Since 2014 ive relied on Mobility Scheme run by the government, when i updated in 2019 i had to pay an upfront fee of £95 for my Kia Niro hybrid, in March i was due to upgrade, all Mobility cars r now Electric and if i want another Kia Niro the deposit was going to be £3k, i cant afford this and most Mobility users wouldnt be able to sit for hours waiting for ur car to charge up, but ur right in what ur saying just the deposit alone from £95 to £3k in 3 years no one on Mobility will be able to upgrade and will lose there cars

@TheMacMaster

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly the thing I'm talking about. Pricing the general public out of driving. It's disgusting x

@jasonlowes223

Жыл бұрын

It's a supply and demand thing. the demand is high for new cars and supply is low. There is a global shortage of chips because of the pandemic this is causing shortages in the car industry. And lots of people decided to put their annual holidays on hold for a couple of years because of the pandemic. This allowed them to have extra money and get that new car they have always wanted. The demand will drop and the prices will come down. You could apply for a grant from notability to pay your AP. After all without customers the scheme is finished.

@jimsouthlondon7061

Жыл бұрын

Chinese MG4 £25k it’s £10k above ICE equivalent but save a £1k per year in fuel and maintenance and driver fatigue.

@jimsouthlondon7061

Жыл бұрын

New petrol Ford Fiesta is £22k. All new cars in delay because of the world wide parts shortage after covid .

@rbnhd1144

Жыл бұрын

@@jimsouthlondon7061 Who the hell wants to buy a Chinese MG, I bet you wouldn't. people should have a choice what they buy.

They are taxing all cars off the road, while politicians & royalty are driving around in gas guzzlers, the hypocrisy makes sick!

@carlarthur4442

Жыл бұрын

Yes your correct, watching all the people going to discuss climate change , the elite's of the world 🌎 🙄 flying in on their private jets , a cavalcade of big motors , Beckham , Prince William and their body guards etc 😳, telling the rest of us in our Ford fiestas or Vauxhall corsas how we must save the planet , totally boils my piss 🙄

@cheechmcduck7013

Жыл бұрын

don't forget the private jets they fly around in also

@3D_Printing

Жыл бұрын

​@@David-bl1bt betray Thatcher

@paarker

Жыл бұрын

It’s time we showed them what we think. I encourage everyone to get involved with politics. Especially, local elections. Stop voting for the one party, three colour ones. Ask your friends too. Lab/Con/LibDems are the same party. They all follow the same masters. As Noam Chomsky said, they have vigorous debate on narrow subjects. But when it comes to the major issues like lockdowns or war; they vote the same. Especially, Labour and conservative. They hate us and want to rule us. In my opinion we have all checked out and been too apathetic. Let’s get local people, in local elected positions. Not those who tow the party line. As an example. Let’s look at Rishi Sunak. A Goldman smith banker. Handed a ultra safe Tory seat in 2016. Within a few years he’s chancellor, the second highest job. Then they oust Liz Truss after she beats him for the leadership and put him in without a vote from the public. If this doesn’t show how the system is rigged and the choice given to us and not a real choice. Nothing will. As for Starmer “Sir Keir Starmer”. That tells you everything about this establishment stooge. Head of the CPS and his skeletons are bigger than Rishi’s but they don’t get told in the media.

@enkisdaughter4795

8 ай бұрын

@@carlarthur4442Do as I say, not as I do!

Electric cars are the future (the future of severely limited mobility for the common man)

THEY DON'T WANT US TO OWN CARS.......................In fact "YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY"

@lorrainedimmock4096

Жыл бұрын

Convid, remember was the trigger.!!!

Service cost for my wife’s Smart for two EQ was £240 after 1year and less than 3000 miles. They didn’t touch anything just sent a video of the underside of the car saying everything is fine. She’s now got a petrol Fiat 500.

He is right. The gov will put all the taxes and requirements from the petrol car straight to EV cars. Also electric cars are over priced. Decent ones are 50k. I can buy a petrol car for around 35k, am I really gonna save that much extra to drive my car in terms of fuel. NO!

@eddiereed5025

Жыл бұрын

plenty of evs for under 35k mg are spot on byd coming soon then watch the prices

Anything the government recommends, do the opposite.

@trevorsmith7753

Жыл бұрын

YAY! No ferkin' clot-shots either!

