I have 6 electric cars, never had any problems - they all run around on a track in my loft when the grandchildren are here.
@chevalsauer8 ай бұрын
Right alongside the electric train set right 😂😆
@cornishhh8 ай бұрын
The acceptable face of EV.
@briankavanagh71918 ай бұрын
Be careful having an EV in your house might go on fire and destroy the whole house.
@hansemannluchter6438 ай бұрын
Scalextric FTW!!
@canadiandad8888 ай бұрын
Ha... that was a good one😂
@the_forbinproject27778 ай бұрын
As you report - its not about keeping cars - its about removing them altogether . The greens have an absolute hatred for cars ( and motor bikes too , thats becoming an issue ). EVs will ,in the end, bankrupt car companies but thats to the good, Oh thinking of having a latte whilst your EV charges? - coffee is in their cross hairs too! Soon it will be the same as the 1920's except the call will not be "useless eaters " but " useless breathers" , remember a human emits about a 1/2 cars worth of CO2 per year , you have been warned.
@andrewb85488 ай бұрын
Florida roads absolutely eat tires. 75,000 miles in New Hampshire was 45,000 in Florida. 2 sets of exact same tires on 1 truck.
@aloud97388 ай бұрын
Lol i like this guy a sane voice in all this EV madness. Vroom vroom.
@48Ballen8 ай бұрын
ALL TRUE!!!The Rivian burns through $500 tires in 5000 miles. Rivian wants the owners to rotate the tires regularly so the wear warranty is invoked and the owner get the financial help from the tire company. How long before the tire manufacturer figures this out and cancels all the warranties??????
@totalchaos1976Ай бұрын
theses ppl wont be happy until youre walking just as bad as those stop oil donuts
@TheGuruStud8 ай бұрын
Over 20K mi and my 55 dollar tires (ebay deal) still have 8/32. I don't drive it easy, but AWD helps on this beater infiniti.
@AppleyardAndy8 ай бұрын
The problem isn't that issues weren't forseen. They were forseen by every NORMAL person on the planet. Unfortunately the pillocks in charge are far from normal. Hope for the best and plan for the worst is supposed to be the way to go not hope for the best and plan for sod all.
@formernorcal25308 ай бұрын
Weight and torque = tire wear
@bunion85798 ай бұрын
....so by extension extra brake wear too?
@AndrewTSq8 ай бұрын
This was in swedish test also some months ago. The price of tires is around what you pay for gasolin for your ice per km lol.
@naturereporter27198 ай бұрын
I am going back to horses. I will have to deal with less horse shit this way...
@dbolt65438 ай бұрын
My city has some E-Buses and one of the drivers told me they accelerate like a bat out of hell even after they were detuned to make them accelerate more slowly. He said they would originally send passengers flying.
@matt.6048 ай бұрын
I was on an electric double decker London bus and the driver had a very heavy foot. It was a bit nauseating and probably dangerous for the elderly on that bus.
@markknister62728 ай бұрын
EV Volvo tires are +$500US each. $15-2000 every 7k miles…😮😵💫
@icabod33748 ай бұрын
That would be like replacing your tires every time you have an oil change on an ICE vehicle.
@supernova7438 ай бұрын
These guys are driving luxury vehicles and being told theyre saving the world. They have no common sense. All that extra torque and weight is sacrificing their tires. Now theyre surprised they need to change the tires more often.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes mate if you see my comment as I have said all along apart from all of the obvious issues with these obscenities the tyres are far more polluting than the "normal" tyres we put on our ICE vehicles.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
You change your oil every 5000-7000 miles in an ice car. Tyres on a Tesla need to be changed every 30,000-50,000 miles based on normal usage. Which is a fraction higher than an ICE car. There is a reason why this guy wasn’t actually quoting numbers. Because it’s just nonesense.
@brucesimpson85798 ай бұрын
Are you saying we shouldn't be doing that? LOL
@killmozzies8 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 There is this thing called Google. Your info is way off. Tesla Plaid, needs tyres every 8,000kl
@JoeBManco8 ай бұрын
EVs was never about the environment.
@MrThatnativeguy8 ай бұрын
What is it about then?
@ihavenonamek7338 ай бұрын
@@MrThatnativeguyit was always about control.
@JoeBManco8 ай бұрын
@@MrThatnativeguy Control, power, and money.
@JoeBManco8 ай бұрын
@@Acemeistre Who's crying? Just pointing out the obvious.
@secondchance66038 ай бұрын
When it comes to the whole, 'saving the planet': "An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie." - Aldous Huxley (Brave New World)
@toupac31958 ай бұрын
The EV graveyards in China are mind blowing. They are all new and registered.
@neilwalker86868 ай бұрын
That’s where the high sales numbers come from, but it’s a lie just like everything else.
@Troy-McLore8 ай бұрын
If it is registered then it counts as a sale, even if it has actually been sold or not
@henrys.68648 ай бұрын
Ghost cities now ghost cars and more than likely china's ghost economy.
@Thyalwaysseek8 ай бұрын
Artificially inflating their popularity.
@mikepxg64068 ай бұрын
Too many Chinese.....
@mchume658 ай бұрын
Since road wear was mentioned, most roads and parking lots are made of asphalt. The key ingredient of asphalt is bitumen. Bitumen is a petroleum product, a fossil fuel if you will. So, EVs are wearing out roads and parking lots faster, thus more bitumen will be needed. Not exactly leading to Net Zero.
@alleyoop51858 ай бұрын
And the tyres themselves are made of petroleum! Lol
@robertkubrick37388 ай бұрын
BEV are made from Unicorn plastic, aside from all the diesel used in mining the toxic metals for the battery packs.
@tedmoss6 ай бұрын
And where does bitumen come from? Oil waste, that's why it is used on roads, because it has to be put somewhere. When oil use goes down, the waste will also and we will use cement.
@harry1307472 ай бұрын
Only they aren't.
@Im_Not_From_Around_Here8 ай бұрын
Diesel vehicles even personal ones have to pay road user charges because it damages the roads, so in reality EVs should also pay their share.
@TeaBreak.8 ай бұрын
No we shouldn't we are saving the planet. Apparently. 😂
@Marre4808 ай бұрын
Wait few year. All benefits EV owner have will expire and replaced by extra taxing and extra charges.
@robertkubrick37388 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 So you are saying BEV owners shouldn't pay road tax because the government doesn't spend the money properly? You ever try to extrapolate that notion and see where it ends?
@N4CR8 ай бұрын
Almost all road damage is by heavy vehicles, trucks etc. THey just charge you road user charges because they are greedy and you are a slave that will agree to pay it.
@robertkubrick37388 ай бұрын
@@N4CR That's like saying BEVers are just the free stuff people?
@DCGreenZone8 ай бұрын
Yes they do, and good luck gettting the EV fanatics to admit the short comings of their purchases. One lady in California laid out her annual recurring costs created by her Model Y iirc, and it was right at $4,000.
@edb38778 ай бұрын
EVs are less a topic of conversation and much more of a cult following. Never cared for cults. Their starting point is to prevent people from thinking rationally.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 yeah they don’t care about stuff like this though. Because it’s objective facts that ruin their argument. They only care about the one shady example they can find that suggests otherwise.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes DC and if you see my comment as I have stated for a very long time now apart from all of the issues that these obscenities pose - tyre wear is is far more polluting than our ICE vehicle tyres and also cost far more than we pay for our ICE vehicle tyres.
@Pentti_Hilkuri8 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 How much has the value dropped during those months and miles?
