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If you were being chauffeur driven in it I am sure you wouldn’t care what the outside looks like

I think it’s clear from the comments that the MG Maxus 9 would not be popular in the UK. Over here in Asia luxury people carriers are very popular. It’s not uncommon to have a driver to take your kids to school. Why would you struggle with the traffic and finding parking when you can be...

Also at the show was the Denza D9 (BYD/Mercedes luxury brand) If you are in the market for a Luxury people carrier then the MG will be cheaper, but I’m sure neither will be cheap

I have just returned from the Bangkok Motor Show and by far the most popular vehicle was the MG Maxus 9. A 3-row MPV with 90 kWh battery, 540 km EV range This a product of the company Maxus, which is a subsidiary of SAIC Motor that also owns MG. It is known as the Maxus Mifa 9 in China. It will...

Thanks @Les burrows - enjoyed the video.

Living in the tropics means we have good sun all year. I can run the house and charge my car my 99% from my system. I imported my inverters and batteries from China. Install costs are very cheap here - payback is about 6 years. My frustration is not being able to get value from my excess solar...

Here in Thailand there is a Feed-In scheme but it is limited to systems up to 5kW and all components used have to be on the approved list which is rarely updated. There is also mountains of paperwork. Can take up to a year to get approval. I went for self consumption and a bigger system...

Yet the feed-in rate for those with solar is still practically nothing Wholesale rate for electricity v Feed-In rate

Last month wholesale rates for electricity in the UK were over £2,000 per MWh = £2 per kWh but feed-in rates were nowhere near that. With more homes having solar; home storage and EVs with V2L why do we need peaker plants or massive grid transmission line expansion. Here in Thailand I get zero...

I am very fortunate to live in the tropics and also to have been able to design a house specifically to be off-grid and power an EV.

I have my ATS set with the priority input as my backup solar system. V2L would be the priority and when the ATS senses a drop in voltage it would switch over to Grid. So if you set the V2L to a max of 50% of the car battery, when it reached 50% it would shut off supplying power from the car and...

I haven't seen the detailed specs but my understanding is that a 5kW inverter means that the maximum inverting the Libbi can do (converting DC to AC or AC to DC) is 5kW. If you want to charge your EV from solar and also power your house at the same time you might find you can only charge at a...

My inverters have a single AC input I just use a ATS to be able to switch between Grid power input and a secondary AC source like V2L

Hello again Les - I am aware of MyEnergi, in fact I contacted them about shipping a Zappi to Thailand and I was very impressed when they said that they could. I don't need an eddi as I have solar thermal hot water. The LiBBi has integrated inverter and battery modules which are always more...

I am curious why battery prices are so expensive in the UK. This is my setup: 3x 5kW inverters and 4x 9kWh of storage https://www.nruitpower.com/product/powerporter-9kwh/ Cost me ฿68,000 £1,546 for each 9kWh LFP battery (CATL cells) imported from China to Thailand...

If you have solar most inverters have an AC input. For backup I use a transfer switch to swap been my old solar setup and the grid. I plan to use V2L to trickle charge my solar batteries during the rainy season. I made a video about how it would work

I had this problem in Thailand when MG first offered free chargers and installation. Someone decided that the standard electric meter supply in Thailand wasn’t powerful enough to power a home and charge an EV, so a second meter was required. As I was off-grid Solar I wanted to power my home and...

There seems to be quite a lot interest in V2L on the Marvel R and new ZS EVs but also a lot of questions. I have made a video on how V2L can be integrated into a home solar system.

Apologies - just seen that there is already a discussion on this topic that I missed Found patent pictures of Cyber-e (small ev hatchback) in link below