@davidkidd3975

Жыл бұрын

Buy a smelly two stroke and burn old tyres on your log burner would be a good starter

Totally agree Lee they can keep their EV's I'm sticking with a petrol engine.

My old EV was wonderful so quiet never got any complaints when I was delivering milk bread etc early in the morning 😂.

Did a 350 miles round trip in my diesel BMW yesterday and never skipped a beat. Son has an electric Nissan and can't even do half of that without stopping for a recharge. Electricity only good for mobility scooters going to the newsagents

@kevindarkstar

Жыл бұрын

And scooters ☺️

@jasonlowes223

Жыл бұрын

On your 350 mile round trip did you not stop for refreshment/toilet break? I would probably stop twice. Long trips are possible in an EV but not as stress free as an ice car. The EV is perfect for the city.

I admit I was a early adopter of a Tesla. One day the area where I live was under a "POLAR VORTEX" and for over two weeks the temperature never got above -5° Fahrenheit during the day and night time temperatures got as low as minus 44° Fahrenheit. I charged at home because my workplace did not have charging available and the nearest public charger was over 45 miles away. An overnight charge was sufficient for me to complete my round trip to work as well as a few errands. One night I came home and plugged in and had approximately 30 miles of range left. My beloved German Shepherd began to show signs of gastric torsion later that night and required immediate veterinary attention. The local emergency vet stabilized her but she required emergency surgery which could only be done at UW Madison which was 138 miles away. My car only had approximately 200 miles of range and as the temperature had already dropped to - 35° I was going to have to make use of the heater and defroster. We made it to the emergency clinic but we're dangerously low on range. The clinic did have available charging and I was able to charge my car to 100% while my dog was undergoing surgery. She had to stay in intensive care for 2 days and during those two days I traded the Tesla for a Mercedes. No range anxiety and I can use the climate control to the fullest as long as there's fuel in the tank. I will never buy another EV as long as there is a drop of gas available on the planet...

@jp6975

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Forget whether the Tesla actually did it, forget you traded for a Merc... the standout here is you managed to drive in -35 to -44 degrees fahrenheit! That's like an average of -40 degrees celcius! Aren't the road basically ice rinks at that temperature?? Sounds like you needed to trade for skidoo and not a Merc!

@williamegler8771

Жыл бұрын

@@jp6975 Why would the roads be ice rinks? Whenever there is snow or ice the roads are plowed and salted. There was no problems with the roads

@jp6975

Жыл бұрын

@@williamegler8771 I didn't say they were. I asked a question as I've never experienced temps even close to that.

I have ran out of petrol once. So I limped into a petrol station and filled up. I was on my way again within 8 minutes and to my surprise petrol stations are everywhere.

@nikjames2965

Жыл бұрын

I have driven for 57 years in three countries... and never run out of petrol

TESLA'S are a nightmare here in Canada in winter. The door handles freeze and you can't open the doors!

@dickriggles942

Жыл бұрын

The design is idiotic.

@brybish

Жыл бұрын

And ice cars are not affected by iced up windows and frozen door handles, electric cars are the same as diesel and petrol they have plus and negative points they are just another power source.

@jp6975

Жыл бұрын

At least it won't be stolen then. As was said in Monty Python... always look on the bright side of life.

@dickriggles942

Жыл бұрын

@@brybish Have you ever seen the way EV door handles are made? It's clearly something they have to do to maximize the range.

Nice to hear someone speaking openly about the current climate, it's so obvious what "They" are up to! The last 2 years we sure have been taken for a ride! Thankfully people are slowly waking up! Remember censorship is a big part of these platforms!

@rbnhd1144

Жыл бұрын

Maybe people should think about this issue when voting next time, Who's idea was this anyway, which party???

@jaktag

Жыл бұрын

@@rbnhd1144 the govt are just puppets being controlled by a much higher power.

@rbnhd1144

Жыл бұрын

@@jaktag I totally agree, all bought n paid for. Thanks jaktag.

@michaelsheehan3900

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy driving 21st. Century technology. Wallow in 20th. Century technology, if you will...

If electric cars were worthwhile there would be no need to legislate that internal combustion engine cars are no longer to be sold after a certain date !

@dickriggles942

Жыл бұрын

It's a huge red flag.

As a subject matter expert on environmental engineering this is right on the money. Electric cars in their current form are totally hopeless.