@DCGreenZone8 ай бұрын
@@johngoard8272 Not to worry, Leon Musk has all the answers and will be delivering them to an audience of adoring fans any day now. 🤣
@daveb94458 ай бұрын
Great episode, I’m glad you covered it, it’s been on my mind for a long time. Like I tell people EV’s are bad for the environment.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes Dave if you see my comment I have - as I have all along - tyre wear in these obscenities simply does not make any sane reason to own an EV.
@MattExzy8 ай бұрын
And it's actually better for the environment to drive an older used ICE vehicle. I don't think EVs make up for their production pollution for 10 - 14 years, if that. They still used lots of intensely refined and mined minerals, they don't grow organically on trees, as some would have us believe.
@daveb94458 ай бұрын
Not to mention the damage EV’s are doing to roads, with extra weight etc, which means more road repairs, more tar/oil and stones etc.
@aaron___60148 ай бұрын
It's a terrible episode. Why don't A8, S-Class or range rovers go through tires quickly. They weigh as much or more.
@organickevinlondon8 ай бұрын
@@MattExzy ICE cars, will on average in the UK, create about 1 and 1/2 tons of CO2 per year, and to make an average EV, it crates about 4 tons more CO2, than it does to make an ICE, BUT, once these 2 types of vehicles, hit the road in the UK, "things change RAPIDLY" as virtually ALL of the commercial UK EV charging points, ONLY USE, renewable energy, thus creating virtually ZERO CO2, so the ICE vehicle, pollutes MORE in total, after about just 3 years, and continues to pollute MORE, creating 1 and 1/2 MORE tons of CO2 per year, than the EV does, after 10 years, the ICE has created 11 tons MORE CO2, (in its production and fueling) than the EV in its production and fueling, and after 14 years the ICE would have created 17 tons MORE CO2 than the EV, this explain WHY the new ICE ban is incoming.
@RichSmithify8 ай бұрын
You're 100% right MGUY. I work as a sales adviser in a tire store and I can tell you first hand that EV owners are not happy they're only getting 16k miles out of a set of $2,000 tires and I'm the poor bastard who has to face their wrath every day. To make matters worse, Tesla tires can't be repaired. They have a thick foam lining around the inside that if disturbed tends come unglued and fly apart at high speed. That makes repairing them a liability and no tire shop that wants to stay out of court will touch them.
@northdakotaham17528 ай бұрын
Am sure the salesman who sold them the car told them all that! //ss!
@EVPHASE3 ай бұрын
My tires are $600 and go 50k miles and I have a very fast Model 3, weighs the same as an Audi, BMW or Mercedes and sometimes less than comparable models
@RichardGeiszler8 ай бұрын
Believe the quote from Thomas Sowell is, "There are no solutions, only trade offs."
@skulptor8 ай бұрын
Nice two edged sword where they go after diesels for particulates whilst EVs chuck them out also...
@davidclemens15788 ай бұрын
That is exactly what I was thinking. And even with DEF systems they seem to break down the particulates into smaller, more easily airborne size which means they would be suspended in the air longer and be able to travel farther. It seems, every time the EPA tries to solve a problem, they create larger and more multitude problems. I am curious to see the EPA's solution to this one they created.
@fredmonroe60428 ай бұрын
Additionally the wear and tear on the suspension. Destruction of roads. Should EV’s be taxed more for the roads?
@MotoroidARFC8 ай бұрын
Yes. The heavier you are, the higher your registration fees.
@MamaMOB8 ай бұрын
@@Acemeistrethey should get taxed more too as they put more damage on the road than say a sedan. What's your argument?
@edappi81728 ай бұрын
They effectively already pay more in that the fuel they use is taxed, the more fuel they use the more tax they pay, same for any ICE vehicle, at this time what tax do EV vehicles pay to use the road........... none, so if you are well off you are bludging off those less able to shell out for a over priced, over rated bit of virtue signalling.
@JoeBManco8 ай бұрын
Taxing cars by weight would be a good idea.
@Thyalwaysseek8 ай бұрын
I think we should just tax them more because of the virtue signalling i d i o t s who drive them.
@freedomforever67188 ай бұрын
OK, I have to admit that I can't help but laugh out loud when I pass by an EV charging station and see those people sitting in or standing around their cars waiting for them to charge up. 😂
@rolieg818 ай бұрын
Ya, but they don't have to waste money on gas by spending 50k+ on an EV! 😂
@alexalex131318 ай бұрын
And waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. Great system for anyone with no life.
@AndrewTSq8 ай бұрын
@@rolieg81 Yeah, those public chargers at 0.8 USD / KwH, and seeing a Tesla using almost 3KwH / 10km in the winter.. that is $2.4 / 10km.... My ice car cost me $0.8 / 10 km.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
The 95% of EV users who don’t need to use public chargers laugh out loud when they see you paying 3x as much as them wasting 10 minutes of your day going to a petrol station 👍🏻👍🏻
@freedomforever67188 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 You are delusional. The skyrocketing insurance costs for EV's wipes out any fuel savings. And then having to buy new and ridiculously expensive tires every 7 to 10 thousand miles for EV's puts EV owners in the red as far as operating costs are concerned. Try harder. I've got more for you.
@pookatim8 ай бұрын
This is all very true but it is far worse when you consider what happens to all those worn out tires once they need to be disposed of.
@chrissmith21148 ай бұрын
Tyres from EV will be recycled in a 'green manner', they will be piled up until moss grows on them....
@kiae-nirodiariesencore42706 ай бұрын
A small fraction of the worn out tyres coming off ICE cars. What's your point?
@chrissmith21146 ай бұрын
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 His point is that if ever EV go mainstream there will be a hell of a lot more tyres coming off EV than there ever were off ICE vehicles.
@kiae-nirodiariesencore42706 ай бұрын
@@chrissmith2114 He is indeed making a point and his raison d'être is to dig up anything negative about EVs and make an issue of it. My experience after 5 years ownership of an EV is that there is little if any difference in tyre wear. Coincidentally I have recently posted a video on this subject if you want to hear about some real world experience as opposed to listening to the opinion of non-EV drivers kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJOsZWV5hNOpnZY However, I have looked at independent reports which suggests that tyre wear on EV can be as much as 20% more than on an ICE car...so we're talking about worst case scenario's here. Bearing in mind that brakes and pads on an EV last typically 4 times longer than those on an ICE. So, if an owner does spend a little more on tyres that will be offset in spades by the much bigger saving in parts and labour changing discs and pads.
@kiae-nirodiariesencore42706 ай бұрын
@@chrissmith2114 Oh, and btw, the 'if EVs ever go mainstream' comment is risible, petrol-heads living in fantasy land and ignoring the sales trends. EVs are already 'mainstream' in many markets where sales are 20% of new cars and rising fast. The world's biggest car market is now at 48% EV adoption and where China goes, the global industry will follow.
@davelowe19778 ай бұрын
Anyone noticed that those bloated lemons are destroying the roads too?
@Plisken658 ай бұрын
That's the diesel powered tractor trailers.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Well Dave you have hit on a sore point with me because where I live the roads are already in a shocking state of disrepair and frankly the thought that an EV travelling over our roads conjures up in my mind how easy it would be to "bottom out" one of these obscenities and presumably damage that precious battery.
@MamaMOB8 ай бұрын
That weight isn't just on their tires.
@MamaMOB8 ай бұрын
@@Plisken65and that's been addressed. Have you not heard of HVUT, the heavy vehicle use tax? Maybe you need to educate yourself.
@cornishhh8 ай бұрын
As do the large number of delivery vehicles due to online shopping.
