I just don't understand why hugely expensive to buy and fix, unreliable, very short range and rapidly depreciating cars don't sell. It's a mystery.

@ms-jl6dl

Ай бұрын

Because people with money don't like to bother with charging but for few religious fanatics.

@garreysellars5525

Ай бұрын

You aren't cynical are you 😅

@RichWithTech

Ай бұрын

Not enough touchscreens. They just need at more, larger touchscreens- including for door release to exit the vehicle and make sure it's connected to the cloud with AI

@eugenelombard960

Ай бұрын

It's a rich man's game.😊

@lauriedocherty2078

Ай бұрын

Brilliant so funny 😂😂😂😂

If they reduced the bloody things by 100% I still wouldn't have one!

@peetsnort

Ай бұрын

Even the 7k reduction of the nexus is too high for cost of total cost

@sahhull

Ай бұрын

They couldnt even pay me to have one.

@peterselten500

Ай бұрын

Fully agree

@aindriubradleymarshall6226

Ай бұрын

🎯

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

I dont have 2 hours a day to sit in a car gazing at how smart I am while I recharge my virtue signaling

Keep the good work up exposing the EV scam.

@erroneouscode

Ай бұрын

@@jim9930 They will find a way to charge such people for it. In fact you can bank on it or otherwise it's just going to be another inducement to disconnect from the grid. All it needs is sufficient numbers of people to buy EVs before they start further shaking the piggy bank.

@diedampfbrasse98

Ай бұрын

hilarious tinfoil hat theories about EVs. EVs in scandinavia already prove that the technology is good enough to displace fosil fuel cars for the vaste majority of drivers despite the (constantly fading) limitations, just takes a society to commit to the infrastructure requirements to make EVs not just green and safe, but also economical. And even if the power kept being produced with fosil fuels in a powerplant, it will still be more green then to distribute and burn all that fuel in millions of tiny engines on the road. But ignorant people love to pretend that the cost of the fuel infrastructure and distribution doesnt exist. To judge EVs by some developing nations approach (US/China/etc) using rotten/outdated infrastructure is just silly, those economies/people barely got anything right in the past and therefor cant be the baseline to judge a modern technology. Yes, early adopters always have some losses as the rapid development make a lot of products obsolete in just a few years, but thats obviously temporary and in many cases over too. Plenty of homeowners with solar or first world drivers who have a decent infrastructure with affordable energy already are past the time of paying off the investments with the savings. If your economy cant make an EV economical by now it just means its behind first world standards.

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

While there is a true market, it is small, will never be profitable and is financed by ICE cars for no purpose other than lining the pockets of greedy politicians. No one else is making money on the green scam.

@ImLivinSD

Ай бұрын

​@diedampfbrasse98 First World Standards (Electricity, Water, Internet Infrastructure, pluming, roads etc all made possible because of OIL. )

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

@@ImLivinSD During the pandemic oil use was less and it was piling up everywhere that they were GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE cause they had no place to store it. If EV does increase, price of gas will drop which will also boost ICE cars. PLUS we make so much other products from oil gasoline would also continue pile up as other oil bases products such as fertiler plastics and 5,000 other products demand oil. Gasoline could eventualy be free and will NEVER go away

The US supreme court is one step away from cancelling all this crap also.

@user-hb2gh6wh7e

Ай бұрын

I'd argue for ditching all emissions mandates, and getting back to an industry of mechanics who do tune-ups on simple engines. That ,and start making synthetic gasoline and synthetic diesel. If they don't start manufacturing synthetic asphalt (bitumen) then EVs, due to the road that they travel on, and airlines will simply lead the demand for crude oil extraction. Then they will have to find a place to dispose of the unused gas and diesel. Even plastics for a computer or phone, or the health care industry depends on crude-oil; conceivably we could shift away from coal and natural gas, but not crude oil.

@softwarephil1709

Ай бұрын

🙏

@Dennis-ff2pf

Ай бұрын

​@@user-hb2gh6wh7emost of the cost for cars is the fact they poor billions into R D and it is the single biggest cost . Take the 6.2 hemi what would cost to build with out all the pollution control and crap that has to be on them.

@Dennis-ff2pf

Ай бұрын

​@@user-hb2gh6wh7ecoal and natural gas isn't going anywhere.

@simoncrooke1644

Ай бұрын

​@@Dennis-ff2pf*pour.

The consumer has spoken and WE DON'T WANT THAT EV CRAP!!

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

I dont have 2 hours a day to sit in a car gazing at how smart I am while I recharge my virtue signaling

@kathym6603

Ай бұрын

@@fladave99 And, ya know, sitting in a car full of EMF's is not healthy. I asked Google Ai about this and "it" said: Yes, people sitting in an electric vehicle (EV) while it's charging are in an electromagnetic field (EMF). EMFs are created by the movement of charges, which produce electric currents that can exert forces on other electric currents. These forces are called magnetic fields, and when combined with electric fields, they create EMFs. EMFs are present wherever electricity is used or produced, and EVs have complex EMFs with a wide frequency spectrum and specific wave patterns.