HERES THE RUB, I work for a company who make high end carbon ceramic brake discs for the likes of Mercedes BMW audi Aston Martin etc, for the last 2 weeks I have had one of AMGs head honchos shadowing me observing our process and I have got to know him pretty well and one thing he's told me is that Mercedes bmw audi vw are all heavily involved in a new fuel for combustion engines and he also stated there isn't enough lithium on the planet to make cars to 2030...a lot of people are going to be out of pocket when they realise they can't get battery replacements. I also know of a company in Openshaw Manchester who have developed a material that goes in the back box of cars and trucks that can remove 98% of harmful imissions from fosil fuels using recycled materials and certain materials/chemicals, said company applied for a government grant to extend their factory to meet demand but were refused (I wonder why) EVs are just the latest scam like the petrol bad diesel good diesel bad petrol or EV good scam.... The wheel keeps turning!

@gavinderbyshire5535

Жыл бұрын

Lithium is one of the most abundant minerals in the world. hers the rub, oil refineries need tonnes of Cobalt to remove sulphur from oil for fuel...

@domrowlands4684

Жыл бұрын

In this global warming world with a 9x higher carbon footprint than steel carbon fibre should be banned by all governments (NOT GONNA HAPPEN) it is what it is I give up the whole thing is a hypocritical misnomer 😳 someone feed me some arsenic 🤣👍

I was amused this evening to read that Switzerland will ban use of EV’s if they have a power shortage. That’s a thought isn’t it. You need to get out to buy food and candles to get you through a power cut but you have to leave your car in the garage 🤣🤣

@ghunt9146

Жыл бұрын

Also, if you have a smart meter they can remotely switch your power off if they so wished.

Cities will be split into zones. Each zone will contain amenities such as school, pharmacy, supermarket,doctor etc. You will not be able to drive out with the zone u live in. Attempting to leave zone will result in your EV being digitally disabled.

EV's are about controlling movement getting rid of internal combustion is about limiting your freedom.

Hybrids are the way to go, most people will realise this in the next 10 years.

The problem is that the major political parties are in cahoots on the insane NetZero project. How to get rid of all of them at the same time?

Just for the record. I am 76 years old. I have been driving regularly since I was 19 years old, and I have never run out of petrol. Come to think of it, I have never run out of petrol mowing my front yard and my back yard and the nature strip. (That's the bit next to to road). I am not perfect though I ran out milk one day and I had to drink my tea with no milk, and actually it was not too bad.

I did a 500 mile round trip from Blackpool to Sunbury-on-Thames on a single tank of diesel in my Mercedes C220 CDI. That's twice the range of your Porsche EV.

My 5.0l supercharged SVR will get me all the way to the end of the petrol forecourt on a full tank😂😂😂

I’m a motorcyclist in the main, and wouldn’t give garage space to a 2-wheeled Kenwood Chef.

@Shinysideup

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I’ve ridden the Harley Davidson live wire, it’s quick but shite

Listen to the mac master do not buy an a electric car they are not the future

By and large, the people who happily went and rolled up their sleeves and wore rancid soggy underpants on their faces (and the princess Diana visors!) are usually the same people who've fallen into the EV trap. Loving it 😍

@Lee-ty7bc

Жыл бұрын

Yep spot on

@douglasb.5601

Жыл бұрын

Yep, EV's like Covid 💉's seemed like a good idea at first...but now people realise they can't do what they used to do pre EV/💉! 😬

@edwardkennedy9919

Жыл бұрын

You are so right there, the brainwashed fools who can't think for themselves and these are the morons that ridiculed me for not wearing a nappy on my face the past two and a half years.

@absndus

Жыл бұрын

Correctly

Switzerland are looking to ban EV owners from charging their vehicles due to power shortages due to limits on electricity grid.

I drive a cooper D diesel 2008. 60mpg around town and 90+ on the motor way. Can go 450 miles local on a full tank. Now costing £46...

Lee you should be in Parliament giving it to these people who are telling us how to live .

The staff at my local CoOp and Tesco supermarkets are really aggressively keen on getting customers to use the auto checkouts. Fools are writing their own redundancy notices ffs.

Thanks Lee for a bit of truth for a change, EV’s way overpriced & so many negatives against them, I think the cost over 3 years is £5-6k more with an EV over petrol/diesel cars.

