webfact Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Thailand Plots Course for Electric-Vehicle FutureAlan Harman | WardsAutoBANGKOK: -- The Thai government is planning for 1.2 million electric vehicles in Thailand by 2036 and up to 1,000 charging stations to support them.A roadmap approved by the National Energy Policy Council sees the EVs introduced in three phases.It will begin this year with 200 electric bus fleets operating by the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, The Nation newspaper reports. “We would like electric vehicles to happen fast and hence we have come up with a clear-cut road map, because the world’s trend is moving that way,” Energy Minister General Anantaporn Kanjanara is quoted as saying.Full story: http://wardsauto.com/engines/thailand-plots-course-electric-vehicle-future-- WARDS AUTO 2016-03-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 It will begin this year with 200 electric bus fleets operating by the Bangkok Mass Transit . 200 bus fleets or 200 buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I am certain about 2 months ago I read an article in TV that Thailand will soon be having problems keeping up with the demands for electricity throughout the country. If they can not supply enough electric then how will the vehicles be powered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I am ok i already have my electric vehicle. 3 wheels top speed 15 kms per hour fantastic machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 60,000 electric vehicles per year then. Less than a thousand per province which is a tiny amount of total vehicle sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melyn Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Make them tax free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 "The Thai government is planning for 1.2 million electric vehicles in Thailand by 2036..." Hope they discover grounding by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 "The Thai government is planning for 1.2 million electric vehicles in Thailand by 2036..." Hope they discover grounding by then. Hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Make them tax free And amfibian so they can also be used as boats during the floodings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Great news. I will start a business making 10 km electric wire. Put a label says for use in electric cars. Two years I will retire. Yes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I learned that almost every electric device and installation here is unsafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jing Joe Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Great news generally for the E.V future !!! New battery technology is in full swing for this use and solar powered off-grid homes. These days do buses or any vehicles turn engines off in traffic jambs in Bkk? Imagine the reduction of Bkk pollution in the long traffic jambs. New technology solar panels have advanced greatly and larger charging stations across the country with solar assist could offer cheaper day rates and reduce some demand on existing power sources. The stronghold of oil companies keeping a demand for their products is slowly loosening to battery and solar. Great competition too worldwide for Thai produced vehicles coming on the market. Go Solar. Go Battery power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Why 2036? The technology is here now: VW, BMW, Telsa, Ford, Toyota, GM, Geely, BYD are currently the top 10 automakers for all-electric cars. Just as the BMT will lease electric buses and charging stations from the Chinese, it can do the same now with autos. The military government plotting a course for electric vehicle future in 20 years is about as useful as it plotting democracy. Questionable at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jing Joe Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I learned that almost every electric device and installation here is unsafe. That's a fairly sweeping and probably unfair/untruthful statement. Is that the most positive attitude one would want to finish this day with? Wouldn't we all hope that this new venture would have all the lessons learnt (from what you are probably referring to) will auger for something better than the past? Were you referring to domestic appliances and domestic house wiring? If so I have seen and felt some of this but your quote :- "almost all" is surely over the top. They are talking about the vehicle industry here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Jesus, they cant even earth a shower heater unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Keeping a bus cool in this heat ? They will need a BIG BIG battery ! Even if you're standing still in Bangkok trafic , you're using electricity to keep the aircon on. I can't even get my small room cool enough on the grid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Next national Thai fare, deep fried mechanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I saw a great electric recliner on a furniture fair in BKK, 100k baht but really awesome. Then i checked the system and it had 2 wires (no ground of course) of 220 going into the recliner. I asked the seller if that was safe if i dropped a beer or so from the table, no problem he said. Then i asked him if he could demonstrate that with water.....no not today sir! It was a made in Thailand high-end chair, really looked great and sit great but of course the electric part was like that.......Thailand only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 nothing slow about Thailand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMagician Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I