If ULEZ was really about air quality why am I allowed to buy the right to harm people for £12.50 a day?

@frankelf3151

10 ай бұрын

And air quality in the underground is almost 20x worse than above ground. It's all a money grab.

@Acemeistre

10 ай бұрын

The idea is to encourage people to either take public transport or buy an EV, however with the sales of new cars at around 28% EVs and the current fleet of EVs on our roads at just 3% ULEZ has been introduced way, way, way too early.

@thechojiin

10 ай бұрын

It's ok, I'm going to use an escooter when ULEZ comes to my area, to avoid the charges and help reduce pollution and congestion...oh wait, they aren't legal and the government hasn't bothered to make them legal, even though this would help with the above. So is the government really concerned about pollution or is ULEZ just another way of taxing the people it's supposed to represent?

@Lookup2Wakeup

10 ай бұрын

It's about price per mile & loss of freedom to travel. That's why.

@thechojiin

10 ай бұрын

@@Lookup2Wakeup it’s good to know the government has our best interests at heart 😏

400,000 signatures in Wales objecting to Drakeford's 20 mph madness.

@1960ARC

10 ай бұрын

I think the 40'000 people need to go round his house and let him know.

We are being forced back to "1984". The madness is glaring at us. Yet we still follow like sheep. Let the people decide not the government.

Australia now has solar powered EV charging stations in the outback, with diesel backup, they keep running out of diesel fuel for some reason.

@williamwingo4740

7 ай бұрын

So you really have diesel-by-proxy-EV's? That makes sense....

And let's not forget the child labour involved with these Battery's.

@Lookup2Wakeup

10 ай бұрын

That's a good thing as they get their own pocket money.....😅

@morganprice1930

10 ай бұрын

As sad as that situation is it's a poor argument against ev batteries. Think of the trainers you're wearing, the shirt you're wearing, the fruit from o foreign land you enjoy....chances are children or impoverished people are being exploited to produce them.

@certificateofvaccinationi.d.19

10 ай бұрын

@@morganprice1930 so that makes cobalt mining ok now?

@morganprice1930

10 ай бұрын

Cobalt mining is fine as long as children are not exploited getting it.

International climate summit, a fleet of private and commercial jets flying all over the entire planet just to talk about how to oppress the public in general.

Has anyone noted the BBC news report today (4th Oct) on the EV in Scotland that had to be stopped by crashing it into a police van? The driver had no control of the car and called 999 for help. I will never buy an EV. It's a scam (in my opinion)...

Air quality is the 'Council speak' for 'give us money'...!!

The politicians are travelling to summits by gas guzzling private aircraft, when Zoom calls exist.

"Hello is that Porsche HQ?" Yes, "Can you tell me how often do your cars catch fire? "Just the once sir.

I was taught to cross the road when I was 4 years old, 58 years later I still haven't been run over. Then the green cross code guy came along. Look left look right and listen. Now they encourage pedestrians to not even look because the driver of the car should stop and let them cross. FFS a recipe for disaster 🙄

Need to stop buying these cars, i would be so angry to spent £70k plus to be told bring it back as it might catch fire! I would want every penny back.

Every country is being held to ransom, so that they toe the line, while the CM is implimented. We have to stand up and push back, whatever the consequences.

Everyone knows old EV batteries go to heaven and come back as fluffy kids toys.

40 million drivers in the uk its time we started to be heard im fed up with being fleeced

@aaron___6014

10 ай бұрын

Exactly, how can we fight back?

Enjoyed your video, just a little note, do you remember when the cop 26 was hosted in Scotland and they transported all the dignitaries in Teslas, they had to hire Aggrecco diesel powered generators to charge them I kid you not

'Cycle lanes' (paths really) in Spain are superb because they are totally separate from roads, go through nice scenery, are as wide as a road, and built with super smooth tarmac for racing cycles with thin tyres. If we had them, I would cycle 30 miles each way to where I work, but it is too dangerous to cycle on the roads here in the UK and the cycle paths are almost all rubbish.

If ULEZ was about air quality, how come it’s ok to pollute the air as long as you give Ghengis Kahn loadsamoney.

