Pulled into the petrol station, 5 minutes later left with a 400+ mile range and straight on my way, so simple. EV - NEVER.

What a farce. My £650 car did 1,426 miles in 4 1/2 days last week; it required 3 visits to a petrol station, taking about 5 minutes each time. If you've got 200 miles to do, you don't want to spend an hour or more sightseeing the inside of a Tesco store while your car acquires 30 more miles of range: That's a situation that defines "not fit for purpose".

@zeejimi4044

5 ай бұрын

Yep - under the present circumstances, EVs are really not fit for purpose. High cost of the EV itself, low range, high depreciation, sparse charging network, high cost of charging externally, questionable longevity of the battery.. all these factors make EVs completely uninteresting for private ownership. EVs are mostly leased by companies, rather than being bought by private persons. Companies can write off the costs much better than a private person can, and they obviously don’t need to care about the longevity of the car/battery when the leasing contract lasts only 3 or 4 years..🚗⚡️👎

This EV business is pure mental torture.

I have a BMW 440d. It does 64mpg on a run, never does less than 50mpg even around the valleys. It has a range of over 600 miles. It takes around 5 minutes to charge up with diesel and I dont spend my life savings on snacks in service stations or the like as I just keep on trucking. No range anxiety either. I could do without the stress of an EV. They are the biggest motoring scam in history.

@leuvenfra

10 ай бұрын

And you're surprised so many kids have asthma nowadays? You're polluting the planet with that old bmw

@joelpierce3940

10 ай бұрын

No he isn’t.

@nataliam9764

10 ай бұрын

Diesel? Get a petrol one for good’s sake.

@terrysadlier8456

10 ай бұрын

​@leuvenfra you donut😂 China building 50 thousand new coal power plants. 0.04% carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and humans only contribute less than 6%🤣 You are brainwashed by government indoctrination camps and the glow box

@rotavator9441

10 ай бұрын

600 miles, I guess you do the whole 600 miles in one go right? Not. 59 litres of diesel costs £92 If you bought a BMW EV. The same mileage would cost you less than £8 charging at home' plus you’d have a faster car from the lights. Seriously, just do the maths

It’s like being in a fuel crisis every day owning an electric car well too stressful for me 😢😂

@stuartodell2828

Жыл бұрын

When most people charge at night and ready in the morning not really that stressful

Until there are charging points all over that charge fully in 10 mins I won't be buying an EV. For people like me who have to park on road they are pointless as can't charge at home

@keepthinking2666

Жыл бұрын

And for apartments

@Johnsmith-1224

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but I am not waiting 10 minutes to charge my car.

@stuartsharples9520

Жыл бұрын

That’s good point how do charge your car if you park on the road , blocks of units , flats it’s a joke.

@djgoode

Жыл бұрын

I don’t have home charging and have no issues

@djgoode

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnsmith-1224 yet you will stand and fill a car for 10mins 👏

Before watching this video, I was of the opinion that I'd probably stick with internal combustion. Now that I've watched about a third of it, I know for certain that I will definitely stick with it. No way could I deal with this level of anxiety, stress, and general faffing about.

After 20 plus years of running a 1999 astra diesel van I was forced to buy another vehicle because of ulez and also the engine on the van gave out and it was scrapped. many people told me to but an EV van, so I thought about it a while, AND I eventually bought a lovely Skoda estate 1.4 tsi petrol car. WEll the car is fantastic, great range about 300 on a tank costs about 66 quid, and I always carry 5 0r 10l in cans for work anyway. I am SO SO SO glad I did not buy an EV, it would have been a nightmare. I clock all the ev charging station where I live and they are normally all full with tom dick and harry charging up. Takes me 4 or 5 mins to fill with petrol and I get Nectar points as well ! Have fun waiting for a spare ev charging station. Kind Regards Graham Tarling. Great video by the way. Well Done.

Will be sticking with diesel and petrol. I’ve no intention of wasting any of my life waiting for those things to charge up. What a load of crap.

I drive an electric Bus in London yeah it’s great for the environment blah blah blah 😒 but it’s another added distraction having to keep an eye on the battery level. Also just like to say what a wonderful idea 💡 of Mr Khan’s (London mayor)to put charging points on the back of the seats for the passengers to charge their phones . So the Bus battery drains even faster! 👍🏻

Electric vehicle users will soon be carrying around small Honda diesel generators and a mobile charging port in their boot. Oh the irony of it!!