@user-hb2gh6wh7e

Ай бұрын

@@kathym6603 High-voltage bricks. Outdoors, a gasoline or diesel car, when refueling, is protected with a grid of metal below and above because of lightning strikes (the tall ugly roof with a sign that barely keeps you dry in a storm). For an EV, adding a second earthing /grounding rod to a home or apartment for charging isn't a good idea because the two earthing rods create an electrical potential between them. Grounding circuits prevent you from shock because they provide a path back to the grid's transformer, that isn't thru you and earth. An EV or solar array creates a second source of power, that must be off if a line-worker is repairing the grid. Sophisticated fault detection is possible, but, it isn't as simple as a circuit-breaker or in a typical residence service panel. It gets worse if the EV is in contact with a metal garage door, or the two earthing rods are in contact via overgrown vegetation or reinforcing metal in the concrete driveway because the neutral wire is tied to the grounding circuit at the main service panel. For decades, cities permitted the conversion of garages to living spaces, now we need them for charging, and for fire-code in the case of obtaining fire-insurance - I can think of only one functioning garage on my block.

@Audioremedy0785

Ай бұрын

Why are they still selling in record numbers?

@DinDooIt

Ай бұрын

@@Audioremedy0785 Because you believe the lying megacorps that's why! Everyone I know who fell for the scam went back to regular vehicles.

EVs is a sinking ship..!! 🙂

@g8ymw

Ай бұрын

Like some of the ships carting them?

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

I dont have 2 hours a day to sit in a car gazing at how smart I am while I recharge my virtue signaling

@biggils8894

Ай бұрын

We are the sinking ship if you haven’t noticed! We are owned by evil ppl. It’s hard to believe, but it’s 100% happening

@Audioremedy0785

Ай бұрын

@@fladave99you realise that this isn’t how EVs work don’t you…. Charge it overnight and you have 100%. Worse case scenario, you can add 175 miles in 15 minutes. Not sure what you are waiting 2 hours for. Maybe because you have no she’s how they work?

@fladave99

26 күн бұрын

@@thomaswilson2917 Good luck trying to sell your COAL CAR

We're having a 'Climate Emergency' this summer in the UK, it's bloody freezing!!!

@chrissmith2114

Ай бұрын

@@Acemeistre You need to carry a smaller golf bag around.

@huwtgriffiths4448

Ай бұрын

​@@chrissmith2114or he needs to loose a bit of weight 😂😂😂😂😂

@hudsonbear5038

Ай бұрын

Rain, rain, wind, wind, 5mins of sun followed by cloudy skys then rain and wind. temp is topping 17-18 degress... Been like this all year. But according to the met office and eco lot may and june was the hottest on record and July is look that way too.. Funny that.... They changed how they look at the figures and how they are recorded (changed in 2016 and enforced in 2019) and suddenly we are in constant heat waves and having records broken every month/year... Yet the reality is the complete opposite...

@douglasb.5601

Ай бұрын

My heating was on this morning in the South of England...in July!😮 I'm sure they'll tell us it is the warmest month on record as they have with the previous 2 (cold❄) months!! 🤡🌍

@chrissmith2114

Ай бұрын

@@Acemeistre Our central heating has been coming on, even last week it came on because 14 degrees. I also sweat on gold course when I am losing.... We came back from holiday in Cornwall in June, normally the warmest place in UK and we did not see above 14 to 15 degrees...

Good news indeed! Wouldn’t it be great if all those responsible for pushing WEF agendas upon us were brought to justice.

In the world of ideas EVs are being legislated into dominance whilst in the real world the industry is in recession. This is yet another battle for reality vs dogma.

The de-preciations on high end EVs are brutal! who in their right mind are buying these abominations.

@andrewd7586

Ай бұрын

Ummm the fruitcake variety?😵‍💫😂

@oldbloke204

Ай бұрын

Apparently you keep them forever so depreciation doesn't matter according to what I've been told. Strange cos I'm going to be buying a new vehicle soon and I want every cent of trade in I can get for it.

@AndrewTSq

Ай бұрын

@@oldbloke204 I complain about the high price, First they tell you that you lease the car. Then when you tell them that leasing a car adds directly to your mileage cost, making the car more expensive than driving a Ford F150, they go on that you buy them. And then you tell them about the depreciation, and they tell you that you keep the car forever yes lol.

@davidshanahan5134

Ай бұрын

⁠@@oldbloke204Does it matter when the battery pack craps out and you can’t keep it forever unless you spend mega $ on a new one?

@oldbloke204

Ай бұрын

@@AndrewTSq Yep. Like the argument that when you have to drive a longer distance the Ev won't take any longer as you have to stop for a toilet break and to eat each time as well as charging. Huh?

I'd love to know how much of the tax I pay is being misappropriated to prop up the sales of these evil things. Not to mention net zero garbage!

@jimestrem6010

Ай бұрын

In the 🇺🇸 we just print the money we need. ( Our taxes we pay don't even pay the interest on the interest on the money we owe).

@Tj-mb7ch

Ай бұрын

Another billion dollars last week.

@alexk6745

2 күн бұрын

pray for Trump to win elections. He promise he stops this madness

Manufactures need to band together against this BS and push back against the mandates and sale requirements set out by governments. Surely together, they would wield significant power and influence, enough to end this insanity.

@McVaio

Ай бұрын

Exactly this. I've never understood why they just roll over and take the abuse from governments.

@tonysheerness2427

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately all car companies owe their government for being bailed out in the past.

@McVaio

Ай бұрын

@@tonysheerness2427 But most needed to be bailed out thanks to government regulations. At least in the US.

@timothykeith1367

Ай бұрын

The recent Supreme Court overturn of Chevron Deference is an open window for American manufacturers to fight back.

@tonysheerness2427

Ай бұрын

@@McVaio Government regulation or poor management?

