I like your show, but as a general feedback, could you spend a little time showing the actual car when you review it? As in, show the dash a little bit more, show the trunk, perhaps a brief look under the hood. Nothing super elaborate, mind you. I just notice that some car reviews all we get to see is two perspectives of you driving and very little of the car itself.

@benedikt5974

9 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought. Not even the charging speed and connector was mentioned. Please, go back to reviewing the cars as you used to. This video does lack a bit of information I was used to from you former videos.

@markweatherill

9 жыл бұрын

this review was just a little too self indulgent.

@JoshuaPritt

9 жыл бұрын

+Toumal Rakesh More dash shots please! Keep up the good work!

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+markweatherill And there was me thinking 'the people who criticise me for not saying enough about the car will like this one because all I did was talk about the car.' You can't please all the people all the time.

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Pritt Dash shots, okay, I will go overboard with dash shots, in fact I may do a whole episode that is just dash shots :-)

Wow, what an impressively engineered and beautiful electric vehicle!

Thanks for the video, i cant wait to drive one. Getting mine in a few weeks hopefully (Netherlands :))

"I recon these cars will be normal in five years". Robert was right on that one, at least in Sweden. Six years after this video I see more new Passats that are GTEs than pure ICE.

@k.o.t.o.n.

3 жыл бұрын

passat gte is probably the best all around cars ever if you don't want to go off road just travel normally

Smooth with a capital SMOO made my day! Love the Cat reference :D

Being from Yorkshire, I find the thought of a VW e-up! mildly amusing.

@Caspar0s

9 жыл бұрын

+mickeybill See his video on the e-up "VolksWagen e-UP! | Fully Charged" from 9:30 on.

@mickles1975

9 жыл бұрын

Ha, I missed that. Only just subbed.

@sequri

8 жыл бұрын

There are specific versions for the Yorkshire market: the e-UP LAD and e-UP MON, plus the amphibious e-UP DUCKie...

Watching these soothes me and I don't know why

this is what we want. NORMAL. not wacky, not hipster, not woolly greeny. NORMAL. make it normal and it becomes so much more accessible and acceptable to everyone.

Like many of the others commenting here, I love your show as well. I had no idea there were so many different electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids available. I guess they're not all available in one country of course but still, things are improving. Your show has definitely changed my opinion on plug-in hybrids as well. I use to think they were just a half step, adding lots of complexity but not really worth it but I can see now that they are at least a step in the right direction. I've also really enjoyed the shows that give the bigger picture including the interviews with the power station managers, Chelsea Sexton, etc.

Love ur show. Wish u do more.

I had to laugh at the 4:47 mark with the BMW trying to overtake twice and failing when you threw the accelerator down each time, haha

@kingprone7846

8 жыл бұрын

he wasnt overtaking. He was cruising at standard speed...........

@iKaGe01

8 жыл бұрын

+KingProne Then the BMW was doing some god awful driving

@kingprone7846

8 жыл бұрын

he wasnt suddenly gonna speed up coz a VW on the middle/outer lane was speeding up and slowing down

@llVIU

5 жыл бұрын

ah yes, men with small dicks and big egos who think that cars with fast acceleration makes them better than other people.

Really like your videos. You bring a great personality into your reviews so it's fun to watch! And your enjoyment as you can't resist using the GTE-Mode.. :D And I am always surprised the Passat is so well made you can not find anything that is annoying you while driving. (Except for the price.) ;) The problem as a VW driver is, you see how good they did it, if you switch to another car make, and find all these tiny little details that are just annoying in other cars. :D Finally as a German I don't hate you Brits. One can just not understand you, why you are doing things so differently.. Worst example would be the brexit voting. (But that's not the topic here!) Keep up the good work and excitement for the sustainable future. ;)

Thank you for so many wonderful videos. Q. is that sporty exhaust note coming from the speakers? loving your channel, keep it coming ;-)

My 2003 Passat W8 gets over 1,000km's on the highway! Makes for great road trips! Here in Canada, 1,000km's doesn't really get you very far. But it makes a big difference!

I love Mark's stream of consciousness video style lol: "I don't notice... it looked normal to me... but others thought it looked ugly."

I really do like the latest passat design. It looks like it has longevity. what would be good in these plug in hybrids is if the batteries were replaceable as and when the power output of them improves, so your car has a more extended lifetime.

It is very nice and spacious, to bad the battery is small !

