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Geely’s new battery boasts 50-year service life, 3,500 charge cycles
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KevProp
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Jul 4 2024, 09:17 AM
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QUOTE(zidane28 @ Jul 4 2024, 08:39 AM) Any technology improvement on battery is good, coz I think current battery technology for EV just cannot cope with our good-old petrol car... But then, there is no rush for EV now... Wait for few more years then perhaps we can see how EV will be... Agreed. IMHO, hybrid market will boom first then only EV once they have solve the charging duration & infrastructure Sometimes I also feel lazy to refill my ICE car LOL so i aint goin to wait 20min to charge the EV
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KevProp
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Jul 4 2024, 11:45 AM
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QUOTE(Tariq_H @ Jul 4 2024, 10:53 AM) Charge overnight at home is not an option? i need a car that travel outstation frequently for family holiday without additional hassle charging a night at home is barely enough for that usage
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KevProp
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Jul 4 2024, 12:14 PM
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QUOTE(30624770 @ Jul 4 2024, 11:51 AM) That’s why when I talk to Ora Good Cat salesman, he was honest in saying if you need to travel a lot, it’s still better to have ICE cars. EV is more suitable for city driving like going to office or shopping. The BYD salesman said if you want to use EV for long distance traveling, you need to do a lot of research planning ahead as we are not like China where charging is available everywhere. Ora salesman speaking the cold hard truth and alternate solution which is honest BYD salesman is merely giving a heads-up hoping you could buy into it, anyway a lot of charging stations does not cut short the charging duration which is the main point. Some salesman i've met even propose that not necessary to charge until 80% (20mins) per session if busy but that also means I need to plan for another session again? Pening la itu maciam.
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KevProp
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Jul 4 2024, 12:23 PM
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QUOTE(msacras @ Jul 4 2024, 12:14 PM) Family holiday tak kan you no stop at RnR for rests? Nope, because i dun like the food at R&R and we stop for WC only. And why should I plan to go makan place that cater for the EV? LOL So conclusion we are not willing to sacrifice for the EV. We only could use as little time as possible just to get a vehicle working to get us to the place that we wanted to go, not the other way round.
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KevProp
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Jul 4 2024, 12:28 PM
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QUOTE(30624770 @ Jul 4 2024, 12:16 PM) That’s why the BYD salesman said you need to do planning first if you want to travel outstation. However, if it’s for daily city driving, it’s not much of problem as you just need to sacrifice 1 hour every week to charge. Can just go shopping mall lepak 1 hour and kaotim You can see my reply above. Holiday with family is planning for the family As for city drive, yes this I agree but I don't need that charger at mall. I have a landed house but then we are talking about outstation.
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KevProp
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Jul 4 2024, 12:30 PM
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QUOTE(kel32 @ Jul 4 2024, 12:20 PM) Thai consumer body investigates BYD over aggressive discounts I believe a lot more discount incoming, wait until year end and see with more and more EV brand coming out.
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KevProp
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Jul 4 2024, 12:46 PM
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QUOTE(30624770 @ Jul 4 2024, 12:32 PM) Like I say before it’s not totally undoable but just need to do planning first It’s also changing your habit on driving. If you’re not people who are willing to change, then EV is out of the question I am willing to change for the family but not for current EV tech and infra. I am willing to change if EV charging is on par as ICE vehicle refueling. Accessibility and convenient. Yes, the planning is OK for other but not for my family and me.
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KevProp
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Jul 5 2024, 10:07 AM
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QUOTE(Ashadiya @ Jul 5 2024, 09:56 AM) Someone posted before BYD seal can go from KL to KB and still got 25% charge left, so i believe should be enough for me to most travelers , but if ur family holiday is to go from KL to Bangkok non-stop except toilet break, den it's not enough, u need a break of 20 min or more to recharge d car if bangkok i took flight already. And i rather wait for their hybrid (range 2k KM as claimed) instead of BYD SEAL
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