In the UK carmakers have to discount EV offerings to try and avoid the 15k pound penalty per ICE car over the Gummint set threshold for the year. With Stellantis CEO already warning they won't meet the proportional EV target they'll likely have to shutter UK car plants which will be the first test for incoming Labour.

The Volvo dealer in Bulgaria has cut the prices of the more high-end EVs by 10 to 20%. And it still seems that no one wants them.

@grigorioschristodoulou5229

Ай бұрын

Makes sense, as they are overpriced by 30-45% to begin with. There’s a glimmer of hope that humanity is not as stupid as I thought

@KarolyKrausz

Ай бұрын

​@@grigorioschristodoulou5229 I expect another reason. The economic recession hits the people too hard and the ones without a functioning brain simply don't have enough money to buy an EV while the others with a functioning brain refuse to buy one.

@tonysheerness2427

Ай бұрын

@@grigorioschristodoulou5229 The stupid ones have already wasted their money and can not afford another.

@deanchur

Ай бұрын

Love how you've written it like there's one single dealer for the whole country😆 What do Bulgarians think of China? That could be a reason people don't want Volvo as well.

@vladimirzarkov6777

Ай бұрын

@@deanchur MOTO-PFOHE dealership network (the same which sells Ford) is the only one offering Volvo cars in Bulgaria. I don't think positive or negative opinions on China matter much in this case. EVs are unpopular in general here, in part due to the almost non-existent charging infrastructure.

I hope those German brands learned a lesson and never let themselves push by any government anymore.

Slashing prices just makes it worse.. it’s a big F you to the few customers who did buy them..

Extremely rich women buy a handbag for 20 000$ Its a show off thing

And Toyota and others are developing new internal combustion engines. I strongly doubt that the electric cars we have now will even exist in ten years.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

The problem is the laws of thermodynamics prevent internal combustion engines becoming significantly more efficient...maybe the odd 2 or 3% but it will always remain a fact that an ICE can only ever use 20% or so of the energy to move the car...the rest is waste heat. EV's use around 85 to 90% of the energy in the battery to move the car...that is why they are cheaper to run.

@klimatbluffen

Ай бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 You have to factor in how the electricity is produced and the losses in transporting the electricity, then you get completely different figures on how inefficient electric cars are.And the electricity is produced in a coal-fired power plant, so the electric car is both dirtier and less efficient than an old American v8 from the 1950s.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

@@klimatbluffen you either never read my comment or completely miss-understood it...

@klimatbluffen

Ай бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 I think I understood what you meant, you were comparing an electric motor directly to a real motor.After my primary school I trained as a car mechanic and it was over thirty years ago and at that time they said that petrol engines were around 20-25 percent efficient and diesel engines were about ten percent more efficient. But that does not apply today and especially not diesel engines, if you look at the heavier vehicles, a Volvo FH12 draws around four liters per mile and weighs 60 tons.Same with the big ships, they have become extremely energy efficient.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

@@klimatbluffen Here in Thailand my BYD Seal travels 6km on 1kWh of electricity which costs 4.4 Baht. A liter of petrol costs 40 Baht so to compare the per km costs of my EV to a petrol burner it does 54 km per liter or 154 mpg. When Toyota produces a mid size car with 308 BHP that does 154 mpg I might be tempted to buy one...if I could also buy a piece of equipment for less than $10 000 US that produced a few liters of petrol per day just by putting it on my roof and letting the sun shine on it I would definitely buy one....unfortunately this economy and free fuel supply is currently only available by owning an EV.

It too HOT outside ... stop Charging YOUR EV of get fined! COMING SOON

@bobstirling6885

Ай бұрын

Then if you want to drive it you can't use the aircon as there's no range in the battery....

@rrnonya5472

Ай бұрын

They will remotely lock you in or out ☢or turn off your air or reduce your range or put a lock on your touchscreen that requires your debit card💰... Good times..

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

My BYD comes with a useful feature that allows me to start the air con while I am sat in the restaurant 10 mins before I get in the car...it draws abut 2kw from the battery to cool the car...hardly makes a dent in the 82 kWh battery which I charge at home from my solar panels....another dumb statement from someone who has no idea about EV's..

Oh well, less toxic landfill is a plus.

@tonysheerness2427

Ай бұрын

Lithium ion batteries in land fill, a disaster waiting to happen thermal runaway with methane.

@harrymills2770

Ай бұрын

@@tonysheerness2427 Not to worry. The crowd who set up the catastrophe will be the same crowd who make billions of dollars fixing THAT problem, while the government takes more of our money and liberty, because of the "crisis." Sick of people creating problems and enriching themselves off the "solutions" they ram down our throats, which cause MORE problems down the road. It's the death spiral of western civilization.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

@@tonysheerness2427 Lithium ion batteries degrade with time, test have shown after 8 years they still have 80% of their original capacity. There is a move now to use these batteries as house storage for solar power systems...nobody is going to throw them in landfill....

@kgfgfg1

29 күн бұрын

@@tonysheerness2427you live in a shitbox country where it is legal to do such a think? Go vote! Failed state !

They’re not cursed…they’re just shite…. and over priced and a really bad idea… long live the V8!!!

@marcuspitts2482

Ай бұрын

There's no replacement for displacement!

@Hoojammyflip

Ай бұрын

@@marcuspitts2482 Except a turbo - maybe 🤫

@marcuspitts2482

Ай бұрын

@@Hoojammyflip Supercharger all the way, zero turbo lag!

