UK Electric Vehicle Sales Down 32.2% in a Month, but Petrol Increases Market Share

UK Electric Vehicle Sales Down 32.2% in a Month, but Petrol Increases Market Share
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[@douglasb.5601]

We know it, they know it, they know we know it! 😆👍🏻

[@SimonNoina]

For the most part, most people don't want the effing EVs - really don't want them... but def looks like they're going to be forced on us wholesale, regardless of any factors under any headings

[@douglasb.5601]

@SimonNoina I think with the USA scrapping net zero it's only a matter of time b4 Europe comes back to reality. EV's are doomed..the figures speak for themselves. 👍🏻😎

[@JackOfski]

@@SimonNoina only if you let them..they will never stop me driving my ICE vehicle unless its due to health problems.

[@johnnydoe1984]

Watch our INGSOC Big Brother , 2 Tier Starmlin and his very low IQ cabinet , tax the hell out of anyone who doesn't acquiesce to EV !

[@timlodge8267]

My neighbor bought a EV after 3 years she got rid and bought a petrol car.

[@chrishart8548]

Probably just a lease and couldn't afford to do it again

[@JimSmith-d9t]

My sister likewise. My diesel Beemer still going strong...

[@Silver3ides]

My neighbor bought a ICE car and after 3 years she got rid and bought a EV car.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

May I be the first to congratulate Colin Wanker and Andy-Pandy Palmer. Both have received their Decree Absolute following their recent divorce from reality. Judging from their comments this week, there's little chance of reconciliation.

[@daveb2wright]

I went to Arnold Clark today just to kick some tyres. Well, on passing I asked the sales person about the Dacia spring. It has 140 miles of range he touted. I said joking, what about if you have the heater on? Oh, you lose around 10 percent and in winter the batteries don't work as well and you can lose around 20 percent of range! So an advertised 140 miles becomes 100 ish! Mental, absolutely mental for £15k. The chemistry is all wrong for BEVs!

[@mikewhitehead50]

People have to just come to terms, and stop being blown away by it. Much like a diesel with an advertised mpg of 60 won't do that in different circumstances. £15k is cheap for a new car, that also needs coming to terms with. It's cheap even for a small petrol car.

[@Fred-gu6pk]

​@mikewhitehead50 My diesel will do 60 mpg. It won't do it on short trips around town so I have a petrol car and the range of that doesn't go down in winter.

[@sargfowler9603]

And then EV owners typically discharge to 10% and then charge to 80%, so you only get 70 miles!

[@johnnydoe1984]

​@@mikewhitehead50 NOT so green though eh ?

[@mikewhitehead50]

@@johnnydoe1984 why? Because one study once said so? EV’s are unquestionably greener over the lifetime.

[@mikeandhev]

The EV idiocy is unsustainable and in the not too distant future they will be compared to the Betamax of motor cars.

[@graemejones9707]

Betamax were at least viable

[@daniellindstrand8932]

I have owned several Betamax VCRs in the past, they offered very good picture quality. I would rather buy another Betamax than an EV.

[@jondonnelly3]

Beta max only lost out due to PORN. It was superior in quality. A better example is HD-DVD v Bluray.

[@mikewhitehead50]

Betamax ownership is like hydrogen car ownership. Infastructure is being removed.

[@mikehunt-w8u]

@@jondonnelly3 Yes correct.They could fit more porn onto VHS tapes.

[@jonsnow6741]

The big EV vans appear to be so heavy they are classed as HGV and mot's appear to be difficult .

[@g8ymw]

Which brings other catches. If you are below a certain age, you would have to have an HGV licence with medical and a CPC (Grandfather rights for us doddering old farts) No 3 year grace before you have to have an MOT MOT has to be carried out at an HGV station AND qualified to do battery vans

[@martinthomas2759]

​@@g8ymwother than the MOT hgv's have to be inspected every 6-8 weeks throughout the year as well...

[@Twmpa]

@@g8ymw Also more catches, vehicles over 3.5 tons also require a tachograph and try finding an HGV MoT place that can handle electric vehicles.

