EV Owners Extremely Mad as Broken EVs Are Not Worth Fixing (Costs are ASTRONOMICAL!)

[@the_best_car_content]

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[@jordancambridge4106]

Electric vehicles have been made for the last 150 years. They are not new. Its just that no one for the longest time was dumb enough to waste money on them. They actually were fully created before gas cars existed yet no one wanted to use them because of how dangerous they are.

[@jordancambridge4106]

Seeing as electric cars have been made sense 1860s and the batteries and motors that are in all electric vehicles was originally built in 1963 and they have had no real evolution to their advancements and they have not gotten cheaper in fact they have gotten more expensive they are in reality never going down in price in fact they will sky rocket until they are fully banned again. Here is a reality check. Electric vehicles are not legally classified as cars and trucks they are classified as novelties like a go cart or a golf cart or a dune buggy or a Zamboni.

[@johannjohann6523]

Because EV's Suck! Next the Environmentalists will want the U.S. Army to start using EV Tanks and trucks on the battlefield

[@johannjohann6523]

What's new is not being able to take out the battery pack, and install a freshly charged battery pack and 10 minutes later you are back on the road. That's how EV's worked in the 1920's in America. America had 10 Electric car manufacturers. And the batteries were in the trunk of under the hood. You didn't sit on them the batteries. You'd pull up to your friendly EV battery exchange station, and be back on your way in minutes. No different than what you do with a cordless drill.

[@johannjohann6523]

Battery technology hasn't changed much at all in a 125 years. The electric motors we use today are no different than the ones Tesla invented in the 1880's. But Tesla just didn't invent electric motors, he perfected them. And with the exception of a solid state voltage regulator, things like alternators haven't changed since Tesla's day. We are not getting the best available technology for cars. Period. It's being held back from the public. Like so many things are these days. Peace.

[@edwardadams7408]

I asked a new car dealer. What is the trad-in value of my electric vehicle? He told me there was a junkyard just right down the street.

[@gaiustacitus4242]

Did he also inform you that the junkyard won't charge more than $10,000 to take your EV?

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

The real problem here is the dealers, who don't think they make enough money off of EVs...

[@ranger178]

I was surprised someone said tesla did not offer them option to buy their vehicle coming off lease who wants a used electric car when it is just waiting to die from battery failure?

[@metricstormtrooper]

Yeah, like YOU even have an EV.

[@princeofkernow9875]

It getting to the point scarp yards will not even take EV's there have been a number of instances of entire yards burning down...they've got insurance costs too. The simple truth is EV's are dangerous to work on because of 800V and significant currents also, they are prone to damaged that cost if not impossible to repair and thirdly when they go wrong its in spectacular fashion.

[@auntbarbara5576]

The energy storage device in my 19 year old Toyota is it's gas tank. It has has ZERO wear in all these years of refilling it, it will never wear out. The car has had zero loss in range. And I refill it in about 62 seconds at the BP station. Works for me! 👍🏼

[@boogitybear2283]

Toyotas are the best!! Especially the 2000s!!

[@Edward-bq6bk]

Older Toyotas FTW! Paid off,rock solid reliability,and easy and quick repairs.

[@wlittleman]

We own a 1993 Toyota Land cruiser with 300,000 miles, a 2000 Toyota Land cruiser with 240,000 miles, and a 2004 350Z with 136,000 miles. We just got a Tesla MYP to offset the guilt from owning and driving the gas guzzlers. I hope the Tesla will last as long as these ICEs we still own.

[@7red7]

Your failing fuel filter says otherwise. I've owned three Yotas that needed them over time. No car is perfect None.

[@dennisdezarn5895]

Aunt Barb, do you have a push mower gas tank in your Toyota? Or does the BP squirt the gas into your tank at a dangerously fast speed?

[@johannjohann6523]

The people who are telling Americans to drive EV's, are not driving EV's themselves. Pure Hypocrisy.

[@dellawrence4323]

It's mostly virtue signalling leftists who buy these things and they are notoriously gullible.

[@SergLapin]

Driving EV. Not tesla. So what?

[@nyxline]

@@johannjohann6523 Biden Harris Newsome Pelosi All Similar

[@nyxline]

@@SergLapin Biden Harris Polosi Newsom Democrats

[@m.d.hofman4236]

EVs are a scam. If mankind wants to progress, we need to get rid of greed by passive money. Being a shareholder doing nothing should become something socially unacceptable. This form of business is a form of cannibalism. This leads to profit maximizing at the cost of a good product. Besides people who have sufficient means and the luxury of living life to the max have it easy to tell others what to do. Cars in general, if EVs or regular combustion engine cars are all equally bad for the environment, they facilitate the mobility of human destructiveness, so the environment can't hardly be the reason to buy an EV. So the most viable excuse to buy any specific car is an economic reason, so why buy that car. And EVs are NOT the smartest choice, because the battery technology is far from perfect and will never be perfected to the level of what we expect of durability, because of the passive money makers who are entitled lazy f*s that keep cannibalizing the very business they invested in, because what if everyone in the world has an everlasting product, you won't be able to sell more and therefore the entitled stakeholder will not have a source of income anymore. So the very same people that tell you to buy an EV, tell you this because they are limited to only make an income of leaching with their shares in EV company's and other tech companies, besides other shortcomings these people have, such as a moral or a consciousness and empathy, they are the main cause of the problems in the world. So the best they can do is tell you to buy their crappy product. Also fyi the electric car was the first well working and fast alternative of a self-propelled personal vehicle. But back then they forsaw the battery issue and the combustion engine won the race. And unfortunately that will stick around for a while, despite of the effectiveness of an Electric motor. The power source and energy density of the container is the challenge.

[@firedriver8367]

I had my car battery go dead in .y Toyota Highlander with a V6 gas engine. Called up AAA and they brought me a new battery with-in an hour and installed it with the purchase of the battery $185 dollars and I was back on the road. No EV for me !

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

$185 for a 12V lead acid battery? I think you got shafted... But they're using cell-phone (or better) batteries, now, and each car uses hundreds, or even thousands of the little buggers. There's a good reason why they're expensive...

[@HenkvanKesteren]

​@@WilliamPeterson-lk4kzActually, the story indicaties that it was $185 for the entire 4part package, part 1: bring New battery. Part 2: remove old battery. Part 3: install New battery. Part 4: dispositie of old battery. Maybe not such a bad deal after all..

[@Mezonator656]

Purchase a use model 3 tesla to save on gas and maintenance and 1 week later need a repair on electronic part. I had to wait a month for tesla appointment and it was 1600 to repair 😢 so much for my savings 😫 never paid 1600 on my gas car for any repair

[@robertanton1862]

@@HenkvanKesteren parts 2 & 3 are free if you're a member already

[@RichardZimmer-tx5pl]

@@Mezonator656: I feel your frustration. I had a 2013 VW Eos (same gas engine as Golf GTI). At 32K miles, the ABS sensor failed, and could only be replaced by dealer, as VW kept the codes for programing. My cost: $2,193. Ouch! More research told me I could expect more problems. No more European cars for me. My 2021 Hyundai Ioniq EV is quite reliable.

