In Brisbane, I swapped out busing to work a couple of years to riding an e-bike (I built it using a kit). Now instead of paying ~$1380 per annum for bus trips that take 1 hour each trip door to door, I pay less than $255 in electricity (3.3 kwh at $0.28 to charge 13.5ah battery, let me know if I have calculated this incorrectly) to charge my e-bike (less, due to solar) and what I don't spend on electricity is spent on wear and tear on the bike. The bike trip is 30 minutes door to door gaining me 1 hour back and the freedom to leave and arrive when I want, not according to a bus timetable. It only took me 1 year to pay for the kit ($1200 + bike etc).

@kadmow

3 ай бұрын

- lucky you - use muscle instead 30 mins you don't need to spend in the gym...

@SuperDrakmar

3 ай бұрын

@kadmow depending on my schedule, I will use my racer. But this is my commute. 50% effort is better than zero.

@Paul-yh8km

3 ай бұрын

I think eBikes are replacing more bus journeys than they replace cars. I think I have made one bus journey in the last 4 years and my eBike has taken me where no buses go. Means I can survive on less without any reduction on living standards.

@SuperDrakmar

3 ай бұрын

@@Paul-yh8km I got mine mid covid to eliminate the bus ride. Driving into the city just isn't viable for one.

@John.0z

3 ай бұрын

@@SuperDrakmar You should visit Sydney! I am lucky as I am now retired. But I used to drive in the city all the time. Now it is just a tangled web for cars, all going nowhere slowly.

It's absolutely diabolical how the news is twisted so badly and the difference in stats is crazy!

@hallodunase

3 ай бұрын

same with palestine. Really tells you all about the world we live in.

@email2markt

3 ай бұрын

If you type EV into the Sky News Australia KZread Search bar you'll see a misleading article released every 2 days. My current favourite: "it's possible for EVs to be controlled by Chinese officials". I give it 4 stars for originality, 5 stars for absurdity and 5 stars for BS

@ricardo1e93

3 ай бұрын

​@@email2marktBruh, your "regular" hacker can do whatever they want since cars got connected to cell services, these are not news. So if some dude with a phone can hack a car, I think whatever is connected to the web is pretty much f_cked.

@tonyireland2234

3 ай бұрын

Yeah they reckon EV's are good.If they was any good they wouldn't have to push them.

@G58

3 ай бұрын

@@email2markt Which facts upset you the most?

Why do they have all these stupid apps for charging ? Why can’t you just charge, then when it stops just pay for what you use with a debit or credit card ? This system has been working in petrol stations for decades.

@rogerstarkey5390

3 ай бұрын

Why not just link "A credit card" to a charging account, store the details on *the car* and "plug in"? It's the same account you would use, just a better method. You forget that the credit/ swipe card system needs a data connection? . If the data is backed up on the car and plugging in completes a handshake with the charger, you get the best of all worlds. . 1) Instant charging. . 2) If there's a datalink failure, you get your energy, the record of the transaction just stays on the car, (and in memory of the charger) next time the car connects, and/ or the charger goes live, the data downloads to the system. . 3) No security risk to the driver while trying to make the swipe card connection at the charger. (Tesla chargers are up and running faster than you can get back to your seat) . It's "better"

@Bob-_-Smith

3 ай бұрын

@@rogerstarkey5390 I’m not sure about needing data connection to pay, I’ve paid for things on Apple Pay without any data connection at all and it’s still worked, although to be honest I don’t understand how.

@mgcarmkm4520

3 ай бұрын

Because then you are more easily controlled..

@stevenbalekic5683

3 ай бұрын

​@@rogerstarkey5390 Too much personal informtion to too many different apps...they should all just have a card reader/nfc reader for payment... your address, telephone, email, gender and location information aren't needed to make a transaction...so why allow it?

@trevorberridge6079

3 ай бұрын

You need to get up to date. They do this already. All new chargers have contactless payment. Even when they have a specific RFID card or an app they still have contactless terminals. Funny how people who live in a world run by devices using thousands of apps only find apps stupid when they're used for starting an EV charge.

