Google Maps update makes it easier to find EV charging stations in Thailand

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By Online Reporter

A new feature has been added to Google Maps that enables drivers of electric vehicles to easily find EV charging stations.

 

Motorists simply need to launch the app and search for EV charging stations which will bring up a list and map of nearby chargers.

 

Alternatively, they can go to More > Services > Electric vehicle charging

 

It will then display the location of the charging station, the number of charging stations available at the location and the different types of charging stations. The power rating is also displayed which allows drivers to pick a fast or slow charging option.

 

Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/thailand-news/google-maps-update-makes-it-easier-to-find-ev-charging-stations-in-thailand/

 

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[Gold Star]

Wow...

 

I see the nearest one is now only 180 kms south from here in Chiang Rai.

 

Clearly this energy transition is not going so well as we are led to believe.

[paahlman]

Well.. It depends i guess where you are.. Mine is 150 meters away it says!

[jacko45k]

Just now, paahlman said:

Well.. It depends i guess where you are.. Mine is 150 meters away it says!

Does it tell you if it is in use, or out of service etc too?

[IAMHERE]

These chargers, do they fit every model EV ?

[RichardColeman]

Smart Thais will be planning to sell things near these 'charging stations' 

[jacko45k]

Just now, RichardColeman said:

Smart Thais will be planning to sell things near these 'charging stations' 

I was expecting a well lit food cart to be occupying that spot!

[KhunLA]

3 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Wow...

 

I see the nearest one is now only 180 kms south from here in Chiang Rai.

 

Clearly this energy transition is not going so well as we are led to believe.

Anyone 'having' an EV, should use PlugShare site.

 

Those not having an EV,, well, you might as well just use the Swenson's ice cream site ... great ice cream.

Edited October 16, 2022 by KhunLA

[Purdey]

Not sure how it works when there are relatively few charging stations around the country. When a petrol engine car runs out of fuel we can walk or hitch a kilometer or two to the next petrol station and fill a can. What happens when an EV runs out? Push the car? Have it towed? 

[JBChiangRai]

Google Maps takes some time to be updated, we have 2 EV’s and a 3rd on order. My daughter just drove from our home in Chiang Rai to our Chiang Mai home and used 43% of her battery in her MG EP+ which for a limited time is still available at 771,000 baht…an absolute bargain (the government pay a substantial part of the cost on the first 6,000 MG BEV’s sold this year).  

 

I have a somewhat more expensive BEV with a range of 510km.
 

I know of at least 1 charger at a coffee shop on the way to CM, they are being added weekly and often they are completely free to use.

[JBChiangRai]

13 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Not sure how it works when there are relatively few charging stations around the country. When a petrol engine car runs out of fuel we can walk or hitch a kilometer or two to the next petrol station and fill a can. What happens when an EV runs out? Push the car? Have it towed? 

There are hundreds of EV charging stations operated by a dozen or so network operators. 
 

MG alone has at least one fast DC charger every 150km in Thailand.

 

Charging is not a problem anymore.  For sure the network will need vast expansion as BEV’s become mainstream, but it is coming and the outlet’s are fairly standard, unless you drive an imported Tesla then you no doubt have the adaptor you need to use everyone else's network.

 

CP & PTT are going to put them at their gas stations and 7/11 stores.

[Tropposurfer]

OMG !!! ???????????? Its another brick in the wall by the evil leftist <deleted> cabal controlled by Soros and the woke left to turn our men its wooses and our brains to mush hahahahahaha ????????????????

[rovinman]

It's ALWAYS amazed me, that EV Charging stations are located separately from regular petrol stations !

They SHOULD be located at exactly the same place !

Seems obvious to me that if you need service, then you go to a service station.

In fact the Petrol companies should set various ones up, on their forecourts that will shortly be empty, which of course they won't be, (until 2035 ?).

Then we will still have the eateries, that we are getting more and more  !

[jacko45k]

10 minutes ago, rovinman said:

It's ALWAYS amazed me, that EV Charging stations are located separately from regular petrol stations !

They SHOULD be located at exactly the same place !

Seems obvious to me that if you need service, then you go to a service station.

In fact the Petrol companies should set various ones up, on their forecourts that will shortly be empty, which of course they won't be, (until 2035 ?).

Then we will still have the eateries, that we are getting more and more  !

The stations are usually owned by the Oil companies..... at the moment they are not heavily invested in selling electricity. I expect currently no incentive. 

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, Purdey said:

Not sure how it works when there are relatively few charging stations around the country. When a petrol engine car runs out of fuel we can walk or hitch a kilometer or two to the next petrol station and fill a can. What happens when an EV runs out? Push the car? Have it towed? 

Do people over the age of 20 actually still run out of petrol.  Must be the same folks that planned their retirement so good in TH and had to return after a couple years.

 

If you can't find a CS, you're not looking very hard.  

[KhunLA]

Better research = Better life experiences

No plan = Plan to fail ... your choice

 

If you drive around with a can to put petrol in you ICE, then you may want to invest in a solar power station, then again, why bother, as you'd probably forget to charge it up before leaving anyway 

 

Just can't fix stupid ... ????

[paahlman]

On 10/17/2022 at 6:25 AM, jacko45k said:

Does it tell you if it is in use, or out of service etc too?

Have no idea.. But i bet if you use not google but the app for the brand of chargers there it could maybe tell that.

[Sophon]

On 10/17/2022 at 8:16 AM, rovinman said:

It's ALWAYS amazed me, that EV Charging stations are located separately from regular petrol stations !

They SHOULD be located at exactly the same place !

Seems obvious to me that if you need service, then you go to a service station.

In fact the Petrol companies should set various ones up, on their forecourts that will shortly be empty, which of course they won't be, (until 2035 ?).

Then we will still have the eateries, that we are getting more and more  !

Both Bangjak and PTT are busy installing EV chargers at their petrol stations.