ELECTRIC UTOPIA? Top 10 insane EV reports (this month)

[@AutoEngineerVideos]

I'm an engineer. I work hard to design things that are idiot-proof, but they keep making better idiots.

[@JimBob-vb8oz]

Blame social media for that

[@ColdRunnerGWN]

As they say, you can make things foolproof, but not idiotproof because idiots are clever.

[@rogerbartlet5720]

Takes more and more imagination

[@Perusalstein]

Stick with just designing things that just work reliably for people with common sense Danny, rather than trying to outrun natural selection.

[@rogerbartlet5720]

@@Perusalstein People don't read directions and expect stuff to work by itself. They can't think.

[@Isclachau]

Zero emission battlefield. 😂 ‘Because your enemy cares more about the environment than killing you’. Lovely

[@hectorshouse7348]

So you’re still falling for the environment lie? EV’s are NOT environmentally friendly!

[@NotAnonymousNo80014]

Because the warmakers care about profits.

[@jamesaustralian9829]

One key point is always missed - on the battlefield, standard vehicles are not there. Armoured ones are. Do the electric wanks account for the fact that the vehicle will have armour plates and armoured windows installed, weighing in at a extra half a tonne at least ?

[@peglor]

Most countries don't give any figures for the CO2 emissions of their military, but the best guess I've heard is that 3% of humanity's entire CO2 emissions is military activity.

[@geraldscott4302]

This reminds me of the Star Trek TOS episode where a planet is at war with a neighboring planet. But they don't want to destroy the environment and infrastructure, so they fight their "war" with computers. People who are in the wrong place at the wrong time and considered "casualties" by the computers voluntarily walk into a disintegration machine, and get vaporized. It's all nice and clean, but people still die. This was supposed to be FICTION. But it's beginning to look like it might actually become reality. Some people, too many in fact, really are that stupid.

[@chrissmith2114]

A new addtion to the net zero Geneva convention, 'It is forbidden to attack your enemy while they are recharging their equipment'...

[@marcdraco2189]

Just a moment Mr Putin, there's a queue for the Supercharger and my tank doesn't have an adaptor.

[@mickkelly6389]

Timeout lol

[@MattBlack6]

I just had to do the TAFE EV safety course (for VRA rescue). Thanks to JC I didn't read any of the boring course work. Straight to the test and 100% I'm now qualified to run like fuck if any of them start burning.

[@oldbloke204]

I hope that you specified upwind in your answer?

[@MrChaza001]

I’d bet one of the questions was “What steps would you take in the event of an EV fire?” The perfect answer of course, for ten points, is “ Fu*kin’ big ones.”

[@oldbloke204]

@@MrChaza001 .......in the opposite direction.

[@MattBlack6]

@@oldbloke204 yes, upwind was the correct answer.

[@oldbloke204]

@@MattBlack6 Yay me.🤣🤣🤣

[@MrRandomcommentguy]

We killed 250 enemy combatants but at least we didn't pollute the battle space with exhaust fumes...

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Indeed

[@davidbarnsley8486]

And all the pollution from all those explosions and fires don’t worry about that

[@macbuff81]

There's a reason why the Abrams tank uses a turbine for an engine. It's quieter than a diesel engine. Silence and stealth is a key advantage on the battlefield. An electric motor produces next to no noise. The key issue of course remains the lackluster battery tech we have. This needs to improve massively just like ICE tech has advanced significantly since it was first developed

[@marcdraco2189]

@@macbuff81 I didn't know that about the tank. Quite fascinating - I wonder why they haven't scaled those down to normal cars yet. I I remember one of the US carmakers did try it years back but things have moved on since then.

[@zitzong]

What a joke electric vehicles would be on the battlefield

[@dougstubbs9637]

I pray at the Diesel Cathedral, Lord Otto is my saviour, a scavenged two stroke my hymn.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@Torgrim5958]

Man you need help.

[@xgford94]

With votives for St.Stirling & St. Atkinson

[@partymanau]

Dr Rudolph Diesel was a god.

[@lesleypaterson1463]

The heavy lifter of engines, nobody can argue with Diesel.

[@madmick3794]

19:00 If this is the future of our emergency services we will be running out of staff soon. Sadly John, my father, while on duty in the mid to late 70s, attended an accident of a flipped car in Northern Sydney that was starting to catch fire. After using all 3 of his patrol cars extinguishers and failing he received 3rd degree burns to his arms trying to drag a mother and her 2 kids from the burning car. He did not succeed. While he moved on he found it hard that he had to just sit there and hear them die. Personally I spent nearly 8 years attending accidents to help with emergency vehicle access and liaison with traffic control. After one shift I rang my dad for advice as I was not coping. He told me not everyone can separate work and home and if you can't it's not the job for you . . . so I quit.

[@SenorTucano]

A house down the road from us was recently destroyed by fire as a result of their Tesla going up in the garage.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Do your research, invest in Tesla my guy.

[@roostercogburn1984]

@@lucadellasciucca967 real men don't drive EV's

[@theairstig9164]

Incinerated like the Tesla share price. Hot tip. Didn’t happen in Australia

[@DCGreenZone]

Leon will fix everything by sleeping two hours a night.

[@oppo-tune-nitty8043]

Was that Beerwah Qld Australia

[@peterosy]

What about all them fancy apartments with underground carparks, full of EVs sitting or charging all night? A new version of the Towering Inferno ?