Welcome back to Australia, Robert. You are always a breath of FRESH air! Hope the show at Olympic Park goes great!

I absolutely love my 2023 Nissan Leaf SV PLUS (this is my second one) and I drive close to 200 miles every day here in the middle of the U.S. Yes, Fast chargers are mostly down here, but I can fully charge with Level 2 in less than 8 hours.... when I'm sleeping. I love "filling up my car" while I sleep. It's very nice. 😁

@trevorberridge6079

3 ай бұрын

It's something petrol and diesel car owners will never experience. Going to sleep with 10% left in your "tank" and waking up with at least 80% in your "tank" and you didn't have to do a damn thing. No waiting, no paying issues, no smelly fuel spilled on your shoes, no need to go anywhere to get topped up. Everyone has electricity at home. Almost no-one has a fuel pump.

@brainiacbreakdown

2 ай бұрын

That sounds really satisfying and productive. I love small efficient EVs!

Another positive farmer story - Win 9 News (Australia NSW South Coast) had a story last night about farmers who have wind turbines on their property. Worth a watch - the income they receive from the renting of their land from the renewable energy providers has helped sustain the farm during drought / floods etc.

@Lobo-ih3bh

3 ай бұрын

But wait, don’t wind turbines make cows kill themselves or something?

@John.0z

3 ай бұрын

I did catch that one. They were perfectly sensible, rational people who discussed the subject very clearly. Unusually for a media drone, the presenter was sensible too!

@MrBigbangbuzz

3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately Farmers in Victoria are saying the infrastructure to hook up the wind farms and going through land will devalue the property

I have recently returned to the UK from a 3 month visit to Brisbane, taking in some of the state and a few days in Sydney. The previous visit was December 2022. The increase in numbers of BEV seen on the roads was as remarkable as it was noticeable. Everywhere! Brilliant, I was rather impressed. Enjoy your stay Robert.

Brilliant show again Robert, keep doing what your doing it gives me hope in the future

Full points for that Aussie accent, much better than some of your older attempts 😆

I'm clocking up almost 500km a year on my ebike, just from riding around my 20 acre property North of Brisbane. It's the closest thing to teleporting, as I can be anywhere within minutes. Solar is so good for farmers, retirees, working from home. It's just brilliant being able to harvest energy from the nearest star so we can tow produce for and from the farm several days a week. Can't wait to fill up our future tractor with sunshine..

Being privileged enough to have driven around the Salton Sea in a Tesla, I can tell you it has not “been destroyed over the last 100 years by extracting water from agriculture. In the 50’s it was an extremely posh and beautiful place attracting celebrities and politicians. The runoff from the farms (which is full of pesticides) made the lake toxic (killing 98% of the 100 million fish) and evaporation raised the salinity. Great episode!

@raywhitehead730

2 ай бұрын

Evaporation with, little rain over years and no outlet will do that All by itself. There are many lakes that have had that happen.

Thanks Robert , love your work keep ripping them a new one.👍

Very informative as always welcome to Australia, we are lucky to have you here. Definitely seeing the trend lately of EV car fires online, they sure do love them. Keep up the good work and stay fully charged.

Stink bugs are an issue here in the States, too. Specifically, brown marmorated stink bugs that were accidentally introduced in the late 90s. Now they're endemic east of the Mississippi, and starting to appear on the west coast too.

Love your shows and podcast Robert! We own a 2024 R1S Rivian, I know, I know, it does not get the greatest miles/Kwh (about 2.5 so far). I am so glad you are able to debunk a lot of the Diesel laden stories! Thank You so much!

Agree about the leaf blower. It turns out that a simple broom is faster and better for most cleaning jobs!

@johnfowler4820

3 ай бұрын

Much more peaceful as well

@trevorberridge6079

3 ай бұрын

Electric ones smell less offensive and do just as good a job. And like electric lawn mowers they get more out of the energy they expend.