[@g8ymw]

@ Yes, I did forget the tachograph with all the attendant regulations concerning break times and, of course, the "Working Times Directive"

[@JRMillican]

Class 7 MOT Stations only 4ton ramps for safety reasons.Special dispensation to drive vans at 4.25ton if company runs a safety course ie.DPD

[@Kx110x]

Hi Barry . As I keep saying this is just not sustainable by anyone’s metrics , the laws of diminishing returns will always have the final say . Yet week on week our noble gladiator is striding out into the ring , to and try and put the reality on the table . But to no avail the diehards cling desperately to the sinking ship , so bless Barry and all who sail with him as his vessel is storm proof and will find a safe harbour . 👍

[@mikewhitehead50]

Cool story, but where are these ten's of thousands of registered but unsold EV's going every month? That is some serious warehouse/car park/disused airfield. Dealer forecourts still mostly full of ICE cars, so they aren't there either.

[@mikehunt-w8u]

@@mikewhitehead50 Yes,hardly anyone is buying EVs,so where are they?

[@lesleyriseam1282]

Motability is the largest leasing system in the UK . They order cars for delivery in the first month of quarter . The amounts of EV and hybrid vehicles could well be due to the discounts offered by the car companies . Unlike normal car leases the down payment varies . For Example in the first quarter after the Nissan Juke was introduced Nissan put it on the Motabilty scheme at nil deposit . It's sold conventionally so well that quickly the deposit went to £1000 , then as demand outstripped supply the took it off the scheme altogether . Big brands on the scheme can shift EVs off their Forecourts and avoid the fine by encouraging Mobility customers to choose one in a colour they have in can then put this on their EV sales target .

[@GT380man]

@@mikewhitehead50Serious question? They’re stored by the tens of thousands per location all round the country. Tony “EV Carnage” knows where these depots are.

[@mikewhitehead50]

@@GT380man That man is an absolute moron. He's as unbearably stupid.

[@davidadams5116]

Right Barrie, perhaps you will pass onto Colin that I have owned an EV and I hated it after a couple of months and then sold it for a loss of £3500 in 6 months. I would NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER ONE

[@BarrieCrampton]

Sorry to hear that

[@jondonnelly3]

Lucky you got away with 3500. Some EVs half in value in 6 months.

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

You will. When they are right and for more people. Which will happen.

[@mikewhitehead50]

What was wrong with it, David?

[@rayro999]

You are the kind of people researchers need to talk to. Barry has been saying this for a long time. They need to find out WHY EV owners are selling their cars after just a few months and going back to ICE cars. When they know the reasons they can adjust the market accordingly so there is no or very little Buyers Remorse about owning an EV. Barry isn't against EV's - He is against mis-selling EV's and people deliberately lying to get people to buy something that is not compatible with their needs,

[@morganthunder290]

😂 Don't tell the Electic Viking.

[@stevenjones916]

AKA Comrade Sam. The Geely Group's biggest flag waver.

[@TESTA-CC]

@@stevenjones916 more like toss pot with a beard.

[@robdavies7]

@@TESTA-CC😂😂😂

[@Derecq]

I was paying for my fuel and the topic of EV's came up. The female cashier said she was happy with her EV, she could charge at home, only did short trips to work and shopping and it was on contract lease. However she was concerned about doing longer trips and public charging wasn't cheap. At least on lease she won't be taking a hit on depreciation. If you only do short journeys, can charge at home and it's on lease an EV might be the answer.

[@hunchanchoc8418]

Or alternatively a £1500 Toyota and £100 worth of AA cover.

[@sargfowler9603]

You can do longer journeys. My son travels 150 miles a week to/from work and another 60 miles around town. I've recommended an EV. He can charge at home and it'll cost £2 for the week.

[@deanchur]

Ask her how much her insurance policy is. That's where the fuel savings went.

[@karlhulme8014]

A lady commented elsewhere on KZbin that she has an EV and basically implied that anyone who doesn’t agree that EVs are the best is an idiot. After a couple of exchanges with her she actually let slip that she uses her EV for TEN MINUTES per day !

[@brutter602]

When they resort to insults like using the word idiot, we all know that they have lost the argument!

[@cloudbasenirvana]

It's her shopping 🛒 trolley

[@mikewhitehead50]

@@brutter602 People who comment on these videos call EV owners idiots (and worse) quite often, so who's winning the argument there?

[@Fred-gu6pk]

​@mikewhitehead50 Well, we usually precede with some remark about inferior performance / unsuitability in particular use case and then declare never gonna switch.

[@albinklein7680]

​@@mikewhitehead50most EV owners ARE complete idiots.