What i don't get about hybrid and even stop and go cars is that the engine can be off for an extended length of time and suddenly the driver selects sport mode or whatever and then it goes from being completely cold to revving at full power. Surely that can't be good for an IC engine. What about giving the oil a chance to circulate first?

"It's very smooth with a capital smoo" hahah cracked me up :P

Another great review on a great plug in vehicle. Please can you cover the Audi E-tron range A3 and also the up and coming Q7 Thank you! keep up the good work

@roymundy3688

9 жыл бұрын

+k ma Thank you I know they have the same powertrain etc as I now own one but I would like to see a review rather than 2 reviews of the golf, it would have been good to see a comparison. also the Q7 is about to be launched too.

electrify, electrify! that's what we all wait for👍

No-one was impressed by the robot arm. An ideal tumbleweed opportunity.

Great show. I'm determined that my next car will be electric - possibly Renault Zoe. My current car (Smart Roadster) is still going strong and getting 50+ MPG so it might be a while yet 😉

Thanks Robert another great reveiw ( love the show ) the passat went really well on pure electric and at 30miles range i could go to work and back each day and never use the ic motor ----- what was the ic motor for again ?

The pure electric ey-Up! has been available in Yorkshire for years ;)

absolutely superb car i own one 100mpg is peace of cake and real world electric range is 27ish miles

We need the Passat wagon in the states! Very nice car!

I would like to see a video about the future of electric cars with solid state batteries

How do these plug-in hybrids differ to hybrids such as Toyota Prius or Honda Insight? Is the only difference that they can be charged by a charger as well as using the internal combustion engine to charge the battery?

Mr Llewellyn, last year this was a major headline. That's why you see a lot of them around Amsterdam. "Amsterdam's Schiphol airport launches fleet of 167 Tesla electric taxis".

Way To Be Responsible! bad real

Cheeky little Red Dwarf reference there "Smooth, with a capital SMOO".

Well, hopefully that will be available when I'm ready to trade in my 2014 Passat (lease)...

You do like the engine sound, don't hide it.

That awkward staring at the robot "inserting itself" automatically..... awkward.

so how long does it take to charge fully? for your 30miles on pure electric?

I wonder if the emissions output on the VW hybrid has been rigged?

Could have been a lot more informative. What is the zero to 100km/h acceleration in the different modes, for example?

honestly, you did a talk show in the driver's seat. The dashboard wasn't showed, leg space and lots of other important information.

@0tispunkm3y3r

9 жыл бұрын

+Lehel Hanko Whilst I agree here and with +Toumal Rakesh, it is afterall a Passat. If you want to see what the dash looks like, the boot, under the bonnet etc, it'll be the same as every other Passat. Dull as hell. Its just some car. This version just happens to have batteries and a motor added.

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+Lehel Hanko I make these shows in this style because there are literally 1000's of other sources of information available about this and other cars I test, all giving detailed accounts of the dash, the leg room, the storage, the navigation systems etc etc. However, I take your point and will endeavour to show more of the cars details in future episodes, without being too boring I hope.

@Hankextreme

9 жыл бұрын

+fullychargedshow (omg you just replied to me, lol) yeah well you don't have to go balls deep in the details, just an opinion about it and it's functionality would've been enough in my opinion. Stay awesome.

@WolvenSpectre

8 жыл бұрын

+fullychargedshow As a suggestion you might consider doing a brief overview and then linking to the official vehicle information online (even if it is just a press release ATM) and a couple of those respected sources/reviewers in the description. Don't forget to mention the links to the viewer though, as so many people do a bad job of using the description that allot of people ignore it unless you remind them. One further suggestion is, depending on the support working behind the show with you and time available, You might want to do a light blog with a series episode guide linking back to KZread Episodes, but also having a copy of your links/descriptions/sponsor references. It will make someone looking for a single episode later find it easier, allow you to do an RSS feed announcing new episodes reliably without dumping them in a person's email, and probably give your show better search rankings over time.

@mujjuman

7 жыл бұрын

i'm surprised he doesnt have more dislikes lmao

Very nice, but for hybrid read kludge or stopgap. It'll do for now...

1100km range. My car worth less than 500 GBP and it does 914 miles(1470km) on 60 L diesel, and that a Passat size estate too.