[@exploreandunravel5773]

Why does the Politicians and ministers don't drive or use EV cars ?

[@markrouse2416]

The same reason why Diane Feinstein recommended that people hole their shares while at the same time unloading thousands of shares during the meltdown of the stock market in 08.

[@phenogen8125]

The reason is you cannot armour up an EV and the inherent fast plasma bomb vulnerability can hardly be described as safe. What is really surprising is how these legitimized hidden in plain sight massively powerful fast acting dirty bombs have not been used by disaffected persons for sabotage..... or maybe they already have? Armoured vehicles are not readily apparent to most people so most people do not realise that they are extensively used by Puppeticians/BlackRock employees.

[@mikethespike7579]

Maybe they do drive EVs.

[@Ludak021]

You know all of them?

[@mikethespike7579]

@@Ludak021 There is no reason to suggest that the percentage of politicians using EVs is lower than among th general public.

[@jasonbrown7258]

As a mechanic I wouldn't even allow an EV in my parking lot. I don't like the idea of them catching fire and taking out my shop. Hopefully the insurance will get so high that people will stop buying them.

[@G45H3R]

You do understand that the battery casing needs to be catastrophically compromised before a fire is likely, ya? I don't drive one personally but if I owned a home instead of rent an apartment where I can't set up a charger, I would consider it. You're just fearmongering.

[@carlmolander8499]

​@G45H3R if charging in garage I hope you have proper ventilation. Hydrogen build-up from charging can be catastrophic.

[@G45H3R]

That only happens if you use hydrogen fuel cells, which are only found on public fast chargers

[@aaronpark3987]

@@G45H3R A damaged casing dramatically increases the probability of a battery fire, but it’s not a requirement to have a fire. I wouldn’t trust charging one in my home. I also share the sentiment of not wanting a customer’s EV on my lot if it is in need of repairs. Who knows the condition and what level of liability coverage they have.

[@robertanton1862]

​@@G45H3R You do understand that there are thousands of electronic components in the make up of the controller and inverter in an EV? and only one of these need to fail for whatever reason, and they would stop monitoring and regulating the EV's battery, which in turn will overheat and ultimately blow up. now count how many electronic devices in your lifetime have stopped working, and that's how many times you would have burned in your dream Ev car FACT not fiction

[@SuperBartet]

In 1972 I started work a department store on the domestic electrical department. People would bring in their toasters for me to send away for repair. You would not dream of getting a faulty toaster repaired today, you would just buy a new one. And that is what EVs have become, just dump it and get a new one, not worth getting repaired. EV's are toasters.

[@real_exodus]

Swap the word 'toaster' with 'women'

[@SuperBartet]

@@real_exodus Had one of them once, sent it away for repair, but they just put her on Prozac that made her schizophrenia worse, had to get rid of her. So yes just not repairable.

[@real_exodus]

@@SuperBartet lol

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

They get repurposed (used as battery storage), or the batteries can be recycled...

[@SuperBartet]

@@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz A very tiny amount do, the rest is just polluting the planet.

[@JohnSmith-nj4zq]

Instead of saving the environment, it's destroying it at a faster rate.

[@Acemeistre]

How?

[@marsbearmcw3050]

So are the wind farms.

[@Acemeistre]

@@marsbearmcw3050 wind farms are worse than coal/gas?

[@lot2196]

Yes to both.

[@larrymoore8094]

Fact!

[@johannjohann6523]

My friend rented an EV for a family trip from Ohio to Florida. Normally 15 hour drive. But with the EV, he had to stop 5 times to charge, each time adding an hour or more to charge the vehicle. So it added over 5 more hours to the one way trip from Ohio to Florida. It took him over 20 hours to get to his destination in Florida. When a regular car could have pulled over twice to refuel 10 minutes each and made the entire trip on 3 tanks of fuel in 15 hours or less. That's a big difference. Also, what do you do with your kids while waiting an hour for the car to charge. I'm sure they love to get to enjoy that experience. lol

[@will7its]

The kids just stare at their phones.....lol

[@kristofferkling9567]

I have an EV6 and it takes roughly 20min to charge. Would never buy one myself though, it's through my company

[@ertwander]

As a european, i´m wondering why they didn´t went by train for such a long distance.

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

@@ertwander We have a lot less in the way of Train Tracks now, than we did back in the fifties. Eisenhower built us a near-Autobahn, and then the Gas companies started to pay Railroad Companies to tear up their tracks... :(

[@edwardcuevas6974]

@@ertwander Fifteen hours is not a "long distance". A stretch, but not long.

[@japfourme381]

People tried to tell them, the cost of batteries alone are virtually half the cost of the car in some instances, not only that they don’t hold their resale value, yet some still buy them!!

[@mossmiller]

The worst is the Hyundai Ionic 5, battery is around $50k.

[@kevincarter6001]

Virtue signaling is strong in the ev owners.

[@liberatetutemeexinferis5902]

Honestly, wtf were these people thinking when they bought these overpriced electric lemons?

[@cornfusedatbest3980]

@liberattutermeexinferis - Well, seeing how we've got a little less than half the country voting for Kamala, this shouldn't strike you as odd. Common sense is now a rare commodity. WTF, just making these turds is doing more harm to the environment than anything else. People are without a doubt, clueless.

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

First, they were thinking, and you are not. EVs now are cheaper than GasGuzzlers, and far more reliable. But the Gas companies have been spewing out anti-EV propaganda, because they want to stay in business awhile longer...

[@paulmasterson386]

They were obedient to the will of the party…

[@power4things]

They drank the Kool-Aid and made EV makers rich from overpriced golf carts ... and before the EV fanboys start the holy war, I have a BMW i3 but use it mostly in town and paid peanuts for a used one (that had a new battery).

[@twiston43]

Just following the posh fad...

[@JeTTRod]

Remember when cars had bumpers ? There was a law that said they had to sustain no damage for an 8 mph bump, now that same bump will cause thousands in damage.

[@1heavyelement]

cars still have bumpers. they are covered up by the plastic trim. they are called bumper covers. research before you ask a question.

[@JeTTRod]

@1heavyelement Than why can you not hit something at 5mph without causing $1500 damage ? ..it's because it does not have a bumper, it has a piece of plastic attached to the fenders/quarter panels, that damages those fenders/quarters at even the slightest touch, making them not bumpers. Think before you speak.

[@TexasRed59]

@@1heavyelement Tell that to the front grille!