@deetalashoma35148 ай бұрын
Don't forget to bring the pollution caused by EV fires too MGUY.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes mate he already has if you go through his videos and as I follow every video he puts out there are some good examples of fires in these wretched vehicles and I might add - have a look at the fires in EV buses especially the one in Paris France it is truly frightening!!.
@aliendroneservices66218 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607Yes. See: *_StacheD Training_*
@nullseta8 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 absolutely worse tha combustion engines. One tiny lithium cell in an ev battery bank that holds thousands will create 6 liters of toxic gas as it burns. Look it up.
@elinor65258 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 EV fires contain all the horrible nasty pollution of an ICE vehicle fire...PLUS...the toxic explosive gasses and fumes from the burning Li battery. So, they are WORSE when they are on fire. I am a firefighter. During our mobile property firefighting course we were warned about the rubber door seals, that when the burn give off such a toxic substance that it can penetrate your skin and right into your body, and the only way to stop the progression of the toxin is amputation. That's just one thing on every vehicle, before you get into the crap that is in the smoke from upholstery, plastics, tyres etc.
@savagegfry8 ай бұрын
The batteries require one hundred times the energy to mind, refine and manufacture, than an ICE vehicle. The battery is spent before the energy debt is repayed.
@utoob73618 ай бұрын
In a sane world, it would be illegal to build something as dangerous and stupid as an EV, let alone allow it on public roads!
@deltadom338 ай бұрын
Net zero is the intelligence used for the agenda
@EmilePesky-n1v8 ай бұрын
It's the same world where doctors recommended cigarettes years ago.... And coof jabs months ago 😂
@sirijohnson72108 ай бұрын
And of course the amount of tax payer dollars subsidizing the EV transition.
@Road_Rash8 ай бұрын
I'm not a fan of EVs, but that statement could actually apply to a lot of other vehicles... while I don't support EVs, I do very much support a person's right to freedom of choice of what vehicle they want to drive... just so long as they don't park it close to my house...
@DCGreenZone8 ай бұрын
Don't worry, Leon is working on the solution as we speak, the number of videos on YT alone crediting him with everything from the invention of axial flux motors to the wheel give me hope. 😂
@johnstark47238 ай бұрын
And those anti oil fools think EV'S don't require oil either
@jerryjeromehawkins17128 ай бұрын
... or coolant. People don't realize that EV batteries require a large amount of highly toxic and expensive coolant flowing through them so they don't burst into flames. This coolant needs to be changed out every 30 to 50k miles. But they are SO good for the environment. 😒
@andrewflies91198 ай бұрын
@@jerryjeromehawkins1712it’s exactly the same coolant used in ice cars. It also should have a longer life expectancy due to lower temperatures it endures and reduced chance of electrolysis.
@johnmcconville60558 ай бұрын
@@jerryjeromehawkins1712Renault Zoe has active air cooling🤔
@GDM228 ай бұрын
@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 Tesla's don't require a battery coolant change for the life of the car, what EVs are you taking about here that require a battery coolant charge every 30-40k KMs.
@organickevinlondon8 ай бұрын
@@GDM22 the ones "in his deluded imagination" come to my mind too.
@bfree61978 ай бұрын
Cargo ship pollution versus cars. Their should be a series of videos on that subject. Everybody hit the 👍 button
@TheGuruStud8 ай бұрын
not that. Top 19 ocean freighters pollute the same as EVERY car in the world combined@steveinoz8188
@robertkubrick37388 ай бұрын
@steveinoz8188 So you didn't see the picture of the burned up Taycan ? The Freemont Highway had had vehicles fires before with ICE vehicles. They control the access of air to the holds and just shut off air until the fire goes out for lack of oxygen, works every time with ICE vehicles. That didn't work this time. Also, they pulled a Mercedes BEV out and dropped it into a container of water on the dock because it was about to go off 2 weeks after the fire started. It did still go off, under water.
@robertkubrick37388 ай бұрын
@@1Electricman Are they going to make BEVs in their back yard? How are they ever going to have a BEV without ships and a whole fuckton of OIL.
@eyerollthereforeiam17098 ай бұрын
The EV hits just keep on coming!
@jessicaandtrains77688 ай бұрын
It's just too easy isn't it. Facts don't lie. Unlike the WEF, UN etc.
@tonysheerness24278 ай бұрын
Geoff buys cars has just done a video on misselling the ev sellers are being sued for miss representation exaggerating the range.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
He has to keep making them as eventually, he might say something that’s true.
@xraylife8 ай бұрын
EV's are the 8-track of the auto industry - amusing, quirky, hard to live with and ultimately failed in the marketplace.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
@@xraylife when you say they have ‘ultimately failed’, you we are aware that the biggest selling car in 2023 in Europe was an Ev right? And they have had a strong start to 2024.
@thesolver19708 ай бұрын
You also need to look at Lithium mining in the Pilbara WA. The demand for lithium batteries for EVs (and others) is ripping up the country. People can't claim to be helping the planet while indirectly supporting massive mining impacts on the land.
@DCBChump6 ай бұрын
And the slave labor.
@madeinfoxtrap55398 ай бұрын
Tires are not able to be made without the Petroleum Industry
@madeinfoxtrap55398 ай бұрын
@@1Electricman in case you haven’t noticed governments claim that they are going to eliminate fossil fuels If petroleum is banned where will tires come from ? Bafflegab.
@YouTube_user33337 ай бұрын
@@1Electricman the point is if every car is electric and just stop oil have their way, no car will have tires.
@YouTube_user33337 ай бұрын
@calmdown1973 The steel industry has found a solution to used tires. They chip them and use in the furnaces, using less coal or electricity. They use filter systems to eliminate toxic fumes from burning tires. The future will definitely need oil out of the ground. Just not the millions of barrels per day the world currently uses. But battery technology will need to improve majorly, before I think about an EV.
@GolfSux7 ай бұрын
@KZbin_user3333 That isn't true at all, we used wooden wagon wheels before tires were invented. Do your own research
@YouTube_user33337 ай бұрын
@@GolfSux what isn’t true? Everything written, is factual. What’s the wagon wheel comment referring to?
@Scoots19948 ай бұрын
EV tyre wear is higher not just because of weight but because the tyres use tyres specifically for their low rolling resistance. To get low rolling resistance AND keep braking distances reasonable (and safe) the compounds used have to be softer for the grip but that also results in much higher wear rates. The low resistance tyres are also sold at a premium.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes Scoots mate and if you happen top read my comment (a rant I am afraid) tyre wear for one of these obscenities is far and away more polluting than tyre for the ICE vehicles that we drive now and surely offsets the claimed advantages of EV'.
@TeaBreak.8 ай бұрын
That is total nonsense. The Michelin energysaver tyre had a hard compound. Great for range but dangerous in the wet. Newer versions do have a softer compound though.
@the_sceptic8 ай бұрын
OEM tires on hybrids and EVs are usually crap and they usually don't supply a spare. It is annoying but fixable by the owner.
@Scoots19948 ай бұрын
@@TeaBreak. Is the Energysaver used as original equipment? The factory tires have to produce good grip in testing to get good safety ratings.
@Scoots19948 ай бұрын
@@the_sceptic but then range is somewhat compromised or braking distance etc. it's always a compromise.
@brucesimpson85798 ай бұрын
It boggles the mind that in this day of Internet searching capability, prospective EV buyers fail to do their homework before forking over $50-60K.
@countryjoe35517 ай бұрын
Progressive propaganda programming is a helluva drug.
@tedmoss6 ай бұрын
You don't have to go through all that trouble, just buy a Tesla.
@kiae-nirodiariesencore42706 ай бұрын
Did my 'homework' 5 years ago, test drove a lot of cars, chose an EV. Best thing I ever did. Apart from saving me over €8,000 on fuel and servicing so far it's just a better car to drive.