@derPetunientopf

3 ай бұрын

Leaf blowers can also be harmfull if they blow right at a piece of dog poo. That poo is suddenly everywhere in the air and then in the lungs of the dude (its usually a dude) operating that blowing machine. Poo in the lungs is not healthy.

@michaelrobson3460

3 ай бұрын

​@@trevorberridge6079 wouldn't want to do 13000 hectares with mine, tho, mate .

@davidepps267

3 ай бұрын

Most electric leaf blowers are in land fill in 2 years ! All are poorly Chinese made and have a fraction of the power of the petrol equivalent for more money.

Thank you I thoroughly enjoyed your video and I will definitely be watching more later

As always, great. Oh, and Happy Birthday to your mother-in-law!

the best thing about owning an ev in australia is we don't worry about cold weather and many home has solar to power it we also don't really have as much bias towards ice cars, most of my friends (30-35) that's not buying an ev is only because their apartment doesn't let them install the charger

@JJ-vy2rh

3 ай бұрын

EVs only work on the eastern seaboard. Try driving to mount Isa...

@user-mi7hk2ns9c

3 ай бұрын

@@JJ-vy2rh oh forgive me for making a generalization without considering the tens of thousands of people driving to mount Isa every day.

@ZurOhki1

3 ай бұрын

@@JJ-vy2rh I looked it up on ABRP because I was curious and it turns out there's fast chargers all the way along the route from the coast to Mt Isa, so that would actually work just fine.

@t1n4444

3 ай бұрын

​@@ZurOhki1 Have you considered that there may not be enough chargers to meet the demand?

@justice4g

3 ай бұрын

@@JJ-vy2rh yeah I almost bought a BMW I3 but there was no way to drive it 2 hours south of Perth without putting a generator in the back, was no compatible chargers on the way.

Honestly that Aussie accent at the end was spot on.

@klaxoncow

3 ай бұрын

He is an actor and his wife is an Australian. We shouldn't be that surprised that he's good at his job, particularly when he's got a voice training coach living with him. And his most famous role, as Kryten in Red Dwarf, has always had an American twang throughout.

@Hebdomad7

3 ай бұрын

As an Aussie, I'm not entertain by good accents. I hear then every day. I love bad accents. The Simpsons did amazingly bad Australian accents and I love them. ... "NinE Hundred DollarY Dooos!" ..

@PiDsPagePrototypes

3 ай бұрын

Wholley Carp! That is the first time I've heard a non-Aussie actor do a version of an Australian accent, that didn't grate all the way to the spine from being wrong.

@lezbarker2673

3 ай бұрын

No it wasn’t.

Always good to SEE and HEAR you Robert

So nice to see you in Brissie, Rob! That St Lucia/West End/Highgate Hill area is so special to me. Enjoy your time with family- would love to grab a beer with you here one day! 🍻

@BrisbaneTeslaGuy

3 ай бұрын

Me to please

Another great episode. You tell 'em, Rob.

Thanks for yet another great video. I always enjoy listening to Robert and the many stories. Have a great trip.

Thank you for another great video ! I discovered this KZread channel when it had about 50 000 subscribers. I am no car enthusiast but I just love reading and watching good news on the energy transition front. Keep up the great work !

Bravo for France.. also add tax it to noisy vehicles that wake you in Paris. Problem is the poor can only afford the crappy noisy vehicles.

@rtfazeberdee3519

3 ай бұрын

From what i understand The only problem is that it's only for people who travel into Paris so Parisians can still drive SUVs with no penalties

@andrewwatson5360

3 ай бұрын

So EVs are only for the rich ? Not the likes of me who has to be content with a diesel with only a 1400 klm range ? And I can't afford cake in place of bread either !

NB the Salton Sea isn't a natural lake, it was made by accident when irrigation channels breached and flooded a valley. Its presence has caused problems because of stagnation etc, and over irrigation have affected the Colorado river downstream.

Preach on, Brother Robert!