@djtaylorutube

10 ай бұрын

Not even that, it's ok for me to drive my classic V8 without a catalytic converter. No issue at all and ULEZ exempt. I understand the idea behind ULEZ and the intention but if it's really only 10% of the vehicles that aren't compliant, that's really disproportionate, given that eventually, those will disappear to be replaced by compliant newer ones. Because it disproportionately affects the fewest cars of those on the lowest incomes, on that basis alone, it's somewhat unfair.

@st200ol

10 ай бұрын

Would you prefer the Paris solution then? A total ban on older polluting petrol and diesel cars, no daily fine just scrap em? I don’t expect a reply BTW, in fact I don’t even want one. 😂

@richardgelber2740

10 ай бұрын

I'm taking my car to the Saddiq and Ghengis Khan Garage.

@animal355

10 ай бұрын

The mayor doesn’t understand the weather cycles either…the wind blows the ‘dirty-air’ back over the clean air zones.

When a container ship burns out of control for 2 weeks then this happens last March, "The cargo ship Felicity Ace carrying thousands of cars, has sunk due to the fire onboard which occurred in mid February. The ship carried a large amount of electric cars, and the burning lithium on board is thought to have made extinguishing efforts much worse".

@15bit62

10 ай бұрын

This is actually a lot of misinformation. Earlier this summer I talked with the guy in charge of dealing with fires on a long distance car ferry. He said, very bluntly, it doesn't matter what kind of car catches fire - they have no really effective way to extinguish it. They have zoned water sprays, and in principle some guys can go onto the car deck with hoses. In practice he told me that they will just use the water sprays to suppress the fire long enough to get everyone off the boat and then let it burn out. The one fire he has seen was a diesel generator that overheated, and the fire spread to some cars and that was it. The ship was scrapped.

@dellingson4833

10 ай бұрын

@@15bit62 Then why were tugs with water cannons circling it for 2 weeks for optics. Then it became a lithium-ion artificial reef. Go search it there is tons of video's from many sources. You ever been around a EV fire let alone hundreds, i have. It's a different beast.

@15bit62

10 ай бұрын

@@dellingson4833 I'm not saying that battery fires are easy to put out, just that fires on a car deck are essentially impossible to put out irrespective of the type of "fuel" the car uses.

Volvo saying, 'no more estate cars' is like Greggs saying, 'no more sausage rolls' it just doesn't make sense. When somebody tells them that EV batteries burn at 6x the temperature than a petrol car does they will realise people don't want ti risk having a crash and being trapped in one.

@hcw199

9 ай бұрын

I like to keep the chances of me burning to death at a minimum. I'll stick to tried and tested regular cars. 😅

20 mph will increase emissions in ICE cars due to being in lower gear.

Hi Lee, The disparity in range estimation between your car (which reduced) and Jeff's (which increased) is because your range (the EV) is measured on power reserve in the battery, which is a reasonably accurate reflection of the actual power reserve. In an ICE, the estimated range is based on accumulated past driving performance, and is not very accurate: if previous driving performance used a lot of litres per mile (driving fast or in stop-start conditions) and current driving performance is more efficient using less litres per mile you can very often recover (increase) estimated range on the current tank of fuel - I see it all the time. So, in an ICE, if you did a lot of constant fast driving for 100 miles (chewing up a lot of fuel), your current range will be estimated on this. If you now do a further 100 miles at a constant 30 mph your range will be adjusted / increased to reflect this. This is simple engineering. Basically, the range estimate in an ICE is a poor guess, whilst in an EV it is a more accurate reflection of battery reserve, but it is still dependent on how you are now going to drive the car - even in the EV you will reduce the range as you increase the speed. That's why when EVs sense they are low on power they reduce your speed to extend the range. So, no mystery here!

@theoneandyt

10 ай бұрын

Just wanted to say, great post 👍

@kirkjohnson6638

9 ай бұрын

Wbat gou said makes little sense. An ICE vehicle measures fuel left in tank and some estimate of future mpg based on both past mpg and current fuel flow rate. An EV essentially does the same based on current battery charge and an estimate of charge depletion based on past usage and present measurement of electrical current flow. The only reason for the range estimate to be better on one type of vehicle vs. the other simply has to do with the accuracies of the sensors employed and the sophistication of the equation used to calculate the remaining range.

@neilgodwin6531

9 ай бұрын

That makes a lot of sense, it's down to the sophistication of the algorithm

It`s all about "DO AS WE SAY NOT DO AS WE DO."