[@WeAreAllDoomed-n5i]

33%! Always be on your guard whenever the number 33 is used!

[@williamfitzpatrick7248]

Keep up the good work telling the truth Barry, the EV bubble is about to go POP

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

I have loved following this storyline and now having the figures - yep there ww go - you were spot on.

[@Markart50]

People are sick of charging their cars, and it costing £60.00 to £80.00 for a 150 miles.

[@chrishart8548]

Even at 80p per kw that would be 100kw. Very few EV's could have a battery that large and be that low before charging. And then to loose 100kw over 150 miles that's 1.5 miles per kw. My EV SUV gets 5 miles per kw.

[@tonymaloan]

@@chrishart8548 what EV please ? 5/kw sounds better than most.

[@johnathanpearson3203]

Can you be charged for a charge even if it does not work?

[@wizzyno1566]

​@@chrishart8548what car is that? Unless its a tesla you're lying.

[@Billsy69]

Rubbish, costs at most £30 at services (around the same cost as petrol) At home £2.50 on EV tariff.

[@Sammyoreye]

I enjoy the Channel, and great information! One criticism if I may? Condense it to under 5 minutes per Post? You would attract more Subscribers & Viewers, and hold their interest better. Respect fur what you do, thank you.

[@BarrieCrampton]

Noted!, has to be over 8 minutes ans I ramble 😂

[@Z01nk]

The more months that pass without the EV sales, er I mean registrations, reaching the 28% target the more statistically unlikely it will ever reach 28% over the year, and post-April EVs will be a very hard sell with most of them paying £600+ VED.

[@chrishart8548]

Lots of them coming in under £40k now new panda EV is £21k. The battery cost is really dropping fast. I've heard the government my increase to £52 for EV anyway as it was originally intended for ICE cars when it was introduced.

[@wizzyno1566]

​@@chrishart8548the average EV sale price is 48k.

[@andrewhill9369]

@@chrishart8548there’s plenty of cheap BEV’s already. Look at the Dacia Spring at £15k. Yet, not one BEV appeared in the Jan top 10 sales figures. Am beginning to think that it’s not about price anymore.

[@markbray2988]

EV buyers would rush out and buy Betamax cassettes if they could!... Barrie, you can't fix stupid but I admire you for trying.

[@daniellindstrand8932]

@@markbray2988 Or they would buy Philips Video 2000, an even more obscure system.

[@Circa65-b1z]

I'm 60 this year and (hopefully) ICE cars will see me out. I love the older Japanese stuff (Honda, Toyota and Lexus) and they are all I intend buying. If and when we have no choice other than to drive EVs, that'll be the day I hand my car keys in. Maybe I'm just getting old and outdated.

[@chrishart8548]

Well the new sales will stop I 2035 when you are 75. And a 10 year old car should see you OK at 85. After 85 if the 10 year old car isn't still like new maybe have to start looking at an EV. My mondeo titanium-X estate is 15 next year and everything works like new and is lovely to drive,

[@saxon-mt5by]

@@chrishart8548 If your Ford is still like new at fifteen years old, why not say that he will be 90 when his car is fifteen years old, and he will likely never need to consider an EV?

[@GT380man]

No, you’re judgement is spot on. I’m 64 and feel the same.

[@emmacohen3926]

I ALWAYS look forward to watching your truly informative vlog Barry 👏👏👏👏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@BarrieCrampton]

Thank you for that

[@mikecharleston7197]

Great to hear porche continue with ice cars ,because electric crap won't sell and sod the government, at last a company with balls .

[@bluestreak2701]

We do have sustainable fuels in the aircraft industry, according to Rachel from accounts.

[@theodavies8754]

0.2% apparently. It's not cost effective, it's not like Reeves can make anything sound good.

[@nicolassales8679]

It’s Rachel from complaints, they didn’t let her near the money apparently!

[@johnnydoe1984]

Rachel from "accounts" ? 😂😅. Bio fuel is already in both petrol.and diesel, that's the B bit at the pump . What is the B bit on aircraft fuel ?

[@philhealey4443]

There's often a dim economist in Accounts being economical with the truth.

