said:

 Porsche got a bit carried away with the badges on my Panamera which had to go, the brake calipers are lime green too. Very Gerish!

My Taycan came with "electric" badges on the side.  The guy who wrapped it in self-healing PPF asked if I wanted them replacing after the wrap, we left them off.

[macahoom]

48 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

My Taycan came with "electric" badges on the side.  The guy who wrapped it in self-healing PPF asked if I wanted them replacing after the wrap, we left them off.

I love the electric badges on the Taycan! (They're an optional extra).

[JBChiangRai]

18 minutes ago, macahoom said:

I love the electric badges on the Taycan! (They're an optional extra).

I think they are the only free optional extra, everything else costs an arm & a leg.

[eezergood]

3 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

The MG4 & MGZS EV both have 5* NCAP safety ratings.

Yup - however I was talking about the toy car looking things above.....

 

[eezergood]

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Produced by SIAC-Wuling motors, and has a LFP battery bank, considered one of, if not the safest battery chemistry for EVs.  

 

SAIC-MG motors safety record for EVs is excellent ... IMHO ... so no worries, IF I was buying.   Bring the price down to 350k, and I might pick one up.  For those iffy weather days when I can't use the scooter.

 

Not the best specs though, and Neta V is a few baht more.  Depends on one's needs, and fine tuning research of the alternatives.

 

This might be insightful, to Wuling products:

"GM’s Wuling MINI EV Ranks Well In J.D. Power 2023 EV Initial Quality Study"

source

 

Although, not sure I would want to take a hard crash in anything that small.  But if knocking around my little town, that doesn't seem to be a problem, as haven't seen 1 accident yet, in 5 yrs living here.  Unless on hwy #4, which is easily avoided, and have seen no accidents on the stretch bordering town.  Amazingly so.

It would be the Ncap ratings of more concern, I see so many crashes here...... 

[KhunLA]

14 minutes ago, eezergood said:

It would be the Ncap ratings of more concern, I see so many crashes here...... 

And yet I don't, except a truck now & then parked on it's side in the medium ditch along highways...

... oops, should have stopped and had a coffee or a nap.

[Bandersnatch]

BYD Seal Prices announced in Europe at the Munich motor show

 

 

The BYD Seal is offered in two versions in Europe with starting prices of 44,900 euros ($48,210) ฿1.7m for the 82.5kW RWD and 50,990 euros ($51,675) ฿1.8m for the AWD performance. These prices should be lower in Thailand due cheaper shipping costs and Government incentives here.

 

The BYD Seal is currently available in five versions in China with a starting price range of RMB 189,800 ($26,000) ฿926k for the 61.4kWh RWD to RMB 279,800 ($38,300) ฿1.36m for the AWD performance model

 

Still no word of the official Thai price.

 

https://cnevpost.com/2023/09/05/byd-presents-6-models-at-munich-auto-show/

[khunphil]

6 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

BYD Seal Prices announced in Europe at the Munich motor show

 

 

The BYD Seal is offered in two versions in Europe with starting prices of 44,900 euros ($48,210) ฿1.7m for the 82.5kW RWD and 50,990 euros ($51,675) ฿1.8m for the AWD performance. These prices should be lower in Thailand due cheaper shipping costs and Government incentives here.

 

The BYD Seal is currently available in five versions in China with a starting price range of RMB 189,800 ($26,000) ฿926k for the 61.4kWh RWD to RMB 279,800 ($38,300) ฿1.36m for the AWD performance model

 

Still no word of the official Thai price.

 

https://cnevpost.com/2023/09/05/byd-presents-6-models-at-munich-auto-show/

There are so many scary videos about burning BYD in China, I would not trust it yet, but this is just a personal opinion (included one news, recently in Thailand). I am not sure why only BYD and not other EV brand-names as ORA, Good Cat, seeing so many of them on Thai roads.
Phil.

[Bandersnatch]

52 minutes ago, khunphil said:

There are so many scary videos about burning BYD in China, I would not trust it yet, but this is just a personal opinion (included one news, recently in Thailand).

Scaremongering more like. The BYD Thailand incident was an electrical fault not a battery fire. The car is being repaired under warranty and returned to the owner.

 

BYD hybrid fires in China is not relevant to Thailand as BYD doesn’t sell hybrids here.

 

Please keep your personal (uninformed) opinions to yourself 

[JBChiangRai]

1 hour ago, khunphil said:

There are so many scary videos about burning BYD in China, I would not trust it yet, but this is just a personal opinion (included one news, recently in Thailand). I am not sure why only BYD and not other EV brand-names as ORA, Good Cat, seeing so many of them on Thai roads.
Phil.