22:07 - that is a jolly decent Aussie accent you give there, Robert!

Made me smile,enjoyed your video, thank you.

Sadly the news isn't so good from the other side of the Tasman. The new government has removed EV subsidies and introduced road user charges for EVs resulting in a 90% crash in EV sales.

@nicholaskeenan898

3 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure people will continue to buy ev's it is still cheaper to run a electric

@chrissscottt

3 ай бұрын

I don't share your optimism. Driving a mild hybrid probably works out cheaper now. @@nicholaskeenan898

@MeppyMan

3 ай бұрын

@@nicholaskeenan898the point though, is that we need more electric vehicles not less being purchased and used.

@geraldbutler5484

3 ай бұрын

The stupidity of some Luddite conservatives is astounding. The previous government in Oz held progress back for a decade to appease their fossil fuel donors and were booted in 2022 as a result.

@jamesengland7461

3 ай бұрын

Then maybe people aren't ready to buy them yet. Give it time.

Love your enthusiasm Llewelyn ❤ See you at Everything Electric London!

I wish there was an affordable electric car for the masses.

That accent was spot-on, Robert. 👌🙂

Love this show.

Always worth watching, and great to bask in positivity (and the occasional quality rant!)

A very interesting and informative talk. Pity our government in the UK no longer seems to care about changing from fossil fuel vehicles.

Brilliant rant as usual Robert

I am with you on your rant about car fires mate.

Spare head 3 came out a couple times in this vid and im here for it!

I wish I could start every day by listening to one of Robert's rants against all the b.s. surrounding EV's. It reminds me that I'm not the crazy one. I find it quite therapeutic 🙂

@matthewgodwin3050

3 ай бұрын

The fully charged show is funded by the UK government to promote EV propaganda. If you do your own fact checking, the so called bullshit is actually verifiable facts.

Wow! So much passion about an electric future. I, like growing millions, fully agree. We need to remember the following; Arthur Schopenhauer once said, “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as self-evident." As we weather the storm of opposition, as we persist with renewable energies, we will soon transition into a fully renewable energy world. You are a beacon of bright light in the dark, shining for us all Robert. A golden age is right around the corner. Cheers! All my love to Aussies, Kiwis and Tasmanian Devils!

@rjbiker66

3 ай бұрын

Fully renewable world? How?

A podcast and ABN in one day! You are spoiling us. 🎉🎉

I ride an electric scooter in Copenhagen all year round (a lot of frost in winter) about 2500 km on semi slicks that don't last long, but give good road contact, annual cost of electricity and spare parts about $100. Fresh air and halved travel time as well as an annual saving of approx. 3000$ compared to when I drove diesel!

Superb! 👍 This piece should be called 'Robert Rants'. 😮‍💨😆

Ha, I'm literaly watching you in Brisbane while sitting an hour north of Sydney where you actually are! Good news Robert. Thank You for producing, the show.

Welcome to sticky Brisvegas Robert! I'm sick of the humidity up here and can't wait for winter...Good luck with the show and next time you're up here , pop in for a Cuppa! Love the show Sir. Long time viewer of your shows. Cheers Gregg.

I'm part of the RACWA Members Voice page, and the amount of EV fire talk is bananas. I'm always putting up links to dismiss claims, but boomers gotta boom! There is currently a poll on the site where 75% are not even considering buying an EV in the future..which is nuts to me

@MrAdopado

3 ай бұрын

whooa there ... in the UK most of the early adopters of EVs have been "boomers"! Robert is a "boomer" ... don't tar us all with the same brush!

it's not that people prefer the heavy trucks, the Australian government subsidizes them

@SomewhereInTheSolarSystem

3 ай бұрын

People need to stop buying 2.9 ton trucks, and start buying 2.9 ton electric hatchbacks 😂 Just to be clear, I'm 100% into EVs, but this was too funny to watch.

@justmechanicthings

3 ай бұрын

Its a dull life if you're only fufilling needs and not wants hey

@gazza595

3 ай бұрын

@@justmechanicthings And when what you want is destroying the environment for everyone else?