Hi, American VW fan here to whine about how we don't get GTE or even GTD models in the U.S. :( That Passat GTE Variant would be an awesome replacement for our gigantic Highlander SUV.... I'm one of the few who likes wagons over SUV's though I guess. Anyway, I have an e-Golf and LOVE it, would love to add another VW 'e' car to the stable, but we only get the one.....

@587rober

8 жыл бұрын

+JAEGERTECH Great to hear of a US e-Golf owner. Not too many sold in the UK so far and a small community on www.speakEV.com Would be good to get a US perspective.

@CruzeUK

8 жыл бұрын

+JAEGERTECH I'd think after the diesel scandal VW might be a little reluctant to tread back in the USA market. Shame as this would definitely suit the US more than the UK mainly as you have a far more mature recharging network than we do.

I want one so bad! But guess what isn't coming to Australia...!

Plug in robot is kinda sensual.

"Smooth with a capital Smoo" 😂

I like the Passat. In Sweden they sell the EcoFuel, natural gas version like crazy (which then is driven on 50% at least renewable gas). In theory it's brilliant and doesn't use any space in the luggage compartment for the compressed gas tanks. I guess it's the same with the Plug-In version, right? The Plug-In seems nice. But, the weight of the thing is really a lot. For example, the gearbox (which has three clutches, two for the combustion engine and one for the electric motor) seems a bit over the edge. Especially since it weighs 98 Kg, while the engine itself weighs 104 Kg (!!!). Why not just skip the gearbox, like in the Koenigsegg Regera? (and in a questionable way, the Prius) Or just as a backup generator that's not connected to the wheels (like the Bmw i3) I hope we'll see more Plug-In hybrids for the masses in the future. And, a standardized charging infrastructure.

Is the GTE engine noise simulated?

M5 does 15 mpg... I dont think those who buy M cars give a shit about MPG.

Is this the guy from red dwarf?

When you're reviewing plug-in hybrid cars Robert, I'd be interested to see if/what compromises you notice in terms of things like boot space. I was quite taken by the Lexis CT200h until I opened its boot and discovered it was so fully of batteries you could hardly fit anything of practical value in there.

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+Alasdair Page I readily admit this was a major failure on my part. This is a big plus in the VW models that have been fully or partly electrified. Absolutely not compromise in interior space, this GTE has the same capacity as the standard model.

@alasdairpage

9 жыл бұрын

+fullychargedshow good to know, thanks!

Did anyone else hear that BMW driver at 5:08 shout SMEG HEAD! when he finally managed to overtake after Robert kept accelerating as he tried to go past?

"e-up". That is how a person from Vermont, USA answers in the affirmative.

I'd rather see pure electric vehicles with range extenders, on the reasoning that more attention would be put on the development of electric motors and batteries technologies vs ICE's. Compared to BMW's and Audi's, the Tesla seems reasonable once you factor in build quality. The VW automated charging arm looks a bit less alien probe-y than the Tesla version. I wonder if the Passat uses active sound suppression and generation through the sound system? I drove last year's regular gas version of the Passat, but wasn't pleased with its electronic transmission - not very smooth.

@greyareaRK1

8 жыл бұрын

You must be awesome at parties.

@greyareaRK1

8 жыл бұрын

+1225KPH As boarish, pedantic trolls go, you're quite singular.

@fullychargedshow

8 жыл бұрын

+John Matthias Just to let you know +1225KPH has been blocked. He made reading comments on my videos extremely unpleasant, he's just another tragic little troll, very sad really.

The sound from the petrol engine seems artificial, is it partly coming from the speakers like a BMW?

@ajgraham1983

9 жыл бұрын

+MetalMike50 it is artificial. I have a Golf R and they use a similar device to create the sound so it's similar to a V6. It can be disconnected if it's not wanted.

@SD-tj5dh

9 жыл бұрын

+Alex Graham they have to make it sound like a v6 because now it's just a turbo'd 4 pot. The whole point of the r range was for a throaty v6!

@niklasausbtown

8 жыл бұрын

No, in the Passat there is no Sound actuator, while golf gti, gtd and r are equipped with body sound actuators

@ajgraham1983

8 жыл бұрын

assuming that's the Passat GTE with the 1.4l engine there's no way that sound is real. Listen to 4:50.

@LucifersTear

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Graham it is real... Even a 125cc engine can make a calamitous soul destroying noise. They've baisically put a decent 1.4 engine in the back to extend rage and made it sound extremely angry for when it does have to kick in.