[@adedavison762]

I recently been forced into buying a newish 2nd hand vehicle, due to my 248,000 mile Citroen C4 has thrown a seven. I’ve gone with a 2019 RAV4 self charging hybrid- 2.5 ltr petrol- returning 48 MPG . Am very impressed up to now, until the Govt take it off me 🤞🤞🤞

[@tomcarr1358]

There was something going on in the woodpile when EVs first entered the market in numbers. The eulogies for EVs and the blitz of the media with glossy advertorial was unprecedented. With the merits claimed for the vehicles it would not have been necessary to hose the market with choice and P R . No one was comforted by this unless it was tax efficient and the +/- 30% premium for EVs appalled the private buyers. Well, magazine publishers have had a happy time now soon to end. I look forward to solid stats about the sale of EVs and the way the market is taking i n used stock at the end of the 3 year contracts.

[@bikerclivew]

Barrie, you socked it to them for sure🇬🇧

[@BarrieCrampton]

Thanks

[@richardhoare9963]

Why can't I shake the idea that every time a dealership sells a couple of ICEs they register an EV to balance the books?

[@leelee9788]

I don't understand why they don't stick to making budget evs, surely that would make the numbers up and they wouldn't go bankrupt on unsold stock because the cheap small runabout is the very market they should cater for

[@BarrieCrampton]

@@leelee9788 yep that’s the way

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

Lots of decent ones coming this year. The market is still rapidly changing. I think Barry has called a lot right on reality and he will take us forward on the journey.

[@GT380man]

Because the objective is the policy overall is not to sell us an EV. It’s to deprive us of ICE cars. What we’re witnessing is the deliberate destruction of a number of mass manufacturing companies.

[@vinalspin1000]

How people like andy palmer and colin walker can look their families in the face every day is beyond me, how shameful.

[@Nicolas-v2w]

Bonjour , merci monsieur Barry , toujours un plaisir de voir vos vidéos . Bonne journée .

[@BarrieCrampton]

Merci

[@johnthemagnificent7022]

Absolutely Brilliant Barrie 👏 thank you for brightening my Friday night 😂

[@BarrieCrampton]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnthemagnificent7022]

@BarrieCrampton Can't believe these EV'ers are getting away with telling so many lies.....

[@willatkins9686]

Trump put a tariff on chinese imports lol. EVs too!

[@TESTA-CC]

Councils going bankrupt, from purchasing EV bin lorries and vehicles, you couldn't write it 😁😁

[@ghunt9146]

It's our blo*dy money!

[@lesliecarter4295]

Colin W⚓️ ?? What a plonker ..?

[@Simonsnorkel66]

There’s over 31,000 EVs for sale on Autotrader alone! Can’t give them away!😅

[@BarrieCrampton]

Gone up by 33% in a couple of months

[@davidwhiteman4649]

We currently have three cars. Two EVs via salary sacrifice (Tesla Model 3 and Volvo C40 Recharge) and a Hyundai i10 petrol manual so that our 17 year old daughter has a car she can drive. Can’t insure young drivers on these EVs. We’ve had the Tesla 5 years and the Volvo 2 years. Having lived with these EVs I would say it’s a very mixed bag. Charging at home is cheap and easy, they require hardly any maintenance and they are quick and quiet to drive. However, they are as dull as ditchwater to drive and I get more driving pleasure from the little Hyundai. Also despite the Tesla superchargers being the best network, even the Tesla can be a right pain requiring lots of planning on long roadtrips. We drive to Europe on our holidays a lot and quite often our itinerary is dictated by the charging needs of the car, not by what the humans actually want to do. We will retire in the next 2 years and at that point the two EVs will go back to the salary sacrifice lease companies. At that point we need to buy private cars. Will we buy EVs having had so much experience of them? No. We will be replacing them with a diesel VW campervan for the road trips and small fun sports car like a Porsche Boxter. I won’t buy another EV until forced to or until the infrastructure and range of the cars mean that you no longer have to plan roadtrips around the needs of the car.

[@vincentcausey8498]

I watch both the EV sceptic and EV evangelist channels, and what I notice about the comments in the latter, is the fantastical notions these people have about the end of ICE vehicles being just round the corner. They all focus on the sales mix of EVs - 40% this and 30% that - while ignoring entirely the fact that currently BEVs make up just 4% of registered cars in the UK - and despite all the enormous effort it's taken to get to just that. Maybe they'll have a good year and get near the 28% target (unlikely imo), but what about next year and the year after? How many years at even these hard won sales rates will it take to get to 100% fully electric?