@gazza595

3 ай бұрын

@@AegisK Non, and he knows that. Despite his claim clearly a troll.

@Winterx69

3 ай бұрын

​@@AegisKThe 2024 Mercedes EQS SUV comes pretty close.

Where can one find the statistics from the London Fire Brigade? It wasn't in the description.

Another great video Robert many thanks from a fellow up to his knees in snow from Nova Scotia ( it's that little place called Canada eh!)

Come to Melbourne instead of Sydney at some point soon, please!

The current Salton Sea was formed when Colorado River floodwater breached an irrigation canal being constructed in the Imperial Valley in 1905 and flowed into the Salton Sink. The Sea has since been maintained by irrigation runoff in the Imperial and Coachella valleys and local rivers.

So all these people stuck in the snow in USA with flat EVs are happy customers. What about the two EV london buses that burst into flames in last month.

Wonderful 😀 Always love a good rant…and Roger is especially adept at it 😅

Great industry overview thanks.

Welcome to Brisbane. Yes, we are experiencing real growth in EVs. I can guess the place you went to, and did you notice they have put free WiFi so you can connect. The issue is that the sign is easy to miss. As to stink bugs issue, it is interesting that when Toyota had an issue they were allowed to send a local team to deal with them. Coming from China may be the issue and not the bugs. Our teams are more than capable to fumigate the ships efficiently.

Love your short rants, and news 😊❤

Happy birthday Robert's wife's mum!

Hi Robert I love your skill at switching between cameras nearly as much as the content of ABN. 👏👏

Living in Brisbane, this video was such a delight to watch - and welcome to our hot and muggy city! I would happily swap with you for a cold climate any day! Great articles and points you've raised as well. Loved it!

Bravo Rob. Great video.

Also happy running my ev off solar PV and still amazed at the prosumer production.

Happy Birthday to your Mother in Law Robert

I have an ICE car.Its propulsion system is derived from oil.Plastic is derived from 99.9% oil. Bobby can you tell me how the world would function without plastic ?

I've had my E-Scooter for 4 years now and have traveled 9000km on it going to work and back. same battery. love it!

Love Brisbane! Hope you're having a great time out there, Bobby. My wife, who used to live there, calls it BrisVegas! Adam (Sheffield, UK)

Rfid cards can be on your phone . They are in many countries . I guess your provider offers this to ( specially with Apple Pay )

Good job yet again! Extracting all that money from local economies for petrol and sending it overseas should be illegal. If nothing else!!

You neglected to mention the farmer who gets free electricity for his car spent $50,000 on solar panels to charge everything. Not so free now!

Bring it to Melbourne too!

Enjoy Oz and 93 is a fantastic mile stone. Send my best wishes and do send lots of love 🥰 for you all Now electric time. Thanks Robert.

As soon as I saw the city cat go past I knew you were in Brisbane!

You should do a tour of the Congo cobalt mines! That would be an eye opener 😁

Sorry but that's inaccurate about EVs on the ship. The local news channel posted videos of scorched EVs being trailed out and moved by crane. The biggest difference between EV and ICE fires is that it's much easier to put out an ICE fire. With EV fire bring a chemical reaction the danger of recombustion is also much higher. Also a generator is much better in an emergency than an EV. I mean, how do you recharge your EV if floods have knocked out the electricity. EVs are amazing but not the solution for every situation.

Cheers Robert, see you on Friday!

Its not just cars going electric, but also caŕavans. Our caravan has 400 watts of solar on the roof and a 200amp lithium battery. We have just spent 53 days travelling Tasmania and never had to plug into mains power even once. Not once. Excellent! Also, many new caravans are now going gasless - no gas stove or heater. Just an induction cooker, electric water heater, batteries and LOTS of solar on the roof. Progress.

@michaelsecomb4115

2 ай бұрын

BTW I calculated that being able to charge our van from solar rather than having to plug into mains power at caravan parks during this tour has saved us about $1000 because we can free camp instead of having to pay to stay connected to mains power. We have spent some of the savings on good food, which is important to us pensioners.