Recent Swedish Government report shows EVs less likely to catch fire compared to ICE.

Everything you said is spot on Lee. You've got Porsche by the short & curlies, get a good result from them for letting you drive around when you'd already told them that there was issues with your vehicle 👍🧡

Just imagine a return to the 3 day week and power cuts of the 70s. Would they stop you charging your car?

What is the point in the UK going over to Ev's when China, India, USA and Australia are not interested. Our contribution amounts to nothing as you say we are being conned.

@theoneandyt

10 ай бұрын

Whatever you think of Joe Biden's inflation reduction act - it's fair to say that America is making HUGE investment into EVs, and people are moaning that China is making too many of our EVs, oh yes and Tesla is shifting loads of production to India. Which just leaves Australia, but why is that significant? Not meaning to rain on your parade but........

@johnnunn8688

10 ай бұрын

Not this ‘we’.

Just built a £1m cycleway near us - unused because of so much glass. I use the cycle lanes on the road. £1m to tick a few green boxes then not promote the route or keep it clean. Cheshire West Council that's you.

As a Dane, we just had a Tesla which burned to something not recognizable stuff on a road! And an electric car is hardly able to be extinguished, if it starts to burn!!!

My Audi A6 cost $12 per 100km in diesel. To charge a Taycan at home cost $10 per 100km. Why would you do it to yourself?

Batteries are not just inefficient in the cold, they also are protected from the cold by being heated. Depending on the charger and if it’s cold enough, you can end up having less charge in the battery, than when you started charging it. Ridiculous things.

@GT380man

10 ай бұрын

Do you ideally need in winter for the ice-cold battery to be warmed up in order to maximise the charge it will then accept? I’ve no idea if it even could be done.

Even at the last WEF gathering at Davos, the vehicles used to ferry the delegates and members around were ICE vehicles. Electric vehicles were not deemed sufficiently reliable for WEF use.

A Toyota Tacoma that sold for 38k and a Taycan that sold for 120k on the same day are the exact same residual value 18 months later.

The Davos lot knew the electric car was a danger so “THEY” decided not to use them but were ok with their surfs to drive in them unsafely 😅

@jerribee1

9 ай бұрын

Serfs.

S K has been running diesel generators 24/7 in the centre of London for ever..... To charge the BUS BATTERIES.... WTF?

I love the the line "Everybody says No and universally against it (and still Khan enforced ULEZ), what else can you do?" Sounds like the folks prepared to chop the head of a king behaving unreasonably. London Blade Runners are what this country is badly in need of.

You need to have Geoff on your channel more often, you guys talk so much sense. I remember what my mum use to say about politicians "they might have all these qualifications but no common sense"

I have three mobility scooters all lithium, the stress of them going on fire more so when I am on the ferry to the mainland is extreme and scary. I am in the process of chaning over to acid. Also the materials mined being by children is a No No for me.

Bring back the Sinclair C5 the go anywhere vehicle ideal for those in parliament & could be adapted to be propelled by a lot of hot air which would be ideal especially for parliamentary ministers.

EV'S the biggest joke in car manufacturing. In 20 years, people have a big lough about the stupidness of today.

I have put my whole house off Grid. Designed it all myself. I DO NOT used Lithium batteries because of the fire risk and extreme cost. I use only GEL Batteries which have proven to be reliable since the 80s. They power Fork Lifts and the like.

EV's are the biggest scam in motoring history. Also, if anyone thought that they would get cheap motoring in an EV are living in cloud cuckoo land. Some people have bought EV's on the back of this and I'll bet they regret that now that the cost of electricity has risen so much and of course they are to be taxed before long. In terms of restrictions, it is definatey to get us off the roads and limit our freedom of movement. I have no doubt about that. I live in Wales and the 20mph restrictions are absurd. I was out in the early hours recently and did 20 in a restricted zone. No-one about, no cars and it was absolutely ridiculous. But no-one is taking any notice of it anyway and a recent report into the effects of the 20 zones found that although there was a slight drop in speeds initially, that has dropped off now so goes to show that it is being ignored.But we have the power Lee. We must be careful who we vote for.