[@cedhome7945]

Towering infernal more like 🤔

[@lucadellasciucca967]

You re brainwashed. Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@guser7137]

@@lucadellasciucca967 Did you say that whilst standing in front of the mirror?

[@happyjoyjoy6976]

@@lucadellasciucca967 do you realise how much Tesla stock has dropped in the last year?

[@JackOfski]

@@lucadellasciucca967 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TonyWhite22351]

An extremely disturbing recent post by Serpentza on KZbin reports on two individuals who were incinerated in an electric vehicle when rescuers were unable to gain access to said vehicle !

[@robt8042]

Is that the one where the EV crashed into a water truck?

[@TonyWhite22351]

@@robt8042 Affirmative Rob !

[@mongolike513]

I am not defending EV but this scenario plays out fairly regularly with regular crashes. However , serpentza and his American mate laowhy are pretty suss always putting out negative content from China - almost like they are paid to do it ! Just who is paying their wages?

[@TonyWhite22351]

@@mongolike513 Doesn’t diminish the seriousness of the problem !

[@robhudson1501]

​@@mongolike513and you're the bot that makes these statements on everybody's Serpentza quote. Every comment is a conspiracy against China, obviously the CCP is blameless.

[@paul-57]

I am 66 but is that the problem or is the world really becoming dumber by the day?

[@madmick3794]

I deal with all ages every day, a majority are getting dumber.

[@Torgrim5958]

I am 59 and for the last 100 000Km I have not bought a litre of gas or diesel. In North Norway electricity is almost free. I am not that concerned about global warming (where I live a 2°C increase would be welcomed) but the smell in the city's has definitely improved. I had a Tesla model 3 for 3 years 85K Km and now model Y 25K Km. And I have crisscrossed Europe on 3 vacations.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Depends of what you mean. If you re referring to the maker of the video being dumb the latter if not then age might be your problem! Do your researhc, invest in Tesla

[@madmick3794]

@@Torgrim5958 1. Australia is already struggling to meet its power needs. 2. Due to the heat 500km is a stretch on a single charge. 3. Due to point 1 we do not have many chargers or fast chargers. 4. Due to point 1 and 3 the chargers can be over 100km+ (300km out west) from the actual route that you or other travellers use. 5. Since the chargers are so far apart, lacking fast charging and out of the way your simple city to city trip can take days not hours. Our last holiday we came across a line of eletric cars waiting for charge at a known tourist spot. Some had been waiting 4 days for the cars infront to finish. That is just the cars usage don't get me started on the charging costs (currently more per km than the fuel), government policy (you get taxed more buying electric, rego is more etc), the car cost usually 40% extra for the electric option, etc. though you get the idea. Right now, Oz is not even close to EVs being normal

[@TheSpoovy]

​@Torgrim5958 "I'm not concerned about global warming because where I live it's cold" is such an incredibly selfish statement it's hard to believe people actually think it privately let alone advertise it. Also a bit sick of Norwegians being smug about their EV infrastructure. Do you think we don't know it's paid for by you being one of the biggest exploiters of fossil fuels in the world?

[@stephenshields1662]

As a NSW RFS volo, I've had ZERO official training in EV fire suppression. I've "taught " myself by accessing vehicle emergency procedures manuals via my employment in the automotive industry. Things will only change when there is a catastrophic incident, typical behaviour of government agencies

[@levelflightvideo]

John, my late step father (a hydraulic engineer) always taught me "the average intelect is an idiot". EV cars prove this true.

[@bmw803]

And Sleepy Joe is the ring leader.

[@millipedic]

@@bmw803 He'll be gone in six months.

[@bmw803]

@@millipedic Definitely. We're gonna retire him soon. President Trump will definitely axe all those STOOPID mandates.

[@mickkelly6389]

Trump is a dangerous idiot.

[@rustychassis]

Wow, what an intelect.

[@johnbodnar3720]

Apparently the wooden cybertruck turned out better than the stainless steel one

[@zwerko]

It certainly is more resistant to rust...

[@lucadellasciucca967]

how?! Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

It certainly has more even panel gaps.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

@@lucadellasciucca967 Is that the only sentence you know how to type? Only an idiot would invest in a failing company like Tesla.

[@seantomo]

It's the safer choice, because it doesnt burn so hot.

[@darrinmartin1624]

The last time I got my "wood" close to a ravenous Beaver, it didn't end well.

[@andrewferguson843]

Some 20 years ago an Australian General commented that " it will avail us little if our defeated Army was politically correct" or woke or zero emissions compliant...alas I cannot remember his name or the circumstances...

[@theairstig9164]

Carl von Clausewitz. Australian MY FA

[@guvnermcgovern]

I saw a video on Musk’s Urinal truck versus a Dodge Ram towing the exact same caravan, on a full charge the urinal could only make 85 miles the Ram had only used a quarter of a tank of diesel, the cost to fill the Ram was USD25 and took a couple of minutes to fill, the Urinal would have taken 1 1/2 hours to charge and cost USD32 plus the caravan has to be unhitched to access the charger.

[@margarita8442]

but u can do a pee on the urinal

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Jesus. Do your research people. Like, actual research. Invest in Tesla.

[@zwerko]

@@margarita8442 You can't, it will rust.