[@RichardZimmer-tx5pl]

@@JeTTRod: You have a good point, but so does 1heavyelement. At some point, government regulations were relaxed to allow weight savings, so the 5 mph bumper became 2.5-mph bumpers. (correct me if my numbers are wrong.) Plus with all these jacked up trucks/SUVs overriding car bumpers, the damage is much more expensive.

[@CuttySX455]

Why are they mad ? They should be mad at themselves. They should've done some research before they purchase something so expensive

[@sammyjimsmith6100]

But they are progresive and know better

[@daleolson3506]

They can’t believe we aren’t as stupid as them.

[@TexasRed59]

@@sammyjimsmith6100 Must be another one of those liberal badges of virtue...........like masks!

[@70picker]

Liberal mindset for you

[@dukathneu]

Whoever was convincing the people, that to solve the environment problems you just need to buy more cars, is evil sales Genius.

[@will7its]

There is a sucker born every minute.....

[@davebrown6552]

The insanely stupid part is that CO2 is GREAT for the environment, it cannot cause significant warming (the maximum effect CO2 could have had since the beginning of the industrial revolution is 0.4 degrees of warming, to get another 0.4 degrees of CO2 driven warming levels would need to reach 650ppm. The greatest effect CO2 has had has been in doubling 3rd world crop yields over the last 50 years (1st world yields have quadrupled thanks the added benefit of fertilizers and better seed weed and pest controls that are not available to 3rd world farmers). The climate is controlled by the Sun which is why the planet has gone through multiple warm periods and cold periods when the CO2 levels did not change. The long term correlation between temperature and CO2 is because the oceans dump CO2 into the atmosphere as they warm and absorb it when they cool. Over the last 60 million years no level of CO2 (up to 2000ppm) has ever caused warming or prevented the planet from cooling. It is mostly thanks to the recent rise in CO2 that the planet is able to feed 8 billion people when it could not feed 4 billion people 50 years ago when there was an average of 1 million famine deaths per year. CO2 is the Greenest gas on the planet, below 150ppm there would not be any 'green' at all and eventually no other life either. The planet's ability to support biomass is proportional to the level of CO2 in the atmosphere.

[@jamielpatterson2576]

@@davebrown6552 Those who scream about the CO2 being too high, don't mention the fact that plants need a certain level to exist. CO2 levels can't be too high or too low, or the plants can't survive. Plus, if all those screaming about the high levels of CO2 actually knew what they were talking about, they'd be screaming for harvested forests to be replanted and would be screaming to have a ban placed on burning jungles to clear the land for planting. In essence, the more green that grows, the lower the CO2 levels.

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

Fewer cars, more efficient cars, and fewer fuel trucks, not only save the environment, but also the power grid. I know, if you haven't read anything about them in the last 2 or 3 years, you're surprised...

[@davebrown6552]

@@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz Fewer cars is not really that good for the environment. The planet's ability to support biomass is proportional to the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. Less CO2 equals less life. Below 150ppm plants cannot reproduce so no green and eventually no life. and the climate would be just 1 degree cooler.

[@ghostring3624]

There are KZbin channels based on taking an old ICE vehicle that’s been abandoned in a farm somewhere for years and a man with some basic tools and a little fuel can bring it back to life. You can’t do that with EVs.

[@myfavoritecolorisrage]

True

[@doublem6027]

Facts

[@tigerphid9677]

I bought a used gas-powered 2013 Hyundai Sonata in 2019 with 75,000 miles on it. Since then I have driven the car 35,000 miles and have spent about $1,400 on repairs outside of the usual brake shoes, tires, etc.

[@cmwHisArtist]

Not only does your car insurance double but if you charge it in your attached garage so does your home insurance.

[@Zinkyeal]

Don't forget the electricity bill goes way up to if you charge it at home.

[@jjk2one]

@@Zinkyeal The hydrogen cars will make everyone's electric bills go up to pay for the corporations money grab, pork barrell, hydrogen car scam.

[@josephstolar-nz8vu]

Your buying your own,comacozies, or self destructive device,or one of those newbody suicide, pods.

[@RichardZimmer-tx5pl]

@@Zinkyeal: My car insurance did NOT double, and no effect on my house insurance. As for electricity, I pay an average of $40 per month more as a result for charging my car, which replaced what would have been $160/month at gas stations.

[@drewdevon2009]

@@cmwHisArtist not really. i dont know if youve noticed or heard, but car insurance for everyone has gone up an average of 40 to 50 percent in the last 3 years. this is because everyone is paying for the added cost of EVs regardless of whether you drive one or not.

[@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259]

Once junkyards are filled with ev's, junk ev's will be worth less than zero. This could get interesting...

[@bobcranston3414]

Yep, they'll end up having to pay the scrapyard to take it away.

[@ziggyhogan7560]

You cant even just chop them or leave them sitting as if ine battery goes every single thing around will burn before they can get it out. Look up video of them on fire. They can be fully submerged under water and still burn. Making just dealing with it extremely expensive in countries with safety standards. I do like them having been in a few but until batteries last 20 years with 1000 mile range per 30 min charge and have a little bit better safety and parts come down not worth buying ill stick to my 2004 camery with only 100000 miles on it thats only 5000 miles a year on average i bought it in 2020 for 4000$ one old owner had 85000 on it then. Its actually gone up in value i love toyota they just keep going.

[@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259]

@ziggyhogan7560 I would expect the battery has to be removed once an ev arrives to the wrecking yard, certainly cannot crush them.. Same goes for ice vehicles, fuel/oil/refrigerant/fluids... Salabe parts are picked off then in the crusher then later go through a shredder? I've heard plastic recycling doesn't really happen, so any of that goes to landfill? If your Toyota doesn't become unsafe due to rust and you take good care of it (transmission fluid/filter/engine oil, timing belt, etc), there's no reason to believe it won't make it past 300k miles, most them are known to be capable of this. I had 260k on my 2000 Buick and going strong until it caught fire and burned down due to a fuel leak under the hood. I really miss that car, it was getting awfully rusty underneath, though.

[@Dannysoutherner]

EV cars are a scam. People are slowly figuring that out.

[@hubertwalters4300]

With all of the info available about ev's they shouldn't be figuring it out slowly, then should already know this.

[@hubertwalters4300]

With all of the info available about ev's they shouldn't be figuring this out slowly, they should already know this.

[@keithbenson2627]

There are a lot of Stupid people in this world !

[@Knightmare919]

Fun Fact: The largest auto market in the world china has on the EV's most ice vehicles have been phased out. Foreign automakers are having a bad time trying to fight a price war Against local manufacturers

[@MartinX192]

What they're not telling you is. China's " booming" ev market is because the ccp is buying them. No one wants them What's worse is they are abandoning them in giant fields of evs to rot. It's all fake man, EVs have zero demand outside some fringe group of wishful thinkers and government propaganda

[@jospehkennedy7479]

26000 dollars for the car and 33000 for a battery after 12000 miles from Mercedes they don’t want to fix them

[@craigclermond8001]

Democrat logic is very short term. Buy an EV to save 1000 a year in gas, get hit with 15k repair bill same year.

