Popular Post macahoom Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) Some of you who already have an EV and others who are considering buying one may be interested in this: Just got back to Phuket, yesterday, from visiting my girlfriend’s parents in Nakhon Si Thammarat. En route, we stayed in Ao Nang for three nights in a hotel which has free fast (not rapid) charging. Then, onward to my girlfriend’s village. Hotels in the area of her village are few and far between but there’s one which is clean and does the job. Each room is like a little detached house on stilts and we can park the car underneath, plug in and granny charge. Works well! We’ve stayed elsewhere in hotels which have allowed us to granny charge - almost all have been free, but this one charges us. Fair enough. Stayed in the hotel for three nights. I reckoned we used about 150 baht of electricity; we gave them 200 baht and everybody happy. It was time to head back to Phuket; driving distance about 360 kms. We did not plan to stop for a charge as we can do it if 100% charged when we set off. When we got to the big PTT station at Phang Nga, we noticed a guy charging his Ora Good Cat using the new “EV Station PluZ” rapid charger there. My girlfriend went to ask him about it and he told her charging is free until the end of the year. So we registered with the app (what a rigmarole!), connected up the car and charged. By the time we had a coffee and a pee, the car was at 100%. Free! We also learned that PTT have several “EV Station PluZ” stations in Phuket, one of which is about 6 kms from where we live. So, if it’s true that it’s free until the end of the year, we won’t be charging at home at all for the next 7 months. Yipee! This is especially good because Central Festival have recently started charging for charging - for over two years it was free. I might as well mention that, after Phang Nga, we stopped for dinner at the Anantara Mai Khao and topped up the car there as we ate, using their free charger. I realise, a few years down the road, free charging will not exist (except for hotels, possibly) but at the moment it’s a wonderful thing. Edited June 1, 2022 by macahoom 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) If I may, which EV do you own ? TIA Don't think I'd get much use out of free charging till end of the year, as on order, and we'll be lucky if it arrives by year's end. ???? Great thread BTW, hopefully more will chime in with some out & about stories, pros & cons. Bookmarked Edited June 1, 2022 by KhunLA 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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