'Clean air and cheaper energy starts with electric cars' | Motoring journalist Quentin Wilson

Motoring journalist Quentin Wilson supports the transition to green energy, despite MPs urging the Government to ditch the plan to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
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[@user-qf6yt3id3w]

This guy blatantly gets paid to advocate everything he advocates. When he was paid to be a motoring journalist and TV presenter he was a petrol head and mocker of environmentalists. Now he's paid by other people he's suddenly in favour of banning petrol and diesel.

[@randomuser4201]

And Jacob has a jaguar so... Hardly a man of the people.

[@lawrenceholden5716]

@2aph0d_b33blebr0x he's one of us, a petrolhead with a good taste in cars, top bloke imho

[@ukar69]

Quentin, like Jim Dale, totally buys into the climate cult.

[@hectorshouse7348]

He’s a grifter

[@greekre]

paid by the climate cult

[@patrickfinlay2074]

I don’t want a car built with child labour in terrible mines in Africa…….

[@Alexxx---101]

Yeah I prefer Chinese to

[@MinkieWinkle]

@@Alexxx---101 Very few cars in the Uk come from China, they are fords, from the US, VW from Germany, Nissans from japan, Hyundai and kia from korea etc etc etc

[@richy69ify]

but your phone, tablet and lap top batteries is ok

[@Alexxx---101]

@@MinkieWinkle I was talking about child labour....

[@patrickfinlay2074]

@@richy69ify I don’t have all of those but I know where your coming from, we live in a world where we didn’t know about these mines till relatively recently, I think the whole industry needs regulation and then I would be happier about the situation, maybe I am being silly but the thought of death and misery doesn’t sit well with me and I try to stay away from that

[@stratfordbaby]

Quentin has been in the EV industry for DECADES. I'd bet he's got money invested. HARDLY an objective observer.

[@jeromeh7985]

JRM is for sure 100% objective he has no bias toward past and nostalgia...😂

[@barriewilliams4526]

Whose paying Quentin🤔

[@StuartJ]

Certainly not the Oil and Gas companies. They are trying to push hydrogen, which is a huge scam.

[@jdg9999]

I have zero problem with electric cars, my problem is with the people trying to force them on us like we live in a Soviet style command economy. If they're so great, why exactly do you have to outlaw their petrol competition?

[@Isclachau]

Because nobody would buy them. If you let the market decide ICE cars would remain as they are better in most aspects.

[@Richard482]

Global warming.

[@jeromeh7985]

Because human beings are generally massively reluctant to any change evenif it is for better.

[@Isclachau]

@@jeromeh7985 No because it’s a backward step. Who wants an EV and end up worse off . Simple economics really

[@jeromeh7985]

@@Isclachau I must be a masochist preferring to drive an ev because of the silence and confort, never having to full it in in a hurry but having full range available each morning and my company accountant confirming it has a lower TCO than my previous ICE car

[@lesliecarter4295]

Is Quentin Wilson the ‘just stop oil’ political leader .

[@Anonymous-ib8so]

Wilson has zero credibilty

[@MinkieWinkle]

as for cheaper energy. EVs will only cause prices to rise. supply and demand,....

[@StuartJ]

Maybe, maybe not. Your assuming supply wont rise.

[@MinkieWinkle]

@@StuartJ In the next 7 years it certainly wont have any significant rises in supply. as it will need to be in the next 7 years to meet their "green" targets. it takes about 5 to 10 years to get planning, approval and build time for new plants. So that puts it outside of the 2030 target. so everything he was saying is utter cobwebs. To meet those targets. it would increase the cost significantly so much so that the price of energy would have to go up regardless to pay for he construction.

[@StuartJ]

@@MinkieWinkle we are not all switching to EVs on the 1st January 2030. It's a gradual thing. Provide some real numbers to your assertions.

[@T5Zplayer]

Electircity isnt free. And as a pensioner I cant afford an electric car. What d I do? Stay at home forever? Wilson has no idea and frankly deosnt seem to care.