@harry1307472 ай бұрын
It boggles the mind idiots believing the C**P set down here.
@akdenyer8 ай бұрын
Not buying one and never will. To help pollution reduce waste by repairing more stuff. I do a lot of this.
@johncheresna8 ай бұрын
"How dare you" expose the truth. I am not against EV's, I prefer Hybred's, in any event we have to look at total "COST's", not feeling and virtue signalling.
@Monaleenian8 ай бұрын
Why do you like hybrids? Why not have one small, light EV for city/suburban driving and one bigger petrol/diesel car for trips that are not appropriate for the EV? You and your wife could decide who drives which car each day depending on the journeys that need to be made.
@DwaynePipes8 ай бұрын
Hybrids? Those are the super burny ones! You are brave!
@DJBoise8 ай бұрын
Thank you for shedding light on the EV propaganda
@TeaBreak.8 ай бұрын
Mguy is the propaganda 🤣
@phils46348 ай бұрын
Shedding light via shredding tyres 😀 Not just cars - e-bikes are pretty heavy on tyres too (I speak from experience).
@tedmoss6 ай бұрын
While you are at it, shed some light on the ICE car propaganda.
@garnetheron48858 ай бұрын
You got that right? EV’s are disposable just like cell phones have become recent. How is that good for the environment?
@P463458 ай бұрын
I left a comment on another channel that was "I will never own an EV.", a person commented back to me calling me an "elitist" saying that if I could afford to put gas in my car I must be rich, they then said they would be sticking with their Tesla. I told them that I live on a fixed income and could never afford a Tesla.
@effigy428 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607you will own nothing and be happy 😂 hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahhaha
@davidbrayshaw35298 ай бұрын
People seem to forget the cost, for some reason. My wife and I don't drive much. We're not poor by any stretch. But just having the sort of money that buys an EV in the bank earning interest more than pays for our petrol and diesel each year. Why would we change horses when we're on a track like that?
@johnmcconville60558 ай бұрын
If it's the site I think you mean, it's the guy that buys cars like pints of milk.How many ££££ has he spent on old bangers😂
@P463458 ай бұрын
From the title it seemed like they were starting to realize the problems EV's have.@@1Electricman
@harry1307472 ай бұрын
If you're poor, it's your own fault. It arises out of decisions you made earlier. Stop whinging.
@avlisk8 ай бұрын
Algorithm-boosting comment because this information needs to get out to all the "normies" who are still locked into the legacy MSM agenda.
@daleviker58848 ай бұрын
Good strategy.
@petiadavis51228 ай бұрын
Everything woke turns to sht. President Trump
@jonmarsden13668 ай бұрын
Doesn’t that just sum up the fans of this channel, quoting Trump as the voice of reason FFS 🙄
@manoz61948 ай бұрын
@@jonmarsden1366 At least Trump is funny but really America hasn't had a President since JFK
@Pentti_Hilkuri8 ай бұрын
Hmm... Brandon is a bit woke...
@markthebuilder98378 ай бұрын
@@jonmarsden1366 Trump has been correct about most everything.
@jonmarsden13668 ай бұрын
@@markthebuilder9837 bawahahahah, top trolling Markie boy🤣🤣🤣
@rapscallion93338 ай бұрын
The colossal failure of EV's is providing you with SO much material to get through. Love your work.👍
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
You say they are a ‘colossal failure’… you are aware that they are recording record year on year growth, breaking sales records, giving us the most popular car in Europe and winning awards and accolades pretty much as fast as they can give them our right…? The only place they are a failure is in the heads of people who don’t like them.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 yeah 100%. Me too. Everyone that has them loves them. And they are selling in record numbers which is great to see.
@effigy428 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607hows the emf poisoning treating your cells and bacteria? 😂
@TeaBreak.8 ай бұрын
Which makes it all the more fun debunking mguy's "facts" he finds in the corners of the interwebs.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
@@TeaBreak. ‘I have found this story as reported on a website that I have never heard that talks about an EV doing something bad. They must all be bad. I must tell everyone’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@litestuffllc72498 ай бұрын
EV tires at least for the most popular BEVs are more costly for two reasons; first they need a special soft composition so they can handle the high torque. These cost more money. Secondly because they are soft; they wear out faster; plus the cars weight 20-25% more and the drivers like to drive their cars harder. One owner told me he had to replace a set after 3 months of sporty use costing $2000 USD.
@jasonhutcheon59918 ай бұрын
Sporty use? race cars go through tyres as well. EV rated tyres wear no more. I own one, do you?
@GDM228 ай бұрын
I would expect they have a harder compound to reduce rolling resistance. They also run high tyre pressures (M3 around 46psi), have stronger sidewalls and because EVs are so quiet, sound insulation. As EVs become more mainstream they will no doubt come down in price, at the moment they are a specialised tyre sold in smaller volumes. I don't believe they would last less than an equivalent high ends sporty tyre or be much different in cost.
@randgrithr73874 ай бұрын
It's crazy that with how sensitive an EV's range is to external variables, that every single Tesla I've seen in the past 200,000 miles driving on the interstate is driving 80-90 mph.
@litestuffllc72494 ай бұрын
@@randgrithr7387 are you driving one? what sort of range are you gettingif you are at 80-90 mph, what part of the country? Its useful to gather info from all over
@randgrithr73874 ай бұрын
@@litestuffllc7249 I drive everywhere East of i-35 at a governed speed of 65mph, usually in the far right lane to let faster traffic pass. I do not recall ever passing a Tesla driving slow by choice.
@lesstyranny26958 ай бұрын
You know I have to laugh... few weeks ago we had a cold snap and ice store in my area and I saw quite a few disabled / abandoned evs on the side of the road... and my 40year old ~400kmile diesel wagon with studded rears was chudding along just fine... can't help but to think we have gone backwards - substantially.
@jrgenaksnes26768 ай бұрын
Only 4% of the electric cars that received roadside assistance in 2023 in Norway had an empty main battery. Fossil cars needed roadside assistance almost twice as often.
@lesstyranny26958 ай бұрын
@@jrgenaksnes2676 although a vast majority of new cars sold in Norway are now EV, they are still 1in4 of the total population. Thus, this combined with your stat would suggest EVs still see more roadside service by percentage. But who knows... curious to see how the next few years play out for them.
@effigy428 ай бұрын
@@jrgenaksnes2676theres 50x the amount of ice cars on the road
@TheGuruStud8 ай бұрын
and those are cars were 20 yrs old and ill maintained no doubt (or german garbage). EVs won't make it to 10 lolololololololololololololololololololoololololololololol
@jrgenaksnes26768 ай бұрын
@@TheGuruStud Both our electric cars are 10 years old. Plan to have them for many more years.
@robertgibson68728 ай бұрын
Really annoying that I. C. E vehicles are continually refferd to as "gas guzzlers" It's just another mind game to try and make evs appear to be the good clean cars they really are not.
@softwarephil17098 ай бұрын
And every flood or hurricane is now due to climate change.
@davidclemens15788 ай бұрын
The sad thing is they never looked at alternative fuels for ice vehicles. Toyota is working on an ammonia fueled car which has up to 90% less emissions than gasoline. The alternatives are there. They just have tunnel vision.