Between 65% to 80% of a cars total life time carbon footprint is in the production..... I run a 50 year old MG , 20 year old Range Rover , a 20 year old mini and a 22 year old Ferrari .... all of which are greener than any electric car!!

That is why the insurance companies are ditching any insurance as on exploding electric car could costs MILLIONS!!!Imagine a row of second-hand electric cars starting to explode one by one as the flame thrower effect commences.

Also, in the USA where I'm from, 90% or higher of electricity comes from fossil fuels ⛽ It's utter stupidity. Also the carbon footprint of extracting the lithium and other metals needed to make the batteries are horrendous. Meaning they are awful for the environment. Similar to when ethanol was added to gasoline (petrol) to be more green. Turns out ethanol is more harmful to the environment than petrol is. Similar situation with electric vehicles, your not helping the environment, your making the rich richer

Got a total headache watching this but couldn't turn it off. Thanks. At least I'll never buy an EV.

My cousin has a new Taycan. Everywhere we go I catch her looking at charging points on her phone. (Same like people who buy crypto 🤣 she is glued to that phone) She paid a fortune to severely limit her mobility and drastically change her lifestyle to accommodate “ev” car. She wont admit it but I can tell she is regretting the purchase. She is always one charging station setback away from a full blown “ev range anxiety” :(

Exactly why I won’t buy an electric car until I legally have to! Even when new fuel cars are banned I’ll drive a classic daily as they’ll be around longer. We are nowhere near having the infrastructure for electric cars….

@highlandergunn9240

Жыл бұрын

I will not buy a ev EVER. if that day comes I'll just have to transition to a ANGLE or something. PUNCH THAT SH.T

You've convinced me, I wont be buying an EV, even if I could afford one, sticking to my Focus 1.6 TDCI with 70+ MPG

@EdVanMeyer

Жыл бұрын

Synthetic fuels are the future! You an use them in your Focus too! Good choice.

A pox on EV's. My life is too important to be upended by range-anxiety, etc.

@finallythere100

7 ай бұрын

Well put.

They seem to have done this back to front. Shouldn't the infrastructure have been put in place and then the cars supplied?

Simply put, I value my time too much to get an EV. It takes me 5 mins at the most to fill up my (nearly empty) engine with gasoline. Sitting in your car for over an hour while the world goes by you? No thanks!

Filling the tank seems easier!

@bmw803

Жыл бұрын

I never understood why those charging stations arent built like gas stations. And mostly, PUT A CREDIT CARD READER. Just like gas pumps. Fiddling with apps is stupid and cumbersome.

@twig3288

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you don’t need to sign up or get an app, just fill your tank pay the man and you’re good to go.

I bought an EV three months ago and it has truly been a nightmare. There is not enough information about the truth of owning an EV, such as the necessity of owning your own home so you can install a Level 2 charger, the fear of going on any kind of trip with the uncertainty of not being sure where chargers are reliably available as well as the fast use of charge when driving. I like to use my heater, my car app. And sometimes even the massager on my seat, and all that will use battery charge. I bought a Tesla adapter for my car in case I’m in a position that the charger I need will not be available. It is never easy to just charge and go, owning an EV is NOTHING like going to a gas station and filling up.

Stupidity is the normal way of today . We have had at least three years of stupidity ruling peoples lives . And no one seems to notice!!!!!!

Different charger's different cables and downloading apps just sounds like a nightmare owning an ev ..I like pulling into a petrol station filling up and on the road minutes later. Most people don't want to spend hours hanging around charging points....driving nowadays is stressful enough without having all that hassle as well. Nothing about EVs makes me want to buy one ever .....I have brought houses cheaper than an ev and they are way too expensive and with everything going up in price I can't see people rushing out to buy one when they probably have a big mortgage as well 👎

@TheMichaeljamescoleg

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Robbie, just so much easier to pull into a petrol station and filling up . No stress and away in minutes

Can anybody explain to me why I don't have to sign up to any petrol station to fill up my fuel tank in my diesel van?

Why would I want a car that i couldn't get off the freeway and fill my gas tank with fuel and not worry about fuel for the next ten hours

It's a nightmare if you don't have a driveway and therefore can't charge at home as well.

Thanks for the info. I'm not trading in my 2021 Jeep Wrangler, 4 door, 2.0 turbo, for a EV Jeep, I get 26 MPG. It takes 5 min. to fill up & Squeegee the bugs off the windshield, every 400 miles or so. I can make it to Florida in 18 hours, it would take me days to go there in a EV, even if I could find a charge station, they are few and far between here in middle USA. On the other hand Gas Stations are everywhere, I was in a town with a population of only 96 people & they had a Gas Station!