The e-Up will probably only be sold in norfolk

@willithewilf

6 жыл бұрын

Me duck

@koitorob

6 жыл бұрын

And Yorkshire

could you not tell you were driving the estate version ?????

is it awd??

Hi Robert, I saw you driving past Chichester the other day. You zoomed off in you flashing big executive car :p. So if VW are showcasing all this snazzy charging tech does this mean they are going to be putting their hands in their pockets to install some across europe? Also are you going to get a early review of the model X? Only a few days till launch..

@fullychargedshow

8 жыл бұрын

+Jevon Frost I don't wish to be a damp squib but I'm fairly certain I haven't driven anywhere near Chichester this year, certainly not in the Tesla. As for VW and charging infrastructure, I have a sneaky feeling they are a bit pre-occupied with the recent scandal about their diesel emissions manipulation and an upcoming multi £billion fine they are facing in the USA

@kentonian

8 жыл бұрын

Well you've got a doppelganger driving a black model s, maybe he could do kryton appearances at sci-fi conventions on your behalf :). Yes it's a shame vw haven't put more effort into pure ev and less in cheating emissions tests.

How does the car behave when batteries are depleted? Then you drive purely on gasoline I guess? P.S. Keep up good work :)

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+Milos Zikic Yes, you can always drive a plug in hybrid with flat batteries as long as you have petrol, the mere act of driving, slowing down or switching to 'charge' will re-fill the battery to some extent. It's obviously better to plug it in for genuine fuel economy.

@0.30 I think after all this time you can call yourself a professional driver/reviewer of electric vehicles Bobby.

Why can't we get this in the United States? I love the Euro Passat, it's so much nicer than the US Spec ones. Especially since you guys get great Diesel powertrains as well as this wonderful plug-in hybrid!

@totallyrealnotfakedonaldtr4246

7 жыл бұрын

Americans don't care about fuel consumption

what a woffler

That sounds a lot like the engine sound is coming from the speakers. Anybody knows anything about that? I have never been a fan of artificial generated engine sound.

Surprised the petrol engine doesn't run lpg to further reduce emissions.

Got a good laugh when you said "..I've got Audis up my ass. Which some people love. And I wouldn't judge them for it." Another entertaining video.

Thank goodness its not Diesel or are the stats correct.

Surprising but quite refreshing that a car show presenter does not know or care what a BMW M5 is.

What are the common problems? I heard mechatronics fail?

I love electric cars, but I think it's sad that the manual transmission is slowly dying out because of those

@FireboyHDGaming

6 жыл бұрын

Splash not just tht they are killing multi speed gear boxes all together. All electric cars in the market currently use a single speed gearbox.

I agree with you, in the looks department, this car certainly doesn't look like a Jaguar lol........ but... it is still nice car.

@chrwl007

6 жыл бұрын

Coming from a Jaguar owner, I quite like it. Gives the impression of a solid family car, which is exactly what it is. I also think that this design will age pretty well.

Actually, as of this date... The government grant for this car is maximum of £2500 (cat 2) zero emissions vehicle.

So, are these VW Hybrids 'True' Hybrids, in that you can drive it with the petrol engine running constantly at its most efficient RPM, to charge the battery which then drives the wheels ? I only ask, because my Wife's just bought a Toyota Yaris 'Hybrid', - which doesn't really do that atall, but only uses the battery for stop/start stuff below 30mph, - which is sort of a different thing altogether . . .

@bassbacke

9 жыл бұрын

+Nick Cummings As far as I understand it what you describe are electric cars with a range extender (like the Chevrolet Volt or the BMW i3 with range extender option). Both use only an electric motor in their drive train and a internal cumbustion engine as a generator. Hybrids use internal combustion engines with an automatic gear shift in their drive train and use an electric motor and battery on top (making the gear shift more complicated) so no constant RPM with a hybrid car unless you stay at the same speed.

@bassbacke

8 жыл бұрын

+1225KPH The article behind your link states "There is no "direct" mechanical linkage between the Volt's gas engine and the wheels". So not that complex after all. Anyway, I do own a battery electric car and I will no longer buy any car with an internal combustion engine so no Volt for me. I might rent a car like that if necessary, but own one? Nah, been there, done that. Then again that's due to my usage of cars (no long distances). I usually travel long distances by train (mostly) or plane (very rarely) and I keep such travels to a minimum. Yes, I know not everybody can do that.

