My Dongfeng Nanobox - a case study of an electric vehicle in the Philippines

[Vodka]

EX1 is what i refer to "Version 2". Version 1 has the ternary battery = lots of power pero takot ako sa sunog

Driving in Edsa in a gas car has worse fuel efficiency than in NLEX

A gas car has a torque curve and RPM has an influence on fuel efficiency. EVs have max torque at zero RPM

My order of preference:
1. Wuling
2. Ice cream
3. BYD Seagull
4. Nanobox

I set a personal deadline of by the end of 2023 , sino mauna dito san Fernando will get my money
"Daig ng maagap ang masipag" haha

Email & text kina Wuling & Ice cream ni hindi man lang ako sagutin. Kung sales palang hindi kana pansin paano pa kaya sa service?

Minor factor na rin involved si Gov. Chavit & BBM sa Dongfeng

Dolphin was never a candidate for me kc di ko masyado type yung external porma plus gimicky sakin yung rotating screen
Ito si Nanobox down to earth ang dating sakin. Use a physical key for Acc, On & Start haha. Physical knobs for aircon

Ikaw sir, are you in the market for a new EV?

not really in a hurry to buy an EV. just wanna buy one as a toy

nanobox definitely is a candiate for me coz it's more practical than the minis for just a bit more money. however if you just stretch the budget a bit more you could already get a "real" EV in the dolphin. 5-star safety. so you could sell one of your ICE cars and replace it with the dolphin

[vivafoxpro]

May spare tire ba sir? Parang mahal sa 860k, HM kung cash? Nkakatakot yung wiring sa ilalim prang galing lang sa hardware na flexible conduit, sana ginawang metal conduit para hindi mag short kung kakainin ng aso sa garahe - di bale na mudguards waglang HV electrical ng battery.

Wala po spare tire . Medyo hirap ako maghanap ng brand new rim. Gusto ni tire shop 4 pcs 1 set bilhin ko.
Surplus na lang pagasa ko.

Same lang sa cash

The conduit is just the carrier for the actual cable na may sarili insulation. Pansinin nyo yung sa bahay natin. sa loob nung orange conduit are insulated wires, not bare copper.

[vivafoxpro]

Congrats! Mabilis kaya maubos ang battery sa traffic at naka AC, lalo sa tanghali o hapon?

Dongfeng explained to me:

Our average house aircon (for a small room) uses about 1KW

My Nanobox battery is 15KWH , meaning it can supply 1KW for 15hours

Ergo, pure traffic using AC in a smaller space than our room should last at least 15 hours

Logical naman kaya tinanggap ko ang explanation nya

[vivafoxpro]

Sa case ko naman,
1. Wuling Gameboy
2. Nanobox

Since mas marami ang mga Wuling users, I thought mas magiging easy ang availabilty ng spare parts. Though na prioritize lang si Nanobox due to the presence ng DC fast charging, bigger cargo space sa likod, slightly longer range, better suspension (in my opinion after test drive).

Congrats Sir!

sa tono mo, nakabili ka na rin ng Nanobox

[vivafoxpro]

not really in a hurry to buy an EV. just wanna buy one as a toy

nanobox definitely is a candiate for me coz it's more practical than the minis for just a bit more money. however if you just stretch the budget a bit more you could already get a "real" EV in the dolphin. 5-star safety. so you could sell one of your ICE cars and replace it with the dolphin

Baka pagdating ng Seagull mas magustuhan mo yun sir, March yata dito and some news articles mention that it will have sodium battery

[vivafoxpro]

Documents form Dongfeng even before I bought the nanobox:

[dr. d]

Dongfeng explained to me:

Our average house aircon (for a small room) uses about 1KW

My Nanobox battery is 15KWH , meaning it can supply 1KW for 15hours

Ergo, pure traffic using AC in a smaller space than our room should last at least 15 hours

Logical naman kaya tinanggap ko ang explanation nya

i have noticed,
never did i see an EV's range mentioned, with the aircon emphasized as running all the way.

[Vodka]

Baka pagdating ng Seagull mas magustuhan mo yun sir, March yata dito and some news articles mention that it will have sodium battery

nag message naman si BYD the other day. soft opening daw ng pampanga stealership sa feb

yeah seagull is super interesting. still very small but hopefully will have better ergonomics than nanobox. when i test drove the nanobox there's that very raised ridge all along the edge of the door opening that's digging into my left shoulder. my jimny is already a tiny car but it does have better shoulder room than nanobox

but i dunno if seagull has 5-star safety. if it has more than 2 airbags i think pwede na

btw have you tried driving it inside clark? particularly at the faster roads like along spanglish, ford, etc

[vivafoxpro]

btw have you tried driving it inside clark? particularly at the faster roads like along spanglish, ford, etc

sa megadike, sisiw 80kph

i plan to try 100kph sa nlex just to find out performance & consumption

[vivafoxpro]

Test charge this morning :
I limited it to 1 hour starting at 42%
It gained 10% using 3KW - hindi tally sa claim nila na 15KWH yung LFP battery ko. This could mean NCM sya and I have no way of proving one or the other

So at 10Pesos per KW, a full charge would cost 300pesos giving 250km range