@jks75568 ай бұрын
Thanks for this channel, Canada is melting down cause of the EV policies being pushed through.. Impossible to get a reliable vehicle at reasonable price on the after market now.. dealerships barely have anything used... it's lease one of the now inflated new cars or walk here in the Canadian prairie
@markseehawer37628 ай бұрын
Thankfully i'm in Alberta where i can still drive my 30 year old Diesel dodge truck. As a mechanic of 39 years i do all my own work.this affords cheep maintenance. Because i don't mind driving older vehicles mechanics has made Driving affordable I've had the truck 12 years, bought for $900, New trans $3600, transfer case $1500. drive axles brgs an u joint, $500. Full fuel system replacement$1800, tires second set $1600, misc, $1000. So in 12 years of driving my truck has cost me $10900. Yes i have a mechanical addvantage. My point is in that time most people will be on there 4th vehicle.so when you consider the enviormental ipact of manufactoring 4 vehicles as apposed to repairing 1 vehicle. it makes more sense to me to keep driving the old truck, which by the way is in way better shape than most vehicles on the road that are half the age. In my opinion what needs to happen is less complicated vehicle need to be made so people can do alot of the repair work themselves with minimal training. Of course that doesnt help the economy does it. It makes me sick to think about how fragile new cars are made, and how short there useable span is. When you do the small stuff like fluid changes and keeping it clean you'd be surprised at how far a vehicle will go even the moern crap. So hear i am driving an old diesel that everybody frowns at with a smaller enviromentel foot print.
@michaellazarevski56148 ай бұрын
After a bit more research I've learnt that recommended EV tyres come with greater side wall support/thickness, therefore making replacement tyre costs far greater than ICE vehicles
@alanpartington25408 ай бұрын
And new tyres on EVs have only 6mm of tread instead of the usual 8mm. To help handle the "excess torque" when moving off from a standstill allegedly. And only about 2 firms make them, so competition on price is out of the window
@gregculverwell8 ай бұрын
I knew all about tyre wear due to torque. I had a BMW e39 M5 for 20 years. When I 1st got it I was shocked to find that the back tyres would wear down to the steel belt in10 000km. I always avoided wheel spin and rarely took it over 3000 rpm. After the 3rd set of tyres I learned to drive it like a granny, nut the still only lasted about 30 000 km but of course I found that frustrating , so I ended up using my old Porsche 911 as the daily driver.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes Greg I am sure that sooner or later our brain dead politicians might wake up to the many issues with these obscenities and realise that they are going to have to pay for the damage to roads, the pollution that they produce, and also lose the overly priced excise we pay for our fuel as it is.
@stuart86638 ай бұрын
I think you had something seriously amiss with your E39's rear wheels / tyres. I might take an assumption that it was a manual and another that you may have driven it harshly?
@jessicaandtrains77688 ай бұрын
I recall standing on a hill where vehicles obviously coast along as no power us required. Well you should have heard the road noise of something like a model X or Y. Lots of weight and torque. Things tyres love. Another hidden environmental impact of EVs. Plus turning the roads to dust. More potholes.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes Jessica and where I live in rural NSW Australia the roads are already in a dreadful state of disrepair and EV's are simply going to make them even worse - if that is possible!! Plus I am also guessing that at some time one of these obscenities will "ground out" on our roads and damage their precious battery - not a pleasant outcome you might agree.
@jessicaandtrains77688 ай бұрын
@@johngoard8272 oh I love the smell of Hydrogen fluoride (gas) in the morning! 😄
@randgrithr73874 ай бұрын
Imagine how bad the roads are going to get with electric semis, and I say that as a fan of Edison Motors!
@ericmadsen74708 ай бұрын
Simon, keep up the good fight against the insanity of EVs. The truth hurts them. Not the people that are against EVs.
@TeaBreak.8 ай бұрын
You only know the truth from ownership. Its all clickbait news. Entertaining but nonsense.
@briankavanagh71918 ай бұрын
Simon, i've had petrol, diesel and LPG run cars but my EV beats them all and would never go back to ICE, as for this idiot going on about tyres my Merc CLK AMG spec rear tyres cost me £500 each corner and had to be replaced every 8000 miles. If you and this fool don't like EV don't buy one.
@chrissmith21148 ай бұрын
@@typhoon320i He is just trying to stop people making very expensive mistake.
@DwaynePipes8 ай бұрын
@@chrissmith2114then he and his fanboyz won't be bothered about anyone who has already bought one? Because they have ignored his warnings. Oh, wait a minute!
@chrissmith21148 ай бұрын
@@typhoon320i It is ironic that due to the terrible problems EV have with the cold that the only hope for EV is that global warming gets worse.
@smelltheglove20388 ай бұрын
Quickly becoming my favorite channel.
@TuckLoomis8 ай бұрын
Already mine!
@smelltheglove20388 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 huh? Who is being lied to? I’m not the one buying into a government scheme that requires tax payer funded subsidies to trick people into buying a product that can’t live up to its promises. I live in the U.S., the cars that wouldn’t take a charge and were being towed all over the place was real. I saw that with my own eyes. My brother actually wasted his money on one of these scam vehicles. He wasted tens of thousands of dollars on solar panels and wall unit that the electric company still hasn’t hooked up to the grid. It’s been two years. His electric bill has tripled. He’s paying way more for insurance. He cannot take the car on trips. And now, he can’t even sell it, because no one wants to buy it. I guess insulting strangers is your coping mechanism, though I doubt it’s healthy. Good luck.
@effigy428 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607ok mr i rent a car but pretend to be an adult
@Align700nitro8 ай бұрын
No oil change mate!! yeah, visit tyre shop twice a year instead.
@harry1307472 ай бұрын
I have changed my tyres (EV) once in ten yeares.
@michaeln40188 ай бұрын
The media just keeps not reporting these topics. They’ll suffer their inevitable fate
@goldenhate66497 ай бұрын
And if they do report them its with such a WEF spin it makes me want to throw my phone
@countryjoe35517 ай бұрын
Well, considering that the media is just the propaganda arm of the progressive globalist cult, their silence is not surprising.
@apolloxiii55748 ай бұрын
High torque and a heavy vehicle equals tire ripping.
@harry1307472 ай бұрын
Depends on driving style/skills.
@tedantares27518 ай бұрын
Another consequence of the use of electric vehicles is the accelerated wear and tear of roads, which leads to more frequent repairs and an increase in the use of building materials for their construction and repair (and hence, increased construction and repair costs)
@tedantares27518 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607Now imagine how much damage Tesla Semi trucks will do - they have several tons of batteries onboard!
@organickevinlondon8 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 I used to drive 44 ton trucks, NOW I own a Mini Cooper Electric, (1,775 kg) oh, and its ONLY 8% heavier than a Mini Cooper ICE (1,650 kg), SOME ICE drivers, "swear blind that EVs weigh twice the weight of a similar ICE, lol, lol and MORE lol"
@wazza33racer8 ай бұрын
There was a case in the UK of an EV that went rogue. Its driver could not stop it ( no brakes) and could not turn it off (off switch had no effect). It had to be stopped safely by being lined up with a moving police van, and then slowly rear ended into the van to slow down and bring it to a stop, although the car was still trying to drive forward. The other overlooked problem with EV cars is their mass disadvantage in accidents. They are going to inflict more damage on conventional vehicles which have much less mass in impacts.
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
I’m not entirely sure you read the article. You are implying that the car was refusing to do as it was told - ironically, the mechanical element of the brakes of the car failed. The fact that it’s an EV was irrelevant. It happens all the time in ice vehicles.
@TheZodiacz8 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 "off switch had no effect", "car was still trying to drive forward".
@Audioremedy07858 ай бұрын
@@TheZodiacz because the brake is the off switch. The reality is though that people look for one-in-a-million instances and dress them up like this realistic issues that people face just because they don’t like EVs. If you read the story he clearly says that it was a mechanical problem with the brake pads. Maybe read all the safety studies that talk about how EVs are much safer than lce cars 👍🏻👍🏻
@jonmarsden13668 ай бұрын
My friend had his car written off by a driverless runaway Daf in the early 80’s. It’s amazing that a company that was making EVs that long ago hasn’t survived.