How do you charge the car during a blackout?

@tarkuselp7730

Жыл бұрын

How do you fuel an ICE car during a blackout?

@thelastpilot4582

Жыл бұрын

@@tarkuselp7730 Due to the availability of petrol I wouldn't get that low. that I would need to.

@longjonwhite

Жыл бұрын

@@tarkuselp7730 Jerry can

@Hell-Hound1

Жыл бұрын

@@tarkuselp7730 Solar? Petrol pumps work of electricity, you know. You can now power your house from your EV. (V2L)

I remember that story about the guy who invented a car that ran on water. Think he was Indian. Think he disappeared because the big oil companies felt it was a threat so told him to shut up.

Lower range in winter? Yes, I can confirm this is true! My BMW iX has dropped from 3.2 miles pwh in summer to 2.8 miles per kwh this week with frost mornings and 3 to 5 degrees C showing. My BMW X5 with a 3 litre diesel engine also does worse in winter though! I can get 40 mpg on a tank in summer, but in winter this reduces to 34mpg (I have been recording consumption for years… geeky I know). Conclusions: in winter ALL vehicles return poorer consumption! The moral of the story is: Buy the car that suits your usage patterns! If you do massive roadtrips on a regular basis, buy a diesel or if you want electric, make sure it is a tesla (for access to there chargers). If you are not driving like this and have a drive or ability to have a charger at home, an electric car is definitely superior. Stating electric cars are universally rubbish is a nonsense.

It’s true, when I worked in Canada my wife had a T electric car and in winter it was unusable and a liability.

@hervegeorges

Жыл бұрын

you should have known that, because the smart phones have the same problem. Plus, I wonder if you notice with cold, the percentage of the batteries dropped like crazy. With cold, you can drop from 50 to zero in no time. Even combustion engine batteries always die in winter. Mine just died. On the top of that, those Teslas are full of electronics and those are quite bad in cold too. Plus if you drop to zero, everything is locked. Plus battery anxiety is real. I do have it with my phone. In Canada, with stupid plastic evs you can end up frozen solid on the side of the road. Tesla have electric brakes, if something goes wrong, you can not stop the car. If you park them in your house, they can burn your house down because they catch fire by themselves. I think tesla is not a car company it is a cult. Tesla makes less than 2 % of cars in the world and yet they are the richest car brand in the world, go figure. Electric Jesus musk is the king of BS and snake oil. In canada the best is a toyota pickup. How does tesla handle in the snow ? i would think evs are not great in the snow, too much torque.

Reading the Sunday Telegraph today i see Switzerland could ban the use of electeric cars in winter to conseve electricity for other uses. It is facing a power shortage.

@1:02:47 Right, so it cost you just as much as a petrol fill-up, but with the added "convenience" of struggling to find a charging station and the long wait times to fill-up. ... Wonderful (not).

When you have the promised power-cuts over winter, and can’t charge your electric milk-float…..

Politicians also cry about global warming and such but all keep buying ocean front property and island vacation homes.

“There was a guy who invented a car ran by water 💧!!! He disappeared no one ever saw him !! “ He Evaporated !!!!😜😂😂

To be fair, if one believes politicians these days, it's kind of ones own fault isn't it?

@cameraman655

Жыл бұрын

Truer words were never spoken....👍

@ggee7391

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I believe them they said in the 1950s parking meters would fund underground car parks - I'm sure they are on the way maybe just awaiting planning permission or something.

My ex colleague finished work with us as he’d started a business installing electric car chargers. He bought 2 new vans, diesel ones. He said they didn’t have the range for a days work for him, and queues at charging points slow him down even more. I drive a VW Transporter as my personal vehicle. A full tank, which I can pull over practically everywhere and get, takes less than 5 mins, and gives me 600 mile range…………..

What happens when we have blackouts ,or the copper cable at the chargers get nicked like they are already doing

Hilarious. Don't know if you have seen it but on the Quest channel there is a programme called ev converstion or similar where some people have classic cars and convert them to electric. There was a 1950 Alvis 3500cc that they ripped apart to fill with batteries and put a tesla drive in it. For £45,000 lol i was crying.