@ericrawson2909

Ай бұрын

@@marcuspitts2482100%. Love my F Pace SVR. Instant torque, great sound.

@mikemoore5929

Ай бұрын

@@Hoojammyflip Or both .

Mercedes has over 600 EQEs sitting in an Annandale Rd carpark near Melbourne airport.

@meditationsoundscapes5203

Ай бұрын

might hold a LARP there. Zombie car theme

@frankoconnor806

Ай бұрын

I hope they have increased their insurance cover given the fire 🔥 risk they have posed in recent lithium battery fires

@softwarephil1709

Ай бұрын

Depreciating every day. 🕰️

High end performance saloons do tend to depreciate quickly at first as they are usually bought as company cars with Tax advantages, but as second hand private purchase cars they have to be more affordable, and offer high residual value thereafter. Second hand EVs are difficult to sell because of the potential cost of out-of-warranty repairs. So these high end electrics might be tax-efficient at first, but values thereafter are grim. No company wants to throw money away on a fast depreciating asset, even a tax-efficient one. So there is no cost argument. There is no additional user convenience, and there is range anxiety on long journeys. There are reliability problems with new tech; there is no joy in these machines. EVs are just a series of new problems.

@alexk6745

2 күн бұрын

I studied math, after doing math to buy or not to buy an EV I'm not yet convinced to buy an EV even with 0 FBT.

If they can make these large price reductions, what a rip off the original RRP must be.

@martinwalker9234

28 күн бұрын

You don't seem to understand the introduction and take up of new technology...how much were flat screen tv's, iPhone, solar panels and laptop computers 20 years ago?...go back further and you will find the price of vacuum cleaners, fridges and microwaves where very expensive when they came out....mass production, advances in manufacturing techniques and competition reduces the price...EV's are no different, prices will continue to fall.....

@glenwillson5073

28 күн бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 Yes, for sure. What I was referring to, is the thousands of dollars current models are being discounted because many people can't afford the current prices & they are slow selling. These current discounts of the current RRPs have nothing to do with producing cheaper EV's down the track. So, therefore the curent RRPs must be a hugh rip off mark up, in the first place.

Meanwhile Porsche still planning to go with EV Cayman and Boxster. Nuts

@dizzydella1

Ай бұрын

Not really, this guys nuts

@j29maniac

Ай бұрын

The people who buy Porsches just to impress their friends & look at them in their garage are okay with the EV versions. The people who buy them to enjoy a long drive on twisty mountain roads, however, are scrambling to get an ICE version while they still can. Another year or so.

@a64738

17 күн бұрын

One month ago was the last chance to order a Cayman and Boxer with combustion engine... I predict the used car market prices that is already insanely high on these models will skyrocket. Which is typical my luck as I plan to buy a Cayman in beginning of 2025 when I sell half my stocks ...

To Bad your EV is Obsolete the day after you buy it!

@davidshanahan5134

Ай бұрын

Just like an iPad, iPhone, etc. EVentually be thrown away.

@randylahey1232

Ай бұрын

@@davidshanahan5134 Correct, and thats how you know they dont give a rats ass about the environment

@dizzydella1

Ай бұрын

Really, mines 12 years old and fine

Here in NZ, Lexus just took $25K off their RZ450e. It's easy to see why: Lexus sold 102 vehicles in NZ, in June 2024, but 660 in June 2023! But June saw NZ's lowest number of new car registrations in a decade, after 6 straight months of decline. Hardly surprising given that Q2 saw NZ officially exit recession, but with a growth rate of only 0.1%. So it's not just EV sales which have dived, but all car sales. And when there's no conventional wisdom yet to emerge about hybrids or EVs, why would you buy a new car now? If you buy an EV, it's obsolete 2 years later, and worth half what you paid - if you're lucky. Meantime, my '69 911S, '82 928S, and '97 Tommy kaira M20b continue to appreciate slowly.

One thing governments and EV pushers don't tell you, is all these cars suffer thermal stress in the cold and heat, not extremes but once you go lower or higher then 22C battery degradation accelerates. But don't despair if your climate 22 Celsius all year round, you may well get the advertised range and lifespan of the battery. But where is this place ? it's called Never Never Land.

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

CEO got BIG FAT BONUS for screwing their shareholders in a FRAUD SCAM because they LIED about basic features such as RANGE and CHARGING. These CEO should have their multi million bonus CLAWED BACK and LAWYERS SHOULD DO SHAREHOLDER LAWSUITS BECAUSE THEY LIED about EV features ands well as poorly designed products

Thank you for the good news

Not many All Electric vehicles sold in Japan ,as their little Cube cars, N box , HiJet utes , and many others are far superior in terms of economy , reliability, cheap to maintain and drive ,and they go forever !

Here’s this year’s top joke: BYD is opening dealerships in Mexico. A country unable to provide reliable electricity-an outage or two every 6-weeks*-and has little to no 240v to homes. *Also brownouts, tons of noise, and spikes. i.e. their electricity is very “dirty.”

@mellarner8253

Ай бұрын

Ah, but Mexicans are rich people, people in western countries, however, cannot afford them.

@JoeBManco

Ай бұрын

The average income in Mexico City is $17K USD. The price of a BYD Dolphin for Mexico is $21K USD.

You don't see these companies pushing economy cars either. If you can afford 100,000 dollar plus car, buying gas isn't an issue.

