As long as we have a choice of electric or petrol /diesel then that's OK....we can choose. But to take petrol and diesel away then that is flatly WRONG 😢😢😢

@Dadopersoblueboots

8 ай бұрын

I'm waiting on hiydrogen cars

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

By the time you avevno choice you won't want ICE, they are already inferior to EV's

@knownpleasures

8 ай бұрын

It’s like video recorders, BluRay discs and HD DVDS . They just disappear eventually and everyone moves on

@michaelgodbold6247

8 ай бұрын

I used to drive a milk float 40 years ago why would I want to drive another one

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

@@michaelgodbold6247 I strongly suggest you take a test drive.

The bigger issue is that most of us cannot afford these cars. Before the ban on the sale of new combustion engine cars in 2035 the price of the second hand market will increase. This is all a plan to reduce the amount of private ownership and force a large amount of the population onto public transport.

@haitolawrence5986

8 ай бұрын

Young people can't afford a mortgage or an automobile. It's no wonder they're dropping out. This won't end well.

@metalworker007

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps a type of German war time KDF wagon scheme, pay weekly and never get to own one .😁

@terryhoath1983

8 ай бұрын

@@haitolawrence5986 You can do without a mortgage, but you must have a set of wheels. In my experience, young people will move Heaven and Earth to obtain a set of wheels and to keep it going. A number of years ago, I was passing the house of a young man that I knew and noticed two Ford Escorts parked on the drive, nose to nose, with their fronts jacked up and another Escort parked in the road. Two lads were on the lawn talking, the third not visible. I stopped to ask what the problem was. One of the lads on the lawn called "Hi" as he saw me getting out of my car. In answer to my question, he replied, "Oh ! Nutten' .... Treeve uz just bin M.O.T. Swappin' tyres back." Treeve appeared above the bonnets of the cars on the driveway to report that he was just tightening the last nuts.

EV’s are a stepping-stone to removing personal transport from the majority of us.

@unysis212

8 ай бұрын

Wonder who you’ve been listening to 🙄

@haitolawrence5986

8 ай бұрын

They like people that 'stay put'. They always have.

@timhicks2154

8 ай бұрын

@@unysis212 - choose to not believe it at your peril. You are clearly not awake to the WEF and it’s’ plans for us all. I’ll send you a fresh bucket of sand for you to stick your dense head into

@EverydayLife621

8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@dancooper2072

8 ай бұрын

Or a way of us all keeping our cars for longer. I personally don't believe there will be a ban, it's like a threat to create uncertainty. Car industry will rely on all the wallies paying over the top for electric cars while the rest of us keep our gas powered cars for longer.

Getting into a fire breathing ICE car is part of the pleasure. The sound, the gear changing, the character, the looks of other people as you drive by, the envy of other vehicle drivers as you zoom happily past another EV driver having yet another coffee as they wait for their thing to charge!

@richardbartlett6932

8 ай бұрын

No these days most think you're a complete small dick knobhead . We have some rich Russians here who's kids have BMW M5 roaring around at 03.00 doing burn outs and doughnuts. They think they are kool too.. Handy hint : they are knobheads too.

When I am filling up with petrol, I do not stop at 80% full. Instead of doing that, I think to myself let's wait another few seconds, until I'll have my tank100% full. Nobody behind me has ever complained about the additional delay.

@GrrMeister

8 ай бұрын

The other thing to mention is if you have children asleep in the car on a long journey eg going on holiday in an EV you can't just go for a coffee or go shopping without piling the kids out with you but especially if you have a dog, you cant leave it in the vehicle or take it in with you . You could be an hour waiting to get on to a charger & then maybe another hour charging .. with petrol or diesel it's 5 minutes & off on your journey or you might not even have to stop at all.

I live in Romania and the average age of cars here is 16.9 years, second only to Lithuania at 17 years. Infrastructure for EVs is very poor unless you live in or very near a city. Filling stations for petrol and diesel cars outside cities are also few and far between so there are fewer sites where EV charging points could be installed. Although the EU has delayed the ban on sale of new ICE vehicles until 2035, in my opinion most Romanians and probably others in East European countries will be driving around in ICE vehicles for at least the next three decades.

@jonhollis2447

8 ай бұрын

I think Eastern Europe will always have petrol cars. Eastern Europe is one of the places I shall escape to ❤

That thing about heating, windscreen wipers, air conditioning and even charging your mobile will take a massive toll on the distance you can drive

@markmills5451

8 ай бұрын

Agreed but charging mobile no.

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

Only the aircon and that's no biggy with heat pump.

@oneeyedgirl617

8 ай бұрын

1 out of 3 correct. I take it you’ve subscribed.

@lawreence13

8 ай бұрын

yeah i know but it will drain a tiny tad.its the heating, windsreen wipers , air conditioning and lights when night driving with heatingthe biggest drain @@markmills5451

@lawreence13

8 ай бұрын

heat pump, where does the heat come from then.On combustion engines heat is a side product and energy is used keeping it all cool via water and fans @@mikebreen2890

i left worcester saturday travelled to sheffield topped up with diesel 28 pound then visited mansfield then back to kidderminster then on to worcester just short of a quarter of a tank when back home no need to top up 4 at least 3 weeks now stuff your EV,s

On the news it said insurance for electric cars was going up by 70% and some companies won’t insure electric cars , that doesn’t seem like the future to me

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

Ooh, was this "Lee does news?"