[@richy69ify]

you'll be long gone when there's no used petrol or diesel cars to buy

[@mike1117777]

He has all the passion of an accountant

[@andreweasson6653]

Where does the stuff come from that goes into the bateries

[@Richard482]

Out the ground, after which the materials can be recycled again and again.

[@rogerallen9842]

Quentin Wilson is a prat of the first Orfer

[@lawrenceholden5716]

Another big disappointment, I used to watch QW on motoring programmes and thought he was a cut above the rest, enjoying his reviews for years, now seeing him gone over to the dark side, it seems like a betrayal of trust. I am of an age where I can end my days, motoring or otherwise, with an ICE car and feel fortunate to have lived in sensible times.

[@StuartJ]

Betrayal of trust? Why not just buy a new ICE car in 2029, and keep it for 10+ years?

[@bigmull]

Wake up Quentin,Electricity wont get cheaper and supply just wont meet demand and untill you can chatge from flat to full in 5 mins it just isnt practical.

[@revwpitt2347]

He doesn`t like the Mail survey because it doesn`t agree with him. Luckily the ordinary man on the street can see that it simply cannot happen. It is fine for well off people like Quentin with massive drives on their houses to be all for EV`s but how does he think the millions who live in flats and terraced houses be able to charge their vehicles

[@Alexxx---101]

That's part of the plan, those people will be getting public transport with their 15 minute city travel passes.

[@WESDEANEMARTIN]

The Future is Stupid.

[@rthompson938]

Quentin is simply wrong on the way forward being EV's

[@iamwedged2705]

70% of the poison that comes from cars is the dust from brake pads. electric cars are typically heavier than petrol cars so give off even more brake dust so who exactly is this for ?

[@jontibloom6125]

Depreciation on a EV is 50% more than a ICE vehicle. Am in agreement with Mog , let the market decide which is better, dont let the WEF force us to choose

[@j4wn]

Is it possible that Quentin might have shares in a lot of Big Green?

[@mariahewitt9787]

Batteries have been known to selfcombusting, and burning down homes. Not just E-cars but E-scooters and E-bikes.

[@boriss.861]

Jacob well defended my use of a petrol & diesel vehicle!

[@ancietman]

Going net zero is 25K for starters for an electric car & heat pump.

[@whitehart11]

Only 25? More like 40K

[@chrisgrahma5064]

300 miles on one charge = 150 miles when the car is fully laden.

[@stratfordbaby]

Not including when the temperature is below 10C.

[@Dtheitalian]

Christ I thought Quentin had disappeared along with the UK car industry! Electric cars are not the answer, it would be better to keep buying second hand petrol cars until hydrogen fuel cell is viable.

[@StuartJ]

Lol, you bought into the Hydrogen scam. Forget Hydrogen, it's not happening.

[@winstonsmasterplan]

You think those physically protesting electric pylons going up on their property are going to be treated the same as the just stop oil lunatics

[@nathanedwards8094]

They really need to ditch the plan to ban Petrol and diesel transport.

[@iant4060]

Perhaps someone should educate Mr Wilson about the damage the production of EV's cause to the environment. They are infinitely more impactful in terms of environmental damage due to the exotic metals required. Irony is that you couldn't even produce EV's without the by products of petroleum and fossil fuels for mining extraction and refinement.

[@StuartJ]

Sodium-Ion batteries are coming on stream now. I'm no eco-zealot, but technology will win in the end.

[@iant4060]

@@StuartJ that's fine for the battery technology but what about the metals used in the production of the electric motors? Are you aware of their environmental footprint? The amount of mining, extraction, refinement that is required to acquire those materials and the levels of energy required? EV's are only affordable because all the environmental and social impacts are currently ignored as they happen in far away countries and impact poor communities. If the environmental damage was repaired and proper wages and work conditions employed then they would be prohibiting expensive.

[@hectorshouse7348]

There’s no money in that for him

[@StuartJ]

@@iant4060 meh, electric motors. Give it a rest. There is no such thing as a fully green car. But the ant-EV rhetoric is mostly half-truths, myths, and lies. If you don't want an EV, nobody is forcing you.