[@FordManiac76]

Not mention EVs suck in cold weather! The power grids are insufficient and prone to failure! As well a lot of power in the grid is generated using coal and natural gas!!

[@gamtax]

I heard that last summer, California prohibits EV owners to charge their EVs during daylight to avoid grid overcapacity.

[@Katrina-mx2sf]

And wood pellets, from live trees

[@marktwain2053]

95% of electrical production is "Fossil" fuels.

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

Speaking of propaganda... People living in the Mountains in Norway LOVE their EVs, almost to the point where they won't buy Gas Guzzlers. The Grid (now) is supported by EV usage and home Solar Cells. Coal and Natural Gas are nearly dead, and those still left can see the writing on the wall...

[@nyxline]

@@FordManiac76 90% of Tesla driving in Chicago Winters Die the other 10% Stay Home, You'll Need Triple AAA or Tow trucks driving in Winters , EV's Owners Are Braindead In Winters Like Their EV's Batteries 😂😂😂

[@stephensalt6787]

I believe that when a battery swap is undertaken the workshop has to be emptied of vehicles and only two technicians working on the car are allowed in the building, imagine the cost of closing the workshop to allow one car to be worked on.

[@DavidNotSolomon]

What happens to the old batteries? Toxic waste

[@stephensalt6787]

@@DavidNotSolomon the batteries are replaced in the delivery packaging and “returned to the manufacturer” allegedly.

[@Barry-l1x]

Why

[@tid418]

Every time an EV catches fire on the road, that road has to be closed while firefighters fight the fire. It can take hours to put out an EV fire, even if the firefighters are on scene within minutes. This will often mean major streets or freeways are closed for hours on end. By contrast, most ICE vehicle fires are relatively easy to extinguish, and if the firefighters can get there quickly, they can catch it before it gets really big. Any road closure won't be an all-day affair as with the EVs. I am still waiting for that moment when an EV fire like the one in South Korea recently happens in a parking lot full of EVs. Every one of them has hundreds of cells, any of which could ignite at any time if there is a defect in a very thin and fragile membrane inside. It was damage to this membrane that caused the fires of the Galaxy Note phones some years ago (Note 5?), and it was caused by Samsung using a case that was very slightly too small for the battery. Just this little bit of pressure on the soft battery cell pouches caused the membrane to rupture when exposed to normal phone use. Any one of these hundreds of cells in any one of these cars could cause a short circuit, which of course causes a little spark. But this spark is inside the electrolyte, and that is highly flammable! You can see why they burn so easily. And worse, when these cells get hot, the lelectrolyte off-gasses, putting out large amounts of flammable gas under high pressure. The battery is in the bottom of the car, so the blowtorch like jets of flame eject downward out of the bottom of the car, hitting the parking lot surface, where they spread out in each direction... towards the other cars. If the next car over is an EV, that fire from the burning EV is shooting right under the battery of the non-burning EV, which then begins to burn as well. And so it goes, until the conflagration runs out of EVs to incinerate. If it takes firefighters hours to control one EV fire, they do not stand a chance against a bunch of EV fires in the same lot. The smoke is so toxic that they will probably have to evacuate the downwind area. The footage will be spectacular as the news helicopters fly around and capture it all live. If that happens, it will be like the Three Mile Island for EVs.

[@stephensalt6787]

@@tid418 Gun Wharf quays shopping centre in Portsmouth has a two floor underground car park, there are about 20 EV chargers right by the entrance and it’s a 2000 space park, someone hasn’t thought it through.

[@ImigrentfromMars]

Guy here hit a tree branch and it busted the battery so he went to the dealer and it cost more to replace the battery then to buy a new car, I think they are doing this so they can say the number of ev's sold is up, The battery was $62,000 vs a new car for $58,000. And you forgot tires cost more and you replace them more often so all that rubber left on the road and in the grass and eventually in the water when it rains, The down side for ev's being better for the planet is building up fast for the short time they have been on the road, Same with the new big trucks they will be burning through tires like crazy with the rules allowing them to carry more so they can keep up with normal trucks, Also one company said if they replace the fleet with EV's they will need the same power from the grid as a small city and that means every place they stop to charge needs to be set up for that massive power drain on each city, Then we have places with power out for days or weeks so these trucks will be stuck because you can't just drive in and refill it with another truck, EV's should be like golf cart's small with low miles so smaller battery and used in the city to do grocery trips and school runs or back and forth to work, $10,000 max and easy change battery pack for $1000 every 2 or 3 years is what's needed. Something small would be a great ev for most if they were built good and were $10k but they suck and cost to much. It's like me selling you a 10k gold chain for more than the price of a 24k gold chain, Almost like they don't want us buying these things also with the mpg and resale value of some cat's today you save money by not buying an EV

[@RobertGuidry-f3f]

Someone finaly noticed. The car ways more, you then have to buy stronger tires are the same one more often.

[@acemontoya5481]

EV'S SUCK!!!

[@Acemeistre]

sucking the market share of diesel and petrol that's for sure. 👍

[@nyxline]

​@@AcemeistreEV's makes less than 1%of All Vehicles in the US😂😂😂😂😂😂99.999% are Gas and diesel ⛽⛽⛽😞

[@Acemeistre]

@@nyxline yes, of all cars on the road BEVs are between 1 and 2 %, but if we look at new sales of cars BEVs are approaching 10% each month, which doesn't include PHEVs and HEVs that combined make the EV figure higher for cars, leaving ICE with just 81.7% of new car sales as of the month of June this year (probably less than that by now). of course if you look at all vehicles vans, buses and trucks are next, so % of EVs from those segments will bring that figure down lower still. so although growth is slow it's still slowly eroding away at ICE market share, so your figure of 99.999% is not correct. why panic tho? this is a transition and will take a while to switch. Enjoy your ICE for the next couple of decades and come back in 10-30 years when EVs are cheaper, better range, quicker charging and WAY more chargers. Have a nice day.

[@nyxline]

@@Acemeistre Why Are All EV'S Makers Going Broke, Tesla Layoffs Whole Factories 30,000 employees, Fisker Out Of Business, Lucid Broke Out of $$ Cash, Chinese EV'S Survive on Government money $$$, EV'S are on Welfare from governments 😂😂😂😂😂 EV'S Have to make their own money,No more Welfare For EV'S 🔥🔥🔥🚒🚒

[@nyxline]

​@@AcemeistreEV's are on Government Welfare, Tesla Received over $100million From Biden,Lucid is going Broke, Fisker Out Of Business,All Chinese EV's received Money $$$ From Communist Per Car Built, Let's Cut Welfare for EV'S Makers I'll Bet They'll All Go Out Of Business in 3 Years 😂😂😂😂😂 EV's are So Yahoo Bubble ready to Burst 🔥🔥🚒 Tesla Layoffs Whole Factories 30,000 Employees Already 😂😂😂

[@blito3wot]

the odd thing is most modern combustion engines and transmissions are becoming so complex under government requirement rules that fixing the engine themselves cost lots of money to fix with all the add on doodads.