@reedsfromleeds6347

8 ай бұрын

@@mikebreen2890 I saw it on the news Mike

Here in Canada there are hundreds of km between towns and cities. The temperature can go down to below minus 20 degrees Celsius in the winter. Mandatory EVs would be an actual death sentence here! 🤡

Imagine the PM sitting in a bullet proof EV at the charging point. Are the world's military forces about to go EV? The carbon generated by the military activity in the last year and a bit has erased any carbon saving that would be made if the whole of the UK were EV tomorrow.

I think all politicians should be made to drive EV’s and have the charging stations under the buildings they work in!

@fill7t1

8 ай бұрын

Obviously, they don't believe in EVs!

@dancooper2072

8 ай бұрын

Most politians cars are bullet proof. Not sure sitting Khan on a ticking timebomb will ever happen

@metalworker007

8 ай бұрын

That's a better plan than Guy Fawkes had 😁

@fill7t1

8 ай бұрын

@metalworker007 only if there was a modern day one!

I've got nothing against electric car owners. In fact, I'm happy they earn enough money to Own one. I'm 74 years old living in a flat On the second floor. I will never be able to afford an electric car. Or to be able to charge it. at home. Good luck to all the people that got enough money to waste.

Lee, you should ask the question:- people who bought electric cars but then went back to combustion engine cars what was your reasons for converting back?

Appreciate your honesty Lee. It's a rare and precious commodity these days mate. 😉👍🏻

To put 60 litres of diesel in my car would cost £93:54 which will give me 600 miles plus of range and max time of 10 mins . Why on earth would I want to piddle about every 200 miles? Loitering around an M&S or Costa for 30/45 minutes. Not for me.

@TraderJono

8 ай бұрын

95% of my charging is at home, 600 miles costs me £17 and as a bonus my household bills are almost halved. I'll piddle about at home for that 🤣 If anything it's nice not to go to a petrol station anymore 😂 Long journeys yes I'll stop once and then plug in at my destination. Happy to plan ahead for it ☺️👍 Moved from a diesel estate and glad I did 😁 and I loved my Passat estate! I'm not against ice cars, I think they shouldn't be banned so soon 🙂

I don't object to people wanting to own an electric car, what I object to is being forced to subsidise someone who wants an electric car, which is what's happening.

@djtaylorutube

8 ай бұрын

How are you subsidising it?

@richardbartlett6932

8 ай бұрын

Car manufacturers are heavily subsidized and have been for decades.. What's your point exactly?

Love your work Lee. You could remind people that it would be virtually impossible to build a petrol, diesel, OR electric vehicle without the use of synthetic polymers which are derived from crude oil. So apart from the alternative propulsion, if you buy an EV you still using fossil fuels!!!

@richardbartlett6932

8 ай бұрын

but you're not setting light to it..

Actually, the choice of Post Office is a perfect match, by the time you get served in the post office your car will be fully charged!

Never ever ever ever will I buy an EV NEVER EVER is that clear ! 🙋🏼‍♂️.

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

Love my EV.

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

Get the bus then - electric.

@michaelgodbold6247

8 ай бұрын

Nobody with more than 2 brain cells would

@dancapell6643

8 ай бұрын

I'm totally with on that! I will never buy an ev!

@COTH23

8 ай бұрын

I hear you loud and clear you will nEVer EVer EVer EVer by an EV. 😊

How many Hotels with underground parking are taking a seriously look at banning ev from their car parks ?

@andrewsarchus6036

8 ай бұрын

Inevitable matter of time ...

Never mind the cost, it’s the huge waste of time that will put most of us off going anywhere near those cars. Who has that amount of time to spend waiting around to charge your car every couple of hundred miles. And you don’t even know how much the charging costs!

Lee that Tesla driver who flashed his light just took two miles of his range

If you want to know how safe EV batteries are then just look at the insurance increases being placed on EV's. The insurers know the truth even if the Gov and Media don't want to tell the truth.

The biggest thing with the EVs when it comes to flammability is understanding what the battery comprises of. In the fire triangle we have 3 things: Fuel, Heat (Ignition) and Oxygen. The amount of heat required to cause auto-ignition of a fuel changes depending on the fuel and the amount of oxygen available for the reaction. Petrol (Gasoline) has an auto-ignition temperature of 247-280 Celsius and can be ignited by a spark (Generally when in a gas or a fine mist such as out of fuel injectors) and requires oxygen from the atmosphere to burn. Petrol has only 1 of the 3 corner of the fire triangle. This also means you can take away the heat OR the oxygen to put it out. Compare this to another ICE fuel, for racecars, Nitromethane. This fuel is banned from road use and by a lot of race organizations due to the dangers associated with it, one of the primary dangers is that it is self oxidizing. This means it also contains the oxidizer required to burn and is more unstable. You must remove to heat to extinguish this fire, smothering will not help as it can literally burn in space. Now lets cast our eyes to Lithium batteries used in EVs. These batteries contain both the fuel and the oxidizer, additionally they can enter thermal runaway due to damage (Heat, mechanical or electrical or faulting charging software) and therefore start generating very high amounts of heat internally. Lithium batteries contain both Fuel and Oxygen with the ability to readily produce Heat. They contain all 3 sides of the fire triangle. This is why they are impossible to extinguish and must be waited out. You cannot smother them and you cannot cool them as they will just heat up again all on their own. Simply put, if auto makers were to introduce a liquid fuel which was as inherently dangerous and unstable as a lithium battery? It would be banned, how can we say this with confidence? Because that has already happened the world over, just with less unstable fuels.

