EV Sales Have Strong Finish in 23...The End of Gas Cars?

EVs had strong sales in December of 23 even with cold temperatures and charger issues in large urban areas. Principal Bob does a parody of doom and gloom anti-EV KZbinrs with a spoof about the end of gas cars and why ICE cars are so bad...time to live like the Amish?

[@johncipolletti5611]

I'm sorry but EVs are not selling. I have ine but I am a tech person who can handle the problems. Unless EVs get more reliable and less expensive, sales will be down!

[@teekay_1]

Based on the sales figures for EVs, the rate of growth has dropped significantly (according to an article this week in the WSJ). It's beginning to look like EVs will top out at 5-7% of the total population of cars (at least in the US). In addition, US car makers have pulled back from EV production, since they are sensitive to EVs piling up on dealer lots.

[@SuperAti15]

Is Tesla a French car maker? Maybe Japanese? Do Tesla cars "pile up on dealer lots"? Do they "pull back from EV production"? Or is it just shitty but expensive EV "wannabe makers" that have hit the wall? Making EV sceptic crowd clap their hand in joy 😏

[@patrickweaver1105]

Sales are increasing rapidly in China but with a command economy it's not like they have much choice. Sales in the United States are stagnant at best declining for most manufacturers. In Europe they're mixed. Each market has different needs.

[@lkkim4488]

I won’t buy EV unless the prices are affordable and convenient to charge rapidly as filling a ICE cars. Also to replace a battery on a EV will cost you as much as buying another newEV. NO Thanks

[@rogerrussell9544]

Ha, haha haha, ha ha.... oh, You're serious?

[@BrianBrown-ym9ut]

Thanks Bob! When people tell me they don’t work in the cold I remind them than 90% of the new cars sold in Norway are EVs! I just bought a 2024 Ioniq 5 from Crossroads in Loveland. I live in Montana and they are shipping up here. Can’t wait to get it on the road!

[@electricprincipal543]

Let’s chat tomorrow. I will give you a call. What time works for you tomorrow?

[@BrianBrown-ym9ut]

@@electricprincipal543 I am not sure when the car will be here, but I love spend time talking after I have had some time drive for a few days and figure a few things out!

[@speteydog2260]

Well the cold sucks the life out of the battery and the heater does not work either. Have fun on all the money you spend. Lol

[@AB-jz9ns]

When I read responses like yours about how well EVs sell in Norway I make it a habit to ask WHY? Do you know why? There have been strong financial incentives for buying electric in Norway for a long time. Fossil fuel cars are heavily taxed, while purely electric cars aren't really taxed at all. Hybrids also have very favorable taxes. So in reality the Norwegians are buying EVs not because they are better for them but because their government heavily subsidizes them to do so.

[@jmanke6057]

Think I will get a EV but I worry far more about its pollution from battery after its life is over?

[@jmanke6057]

Elon give us a safe clean battery maybe one of your project will do the trick

[@williamrmitchell1960]

BULLCHIPS!

[@gcase08]

EVs are a stupid solution to a mythical problem.

[@electricprincipal543]

They’re also just fun to drive!

[@ImLivinSD]

Then answer me this in 2024 Where is the Charging Infrastructure for this Great EV Plan? Nuclear Power etc ? Doubling of the Power Generating ? Where is the "Lower cost of Ownership" for say out of warranty fixes as 50, 60 + K for such a simple vehicle (no engine no trans or rear end) is out of scale. Believe it or not People are just not that STUPID. I beleive the idea of the Electric Vehicle will happen. It's sexy to think of and appeals to most but...between Politics, Technology not ready, No Regulation safety features, and the various Inferno Fires all over the Media. I can see why most lazy Americans are not interested at this time. Then there is the insane push of lies to the Public to make the EV out to be = to that of ICE which is just not True. I like you am older and myself I don't feel that all the rediclous bells and whistles are needed and do nothing but jack up the prices. I get it High End Expensive Vehicles are more profitable....but what happens after the warranty ....if just one sensor fails, an accident happens or god forbid your battery starts failing you have a DEADHORSE situation. You will have to pay some one to take it off your hands for recycleing. Where our current Smelly Stinky Gas Guzzeling ICE vehicles I can fix my self. Again I like the idea of the EV but BOY we are just NOT Ready ! POOR Planning ! Don't know why after Tesla worked for over 10 years to put in all his chargers the US Govt Ford, Chev etc does not see that the Infrastructure has to be 1st, then everything else will catch up and fall in line. Where out Govt is always backwards....till all the voting public Screams at them. Then they tax us even more and more and more till it finally happens.