[@botmoderator3405]

No rebuild, just swap out engine or transmission. Ev batteries on the other hand....🤔🤷

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

​​​@@botmoderator3405 Just swap out that $30,000 dollar battery. Which is more then it would cost to put in a brand new factory engine and transmission in most cars.

[@bobbadham261]

How many Govt officials have turned to EVs for their own transport I wonder??

[@crazysquirrel9425]

How many EV COP CARS do governments use in the USA? How many EV Hummers does the MILITARY use? How many EV TANKS does the military use? How many EV Helicopters does ANYONE use? How many EV FIRETRUCKS does anyone use? How many politicians use an EV aircraft? While battery replacement is expensive, the author did not include hazardous waste DISPOSAL fees in those numbers.

[@johannjohann6523]

Zero!

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

@@crazysquirrel9425 EVs make GREAT Cop Cars, but people are only just figuring that out, now. The Hummer wasn't much good with a Gas Engine, and Stellantis is shutting that production line down. The Military DID want to buy the Canoo EV, but the company directors took the cash and ran... Tanks are a bit heavy for Electric Engines, but lighter vehicles are being considered.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz EV's cannot be fixed in the field like ICE can. EV's have limited range and long recharge times. They are also susceptible to electronic failures on many fronts. Hummers were good with a gas engine but worked better if they used diesel. EV's stateside for military should be doable but never replace an ICE vehicle entirely. What happens when a cop is in pursuit of a mass shooter and their BATTERY dies? With ICE, someone can bring you some fuel or you can carry extra with you. I for one do not want silent cop cars. That would create a dangerous situation. Especially if you could not hear one coming along and a little kid walk out into the street. Especially when cops LOVE to speed needlessly. Of course, there is the EMP issue. NOTHING is truly EMP proof. Diesels can still work after an EMP. And what about when batteries expire? Cost to the taxpayers would be enormous. And those batteries will never last as long as civilian ones due to their use and abuse by cops. Battery replacement costs about as much as the value of the vehicle so no one will buy a 2nd hand one. I want cop cars LOUD so I can hear them in case I need some help. Cops do far too much espionage as it is. No need to make them silent killers.... Unless we have a personal remote off switch to shut their cars down when we want. Effective for a 2+ mile radius.

[@donaldoehl7690]

Buy an EV like I did! Booty- judge 😂

[@stevenbowman7766]

If the Gov want you to have something it is not going to be to your benefit , just theirs , and the con goes on ?

[@pauljanssen7594]

Remember if you own a new electric car make sure you have a good fire suit and practice escaping from the car as fast as you can. Maybe doing stunts where the car is still rolling you practice rolling out of the car.

[@TunaNoKetchup]

😂😂

[@res_ipsa-REX]

Remember if you own an ICE vehicle make sure you have a good fire suit and practice escaping from the gas station as fast as you can after accidentially igniting a static electricity fire

[@TunaNoKetchup]

@@res_ipsa-REX boot licking for people who don't even know you exist is wild to me. Trash comeback to.

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

EVs catch fire far LESS often than Gas engine cars, and kill fewer people...

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

@@TunaNoKetchup So, Tuna, which oil companies are paying you to tell their lies?

[@ranger178]

I want simple cars that can be easily repaired in my driveway, and everyone has parts for them. my maintenance costs are almost nothing oil change, tires, battery and brakes, a couple hundred dollars a year on a gasoline car. a few hundred dollars for a major repair is less than one new car payment.

[@sissy1234hhh]

Please stop the sound effects, It is not a PC game!

[@sickntired553]

Yes Sir!

[@JA-zh5xi]

EVs should sell at half the cost of ice vehicles to account for the fact they are worse in every way. A Tesla model 3 should be half that of a Corolla.

[@gungadin406]

Not many EV will ever get to 400,000 miles. That surely must be a major part of the equation for sustainability to the environment, cost to the consumers and usage of our resources.

[@richardpetker4337]

And I still would not ever buy one!!

[@sonnyeastham]

Yaaa....video killed the radio star...but insurable risk killed the EV market 😊 (free-to-copy/print bumper stickers or tee shirts)

[@will7its]

Yaaaaay......☺

[@texasboy5117]

Now the news gets even better. The truth ofChinese EV’s is 0:12 now coming out. They have a life of 4 to 5 years.

[@dennisdickinson8337]

They're basically all Chinese like Tesla but some assembly here

[@riverlady982]

My current car is a 2008 and it was used when I got it, all I've had to do is general maintenance. You could never convince me to buy an electric car because I understand that when their battery is dead it's over or you're gonna pay at least half the price of that car or more to replace it. I have never and I plan to never take out a loan to buy any car.

[@g4do]

And they go into thermal runaway more frequently than other brands

[@Kakarot64.]

and keep in mind an EV causes so much environmental damage to manufacture that it'll need to be running regularly for roughly 10 years (without replacing the batteries) to break even with a ICE vehicle of similar build in terms of impact on the environment.

[@rumpoh8039]

DRIVE OVER BRANCH AND BATTERY IS WRITTEN OFF.

[@mossmiller]

Here in Texas that would be a curb, the parking lots here are loaded with them.

[@rickswineberg]

I will never ever own one.

[@bbrebozo6417]

Remember when EVs were just getting started, a plan to have easy battery swapping to eliminate the charging times was floated. It never happened. I think that’s because they knew a damaged battery pack was a fire hazard and didn’t want liability exposure in case of fire.

[@zoltanrudolf]

Outback Australia is where they will all go EVentually.

[@rosehillier271]

Mad Max style

[@jean-pierredeclemy7032]

Isn't that where the materials to make them are dug out of the ground? Genuine recycling!

[@rosehillier271]

@@jean-pierredeclemy7032 yep

[@JerryB-le8kk]

Allegedly, so many of the EV,s you see are either government employees or government assisted purchases!

[@Susan-j9z]

Allegedly!!

[@mickjr92]

rentals

[@lhr1701]

I have a Hybrid ( not the plug in type ) . I had it at the dealer over the weekend for service I asked to have the windshield wipers replaced ( I was being to lazy to do it myself ) . And the service writer said to me " let me get you a price on them first because they cost a lot more on an EV " . I told him BS I went on the internet and saw the price that the OEM's charge and told him that . Guess what I got the at that price . And why would the wipers be special anyway ?????