[@margarita8442]

@@zwerko dont be so auto idiots

[@shaynegadsden]

Yeah but 85mi was a good result compared to the Ford

[@zwerko]

Regarding that idiotic EV jerry can idea - one could fit a small ICE generator and 10l of fuel in a similar weight & volume package and that could provide at least 5x more energy than the stupid battery-only solution.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Electric has more potential efficiency. Also you can get elctricity anywehre, can t get fuel anywhere. Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@guser7137]

@@lucadellasciucca967 again? When you say invest, you mean short right?

[@zwerko]

@@lucadellasciucca967 I couldn't care less about potential efficiency when my vehicle is stuck without power in the middle of nowhere, which is why portable energy sources exist in the first place. If I'm stuck in an EV and the option is a jerry 'can' that will give me 3-4kW charge vs one that will top up 15kW, maybe even 20kW, guess what option anyone sane would choose? As for Tesla, wouldn't touch that overpriced junk stock with a 10ft crank shaft!

[@kampar82]

​@@lucadellasciucca967Was this investment advice? People have ended up in hot water with the SEC for less.

[@crazyfroggie6546]

So the chevy volt, then, which has been around for 10 years..

[@molovichstorch6398]

You should mention the lack of ergonomic in the tesla. Everything is concentrated in the tablet and you have to turn your head to the right, sensibly off the road to look up any information. The “ dashboard”, on the contrary, is bare of any useful indicators.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

I know right! These safest cars ever tested in history are so unsafe xD Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

@@lucadellasciucca967 Done my research, Wouldn't touch them even at half price!

[@seantomo]

Must be the bs engineering and pr club. Ford pinto special!

[@christiandisch8147]

A single touch screen instead of a traditional dashboard and buttons is first and foremost doing one thing: reducing development and production cost. Not that these savings are then passed onto the customer, mind you. Recently we went looking for a new (2nd hand) car, and it was really difficult to find something other than tablets on wheels. Seems that everyone is copying the minimalist design of Tesla.

[@bugeater16]

Couple of days ago my friend and I drove home seperately from a vacation. It took me less than 6 hours with two short stops to drain the snake. And when I arrived home I still had half a tank of diesel in my old Nissan. My friend stopped 4 times to charge and the trip took him over 8 hours in his brand new state-of-the-art electric car. And he was lucky he didn’t have to wait for a spot anywhere.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Do your resaerch, invest in Tesla.

[@bobbybishop5662]

​@@lucadellasciucca967Research is not watching Tesla propaganda pumper channels. Maybe someday in a distance future you will figure that out but I seriously doubt it . Brainwashed is no way to live.

[@christiandisch8147]

And of course all you do is drive to and from vacation all year round. No short trips to the grocery store or commute to work at all.

[@lesliecarter4295]

Bowen is absolute zero…?

[@TheAnnako1]

“Electrified battle space” John you are a riot , laugh ? I almost shat.

[@AutoExpertJC]

Sorry to hear it was only 'almost'...

[@charlesbruggmann7909]

@@AutoExpertJC I spoke to an army officer recently. His concern with batteries was not to power vehicles but everything else. Night-vision equipment, range finders, computers etc etc all the lovely little toys that didn’t exist when I did my little bit of soldiering. Preferably without giving off a bloody great heat signature (we live in a snowy part of the world).

[@derekbevan7145]

I would have thought that the penny would have dropped now with all our politicians around the world that electric utopia does not exist other than in their sad little minds.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

You haven t looked at adoption curves lately have you?! Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@oldbloke100]

albo has just done a deal with the greens again, something he said he wouldn't do before the last election. no wonder he's known as the lier in the lodge. he is making whitlam looking like a conservative,

[@Ozcrazy49]

@@lucadellasciucca967 Tesla - I'll show you I'm the best investment Bitcoin - hold my beer.

[@Barry-tp2vd]

I suspect they are playing a deeper game by destabalising what we knew and trusted

[@Barry-tp2vd]

You can 😂

[@RogerM88]

Without the fear mongering about Nuclear Power, we could have by now synthetic fuels already available, and send BEVs back to obsolescence as a century ago.

[@hippiebroughton5564]

OH thats right the oil companys bought the rights to alt tec, and sent it to the volt in the basement.

[@marcdraco2189]

Greenpeace and American/Russians taking short cuts made sure of that. And Greenpeace is now stopping kids in the development world from getting vitamin A. I could go on but we’re on the same page.

[@RogerM88]

@@hippiebroughton5564 Oil companies want to make money essentially. If they feared really BEVs, they would by now converting many gas stations into charging spots, as buying supercharging networks. They would be making profit the same way selling Oil, plenty of other industries besides the Automotive sector.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

@@hippiebroughton5564 Very expensive. Not scalable. Definitely don t close the existing ones tho (hm hm...germany)

[@Torgrim5958]

That's a great idea. Use the electricity that perfectly well could drive the car and make fuel out of it. The fuel company could make a lot of profit out of it. Not to mention the transport company's that could make a fortune distributing it to the gas stations that also want it's cut of the deal. 😂 Ever heard of powerlines. It's a thing.

[@mrg-ghx8052]

The winner will be the one without Land Rovers 😂

[@letsseeif]

🙂

[@jongoffinet8511]

Your comedic timing makes me laugh out loud (cough, cough,s*tbox) 🤣🤣. I always look forward to your newest uploads. Keep them coming!!