Batteries are not the future. The amount of power you lose in winter is probably around 20 percent of power loss in cold weather. Batteries need a stable temperature to be efficient and as soon as they are out of the that they suffer alot. After many years still we are cursed by the dreaded lack of power. Hybrid might be the way to go until they invent some type of fusion power cells. Flustration, Anxiety and Stress is the definition of EV Vehicles. Take Care Lee. Great Video as always

MacMaster speaks the truth! EV's cannot be the future.

I'll never buy an EV to 'save the planet' or for 'cheaper motoring' because we all know those 2 statements in the long term are just the 'dangled carrot 🥕 ' you mentioned. I'll continue to drive an ICE car for as long as they continue selling fuel ⛽️ We're just nowhere near ready with the EV charging infrastructure in the UK. We have 4 charge points on our local huge tesco and everytime I go down all 4 are in use, some EV owners seem to think that 'Electric Only' means they can park there and not even bother charging their car! Which must be infuriating to EV owners with 8% left in their battery 🔋 🤔

I think you mean in Animal Farm. All animals are equal except are more equal than others

Very insightful and thought provoking video. I firmly believe all the current measures are designed to regress us 90 years. Only the rich had cars. The rich could fly in luxury. That’s the future if we allow this to happen. The common person will be on public transport, while the wealthy fly in private jets and drive expensive cars. I worry for the future of my grandchildren, as they won’t be able to see all over Europe, by car and motorbike, as I have. Travel broadens the mind. Perhaps the people in charge don’t want us to broaden our minds and see what’s happening in other countries. It’s control, control, control.

All well said, Lee! The concept of an EV fascinates me (instant acceleration, quiet running, etc) but everything you’re saying seems to be true. And, I live in the Midwest USA where winter temperatures are typically-10 to -20 C. I can only imagine how crap the range on these things would be for at least 3 months of the year. Not to mention waiting around for a charge in the bitter cold. Forget it.

@waynebarwick1404

Жыл бұрын

Turn on your ice car and it comes to life. People can fall in love with their cars. EV seem to have as much life in them as my router at home...none at all...they even have to add noise so people walking are aware of them.

@richardbartlett6932

Жыл бұрын

it's your lack of imagination that's the problem EV engineers all over the world are working on the cold issue along with progressing range and other various issues new technology bring. Even better now than the past is that China is pouring billions into research which they never did with ICE. the biggest country in the world with the biggest budget in the world and the biggest brains in the world working on the whole EV project will get us to places we haven't even dreamed about I remember mobile phones coming out and assuming that's as good as it gets. Now look at what mobiles can do and there is more to come. why do people believe EVs are at their final development 🤔 Mainly because they cannot comprehend progress especially at such a fast pace . It's generally people over 50 who are struggling with the future 🤔 The world will move on without you 👍

@urbanfox53

Жыл бұрын

@@richardbartlett6932 Sorry but you can keep China and your strange imagination.

Thanks for the warning. I won't be buying an electric car ever. I'll just go to smaller and cheaper gas-powered cars until they stop selling gas. I am concerned for you, Mac. Battery powered cars drive their owners insane. Eh, mate? 25:45 LOL! "What exactly are you going to do to service the car?" "Uh...well...we are going to take 800 pounds out of your wallet and put it, very carefully, in our wallet, and hand you back your Porsche." What load of rubbish from Porsche there. 31:20 Tiny Tim needs new shoes for the winter. How could Porsche be so cruel! 40:02 Much respect MacMaster, no matter how sick my wife got, I made sure her license and her hairdressing license was renewed. It's just very important to those you love. 1:02:48 38 pounds 52 pence equal 47 dollars 20 cents in American money. I can fill my 2004 Honda Accord - 4-cylinder gas car up .......in ten minutes...... for less than that and drive almost 400 miles on the interstate at 75 miles per hour the entire trip without stopping. Electric cars really are a scam, aren't they.

Great question about servicing. 👌💪When I put my Q3 in for service, I said the rear wiper blade is gripping the window and juddering. I said can you deal with it please. The man at the desk said, “it’s a known problem, I’ll let the service department know”, I said “if it’s a known problem, I want the problem sorted for free then”. They did, and it was sorted for free.

@Hectors-Maison

Жыл бұрын

They took it off 🤔

@HDHQDIRECT

Жыл бұрын

It's kinda like Tesla saying your misaligned doors are within specs....