@reekinronald6776

Ай бұрын

If someone produced a plug-in Hybrid with maybe a range on battery of 25 miles in the summer for under $30,000 I'd go for it. I'm retired and all I need is a grocery getter, but with confidence that I can drive a couple of hundred miles in the dead of winter when I need to make those occasional trips. No full EV can give me that confidence even if it costs $100,000.

@alexk6745

2 күн бұрын

@@reekinronald6776 I also need one but the safe one. As of today I really not sure because of this kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqB5uMGIkszbqco.html

Electricity prices are sky rocketing in SA for the home use last thing i need is to plug in an EV and send me bankrupt , i work during day home at night use electricity at night when the sun not shining batteries are expensive so are solar panels so its more economical for me to drive a big diesel 4x4 every where

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

Big portion of your electric prices is because of EV s

@Audioremedy0785

Ай бұрын

They could put electricity up 5x and it would still be cheaper than diesel.

@ghunt9146

Ай бұрын

​@@Audioremedy0785Not in the UK. Public charging is already more expensive than petrol & diesel.

@Audioremedy0785

Ай бұрын

@@ghunt9146 that’s not at all true. To fully charge at a supercharger (even at the most expensive time) would cost £24 to put 300 miles in your car. The equivalent in diesel would cost you around £40. But charge at home and that same charge is costing you £4.30. Good try, but maybe actually research something a little bit before you come up against someone in a comments section. Otherwise you look a bit silly 🤣

@ghunt9146

Ай бұрын

@Audioremedy0785 yes, you do, don't you. UK public charging IS more expensive.

They lost me at $50,000 replacement battery.😅

@dizzydella1

Ай бұрын

That's bs dude

@Audioremedy0785

Ай бұрын

It’s not true.

There never was a demand for luxury EVs. I can't believe how many companies have focused on making them.

@reekinronald6776

Ай бұрын

The profit margins are typically higher on the more luxury autos...true for all products for that matter. EVs are so expensive to make it's probably impossible to actually make a profitable and economically friendly EV. Thus they all focus on luxury.

@JoeBManco

Ай бұрын

@@reekinronald6776 Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota, Chevrolet, many of the brands owned by Stellantis, and more originally made their money by building affordable economy cars. Apparently they forgot that. Plus, none of the legacy vehicle makers have turned a profit on EVs. and resale value is awful. EVs might have a chance if they took all the dumb stuff out of them and basically built a very fast golf cart with an HVAC system.

@partymanau

Ай бұрын

Tax payers funds were given as bribes.

@reekinronald6776

Ай бұрын

@@JoeBManco Plug-in hybrid with maybe a 20 mile battery range in summer is probably the only configuration that people may buy AND be economical to make.

@JoeBManco

Ай бұрын

@@reekinronald6776 You could be right. Thankfully I am years away from needing to consider any newer vehicle.

God I hate EVs and all that is woke

@Audioremedy0785

28 күн бұрын

It’s funny because you are obsessing over the environmental benefits. Watch videos of people who hate EVs driving them and how their faces light up. It’s amazing. They are better for the environment, cheaper to run and fantastic to drive.

Land Rover are launching the fully electric Range Rover later this year….. what possibly could go wrong 😢

@user-qy8xl6wo2u

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂 To funny!

@deanchur

Ай бұрын

They'll still find a way to make it drop oil all over your driveway

@Audioremedy0785

Ай бұрын

Probably replacing the diesel ones like the one that took down the airport car park in Luton. You guys used to talk about that incident all the time until you realised it wasn’t an EV.

@anth5122

Ай бұрын

@@Audioremedy0785 🐑

@partymanau

Ай бұрын

Just dont park it in an airport car park.

Our world is sick, it has politicians.

If you are going to buy a luxury car, it wouldn't be an EV. That's like not even buying the same brand but some remote control like car with luxury car badges.

With ICE cars you have a choice between auto or manual, with EV's you just have autos no driver intervention except for braking. I prefer manual cars as I like to be in control.

@JoeBManco

Ай бұрын

Nothing beats a great manual transmission.

@triage2962

Ай бұрын

Well yeah but there is literally nothing to shift in a EV expect from going forward, neutral and rear.

@tonysheerness2427

Ай бұрын

@@triage2962 Exactly, boring.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

I totally agree...but I prefer a horse and cart....so much more interesting to drive...

@alexk6745

2 күн бұрын

Aparently the EV have a fixed gear and from what they're saying the EV motor has the highest torque and 0 RPM. It means you don't need high revs(1700-2000 for diesel and 3000+ for petrol) to get torque like with ICE. But might be something like low range will be needed. in some situations. This is actually a good side of EV, but I still have not bought one because of other issues

The EV lot will still claim sales are in the rise even when the evidence states other wise...

@MrStevecrasher

Ай бұрын

And you know which self obsessed blonde ozzy will be the first.

@hudsonbear5038

Ай бұрын

@@MrStevecrasher eeerm nope am a brit lol

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

Google "EV sales charts" and select 'images', every chart shows EV sales are on the rise, just wishing something to happen doesn't work...

@MrStevecrasher

Ай бұрын

@@hudsonbear5038 not you, the big blonde one

The EU has an environmental directive concerning avoiding end of life consumer electronic goods ending up in landfill. Do EVs comply with this? Just asking.

They could give one away free with a box of cornflakes I still wouldn’t want one. I can’t charge it here anyway lol I laugh at the fleet demand. I had a company car for years and regularly spent whole days travelling 300 to 500 miles or even more between gigs. That job could not be done with a bEV…I have no way to charge at home and my job would have had a lot of expensive downtime with the cost of public charging and my salary while standing idly for an hour or two to charge.