The statistics are that your EV is more than 10 times less likely to catch fire compared to your ICE vehicle.

[ExpatOilWorker]

8 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

Please keep your personal (uninformed) opinions to yourself 

All opinions are welcome here, there are no wrong opinions,  just different opinions in a healthy debate. 

[Bandersnatch]

3 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

All opinions are welcome here, there are no wrong opinions,  just different opinions in a healthy debate. 

[ExpatOilWorker]

2 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

That is a pipe dream, we are talking about Chinese EVs after all. Deception and propaganda is written in the manual.

[Bandersnatch]

4 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

That is a pipe dream, we are talking about Chinese EVs after all. Deception and propaganda is written in the manual.

Now that is an opinion and you are welcome to it.

 

14 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

All opinions are welcome here, there are no wrong opinions

Scary video about burning BYD recently in Thailand

 

Is not an opinion, it’s just not true 

 

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

2 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

Scary video about burning BYD recently in Thailand

 

Is not an opinion, it’s just not true 

It was a close call and this time the EV walks away, but relax, it is still early EV days in Thailand ????????.  

All EV fires ???? counts, just wait until Somchai uses his brothers welding kit as charger, fix a few cables DIY style, little Nut spill her soda pop down the dashboard, rats ???? get a taste for Chinese cable insulation, the uneven Thai roads kiss ???? the underside of the battery pack at 120 km/h, raw sewage water ???? fill the soi where you parked over night, not to mention the infinite different ways Thais generally manage to crash cars at a daily basis.

Strap in, interesting times ahead.

[Bandersnatch]

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

It was a close call and this time the EV walks away, but relax, it is still early EV days in Thailand ????????.  

All EV fires ???? counts, just wait until Somchai uses his brothers welding kit as charger, fix a few cables DIY style, little Nut spill her soda pop down the dashboard, rats ???? get a taste for Chinese cable insulation, the uneven Thai roads kiss ???? the underside of the battery pack at 120 km/h, raw sewage water ???? fill the soi where you parked over night, not to mention the infinite different ways Thais generally manage to crash cars at a daily basis.

Strap in, interesting times ahead.

You are entitled to your opinions and in the the same spirit I am entitled to not have to waste my time reading them.

 

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[josephbloggs]

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

It was a close call and this time the EV walks away, but relax, it is still early EV days in Thailand ????????.  

All EV fires ???? counts, just wait until Somchai uses his brothers welding kit as charger, fix a few cables DIY style, little Nut spill her soda pop down the dashboard, rats ???? get a taste for Chinese cable insulation, the uneven Thai roads kiss ???? the underside of the battery pack at 120 km/h, raw sewage water ???? fill the soi where you parked over night, not to mention the infinite different ways Thais generally manage to crash cars at a daily basis.

Strap in, interesting times ahead.

Wow, complete nonsense mixed with casual racism all in one post! Congratulations.

[Andrew Dwyer]

EV registrations for August 2023

 

Atto 3 leads the pack, with Dolphin making a good start.

Interesting to see MG EP still selling strong, where are they finding them ?

 

 

[Bandersnatch]

Volvo EX30 opens at 1.59 million baht and tops at 1.89 million baht.

 

 

 

 

 

[metisdead]

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[JBChiangRai]

Volvo performance looks very tempting.

[transam]

1 minute ago, JBChiangRai said:

Volvo performance looks very tempting.

But MG has that, since 1924................

[Ralf001]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

But MG has that, since 1924................

And are getting better as they mature, these new EV's sure do pack some punch.

[JBChiangRai]

11 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Volvo performance looks very tempting.

 

9 minutes ago, transam said:

But MG has that, since 1924................

Both fantastic Chinese manufacturers

 

(since 1924)

[matchar]

20 minutes ago, transam said:

But MG has that, since 1924................

And even better, MG is nearly half the price of the Volvo.

 

I can't blame the Chinese for using British soft power for marketing purposes. Buying the MG brand has worked out very well for SAIC...shrewd business IMO.

[Bandersnatch]

1 hour ago, matchar said:

And even better, MG is nearly half the price of the Volvo.

MG 4 has LFP batteries which I would prefer over Volvo’s NMC

 

MG4 has V2L which would work great with my solar setup to keep me off grid

 

Volvo nor any reviewer has mentioned V2L

 

Performance and trim is a win for Volvo