@robertkubrick37388 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 I followed this. The vehicle was self driving when it wasn't even supposed to be capable of it. The brakes didn't mechanically fail, they weren't capable of overcoming the high torque electric motor.
@Baaddu8 ай бұрын
The other problem our government is not talking about in the push for “clean energy” is…what do you do with old EV batteries? The batteries are not easily recyclable and dumping them in a landfill will cause unimaginable pollution and contamination to the water table. I live on an island with lots of rich driving Teslas… where will their used batteries go? If they stay on the island it may result in permanently contaminating the water supply. 😩😵💫
@chowchow23868 ай бұрын
Oh they'll stay on island. Just ask people in Hawaii. No shipping agent wants to take on risk of shipping old/defective lithium batteries. The risks for catastrophe are too high 😂
@chowchow23868 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 and how many people are set up for that 🤣. Putting solar panels up, OMG. Cause yes those are "carbon neutral" what with the chemicals used to make them. Even NASA who has some of best solar technology in the world admits the inefficiency of it. And they are at vastly higher energy transmission efficiency than anything you'll ever get for your house. If you could even afford them.
@effigy428 ай бұрын
@iscadean36075% or less is recyclable due to it being burnt out… do you not know what decay is
@davidbrayshaw35298 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 I'm looking forward to seeing recyclers pulling the cells out of the Cyber Truck batteries. That'll be interesting to see. And sodium is not going to replace lithium for transport applications. What it might do, however, is free up lithium resources currently being used in stationary applications.
@kenneth98748 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607hold your breath....
@Bobby-o5w8 ай бұрын
THANKS MGUY TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE NOT TO BE STUPID 😵💫😳🥶😞
@mikej2828 ай бұрын
The more I learn about EVs the more I get mad at those who either already have bought an EV and / or those who are considering the purchase of one. There is NO real reason to own a EV!
@smelltheglove20388 ай бұрын
And it’s causing our insurance rates to skyrocket! Well, it’s either that, or all the “newcomers” driving around without insurance
@softwarephil17098 ай бұрын
Focus your anger on government officials who are giving rebates or forcing people to buy EV.
@AndrewTSq8 ай бұрын
I see EV owners as those who wanted to get a booster shot first cause of "science."
@jimmymac45598 ай бұрын
The end goal is “15 minute cities” and restricted travel between them. Where you’ll have to “show your papers” to travel outside of your zone.
@lkrnpk8 ай бұрын
The more I learn about people who hate EVs, the more I wonder why you want to regulate what people should buy or not. I do not own an EV but I see why people might want one, but I do not get a mindset why to get angry at people who buy EVs?
@joelaichner30258 ай бұрын
Put Solid Forklift tires on them , and run them to them Rims before replacing them
@poopoosplatter997 ай бұрын
Lol the battery pack shatters on the first bump you hit.......
@KardboardKenny8 ай бұрын
ouch. sand i have to special order the tires for my daughters '78 Camaro ($600usd) and they're now 6+yrs old and still have plenty of tread.
@AndrewTSq8 ай бұрын
thats not that bad for new tires? I paid more for 4 summer tires to my Skoda Octavia
@KardboardKenny8 ай бұрын
@@AndrewTSq but if i had the oem rims, a full set would have been $250 (usd).
@AndrewTSq8 ай бұрын
@@KardboardKenny ah I see :/ well, its a nice car so I guess its worth it :)
@KardboardKenny8 ай бұрын
@AndrewTSq it was. Her 1st car was a 96 Monte Carlo at 16. After 5yrs of not a single ticket and paying her own upkeep, ins and gas, the Camaro was her 21st bday gift. 5yrs on and still not a single ticket.
@pascalouellette85168 ай бұрын
In the states the biggest fallacy is the cost of ownership which includes tires, but the highest cost is monthly insurance cost 2 to 3 times an ICE eating up more than all the cost savings from charging, along with sky rocketing energy costs up more than 40 percent since green policies have been favoring renewables...
@altvamp8 ай бұрын
Especially when tyre storage yards go up in smoke which seems to happen at an uncanny rate.
@thorsrensen31628 ай бұрын
I have a collegea with a model S and he changes tires 4 times every time I change 1 time onmy old diesel. This monster heavy truck with all that torque just wear out the tires in record time. This should definitely go into the calculation of the life cycle for a sustainable car.
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Well I wonder when the people who push these EV obscenities will wake up to the many issues with EV's and stop the madness that our brain dead politicians keep shoving down our throats!! I suspect there is more behind this push than meets the eye if you follow my drift??
@jrgenaksnes26768 ай бұрын
I also drive a Model S. A set of summer tires last about 60,000 km, and the winter tires about 140,000 km.
@richardlewis42888 ай бұрын
Another masterpiece episode! Thank you so much.
@bibihunden8 ай бұрын
Thanks, and I do hope more people will understand the issues with the pollution into the enviorment from the tires of EVs!
@Foofrarf238 ай бұрын
I know someone who works in a tire shop and he showed me pictures of how often these tires need to be replaced and it's astounding. Some of them in about as soon as 17 - 20,000 miles.
@jeffw12678 ай бұрын
@steveinoz8188 Not true. I get 40k miles on the tires for my Hyundai Accent, which is a light economy car. I don't speed, I coast to a stop when possible, and I accelerate slowly. EVs are just too heavy for tires to last that long.
@jonmarsden13668 ай бұрын
@@jeffw1267 EV’s are typically only about 10% heavier than an equivalent EV. The fossil fuel shills talk as if they are twice the weight! So many of the arguments are just demonstrable lies.
@robertkubrick37388 ай бұрын
@@jeffw1267 You get much longer tire life on your accent if you install wider tires. It improves the small/light car ride also for negligible cost. I bought 3 Accents last year for family and I might buy one more. Or an Elantra.
@DwaynePipes8 ай бұрын
@@jeffw1267as are big SUVs. If somebody wants a car that burns through tyres then that's up to them surely?
@stevehansen65528 ай бұрын
I like how all non EV cars are GAS GUZZLING.
@jeffw12678 ай бұрын
Yeah, my ICE vehicle ONLY gets 40mpg in the city. I feel so ashamed.
@alleyoop51858 ай бұрын
Guzzling sounds bad, that’s why they phrase it that way,,
@rogerwilcojr8 ай бұрын
And don't forget all the extra CO2 produced in collecting, mining and shipping the rubber, steel and brake pad materials that goes into producing the tires, brake rotors and brake pads. But those emissions don't count because they don't come out of the EV's tailpipe.
@peejayem47008 ай бұрын
brake rotors and brake pads?
@0Aus8 ай бұрын
@@peejayem4700 battery cars still have brakes not just dynamics. What you lot call re-gen😏
@davidvavra91138 ай бұрын
Still wondering how EVs pay for roads
@Tom-dt4ic8 ай бұрын
Still wondernig how ICE cars pay for increased lung cancer and rising sea levels and noise polution and oil spills, etc.
@sahhull8 ай бұрын
@@Tom-dt4ic Oil companies pay for the clean up of their oil spills. Wheres your ptoof that ICE causes lung cancer and rising sea levels. EVs cause more noise pollution. Have you heard the tyre noise as an EV drives past?
@the_sceptic8 ай бұрын
In Oregon EV owners pay a road tax at the time of renewing the vehicle registration. ICE cars pay it at the gas station.