You reap what you sow . No sympathy for manufacturers or dumb consumers that put all their eggs into that basket.

I live in CA and the last thing you can depend on is the grid. They asked for another utility rate hike after 2 this year.

I bought a second hand 2002 Toyota Corolla Wagon in 2010. It's currently insured for less than a third the price I bought it. Over the 14 years of owning it, I spent more on registration fees and insurance than the cost of the car and maintenance (except for fuel and tyres). That's the pricing and cost model I'd be using when buying all future cars.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

why did you buy such a modern car.?...you could have bought an Austin Allegro or Morris Marina...they were such great cars to drive

@vichetkim5533

Ай бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 I'm risk avert driver who is willing to sacrifice driving enjoyment to save money and time at the mechanic workshop.

Thanks for your comedic delivery.

I'm a firm believer in giving the Devil what he wants, and sit back and enjoy the show, seems to be working in every part of our lives.

My UK energy provider, asked my to contribute to a poll, about EVs. In their spiel, they waxed, about how popular they were becoming and heralded the future. In the results, over 50%, said they wouldn't buy one, and over 80%, not only would they not buy one, they would never have any intention of buying one.

@DwaynePipes

Ай бұрын

Which energy company was it?

@HarryBaalzach

28 күн бұрын

Poll should have asked if they would even allow a visiting friend to park an EV on their driveway. I would rather lose a friend than allow that!

the tracking works full force I tried to search for Porsche EVs and while I live 100 miles away from Germany all my results are for Porsche Australia LOL congtatulations to me I'm an ozzie for the algorithms

More proof as if it was needed that car buyers in the UK and elsewhere do not want an EV. Those discounts are a fraction of the amount that you will lose in depreciation. Lexus are no different to other so called luxury brands, you don't want to own one when the warranty expires, spare parts cost a fortune and that is if you can find anyone prepared to work on them.

You'd think these corporate managers in charge of billions and, in some cases, representing a major chunk of a regional economy, would be able to see market factors beyond the 3Fs.

Hi Simon, let's hope the EV market CAN'T recover.

I love calling car dealers and ask about EV’s , then telling them I want to come down and see one. Then not going. 😂 Gets their little hopes up for a while.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

how old are you?

One day they will learn the people who can afford brand new cars and want electric already have them, I'm also sure that the majority of the population can't afford brand new cars and have to rely on the second hand market.

@Puzzoozoo

Ай бұрын

My first older brother has an EV - VW i3 - I know he'd just dismiss all this anti EV talk, as I know what his mind set is like so I'm saying nothing, I'm just waiting to see if Jeff does get rid of it. I'll never buy an EV.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

Here in Thailand EV's are cheaper than the equivalent ICE cars...BYD, MG and Neta are selling these in the thousands, EV charging stations are cropping up everywhere, my daughters school have just installed two and a two more appeared in the shopping mall car park.....BYD have just cut the price of their entire range and there is no indication that price reductions will slow down in the near future.

@sonikwidak

Ай бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 you mean Chinese rubbish evs yeah I wonder why their cheap because they are Chinese crap, they are doing it to under cut the rest of the car makers but I'd still never buy an electric death trap, the Chinese ones are more likely to breakdown or catch on fire, oh and being Chinese they are probably filming and listening to you in that car. No thanks each to their own though, byds in the uk are still more expensive that ice, you used to be able to get brand new ice cars for less than 20k byd second hand still over 25k so not that cheap at all

@sonikwidak

Ай бұрын

​@@martinwalker9234you mean cheap Chinese crap yeah there is a reason why its cheap, even in the uk a second hand byd still cost 25k you used to get ice cars brand new for less than 20k, I would even buy a main brand ev deathtrap where everything is electric and easy to have faults then repairing cost are loads more, the have been lowering prices to undercut all the main car dealers prices that is all, buy if you buy a byd id make sure you got your will in order as you probably won't be long for this world

@alexk6745

2 күн бұрын

I could buy one, but math shows me I have to drive it to death until the warranty expires and then hope for the best. The main problem is that a regular mechanics can't do repairs of these cars. So the service will be very expensive as result. It means you clearly can evaluate that the car will get the warranty kms and thats it. The rest is a lottery. In the end it shows 0 savings even if we assume I will be charging it only using solar panels.

Even if the government returned to a policy of subsidized purchase, the shine has definately come off the EV future. They will never achieve a rebound in sales no matter what the deal. The public has tried EVs and EVs have failed.

EV,s not suitable for Australia. 1 Gigantic sunroofs. 2 No Spare wheel . 3. No good for Touring. Too much recharging is required. 😊 Another problem is potentially burning your house down. Poor resale value. Insurance cost. Other than that, they are too expensive.

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

CEO got BIG FAT BONUS for screwing their shareholders in a FRAUD SCAM because they LIED about basic features such as RANGE and CHARGING. These CEO should have their multi million bonus CLAWED BACK and LAWYERS SHOULD DO SHAREHOLDER LAWSUITS BECAUSE THEY LIED about EV features ands well as poorly designed products

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

The BYD comes with a cover for the sunroof, buy a spare wheel and put it in the boot, EV's are perfect for touring, nice to drive, comfortable and can charge overnight if you book a hotel with a charger, statistics prove an EV is less likely to catch fire than an ICE car, insurance costs are higher because EV's have higher performance and my BYD. Seal cost less than an equivalent Toyota Camry....you seem to be a bit out of date...