[@rigley8830]

Electric motors are made up of around 50% copper and 50% steel, so way less materials than an ICE. All the precious and expensive materials are in the battery, though that's changing with new battery technology.

[@ciupak7932]

If NOT that 25% added to our bills....how much green electricity would cost ??? Lot more than you think.

[@Rialas]

2030 ain’t doable.

[@TchHry]

OK, nuclear power when then?

[@MinkieWinkle]

One could only hope

[@Isclachau]

Quentin has lost all credibility. EV’s are now known to be as bad if not worse than ICE cars. Unfortunately like so many he made his mind up to early and to stubborn to admit he was wrong.

[@keithdukes5990]

He's also in the pocket of the EV lobby guaranteed!!!

[@StuartJ]

Bad in what way? I have an EV, and I am no eco-zealot. My car is a hoot to drive, charges on cheap rate electricity when I sleep, and I wrote the cost off against corporation tax. If that doesn't work for you, stick to fossil, and buy a new one in 2029 which will last you 10+years. Problem solved.

[@steveclark..]

@@StuartJ Bad in the way that you can't see the bigger picture here, like with the whole woke, climate and gender nonesense, they are all pushing this Great Reset agenda. If everyone doesn't wake up to this, by 2030 none of us will have any freedom or choice, be able to travel outside our 15 minute cities etc etc.

[@hectorshouse7348]

It’s known has grifting

[@Isclachau]

@@StuartJ I mean, they cost lives and are no Green Vehicle. In fact the opposite. I agree, they are a hoot to drive, so are fast ICE cars. But the cost is on,y going to go up and up and up for EV owners and corporate tax is only thee because nobody is buying them privately. Personally the MP’s know they are a dead end hence the reservation to really get behind them with money.

[@BerryRuby]

Quentin (and Jacob) needs to read Prof Kara’s book. Shameful that he is so uneducated and/or corrupt.

[@conradmilson6654]

Quentin Wilson no doubt being paid to promote this crap.

[@StuartJ]

Who would be paying him though? I doubt it would be the government.

[@winstonsmasterplan]

The smart thing would be to have a spectrum of options, petrol and diesel is the most efficient they have ever been. You also still need to burn something to produce electricity!

[@trickyfocus]

Keep your car longer

[@jimrichards3916]

How is the Government going to replace the £billions of fuel duty tax. If the EV's have to cover the duty they will become many more times more expensive than they are now. EV's are not the answer!

[@StuartJ]

Road pricing. 😬

[@MinkieWinkle]

The UK would be completely independent if we build 11/12 modern Nuclear powerplants. 11/12 that is all it takes. And the would replace they thousands of existing plants. with the added benefit of around the clock production. unlike wind and solar that are intermittent. as the sun and wind are sporadic by nature, therefore can not be relied upon.

[@richy69ify]

wind is 40% as we speak, but was 10% on Monday, 22% Nuclear is the norm, the rest is topped up with gas, there is some hydro from Scotland and extra Nuclear purchased from france

[@lawrenceholden5716]

But aren't nuclear plants prime targets if we are attacked? Not good if you live near one, Chernobyl comes to mind.

[@MinkieWinkle]

@@lawrenceholden5716 Any power production is a prime target in an attack. Furthermore, Nuclear powerplant don't go boom, that is just a myth, completely different technologies. France is a prime example of Nuclear being the main source of power being viable. as France is mostly not subjected to the fluctuations that are caused by gas being cut off. But since it was mentioned. Chernobyl was 50 year old, soviet built reactor with virtual zero safety measures, being pushed far beyond what it was designed to do. as a result it had a meltdown, The name gives away what happened to nuclear plants. they just melt.0 The explosion was steam building up too much steam, not enough over pressure safety measures. the resulting explosion was not contained at Chernobyl as there was zero outer shielding. The very kind that Hinkley point has. so at Hinkley it is impossible to repeat what happened in Chernobyl

[@MinkieWinkle]

