EV Cars: Sorting fact from myth? | Newstalk

[@VictorMaxol]

People will sell anything, shamelessly.

[@DarrenMac-yk2gd]

People sending them back and getting second hand diesels tells you all you need to know

[@karlhulme8014]

Take away fleet / commercial EV sales the number of sales is tiny. If the government has to bribe the public with discounts and make false claims about environmental benefits, it’s not a great product.

[@MrTAYTO1]

this ev guy didn't convince, hes about a vague as government .

[@user-rc4qh3lp7h]

Two neighbours of mine, one had a Range Rover Velar phev that caught fire while on change while he was asleep in townhouse above it. A narrow escape. Other neighbour had a Renault Zoe, which decided to switch itself off at 70mph on outside lane of motorway. Managed to get it to side of road and then it restarted. Later his mum drove it through a shop window at 15 mph because the car refused to turn or stop. One of the motors decided to do its own driving. They switch back to a petrol Corsa.

[@shamrockgerry]

What happens. If. The grid. Go's down ? And our police 🧑‍✈️🧑‍✈️🚔. Emergency service 🚨 🚒. 🚑. Vehicle s. Are Electric ⚡. Even Our Army 🪖

[@deniscarter6613]

There Bolloxed

[@AbcdEfgh-zp1sn]

You realise ireland imports it's fuel and generally only has a month ahead in supply

[@blue-tb6uv]

All it is sales tactics here … 2 year old id4 depreciated 50% tells you everything you need to know

[@markf4936]

I wonder who asked you to run this segment

[@pato10111]

They ran a segment a few months back that focused more on the negative impact of EVs for car dealers. Google it. Ashford Motors Newstalk.

[@noelcahill6707]

Look at the resale of them there a joke

[@laurenburke2891]

He mentioned second hand ones selling quickly but didn't actually talk about the depreciation...which everyone knows is way more than ICE. Doesn't mention how much it costs to use a fast charger. Thinks it's fine for European car manufacturers to go under just for cheaper cars

[@pato10111]

Used electric cars aren't worth much at the moment but neither are new ones. I changed my 3 year old ID4 for a new one and didn't loose any money as a new one is 10k cheaper than it was 3 years ago.

[@robby8958]

An utterly disingenuous interview. He knows full well he's lying regarding depreciation and the fact that electric cars are sitting on forecourts, months on end.

[@Daniel-k6u2h]

Look at the 2nd hand prices. Atm not many or any garages willing to fix or know how to fix ev cars. Apprenticeships of mechanics are not being tought how to fix ev's. In England its getting hard to insurance the cars.

[@Bistonounou123]

You need a for and against in this interview, Derek has a KZbin channel where he reviews electric cars only , so he will be biased to the electric car as he has an invested interest. I’m not saying he’s wrong in what he says but as an ex electric car owner - he references a lot of best case scenarios. This should be more balanced .

[@pato10111]

Look back a few months. The Newstalk interview with Ashford motors.

[@GreenOval_Adventurers]

A friend bought a brand new id4 I think for 65 65K within 18 months they sold it as it was not fit for purpose, I think it sold for 23K and they now have a Volvo xc90.

[@stealthirl]

On my 2nd EV and my next car will be another one. No regrets. Saving me over €200 a month on fuel alone compared to my last ICE. Been all over the country with very little issue. We just need more multi point hubs

[@GreenOval_Adventurers]

Hybrid is the best of both worlds at present. A mate has a brand new Range Rover hybrid, brilliant car in everyway.

[@niallf1054]

One of the biggest challenge with EV's is the lack of genuine knowledge amongst the public.

[@DarrenMac-yk2gd]

Lack of interest mate we don’t want to to fall for this electric car 💩 eventually self driving cars no thanks

[@josephbrophy8113]

He must have driven to Galway at 60kms an hour do it in winter and he wouldn't make it he's telling lie's he's either working for the government or he has a garage 😂😂 it's obvious he has a stake in EV's

[@obk1404]

If you watch his videos he does drive well below the speed limit. 90/100km per hr on the motorway. I have seen clips where he is being overtaken by HGV's

[@Ciaran334]

My Honda Accord did over 550miles per tank when new. At 14 years old it does 550miles per tank, no worries at all

[@Smellindamix]

Ok. You can see similar stories with the old Tesla's

[@JonnM]

This is one of the most disingenuous interviews I’ve heard in a long time. Ask anyone who’s purchased an EV car and they will disagree with virtually everything this guy has said. He didn’t answer the question regarding depreciation; he just said they sell slightly slower than conventional cars. What he didn’t say is that the depreciation is substantially higher. Also he mentioned Toyota once or twice. Toyota no longer build electric cars. They do build hybrid cars, but not fully electric cars.

[@eirejk7707]

Such conjecture. Nissan Leaf getting free fuel because of solar panels. Having a coffee while waiting on your fast charging to complete. Most garages do not have fast charging. Lots of electric cars are not capable of taking high wattage of charging. This is all very one sided and not realistic. There should have been two opposing opinions.

[@Joseph13163]

The range thing he said he had 70 km left when he arrived in Belmullet ,Belmullet is very remote and the next charging point is likely to be in ballina which is an hours drive away probably within the limit but you are cutting it very fine and much the same if we went south towards castlebar.Its cutting it very very fine,there could well be a charging point in crossmolina alright but more than likely it would be the bigger towns like ballina and castlebar.

[@Beartrap208]

He is definitely not telling the full picture. I have an EV and has big pluses for everyday use but the loss in value is just not worth it

[@DarrenMac-yk2gd]

Who seen the footage of the elderly in the electric cars crashing last week

[@deniscarter6613]

Waste of time and money

[@eamoman651]

Still wouldn't buy one..

[@Euripides_]

EV has saved me an absolute fortune over 5 years. Will never go back. People didn’t want to ditch the horse and cart either. We’ll all be in EVs in 20 years and nobody will remember these fears

[@TheIrishMegaphone]

If you say so!

[@shamrockgerry]

And grid down ⚡. What then ?

[@Joseph13163]

Very much doubt it if manufactureres are very keen on revycling the battery the resources in which to manufacture that battery must be scarce which they are

[@Euripides_]

@@Joseph13163 the batteries will be different but will still be an EV

[@Euripides_]

@@shamrockgerry the grid has never gone down. But if there’s a temporary power cut, just use solar or a public charger