@bassbacke

8 жыл бұрын

+1225KPH First of all I was referring to Gen 1 Volt. I do not read every update of every car that I lost interest in long ago, it does not mean in any way that I'm not interested in learning. Fine with me if you like to make (incorrect) assumptions about others. What I do not understand is why you're so emotionally attached to that car that you feel the urge to "defend" the car from what you apparently perceived as an "attack". I'm not fine with your agressive language. Particularly I do not have a dismissive lazy ass mind and what I can comprehend is very likely beyond your comprehension. I learn something every day, you might want to try learning respect and manners in conversations with people you know nothing about, even if this is KZread. I did not have to assume anything, just read what you wrote above. A Toyota Prius drive train is also complex, it's still a hybrid. Looking at the second link Gen 2 can indeed be seen as a hybrid. By definition a fully electric car with range extender does *all* motion using *only* electric motors and the ICengine is *only* used for electric power generation (extending the range). The Gen 1 Volt qualified for that. Gen 2 Volt apparently does not anymore. Particularly if you look at CS1-3 the schematics suggest a direct mechanical link to planetary gear 1 and through that to the wheels, so a hybrid it is or the schematics are wrong. So Gen 2 Volt is no longer a fully electric car with range extender but a fancy hybrid. Lesson learned. In any case I prefer not to haul around any inefficient and air poluting ICengine burning fossil fuels in my car, which is why I chose a battery electric car. That's my personal choice. The hydro powered power plant producing the electricity for my car is far more environmentally friendly than any ICengine could ever hope to be. That's a fact. In any case my days of burning fossil fuels for my daily transportation where over the moment I started using my electric car ca. 15 months ago. That's both a fact and my choice. If you need to burn fossil fuels for whatever reasons you may just as well do it with style and efficiency, so the Gen 2 Volt may be right for you. Or any other modern hybrid. Like the one in this video.

@bassbacke

8 жыл бұрын

Not according to the schematics. I did my research when the car came out and the ICengine had no mechanical connection to any planetary gear so it could not directly cause motion, only through electric power generation and electric motors (hence it was called a fully electric car). It was actually the main selling point and made the difference between the Gen 1 Volt and hybrids - unless that was a lie, which I doubt.

Whats the efficiency of inductive charging? How much energy will we waste when 1000s of evs are charged that way? I suspect its a big lose!

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+Christopher Beasley According to Qualcomm who are rapidly deploying inductive charging systems, the losses are LESS than through a cable. They are very insistent about this. I have no verification of this and certainly suspect that there would be losses, but it may be they are less than we imagine.

@Chris-bg8mk

9 жыл бұрын

That would be amazing and wonderful?

The robot plug-in looked stupid xD

Engien nois is comming from the speaker

omg you drove near my village ._.

1:53 "Dutch drivers are so polite". Hmm, as a Dutchman who drove in the UK 2 months ago, I don't think I agree. British drivers are much more polite than we are ;-)

I feel like PHEVS are the wrong way round, put in a decent (150 mile+) battery and i don't care if the petrol engine is tiny and only has 100bhp or the petrol tank is small, as it should be run on electric at least say 75% of the time. I think maybe the brand new Chevy volt is closer to this.

Just a hint Roberto... it IS ugly... but the machinery is beautiful.Thanks as always. Cheers from California.

Kind sir, the previous gen BMW M5 has a 5.0L V10 with 507 bhp under it's belt, and hardly does 9 mpg city... The M5 is purely for the performance, it disregards any sort of money economy... You should try out the most economical engine, the 2.0 diesel found in the 320d / 520d !

@casperandersson108

8 жыл бұрын

Or maybe the i8.

@chrwl007

6 жыл бұрын

Does the 2.0 diesel make the 5 Series as depressing to drive as the E90 320i? If so, BMW can keep their cars.

i just had a thought.. aren't the "known" emissions of combustion engines the benchmark against which electric vehicles measured? If so things are about to change.

@michaelrmonk

8 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@michaelrmonk

8 жыл бұрын

Huh? "electric v

@michaelrmonk

8 жыл бұрын

Anyway.. skipping that point. Re air samples.. they have been measured for a few years now at 300% over max allowed in London.. and other EU cities as well.. so I suppose it did not happen??

The ICE made too much noise. Electric cars & PIHs should be quiet.