​@@richy69ify Those dips to 10 percent are the issue, so it can not serve as a main power source without being substituted with other forms of power. like gas. When the wind does not blow. we just fire up more gas. So the issue is, we are not only paying to build wind, but also a back up system that will have to take the entire load that wind would normally produce .. so effectively we are building and maintaining two systems for the sake of using wind. both of which has a cost that needs to be paid, resulting in higher prices. To over simplify it it is like having a ev car, and then paying out everything for a 2nd car for when your car runs out of power. . you are paying two MOTs you are paying for 2 sets of insurances. and maintenance on both. for the sake of the one. OR, we could just go full nuclear. and cut both gas and intermittent wind out entirely

[@richy69ify]

@@MinkieWinkle Chernobyl's accident happened when inspectors came in to do testing of emergency pumps and they accidentally turned the power down too far leading to a chain that revealed a design fault

[@gohrt9139]

Rishi won't be pm. In 2030

[@Knobsworth665]

Try next month 😊

[@andycapp8843]

@@Knobsworth665…..hopefully.

[@stratfordbaby]

HELLO? Until you have an emissions-free electricity generation/grid then EVs is a joke.

[@joedudz]

I think Rowan Atkinson is a little nearer the mark and as well as being an electrical engineering graduate hes not on anyone's pay roll.

[@fraggit]

Quentin hasn't been relevant since the 90s, and I can now see why. If you have to provide subsidies for alternatives, it's obviously not competitive, thus not financially viable for the average earner. But then "You'll Own Nothing, Have No Privacy And Life will Never Be Better"

[@johnnybgood5008]

Lost me with Energy security. Which we don’t have and not looking like we will ever get back.

[@stratfordbaby]

The loss of lead from petrol has mean weaker, less powerful engines as a result. NOT GOOD.

[@cheekychappyo8]

open cobalt mining then process and shipped around the World etc etc...

[@richy69ify]

The ban is only on new cars being sold. I made my previous diesel last 18 years. Britain has enshrined in law to be Net Zero by 2050, they have no choice now. Silly suggestion.

[@steveball2835]

I look forward to he responses when a EV bursts in flames in a multi floor car park, and the whole car park complex is deemed undsafe.....

[@StuartJ]

I'm no EV-zealot, but come on, that myth has long sailed. ICE cars burn too.

[@johnsmith-px1sr]

modern diesel and petrol vehicles are very clean nowadays through years of development..all to be thrown away...madness

[@richy69ify]

Wind is providing 40% of UK's energy right now 22.12 3/7/2023

[@impy1980]

But over the entire year averaged in 2022 only produced 26.8% of the National Grid's requirement. Wind isn't a reliable source, often it's either not windy enough, or too windy and they have to shut down. Wind, solar and hydropower all have their place in the network, but all are not 100% reliable, the real issue is power storage, not production, "right now" wind could be powering the grid 100% in the evening, but then what? What if demand increases, as it will during the day, what if wind production falls Saying x method of power production is providing x amount is meaningless if it's not reliable or can't be stored.

[@SimonWallwork]

I'm staying with my 24 year old Audi S8.

[@markiesmith4537]

You don't legislate a compulsory change to something if that thing you're changing too is not fit for purpose... Quentin says they are getting better - good...Wait until they ARE better before moving to them.

[@pauld7827]

Quentin has become a green zealot and out of touch. I guess it's easy to do that if your rich. I agree with Jacob, we need affordable and self produced energy. We have our own gas, yet we rely on dodgy countries to supply us at inflated prices. I succumbed to the governments dictat and bought an EV, as this will be my last new car. The car is actually extremely good for my situation however, I have a driveway and a home charger and normally only drive about 700 mile a month. This is largely local/shortish, journeys. However, I took 3 friends on a 260 mile round trip to a museum today. This raised several issues. Driving at motorway speeds quickly depletes the battery with that weight, even in the summer. I needed to charge the car to ensure making it home (the car has 273 mile stated range) but the first charger was out of order and a petrol BMW was parked in the bay anyway! The second was in a council car park and this had been blocked off. The third was fine but was charging 79p a kWh! This equates to almost 23p a mile. My previous car worked out to cost about 18p a mile in the same situation! I know that the bulk of the journey was done having been charged at home at about 5p a mile, but public charging has become very, very expensive.