am certain about 2 months ago I read an article in TV that Thailand will soon be having problems keeping up with the demands for electricity throughout the country. If they can not supply enough electric then how will the vehicles be powered? This sounds like a GCSE physics question... How are electric vehicles powered? Hhmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMagician Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I learned that almost every electric device and installation here is unsafe. And what will you learn next week? That some upstanding po-lease arfficers take ... sshhhh ... mo-neeee from us poor unsuspecting and equally upstanding Falang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jing Joe Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Keeping a bus cool in this heat ? They will need a BIG BIG battery ! Even if you're standing still in Bangkok trafic , you're using electricity to keep the aircon on. I can't even get my small room cool enough on the grid. Yes you are so right. Forgot about the aircon for buses at least. Unless the batteries in buses were bigger like you say. BUT batteries are surprisingly better than ever. Time plus R&D will reveal. Buses could need a small engine running. Cars? mmm there's a challenge. Export industry for cars yes. Hybrids are well on the move now anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jing Joe Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Jesus, they cant even earth a shower heater unit Yes that doesn't surprise me soalbundy and how potentially deadly, but is this the exception rather than the rule? Hope so. I was nearly killed from a faulty fridge in Bkk that didnt happen to have an earth wire in its lead. I'm optimistic the electric vehicle industry would have their act together better than this. BTW. You know Jesus too. I call him; "My lord Jesus". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Keeping a bus cool in this heat ? They will need a BIG BIG battery ! Even if you're standing still in Bangkok trafic , you're using electricity to keep the aircon on. I can't even get my small room cool enough on the grid. Yes you are so right. Forgot about the aircon for buses at least. Unless the batteries in buses were bigger like you say. BUT batteries are surprisingly better than ever. Time plus R&D will reveal. Buses could need a small engine running. Cars? mmm there's a challenge. Export industry for cars yes. Hybrids are well on the move now anyway. It works the other way too. In a cold country you need a big (expensive , limited life) battery for heating. Electrical engines don't heat up like oil burning engines. Heating or cooling power will always be a big part of energy consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Jesus, they cant even earth a shower heater unit Yes that doesn't surprise me soalbundy and how potentially deadly, but is this the exception rather than the rule? Hope so. I was nearly killed from a faulty fridge in Bkk that didnt happen to have an earth wire in its lead. I'm optimistic the electric vehicle industry would have their act together better than this. BTW. You know Jesus too. I call him; "My lord Jesus". Those that know him well can call him JC. When i had my house built i made sure an earth rod was put in and connected to the circuit,worked well for 5 years and the i started getting slight shocks from the shower heater and the wife was getting shocks from the washing machine,turned out that the copper rod that they put in the ground, now not reachable because it is under the concrete floor, wasn't copper but was an iron rod with a nanometre of copper coating which has since been eaten away so now everything has been individually earthed with real copper rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Why 2036? The technology is here now: VW, BMW, Telsa, Ford, Toyota, GM, Geely, BYD are currently the top 10 automakers for all-electric cars. Just as the BMT will lease electric buses and charging stations from the Chinese, it can do the same now with autos. The military government plotting a course for electric vehicle future in 20 years is about as useful as it plotting democracy. Questionable at best. best to make these quotas for at least 20 years in the future so everyone has a chance to forget about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDBUGGY Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 A couple of years ago I wanted to buy an Electric Car out of Bangkok but changed my mind when I found out I could license it or get insurance for it as they were considered in Thailand as not road worthy. So I didn't want to buy a car that was illegal to drive here even though I saw many hotels using them in Pattaya for Hotel Guesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaalle Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I am certain about 2 months ago I read an article in TV that Thailand will soon be having problems keeping up with the demands for electricity throughout the country. If they can not supply enough electric then how will the vehicles be powered? You tink to much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I am certain about 2 months ago I read an article in TV that Thailand will soon be having problems keeping up with the demands for electricity throughout the country. If they can not supply enough electric then how will the vehicles be powered?This sounds like a GCSE physics question... How are electric vehicles powered? Hhmmm. How about a hydrogen powered fuel cell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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