[@AutoExpertJC]

Thank you mate.

[@KarrierBag]

On an EV to Hell....

[@stevemogan5384]

I can hear Bon Scott singing that. good one.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@KarrierBag]

​@@lucadellasciucca967🤣🤣🤣 yeah, I don't think so, I don't want anything that has Musk involved at all.

[@markbrown8097]

I watch Joe Fay's demonstration every time i need a little cheering up and still have the same reactions as yours every time. It never gets old.

[@kepamurray1845]

John, you must remember. The more foolproof you make the design, the more ingenious the idiots become. We need to take the safety labels off everything.

[@HomesickforAlaska]

That has been my contention for a long time. I really love when I replace a car part and the new part has one of those orange State of California warning stickers that says this part contains known cancer causing ingredients. To me I think, well I am not frying it up for dinner, so it's all good, and you know I need the part for the car to operate. I am curious just how many people would eat the part if the warning label were not there. Or how many people say nope, not gonna use that part, I guess I will just buy a new vehicle.

[@thehairygolfer]

Going on holiday with an EV. Either queue for 7 hours for a charger or fill the boot with spare batteries and take no luggage. What a choice!

[@alanhilder1883]

And the extra weight will halve your range to get to queue even longer as you have to recharge the extras.

[@joytotheworld9109]

​@@alanhilder1883 precisely, it's like extending a rockets range. To get twice as far you need a lot more than double the battery, you need 4 or 5 times the energy as you need to carry all the chemicals, and the containers and cooling for them, just like you need to increase the fuel tank size and weight, and add more fuel to move that weight and fuel, and more again to overcome the increased drag due to the bigger rocket. It's simpler in thin/no atmosphere, but we typically launch from zero/low altitude, so we have a lot of drag to contend with, just like EV's with trailers lol.

[@1zanglang]

Buy a Honda. A Honda generator🤣🤣🤣

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Or use Tesla superchargers and don t have a worry in the world :)

[@lucadellasciucca967]

@@joytotheworld9109 Math desagrees! Take a 1000kg car of which 500 are batteries with 100 km range. To have the same car have 200 km of range you need less then 500kg more batteries.

[@richardtheeighth4431]

When somebody buys an EV, I'm surprised that Tim Shaw (the king of knives) hasn't appeared to offer an amazing set of free stainless steel electric steak knives, including a matching electric filleting knife, an electric pairing knife and an electric cleaver, but wait for it, there's more you’ll also get an extra free electric kite, an extra free electric tinfoil hat.

[@theairstig9164]

Those electric carving knives were the shiz

[@donbadman4642]

Delivery was so dry I needed a shower, a BEX and a lie down afterwards. Full marks to you sir

[@MrBigbangbuzz]

Bowen is the worst politician we have had for sometime

[@voxac30withstrat]

Oh c'mon now be fair. What about Rudd, Andrews or Albanese?

[@MrBigbangbuzz]

@@voxac30withstrat federal .. albo is a bit of a dick .. agree with Rudd . Andrews will be proven to be the worst state premier

[@letsseeif]

@@voxac30withstrat Tony Abbott takes a lot of beating.

[@user-cc2np7xy6w]

Bowen, Albo, Chalmers, Botox Queen, and the E Commissar should take seats on the inaugural flight on the first battery powered 747 from Sydney to London, ( batteries at half charged ).

[@holeephuk]

Scary thing is that Australian government believed in ev utopia...

[@seantomo]

With Alma Full leading the circus what would happen.

[@davidkennedy4845]

As it was stated earlier: getting dumber. Government office holders are not exempt, it appears.

[@MattBrownbill]

The fact that flat pieces of wood are a good facsimile of Tesla panels, shows that it was truly designed by pre-schoolers with crayons.

[@millertas]

From what you say you don't like EVs (four or two wheeled). I bought an EBike awhile back and an MG ZS EV (replacing our Mazda 2) not long ago. Sorry but love them both (especially now at over $2 a litre for fuel). Different people have different needs, my EVs suit me just fine.

[@christiandisch8147]

Indeed. It's amazing how many people regularly - even daily - seem to drive hundreds or thousands of kilometers and therefore all EVs are crap because they couldn't do that. In the real world, studies found time and again that the average daily distance driven is somewhere in the 40 km range.

[@barackblows1942]

Good luck selling that POS. 💩💩💩💩🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Ev owners typically love their evs in the short term...and despair in the long term as the problems mount.

[@millertas]

@@ThisSentenceIsFalse Problems such as? Also the same can be said about ICE vehicle owners that are handed a big repair bill on their overheated engine.

[@bornodnoc1034]

There's about a thousand Teslas sitting on a lot at the end of Aquarium Drv in Hemmant Qld as of today. Drive past them every day.

[@seantomo]

It only takes just one and they will all be gone.

[@Luddite1]

Thank you Needed a laugh My cat shadow (anytime I was doing a job in my garage he was there watching that I was doing it right) was killed last week and today my dog had a cancerous tumour we knew nothing about burst so he passed this morning and I’m gutted Then I spot this and thank you , you’ve made me laugh and feck me I needed that !

[@voltare2amstereo]

13:00 don't stick your fingers where you wouldn't stick your dingus

[@chrisfallis5851]

Words to live by.