[@chrishart8548]

We don't need to go fully electric. Besides ICE will still be sold until 2035 so many of those will still be around in 2045 at 20 years old

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

Yes. That is what happens when there is a transition. It is not a switch flip.

[@mikehunt-w8u]

It wont.EVs sales are dying now.

[@Richard-ys2ns]

And 50% of that 4% are company vehicles where the employee is forced onto leasing an EV.

[@bwarey52]

Have you looked at the January SMMT data? Barrie is using the data to tell his story that suits his audience, petrol sales down​ 15% and Diesel down around 8% while BEV'S up 42% on last January. @@mikehunt-w8u

[@martinh8784]

Since I barely drive, I would consider something like a Dacia Spring ... if I had anywhere I could charge it! A colleague of mine boasted that he charges his Tesla for "free" of the solar panels on his house. He has apparently spent GBP 18k on his solar panels. Since I asked him if his charging would only be free AFTER his solar panels had an ROI in about 15 years time, he doesn't talk to me anymore 🤣🤣🤣

[@ghunt9146]

Trouble is, in 15yrs, he'll have to buy new solar panels & batteries, so starting from scratch again!

[@andyburnett8012]

Same as buying 20,000 gallons of petrol up front, assuming you could store it, then purporting you can fill your car for free for the rest of your life! 😂😂

[@jondonnelly3]

Solar is fuking useless in the winter for charging

[@nsweeney3970]

That's called left wing loony maths

[@sunnybnk]

@@ghunt9146 Thats why they're called "renewables".

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

I think you are forgetting that the new Jaguar is going to sell so many that all mandates will be reached 🎉

[@BarrieCrampton]

Oh yeah 👍😂

[@eddiedarmody1784]

The exhaust pipe for electric vehicles , is in the battery mining

[@wizzyno1566]

And in the power generation.

[@Respectforpensioners]

Battery mining is not considered because that happens “overseas”

[@BarrieCrampton]

True

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

Both have exhaust pipes but in the long run EV batteries are recyclable.

[@robertwiles344]

​​@@CheeseLovingGuy Some years ago, the world was apparently at serious risk due to depletion of the ozone layer which was claimed to be caused by CFCs. This led to a change in the refrigerant used in fridges and freezers and the banning of sales of devices that employed the old gas. Now, when the change was made there were no recycling facilities resulting in thousands and thousands of old fridges being stacked up somewhere in Northamptonshire. Just imagine the safety risk from a similar sized mountain of end of life EV batteries......

[@tichwykes]

Weren't ICE vehicles being rationed till the new year? Just a question Barrie not being your typical EVangelist just seeing the sale of petrol vehicles jumping up reminded me of the vehicles rationing till the new year

[@BarrieCrampton]

Yes they wouldn’t register them and held them back

[@tichwykes]

@@BarrieCrampton I guess we'll see how they do in the coming months that's if they don't try rationing them again.

[@purplerhodes]

Your very last salient point, and very serious point (about some savings or one's family), reminds me of that old saying, about all areas of life, that is very sadly so, so true; that all safety legislation and rules on best safety practice is written in blood. I agree with you that, very, very sadly, I can see the inevitable happening, at some point, somewhere.

[@BarrieCrampton]

Well put

[@GolfWhisky]

EV owners literally don't know what it is like to own an EV. As I've said before, current EV early-adopters are a highly privileged affluent minority who experience a cherry-picked, niche, best-case-scenario of EV ownership. That is not representative of what the masses will experience. The data I want the evangelists to post each month, is public charger available during core hours, and the charging cost.

[@chrishart8548]

I have driven an EV for a year now but never used a public charger.

[@e46teddy]

@@chrishart8548 ive had my mini se since 2021 in the early days with pod point and instavolt prices were fine but not anymore, i charge at home and do journeys within the 120 miles i can get from the mini... but that scenario is the ONLY reason the ev suits me.

[@FirstLast-rh9jw]

@@chrishart8548 Do you actually need a car, if all you do is 5 miles a day around town?

[@tivvy-xf4kz]

Strange despite petrol/diesel sales being down it seems obvious that those drivers have not turned to an ev as the percentages don't match. No it's because cash is tight irrespective of the type of car. I also wondered if they were offloading older models of ev before the March plate change especially if those older models are being superceded so they can't register them on a 25 plate and/or they are looking at the looming road tax? I bet there are still a lot of drivers who don't follow automotive news and are still unaware of the change. January is not normally a good period for new car sales as you said. You might as well wait till March and get the latest plate. Percentages can skew the figures.