Our local hospital has a car park below the hospital itself, just imagine the car park being full of battery powered cars🤔I think the current installed automatic sprinkler would be fighting a losing battle...... Anyone who charges their battery powered car in their garage, or next to their house overnight, seriously wants their bumps feeling🙃

@FullFact548

10 ай бұрын

How many electric car fires have there been in the UK over the last year? An approximate number will do.

I have doubts about 20 mph limits when 30 mph limits don't seem to be able to be policed. I live on an estate with a 30 limit but some driving round here would give Max Verstappen and the rest of the F1 contingent a run for their money. As for 20 mph, why stop there? Why not bring back the person walking in front of your car with a red flag? Surely a win-win situation, a reduction in accidents and injuries plus reduction of unemployment ☺ Enjoying the video.

@johnnunn8688

10 ай бұрын

Please don’t give the dicks ideas.

Yes it`s all about control for no good reason.

There was a lot more pollution back in the day with mills and nuclear power plants and other things it never was a major issue then so how can cars be the only pollutant

I work on all types of cars EV's ICE etc, there is no doubt an electric motor has torque making the car faster on take off than any I.C.E.,Yes its a thrill and I like that too, but still you are limited by speed limits, speed camera's and other road users, so there are certain limitations, Once you are up to speed the only benefit is faster over taking, on a good long run that speed advantage goes in away as you sit charging while the ICE waves goodbye. I love Geoff and the deep thinking he does, he's a very intelligent and honest man, if only the people running the country were as smart and honest as Geoff, so thanks Lee for having Geoff on, that has to be the longest MacMaster I've ever watched and I loved it.

I live in Los Angeles and all the ev chargers have the cables cut It is impossible to keep up with it .

As a Dane I have lately seen the wreck (pictures) of a burned out EV, I think a Tesla? And it wasn't much of a problem, as it hardly left anything to be disposed of, but a black spot on the ground, maybe to be restored for fire damage at a time? Really a clean vehicle in every way! And an electric fire can't be stopped, so the one "Danish Rescue Service (Falck)" has lately bought 4 iron boxes for EVs to be pushed into, while burning out, without being a hazard to the surroundings as long as it may last. I do hope of course, that I will never be on a ferry with a burning EV (They are not able to extinguish a fire in an EV, even by cutting of the supply of oxygen on one of the decks)? Luckily the one major Ferry Operator in Denmark are soon to be replaced with a tunnel for cars and trains for 18 km, below the water (Hopefully an EV won't start to burn during the passing of that?). Finn. Denmark 🤨

The reason they bring out new phones every year is because some people need to have the latest device. they will sing its praises until next year when they will then say it is getting a bit slow so I need to replace it.

@TheMacMaster

9 ай бұрын

Still kept my 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max to film with, just needed a new phone for calls as gave my Mini to my Daughter. All the same now.

The fully "Charred" show will be having a fit with all these recalls, great video, best wishes.

There was an EV fire near the Control Tower of a main Australian Airport,4 or 5 EVs cooked off.Regarding ULEZ,khan should start with taking diesel busses off the road and cleaning up the Underground!

@FullFact548

10 ай бұрын

There was a petrol car fire in a car park in Liverpool. 1,400 cars and the multistorey car were destroyed.

I love the comment about how turning on the AC destroys the range... It really is ridiculous how they kit these Exploding Vehicles out with all these toys that you basically dare not use if you want to get to where you are going 😂😂😂

They should let the market decide if we want Ev cars - then again they know they’ll be fully rejected by the general public hence the insane ban - bunch of lunatics - I absolutely despise them all now - I’ll stick with my diesel Volvo - great video btw

Lee,there was no point of having the A/C on in the BMW,with the sun roof open !!!

its all about control....always has been x

Love the show boys, cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 Teslas are for tossers :)

@swarfify

7 ай бұрын

Well said Ozzy. When you see the bad driving of TOSSERS IN TESLAS.

A BIG question mark over what started the Luton Airport fire, All 1640 cars in the airports multistory have been written off. Their being very cagey at what started the fire in the first place. Was it an EV catching fire ?

@tomwalmsley1149

9 ай бұрын

peter, the video i saw of the car that allegedly started the inferno had flames coming out of the left front passenger side with none of the black smoke you get from burning diesel . it looked to me like a battery fire in a plug in hybrid

@gregorybolin4672

9 ай бұрын

Hybrid and on that model that's where the battery was at

You must have heard about thermal runaway by now. I'd be wanting rid of that car as soon as possible before it gets to the point you can't sell it at all.