Not interested in Hybrids, I would still have the same enormous maintaince costs of a petrol engine

What's so special about 1100 km ? Almost every Diesel does that. Where is the improvement ? But 2200 km, yes, that would be nice and an incentive to go hybrid !

Since it appears that battery life is improved if you maintain the charge in the range of 80% to 30% (or so) it would be helpful of the plugin hybrids help you maximize that. I am curious of people who use the car for longer commutes would tend to run the batteries to low levels daily and shorten the battery life.

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+mwildish I think this is where battery management software come into play. A battery in an electric or plug in hybrid is never 'full' or empty' even when the gauge on the dash indicates it as such. A completely empty Nissan Leaf battery will take just short of 19kWh to fill, although the stated capacity is 24 kWh. This upper and lower buffer is designed to avoid exactly what you are suggesting

@mwildish

9 жыл бұрын

fullychargedshow I agree this is probably true. The thing about Tesla is that they let the driver set their own management. This is great for someone like myself who has a technical mind, but for many people it would be a problematic as they would just go from 100% to 0% every time if they could. When I look at comments on sites about electric cars the most common excuse by many not to buy is that the high cost of a battery replacement makes them expensive to run. The reality is that most people would never have to replace a battery even after 300 or 400 thousands miles (a mileage most people would never accumulate). I don't think manufacturers stress this enough.

@mwildish

8 жыл бұрын

1225KPH Nissan guarantees capacity 60 months or 60,000 miles. Hardly a great warranty. I drive that in 18-20 months. Unofficially Tesla owners have been told that a capacity of 70% would be considered a valid warranty replacement. Tesla owners with 150,000 miles have claimed a less that 5% loss. So I think this is really a non-issue.

@mwildish

8 жыл бұрын

1225KPH First, I don't have my head up Elon's ass...be civil. I think Tesla should give a official capacity warranty. Maybe a scale that gives a certain capacity over time. My guess is that they don't because this is kind-of an unknown for many companies so they are waiting for a track record to see what is reasonable. Nissan's 60000 mile warranty is probably because they had a class action suite from owners is the southwest who lost 25% in the first year because of the heat. They are just doing damage control. As for the supercharger issue. Tesla makes it clear that the superchargers are for people who are traveling. That they would be able to use them when away from home. Your daily charging is something you do at home. A lot of people who live near superchargers were using them or people where parking at a supercharger and leaving the car there for a day. Those were the issues.

@mwildish

8 жыл бұрын

1225KPH Tesla does not contractually promise free supercharging. It is a merely a promise from Elon Musk as far as I know.

Since the recent fine imposed VW why should we believe any stats they produce?

@fullychargedshow

8 жыл бұрын

+Jack Phillips Sadly I have to agree with you. These recent revelations are devastating and I think we are going to see more manufacturers in the same corrupt diesel emissions cheating boat.

This why I can't take his reviews seriously, "I don't know what a M5 is". Like reviewing watches and asking "what's a Rolex?"

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+Stewart Murray Please don't take my reviews seriously, but screw the M5 and the butch, "I know all about some stupid dated car with oversized clunking internal combustion engines. Vroom vroom. Massive bellowing LOL. I pride myself in being ignorant of such dated, inefficient old technology. I don't need to know anything about daft old cars like the M5, they are irrelevant and obviously there are hundreds of dull men who can tell you all about them, endlessly driving them sideways on disused runways again and again. Yawn. Boring. No, it's like reviewing watches and saying, 'what's a sundial?'

@fullychargedshow

8 жыл бұрын

+Larry Smith 2 reasons, 1, I was trying to be funny. His ridiculous comment did make me laugh and 2, far more importantly, he wasn't asking a legitimate question. He was having a dig, he was being inherently critical and making a totally spurious point from the Top Gear old men in jeans camp. The object of Fully Charged is to reveal the alternatives to ancient behemoths like the BMW M5 and all that they stand for. The whole point of my role is to show a distinct lack of interest in all the ridiculous, ultra inefficient stupidity that is 'high performance' petrol/diesel cars. I think we can both agree they get massive coverage everywhere even though only 0.0001% of people who avidly watch, discuss and fantasise about such mechanical monstrosities can afford to own one.

Great show, I had a trip in a Tesla Taxi in the Netherlands in July - see Episode #23 on my 'Are Friends Electric?' IPete2

The station version is much prettier imho.