@stevecohen2216

Жыл бұрын

@@Hectors-Maison 😂not quite, but hey.😉

And that's before you consider that you are loosing 2-5 % battery capacity year on year (as if your petrol tank was shrinking each year)

ev cars.biggest con ever.

Bring back the Moggy 1000 .

@TheHorsebox2

Жыл бұрын

Had five of them... great machine.

@carlarthur4442

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHorsebox2 I've only had one but loved it , I lent my Dad it one boxing day and someone come over a junction and wrote it off , unfortunately. But great car , my Aunrie had an estate for 10 years .

The reality is the tax take on EV'S will have to increase to compensate the loss of tax revenue on piston engines.

Anyone know why diesel is approx 28% more expensive than petrol??

@tonyb3629

Жыл бұрын

Heating oil (diesel derivative) is in way more demand at the moment for obvious reasons, so diesel prices are staying high - 25p/l more where I live (yes, I drive a diesel). If you want to hear about profiteering though, my car also requires AdBlu, which is fine in principal. Two months ago, I bought 5l from my local garage for £14.99. I bought the same amount from the same garage last week - now £20.99. This is for basically 5l of water+pig urine. I couldn't tell you how p*ssed off I was!

@freddibnah1830

Жыл бұрын

Because it is a massive rip off, that is the only reason.

@steven1515

Жыл бұрын

It's quite frustrating isn't it😡 It's pretty obvious that it is Rip Off Britain because in Spain diesel is cheaper than petrol. They don't really have a lot of electric vehicles either🙄🇪🇸 it seems there are more focused on bicycles and scooters 🙄

Apparently Switzerland are banning electric cars during certain times to reserve energy.

Petrol cars are already miles better on fuel (pardon the pun) my 2.0L e skyactiv x Mazda 3 did just under 65mpg on a run to Cardiff from my house in Bristol and you're right they will surely even improve on that by 2030, it's madness we are doing away with petrol cars just as they become cleaner and more economical than they have ever been.

I've been saying for a long time, EV's are not the answer. We will still be relying on the internal combustion engine for many years to come!

I drive an EV at work. It is the most inconvenient thing on four wheels!

@jimsouthlondon7061

Жыл бұрын

Are you self employed. EVs bring limited companies and self employed VAT registered the tax breaks.

It is all about control!The WEF!

Great video Lee,I think you're spot on regarding EV's. My son in law is a mechanic and he says keep away from them. As you rightly point out the infrastructure is not there and probably never will be 🚗🏁👍

Best off going for a small classic car over 40 years old. No tax to pay. You don't need an mot and you don't pay the congestion charge. Plus insurance is very cheap. My 78 mk1 fiesta cost me £140 a year all in. 950cc engine which is cheap on fuel. Electric is a pipe dream.

Try the car’s range next week - winter will be here, temperatures down to -8C!

My boss just chucked his hybrid mini back. 30 mile battery is now down to less than 10 after 30k miles. Useless. The petrol engine isn’t efficient enough to make up for the battery being broken and hauling its weight around. He’s just bought a diesel.

I will never buy an electric car . The infrastructure is just not there for them plus what a 2 hour journey should take its gonna take you 7 or 8 hours if you need to stop for a charge.I think everyone should boycott buying them and just keep buying petrol or diesel cars

By the way, already in Switzerland ("coincidentally" home of the wef)drivers of electric cars may be stopped from using the car for non-essential journeys.

Completely agree. Its even worse if you want to tow a caravan. We recently travelled to Northern Scotland - about 350 miles - towing a twin axle caravan with my Volvo XC60 2.4 5 cylinder diesel. Got there on one tank. If I was towing - and I would need a smaller caravan - the journey would have taken far longer - probably couldn't do it in a day. Every time I need a charge I would need to park up, unhitch the caravan, drive to the charger, wait ages to charge, drive back to my caravan, hitch up then away. How long would all that add to my journey time doing that two or three times per journey?????? I appreciate if you have a small family where you can have a smaller caravan and loads of free time to travel you could do it with an EV. But not everyone has that luxury. I recently replaced my wife Toyota Aygo (12 years old, 80k on the clock and minimal repair cost though years of motoring) and looked at small EVs as she only does small journeys - max 100 miles per week. But the cost was prohibitive - so I got another Aygo.

As a mobility scooter rider, I can confirm that the range of the scooter is drastically reduced during the winter months. Do not fall for the hype surrounding EVs!