[@paulerickson1906]

The BIG picture is obvious. The government doesn't want average people owning or driving a vehicle any more. If you are mobile you are a problem for them to keep track of. Only the rich and connected will have this available to them. This was the way it was back before the 1950s. If you travelled you went by train and then at you're destination you stayed with family for whatever time you were there for. In many countries in Europe this is still the case. What people will do here with our massive distances to access anything is a big question.

[@will7its]

Stay home and eat bugs......

[@trashboat2000-tj3sd]

That's the plan. @paulerickson

[@Katrina-mx2sf]

Don't get why " they" worry about what " we" are doing.

[@sammyjimsmith6100]

Don't worry the government has an answer for U

[@Zinkyeal]

​@@Katrina-mx2sf because they love to control.

[@winstonfox4457]

E V s are grossly over priced with way too much unwanted equipment. They are excessively over weight and this cost lots of money to haul about. They are sooo expensive to repair if you can find anyone able to do the repairs. Glad to see even the rich are finding this out and dumping them. Good points ……………… can’t think of any!

[@gregvanpaassen]

EVs will only make sense when they are fully modular, including being able to swap out the battery. Oh, and make the brake disks out of stainless steel and figure out a way to stop the hydraulics seizing up from disuse. Who's going to buy a car that can't be insured against the big ticket costs?

[@Acemeistre]

So you'd like a Nio. nice. 👌

[@johannjohann6523]

The Big Ticket cost is just being able to buy the damn thing. lol

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

WHAT on Earth are you talking about? Hydraulics? EVs use regenerative braking, and put the energy generated back in your battery... no hydraulic fluid needed, and the brakes work better! And the guys building Cars with 'swapable' batteries are going out of business. How do you tell if that battery pack you just swapped for had any life left in it? Better to recycle the whole thing, or to just sell the pack 'used' to someone who wants to use it for storing extra Solar power...

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

@@Acemeistre They're the ones going out of business...

[@WilliamPeterson-lk4kz]

@@johannjohann6523 EVs are now cheaper than Gasguzzlers...

[@mike9132]

If you want to get the actual future depreciated value of a new EV just ask the salesman to show you a lease option. They may not want to do it because the numbers are probably pretty scary.

[@Frankthezenguy]

Am grateful my paid-for 2000 Tundra, still runs well.

[@wampuscat7433]

Yea, and my '99 Tacoma is doing just fine, also!

[@louisstennes3]

Don't kill the EV market. Where are all the 10 year old kids in Africa going to find work when they no longer can mine lithium and rare earth minerals needed to build the batteries? After all , you EV owners are saving the planet.

[@dimitriberozny3729]

One of my security officers had a problem with his hybrid Toyota Prius:his right rear wheel bearing was shot,and has a magneto built into it.The part was $2000 new,without labor. His mechanic was able to locate a used one for under $1000,and it ended up being a $1300 repair bill,magneto bearing and labor.

[@OIllllO]

@dimitriberozny3729 A wheel bearing for any of our vehicles is less than 100 bucks and I can install them myself.

[@rumpoh8039]

SCRAPPAGE FEE FOR EV OWNERS

[@tonyfair487]

And if they can't pay?

[@123457chevy]

The manufacturing process of EVs is not saving the environment.

[@sparrowbe4k802]

There's no mentions of whether EV faults also push up insurance premiums for ICE vehicles..... I mean - > that *_is_* kinda a principle of insurance?

[@artphotognh]

Absolutely they do. Why do you think the cost of insuring ICE cars is skyrocketing, far more than even the actual inflation rate?

[@grayson.c.estrada]

2018 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off Road owner here. Bulletproof reliability and very cheap to maintain. People who own them want a ride like mine. They're over it.

[@laurieharper1526]

There's another reason not to own an EV. They are not owner repairable. A competent home mechanic can address most common issues with ICE vehicles that don't require major facilities or tools. Not so with EVs. You need expensive diagnostic equipment (often exclusive to dealers) to even find out what is wrong. If you touch the wrong thing on an ICE vehicle, it's rarely a problem. Touch the wrong thing on an EV and, with around 500v on tap, you will be very dead.

[@t8polestarcyan22]

EVs have WAY LESS MOVING PARTS! They're way easier to maintain and after our servicing bill, they're also way cheaper to service. Down to the batteries, so far they're doing very well. That's because we're looking after them. For that they can last very long, even as long as 20 years unless you're stupid enough to use fast chargers "24/7". I'm still pro ICEs. The good thing about myself being total scepticism on EV is that they are way better than I've thought. Range is no longer a worry for EVs as long as I charge at home and commute around town. Also charging our EVs are way cheaper than refueling our ICE which indeed upset me!

[@OIllllO]

@t8polestarcyan22 Charging is only cheap because ice vehicles are still an option.

[@t8polestarcyan22]

@OIllllO Charging is cheaper because our fuel prices are ridiculously high! Thanks to fuel tax and oil price.

[@greathey1234]

A battery is a time bomb, if it doesn't spontaneously ignites it'll require a very very costly replacement one day

[@Satori-Automotive]

at this point there are many public and private garages that have banned any electric vehicle for that reason. i would not leave any battery driven vehicle near my house or garage. there is a reason why people in the RC world carry all their batterys in special metal containers that are fire proof. but somehow the batterys from real cars, that have 1000x the weight and power are totally safe? The lies are just disgusting and dangerous for people.

[@samshare2146]

If you can't afford the maintenance, you can't afford the car. BEVs are not that expensive to repair compared to modern ICE vehicles with similar tech. Most of the ridiculous quotes that have been reported are from either mechanics who are unfamiliar with the vehicle or are trying to price gouge an unsuspecting and unknowledgeable owner. "Minor" accidents are not so minor anymore for a lot of vehicles. ANY vehicle, including an ICE vehicle, that has the latest driver assist features is going to cost a ton of money to repair. My once had an Audi that needed the bumper removed to replace the starter motor. To take the bumper off, put it back on, and recalibrate the parking sensors cost an additional $1000. Just labor for the bumper was half the total $2k bill. My neighbor's Audi had a "minor" front collision. It looked like all it needed was bending back the slight dent in a fender and replacing the bumper because of a break/bend in the composite material. Initially a small crack in the headlamp wasn't noticed. The dealership quoted him $48k for the repair. He took it to an independent autobody shop and got it done for $20k. Why even $20k for a "minor fender bender"? Because in addition to the parking sensors, there was a radar module, and a bunch of other expensive modules/sensors in the bumper that had to be replaced and/or calibrated/recalibrated. Oh, and the kicker...the LED headlamp alone was $7500. ONE headlamp. Yeah, tech is not cheap. --- As for insurance, it again depends on the tech in the vehicle. Even ICE vehicles with lots of tech will have high insurance premiums. Most Tesla owners that I know of get their insurance from Tesla...which is often no more than a regular ICE vehicle. For that matter, my Mercedes EQS has the same premium as my Mercedes S-Class. Both of them basically have the same tech. So, again, it depends on the tech. --- Oh, but if you don't have an accident, then BEVs are way cheaper to own/operate. The biggest savings they give is TIME. Simply unplug, drive, come home and plug back in and the next day the car is fully fueled (charged) and ready to go another day. Not having to stop at gas stations to fuel up saves a ton of time.