Always on the inside lane nursing their range anxiety Never daring to discharge their cars by putting their foot down & pressing on!!

If I'm going to fill up with petrol or diesel, I don't buy anything I don't need, have meetings, eat expensive food because there are 10 people waiting for me to fill up or because it takes forever.

174 miles and a charge of £39.44.My Ford Focus does 45mpg so say 4 gallons or 18 litres @ 1.53 per litre = £27.54 for the journey. No time spent at a charger, instant cost at the pump.

@EverydayLife621

8 ай бұрын

... but just like when you have a few beers at home, or cook at home, its around a 2/3 cheaper (or much more if you invest in battery storage, but you have to wait 2-3 years to recoup your payback) - thanks to the government, I've still not paid an electric bill for the past 12 months+, as I'm still in credit (I pay on whole bill direct debit) : and yes I do use towels 🤣🤣

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

And your night electric rate?

@GrrMeister

8 ай бұрын

@@EverydayLife621

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

And of course Lee goes to the most expensive place he can find in order to get those clicks!

You should go to a swingers party Lee and sneak out with a different set of keys 😂

@Raylufc

8 ай бұрын

🤓

Lee your mission to educate the uneducated is admirable. Sadly way too many people buy into all the EV advertising hype. Keep driving that POS and spreading the real truth. 👏🏻

@stuartmitchell8736

8 ай бұрын

What Lee knows about the Automobile whether Ice or EV you could write on the back of a stamp.🚘

@TheMacMaster

8 ай бұрын

I can write EV's r Cr@p on the back of a stamp.

I know a few EV drivers from both the UK and Europe and none have said they will buy another, unless it’s been forced upon them as business vehicles. All say it’s a complete nightmare to live with in reality. It’s exactly like you said. In a big city for pottering about on short journeys they make sense. But if you’re in provincial towns, rural or making journeys of any significance, then the whole thing collapses. A friend of mine in Norway works in Oslo during the week and lives in the country at weekends. Apparently about an hour outside of Oslo there’s a huge EV station with over 30 chargers yet every Friday evening there’s hours long queues waiting for a slot because it’s where everyone has to stop to charge. In other words, even when there’s huge investment in the infrastructure it can’t cope. In the UK I don’t think the ICE ban will ever happen. (A) Battery technology is really at the limit of Li-ion capability as we speak. And more importantly: (B)There isn’t anything like the capacity in the national grid to switch to even half the UK vehicles being EV. The economy would collapse overnight. No electable government is actually ever going to do that in the UK.

There is a subject with EV's that is almost never discussed and that is the disposal of spent batteries,are we creating another environmental challenge?

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

It's fully discussed, EV batteries are highly recyclable and will be.

@dancapell6643

8 ай бұрын

​@@mikebreen2890I've never heard of it discussed.

@300CGOTH

8 ай бұрын

#mikebreen2890 yes they are buy they are extremely high polluting, Inefficient and expensive. Look up the recycling process

@ADAM_truthfinderz

8 ай бұрын

​@@mikebreen2890where? All I've seen about these are that they are unrecyclable as lithium can not be recycled 🤔

@ASmileAdayful

8 ай бұрын

Vincent it's probably discussed along with the kids digging for the colbolt, or possibly putting the batteries with the knackard windturbines😂

Most EV drivers tend to have a rather smug look of righteousness,as they drive around saving the planet in their contract [ another word for rented] cars.

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

As opposed to ICE that are on HP and PCP?

The grid cant cope with football match or a cliffhanger eastenders so its def a no go for everyone having an ev

@bentullett6068

8 ай бұрын

Ssshhhh don't tell them that if there is a power shortage in the grid that diesel backup generators located at many large buildings are switched on remotely provide extra power. The EVangelists still assume wind, solar and unicorn farts provide electricity.

It was a hybrid car that went on fire in Luton the fire was were the battery pack was on the front left hand side ,

@st200ol

8 ай бұрын

Did JLR make hybrid diesel cars in 2014? It was a 2014 car.

@GT380man

8 ай бұрын

It doesn’t matter. Regardless of which type of car first when on fire, the reason the conflagration destroyed so many vehicles & damaged the building was that there were EVs parked there.

@wraith1968uk

8 ай бұрын

@@st200ol yes the Range rover Hybrid diesel came out for sale in Uk on Sep 2013

My 1-5 Diesel planet killer is still not for sale.