@alexk6745

2 күн бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 you seriously think that many people believe this? Rossie did a trip in polestar 2 in Australia and she averaged 200km per charge. She spent 10h extra. Is that your definition of a good toruing? EV is only for town that's it or only between towns so that you reach you destination without charging. Rest overnight and spend your time in that place and then go back home. That's it.

@martinwalker9234

2 күн бұрын

@@alexk6745 200 km per charge @6 km per kwhr?…a 35 kwhr battery….my Seal hs 82 kwhr so yeah that is a crap EV. Glad I bought an EV with 480 km range.

@martinwalker9234

2 күн бұрын

@@alexk6745 2000 km @ 6km per kw hr and 10 hours charging….you must have been using 33 kw chargers….here in Thailand public chargers are 50 to 100 kw….

I'm getting sick of my 5.5 ltr V8 AMG going up in price weekly....

@wentworthlongfellow1347

Ай бұрын

Just traded my G63 AMG , the bubble has burst mate, prices going down fast.

@alwaysright3718

Ай бұрын

@@wentworthlongfellow1347 that's not an AMG it's a pooofta's car...

@wentworthlongfellow1347

Ай бұрын

@@alwaysright3718 And yours?

The world never changes, Dodgy traders trying convince local indigionas population to exchange useless pretty trinkets for items of much more intrinsic value.

could you imagine having these bespoke limit build EVs and getting parts for them in the future.

ICE generators kept my neighbors homes supplied with electricity during Hurricanr Beryl when over 2 million were without power in the South Texas Summer. We are sometimes called the Saudi Arabia of America with the amount of natural gas and oil. The neighbors that had solar panels were no better off than we were without any backup power. After 3 days of outage keeping smartphones charged was a challenge, no idea how EV only households got by or are still waiting for their chargers to work again.

@deanchur

Ай бұрын

Did you get neighbours trying to hit you up for electricity or wanting to store food in your fridge? That would be my biggest concern with having a generator; turning into that scene in War of the Worlds where the family drive in a crowd in a car and the crowd turns on them.

@softwarephil1709

Ай бұрын

This is why I have a natural gas Generac for my home.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

Don't forget the price of your petrol is dependent on the middle east supplying the world with oil...you probably don't remember the oil crisis in the 70's with sky rocketing prices and people queuing for petrol...of course that will never happen again now the middle east is such a peaceful region...

When an EV is much more costly than its ICE equivalent and the depreciation is off a cliff edge on the EV, who is going to buy the EV.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

Here in Thailand my BYD. seal cost $6000 US less than an equivalent Toyota Camry....it is nicer to drive, better performance, and fuel costs are a fraction of the petrol Camry....I have never bought a car based on its depreciation, I buy a car a want to own and drive....if we all thought like you the world would be full of Toyota Corollas...one of the most boring cars on the road, but they do hold their value.

@daleviker5884

Ай бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 Imagine being wealthy "I have never bought a car based on its depreciation" and having all the choice in the world "I buy a car I want to own and drive" and you CHOOSE a cheap Chinese EV. There's wood-ducks then there's this.

@chrissmith2114

Ай бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 Depreciation is a large part of the running costs of a car, especially an EV with zero resale value but the EVangelists forget to include it in the 'true cost' of an EV

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

@@chrissmith2114 I guess you drive a 5 year old Toyota Corolla then.....

Electricity is .34/HWH in SanBernardino, CA now. Why does no EV manufacturer or media compare the fuel cost per mile between EV’s and real cars?

@softwarephil1709

Ай бұрын

Do you mean $0.34/kWh?

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

In Thailand 1kWh costs 4.4 baht and my BYD travels 6km per kWh. A liter of petrol cost around 40 baht....so to compare cost per km of my EV to a petrol burner my EV does the equivalent of 54 km per liter...or 154 mpg, not bad for a 5 seat saloon with 308 BHP.....EV's are cheaper to run, it is as simple as that....but that figure is irrelevant as I charge mostly from solar panels.

The train will leave when the passengers have finished winding it up. *_Ahhhh, progress._* 🤣

Here in the United States, the Supreme Court has overturned the EV evolution crap.

Its not a curse though, is it? Its the public deciding what they want without the stupidity of government bribes and legislation. Anyone could see it coming.

Porsche going EV only on Cayman/Boxster makes no sense. Visit any Porsche dealer in the US and there are rows of unsold Tycans.

@softwarephil1709

Ай бұрын

And unsold EQE and EQS.

'Automotive gerrymandering' that is government financial 'incentives' given to car makers to produce EV's when the companies have stopped production of car models because they have no viable sales volume. the BMW Electric Mini line at Cowley UK factory is a case in point. Sales figures decided a close of production, 'incentive' rebooted production. Cause and effect?

There is no market for EVs even for a city runabout unless you accept the throw away principle at the end of 5-8 years.

@dizzydella1

Ай бұрын

Mines 12 years old and fine

@chrissybabe8568

Ай бұрын

@@dizzydella1 Still got 100% battery power then ? No trouble getting full battery range on frosty mornings ? Piece of cake charging everywhere taking only 5 minutes ? Give you a $1 for it as that is all it is worth ?