Reminds me of the corporate woman in the US who was asked where the power came from for EV-coal, wind, hydro? She replied, "From the building".

@6581punk

Жыл бұрын

There was another video of a town with its vanity EV charging points. They were asked where the power was coming from and they admitted it was from coal.

Before I retired,I was the Corporate Sales manager for a Company based in Manchester England, I covered the whole of the UK,Germany,France Ireland and the eastern sea board of the USA, driving circa 65-70 miles per year,I could not begin to amagine using an EV I would spend half my week on charging, this is not the answer to the problem

Greggs are going to do a roaring trade while people are waiting for their EV's to charge.

If EV 's are the Future the Future is a Nightmare especially for the Environment

I drive a ‘99 XJ8 and an MX5. I would never buy an EV or hybrid, but enjoy your content. I can’t believe these vehicles sell. Teslas are all over Nashville.

You should always carry a five-gallon can of electricity, in your trunk 😏.

@randybeard6040

Жыл бұрын

My Thoughts Exactly...

No way would I ever have an electric car, not until they have electric jumbo jet's ( which will never happen ! ) I'm quite happy with my 45 year old classic mini, no road tax, no ulez charges and will not produce as much carbon emissions as making an EV car even if I use it for another 45 years and that is a FACT. To produce an EV makes about 26 tons of carbon emissions, that is before the disposal of the car at the end of its life !

Watching this you have my anxiety levels through the roof🤣🤣🤣

I wouldn't touch an EV with a barge pole. The charging infrastructure in the UK is a total joke and I seriously cannot see the situation improving.

@Aspie_Geek_UK

Жыл бұрын

I've been driving an ev for aboitv2byears as a personal car and 4 years delivering them all over the country to people that have brought/leased them. I have never had an issue charging. For my own car I charge at home about times a week (60 mile round trip to work!) Because that's all I need to do. When my partner and I go on holiday in the UK we go in my EV rather than her mini and even on 5hr trips to Cornwall (we live 30 miles north of London) I've never had a problem, I plan any long trips which takes 5 mins and always make sure I have a back up charger to stop at if the first one is broken. The stops are alway welcome anyway for a toilet break and a coffee so it really isn't a big deal. Also when we get where we are staying 99% of the time if its a hotel they will have chargers available or will let u plug in the granny (very slow) charger so I genuinely believ e that most videos like this are exaggerated to make EVs look bad. Yes I agree if you can't charge at home then I certainly wouldn't have one, but if u can they really are a no brained... its saved me around £100+ a week on fuel and that's not to be sniffed at plus my insurance went down by severl hundred pounds not to mention no road tax... why wouldn't I have one in that situation?

I can only assume that those that buy EVs have a lot of spare time to be able to sit around and wait to get sufficient charge to complete their journeys. I'll stick with my Golf TDI - I get near to 500 miles on a tankful of diesel. No range anxiety for me and I can refuel in just a couple of minutes.

note to ones self, must remember to take my own hose to petrol station when i need fuel

Seven hours from Ipswich to Mansfield? Even I felt stressed out just watching your video. Imagine if it had been raining heavily or on a cold windy day, at night, in winter, or a person with some kind of health issue or young children in the back .It seems they are practical for local journeys only. with overnight parking at home.

Just imagine if you had three young kids in the back....nitemare 😖

@raydebbiemcdonald3208

2 жыл бұрын

And even less range due to the extra weight…..

With my AdBlue Diesel Peugeot 208HDI it takes me 5 minutes to fill my my 45 liter tank for 1200 kilometers/800 miles, and up to 25 km a liter. I love my car! I have driven Diesel cars from 1978, as now 75.

@tehapu7358

Жыл бұрын

My friend had a Volkswagon Rabbit that got fifty mpg.

I know a white elephant when I see one.

Wish I could just go back to the 60s / 70s when times were good easy and enjoyable

@TheMacMaster

2 жыл бұрын

Take me back with you please. :0)

@fireflyrobert

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@bs7157

2 жыл бұрын

here here. well said dee.

