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8 minutes ago, motdaeng said:

https://www.reverautomotive.com/en/news/byd-seal-oct-campaign

 

the website also allows plenty of room for interpretation... i would say, business as usual ...

 

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Yes, i would agree that it is the current campaign ( with the addition of window film ).

The FB thread i read concentrated on the trade in value hinting that it was somehow connected to a “ special price “ but that doesn’t really appear in the above article.

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There are all the usual benefits, plus a 240,000 THB trade-in super valuation, so I think this is the best promotion at the moment if you have something to trade and plan to finance

 

 

240.000 is for the Seal premium 

 

150.000 for the dynamic 

 

200.000 for the performance 

 

you can find the details here in Thai language 


https://www.reverautomotive.com/en/news/byd-seal-oct-campaign

 

 

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4 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:


I have aftermarket wheels and I think they are 1 inch wider than the standard wheels (8 inches) but they have the standard tires on, I will be upgrading the tires two sizes wider when they need replacing. Standard tires on wider wheels gets rid of the tract issue from standing starts on dry, clean roads.

I am thinking - maybe trading in the Seal for a Sealion 7 with wider tires is a good option, too  :whistling:

 

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14 hours ago, Pib said:

Above wording indicates if paying cash a person wouldn't qualify for the trade-in support promotion.   That kinda suck$.

 

That's often how this works between Financing company and car reseller... profit has to come from one way or another. I was once refused to pay cash a Toyota sure car, as I needed to get a 2 or 3 years loan mandatory.

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13 minutes ago, khunphil said:

That's often how this works between Financing company and car reseller... profit has to come from one way or another. I was once refused to pay cash a Toyota sure car, as I needed to get a 2 or 3 years loan mandatory.

 

The tents have to charge an extra 7% VAT on used cars, they will often waive it if you take finance.

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I’m trying to keep my Seal battery between 20-50% with an occasional top up to 100%.
 

The ABB charger that comes with car is upgradable for Solar.  Probably not very easy to get the solar gubbins though.

 

i just finished charging and it mentions Solar…

 

 

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6 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

ReverSharger app now up and running.

 

When using the map chargers in use now show the percentage charging , new I think ?

Yes it does now show percentage of charge completed which is an outstanding feature IMO. 

 

With this new feature you don't need to stop, get out of your EV, and then physically touch the charger's display to estimate  when when the charging EV will reach 100%.  See if you want to wait....and then charger's displaying the charging EV(s) still has a long way to go to 100%....that's always a let down.

 

By being able to see the charging percentage completed "before" getting to the charger it allows a person to decide if they even want to stop & queue.  With me my queue limit is around 10 minutes especially when taking advantage of this free BYD charging promotion....I'm not the kind of person who will queue for long unless I've got no choice.  Fortunately, I've had to queue few times and for no more than 10 minutes.

 

So far since 3 Aug when I got my 1st free bucket of electrons I've availed 32 free charging sessions worth Bt5,046 for 641 KWH of free electrons according to my ReverSharger wallet history.   I'll probably be able to avail of around Bt10K of free electrons before the current promotion ends 3 Jan 2025...and I hope BYD extends it but I'm not holding my breath.

 

All of these free sessions have been on my way to or from a location like visiting the MIL, a grocery store run, etc.  No trips have been made solely to get free electrons.

 

I've started sessions where I still had 96% charge remaining to  28% remaining.  Quite a few times I've filled-up with free electrons at a charger close to my MIL's home and then on the way back to my Bangkok home about 55km away I get lucky and able to top-up again at a red pin charger about 10km from my home....then by the time I get home I'm setting at around 98%.

 

But on the "average" from my free charging history I start the charging around 67%...basically adding one-third of a battery tank of electrons.  Yeah...I've been pretty much availing myself of these free electrons whenever I can "but only" when I'm doing a routine trip like a MIL vist, groceries run, etc.

 

Me like free electrons.  And I haven't used my home wall charger since around 1 Aug.

 

 

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29 minutes ago, Pib said:

Yes it does now show percentage of charge completed which is an outstanding feature IMO. 

 

With this new feature you don't need to stop, get out of your EV, and then physically touch the charger's display to estimate  when when the charging EV will reach 100%.  See if you want to wait....and then charger's displaying the charging EV(s) still has a long way to go to 100%....that's always a let down.

 

By being able to see the charging percentage completed "before" getting to the charger it allows a person to decide if they even want to stop & queue.  With me my queue limit is around 10 minutes especially when taking advantage of this free BYD charging promotion....I'm not the kind of person who will queue for long unless I've got no choice.  Fortunately, I've had to queue few times and for no more than 10 minutes.

 

So far since 3 Aug when I got my 1st free bucket of electrons I've availed 32 free charging sessions worth Bt5,046 for 641 KWH of free electrons according to my ReverSharger wallet history.   I'll probably be able to avail of around Bt10K of free electrons before the current promotion ends 3 Jan 2025...and I hope BYD extends it but I'm not holding my breath.

 

All of these free sessions have been on my way to or from a location like visiting the MIL, a grocery store run, etc.  No trips have been made solely to get free electrons.

 

I've started sessions where I still had 96% charge remaining to  28% remaining.  Quite a few times I've filled-up with free electrons at a charger close to my MIL's home and then on the way back to my Bangkok home about 55km away I get lucky and able to top-up again at a red pin charger about 10km from my home....then by the time I get home I'm setting at around 98%.

 

But on the "average" from my free charging history I start the charging around 67%...basically adding one-third of a battery tank of electrons.  Yeah...I've been pretty much availing myself of these free electrons whenever I can "but only" when I'm doing a routine trip like a MIL vist, groceries run, etc.

 

Me like free electrons.  And I haven't used my home wall charger since around 1 Aug.

 

 


The good thing about the Bangchak ReverSharger chargers is they have 2 large scrolling LED’s at the top of the charger showing at a glance roughly how much is left on each side until 100%. I utilised this myself recently, arriving at the Bangchak pump I could see both were very near completion so waited 5 minutes without leaving the car.

But of course the percentage in the app is better for both Bangchak and BYD chargers now.

 

I was reluctant to take advantage of the free charging offer as the first time seemed to create problems for people ( obviously after the process was clarified it is now a simple plug and play affair ) so didn’t charge outside until Aug 31st but then i caught the bug and haven’t paid for charging since then ( except the 26 baht service charge for my TOU ).

 

Since then i have accrued 527.96 kw ( worth 5,223 baht ) from only 8 visits, preferring to leave it to below 40%, one time was 15%.
I think out of the 8 visits i have had to wait only 3 times around 5,10 and 15 minutes.

 

I will be happy to accrue 10k from free charging although in reality it is a lot less as i would have used my TOU meter, but it is a feeling of getting something back from the dealer as my EV has been reduced by 50k since buying.

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41 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:


The good thing about the Bangchak ReverSharger chargers is they have 2 large scrolling LED’s at the top of the charger showing at a glance roughly how much is left on each side until 100%.

I agree...that's a nice feature...I've relied on that feature a lot as once you've compared lights to the actual charge level a few times you have a good ball park estimate of  the EV charge level by just looking at the lights....no need to get out of your EV to check the the actual charge level.    However, based on my experience all of the Bangchak ReverScharger chargers do not have the large scrolling LED light feature at the top....most seem to but definitely not all based on my experience in/around the Bangkok area.

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