VW goes the right Way. I hope, they build the Nils. A perfekt Car to drive to Work. This Plug in goes 1100km with one Tank? The normal Passat TDI goes 1400 and cost a lot less then the GTE. I dont like Plug in.

The only thing I hate about the cars you show Bobby, they are so slow to come to the US.

@ajgraham1983

9 жыл бұрын

+Boodieman72 but you get Teslas faster so it kind of evens out :)

I like the E-Golf showing up Tesla. Really annoys me all the Tesla zealots claiming they're the best thing since sliced bread when in reality they are no better than other manufacturers and in fact lagging behind. They made such a song and dance over their self parking when many other makers already had it and as shown VW have full autonomous parking and charging.

Good rewiev. The danes dont hate you guys and dolls. If it wasent for you, the danes would have been germans today. Så thanks for your effort 75 years ago

A very old comment but one that needs to be said. I've been living in Holland for about 18 yrs and the last thing that comes to mind when refering to "dutch drivers" is "very polite". Ex:1 They hardly use indicators and, when they do, they use it too late. Ex:2 While on the motorway (snelweg for dutchies) they absolutely find it normal to drive on the left lane even if there isn't no one else on the road l, regardless of how many lanes avaiable. Ex:3 When driving in the city NEVER EXPECT THE DUTCH TO GIVE WAY! If you have to join a busy street where you don't have priority, you NEED TO MAKE YOUR WAY IN! Slowly point the car into the road and with your left hand, through the window, make a sign that you are going to go...Try to smile at them while doing it. It avoids car horns and incompreesible gesticulations, although it won't avoid that feeling that your did something extremely wrong. "Because it was not your turn and now you're in front of me!" Anyway, I could go on and on...but beying myself a portuguese emigrant in Holland, I think I should say more. In reality we aren't much better driving around Lisbon (or around any other portuguese city) But hey!! I admit it !

@GeordiLaForgery

4 жыл бұрын

snelweg :-)

Well, that costs ~40k, Tesla Model 3 costs 35k and has many more features and is fully electrical...

@user-jt6xh2ln9z

8 жыл бұрын

And comes out in 2019 if we're honest.

Not a bad noise that 1.4 4pot makes when on song!

1100 km isn't that great I managed 900 miles from a 11 year old Peugeot 407 2.0hdi on a trip to Devon and back from Glasgow and its only got a 66 litre tank

VW Passat GTE or Tesla Model 3?

@chrwl007

6 жыл бұрын

Passat GTE if looking at the overall package. Tesla Model 3 if you want pure electric and don't mind an interior that's not as refined as a German car's.

...and also avoiding road tax of course - please see previous comment. At £145 for our ancient 1.2 clio 8 valve, that is the same as filling the tank 4 times from totally empty to the brim. 350 miles or so per tank, and let's say 1500 miles max for all four tankfuls. That is a fifth of our annual mileage in that car, we have to pay twice for. Or, put another way, this ancient 43 mpg car is being charged £145 for being 2mpg less than Renault's brand new Clio Tce 900cc turbo petrol car, the stop-start one is zero-rated. And we know they are more likely than not cheating the pollution figures, so the UK tax table based on CO2 emissions is actually a work of fiction. Let's affix a gas meter to the exhaust on both, for an identical run, real-world! Or again another way, we got offered £300 for the car the other day. So, two years road tax! Boo-hiss! No, electric IS the way to go, it's now obvious the oil companies have finally had their levee breached, well past time.

Given that you seem to have some sort of 'in' with the manufacturers now, can you tell us what the likes of Nissan are going to do when new battery technology comes around? Apparently the Leaf coming out in Dec will have a nominal 150 mile range--probably 130-135 mi in the real world. Will Nissan offer a 'battery upgrade' to existing customers? Tho 2017 model is rumoured to have a 200 mile range, and that of course will be a game changer. At that point, I suspect that most manufacturers will probably get out of the plug in hybrid market--they must cost more to manufacture and so will be more expensive to buy. Finally--sorry to rabbit on--is it your opinion that the major manufacturers are trying to 'soften up' the car buying public by introducing hybrid models that give the range most people think they need?

@fullychargedshow

9 жыл бұрын

+Peter N Bernfeld This is a very complex topic and I am currently writing a special episode about batteries, the Nissan 'battery upgrade' options' and the rapidly emerging second life for EV batteries as house batteries.