Grant shapps has his own plane.. Range limits already being introduced in Oxford and Canterbury

@johnpassey3176

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't believe this, but apparently this is true, Grant is a keen pilot and did indeed own a plane at the end of 2020

@TheHorsebox2

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpassey3176 There's nothing wrong with him having either of these things, as long as he we can have them too...if we choose. You can be sure Claus Shwab guzzles steak every night.

I have no intention of buying an EV now, or in the future. I will continue driving my Diesel vehicle for as long as it is legal. Get around 700 miles on a full tank with motorway driving!

Re flying. You said you won't fly again if they reduce pilots. Klaus will be proud of you! Job done.

Another good one Lee, Ev, love the tech hate the price.... I doubt I will ever find an eV for £100...but I did find my 1.6 diesel.. Bought for £100....it now has 214k on clock after the 7 years I have owned it... Does 65mpg.... And still going strong..... Nearly there with ev.... But to expensive now..... (just an old mechanic that keeps a car running on next to nowt).

@carlarthur4442

Жыл бұрын

Love it 😀 it's what it's about I had a mate that would pay no more than £ 300 for a car and made it last with some tweets, but it kept going , you can't beat old school mechanics, I ride a 35 year old B M W K75c never let me down , I do my own services, plugs oil filters and anti freeze, £ 50 all in , one of my sons Yamaha R1 , service about £ 600 + .

I’m just a diesel Mercedes driver and I think you’re right: EV isn’t the way to go. But good show.

Basically a battery needs an electric blanket in the winter. You can see the problem here 😂

What would happen if an electric car charging at a petrol station caught fire then burned the ground on top of the storage tanks, how big would that explosion be?

Not only will you disapear your invention will to if, you invent anything that works for the people.

For the same reasons, we have to keep cash going, its all about control.

Just wait till they tax electric from charging points.

@carlarrowsmith

Жыл бұрын

They do already Barry

I discovered a new condition a while back when a girlfriend of mine took me for a drive in her Kia Niro EV. That condition is called Range Anxiety. It’s not nice, and I think I’ll be sticking to my trusty diesel VW T5 Kombi with its 750 mile range for the time being.

And the guy who invented the water car was called Stanley meyer he drove it across America and there was also a guy called bob Lazar who was a rocket engineer at area 51 who invented his own hydrogen powered Corvette and built a hydrogen generator in his backyard both were in the 70's n 80's respectively and Stanley meyer was poisoned at a meal in a restaurant the day before he was due to sell the tech to the American government

As a young man in the seventies (I bought my first, and - only, new BMC Mini in 1966 (Never more an English car!)) I used to work with electric forklifts inside a Factory. They had two huge batteries, industrial quality, with an ability to be changed for the second or third shifts, if needed! At intervals a - nice Service Man came to change the inside of the batteries, which was - less expensive than changing - all the battery, as they had been worn down from the intensive use!!! Though it would suit my wife and I fine, as we have a fixed parking space, with a - possible charger by it, outside of our appartement, I will never buy an electric car, and today I own an AdBlue Peugeot 208HDI which runs up to 25 km/L on a full tank (5 minutes work and 1200 km range)! I may still drive anywhere with this, specially cleaned engine and as 75 I expect I will never have to go Electric 😄😁😆!

Too true we had this bull years ago Mps telling everyone to drive diesel.

When I look at the two top selling cars here in Australia I can see that EVs are not a reasonable solution. The top selling car as of the fifth December 2022 is the Toyota Hilux and the number two is the Ford Ranger. With the huge distances we travel down here ould EVs be a good replacement for these vehicles? Obviously not. If you're going to tow a caravan or if you're a tradie with a tub load of materials and a dual axle trailer filled with tools etc. And on top of that if we are going on a trip to some small town way out of the urban areas then charging it up again, even if you make it, is an unlikely situation. For city travelling and grocery getting I can see the value of EVs but here in Australia with such long distances and plenty of wonderful places to visit it's a no go.

You are exactly right mate! The future is not for the general population, all this thing with Oxford and its hunger games zones. Like you say about George Orwell spot on. Scary times ahead and social credit system from the PMs father in laws company....

Another issue with EV's is that, when they are several years old and the batteries have degraded significantly the vehicle is basically worthless. A new battery pack would cost more than the car's worth. I'll stick with my oil burner thank you very much.