[@RobertETH]

Darn…some people will need a whole lot more fingers.

[@runforestrunfpv4354]

The greenest battlespace will be sticks and rocks.

[@zitzong]

Should nuclear ☢️ weapons be made to be made 100% emission free as I’m sure they produce a shit load of emissions when they go off!

[@tonyjourneyman1944]

Nails and teeth would be greener.

[@yev_da_man1868]

You know how heavy the "ejerrycan" would have to be. 300lb easy

[@hugosantos7180]

The green battle space looks very promessing, electric rifles, smokeless explosives and my all time favorite bio degradable kevlar armour 😆

[@Ozcrazy49]

"Green hydrogen" propelled rocket launchers 😄

[@tonyjourneyman1944]

Recycled EV batteries getting repurposed into firebombs.

[@chrisfallis5851]

An American politician called for biodegradable bullets. I didn’t vote for this moron.

[@tim8deb]

Laughing a shaking my head at the same time in disbelief. Well done John

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Stop shaking your head and do some actual research. Invest in Tesla.

[@tim8deb]

@@lucadellasciucca967 No thanks Ill pass

[@LevyHappyClapper]

Solus jerrycan looks great for recharging your iPhone ... where can I buy one ?

[@AutoExpertJC]

Jaycar.

[@saneman8147]

Never really liked your work or demeanour in the past John but your recent work and topics have totally turned me around. Now a huge fan.......just hit the subscribe. A huge thanks.

[@teardowndan5364]

Worrying about the wet towel hack being a shock hazard is silly as fast/super-chargers are intended to be used even under rainy conditions. The outer conductor in EV cables is a grounded shield for EMI and communications. Any moisture that gets in the cable will cause leakage current between conductors and ground. Both the EV and charger monitor residual current and terminate charging when leakage exceeds whatever threshold they are set at. Fast-chargers are likely safer than a GFCI outlet or RCD circuit since stuff plugged into those rarely has a grounded shield around their main conductors for fault current to go into when primary insulation fails. Fast-chargers being required to be this safe likely accounts for a fair chunk of the reason why they are so frequently out-of-order. Heat wise, the thermistor in the handle is there to monitor the contact pins for excessive heating from inadequate electrical contact. A towel outside the handle's plastic housing won't interfere with the thermistor's safety-critical function any more than a cold day would. All the towel does is shield the handle from external heat sources so the charger doesn't slow down due to external heat sources. The handle thermistor also isn't the only thermistor in the whole system that can trigger current limits. Tesla puts some near typical points of failure. IIRC, they also embed a few in the cable itself. If it is really too hot for the charger or wiring to safely push the current, the chargers have multiple other temperature sensors to make that call on.

[@sirifail4499]

I bet as a kid, you peed on the electric fence to prove nothing would happen!

[@t0msie]

You missed the biggest breakthrough of all, they made the electric Defender leak oil.

[@TXDude]

Kratos might have a better chance of success if it was merely a holder for AA batteries wired in parallel. I mean, the chances of the driver remembering to charge the Kratos every week after non-use are slim. More than likely, the Kratos actually will be needed, at which point the driver will slap his forehead as he realizes he forgot to keep the ****ing thing charged. Better that Kratos just accepts AA batteries. Next time you're stuck on the side of the road, just walk into the nearby grocer, or kiosk/convenience store, or even a pharmacy. They always have AA batteries. Just plug them into the Kratos and get yourself to the next charging station for you EV. Oh, yes, if you run out of juice in the bush, more than likely you have a torch or shaver or radio or something with AA batteries. So just use those to get you to the next grocer. 🙄

[@storkythepunk]

I suspect that the inventer's (?) of that EV Jerry Can didn't even take into account the reduction in range due to the extra weight of the Can.

[@lucadellasciucca967]

You don t know what you re saying. Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@zwerko]

They didn't invent anything, it's a non-working concept and as sound of an idea as those Waterseer and similar projects that are 'engineered' by a design studio.

[@piad2102]

CO2 neutral nukes. Net Zero tanks.

[@Knowbody42]

I think battery technology needs to be at least twice as good as it is now for EVs to actually compete properly with ICE cars. And hopefully remove the possibility of thermal runaway fires.

[@christiandisch8147]

Tusker fleet data on EV fires found that EVs are 20x less likely to catch fire compared to ICE cars. If Lithium batteries were so easy to go up in flames, our phones, tablets, electric razors, earbuds, Bluetooth speakers, headphones etc would all be on fire constantly!

[@user-xq6me6pd7q]

Scooter and bike fires are bound to increase as the batteries and the electronics deteriorate. If you were bright you would never buy one but I still get 48 and 72 volt bike batteries that are badly designed and terribly made to inspect and supposedly repair. I don't even take them in the workshop. They only get as far as a bench at the far end of the yard!

[@lucadellasciucca967]

ICE catches fire about 10 times more often then an EV. That s the worst it s gonna get of course. Termomanagement systems are only getting better. At this point it s not too inaccurate to say that Tesla don t catch on fire statistically speaking. Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@Ozcrazy49]

@@lucadellasciucca967 ICE fires 10 times easier to extinguish than BEV fires. Huh?