[@michaelwilkinson5652]

Delusional I think 💭 is the term. Or how much money is involved?

[@trevorholman1542]

I'd like to ask the question, is Quentin in the pay of the electric car industry in any way. Could be wrong but I bet he is promoting the electric car industry from a biased self interested point of view.

[@mikepalm6452]

Why force people onto electric....go straight onto a choice Hydrogen, Petrol, Diesel, Gas and let the market decide.

[@StuartJ]

Why do so many people get their knickers in a twist over something they won't need to consider buying for 20 years? 😂

[@TheLastSongbird124]

TOTAL BS !

[@edenbreckhouse]

Where does the electric come from Quentin - unicorn farts?

[@MummaBear]

5 nuclear power stations is all the British isles need for cheap energy....

[@clarepartrick1066]

I wouldn’t buy an EV for moral purposes child Labour how can you not have a conscience about that.

[@Richard482]

But you have an ICE car?

[@tommartin6212]

This man is not a motoring journalist this man is a speaker for the government And the greens every one knows that the co2 makes the trees grow and produces Oxygen and also that the co2 levels are extremely low in comparison with china India or even Eastern Europe

[@lawrenceholden5716]

Guess off peak electricity will become a thing of the past, so dearer tariffs for heating when all these cars are being charged at night.

[@paulcock3489]

If he doesn't do something the voters want he will lose his seat.

[@michaelwynn8811]

Only problem with EV is you NEED FOSSIL FUEL TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY

[@johnmoncrieff3034]

Quentin Wilson why have you not looked into the GEET system of induction into ICE vehicles, this system can be either first fit by manufacturers or retro fitted to existing vehicles! It increases the MPG of every installation by a factor of 3 minimum & up to 5-6 times! The amount of exhaust emissions is also reduced to almost Zero! The Greenest vehicles are the old ones with modern mechanicals fitted including the GEET system! The lighter the vehicle the less pollution it will generate, both in manufacture and in use! The vast majority of family cars built prior to 1980 all weighed less than a Tonne, Now the same vehicles are approaching 2 tonnes and EV.s are well over that weight! Allegedly all in the name of safety (but that is much more in the hands of the driver than the vehicle!)

[@whitehart11]

EVs are bad for the environment in so many ways, and few can afford to buy them.

[@gary2632]

I’m not angry ………. I’m ……..😔

[@francescostello1377]

Really, another one on the payroll of the WEF. I suggest Quentin consults with the real climate experts those who would be silenced, and learn there is nothing green about electric cars fgs.

[@Kwesekara1672]

Where’s all the electricity going to come from?

[@StuartJ]

More nuclear.

[@Kwesekara1672]

@@StuartJ it’s banned here in Australia unfortunately.

[@impy1980]

Exactly we already run at 98% grid capacity.

[@impy1980]

@@StuartJ which take 10-12 years to come online from the moment planning permission is granted. The Government should've approved nuclear plants 10-15 years ago, they were warned about power shortages. But like everything else, government ignores warnings.

[@StuartJ]

@@impy1980 not 24/7.

[@haycockjeff]

You burn stuff to make EVs you plank.

[@user-qq2mo1ek2r]

Not watched but can guess what they are saying .... The whole climate/EV thing is pure carp

[@petesmitt]

Wilson is a clown that lost relevancy when Clarkson and Wilman took over Top Gear..

[@nathanedwards8094]

If emissions bother you that much move to the countryside.

[@gxhall]

Completely wrong

[@nathanedwards8094]

Nobody cares about emissions. As long as the car is looked after and serviced regularly, emissions don't matter.

[@marty1234able]

When did Quetin sell his soul!