@bentullett6068

Жыл бұрын

According to a Autocar article the battery degrading starts after 3 years and get gradually worse. Read my comment I posted in the comments.

@HDHQDIRECT

Жыл бұрын

@woolychewbakker5277 It doesn't matter the mileage, it's always age that degrades and kills battery... You ever see a car battery with a mileage warranty? Never. If I buy a simple Duracell battery there is a expiration date. If I buy a bunch of batteries and they sit in my drawer for 15 years...are they still full of life or probably corroded and dead.

@raymondmajer8748

Жыл бұрын

@Wooly Chewbakker I depends on how you drive/charge the vehicle. As far as I'm aware manufacturers guarantee the batteries for between 7 and 10 yrs depending on the manufacturer, however, that guarantee comes with caveats. When you buy a new EV the battery should charge to 100%, however, if after say 3 yrs your battery will only hold a 60% charge a dealer will recognize that you have not been following the advice to preserve the life of your battery. That is, don't charge to 100% unless you're going on a long journey and don't allow the battery to drop below 20%. In effect that drastically reduces your range by 40% to preserve the battery which will in effect nullify the guarantee if you don't do it. Your EV will then be virtually worthless. I'm sticking with my oil burner thanks.

winter flattens batteries fact

I totally agree. My range is now 220 miles now instead of 330 miles

@jp6975

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like this winter drop is basically the same, in percentage terms, for most EVs. You are now getting 66% of your "warm weather range". I've also lost 67% - now only getting 330 from 498 in Summer. Disappointing is a mild understatement!

We will own nothing and be happy. I agree with Lee, they want to control who drives, when and how far.

TOTALLLLLLY AGREEEE with everything you say except for one thing. I have an iPace since December 2020 and I've LOST 40K. Not quite true because I've still got it. I intend to go back to fossil fuel and buy a Z4. I only want/need 2 seats as the kids are off my hands; my wife has a Smart4Two and I dont want to drag 2 unused seats behind me but I am claustrophobic so a big Z4 (30i) will suit fine. Back to the 1 thing I dont agree with. I dont need YTPremium and I dont get the adds either. Use the OPERA BROWSER and switch off the adds in that. Why give YT a fee when you dont have to. Please reply

@BioniqBob

9 ай бұрын

Okay Nancy

@Grahamponting

5 ай бұрын

Because he gets paid for each video if they show ads!

Had a drive in a Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 the other day , it was like being on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise 😯 It was really quick with a 0-62 at just over 5 seconds but would I want one ? NO absolutely bloody not , why ? They cost around £74 ,000 and still only have a range of 230 miles which wouldn't get me down to family in Dorset so why would I when my diesel would get me there and back with fuel to spare with its 800 mile range. EV's are a rich mans folly and ill thought out plan that won't meet current government plans. NB: The Forton services you described as a mushroom was actually designed to replicate an airport control tower 👍

@HDHQDIRECT

Жыл бұрын

The interior at night reminds me of a sleezy strip club...

What happens to the range when you have three or four people in the car and a boot full of luggage or the EV is a three or more years old

On older diesel can be coaxed into running on many types of fuel mixtures and used engine oil is one of them , you’ve already paid tax and vat on it once and they don’t want you escaping it again, garages are having to pay to have it removed and they made it near enough illegal to burn it to keep yourself warm and the companies that take it away then sell it … to be burned 😳

My 52 year old Toyota Crown is by far more eco friendly than any car less than 20 years old as 80-90% of all generated pollutants occur At Manufacture...

You set off with 245 miles range, and when you started charging you said there was 50 miles of charge remaining. This would suggest that you traveled 195 miles. For this comparison we are simply comparing how many miles you can drive for £1. You did 195 miles for £38, so you were doing approx 5 miles per £. My Diesel Mini does an average 65mpg. With diesel at £1.78 per liter a gallon costs £8. At 65mpg at a cost of £8 my Mini Diesel ICE does 8 miles per £, that is 37.5% more cost effective than your EV.

@richardbartlett6932

Жыл бұрын

you're comparing the fuel economy of a diesel mini with a EV Porsche 🤔

as well as getting rid of the ev start using cash more

Ev, drivers are the same people who also got smart meters fitted. Time will show what a massive stitch up they are.