[@christiandisch8147]

Funny how everyone seems to be worried about EVs catching fire left right and center, despite EVs being upheld to the highest safety standards and the manufacturers knowing full when what a PR disaster it would be if their EVs spontaneously combust all the time. E-Bikes and scooters on the other hand are probably designed with a little bit less care and they are probably going to experience more mechanical shock during use (bike or scooter falling over, bumping into something etc), which can potentially damage the battery.

[@rodneyshea6816]

Brisbane council’s found the answer for the underground car park fire conundrum… build inner city apartment blocks with no car parks, problem solved!! 😂 sales spin on this is it’ll help with affordability of new units.

[@garycook8220]

And no place to charge...

[@christiandisch8147]

No no no, this being the government, it can very well promote EVs, but simultaneously ban them from parking underground or indoors.

[@phprofYT]

I cam here for the NordVPN commercial and stayed for the laughs. I am going to pitch a plan for our department to the administration next week ... electrification of the physics department.

[@georgeszilva1223]

Battery in a jerry can is even more a potential for fires 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@christiandisch8147]

Hey, what other devices use batteries but rarely catch fire?

[@jevgeniardassov]

One of this EV Jerry Cans contains probably 15% of the energy of 20L petrol jerry can even if we account for ICE efficiency of 40% and EV efficiency of 96%…

[@MrTewaka2]

Why use a wet towel when you could wee on the handle weeee zap hahaha

[@christiandisch8147]

Unfortunately your wee tends to separate into many individual droplets. Therefore it won't form a continuous conductive path.

[@andyarmstrong1175]

I wonder what the insurance cover on an e jerry can will be? 👍🇬🇧

[@rolfvonmega3658]

These examples are symptomatic of the emperor's new clothes applied to the golden age of bullshit. Keep up the fight john

[@lucadellasciucca967]

DO your research, invest in Tesla my guy. 60-80% of vehicles sold worldwide in 2028 will be EVs. Look at an adoption curve for once instead of listening to old people being old.

[@user-xq6me6pd7q]

Funny that battery to battery transfer requires that the source battery has a higher potential voltage than the destination. It is not the case that you can drain the source and put that power into the destination battery. They reach an equilibrium where both source and destination are the same so no matter how high a power rating of the source if its terminal voltage is not higher than the destination no current will flow. So we need to raise the source voltage with an inverter of some kind so add that to the weight but also the efficiency is critical as the waste in that process is going to cost you say 15% of the battery power. So it will be interesting to see if the Gerry Can battery can do more than run a radio let alone a vehicle. Imagine an electric tank. 40 tones in weight but that is now going to be say -8 tones for the removal of diesel engine then add in the new motors and then the batteries so lets say it is now 50 tones in total. Charging that will be a task!

[@theairstig9164]

I have a device that turns 18 volts in to 54 volts. I built it and use it as a range extender for my scooter. It’s science not magic

[@sirifail4499]

Please leave such engineering explanations to the real electrical engineers. Think of a simple “power bank”. It contains the same technology batteries (3.7V Lithium batteries) as those in your phone, yet somehow manages to get past “equilibrium” and transfer virtually all its power to you phone.

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

The Sydney Opera House car park is perfectly designed for an EV fire - I recommend a sluice connected to the harbour to allow significant brine to flood the car park - easy peasysolution - I'm sure the insurance world would embrace the idea.

[@Chris.Davies]

Who else wants to see an MGUY collab, to, you know, Hulk Smash Electric Jesus?

[@kradius2169]

... A truly Hegelian event: Antagonist vs Controlled Opposition

[@maxkendal5152]

Bit worried about this leccy jerrycan thingy. What happens if you don't put the cap on securely? Will it leak volts everywhere?

[@13699111]

Good one

[@picobyte]

With your every vid I want more to fly to you Aussie land.. I like realism.

[@sabrekat7904]

Trafford shopping centre Manchester UK.Went there on a tuesday morning last week and was amazed at how packed the car park was only to realise that the outercar parks as you drive in contained only new tesla's.Apparentley there is a 12 month lease in place to park unsold Tesla's at the shopping mall.

[@ivortoad]

..and there's no risk of their wheels being nicked as they probably won't fit on anything else.

[@JPFalcononor]

The new ad for Tesla: "We help cure the obesity problem by taking a pound of flesh from every satisfied Tesla owner.

[@grahammcgrath6453]

Well done on another well researched and relevant story on the issues surrounding EV’s. Perhaps we should put the politicians on the front line like we are and see if that changes their minds?

[@oliw5963]

How about an EV Tank, T72 abuses 400 Litres of Diesel per 100 kilometers, equivalent to 2000 kwh battery pack weighing in at 20 tons, BUT T72 has 500 kilometers of range hence to his 1500 litre diesel Tank, so same battery would rather weigh more like 100 tons, ONE HUNDRED TONS of battery for a single battle tank, GAME OVER, q.e.d.

[@54macdog]

Yep. Looking forward to the Tesla tank and the Tesla aircraft carrier.

[@YouShouldThink4Yourself]

The whole idea of electric army vehicles is ludicrous. One AP round in the right place (and a battery that large means just about anywhere) and poof! the old WWII footages of Tank Brew Ups would pale in comparison.