@colinjones2505

8 ай бұрын

Mine neither. Luv it!

is it just me or do other people find lees EV videos really relaxing. the music and watching the miles go by. it's very therapeutic

@knownpleasures

8 ай бұрын

Plus he seems to enjoy doing them which slightly contradicts his overall attitude to EVs and their future in the motor industry

@Rooonga

8 ай бұрын

@@knownpleasuresalso, please remember that Lee intends buying another EV when his lease runs out. I love his videos, but it’s just entertainment & he doesn’t mean most of what he says.

‘Hello! Is that the AA? I need some more AA’s for my EV.’

Planning permission isn't the problem. It's grid capacity.

Im not a fan of EVs

@colinjones2505

8 ай бұрын

I think you speak for the vast majority.

@geoffas

8 ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of Elvis 😛

@philco7044

8 ай бұрын

@@geoffasThere’s a guy that works down our chip shop who looks like Elvis !😮

Yes im holding back and not getting a electric car and waiting for flying cars.

@haitolawrence5986

8 ай бұрын

Having experienced the average driver operating on the ground I can't wait to see what they do when airbourne. 🤣

@hippieshake2580

8 ай бұрын

@@haitolawrence5986 but just think no traffic jams

@pm8465

8 ай бұрын

​@hippieshake2580 what happens when you do hit a traffic jam. Ever tried hovering in a flying car😂

@curtisj2165

8 ай бұрын

​@@hippieshake2580apart from the ones they cause when they crash onto major roads?

The monument on the A11 at Elvedon is to commemorate 48 local men who died in the great war

Its a bit if a scam. You are trapped in an area where you can only buy food or drinks, and for a longish length of time. Meanwhile, it only takes 5-7 minutes to fill & pay for fuel with another 3 minutes to grab a coffee. Your refuel was about 40 minutes minimum and only taking it to 89% full!

I have a VW ID.4 GTX and love the instant smooth power and the way it drives. It suits our daily needs but totally agree that on the occasional time we travel approx 250+ miles we go into panic mode trying to find a fast charger that is working and ideally no other cars in it I have a home charger so we are okay for charging 95% of the time and is a reasonable cost to charge it. The cost of using public chargers is scary and the companies should be penalised for wearing Dick Turpin masks as they rip us off

Hyacinth would insist Richard drove an EV.

It's all very well having these nice sitting places but personally I'd sooner get on my way. I'll keep my 600 mile range with 5 minute fill up diesel. I don't have time to sit around with a posh coffee, no matter how nice the place is - I like my house 😂😂

Porsche Taycan Turbo S must be the best way to throw away nearly £100k in depreciation in less than 3 years but Great car if you can afford one, I’m getting one in about 3 or 4 years time just for fun but probably only be £10k by then.

Harry’s garage did a interesting video on phev and ev’s and that you lose 10% of energy putting the energy into the battery. It’s lost through the transformer heat wouldn’t be happy throwing a tenner away if I filled up with a 100 quid!!

People like us couldn't afford an EV car,

And insurance companies are now asking if you have an ev on your driveway. As this will increase the premium, due to the fire risk.

The reason why the people who drive petrol cars don't experience the same range anxiety as people with electric cars is because: If you run out of petrol, you just need a Jerry can, of gas, to get going. Running out, in an electric car, means an expensive tow, to the charging station.

One electric car company has gone bankrupt,diesel cars do not self combust they are lying the only way a diesel car will set fire is if its the interior or someone setting it alight

@colinjones2505

8 ай бұрын

which one? Wonder why?

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

Many ICE companies will be going bankrupt soon.

Last week at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Sadiq Khan was chauffeured in a Mercedes S600 petrol 🤔🤔

@Paris__

8 ай бұрын

What's that?......700+ BHP V12 monster 15 MPG.........say no more!!!

@sunbeam8866

8 ай бұрын

Will that even get 15 MPG? Maybe if you're just loafing along at 40 MPH....🙂

Mavis and Harold will probably be on their 6th booster by now .

@douglasb.5601

8 ай бұрын

😂👍🏻

@FrankTimms-cs5hl

8 ай бұрын

👍 “controversial”😱

There is one undeniable fact... If the vast majority of people honestly thought that they were affordable, cost effective and practical... then the vast majority of people WOULD have bought one. But the vast majority of people have NOT bought one... Despite massive financial incentives to do so... Despite the threat of having no alternative in the near future... ...the vast majority of people have STILL NOT bought one. Even today, ICE cars are STILL outselling Exploding Vehicles. I guess that really does prove that 'the people' really aren't as stupid as the idiots governing them 🤔

@Nite-owl

6 ай бұрын

There's absolutely no financial incentive to do so in the UK, which is where Lee is from. The Government here have removed all financial incentives, unless you're buying brand new through a business. That's definitely NOT helping EV sales. Plus the energy costs per KW/H are INSANE ! unless you charge from home, which the vast majority of homes in the UK can't have due to only having on street parking. I can currently get around 600 miles for around £75 in my diesel, and fuel it in less than 10 minutes. It's likely to be over double that at an EV charging station. Until they start subsidising, most simply can't possibly afford a new vehicle, and I'm happy if they never do.

