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That would be Newcastle Brown ...

Can any AN members see the resemblance between these images? 1. A kindly gentleman hosing down an elephant. 2. A kindly gentleman hosing down an elephant.

Come on Bob. Unlike in Monte Carlo or Geneva, this chap had plenty of opportunities, in the delightful Nana area, to purchase a garishly coloured di1do and literally 'put a plug in it' until he could find a more suitable venue for relief. Although on Monte Carlo - As I walk along, in Soi Nana With an independent air You can hear the girls declare "He must be a Millionaire." You can hear them sigh and wish to die, You can see them wink the other eye At the man who took a dump in Monte Carlo who cares, I gotta go.

You can bet that governments will start to tax EV users more aggressively to make up for lost fuel taxes. The advance of tech will make things like road use pricing much easier to implement. As EV adoption ticks up, the subsidised incentives to own are going to evaporate faster than water on a Bangkok pavement in April (bringing this back to EVs in Thailand).

Marketing? Building brand value and loyalty? I doubt it's costing them anything. In fact, they're probably going to make some money because I suspect the electricity costs them less than THB 4, and some BYD owners who might otherwise go to PTT or wherever might take the time and effort to go and use a Rever charger to save a massive 50 baht or whatever. The same folk who won't pay THB 40 to use the tollway. When I renewed my ICE insurance last year Bangkok Insurance 'gave' me THB 2000 in PTT fuel vouchers.

Just got this text from BYD (my translation from the Thai): "This Songkran BYD asks to be part of your travels by bringing EV charging at a special price of THB 4/unit starting from 1800 on 11 April until 0800 on 22 April at Rever chargers nationwide. See more at https://www.reverautomotive.com" สงกรานต์นี้ BYD ขอเป็นส่วนหนึ่งในการเดินทางของคุณ ร่วมเติมไฟให้การชาร์จ EV ราคาพิเศษ 4 บาท/หน่วย เริ่ม 11 เม.ย. 67 เวลา 18.00 ถึง 22 เม.ย. 67 เวลา 08.00 ที่เรเว่ชาร์จเจอร์ทั่วประเทศ ดูเพิ่มเติมที่ https://www.reverautomotive.com

Impact of Bangkok traffic and summer heat on Atto 3 range: negligible in the real world, at least based on my experience owning one since Jan 2023. Not very scientific, but when I got it, my daughter sat in it for an hour one night with friends with the a/c on and streaming music to car via Spotify, and battery went down 1%. Running the a/c really doesn't make much difference. Mind you, the Atto 3 a/c isn't particular effective at rapid cooling. Bangkok traffic and and aircon impact on my other (ICE) car: get as little as 3 km/l sometimes ...

Speed kills, but luckily 😉 no lives were lost and only the EV's range was killed at m highway speed. The above 420 km range is reduced to 163 km at a constant 120 km/h. Both the Atto 3 and Seal 🦭 take a massive +60% reduction in range at speed. Not sure if the ORA funky cat is the same model as the good cat, but it is doing surprisingly well for it's fairly poor aerodynamic. I must have got an extra special Atto then, because I get at least 300 km range at 120 kmh (+), BKK-Jomtien on a regular basis on Highway 7. The 'real time' power usage goes up to around 18-20 kw/100 km. Where were those tests done? In the Arctic?

What's happened to the mysterious OP? Still waiting for him/her to let us all know how long he/she has bene here, and whether he/she speaks any Thai etc.

Come now, surely you can see that 'online persona' may be completely distinct from actual persona? Even if not, it's like seeing some fat sweaty bloke in a stained T-Shirt and flip flops, thinking "what a loser", and then finding out he's a tech billionaire or whatever.

Don't need to speak good Thai to pass current 'test' for either, though.

Off topic but: thing is, SOME people are of interest to foreign governments.

How long have you been here? How's YOUR Thai?

950K for the Extended Range Atto 3 (1.2M at launch in Nov 2022) is a bargain. If you brought in USD to buy it, right now would cost just a hair over USD 26,000. I bought in USD (in Oct 2022, because it hit 37 briefly) to buy mine and equivalent was about USD 32,500. They must be trying to clear stock and build sales numbers. Be interesting to see what the 'normal' pricing for the 2024 Atto 3 model will be. As ever, early adopters pay the price. It's a pretty daft situation when (on paper) it makes sense to total your car, collect the insurance (960K total loss value - payout based on pre-discount pricing) and then use funds to buy a new one and have some money left over for a coffee or two! Not that I'm advocating this, of course.

Jeez - a lot of embracing going on.