[@robertkauffman8137]

Any new vehicle or model should not be owned. Smart buyers allow others to find the design defects and unknown operating shortfalls before jumping it. It's common sense, so no pity here!

[@jamesmartin7595]

Having worked as a marine electrician replacing battery’s on submarines there is no way I would ride in a car sitting on rows of batteries. Explosive.

[@dimitriberozny3729]

Some batteries on EV cars COST $15,000 + excluding labor!!

[@onetwo6039]

EVs are like phones or any other device that eventually become E-Waste.

[@Abner_Devereaux_Jr]

I would drive an old gasoline bucket before ever owning an EV lol.

[@truelies3690]

My paid for gasoline car still running after 26 years! No major problems. Just a bad small battery every 7 to 10 years and costs only $150 brand new with a 3 or 5 years free replacement. Try that with an EV!!!😮🤔😉😲😳😱😁🔋

[@Solitaire001]

From what I understand, the easiest way to reduce pollution is to continue to maintain and drive old vehicles. Much of the pollution a car generates is when it is manufactured.

[@Abner_Devereaux_Jr]

@Solitaire001 I agree. As far as I'm concerned, a gasoline car is a great investment that can last you many years. As the saying goes, take care of your car, and it will take care of you....except for EVs. 😂

[@JimRevell-ny4hw]

What is the cost to get rid of a unusable ev battery.

[@leepowell6754]

My commuter Saturn cost me $2k used and is still reliable at 23 years old with 245k miles behind it. No interest in a vehicle that has zero chance to match that.

[@larrymoore8094]

You should play the lottery. You are obviously very lucky.

[@kevinlatulippe6944]

Note your Saturn is mostly Honda mechanics that is why It's such a good vehicle

[@leepowell6754]

Just an ugly rumor probably from when GM had already started to flush Saturn down the crapper & put Honda engines in some Vues I think. Saturn Z platform with a Saturn l4.

[@leepowell6754]

Guess I was just "lucky" with the other 2. 2002 SL1 290,000 miles, 2002 SL2 340,000 miles. Hardly. But I am smart enough to check the oil from time to time for one thing. I've gotten plenty of parts off solid cars that have been killed off by poor maintenance including a nearly new set of Cooper CS5s all mounted & balanced just for me to come along & take them home for 80 bucks. Oh and the SL2 is still on the road, don't know what happened to the 290k car acter I swapped it forr the SL1.

[@minam330]

Replacing a bumper for an ICE is not cheap nowadays. It really depends on the brands and you can’t just generalize in that way.

[@DaveGreg100]

Trying to resuscitate technology abandoned over 100 years ago is folly. The same problems today are the same ones that led the industry to drop EV offerings by the early 20th Century. Price, range, charging, repairs. Okay in limited applications for some people. Inferior to ICE for the majority

[@stephentormey5361]

If you have that much money to throw away . . . Then you deserve to SCAMMED . A new E.V. every 4 years and receive just 20% ,most likely less of its original value as a trade in 😮

[@donaldcurtis9229]

That's right they failed over 100 years ago and they're failing today government BS

[@garypaul1033]

Relatively minor collisions where the car can still be driven normally are now seem to be written off more frequently not just on electric vehicles but on almost any modern car with modern safety equipment (like air bags and air bag sensors). -Is this because of concerns over possible future lawsuits if the air bags don't work properly? I have seen cars with scraped sides or minor rear damage drive directly to the repair shop without driving concerns (good alignment, all features working, no air bag replacement required because they never went off, and all doors opening and closing, etc.) Yet insurance looks at them & they are still frequently classified as totaled. So electric vehicles may be even worse in this respect, but lots of vehicles end up classified as totaled these days when they could have been repaired.

[@Cidanandas108]

Get w124 Mercedes benz

[@Mr.Serious72]

And brake down, the W124 is the worst old car I know. Lots of rust and elektrical failure. That MB could build car that are even worse, dosn't mean the W124 was any good.

[@zaskarclf]

It's like an iPhone on wheels. "My iPhone is broken and needs a new battery." - Genius Bar Employee, "That'll be $800." "Ah Shiz...I'll just get a new phone." I recently bought a all gas 2024 Camry....I still want to hear the engine and transmission go vroom vroom. 😊

[@ianstewart5297]

I have 3 electric cars and I thrash about , do lots of speeding and rebuild the vehicle's when I dent them 😁 Good old Scalalectrix.😂

[@raypitts4880]

i do that with my oo train big circuit and have races cant see ev 4ft 8 1/2 trains do that yea they can pull 20000 tons but batteries are not revenue earning load ho hum

[@SergLapin]

Broken EVs are no more frequent than ICE, which requires engine and transmission replacement. 2016 EV was in the shop twice to check brake fluid and replaced tires. Replaced 12v battery aftre 5 years, which is expected.

[@richardpierce342]

Don't buy any ev. No one can fix them locally. High insurance bills. Wait months for repairs. Batteries too expensive. Insurance will total your car because the battery cost is too high. Simple as that!

[@AW-zs8sv]

My friend has an EV for 5 years now, lives in Nevada with 110 degree weather , drives it every day ,takes trips to California and no problems. He just does recommended maintenance and it is all good. Still going strong.

[@KevinFrampton-h4v]

They're rubbish

[@tammyrobinson5249]

What most people don’t realize is these replacement batteries. They are actually refurbished. They take out good cells, package them in a battery housing and they sell you that rubbish. One guy in California had to replace 3 batteries in 15 months and he needed a fourth and just scrapped the car.

[@hmgc-slhq137]

This was easy to see coming...........hahahahaha

[@jasonbean5052]

This is the finest example of a solution in search of a problem.

[@JM21999]

EV garbage

[@timhammell394]

$10,000 CAD to fix a broken headlight on a Tesla X. Heard it from the driver.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

EV's are also fast, sports car fast, it's very easy to crash them.

[@vikingraider712]

I still can’t believe there is bad drivers who own them it’s terrifying

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

They are very heavy, that has many consequences

[@vendomnu]

​@@vikingraider712 It's especially scary going to the skip. Old people accelerating like crazy in an area meant for a crawling pace due to unpredictable pedestrians carrying stuff.