@grumpy3

2 жыл бұрын

Take me back to the 60/70 while watching KZread lol

@TheMacMaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@grumpy3 lol. 😂 I do search 1980's programmes though. 😂

I am a mechanic. An industrial mechanic. I work on electric machines all day long. I have worked on golf carts, and many of the electric fork lifts and lifts of different kinds, they are all the same concept. In an enclosed area you can't run propane or diesel machines without the exact proper ventilation, so many of the heavy lifting machine are electric. They are basically huge batteries with a motor and an hydraulic pump. Logistically, the same as an EV. I had listened to all of the hype about EV's in the past, about how the "major car companies killed" the EV. They don't kill it, it was a suicide. The concept has been around for well over 100 years. Tesla, (the REAL Tesla the actual genius) invented the induction motor in 1887, so the tech was around and it was the first form of engine that was considered for what eventually became cars. The limitations are the same today as they were then, batteries stink! They are getting better, but hey are still limited. How do you get them to last longer? You make them bigger. Sorry, that's the answer. And yeah, sodium, blah blah blah, rust, blah blah blah, they are all limited and very expensive! They are limited in what they can and cannot do. The are limited by temperature. They are limited by size and weight. They are big, and the power does not last long. EV's are not the solution to a problem. They are an entirely new, bunch of problems. Best of luck to all of you out there that just can't stand the truth, because it will cost you!

@greggthunderburg7294

Жыл бұрын

The first electric vehicle was in 1834. Almost 200 years ago. And they are telling us it's the future. It's new technology. You just have to be smart enough to make it work.

@UNUSUALUSERNAME220

Жыл бұрын

@@greggthunderburg7294 Yeah the DOE has all that info. Anyone that SELLS EV's would love to tell you how it will save the world. Same issue with solar. Companies that make solar panels would love for everyone to think they are the answer to the problem. Dependability and efficiency are the big issues, and it all hinges on batteries.

@STho205

Жыл бұрын

@@greggthunderburg7294 that was a toy sized proof of concept. However by 1880 workable horseless carriages and cabs were there...and more common than steam or ICE..... However the Electric Vehicle Company of NYC killed itself. Trying to corner the battery market and being a global monopoly. They couldn't keep up with their own needs and everything degraded to crap by 1899.

there is only one conclusion you can draw from his experience. and that is . . . . . . . internal combustion is king, and will be for a while yet.

@moragkerr9577

4 ай бұрын

Actually, the conclusion you can draw is that he's lying. His car satnav can do it all, and navigate him to the best charger. He just hams it up for KZread revenue.

There is only you in the car, what if you have two or three passengers and some luggage and it was winter. What would your range be then?

Government and net zero enthusiasts want fewer cars on road . Reason for 15 min cities. They want u on the bus or bike . The future of personal freedom of movement is toast .

“E V” is in devil who invented the electric car, I had a Mercedes’ eqa as a courtesy car it was awful the anxiety was a nightmare what they don’t tell you is put the lights on radio on heater on they all put a drain on the system so your range goes down rapidly😱😱😱😱😱

I will stick to my AUDI A4 S line Diesel, Reg 2007. Driving sensibly I often get over 60 mpg on a motorway, and on normal roads often reach 76mpg. TRUE!!!! EV? Not under ANY circumstance: not even as a gift!

@williamharrison248

Жыл бұрын

Right On , Brother ! !

In America they are using generators to power some chargers because the grid cannot handle the extra power needed? how will our grid handle the amount of power needed? my advice to you is to sell it while people are still gullible enough to buy it.

@williamharrison248

Жыл бұрын

Well said Jack61.

I know I shouldn't laugh but each time i watch your uploads about the EV's I sit here howling with laughter. It's ridiculous having to keep constant tabs on how much charge youve got left not to mention having to sign up to different websites to use the charging points, how the charging points are out of action, downloading different apps and the fact that you're hanging around petrol stations for hours waiting for the EV to charge up. I'd feel as though i'd just want to leave the sodding EV and let someone else have the bloody thing for free lol.

maybe it is a government plot to make us so pissed off we give up driving all together

I love watching Lee's video's, such a down to earth fella, much more real world demonstrations of the issues we have with EV's. I'd love the performance of one, but the infrastructure to support mass take up is decades away. I love his 'greater good' angle too - yep, moving the pollution from the vehicle to a power plant somewhere out of sight is still not saving the planet. Keep up the good work MacMaster, keep on refusing to allow The Borg to assimilate you :)

I've got the solution. It's been in existence my entire life (I'm 71). Nowadays it's called an ICE. In my case it's a 2006 Nissan Altima. No matter how far I'm going-as soon as the indicator on my dashboard says my fuel is down to half a tank I look out for a gas station. There's always one nearby and I don't need an app or even my iPhone. You can find a good used ICE vehicle near you at an affordable price !