Great video debunking the myths. It was your interview with a fleet manager that got me off the fence and prompted me to order a Tesla Model 3. We couldn't be happier with it. Faster, nicer to drive and more convenient (I never have to make a detour to a petrol station again) than driving our old ICE car. Zero regrets

Good luck with the show!

33 degrees.. sounds nice.. It's winter here in Canada

Young Mr Robert LLewellyn You are a G.O.A.T. = Greatest Of All Time in your campaign for EVs. Now given the mainly EU adoption of EVs, when do you think the UK will follow suit, because at the moment most EVs are beyond the Low Income Wages we have here in the UK, my mother and I especially as she has retired and I am her sole carer. I would love to replace our 2009 second hand car with an EV, but the British Government is offering no real incentive to do so. Love your vids.

Hi Robert, I live in Mudgee NSW. In 2022 my wife and I were in the market for a new car. A hybrid to be exact. We went into the showroom of our main dealership for Mitsubishi. The outlander PHEV seemed like a clever option. The manager was presented to us and we followed him into his office. I had done a lot of research and knew something about the technology. He completely contradicted everything I said suggesting that we were in the middle of nowhere and electrical vehicles were not worth considering. I have heard nothing but great reviews about the phev and would like to know how to educate the ignorant….. great show by the way

I'm still waiting for Robert's follow up book, "He was Wispy-Haired and Very Wise."

I can feel his rant all the way back in the U.K. India will never be the same, the noise and fumes from all the scooters is part of the fun. It would be strange clean air and less noise. Don’t worry they still shout at each other.

Good to see him 'Down Under'.

Will you guys visit Melbourne?

when you say that the cost to own a electric car costs $720 per year does that include the cost of a new battery every 10 to 15 years

Pro tip, you can add a Opel or any other RFID card to a Chargefox or Evie account, we use a Sydney Opal card to operate chargers.

@koma-k

3 ай бұрын

As far as I know, chargers use cards/tags following the MiFare/MiFare+ standard. As do some "smart" door locks. The name suggests this standard was originally intended for public transport.

Dear Robert too long between episodes thank you for the laughs and the informative information I also charge my car from our solar

love you man

Hi Rob have to thank you and the electric roadshow for helping to increase the sales of electric vehicles and renewable devices. As your road show grows so will the rest of the renew economy. Enjoy Oz thanks again.

I was reading recently about USA government statistics of vehicle fires (ev v ice). It would appear that the problem is not ev fires but ev fires publicised by the media, which are significantly less per 100,000 vehicles than ice vehicles.

love bobby lews rants! gday mate

Thanks for the right fight Robert

I would go to the Everything Electric Australia EXPO but I can't get time off work.... Maybe next year...

Enjoy the Aussie heat Rob... we're freezing here in the UK... :)

Anyone got a link that the fire on the Freemantle Highway was caused by a diesel?

@Mikere5

3 ай бұрын

Not relevant what started the fire, it's the EVs that made the fire unputoutable!

A great show as usual. As a one time Canadian living in Perth I hesitate to give lessons in pronunciation of Western Australian town names, but Mullewa has very little of the le in the middle. I'd say that the accent is on the Mu (as in mud) the lle is more or less l' with a little bit of schwa after the l, and the wa is something like wah. I'm sure that the proper locals would quibble with my version as well.

I know, in the Netherlands we are spoiled with the charging infrastructure. You can pay in various ways, but my preference is really for an RFID tag. It works quickly and reliably. (Hangs on the car key) Even if the network has a malfunction, you can just charge. (Charging point passes it on when the network is working again) No hassle with apps, network connection, taking debit card out of your inner pocket. What works even better is auto charge at Fastned. Plug in, done.

I am in West Oz the charging network is so shyt calling it shyt is a compliment. I remember when we were told all electricity in Australia would be underground by 1999 lol...