[@nyxline]

@@TheBonsaiZone Tesla is Like the Slowest vehicle in A California Freeway believe me, Tesla will change lanes slow, Merch slow Tesla is made for Gramma or Grandpa 😄

[@GeraldGardiner-tw8xo]

The local Chevy dealer will not accept used EV cars in trade. Can’t do anything with them. I’m sure he’s not alone. And many fire depts will not approach them when they light up unless people are in danger. BUT, it’s been claimed the combustion is so immediate and fierce that even one occupant getting out safely is in question. I have no idea if that’s true. I admit that.

[@Cosmo-t9k]

EV..... EXLODING VEHICLE

[@Car-crazy]

Lol, I like that

[@alexandermikhailov2481]

Remember 3D video blu rays, players and TVs in every store in 2014-2015? Where are they now? Same will happen to EVs, they are just a fad with no true value to consumers.

[@marc9089]

We new it was bollocks decades ago but you still bought them.!

[@adrianvisentin534]

I guess I'm so lucky that I'm still thrilled with my 2010 Tesla Roadster and 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The best cars I've ever owned. The industry is still VERY young.

[@stephentormey5361]

I have an old ICE car ,which I can maintain easily myself, nothing fancy but was a popular model at the time so parts are still available. No stress ,No monthly payments , No parking worries, No excessive insurance premiums, I can sleep at night not worrying if the garage will catch on fire overnight while the car is charging, tyres last twice as long and are much cheaper to buy and the list goes on . All this means I have more time for myself because I don't have to do overtime at work just to pay off the car .

[@henrycarlson7514]

So wise , Thank You

[@clive373]

I'm not giving up my horse. That petrol is dangerous, and so is electrickery.

[@BulletSpoung]

Resale value is a huge problem. Used EV buyers are like someone who prefers used cell phones. EV owners will tell you it's like driving a huge cell phone, but skip over that's is the same when you need to sell one. You're buying a huge used cell phone, outdated and unwonted. If the maker starts selling the same car you have but with a much better battery, you're stuck. Most dealers refuse to take EVs on trade because of the fire risk, or will offer you next to nothing then will take them to auction.

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

one reason is they had to buy alot of specialized equipment and training to service only a few vehicles, they are gonna soak those owners for years trying to justify the costs of start-up. Ford found their aluminum body panels cost about the same to make because the aluminum scrap was easy and cheap to recycle so there is little waste in manufacturing the panels and absorbing the cost difference between the alum and the steel.

[@k9killer221]

You just keep saying the exact same things in every video.

[@MattG-n2z]

So it’s the truth and a big deal.

[@idanceforpennies281]

@@MattG-n2z But most of us don't need to be told something 60 times in order to get it. Like you.

[@will7its]

@@idanceforpennies281 I would say most do.....

[@karlp8484]

Repeating the same things over and over, isn't just lazy thinking, it is how propaganda works. I want NEW data, not opinions and propaganda technique bullshit.

[@raypitts4880]

@@idanceforpennies281 trouble is telling the other 59 people so they know. how many times have you heard your dad tell the same story/joke to a new person go think

[@Ninnjette-]

I was looking for a new car, but instead I found a 2005 Hyundai with only 30,000 miles on it for $7000. I had to get it. I’m so glad I did that, instead of getting a new EV.

[@MichaelStewart-y3u]

10,000. 00 battery replacement. Not including labor. Or finding an experienced mechanic to even accept the job..

[@richardcheeseman6330]

find a mechanic outside the dealer that even has the tools and equipment or the tech to work on it.

[@timduggan1461]

I have been a radio control hobbyist since before I was a teenager. Quite a few years. Thing you learn early on is: Rechargeable batteries don't last forever. Every cycle of discharge/recharge lowers their lifespan. A new battery for a model airplane? $6-30 max. NOT $30,000!!!!

[@dave3657]

I will agree that EV’s are more simple mechanically than your typical ICE vehicle. But that doesn’t mean that it’s better. It just means the components are larger and costs more to replace when damaged.

[@JeffKantin]

Just like there are less moving parts in a glider compared to an airplane...but I'd still prefer to travel by airplane lol

[@arsyadidris6349]

I would argue that theres actly as many parts in a BEV as an ICE. Its just their parts are not moving. But they are chemically active parts😅

[@jianbinchen2881]

if ev is cheap to repair then hertz dont need to sell all ev they have.

[@vikingraider712]

And they don’t pay gas tax to fix roads from thier heavy evs

[@Tshegofatso......]

The biggest problem is that it takes relatively minor damages to total them and are astronomically expensive to fix. So you can imagine insurance companies' attitude towards these cars.

[@SteveRichfield]

Why aren't used parts (from wrecking yards) being used? Also, most batteries allow for individual cell replacement, and used cells are available from eBay. It sounds like something is badly broken in the used parts (including battery cells) supply line.

[@will7its]

@@Leaves-Fall-Gracefully Yeah thats why Im not a welder......lol

[@SteveRichfield]

@@Leaves-Fall-Gracefully it's only something new until it isn't. Diesel mechanics go through the same thing - learning how engines having no spark plugs work, what goes wrong, how to fix them, etc. However, I agree with you that battery repair is NOT for the DIY mechanic. This is a LOT like repairing air bag systems - VERY dangerous, unless you are super careful to take all of the safety precautions.

[@paulmasterson386]

If some of the cells fail replacing them will only be a temporary fix. Inevitably other cells will fail and you will be back to the beginning,just with a huge bill for removing and replacing the battery.

[@SteveRichfield]

@@paulmasterson386 As cells age, their Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) increases. However, cells with a little higher ESR then age faster, to further increase their ESR over other cells. Inexpensive ESR meters easily identify these weaker cells, so they can all be replaced with strong used cells. Some people scrap used batteries, measuring the ESRs of every cell, so you can purchase cells with ESRs that match your remaining cells, so everything dies at the same time. This one action might buy you another 20K or 30K miles. Nothing is permanent, but this repair buys a lot for its cost.

[@amazman977]

Class action sue EM.

[@eddie1330]

I'm in the Uk we have a Hyundai Kona EV one of the electric window switches stopped working the new part cost £850 unbelievable

[@knusern666]

Try autodoc next time, think I paid about 40 for one there

[@Sebastian-mu5yv]

No reason to rent up evs!! Snap out of it!🤦

[@evanswinford7165]

I live in San Francisco and there are A LOT of Tesla cars here. My AAA representative said I should up my coverage in case I had a wreck with an EV so I did. My $600 used Volvo B20 engine is still going after 40 years, unknown mileage.

[@dmcneil6113]

EV's, another great progressive idea. Now eat your bugs.

[@mikethebike6018]

I live in the UK and bought a Hyundai Kona hybrid with no warranty as accident repaired after being totaled.The gearbox failed and was quoted £8,000 plus extras,labour and VAT tax at 20%.Total £12,000 for a car i only paid £11,000.No one would put a second hand box in so i bought one for £600 plus £100 for oil and fitted it on my drive myself.