Next there will be a theft of charging cables pandemic.

@patrickmooney5035

Жыл бұрын

Saw a KZread video stating that it's already happening unfortunately. A couple of hundred quids worth of copper just hanging there. Pick a couple of those up a night and earn more then working for a living.

@davidpidge

Жыл бұрын

Well you have to unlock the car to remove the cable so that's impossible. Unless someone uses bolt cutters but that would be interesting..

Working in IKEA recently, a customer approached me in the car park and asked if there were more charging points. The 4 or 5 we had were all being used. I told him 'No, sorry' he looked frustrated, disappointed and angered all at the same time. I suppose he had run out of charge and facing a long wait before being able to go about his day.

@billienomates1606

Жыл бұрын

It seems the moral of owning an ev at the present time is 1) expect to lose an hour or more of your day looking for a charger and charging it up. If I had a ton of money I would definetly have a tesla with the full home charging kit and home battery system and just do return runs within the range of the vehicle, but I don't and that is the economic position of the masses. It seems like these ev's are just a ploy to get rid of all other vehicles and have us riding around on push bikes.

@bmw803

Жыл бұрын

@@billienomates1606 What I dont get are the OEMs. Yes, it will take time, but at least in North America, you have a Chevy and/or FORD dealer in every town. All that's needed is to install DCFC at every dealer and you have a charging network better than Tesla.

@jacobheinz8236

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, would you drive your ICE somewhere, anywhere…without even glancing to check if yr tank has any fuel? Seriously won’t you give a toss at all? Like if you can complete the journey n return to base etc? No? If so, you’ll have exactly the same problem with EVs, period. Who is to be blamed? The ICE car, the EV or perhaps YOU?

@ronrichardson3103

Жыл бұрын

And if your in the car park too long you get a letter a week later saying your fined a £100 . . I once sold a car to a guy who worked for Tesco driving one of their delivery trucks. They were wanting to fine me. I had to prove who I sold it too

I know this video is a year old, but everything you say is as true today as it was then. Buying an EV was one of the worse things I ever did.

another thing here, as tech gets better what is the deprecitaing value of these cars, would you buy one with 60,000 on the clock ,it would cost thousands to replace the batteries and charging system

There already telling people in California not to charge their EV'S at night during the hot spells because of THE NEED for air conditioning. How are people going to get to work the next day?? But they don't want to build more power plants, which WILL BE NEEDED IF EVERYONE USES EVs. !!

Unbelievable! Good insight on your EV journey. I owned a Hyundai i20 coupe 1.2L ICE engine. Drove from Edinburgh to Wick and back to Edinburgh in full tank. 512 miles in total. Electric cars just aren't ready.

@woolychewbakker5277

Жыл бұрын

Ummmm. I drove from Forest of Dean to Inverness (and back - 510 miles each way). No issues with charging and took as long as I would in an ICE. The problem is, EVs are too expensive. They are far nicer to drive that an equivalent ICE, and can be a lot quieter. They are not currently even close to being affordable for most people. The issue I have is with Tesla owners who think anyone not buying a Tesla is an idiot.

@The_Reality_Filter

Жыл бұрын

@@woolychewbakker5277 Oh yeah what EV were you in?

@woolychewbakker5277

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Reality_Filter MG ZS EV :-)

@The_Reality_Filter

Жыл бұрын

@@woolychewbakker5277 Oh nice, I've heard good things about them and they're not stupid expensive.

@The_Reality_Filter

Жыл бұрын

@@woolychewbakker5277 did you plan your charge point on your journey?

Lee turning into a human calculator every time he gets in his car and sees how many miles his car has left before he’s stranded. 😂😂

Getting the picture, lads? The W EF glow ball-ists want to eradicate private transportation!

Come to Canada where this ordeal is experienced in ice and snow at -20C.

How can chargers, with no moving parts, be so frequently out of order?

@bertiewooster3326

2 жыл бұрын

Archie it electronics that give up due to damp and heat soon they will be targeted for the copper by oinks.

@archiebald4717

2 жыл бұрын

@@bertiewooster3326 Indeed, food for thought. I live in a different climate, so am happy with a 100cc Honda motorbike for moving around town.