The small city car suffers from the same inherent defects as all others. It will take more GHG's to produce than a small ice vehicle therefore only becoming ghg benefitting after say 40-50000 km usage, which if used only for short city commutes will take 10-12 yrs. Will the small battery last that long. It will depreciate at the speed of light, consume tire 4x as fast and still have high maintenance and insurance costs. The small ev is handicapped by the same shortfalls as the present larger evs. Of course the fanboys will say all sorts of rubbish about how much better they will be in the future. If they could see the future they'd all be billionaires now. Thanks M Guy👍

EVs - a white elephant of an answer to a New Emperor's clothes of a problem.

We had another Tesla burn up at a charging station yesterday in Pennsylvania. 😅

The only people left who are still buying them are people with solar, detached houses and want a new toy that they've never tried before. For the pleasure of a low battery, software glitches and becoming mega-polluters they gain massive depreciation.

@dizzydella1

Ай бұрын

Yup, that's me

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

I am just as you described...had my BYD Seal 5 months and it is the best car I have owned...charge it for free everyday with surplus power from my solar panels...

The only person I know with an EV has also had 5 covid shots enough said. 😊

@Hoojammyflip

Ай бұрын

😂

@daleviker5884

Ай бұрын

You aren't wrong. My green zealot neighbour (who is dreaming of his first EV) told me he had a Covid shot two weeks ago. I had no idea they were still a thing.

I’d be interested to know how much pressure manufacturers are already putting on the government to give up the push on EVs. Factories closing, jobs being lost then what? I’d much rather see more efficient ICEs and better public transport.

Here in Spain there are so many old cars and vans that just keep going and seem to take very little to maintain as they’re not stuffed with gadgets.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

There are probably still people who watch a black and white cathode ray tv, but I much prefer my wifi enabled 75" flat screen...

@Cuzzazbuzz

Ай бұрын

@@martinwalker9234 I get your point but it depends on the need. I wouldn’t drive my car around here as it would be overkill and costly.

If the things were really going to save the "planet" (we don't really live in space on a ball) - they'd be handing them out for free.

Over 20 years ago when I was a teenager I envisioned future cars using a power cell system. Either battery or a hydrogen equivalent that you’d take to gas station and replace like you do with propane tanks. In prospective, it really didn’t change the system we’ve been using for decades but only slightly, requiring a bit of knowledge and maybe 5 minutes of your time. Now with these EVs we have to worry about range anxiety because it can change with the weather and about every vehicle being 2-3x heavier than its gas rivals. Voltage (charger) outputs and waiting around for 30-40 minutes to “fill up” your car. Honestly they’d be better off making everything a hybrid system and try to perfect that instead.

Oh dear 😁.

Excellent news

They will soon be given away with a box of cereal.

On a holiday now on Olympic Peninsula, a gorgeous area NW of seattle, in a friend’s Tesla. Have never really been on a trek in an EV before. This whole weekend has been a complete pain in the ass trying to find places to charge. Slow charges. Lost 27 miles of charge overnight just while parking.

Truth prevails in every arena

Porsche never wanted to go EV but the German government threatened them with fines if they didn't offer one.

@partymanau

Ай бұрын

How was that ever legal?

@Scoots1994

Ай бұрын

@@partymanau Didn't you know that anything the government does is legal? ;)

@daleviker5884

Ай бұрын

That is the same everywhere. This is just being forced by WEF/government mandate. People need to stop calling car manufacturer's "stupid" for being forced by governments to churn out rubbish nobody wants. I visited one of the Italian superbrands just before covid, and the execs I spoke to made it very clear that the government was holding a gun to their heads when it came to going electric.

The LIST OF CARS I WON'T BE BUYING IS GROWING!

Pay more get less.

Good luck to people that have paid hard cash for one ,another good video👍

@partymanau

Ай бұрын

Never feel sorry for stupid.

looks like the Taycanic has hit an ICEberg

Yet Porsche has announced they are discontinuing the ICE Cayman. 🙄

Subsidies are great for politicians to put money in their friends and their own pockets.😎 Otherwise how would politicians become extremely wealthy?

I take it that battery-powered cars are subjected to the same crash testing as proper cars, yet I've not heard much on this subject. It might be interesting, due to the weight, and explosive components........

The only Ev i have is a bike , Very happy customer.😂😂😂

They're quickly running out of the people who are willing to pay for the fuel for their vehicles up front.

Chris Hayes also said, ‘Please buy one. We haven’t got any more room at the depot’ 😂

All these EV commercials should have mandatory safety warnings like tobacco products. For example fires starting and getting stranded in the middle of nowhere!

Yet, only one factory is being closed and it's VW's E-tron factory in EU.

Maybe they can cut costs by reducing the safety features

The problem with legacy car makers, including GM, Ford, et al, is that they are saddled with their corporate culture that prevents them from designing a good EV, or even from wanting to market and sell it.

Here is a thought = Find out what people want then make it and sell it.

@martinwalker9234

Ай бұрын

Elon Musk did just that and his company, Tesla is one of the most successful companies on the planet...

The luxury brands don't seem to realize there is a very limited market for these expensive vehicles and, other than the idle rich and trust fund set, they are selling to high net worth individuals who place a premium on their time and will not spend that time sitting at EV chargers.

@daleviker5884

Ай бұрын

The luxury brands know this full well, and only converted to electric vehicles under government order. You are blaming the wrong people.

@BlueSpruce2

Ай бұрын

@@daleviker5884 Because they know the government will bail them out if and when they fail AND they were being subsidized by said governments. But mostly they thought they could replicate the Tesla success at the high end of the market. VW tried the low end and produced more crap cars. We need to end these EV mandates as these vehicles do nothing to improve the climate or environment. Let the car buying market decide.