[@teekay_1]

It's not being _lazy_ ; that's simply an excuse for people not wanting to move away from a technology that is highly developed, and actually quite reliable and good at getting them where they're going with little or no fuss. Right now the focus for EV owners is always about when to charge next, how will the car react to cold, will there be charging infrastructure, being careful not to not charge to more than 90% nor let the charge fall below 10%. And the constant drumbeat of _I just charge at home_ isn't helping. Not everybody lives in a house with a driveway, and frankly people don't want to hook up wires to their car when they get home at the end of the day.

[@Doomzdayxx]

no...

[@endeavortrikes]

I can't believe how great it is to own an EV. No maintenance no breakdowns and I drive for less than $100 a year. Gas is dead

[@speteydog2260]

Lol ok you must go 3 miles between home and work. I had to drive 500 miles to college and back several times a year. EVs are not realistic …

[@endeavortrikes]

@@speteydog2260 I use it for chasing around town its the best. Don't you own 2 cars? I own 3 and each has uts place. Most people don't understand 99% of your driving is ev realistic

[@speteydog2260]

@@endeavortrikes no listen to “mguy Australia“ KZbin. He does a great job explaining. I have 2 gas guzzlers and love them. One is big for carting a lot of people/goods. The other is a sport car.

[@anthonybarnes5555]

Wld never buy ev, not for me. Manufacturies are forced to make evs, given a choice without goverment interference the ev market wld be dead.

[@barryw9473]

But some really smart guy at Toyota said 30% market share is the limit for BEVs. 😂 Guess he’s never heard of Norway.

[@SuperAti15]

I guess he's "that one grandson of the legendary Toyota founder that can never be wrong" 😅 So when he's talking nonsense for years I guess reality has to comply with him. Or at least that's what they're counting on in Toyota apparently 🤣

[@real100talk5]

Norway is only slightly larger than New Mexico, the United States is much larger and much more spread out where EV's do not make sense to use. Alaska is 5x bigger and EV's will never even be 30% there.

[@barryw9473]

@@real100talk5 how much are you willing to bet? CA is a very large state yet EVs hit 25% last year. In Alaska most people live in a house, the perfect use case for overnight charging. When EVs are cheaper than paying for gas, Everyone will use them. Coming to towns in Alaska very soon.

[@real100talk5]

@@barryw9473bet everything. lol now compare California temperatures to Alaska temperatures. Out in the Yukon they can let a diesel engine sit for decades under feet of snow and fire it straight up. They need that to survive, The only reason life is possible out there is gasoline engines. EV's only makes sense if you live in Anchorage and don't plan on driving out of the city. In Alaska you can't choose between heat and range you need both.

[@barryw9473]

@@real100talk5 doesn’t matter. EVs will work just fine. Norway has proved it.

[@Hhbdr]

Are you nuts?

ShareThis with all of the naysayers

[@electricprincipal543]

Thanks! Please share on social media.

[@alanevanson4873]

your figures are so wrong. you are the propoganda site not the others.

[@tomcurrie8905]

bullshit

[@ConkysFlippinAdventures]

My gas car will never spontaneously explode. 😅🤣😂

[@NoCoverCharge]

I will never own one period ! They are not environmental sound !! No chance I’ll out my family in a car that can explode because the bottom battery case got dented

[@SuperAti15]

Thanks for stopping by especially to tell us about your phobias and false beliefs. Really appreciate that. But it would be more beneficiary for you if you tell it to a doctor instead. 👍

[@jeremypilot1015]

EV Sales actually tanked. All the major manufacturers have opted to switch to hybrid. EVs are fine for some folks but they will never replace ICE. ICEs are more economical, pollute less, weigh less, and will soon be powered by clean alternative fuels that will work with existing technology. Electric cars are disasters waiting to happen. When you ICE runs out of fuel you have a police officer with gas cans show up and you can top off. then stay warm for hours Unlike electric you'd have to bring a generator for each vehicle completely impractical.

[@electricprincipal543]

I hope you’re right about the future of ice cars. The rest of the information is from what source? No study has been done to show that electric cars pollute more than gas cars. That’s utter nonsense. Actual EV sales have not tanked. 25% of the sales at my dealership are EV those charts in the video are from real data. And we’re only talking about US sales and not including sales from around the world. Bu the way AAA already has trucks with generators built into them for the express purpose of giving energy to EVS. Norway, the fifth coldest country in the world and half the car sales are EV.s. Yup, as usual, we have screwed up building infrastructure in this country. However, we’ll catch up and EV will still be here for a long time until we come up with a magical solution for gas cars that we haven’t come up with in the past hundred years.