At the start of the mechanised transport era the two main contenders were fossil fuels and electricity. Fossil fuels won the day for convenience, ease of use, the whole bang shoot. Want to know something? Nothing's changed!

I'd rather pay for a few litres of petrol and be home for some family time than sitting around for hours to get enough change to make it home later. What a load of rubbish have to have numerous EV apps to be honest I think EVs should be left for major cities around the world because it's definitely not for rural living

I think a car that makes you look at its dash board for a large amount of time whilst driving is extremely dangerous, especially on motorways.

My Son hired a electric car, day trip to llandudno from st helens, what a fiasco ! spent more time on garage forecourts than in north wales, used to live in ipswich that tesco is always busy 24 hours, you are lucky to find a charge point, I think only you have to have a cable gave you a space, I also lived in Manningtree close to East Bergholt there are no facilities in that area at all it is deepest Suffolk. Thanks for the video.

I heard that the tires on EVs don't last because the weight of the batteries

@EdVanMeyer

Жыл бұрын

The weight knackers the tyres too!

@tehapu7358

Жыл бұрын

@@EdVanMeyer Knackers? ...

@vamboroolz1612

Жыл бұрын

@@tehapu7358 it means ‘kills’. Its a British saying coming from a knackers yard where animals were slaughtered in years gone by.

Wait till the blackouts come you wont be able to even charge at home as that will be switched off also

@robindumpleton3742

Жыл бұрын

Up side is that if there is a blackou or load shedding, with a bidirectional charger, you can use the battery power in the car to keep the house running. Can you not get a cable extension?

you cant charge your car but you will be happy according to the WEF.

This made me so anxious watching this and I don't even have an electric car! Well done on highlighting the plight of EV charging. This is a really valuable insight. Cheers

We should try to keep in mind that electric cars are in their infancy as far as the battery technology is concerned. The batteries will need to take a quantum leap forward as far as energy density is concerned AND become a lot cheaper if they are to be the future of personal transport. I am a former - unhappy - EV-owner (BMW i3), and I am now a deliriously happy diesel-driver (BMW 216d). Apart from experiencing similar problems as shown in the video about finding and being allowed to use a charging station (if it is not already occupied), the worst nightmare was the range anxiety. Despite driving at only 100 km/h instead of the allowed 130 km/h in Austria on the motorway, the range was only 90 km in the summer (with the AC or lights switched off). Once you have experienced such range anxiety on a cold, dark and rainy night, and spending two long waits while charging the battery in the hope of getting home, then you REALLY appreciate being able to drive, fully relaxed, at 130 km/h with a BMW 216d with a range of up to 1400 km..🚗💨👍

This well shows what EV ownership can be like 👍. I’m not convinced the infrastructure is in place yet, if ever. We’ve had Hybrid for the last four years, excellent. Now have on order our second Full Hybrid. We need to do lengthy journeys so owning an EV simply doesn’t stack up as you’ve shown so well.

Most of your problems seem to revolve around lack of planning - no 'Granny' charger for remote stopovers or knowledge of charging locations. Do the sensible thing, don't waste £50k + of our currency on a Porsche, buy a cheaper mainstream model for much less and ensure that it has front/central charging point for simple parking as most have!

OMG, what an absolute nightmare! I honestly don't know how you kept your composure and remained so calm! I would have been tearing my hair out after the first charger incident. I was getting frustrated for you and was thinking thank God I can pull into any petrol station and fill up in just a few mins and be home. After watching your adventure I am happy to pay a lot extra for the convenience of petrol. Thank you for an entertaining video.