All you need is a team from NASA's Apollo 13 era in the car to calculate what you need to switch off to achieve a low enough consumption of power to make it home🤣🤣

@johnmcconville6055

8 ай бұрын

The engineers from Apollo designed the lunar rover....an electric car.There are 3 still up there and they worked superbly.

Why is it called GRIDSERVE if every thing there is powered by solar? I don’t believe that roof area is sufficient to charge enough storage batteries to power all those EV’s, especially at night.

@stuartmitchell8736

8 ай бұрын

This is a typical remark of the uneducated,Gridserve have DC battery storage for electric gained from solar and off peak electric they have fields of panels this is then put to the pumps if you consider what they pay for electricity then charge the public it must be very profitable.Good business.

I kind of agree 🤔having a small Ev for running around town, makes sense, but not for long distance where petrol or diesel should be used. I also think it’s the government’s fault we are in this situation 🤔they told us buy diesel it’s better for longevity and economy, all of a sudden it’s no good and all they can do is put prices of road tax,fuel duty, road congestion charges and ULEZ charges etc trying to out price motoring for the working class. Personally I don’t think I get value for my money from the road tax I’m charged every year which goes up year on year, the roads are in a shocking state of repair and when they do repair a section it’s done that shoddy it’s cracking and sinking within 12 months of being done, at the moment this country is the joke of the world

Imagine if all the 40 million cars in the UK were electric you would need one of these charging stations every 2 miles down the road

Another common characteristic of EV owners; wearing a mask while driving alone - windows rolled up tight. Prius drivers as well.

Ev’s are expensive dangerous Milk Floats …I totally agree!

@snubby131

8 ай бұрын

see Uncle Tony's Garage

My biggest gripe with modern cars has less to do with the method of propulsion and more to do with the addition of technology where completely unnecessary. Door handles, parking brakes and parking pawls should be completely mechanical just for safety sake. I would add throttle plates and ignition switches to my list to get back the tactile feel missing from today's vehicles.

On my Brothers Construction site they use Diesel generators to charge up the Electric Excavators over night..

The airport car fire was DEFINITELY NO DIESEL FIRE. If it had been diesel burning there would have been massive black smoke from that diesel burning. The images show zero black smoke. Had diesel been burning it would have run onto the ground either rear near tank, but most likely from engine bay. There was no fire on the ground, massive flames from under floor on passenger side of the vehicle. Had it been diesel infact the fire would need alternative ignition source so engine bay would only place, but diesel itself is hard to ignite at other than very high temperatures. Unlike petrol diesel has natural high flash temperature, petrol has components that self ignite even at sub zero, diesel needs hot over + 60 deg as flash temp. But there are no high voltage ignition sources like petrol, high exhaust manifold temperatures could ignite diesel in rare circumstances, but liquidvdiesel spilling on manifild vapourises into blue oil fumes smoking away not igniting, in quantities needed for the fire in the airport case it would be visible and dripping to floor level, and as above if burning black sooty smoke. Other ignition source could be the normal 12V battery in the engine bay that could burn, and does on some cars with wiring faults, or internal battery shorts. Again evidence would have burning plastic dripping to floor and black smoke. Have seen several cars with 12v battery fires after accidents and two cases of random battery fires. All in 40 years of car development work and testing of prototype cars. Clear evidence of 12v battery burning, dripping burning plastic and clear engine compartment fire. The airport fire is centred at mid vehicle passenger side. Now as far as extinguishing that fire, had it been diesel sourced, the fire brigade could have easily xtinguished that using foam and/or powder extinguishing sources or even CO2. Water would not wash the fuel burning so they would not use that, but if used also would have been avoiding massive building destruction that resulted from that fire. That destruction of building and so many other vehicles is classic of an EV battery pack fire, that known fire fighting resource can put out, ALL such fires presently must be left to burnout. One method demonstrated planned for car transport on ferry and other large ships is chilled high pressure water flooding demonstrated recently in a video, from Norway as I recall. But not feasible for mobile fire brigade resources. A other interesting aspect of that airport fire is that the tail lights of the burning vehcle are ON, therebyy 12V battery, and wiring system of the vehicle arecstill fully functional, again not likely for a diesel fire. Also the carpark local fire extinguisher was already drained, when other people tried to use it, likely by the burning vehicle owners who were already gone, likly having tried using that extinguishers before running off find more or just getting away from the fire. As far as fires, China is having massive instances of EV fires presently, on especially the low cost local produced models, far above instances of higher quality batteries in EV types likes of Tesla, and other western companies keeping high quality standards. Sadly several European companies have been getting problems with several China built models, and using China manufactured battery pack units. Sadly I believe your Porsche model uses China battery pack, and a number of the VW, Audi models do too. "Recall on your Porsche due to faulty battery packs currently?"

I can completely replace the engine in both of my car's and it would still cost less than buying one EV.

Those ruling elite are hypocrites: do as they say but not as they do. I agree many new cars are ugly, I especially hate the ones with unnecessarily huge grills! Don't want to be locked in if the battaries decide to combust!!!