@0Aus8 ай бұрын
@@Tom-dt4icwe burn massive amounts of fossil fuel wining the lithium ect for battery cars. We burn fossil fuel charging battery cars in Australia 75% So you got a point?
@Tom-dt4ic8 ай бұрын
@@0Aus What you're saying is that the grid is not fully renuable yet. But it's getting better week after week. This is because building renuable solar and wind farms is now cheaper than building new fossil fuel power generating plants. And the replacement of old fossil fuel plants with renuables is happing everywhere. And in every case it's because a power company can save money by doing so.
@DHW2568 ай бұрын
The push for electrification will ultimately prove to be a ruse for mass transit. The point was made in 1970 by proponents, when the US EPA was established, the goal wasn't to "clean up the cars" but to get the mass out of their cars and into mass transit. This has been repeated over and over as green edicts have been made, especially since the establishment of emission credits and compliance credits, and since the US EPA exploited its unconstitutional "authority" to make new laws and classified CO2 as a "pollutant". We're all being abused.
@Dscivic7 ай бұрын
Nope
@DHW2567 ай бұрын
@@Dscivic Yep
@DCBChump6 ай бұрын
@@Dscivic Yep
@HistoricalWeapons7 ай бұрын
If dedicated bike infanstructure is made in the scale of cars then ebikes/bikes would be a much more viable way of reducing carbon footprint than electric cars
@nicholasskeels54288 ай бұрын
Thanks for saying the different weights, some people don't know.
@brunorivademar53568 ай бұрын
The amount of content you are putting out is insane 👍👍 keep up the great work
@paul48358 ай бұрын
I am for choice when purchasing a vehicle here in the States ,and my choice if for a ICE car ! Also I have read articles about how unreliable EV buses have been due to a number of factors ; including frequency of maintenance and lack of parts !
@MDC_19858 ай бұрын
My god what an echo chamber this is. lol you guys must find this therapeutic to have a bunch of narrow minded, ignorant and scared but sympathetic shoulders to cry on. Really it’s kinda sad. First , you need to separate Tesla from the generally bad EV crowd. Tesla, while it may be electric, does not equal “EV”, and “EV” definitely does not equal Tesla. If you remove Tesla from the crowd, yeah EVs pretty much suck. But Tesla is something else entirely. I’ve owned mine for a little over a year and for daily commuting….. there simply is no comparison. I’m a gear head and an engineer working in the auto industry in Detroit Michigan. I have no greater desire than to someday own a real 427 Shelby Cobra. It probably won’t ever happen… but it’s my dream. I love traditional cars, old trucks, diesels, muscle cars and anything raw and mechanical. That being said, I’d never ever give up my Tesla for daily driving. If you’ve driven one, you might understand that. If you’ve owned one, I know you get it. 2nd you need to look beyond the BS political non-sense. I’m a conservative that voted for Trump twice… and who knows maybe I’ll vote for him again, the jury is out. I don’t care about the environment, or at least I’m not worried about it, I don’t care how clean or green (… or not) it is. I’m not trying to virtue signal, I don’t want to kill the oil industry, and I don’t think all cars should be electric. But it’s clear to me as a Tesla owner, as an engineer in the auto industry, and as a gear head who loves all things automotive ….. for most people’s daily driving…. Man it’s hard to see how there is anything better. I can put 20 miles of charge on for every hour I’m plugged in at home. That means I never need to stop, for daily driving, to recharge anywhere but at home. My insurance is $98/ month through Tesla insurance, I’m still on the original tires at 27k miles (it’s winter here in Detroit and these tires are still doing great) and the MFing thing will essentially drive itself when I am feeling lazy. It does 0-60mph in 3.5seconds (Model Y Performance) and is an absolute thrill to drive. For MOST people, it’s hard to see how they don’t make sense. But sure, if I’m going to drive across country, my wife and I will just take the Tahoe. But how often do most people drive more than even 100 miles per day? All the political crap is just that, crap. Look beyond it and the arguments against having 1 Tesla in an average 2 car household… the arguments pretty much evaporate.
@after_midnight95928 ай бұрын
This will be another tyre manufacturer scam. Premium EV tires which last longer, but are twice the price of normal tires.
@jeffw12678 ай бұрын
They are stronger tires though, due to the additional forces they must bear. They may still not be worth double, but they are worth more than standard tires.
@stevenmilburn51258 ай бұрын
Excellent as always, glad you included brake pads as 8,000 miles from front pads on a Genesis EV seems to be the norm. What is more concerning might be the shearing of the friction material, not away from the metal backing plate but through the friction material itself, just as if heat had discovered a micro crack in the structure that it was able to exploit. This caused chunks of the pad to break off resulting in the owner reporting poor brake efficiency and what looked to be a 50% reduction in contact area. This was found to be front and rear brake pads in the Genesis case ruling out shearing from failure to release the handbrake as was initially suggested.
@organickevinlondon8 ай бұрын
@steveinoz8188 JEEZE, that "dude" going on about EV brake wear, probably thinks, yer use the Flintstones method to slow ALL vehicles down, NO that method only applies to ICE vehicles, LOL, the ONLY reason I use the brake pedal of my Mini Cooper Electric, about ONCE per week is, "to stop the brake discs getting rusty" and "NOT to stop the car" LOL.
@composedlight68508 ай бұрын
Agree, as tires are not made from rubber now but plastic , car tires generate one of the main sources of micro plastic contamination. Ground up plastic thats gets blown about oe washed down draines into water cources and then into the Sea. 😢
@trullmann8 ай бұрын
That's interesting
@TheZodiacz8 ай бұрын
Human bodies contain a lot of nano plastics now.
@davidbrayshaw35298 ай бұрын
Thank goodness that we have crude oil or we wouldn't be able to produce tyres for these vehicles, we'd have to use rubber. I wonder how long they'd last!!!
@hansemannluchter6438 ай бұрын
According to Michelin, and they'd know, 60% of rubber used in the tire industry is synthetic rubber, produced from petroleum-derived hydrocarbons.. Tell that to "Just Stop Oil", and watch their heads explode 🤣🤣
@jonmarsden13668 ай бұрын
@@hansemannluchter643 I expect that they are more knowledgeable than you on the subject.
@EdMcF18 ай бұрын
A while back the manufacturers were saying that EVs needed special tyres because they were so quiet, people noticed the noise of the tyres. Probably cover for the need to redesign tyres to cope with the weight and stress on tyres on EVs.
@Scroll_Lock8 ай бұрын
Anybody remember when a Honda CRX weighed less than 1800 lbs and got 50 mpg?
@sahhull8 ай бұрын
Yes... I owned one.
@Scroll_Lock8 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 Take the propaganda elsewhere, the adults are talking.
@sahhull8 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 When you EV does go wrong.... Your screwed... Bet you cant fix it with a few spanners and a manual.
@NEMES1-S8 ай бұрын
A report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) highlights that emissions from battery electric vehicle (BEV) production are generally higher than those created by building an internal combustion-engined (ICE) vehicle. One study suggests that CO2 emissions from electric car production are 59% higher than those for the production of ICE vehicles.2 The greater emissions largely come from the battery manufacturing process.
@mojojojo62927 ай бұрын
Yes the production. Now factor in the emissions from the lifetime of the vehicles, even taking into account the emissions from either the electricity produced, or the oil refinement and transportation for ICE vehicles. Oil shipping containers are the most polluting vehicles on the planet. A large shipping container produces as much emissions as 50 million cars. There are over 200 of this class of ship in the world and another 8700 smaller ones. About 50% of all crude oil produced is used for gasoline vehicle fuel. That's emission equivalent to billions of ICE vehicles from the transportation of oil alone. This channel and it's audience are a joke.