The future is this: New combustion tech that has... 6000 mile range on 60 gallons of Ethanol (E100), 100 MPG HWY, 170 MPG City. or 8400 miles on gasoline, 140 MPG HWY, 210 City. 95-100% brake recovery. Three pedals. 1 gas, 1 friction brake, 1 compressor braking (recovery). Engine system captures CO2 (and water) to recycle back into fuel at home for ~$1/gallon. Car is a heat pump of sorts that can torque a wheel. COP 4. That means you can have 4 units of heat for every unit of input fuel. 1 gal Ethanol (25 kwh) = 100 kwh of heating. Use engine in house system (not part of car) and cut Nat Gas bill by 75% without any solar thermal or PV. Add in solar thermal and fuel making and you are independent from grid and big oil. No way with Electric junk due to battery costs. No drive battery or electric drive motor needed, but can run on electricity via thermal cycle of this new combustion engine. The CO2 for RE fuel = 1% of gasoline and 200 times less than EV on 100% RE. Basically, an EV is 300 gCO2/kwh for battery use and 300 for 100% RE grid for a total of 600 gCO2/kwh. Combustion of RE fuel has zero battery and 3 gCO2/kwh for fuel making machines and house engine system. 600/3=200 times MORE CO2 for EV. Game over folks... Combustion Fire risk. The captured CO2 and water in the car puts out a car fire. Yes, the car puts out its own fire automatically via the crash system. The engine also supplies the compressed air for the airbags/crash protection without use of nasty chemicals like Sodium Azide. EV fire risk is unstoppable. YOU DIE if you can't get out, with NO way to stop the fire. A friend of mine recently was MURDERED by a Tesla fire...burned to carbon black. New Combustion Tech lasts 60 years and 900,000 miles, and can be serviced by an 83 IQ person (minimum the military requires). EVs? LOL...Like servicing a cell phone. No chance...or costly beyond insanity. So, there you have it. The future is combustion and RE fuels. Old ICE cars can run on RE fuels while using 4x more energy and still 2.2 times less CO2 than an EV in life cycle. EVs are OBSOLETE. BTW, yes, 0-60 in 2-3 seconds for all vehicles...

Yes, the big problem that no one seems to talk about is the taxation issue. In the US, I calculated that if the electric user paid an equivalent tax rate to the gasoline user, he would have to pay at least 50% more for electricity. That's not the end of the world, but it has to be considered. The lack of charging locations isn't the problem that most think it is, because in the 30 years it will likely take to replace the carpark, all these charging locations and the infrastructure will adapt. I've heard the comment that charging sites will be as common as gas stations. That is totally unrealistic. My crude calculations indicate that there would have to be 50 times as many charging locations as there are now gas pumps. Reason? It takes 5 minutes to refuel, but maybe 5 hours to get a charge. And what are all those people going to do while the car is being charged. I'm overstating the problem, because most people will charge at home, but you get the idea.

@arthurgreenway1369

Жыл бұрын

Most folk in UK don't have off road parking. Where I live 65% of housing have no access to park all their vehicles in front of their front door let alone off the road, most have at least 3 cars per house. This is all down to a failed public transport system. No buses or not enough, trains that are so expensive & overcrowded its cheaper & more comfortable to use a car & always on strike. In the town where I used to live there are many high rise flats - 30/40 per block, car parks too small to accommodate all the cars so park in nearby streets. Lekkie cars were tried over 100yrs ago & failed for the same reasons, ability to charge easily & range.

@Cmoredebris

Жыл бұрын

Charging stations will become high crime areas. EV owners will be rich targets for robbery and worse.

@gertsy2000

Жыл бұрын

Your crude calculations make sense but It doesn't take 5 hours to charge on fast chargers. Most modern EVs will charge from 15% to 75% in 15-20 mins (On fast charge). 20% to 75% is the optimum charge level to maintain your batteries at. The last 25% of charge takes as long again as the 75% you do that overnight at home, in Australia we can at least.

Range anxiety would drive me insane. As if driving on congested roads isn't frustrating enough. Thank you for confirming what other vloggers have also demonstrated and spoken about. I'm keeping my trusty ICE powered car until it turns to rust, or until every EV issue is resolved and they become as "affordable" as ICE vehicles.

@1davidsmall

2 жыл бұрын

If everything went well, there wouldn't have been a video...

The running of an EV is a problem that will only get worse as more people buy them. However I think the main problem is that very few people will be able to afford one and the worry of battery replacement price will put off the second hand buyers. So in my opinion EV cars are a way of getting the poorer motorists off the roads making for a better driving experience for the more well off car owners. You don’t hear anything about Bio diesel anymore because they can’t tax used vegetable oil.

Absolutely agree with everything you`re doing. Doesn`t matter how much money you have, you cannot buy time and you cannot get it back. Thumbs up to you

I was stranded in a Peugeot EV! I looked for charging stations for over twenty miles, was eventually recovered to a station by 11pm. The chargers there were faulty, long story short, I ended up spending the night in the car in middle of nowhere. Thankfully, the vehicle wasn’t mine. Thank goodness!

@MyBelch

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like fun! Think of how you're saving the planet!

@GlidingTobster

Жыл бұрын

You just drove around looking for a charging point? 🤔

The problem is that you Brits drive on the wrong side of the road and that confuses the electrons in the battery. You need to reverse the polarity of the charger and everything will be good.

