I am a battery distributor and part of my responsibilities towards my clients are checking that their lead-acid batteries are in good condition.

I dont know about EV at all but was wondering are there regular checks to ensure that the EV batteries are stabil and safe to be use ?

is the official range achievable? 480 km NEDC/ 420 km WLTP

The BMS handles everything and everytime u send it to service they will plug in diagnostic for health check
WLTP yes, but only if u drive 10-20km/h below the speed limit and have a very light foot

is the official range achievable? 480 km NEDC/ 420 km WLTP

If all adopt EV, wats going to happen to companies like Shell?

Free charging while watching movie

Went to a mall with free EV charger, luckily got 1 slot empty so plug in to charge



Battery was at 67% upon plugin..



Watch mission impossible..



When movie habis back to car, almost full.. 95% battery

Parking was only rm3..

Enjoy while you can lol

Hlw to determine free charger?
Plugshare doesn't help it seems

Do you still hangout with your tow truck friend?

Long time no start the other petrol cars at home

Once started to warmup they greeted me with this

do you worry that your charger may get stolen when you charge with 3 pin at hotel?

Got test when battery below 50% the mileage suddenly big drop?

do you worry that your charger may get stolen when you charge with 3 pin at hotel?

Yup, no issues at all. However the car is using heat pump as the aircon system, it take around 2-3 minutes before it starts pumping cold air, so I usually remote start the car using the phone app before entering the car

nice info, can explain further about the heat pump air cond? 

Hai guys, lama tak buka tered pasal kereta. As some u know, I sold my old Suprima earlier. And had it replaced with an EV.


Why EV/BYD Atto 3?

- Want something with similar characteristic as Suprima, big boot space, huge rear legroom, must have many features such as pano roof, AEB, lane keep, adaptive cruise etc etc

- Need to be powerful (over 160hp) yet with minimal maintenance

- I dont have any kampung to balik to, so no range anxiety, even if need to go for that maybe twice a year out of KL trips, can take other car

- To carry stuffs when needed, other cars at home boot too small to fit large item



- Looked at competitors:

Honda HRV : 140k car with Honda City Interior, seats too firm, boot too small and CVT puik. Honda CRV: Too old

Mazda CX-30 : Cramped interior, Boot too small

Peugeot 3008/VW Tiguan : Not much features to play with, no adaptive cruise control, AEB etc etc

Ora Good Cat: Boot too small, slow charging.

CHARGING, How much does it cost?

- Over a month, I only driven 1535km


And here is my home energy usage




Roughly RM 120++ for 1500km distance, this I set my wallbox charging app to count using TNB highest block electricity tariff. I also charge outside when I go mall to makan, charging outside is free, only pay for parking.

My fav is Sunway Velocity and Wangsa Walk




Sounds cheap right? Actually is not, because to upgrade my house electricity (RCB/MCCB from 40amps to 63amps) since my house was from the 80's cost RM3.5k, the wallbox itself is free from BYD, but installation cost is Rm1.2k.

Where is the furthest you've ever driven it?

- Not far, furthest is from home to KLIA then straight to Seremban. then pusing2 seremban town. around  140-150km.. Battery left 70%

- Stayed at Royale Chulan Seremban, they allow 3 pin charging there. So plug in at night, next day checkout battery already fully charged, again... Free of Charge

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So yeah, this is my experience with EV now. Feel free to ask anything in regards to EV or even the car itself. Ill answer it truthfully, unbiased based on my personal POV.