[@oliw5963]

@@YouShouldThink4YourselfThere is one thing even worse to me in that mindset. STOP that man kills man shit, and don't think about "what if we can kill other man with no environmental impact from gas engine". How psycho is that mindset "we killed them, but hey, with EV powered tanks". And this means it was ok then to kill?😂

[@railtrolley]

​@@YouShouldThink4Yourselfthe ww2 Sherman tank was supposedly nick-named the Ronson - after the famous cigarette lighter. "Lights up every time"

[@lucadellasciucca967]

Tanks are old tech to begin with. Do your research, invest in Tesla.

[@CCARL11]

Point number 7 is very important, it's a tragedy ready to happen and when it does it has the potential to end the EV rollout. Hospitals are trying to limit EV in their underground parking lots that are under patient dwellings and are being forced to go against fire depts cautionary advice and let EVs park there. Wonder what politicians will do if one of these runaway EV fires leads to a few hundred casualties of the patients that aren't able to be evacuated in time.

[@voxac30withstrat]

Interesting. Who is forcing them?

[@JimboJones-qn4wd]

8:30 - I can't wait to see sales figures at ZERO! You would have to be some REALLY SPECIAL TYPE OF TOOL TO BE SEEN DRIVING AROUND IN THIS SHIT BOX!!!

[@retrozmachine1189]

I'd say Cybertruck chop-it-off testers might consider putting their head in the pinch too, but I think the merchant would be rather disappointed when it turns out the contents does not give the pound of flesh demanded.

[@bill-nolastnamesupplied-958]

If you look closely the contract does not include the associated blood either. Two disappointments in one day.

[@leighcouper4594]

Oh, and considering all the cable cut EV charging stations around the place the war mongers won't even make it to a Battlefield.

[@D0zer122]

22:42 I’ve worked as a fire engineer, and man this is going to be ‘fun’ when you approach a client and say that you cannot have ANY open plan living (BS9991) and have each room enclosed with a self-closing fire door rated to 120min fire resistance…add 120min rates walls and seals and HVAC fire dampers, you name it. Add some automatic water fire suppression system?!?!?! Wonder what a one bed apartment would cost then? No those utility rooms: maybe throw in smoke ventilation and then also polishing the gases to be safer to exhaust to atmosphere. It would be interesting to see an escape simulation done with said battery rate of heat release. Buildings will become more complex from a fire life safety perspective. Which client will pay for that? None! You will get sacked from the job.

[@KurterinoVD]

10 km with a 2kWh charge is VERY optimistic. According to a quick search, even very efficient EVs get about 4 km/kWh, which would net you 8kms at best. So probably less than 5 with a SUV as pictured...

[@christiandisch8147]

Regardless of the exact numbers, the range extension is laughable. I wouldn't ever lug around an extra 20 kg of spare battery just to have a few kilometers of extra range that I'll likely never need.

[@peterrech2307]

The whole concept of the electric Gerry can booster is like a dog chasing its tail, a road to nowhere.

[@bobbysenterprises3220]

But the dog is entertaining and the road to no where is just a disguised off ramp people with jeeps. It's how we get away from all the idiots

[@peterrech2307]

@@bobbysenterprises3220 I guess so.

[@christiandisch8147]

The only way for the "eCan" to work would be if it had 10x the energy density of current batteries. And then it would make more sense to cram these energy dense batteries into the floor of the car and use them as the primary energy source.

[@Lewis360]

Why people and especially ecomentalists obsess about EVs, there is something much efficient nd ecological public transport

[@adamwatson6916]

Because EVs are a huge profit opportunity. I stopped taking public transit because most poeple seem incapable of basic hygiene let alone get in a shower once a month . Them you the drug addicts the loud mouths the karrens the morbidly obese and on and on . I would rather stab myself in the eye then got another metro bus ..

[@paulgee6111]

The extra weight of the electric jerry can in the boot will increase the drain on the battery of course. The law of diminishing returns kicks in!

[@EddyWoon]

Thank you for sharing these very entertaining stories. LOL

[@MrFlazz99]

BYD - Burn Your Driveway - I shall have to remember that one. I needed a laugh, so cheers John! Reminded me of a doctored photo I saw back in 04-05 when Britain's favorite car maker finally collapsed under the piracy of the Phoenix Consortium - perfectly representing the name on the viking (pirate) ship badge as OVER.

[@offshoretinker]

Solar powered compressed air artillery?

[@techyMrB]

Probably called it Kratos because you'll be holding the bloody thing above your head, screaming at Zeus to strike you with lightning to charge it while in the middle of your electrified battlespace.

[@peternoakes4408]

It's only a matter of time before one of these stupid things is going to start a massive bush fire. They are of no help to the environment.

[@jamesaustralian9829]

Today, a Tesla (ACT plates) was doing 100 in a 110 (SA) so I overtaken it with a fully loaded 1 tonner, with a loaded trailer, then was having a great laugh on channel 40 with truckers wondering if they spent more time charging than driving around the nation. One of the truckies had mentioned this channel and loves how Elon Musk is called Space Karen

[@danstewart3894]

I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance whom is all in on EvS. He did not believe me. I suggested he do a little research and humiliate me. I don’t suspect he will.