‘It doesn’t instill you with confidence’? It doesn’t surprise me, one bit.

Talk about depreciation. My Jaguar dealer has 7 iPace for sale. Typical example a one year old EV400 black cost new at least £71000 (not including any extras) for sale today at £48,995. That’s £20,005 depreciation in a year and don’t forget that’s their selling price I expect the seller got about £40k so that’s £30k in one year and 6000 miles. It’s ok though because no one wants secondhand EVs.

Here's something else that's pissed me off ,if I'm understanding this correctly manufacturers now have a quota of ice cars that they can sell and once they reach it people who want an ice have to wait until next year's quota which is being reduced each year forcing people to buy EVs . This also falsifies the EV sales numbers once compared to ice sales due to this artificial number caping

@GT380man

10 ай бұрын

It sounds ott but it’s actually tyrannical.

@teatimetel174

10 ай бұрын

second hand car will continue to rise in value

If the planet is warming up, that is a good thing. We won't have to put the heating on in winter, therefore cutting back on fossil fuels. Win - win.

Best thought. imagine if she bought an electric car now, just literal dead money which will soon be uninsurable

to replace batteries at $40,000 for 7000 cars cost£280,000,000

Electricity is made from coal and gas and Electric cars last 10 years. So how are they ecologically friendly?

@ianbentley-rb7hs

9 ай бұрын

They're not, and while they have lithium batteries they will never be anything more than a fire hazard.

? Would an EV owner have a member of the family working in a lithium mine.

Hi Lee you’re sitting on approximately 42200 mobile phone batteries🤣. I recently sent Geoff a response from Brittany Ferries about EV’s on ferries. If you’re interested I’ll send you their email.

If you are disabled or blind ,in a wheelchair etc,electric cars,bikes,scooters are very dangerous

we have as usual followed the Americans. About 30 years ago had to go to USA for work and every time I had a meal in the hotel, I had to answer a series of questions about each ingredient in the meal starting with the bread, I was so glad when I got home to Blighty and you could order a meal and that was the end of the conversation. Now its twenty questions for every thing, Aaaaaargh!!!

Jeff did you not see the wef goons also insisted that their pilots were unjabbed

@theclotshotdidit3115

9 ай бұрын

I did 👍

What happens when the majority of insurers refuse any electric car and you own one? How many will be affected and what will they do??

I do believe the price of fossil fuels is still so high because we are subsidising the failure of E Vs the price of oil is way down, it’s just bonkers

EVs?, Fire Hazard?, i would never have thought! 😆

When you say, ‘you have it on finance’, you mean leased, right? Well in that case, the battery life is in the lease-price calculation, so you are paying for the degradation of the battery, just like you would be paying for the engine in an ICE car.

Where i live near Bracknell its very very frustrating to drive a car you cannot get anywhere by car here why ? because roadworks temp traffic lights everywhere and worst thing is they are working on the pavement not even in the main road , dont repair pot holes no no no , instead lets repair footpaths on London road and anyone who knows that road knows no one every walks up there as its a direct footpath from Ascot to Bracknell 1 hour it would take you to walk the 4 mile distance totally crazy , E-scooters are a good idea but they are illegal unless you rent the council ones , what a scam the whole thing is , Im just thinkinh of staying home forever lying in bed and going into stasis for the next 50 years until normality is back LOL

@steamsearcher

10 ай бұрын

YES: Lay flat, Let it ROT and the 4 NOs from Chinese Youth. They have the right idea. Yes my wife is Chinese.

Can we see all the safety crash videos that evs are subjected to

@mikeandhev

9 ай бұрын

They would be a revelation.

Interestingly, with trains, a diesel train is usually always used with an electric train breaks down. A diesel vehicle was used to tow away a ULEZ van with two punctured tyres.

The future MUST include CHOICE of car type, not be pushed to buy the latest good idea....

I do agree with you I went from Kent to Wigan a few weeks ago and on the M6 in the middle of the night speed reduced to 60mph all the way from the junction of the M5 for better air quality but there was no traffic whatsoever it’s all about control not air

A fast hybrid would give you instant talk as the battery kicks in first. I have a hybrid and from a stop the battery moves the car off and power is instant. Hopefully the future is efuels and hybrid or hydrogen. It's the lithium that's the issue.