[@jeremypilot1015]

British study that was just done. Add to that the decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors all across the world without the infrastructure in place which we'll never be able to obtain true green energy that is all a pipe dream. Our best bet for increasing electricity production emission free is nuclear fission and fusion (if they ever get that figured out) Hydroelectric is great but too many rich liberal democrat elites trying to make money off of sight pollution products like windmills and solar panels.

[@teekay_1]

@@electricprincipal543 _no study has been done to show that electric cars pollute more than gas cars_ there was a study that said until you drive 70K miles in an EV there is no pollution advantage for EVs. Of course, you need to look at the methodology, so I can't vouch for that study.

[@MichaelDevlin-s8r]

No one who lives in a cold climate will buy an EV! Sorry but they suck.

[@RobertSmith-tq6mf]

This guy is clueless

[@pingpong9656]

EVs are an environmental disaster... absolute nightmare.

[@endeavortrikes]

That's funny 😅

[@georgewoodget271]

All you EV Evangelists Who think you're saving the planet 😂 Make sure your home owners Insurance policy is up to date. In case the EV catches fire while on the Charger and burns your house down to the ground while you're sleeping at night.

[@door2416]

What's a used EV worth out of warranty? Or even close to out of warranty. That's what is going to kill EVS. There are not enough suckers out there to buy all those cars.

[@jackl3336]

This guy is dead wrong.

[@calldeltosell]

Biased? LoL.😂

[@motleydude73]

Ford sold 567000 F-150s in 2023, double that of the Tesla Y. Gas cars are not going anywhere. For decades. Mine costs me $150 a year in servicing after 250000 trouble free kms. Thanks for the laugh. EVs really are the big joke though.

[@jmanke6057]

Who would think Amish are ahead of the curve. I want any practical vehicle I can afford let the best case win. However rules may have to ease on many of the ways we travel. After all isn’t free travel a right but who says how we travel? Buses aren’t working in place I live. Give us many choices

[@pilot876]

I want a ID4 PRO S

[@silo_fx3182]

"Strong Finish" Lol. The rate of uptake of EVs has tanked. Yes, still selling really, really slowly but the rate of uptake as halted. This video is a joke. EVs are dead and the overwhelming evidence is piling up. Go ahead and love your EV, they have their good points. You are more than welcome to own one and enjoy it. EVs are never going to work long term and the reality is starting to hit home to the wider population. With all the subsidies disappearing around the world, even politicians are starting to see their folly. No, EVs are not a great idea. They are an option for a small minority of wealthy people. We are all far better to get politicians and Eco-zealots out of the way and let science and research develop real long term solutions that will fit reality and not ideology.

[@crazytrain7114]

Considering yet another EV manufacturer has gone tits up ( Polaris, whatever) the cant get out of their own way in the snow ( ever follow a Tesla on a back road in a Freightliner?) And GM Ford and Hertz are trying selling off whatever inventory they have. This guy is a Muppet, no car I've ever owned has been sold with less than 250,000 miles on it. Still running, lol. My 4runner currently has 289000 miles. Still waiting for something to break.

[@electricprincipal543]

Have you ever driven an EV in the snow? All car dealers have inventory…Interest rates are high. Studebaker went out of business too…So did Duesenburg. They were good car companies. Can I still buy a new Pontiac?

[@crazytrain7114]

@@electricprincipal543 No Pontiacs, which is a shame that obama killed it with the bailout debacle. I loved my SSeI, which I traded for my 2 wd 4runner, lol. I drive a tractor trailer 300 mi. a night in Connecticut, so, yeah, Ive seen Teslas stuck on hills and whole foods, west Hartford parking lots. The owners are not smart enough to realize high mileage tires suck in the snow, they should go for the Michellins in winter, but those will vaporize under all that weight.

[@crazytrain7114]

As a practical matter, Dusenberg built great cars, but was not interested in building many, killing them off during the depression, and Studebakers Kelvinator division was much more profitable. The had some tremendous cars, but Chevy had the 210 and Ford had the Starliner to pull people into dealerships in the 50s, where Stude took a back seat.

[@rogerrussell9544]

@@crazytrain7114 Kelvinator was AMC, not Studebaker. But that aside, your point was accurate.

[@teekay_1]

@@electricprincipal543 _Studebaker went out of business too…So did Duesenburg. They were good car companies_ Good in what dimension? Companies that deliver what customers want tend to stay in business. It's like arguing Betamax was better than VHS. Well, not according to the customers, they chose VHS for completely logical reasons.

[@itsr7studio]

Electric cars are still relatively new, especially in the U.S. when compared to ICE vehicles. It makes sense that manufacturers are learning what the market wants and combining it with available technology. Speaking of tech, I am looking forward to test riding the new VW ID4! This might be the year we add an EV to the family