[@robertmoffett3486]

There's a video from China in which 2 bystanders tried, and failed, to rescue a father and son from a crashed and burning "luxury" EV. What a horrible thing, all around

[@AK-tb7gt]

Mate I recommend you listen to fire fighters in countries like Germany and hear what they have to say today about EV related fire risks. They have debunked so much of the myths we hear from self-proclaimed experts here who have little to no experience dealing with this stuff. They’re ten+ years ahead of us. At the beginning they were extremely worried too. Nowadays they’re not, coz they know better.

[@christiandisch8147]

On top of that, if Lithium batteries were so damn dangerous, we wouldn't be putting them in virtually all of our devices. And mobile phones and laptops would explode and cause fires all the time!

[@franciscoshi1968]

You worry about OHS, in an industrial setting you would not be allowed to handle flamable liquids in the quantities required to fuel a vehicle without proper training, PPE and certification of competency. So how many people get training on refuelling a vehicle? I can assure you less than half of the people adding fuel at a petrol station know how to use a fire extinguisher, how about the non existing PPE? How often people spill carcinogenic materials on themselves while refuelling? And also having to breathe carcinogenic fumes with no breathing equipment? We had a 25lt drum of alcohol for cleaning and the amount of crap we had to go thru to let people use it was unbelievable and here we are letting people handle worse chemicals with no training whatsoever.

[@harrygatto]

Brilliant observations, 100% correct and the most entertaining content I've seen in a while. Thanks.

[@eddiel1538]

I am electronics technician 63 years old, I know lot about batteries. At the moment we have millions of acres of forests to filter the air poluted by petrol but what are we going to do with extremly toxic chemicals out of those batteries. Nobody talks about that.

[@theairstig9164]

Filter it out of the ground water

[@user-yh6xf3wl1h]

Just think of the fire when an AP round sets of the huge battery in your electric panzer!

[@mat1500]

Much more efficient that way to score a kill, no giant shaped charged explosive weapon needed then, so that's a green gain for sure, much later weapon needed also....

[@mattigower1479]

I really want to watch the guy with the wooden cyber truck charging it up. What a spectacular event when the battery lets go on full charge rate. You could sell tickets to that one.

[@christiandisch8147]

Because all lithium batteries explode when you charge them? Maybe take a look around and try to identify all the devices that you have that run on batteries, and then ask yourself how many of those caught fire recently... Or ever.

[@thebigw3377]

Glad you’re speaking up about these issues 👍 hoping we are at peak stupidity now and we can have return to common sense soon 🎉

[@TrevorChatwood]

Regarding the wet towel story. It's not a case of how many kilowatts of electricity that is available, it is more the charge voltage which is being run to the car. Only about 60 milliamperes would put most hearts into fibrillation and death. At say 900 volts charger voltage, the slightest crack in the insulation of the charger cord plus wet towel is a deadly combiation.

[@glenparker234]

I have a couple boxes about that size they’re about 2 times thicker than the one He’s showing. The new one I have puts out up to 2200 watts were off grid and a 20 pound pro pain tank will run this Champion device for around 4 to 5 hours a night for around 30 days because the sun doesn’t put out as much power as they say but this device does charge up our batteries so the lights and fridge’s and the phones stay charged all night. It will also operate for about 8 hours on a gallon of regular gasoline. One of these would be great for using with a EV it’s small and you could even use one while driving. I seen a video of a EV breaking down about a year ago a man and his wife stopped to help him he said he needed a gallon of gas they said but you have a EV how’s that going to work he opened the trunk took out a Honda generator and plugged it into his EV the couple gave him a gallon of gas and watch as the EV charged back up. I suppose we’re going to see a lot more of that in a few years or else gas and diesel vehicles in the future

[@Discoworx]

Cucumbers. Diesel v Ev. No toll roads. Same load. No subsidised fuelling. NOW it's a real comparison!

[@NOT_SURE..]

i found out yesterday that 7 passenger planes were destroyed in the US last year due to battery fires and they have 1 incident a month on average now.

[@loufaiella3354]

They could build in an auxiliary battery almost like VW did in the 40s. When you run low on electric motivation a light would remind you to switch on the "reserve" tank of electrons which would get you to the next (non working) recharge port.

[@anomamos9095]

I think the math of ten kilometres per can is a bit off. Charging efficiency aside you can’t get the full charge out of the external battery, at most you could get 90% unless you want it to nuke itself which it may very well do anyway with basically a dead short plugged into it. My math guestimates three kilometres per VSM can

[@AutoExpertJC]

I was striving for generosity.

[@anomamos9095]

The idea of a power pack would be ever so slightly less idiotic if it just plugged in an internal receptacle and powered the VSM directly. If so all VSMs should be fitted with such receptacles so that the various auto clubs could get the idiotic things moving off to get a Jesus fix.

[@andrewferguson843]

and the power density of 20 litres of diesel fuel is a lot higher than a lithium battery methinks...and who recharges them and returns them to base for charging etc....

[@ScottyPilot]

Hey John, another great dose of common sense, I know you like accuracy and its a small detail but AvGas is a piston aero gasoline, JETA is the Civil Aviation Turbine fuel, the Aus Military use AvTur which is JETA with a fuel system icing inhibitor. They can, and do use JETA when away from a military base. Our Joint Coalition Partners have a 'single fuel' policy, everything has to be able to run on a single fuel to limit the amount of fuel required to fight in theatre. So every generator, vehicle and aircraft will all run on whatever version of kero, JETA, AvTur or diesel that's trucked in. Keep up the mega work champion..!