[@user-ei7rs1vo9c]

since when has public backing been of interest to the Tories since boris

[@tammymarks]

Exactly the opposite.

[@howardtyler7]

Quentin Wilson ex-petrol head, now climate grifter!😂😂😂

[@wellwhatthen10101]

He is slime

[@Pantha51]

Ask him where the electric is going to come from.

[@stratfordbaby]

JRM is a Jaguar owner

[@axelamps1279]

Im happy for you, but *I* do *not* want electric.

[@matthewharding7342]

Wearing a very expensive watch Quentin!. What top of the range EV car are you driving? I wonder because its never going to work for joe public.

[@StuartJ]

I think he drives a Tesla. If he can charge it on his driveway, it probably works well for him.

[@chrisjepson5050]

And the isolation and probably death of so many people. But hey ho....

[@theuktoday4233]

try and chop your 2 year old e car in against a new one

[@alanthecat59]

no

[@daniellissenburgh1584]

EV batteries are not good enough, why can we not wait another decade or so for battery tech to catch up then we would not need any costy infrastructure!

[@lesferguson593]

Is Mr Wilson being sponsored by anyone in particular ?

[@StuartJ]

He gets journalistic fees for doing shows like GBNews. Other than that, I can't imagine anyone wanting to sponsor him.

[@alanhowemusic2457]

I feel sorry for people that have purchased electric cars from 2012 to 2024 due to the battery technology they purchased with the car will be out of date as sodium and solid state batteries will become the norm. Why should the general public invest new or second hand in an electric car that will be obsolete with regard to the battery which after all is the most costly part of the electric car?

[@scottgearscottgear2749]

There is an interview with Quentin where he openly admits to owning several electric vehicles over a small period, of time, if you do the math, he exchanges car circa every 14 months, could someone please explain the environmental benefit of this??, please??, Dear Quentin, please confirm you personally purchased these vehicles??, and the part exchange values you were offered??, this will allow the public at large to make a well informed decision on purchasing an EV on your recommendation??

[@mikepalm6452]

Quentin Climate Cult Wilson really use to like his opinions now he's been sucked up in the Climate Cult.

[@dd41283]

Isn't electricity generated by coal, for the most part?

[@handyfish4534]

ive got an idea...if you want an ev then have one otherwise let normal folk carry on with petrol and diesel..simple really

[@poxeh]

Does Quentin really have a wooden head? Or is he paid to think?

[@jamiemr2255]

Thank you and Well done Jacob. I used to like Quentin but he simply is out of touch with the common people

[@uingaeoc3905]

EVs will cause a major energy crisis - GO CARBON!

[@juliedubberley1192]

Electric vehicles busting into flames, insurance companies starting to refuse insurance and massive issues regarding disposal of batteries, whats not to like 😂

[@kjetiljensen2472]

Ad belu is cleaning diesel

[@chrisgrahma5064]

Electric cars over 8 years old have no second hand value due to cost of replacing the battery pack.

[@StuartJ]

That myth died a while ago. The batteries alone, have a second hand value, in things like powerwalls, and classic car convertions. Your just parroting what somebody else told you.

[@chrisgrahma5064]

@@StuartJ yes, Elon Musk😄

[@impy1980]

@@StuartJ That's somewhat true yes they do get used in power walls, however that doesn't negate the fact the car needs new batteries, which cost anywhere between £5,000 and 15,000, who's gonna want to either pay that, or buy a used EV where the batteries are near end of life? If I have to pay say £10k to replace the batteries in a used car I might buy, I'm not gonna pay say £7-15k for it am I, coz I might as well buy a new EV by the time the costs add up. And the responsibility of disposal of the batteries falls on the vehicle owner, not the manufacturer or dealership, again, who's gonna want to deal with that or pay for it!

[@StuartJ]

@@impy1980 have you got any data, which backs up your claims?

[@impy1980]

@@StuartJ Go do a internet search like I just did, took me all of 2 secs to find out about battery replacement cost. And the replacement responsibility also public knowledge. Everything I've said can be found easily.

[@stevepope8636]

No one wants them