[@BarrieCrampton]

Yep

[@shanebibby4255]

Spot on as usual Barrie. They are crashing the car market and future EV depreciation will fall faster than a lead filled balloon 🙄

[@webreakforsquirrel4201]

They are hitting the numbers on the downswing, remarkable decline record breaking numbers in the red.

[@AaaaandAction]

Of course they’re down. Dealers have been pushing EVs out the door in December to get their percentage up whilst holding back ICE cars until January. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT DECEMBER!!!!! Buckle up!

[@the_none_believer]

Barrie you need to speak to Dave , from Dave takes it on. He lives in the parallel world where EVs are the best thing since sliced bread 😊

[@angleseyandy9110]

It seems it's his full time job to show people how difficult it is to charge a milk float. Poor chap.

[@BarrieCrampton]

I try to avoid nutters

[@Hasdac1896]

I see byd are now advertising 34k for an hybrid

[@DouglasMorton-yr6ck]

Have you seen Tonys latest video @ even carnage about the hgv sprinter etc? 😂😂

[@Simonsnorkel66]

That’s an eye opener for sure!😮

[@BarrieCrampton]

No I will watch it

[@mccarthymccarthy1]

A lot of doubts from Barry on the optimism around BEV sales through 2025. But has he forecast where he thinks the number will be for BEV sales come Dec 25.

[@BarrieCrampton]

I think they will struggle to register the same amount as they did this year

[@kenthesparky178]

Hi Barry is there a government site that shows the numbers for sorn cars.If there is it would be a way a seeing how many new cars were pre registered and then put into storage.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

Take a look at Colchester Airfield, Huntingdon Airfield, and Loughborough Airfield. There's thousands of them in storage there. The numbers are staggering.

[@visiblekoment]

You have the 'how many left' website which tells you how many are currently on the road

[@taptaptapuk]

The bubble is waiting to burst

[@timlodge8267]

Is that Colin the Caterpillar🐛

[@utinirhino7658]

No, wrong creature, this one is Colin the 🐓

[@colingaskell9571]

They still don't get it . We don't ever want a EVS. So keep losing money

[@chrishart8548]

Who are they and who are we, ?

[@wizzyno1566]

​@@chrishart8548they are the EV zealots. We are everyone else.

[@davidreynolds3082]

The sales have been dropping steadily at a slower pace, but now they can't keep continuing to cook the books with the pre-sales con, the numbers have come crashing down.

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

My mate just got an EV on the Motability scheme - free wall charger ( a bit of a mess - 3 visits to put it right) - so far not great with cold weather - so mixed opinion. but great fuel savings from home charging and about 100K a week mileage - Hmmm

[@nickjp264]

Am curious to see if EV sales for 2025 are largely over by March due to the new VED amounts coming along in April. All a bit short-sighted as it on,y puts things off for a year…. But the VED changes are just another incentive to not change the currently owned car unless it is a Range Rover or EV with list price of more than £40k.

[@kanleystubrick4878]

Next Gen EV's sails go up to get home, depending on the breeze

[@MrBrendanrex]

There might be a bit of a rush to sell EVs in January and February to beat the introduction of the expensive car tax rate from April. Also what happened to mild hybrids, are they now lumped in with hybrids? Because if there are now petrol cars that can only be bought as hybrids, are petrol sales really declining? First and foremost, they are petrol cars

[@DwaynePipes]

There "might" also be a bit of a rush to buy any car, ICE included, to beat the introduction of the expensive car tax!

[@Mrmaddog]

In my local village there is 1 EV which is a 5 year old Tesla. In 4 years of us being here not 1 single person in the whole village has brought an EV. I don't care what people say just make your own mind up whether these sales figures are right or wrong.

[@raywalsh5822]

well said great video

[@Syptah47]

I dont think EV owners have thought this out. If it comes that they are expensive to charge, insure, and tax. Then come resale time. They might be completely out of the market as depreciation will have taken its toll. 😮

[@kwoody4568]

I went to nissan to order a car didn't try and sell EV

[@bobhob35]

EV are a fantastic choice for the second car in the family. If you have a daily commute of less than 40 miles each way. However they just aren’t suited for households with a single car as they are unsuited for long journeys. The lack of a reliable charging network also prevents mass adoption.

