Electrification Aggregation.... or the role of an intermediary in removing friction in EV charging in Thailand
It's been great to watch the increase in Battery (BEV) and Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), as car owners we chose to move to PHEV around 18 months ago. The rationale for PHEV versus BEV was driven by an observation of the distribution of EV charging stations and our own behaviours in terms of location. If you live in Bangkok and very rarely leave, a BEV is a truly viable option, for us less so (for now). You might call it hype, you might think about innovation distribution, or some other frame of reference that helps you find the right box to frame your observations on the state of the EV charging in Thailand today. At the time of writing this in May 2023 there are 13, yes thirteen, different EV networks. Each has their own app, and each requires yet another username and password to be remembered. It shows the latent potential that so many organisations are choosing to invest in network build out, this is not a small capital expenditure process. To me as a user it's ju...