@Lilyofthevalley377

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 We Brits drive on the correct side of the road.

I do enjoy your videos for the entertainment factor. I’m EV agnostic and I still run a “dirty diesel” so have no particular axe to grind. I do think you make it difficult for yourself by not using an app like ABRP (a Better Route Planner). I used it simulate your journey from Ipswich to Mansfield with an initial 16% SOC. One charge for 24 mins (to 76% SOC) at Shell Recharge at Norwich Rd, Ipswich would of got you back to Mansfield with 11% (I have assumed the Tycan RWD 93KWh), in a total time of 2 hours 30 mins (traffic permitting). I do take your point about availability and reliability of chargers, so this assumes one was free and operational! You say you love your Tycan (in between saying you hate it), and in another video, wouldn’t swap it for a petrol Boxster, so if you want to enjoy all the benefits of an EV, which you have acknowledged, I’m afraid you will have put up with the quirks and inconveniences of the current state of the infrastructure. Do yourself a favour and plan a little - it will save you a lot of unnecessary stress!

@Neil070

10 ай бұрын

I'm quite neurotic about driving any distance. Have to check oil, water, tyres.....I would need to check the charging points and top up well before I need to, in case chargers weren't working. No wonder I'm alone 😔

@marviwilson1853

7 ай бұрын

He is not being neutral or even series in his approach. He is part of the non evidence based anti EV agenda and it shows a mile.

what a song and dance, petrol we love you. 2 mins to fill up and off you go.

A small point maybe but none of these charging points seem to be under cover unlike a petrol station. If it was pouring down, you could get a tad wet. Maybe EV,s should come with an umbrella?

This EV malarkey looks like it's going the same way as laser disks.

The Zoe we borrowed had its charging point in its snout. But even driven lightly it did not give us near the promised mileage.

I suffer from anxiety, no way I'm getting an EV at the moment. I remember one year being stuck behind a pile up on the motorway during snowy ice weather it was freezing. You'd think the parking time limits wouldn't apply to EV's needing to charge, also the chargers would be on sat nav to easily find the bloody things. Charging it up was "cheap" but the associated drink and food and your free time, made it quite costly, glad you made it home!

A minor accident costing 500 to 1000 repair job will turn into a 25000 repair job if the battery is involved and the car is mostly made of batteries !!! Think !

I'm not a fan of EV's, and I support most of what you say. But at 0:56 you state you couldn't have got much closer to the charger.....BOLLOX....you had at least another 2-3 feet before you'd have hit the safety strip, so I'm calling fake.

@memorialgardens1664

6 ай бұрын

Spotted 🙋‍♂️ he was just making a point but………

These things just need to be compatible with each other, its growing pains. Can you imagine if each gas engine needed its own blend of gas to fill up ? The reality is, these things are just not for long trips yet. Maybe in the future there will be a better way to charge these things, but for now, the reality is, you really are tethered to your home charger.

Don't forget to take all the books of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" along in your car. You'll spend hours waiting in line to finally get a charging station, then wait for the little electrons to find their way from a main power plant through all the distribution wiring until it finally reaches your car. When the electrons have finally found your EV then start reading Chapter 1 of Gibbon's books. I know that they are all very long books, but don't worry, you'll spend enough hours charging your EV, so that you will be able to finish them. Then you might want to start with Book 1 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Eezy Peezy...simply add a tow bar and drag around a 20kva diesel generator

@graemecrawley7331

Жыл бұрын

That has always been my thought, or perhaps mount a generator in the boot space.

I wouldn't have an electric car given, no F- - - ing way . The future Nightmare .

That is an other problem, every parking space needs a charging point, also every layby as well needs at least 1, All service station have 2hr Limite else you will have to pay. Crazy idea, buying a EV.

That is a point, when you said about charging at home, what if you have a family that all has EV cars & they all need charging for the next day, would you have to set your alarm to get up & swap the vehicles around thoughout the night or is a like an multi socket extension lead so you can plug in more than one vehicle at home

EVs aren't all bad. They seem to be marvellous at unpredictably heating the outdoors and other cars/your home/shops/CARPARKS at virtually the speed of light and can crisp your bacon for your butties in milliseconds! Getting out of your EV fast, should it catch fire whilst driving it, appears hit or miss. I recently read that some poor bloke resorted to smashing his window to get out, of his burning car, as like the MacMaster - he could not open the door. Thankfully he was successful. Terrifying!!!!