[@Facts-my-arse]

...or to put it another way...as the vast majority of UK workers commute less than 10 miles, an EV would be perfectly suitable for them! Just saying. I don't care either way but the stats are there to see.

[@langy1318]

Pulling the plug on electric cars, what an apt saying.

[@bogwoodmoonrocks9709]

got told a belter yesterday long wheel base e vans, because of there weight i e over 4 ton are hgvs so they have to have mot every year. the only problem is there are very few places that can mot electric hgvs and you have to have hgv licence to drive them, plus you cant carry anything in the van because it will be over weight!

[@stevenjones916]

*UK Powertrain Market Share* *January 2024 VS 2025* Petrol = 57.9% VS 50.3% BEV = 14.7% VS 21.3%

[@wizzyno1566]

If they're so good, remove the mandates. Simples.

[@MrMillez]

Don’t worry Labour will fix it

[@langy1318]

Electric car sales are dishonest, they should be put on a charge.

[@HappyBagger]

You're only allowed to comment on percentages when those numbers that favour evangelism can be quoted 😃didn't you know that Barrie 🤣 "it's working" lol

[@chopperking007]

Hybrids are the go with non exploding batteries

[@AntonyBall-hm4jo]

Unfortunately, if the UK electorate keep voting Tory or Labour nothing will change. The current Labour government will hike vehicle tax (especially ICE's) for the next 4 years - there has to be a backlash in the not to distant future, which I expect to see Labour dispatched for a generation. Again, at that point the damage will already have been done and thousands will have lost their jobs and businesses failed.

[@GT380man]

It makes no difference who they vote for. Do you really think the global perpetrators have been so stupid as to turn their backs on the emergence of “alternative” parties? They have not. In fact, the principal “alternatives” are agents of the perpetrators. We cannot vote our way out of a tyranny.

[@kevinmoffatt]

Nissan will be announcing closure of Sunderland plant in the very near future; well done Millipede

[@TheKARMMARK]

What could possibly go wrong?!?!?!

[@FirstLast-rh9jw]

Do you know there are over 900 unsold Porsche Taycans on Autotrader at the moment? 900+! Thats one unsold Porsche Taycan for every 75,000 residents of the UK!!

[@dani9diesel]

The ev youtubers are misleading the public, i just returned an ev after it developed a fault. The tech so unreliable after manufacturer warranty its a fortune to get it fixed.

[@Richard.Whitrid]

All EV's should of been banned from multistorey car parks months ago to protect life and structures

[@apislapis]

To repurpose a phrase 'lies, damn lies & EV statistics'?

[@BlueGorilla111]

Anyone out there,is there anyway my first ev would be worthwhile, what are the positives? Negatives might be mitigated if the bottom drops out of the ev market( a lot more affordable)I could charge at home(cheap to charge overnight) and my average journey time daily is 20/30 miles per day ( no need to charge at expensive public chargers). If ICE cars keep going up in price then the cost to change my present old ICE car might not be worthwhile. Any comments welcomed. 😊

[@STPOBB]

I did some calculations in my head. about the Norway thing of near 100% EV sales. lets say that theres 100 car buyers. available to buy a car. and in 1 year 1 of them buys a car. the other 99 dont. and he buys an EV. thats 100% EV sales in 1 year. the following year. 99 still dont buy a car. instead sticking with the same ICE car they have owned for the last 2-3 years. and the one who bought an EV last year. trades it in for another EV. thats 100% EV sales for another year. . . . . . . And thats how "large" sales are being touted. not by actual sales in total. but by huge percentages. my own calculations. remain at 1.5% total EV ownership , worldwide. and it looks like that wont change anytime soon.

[@andrewhill9369]

As you’ve said in previous posts, if Colin had any skin in the game he’d have a very different point of view

[@BarrieCrampton]

Yep I don’t see how anyone with a brain, and he obviously has one, can come out with such garbage

[@Tech-WFT]

Can you add sources please?

[@andrewhill9369]

For which comments / statements in the video are you specifically looking for source info for?

[@bc8463]

you had me laughing in the first 30 seconds. what exactly is the driving force behind the electric mandate...

[@jamesbarrie2458]

Let's be real here, look at a busy motorway today, now imagine all those cars are evs and need electricity, not possible, ridiculous. Then imagine the cues at the services, not for minutes but hours. Absolute madness unless the plan is to reduce traffic by a huge percentage.

