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- Sat May 11, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1821
- Views: 371145
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Here is some useful information from an Australian website on home charging an EV from solar; EV Explainer: Charging your electric vehicle with excess solar power https://thedriven.io/2024/05/09/ev-explainer-charging-your-electric-vehicle-with-excess-solar-power/ I believe from articles I've read re...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:11 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1821
- Views: 371145
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Isuzu will invest $900 million to build EV pickups in Thailand "Thailand’s transition to electric vehicle manufacturing received a turbocharge last month when Japanese automaker Isuzu said it will invest $900 million to manufacture electric vehicle (EV) pickup trucks in the Kingdom." https...
- Wed May 08, 2024 2:03 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1821
- Views: 371145
Re: The Pick-Up Truck Thread
^The Japanese worked out back in the eighties and nineties how to circumvent trade protectionism in the auto industry by opening factories in the markets you want to be in.
- Wed May 08, 2024 12:56 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1821
- Views: 371145
Re: The Pick-Up Truck Thread
BYD Shark: The electric pickup truck set to make waves in Mexico this month "BYD, the Chinese automaker known for its electric vehicles, is set to make a global debut of its new pickup truck, the BYD Shark, in Mexico on May 14th. The BYD Shark is the company’s first electric pickup truck and is...
- Mon May 06, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: The Beer Thread 2
- Replies: 165
- Views: 312780
Re: The Beer Thread 2
^Yes, I've been drinking Carabao beers in my local bar on the last couple of trips to Hua Hin and I prefer it from the other Thai mainstream beers.
- Sun May 05, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1821
- Views: 371145
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
If the ICE car had just been invented, there wouldn't be any fuel stations yet so range anxiety could be an issue....refuelling in 5% of the time...
- Fri May 03, 2024 2:18 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
- Replies: 169
- Views: 29082
Re: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
^34 years ago explains the 1000bt because I remember always paying 500. I also remember that they finally came up with a vending machine for the ticket not long before they got rid of it altogether!
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
- Replies: 169
- Views: 29082
Re: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
^I can't remember exactly it was supposed to be for but you had to buy a 500bt ticket at a counter and then thirty seconds later, present it to someone else!
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
- Replies: 169
- Views: 29082
Re: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
The 500bt tax where you had to buy a ticket at the airport finished in early 2007, everything after that has been collected through the airlines.
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 214
- Views: 42285
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
Maybe have somebody else install the panels so that the load on the roof is taken correctly. Maybe have someone else install the panels on the roof so that I don't have to spend my vacation on the roof! Actually, I've thought about going DIY but I'm still doing too much work at work to want to do t...
- Thu May 02, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 214
- Views: 42285
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
We're waiting for a quote at the moment, they've already been around to have a look at the property.Let us know the costs and how the installation goes, Steve. I am still looking into solar....
I'll be out there next month and hope to have something in progress by then.
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1821
- Views: 371145
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
2018 Tesla S drove 413,000 miles with its original battery
https://insideevs.com/news/717654/tesla ... e-battery/
https://insideevs.com/news/717654/tesla ... e-battery/
- Wed May 01, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thai Minimum Wage Increase
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8632
Re: Thai Minimum Wage Increase
Before anyone gets too upset by minimum wages, don't forget it's International Workers day! ( or Labour day, depending on where you are.)
- Wed May 01, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Flights, Airlines & Airports
- Topic: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates
- Replies: 351
- Views: 261771
Re: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates
....Numerous food and drink outlets. That's the one thing I missed when Don Muang stopped handling international flights, there used to be some decent pubs there where you could waste an hour or two waiting for your flight. There was that large Bill Bentley place on the mezzanine above the check-in...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1821
- Views: 371145
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
NIO ET7 tops over 1,000 km range, on one charge, in real-world tests https://electricdrives.tv/nio-et7-tops-over-1000-km-range-on-one-charge-in-real-world-tests/ "The company tried out three different routes between Chinese cities, with the ET7 managing to crack the 1,000km barrier on all three...