@chrisayling3882

8 ай бұрын

Well said .

Communicating with the car - another fundamental flaw is software. You can refuel an empty normal car with a can of petrol, just pour it in. The "gridserve" location closest to me isn't a proper setup like that, its a couple of chargers in a car park at a Welcome Break.

Just ask them how much they paid for their car and then ask them how much it is worth now. Queue tears and tantrums

@Lookup2Wakeup

8 ай бұрын

......nasty.......😂

@GrrMeister

8 ай бұрын

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

£24,000 in early 2021, now worth about £16,500.

Mister Macmaster have to laugh at what the evangelical morons spout on about ev's & have an answer for everything! The way things are going with vehicles setting on fire ..insurance wanting to know di ya have an ev & charge at home & also car insurance companies hiking up the premium plus the cost of even taking one on as nobody buys new cars anymore only pcp or lease then the electric car market will only be for a small niche of car owners & i can tell ya one of em won't be me !!!!! Keep up the educational vlogs Lee ❤🎉💯👌

Yes Lee, the 'charity button' annoys me too, but I usually pay cash now to keep cash alive. Cash = freedom, CBDC = complete control over us.

My neighbour has just got rid of their diesel car and bought a Hyundai Ionic 5 suv. 50 grand pi$$ed up the wall. Now they have to do a stop for the journey between London and Scotland.😀 They've gone the full hog and had solar panels installed on the house roof

Wow that's not cheap to charge up plus massive rise in insurance premiums tells us that they're definitely not the future.

@Lookup2Wakeup

8 ай бұрын

Not the future, for the poor... 😕

@theclotshotdidit3115

8 ай бұрын

​@@Lookup2Wakeupor the rich, they won't use them, just pay their £12.50 and drive their old Bentley or range rover.

A typical ev driver is probably on there 6th booster jab.

@theclotshotdidit3115

8 ай бұрын

Or more, and wondering why they have covid again 😢

@davidjon13

8 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@douglasb.5601

8 ай бұрын

Lots of 1 previous (died suddenly) EV owners cars on the market soon. 😂

@Law24809905

8 ай бұрын

@@douglasb.5601 visited a elderly friend today who had a jab in each arm. They didn't look or feel to good. Fingers crossed they'll be ok.

@GrrMeister

8 ай бұрын

Hi Mac, I worked for a Manchester based Company as there Corporate Sales Manager covering the whole of the UK,,I am a steady driver with many years experence under my belt, my cars where 5 series BMW and would last me circa 15 months before they went back to the leasing Company. With the introduction of EVs I could not in one million years contemplate the thought of me driving up to the North of Scotland in an EV it would take ne 3 or 4 days to get there and back, I could get 57 miles to the gallon in the BMW. The thought of an EV gives me nightmares

@fox3shooter

8 ай бұрын

3 or 4 days ? I drive Lincoln to Inverness in fact drove it last Wednesday and had to stop for a total of 27 mins to charge in an 8hr 34m journey ? In that distance I actually stopped for a 3rd time not charging to have a break and stretch. 3 or 4 days, wake up lad.

£39.00 for roughly £200 miles. That’s terrible, a diesel would be a lot more economical.

Sadiq Khan hasn't got an electric car

@KayJennings-di8cd

8 ай бұрын

bullet proof Diesel Range Rover brought by you and me

I have been subscribed Lee for a while now. Yes, I also have an EV and just use it for around town driving. It was my own choice to purchase it and "not for the greater good". So I have no problems with having range anxiety. Charge my vehicle at home when needed. Lee, I see your problems and agree. You do allot of long trips with your vehicle so it can run into problems finding chargers that work and possibly other issues while driving. You must have allot of miles on that vehicle now. So both of us do different types of driving and your style requires allot of extra planning. You still haven't told us if you are going back to a petrol vehicle and when that might happen. I would never threaten anyone for their views they have on what vehicle they drive. It is our choice what we want to own, try, and drive. You don't like EV vehicles, don't get one. No one is forcing us to buy just one type of vehicle. Gas vehicles will be around for a long time. I also still have my ICE 21 year old Monte Carlo which I enjoy. Anyway take care of yourself mate. Thanks for the video.

@donhaynes989

8 ай бұрын

Exactly. Couldn’t agree more and exactly what I’ve done.

@johnnydoe1984

8 ай бұрын

But 'they' ARE forcing us ! Do you not see it yet ? The disappearing cash machines and high Street banks . The larger council run businesses NOT taking cash ? The *choice* of EV or ICE taken away by 2035 on a fake climate *crisis* agenda . Boris and his puppeteer masters "We're going net 0" , I didn't *vote* for that , nobody did ! Crooked Starmer ,who 'prefers' his puppet masters in 'Davos' , to our supposedly sovereign parliament and its joke of democracy (where legislation is pushed through against their constituents wishes ) . Davey and that fruitloop Lucas serve the same masters in the WEF too . An UNELECTED body of dictators whose globalist elites run the WEF and who are destroying Western homogeneity and values while also destroying their economies. The whole thing absolutely stinks . I do agree with you , if an EV fits or suits you , go for it . But a 21st century economy cannot run on electric vehicles alone , it just isn't possible . Dr Paul Burgess , the Heartland Institute and a 1000 others can attest to that. Good luck with your EV though , may it give you years of reliable motoring , though I sadly think , 'they' don't want any 'car' ownership in general , Ev or Ice .