@steamsearcher

10 ай бұрын

Torque.

At least your EV is not ugly like most of them. Agree with your city car comments, EVs make sense only when charged at home, and for those weekly shopping trips as a grocery getter. Small, nimble cars for very short trips. ICE cars do most of their polluting when cold and suffer most expensive wear also. So a two car solution could work well for most of us. A little EV for the shopping, a Grand Touring ICE for long trips. In Australia we travel vast distances compared to you in the UK. Melbourne to Sydney is about 900 km and Sydney to Brisbane is about 1100 km. Both one way. Out rural infrastructure for EVs is almost non-existent. Enjoyed your show, thanks, Hugh

Yes Cupra tried to sell me a Hybrid due to wait times, i opted to wait for the petrol

People who buy a new apple phone every year sorry but you have more money than sense 😅just to say you've got one😊

Just a point Lee. You say that if you charge your EV up at home it’s much cheaper. However what your not considering is on the mileage that you must do that £12 a full charge is likely to be per day so that’s £60 a week. I’d put money on any petrol/diesel car would still be going the following week so it isn’t cheaper to run an EV.

@theoneandyt

10 ай бұрын

Terry it's £s per mile though... So think of it as £12 gets you approximately 300 miles (just going from what was quoted). It doesn't really matter how far you drive. You won't get that with petrol/diesel.

What harm are the EMFs doing to our bodies ???

When put the radio on it brought to mind the coach fire on only fools and horses. As I watch this it reminded of something rare two days I saw a G WIZZ . A rare sight these days

You are brilliant mate, Milk-Float 😂 keep saying it because it reminds everyone that having an EV is utterly pointless,

In Australia I have a friend who works for a moving company who specialises in moving people's belongings interstate and overseas and they won't touch evs.

20mph zones already exist in Highland council areas. They have run out of 20mph signs for all the towns and villages they have to cover lol !! Our village is signed but very few drivers adhere to them and that goes for police Scotland as well. Just another waste of our money..

The trouble is we are being forced into the purchase of these EV's on the wrong premise IE to save the environment rather than making ICE vehicles cleaner ( the GEET system inverted by Paul Pantone would give a minimum of triple the MPG. but is being ignored!). the other way to make them cleaner is to make them lighter. Look at the weight of cars in the 1960's/70's they are almost half the weight of their equivalent models now!

@philipbunker146

9 ай бұрын

It was the same with diesel cars a few years back! Now you are branded the devils spawn for driving one now!

Volvo is telling me they don't want my business? Nice try. They haven't been on my list for 20 years.

Ev's setting on fire is proof there is a god!

@jcfallows

10 ай бұрын

Is that why 30 to 40,000 ice cars catch fire every year in the USA?

1.18 the answer to your question is Money, the public will only pay so much for a product, people companies will always find away to make Money it all comes down to Money.

This recall is for the same car that locks you in when the 12 volt dies? Brave man

When one of these EV's catches fire, is the smoke carbon neutral? 🤔

Wait until the electric black-outs start

You forget the dingleberries on bikes in the 20 zones! They don't care about pedestrians.

Re; your comment about FUD. It was IBM's marketing for selling computers based on Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about other brands to push IBM products. With regards to Geoff's comments about estate cars I preferred MPV. I bought one of the first Renault Espace in the country. I ordered one at the end of 1985 and took delivery on a D Plate in 1986. I finally got rid of it 16 years later after covering 336,000 miles of comparatively trouble free motoring. Replaced it with a late Phase 3 model which was a bit of a nightmare because it was a mix with lots of Phase IV parts fitted instead of Phase III, so trying to get parts was very hit or miss. My last one was the 3.0 litre V6 Grand Espace. If I get the chance I would love to get a good low mileage one. I believe that Renault still make the Espace but only in lhd but there are 4 different models made in India, two under the Dacia name.

Absolutely you are spot on. ULEZ, WHY when you mot the car every year, and 20mph from the woke Welsh powers that be.., Are freedoms are being trampled on quicker than you MC master can scoff a Sunday dinner with all the trimmings x