@user-qe6kf5ne8z8 ай бұрын
I got 85k km on the original set of Dunlop tyres on my Ford Ranger ute. i regularly get 8.5 litres per 100km diesel fuel consumption on long trips and that is with a full load on the back. I have good towing and load capacity so why would i get an EV to replace that. That is why us kiwis love these utes. they are a good all rounder useful and practical vehicle for multiple uses. And if you go off road to remote places as we like to do here we just put in some jerry cans of diesel. Nowhere to plug in a battery charger when out in the sticks.
@chevalsauer8 ай бұрын
Definately another subject topic to cover... The increased wear and tear on roads due to heavier and more high performance driving by EVs... They should pay more, and creating more road works hold up or more poor road conditions...
@jrgenaksnes26768 ай бұрын
Surveys in Norway show that vehicles with an axle weight of less than 8 tonnes do not suffer measurably on the roads.
@jasonhutcheon59918 ай бұрын
My EV is 1635 kg. The average AU car is 2 tonnes. Do I get a discount?
@MDC_19858 ай бұрын
Funny, I drive my Tesla Model Y performance pretty aggressively but my tires are doing great. I’ve got 27k miles on it, it’s winter, I’m in Detroit Michigan and the tires are still doing great. And trust me, while I may not drive like Max Verstappen every second I’m behind the wheel, I’m more likely to be leading than following in traffic. And I love to feel the acceleration when the opportunity presents itself. I don’t know about you but 30k miles seems pretty reasonable for a set of tires…. Maybe you’re referring to one of those other evs, you know the sketchy ones that don’t say Tesla on them…..If it’s not a Tesla and it’s electric, you probably shouldn’t buy….
@wades6237 ай бұрын
30000 on tires is actually not that good considering that even inexpensive tires for normal cars usually last at least 50000
@animal3558 ай бұрын
The road wear issue will be a huge issue as more EVs enter our road networks, they create additional weight and could increase road surface wear. And what about bridges and roads that have weight restrictions imposed upon them. The day will come when two or more heavy Tesla Model X's cross over a weight restricted bridge of 7.5 tonnes and they inadvertently exceed its limits. Ignoring the signs thinking it only applies to heavy goods vehicles. Another great video, thanks
@johngoard82728 ай бұрын
Yes mate and where I liv in NSW (rural) the roads are in such a state of disrepair further damage will surely make them just bout impassable.
@animal3558 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607 I mean in relation to their size, SUVs and trucks are obviously heavier. But even the smallest Tesla Model 3 is heavier than its equivalent sized car.
@jeffw12678 ай бұрын
The good news is that the crashing of the economy will slow the adoption of EVs. So there is a silver lining.
@animal3558 ай бұрын
@@jeffw1267 I hear you, but any negative activity in economy as drastic real world effect. The over supply of EVs and less potential customers will be the undoing of the whole EV push. The EV house of cards will fall in on itself. And hopefully the economies negative movements should leave those vulnerable alone. The very people that can see the issues with EV ownership with clear vision.
@jasonhutcheon59918 ай бұрын
No, EVs are significantly cheaper to own and operate and more people will switch. I did and I'm saving thousands.@@jeffw1267
@b21raider278 ай бұрын
Model Y battery 1700 pounds! Hummer battery over 2900 pounds! RIP tires and roads.
@cedhome79458 ай бұрын
Not to mention brakes making more dust than normal vehicles due to the extra mass....
@WeighedWilson8 ай бұрын
Regenerative braking extends brake life.
@davidclemens15788 ай бұрын
@@WeighedWilsonobviously they're driving too fast to allow the regenerative brakes to slow them down or stop them.
@leegoodman2978 ай бұрын
I've changed my EV front tyres twice in 50,000 miles and the rears once. The high load tyres on EV's are typically a harder compound that wears less because they want to achieve low rolling resistance. Sure if you put softer performance tyres on a 4 wheel drive EV and launch it all the time it'll get expensive. But my experience is my tyres are lasting longer.
@nathanexplosion54788 ай бұрын
Interesting. Which EV do you have, which brand tires have you used and what part of country do you live in?
@captaindunsell85688 ай бұрын
Cradle to grave … EVs are browning the world …
@mikewho99648 ай бұрын
And this one - looks like the US gov allowed EV's to claim a higher efficiency ( 6.7 times ) and get carbon credits from that - think dieselgate with VW kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipjJh5Kkec2Ki8U - so the question is how much profitability EV makers made from this distortion of the truth and who will bring them and the Gov to task as they did with VW ?
@blknightsixtyfo8 ай бұрын
I swear dude all you can do is sit there and talk crap about Ev's. Apparently there's some technology coming that allows batteries to be lighter and have more capacity and be able to charge faster when this happens you will shut up.
@TeaBreak.8 ай бұрын
I got 53,000 miles out of a set of Nexen nfera SU1 on an EV. So I say bollox.
@davidclemens15788 ай бұрын
How much did they cost compared to a comparable ice vehicle tire?
@TeaBreak.8 ай бұрын
@@davidclemens1578 They came with the car (Kona). Afterwards bought a set of 1 year olds for £100. Got 40k out of the front and rear are still on car after 45k. With at least 4 mil tread. Should last till June when I hand car back half way through finance. Grippy, quiet and economical. Fave tyre tbh. Not high performance. Just a bog standard 17" tyre. The originals had 2 to 3 mil left. New they are about £115 each.
@michaelketley12528 ай бұрын
Strange but non of my fellow EV owners report excessive tyre wear. Are you sure you are not making this up?
@nathanexplosion54788 ай бұрын
It’s definitely not being made up, the high levels of instant torque, higher weight, and shallower tread depths of EV specific tires (for better rolling resistance and noise levels) are going to reduce avg. tire life. But as with anyone’s tire wear it’s going to be highly variable based on specific tires used and driving behaviors. Please ask your friends for specifics.
@michaelketley12528 ай бұрын
@@nathanexplosion5478 Are your comments based on personal experience of an EV Nathan?
@nathanexplosion54788 ай бұрын
@@michaelketley1252 No, but is based on personal experience with HD diesel pickup trucks that have highly accelerated wear on the rear tires that are transferring the high torque levels their engines produce. It’s just physics. My daughter has a friend who’s parents bought a Tesla 3 over a year ago that I plan on asking about the real world impacts of tire wear and related operating costs over an extended period. I’m genuinely curious and want specifics.
@michaelketley12528 ай бұрын
@@nathanexplosion5478 Hi Nathan, thank you for your reply. I’ve just checked the rear driving tyres of my EV. Having covered 7000 miles since new, the tyre tread depth is slightly over 6mm. That would suggest a tyre life of over 20,000 miles…. Whilst it’s not possible to draw conclusions from one example, my personal experience reflects others in my FB group. (MG4 interest). My issue with “Mguy” is that his website is all about dissing EV’s and, whilst there’s a grain of truth in what he says, there’s a huge amount of misinformation too.
@sladehelicoptersgaming31488 ай бұрын
And yet if you google it, it says ev tyres last 20k -40k miles !! Truly amazing lol I wish any tyre lasted that long
@DwaynePipes8 ай бұрын
They do last that long...... According to many contributers here who are proudly regaling how long their tyre last. 60k and upwards so far!
@sladehelicoptersgaming31488 ай бұрын
@@DwaynePipes thats complete BS 10-15 for the drive wheels and 20k for undriven wheels has been the norm forever on ice cars
@DwaynePipes8 ай бұрын
@@sladehelicoptersgaming3148 hey I'm not the one making those claims. Don't shoot the messenger,!😂