£39.44 to only do that mileage? That is more expensive than using my 3.0L diesel Range Rover to do it.

@G6EJD

8 ай бұрын

The mpg for your vehicle is 30mpg so the Taycan is almost identical, see the calculation based on the facts of Lee’s journey. You need to rethink your ideas on EV’s

Not knowing cost immediately is a really serious problem

I only know 3 people who currently have EV's. 2 has Tesla's and the other has an Audi. All 3 are going back to petrol or diesel

The Tesla semi in America is a joke. The new and improved version can only get 250 miles in 5 hour's if it stays below 50. Average speed limit across the U.S is 70-75 and some places like Texas, Wyoming and Nebraska have stretches of 80 mph zones. Not only is the Tesla semi a road hazzard we most definitely don't have mega charger's every 250 miles across the country and apparently they NEED the mega charger to be able to charge up in a couple hour's. Anything less than a mega charger and charge time's get into day's. I know I say it alot, but it's just ridiculous. I'm a long haul trucker. I average 7-800 miles a day. If I have a 250 mile day I am either deathly sick or the company is going to explain themselves or I'll go to a different company. Paid by the mile I don't have any interest in my miles going from 800 to 250... EV truck would cost me much more than just the purchase price. Fraction of the work for a fraction of the money...no thanks. Ridiculous.😊

That 'electric car channel' has talked directly with those that run the national grid. I kid you not this was how the conversation went. Presenter: "If we all change to electric cars would the grid be able to handle it?" National grid representative: "yes". 😂 Now obviously they went into further detail, but every time they've had someone from the national grid and posed this question, the expert's answer has been an immediate yes, without hesitation.

@pertwee9376

8 ай бұрын

You were also told the jab that was supposedly conceived, developed and brought to market in less than a year was 'safe and effective'. Did you fall for that one too? More fool you if you did.

@ianrichardson3228

8 ай бұрын

@@pertwee9376 Yes, I did, reluctantly, because they promised that I could travel and regain my freedom in exchange. Bugger! 😢

@sjs5375

8 ай бұрын

They’re not going to say no are they…..

If they were serious about this EV thing then your charge points would be like gas stations with charger's instead of gas pumps with a canopy covering it and a a little store to get a coffee or water or whatever just like current gas stations do. You're exactly right. Instead what we have is a bunch of poor quality and poorly maintained and poorly thought out charge points in the weirdest of location's. I don't know about other countries, but I know in America most of those charger's were just thrown out there so the companies would be eligible for the government subsidies. I don't recall where it was built, but saw a story about the biggest charge point ever built some odd number like 48 charge points and we were promises it would all be solar powered and there's not a solar panel on site and it turns out they are powering it with 3 Diesel generator's that they tried to hide behind a shell station down the road a bit... That's not how serious people do such things. As near as I can tell in America this whole EV thing is just a Giant lie. The same companies telling you they are building nothing, but EVs are selling far more combustion car's then they are EVs... Ford motors and the Ford lot's in America are fighting because the company wants them to push EVs, but the lot's don't want more EVs because they can't sell the one's they have...we are supposed to pretend none of that is happening. Meanwhile EV fans tell us the companies are making load's of cash selling EVs and in finacial news all those companies are reporting huge looses because of trying to push EVs... It just keeps getting more and more ridiculous.

@bentullett6068

8 ай бұрын

What makes me laugh grid serve have the overall majority of the charging points at service stations across the UK and being they have this charging station you would think that they would have some features on their smaller charging points like a disabled option or canopies. Still not a fan as I don't have time to wait for a car/van/truck to charge for 30 minutes.

Yes they do have electric lorries. I work for a well-known haulage company as a HGV driver. (i’ll give you a clue they have yellow lorries with red writing) Not going to mention them for legal reasons. They have recently acquired an EV Arctic lorry As far as I know. They are testing the technology from Volvo. Before I started, there were electric rigids however they don’t seem to be there now. Don’t know why. It is extremely quiet, which, for heavy goods vehicles can be a downfall due to the fact that people tend to ignore us on the road anyway. Or they are too occupied, trying to speed past us to Care. As you can imagine charge is the main problem with this vehicle. Or at least that’s what I’m hearing. I think they might have to consider overhead pylons to charge them as they’re running along the motorway. That’s the only way they’re going to get any satisfaction from them. Im not an EVangelist. Technology is not there yet not sure if it will ever be. However I’ll stay optimistic. Think there are many other practical technologies we can explore and I think it’s possible that we might be jumping into the fire, (pardon the Pun) before we have a chance to test them. But that’s just my opinion.

@ridbanner1407

8 ай бұрын

My mate works for Mercedes. According to him their hgv EV burned itself into the tarmac on a Holland test track and had to be craned out.