[@colingaskell9571]

To true

[@davidmarshall5596]

If EV's were so good, why are they discounting thwm so much? Surely if they were tgat good, EVERYONE would want one, when actually MOST people don't want one 😄👍

[@MStanleyRoss]

Is there any way, to rip the government and local gov. and other 'tax payer funded' registrations out of the totals? I'd love to know how many 'Dave Smiths' have bought an EV.

[@MadIIMike]

Colin Reminds me of a George Carlin video on KZbin. Some people are stupid. Some people are full of sh!t. Some people are fkn nuts. Colin is all 3.

[@BarrieCrampton]

Yep

[@mikewhitehead50]

How is it that we have people moaning EV's are too expenisve and also people moaning that "they're giving them away". Which is it? Clearly something fishy going on in December, but if sales are going up year-on-year, which they tend to do, the Walker's and Palmer's won't care.

[@rayro999]

Ford America project $5.5 BILLION in LOSSES on EV's in 2025. Luckily for Ford, they still project an overall profit as the losses on EV's will be offset by profits from selling ICE vehicles. QUESTION: what happens when the Government stops them selling ICE vehicles?

[@johanndork5364]

Toyota and BMW keep calling and emailing me to buy an EV, zero % finance and massive discounts. They must be doing well..

[@bsimpson6204]

I just don’t understand how dealers can afford to pre register so many EV’s and take such a loss on them

[@BarrieCrampton]

They can’t, that’s why all the profits warnings

[@Aliens_Gonna_Get_Ya]

EV’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦

[@stevenjones916]

*UK Powertrain Market Share* *December 2023 VS 2024* Petrol = 53.3% VS 42.2% BEV = 19.7% VS 31%

[@wizzyno1566]

If they're so good, remove the mandates. Simples.

[@Gazdavies48]

I will never have a EV,

[@jcfallows]

I run a Zoe and I'm driving a Nissan E-NV200, I'VE noticed more BEVs and hybrids on the road then ever before! I charge at the rapid stations with the Van now this with only 2 to 6 chargers are nearly always busy, so from my experience the EVs are rapidly filling the roads, it's time the government makes it's mind up and start putting Tesla like stations in place, and make sure the charging goes back to a fair price like 30p which we thought was outrageous only 3 years ago!

[@BarrieCrampton]

Yep true, but how are they going to make up for the 53p per litre fuel tax that is on petrol and diesel? Cheap EV charging is on borrowed time

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

​@@BarrieCramptonLonger term pay per mile is the only fair way to get this income. You cannot do it at the chargers because then you get nothing from those charging at home. These will mostly be richer people with drive ways. It will come for sure and probably with a car actual weight adjustment - I think they have some weight tax thingy in Germany.

[@FirstLast-rh9jw]

@@BarrieCrampton You mean road pricing is about to be introduced?

[@rayro999]

@@CheeseLovingGuy If people have smart meters they might be able to tell which electric is for the house and which electricity is diverted to EV charging. Smart meters can then give them the option of adding 5% or 30% or 40% VAT on EV charging.

[@DwaynePipes]

​@@rayro999 How would they be able to tell?

[@1maico1]

Solid state batteries are already being tested in China. They do not catch fire, have longer range and faster charge. The Jan 2025 YTD BEV sales are up 41%. according to the SMMT figures. This period is the calm before the full scale Chinese EV invasion.

[@Foll-q7z]

"Straight outta Charlatan" for them...

[@leegoodman297]

With the latest EV's now hitting sub 10 min 10-80% charge times and 400+ mile ranges the few remaining advantages of ICE vehicles are being eroded faster than ever.

[@BarrieCrampton]

And EV residuals are eroding even faster, go figure

[@leegoodman297]

@BarrieCrampton Yes the residual values are going to be rubbish for at least the next few years as buyers target the newer models with enhanced range and charging speed. I suspect that once most of the EV's hit around 400 mile range and sub 10 minute charging then the residual values will hold up better. It's also buyer confidence, now that EV batteries are proving they have a much longer lifespan than even the manufacturers expected buyers will be more reassured when buying a second hand EV. Again that will lead to the residual values improving.

[@BlueGorilla111]

3 mins in and swearing already “BULLSHIT” potty mouth 😂

[@paula-jj5gd]

no 1 wants a battery on wheels that sounds like a hairdryer we wont be forced by reeves into electric crap