*I've noticed this too! It's like these people have been put under a spell of some kind*

Thank you for getting out the truth about these cars - and the real reason that they are being forced upon us. And thanks for the music, too! I've fed these snippets into Sh azz am and created an incredible playlist for driving and just hanging out. Very nice, thank you!

Give your Porsche dealer a chance to show how the door is opened from inside if you lose 12 volt power.

You'd think in this day and age that they'd be able to design electric charging points where you can queue in line for the next available slot, rather than have a free-for-all and all the rage that go along with it. It might take up slightly more space but I think it would make things a lot better.

@paulwilliams5013

8 ай бұрын

....ditto pubs.. and anywhere that people don't acknowledge the existence of others! Me.. Me... Me...etc. They should stick to a fuel more in keeping with their temperament!

@metalworker007

8 ай бұрын

They think its fun , in the future they plan to play music ...and do the musical chairs / chargers game, if they have time .🕞

Trickle down is a true concept....I have not bought a new vehicle since 1980's. So...buying a used car for someone who is unable to afford a new one of simply does not want to pay the horrific drive out penalty(me)...is very practical. Given the used up or nearly so battery after 10 years....not going to happen with EV's. A solution may be is to buy the Auto and lease the battery....

A new concept has been born with EVs, when selling second hand the price HAS TO take into account the COST OF A NEW BATTERY. Not only do they deteriate over time, a second hand car most likely will not have a warranty, so the slightest damage to the battery will mean an exorbitant priced replacement or SCRAP the car! The older they get the more this will kick in. EVs DO depreciate hughly in value, so carefull you don't get your fingers burned. And as for EV company cars, when companies start to lose a bunch of money, their policy will change. Last thing, why are insurance companies hiking premiums for EVs (that's IF they agree to insure)??

@clivebonneywell6967

8 ай бұрын

The insurance company's have the real data and can obviously see to many are spontaneously catching fire either driving or charging

My local Sainsbury's displayed that "Round up for Charity"... well... "Charity begins at Home"... so, I kept asking them to "Round down for Saving"...which made sense to me as they "jacked-up" their prices last year!...

Now not only do you have charging range worries but also spontaneously catching fire 🔥 with you locked inside the car or at night outside your home or in your garage charging or just parked up that is if you can afford to buy one and get insurance or afford that as well sounds like a winning formula to me lol 😊

Condo complexes in Toronto have started Banning electric cars charging there and even parking there because of the fear of Fire

@peterblenkinsop2985

8 ай бұрын

Got a link to the news article, please?

Adding to your flat battery problem. My next door neighbour's mum has a Volvo EV. She has left it for 2 weeks without driving it and the battery has gone flat. She then said the mini hybrid they had a year or two ago also went flat if left for 2 weeks. They hate them. I said what if you park at an airport for 2 weeks? She recons that people are employed to take your car a ride round once a week to keep it going. What????!!!!! This, I said was rediculous. She agreed. Her husband hates Ev's as well. We have a little petrol Seat Mii. It's a 62 reg. It's only done 16,000 miles and is like new. At 72, my challenge is to run this car as long as I can and see who pegs out first. I'd say it will be me!

Still happy with my 10 year old Diesel, still drives great & hasn't failed me once as yet, gets me from A to B just fine.

Super-sized Scalextrics

I note that many are quick to quote the higher number of fires involving petrol and diesel cars but no one to my knowledge has yet mentioned the fact that there are more petrol and diesel cars on the road at the minute than electric so that's not really a valid argument. Having spent nearly forty five years working on all vehicle types including electric vehicles I find in recent years that most petrol and diesel vehicle fires are caused by poor design and inadequate component quality or a simple lack of driver understanding, parking on dry grass with a hot catalytic converter or diesel particulate filter in regeneration for instance. Modern traction batteries are by their very nature unstable and vulnerable to many forms of attack and I believe that as these become more commonplace we are going to see more Luton Airport style issues with potentially lethal outcomes.

@Will-ul9oc

8 ай бұрын

I agree flash Point of diesel is 55C and if you had a small fire diesel will put a fire out. Petrol Flash point is around 26c and you can set fire to Fumes. Why do these EV owners pick on the least likly source of a fire.

@mikebreen2890

8 ай бұрын

The numbers of fires are pro rata, genius.

Lee - That Gridserve charge session cost is just maths. The screen showed that you took 57.163 kWh on board @ 69p per kWh = £39.44.

@richardgelber2740

8 ай бұрын

Oooh, but you're actually using the proper units whereas Lee constantly refers to "volts or amps or kilowatts or whatever", as if nobody can be expected to understand what an appropriate measurement of electricity usage is. I'm surprised he didn't include coulomb (which he could have). Since people accept their household electricity usage being measured in kWh, I don't understand what prevents EV charging usage being measured and advertised the same way.

If everyone purchased electric cars the grid could not cope - all that standing around waiting would do my head in - They can make hydrogen powered cars - but they wont - they need control over you - its that simple !

@lewisdillon8524

8 ай бұрын

National Grid says it can cope. but what do they know. You are the expert

@kroozer5215

8 ай бұрын

@@lewisdillon8524 exactly