Geneva Motor Show 2019 electric vehicle highlights | Fully Charged

[@eDriver]

Electric driving is coming more and more to the daily market Whether you like it or not, it's the future car power.

[@aviator-kn8zq]

nah it's not.

[@Manu-jc2sx]

@@aviator-kn8zq Yes it is.

[@djlondon7956]

I do like it!

[@Wetsuitntie]

But batteries are just a stepping stone to hydrogen fuel cells as the long-term answer, surely?

[@Wetsuitntie]

But batteries are just a stepping stone to hydrogen fuel cells as the long-term solution, surely?

[@Thewhomaybehe]

Jonny's design commentry is inteligent and understandable, a missing part of Fully Charged until recent shows, completes the show. Bravo.

[@teher1k]

His personal comments are also very common sense though. I think that makes them work so good.

[@dotTomdotcom]

@@teher1k He used to be REALLY annoying to watch on Channel 5's Fifth Gear. It's obvious someone's had a word or he's gone on a course or two as he now manages to impart knowledge without pretending to be whacky or an anorak car nut. He's got the tone down to a tee. Informative, concise and a good way of finding out what's what on EV.

[@eldictator1]

TomT yeah he’s toned down the top gear-esque lad tone, seems more natural

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

He's easy on the eyes and the ears, too.

[@trancetechkid]

I couldn’t have said I better myself.

[@jeg1972]

Every time I see Jonny Smith at a motor show, I just think, there is guy at the top of his game... Affable, humerous and incredibly knowledgeable... Top stuff.

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Still he did not remember the fact that the Kangaroo electric concept it is based on 2013 Audi Nanuk concept which was created at ItalDesign by Giugiaro based on - Parcour concept from 2010.. ;0)

[@jeffreymartin3361]

Your spelling is humorous lol

[@ski808]

Wow. I thoroughly enjoyed Jonny's presentation throughout this. Since his 5th Gear days, this is remarkably a coming of age so to say of his show-hosting capabilities. He is concise, verbose, riveting, and show automotive depth all in one package; no homo, unpaid. Very unlike the bombastic (literally) JC, or the grumpy TN, which is a welcoming breath of fresh air. Keep it up!

[@HarryWincup]

I could listen to Jonny talk about these cars all day. Another wonderful video with great insights and entertaining commentary. Thank you FC!

[@bjornmarley5670]

jonny boy is one of the best motor review guys out there....

[@aidansomerville773]

Jonny is a really great car presenter. The information he gathers for his videos is brilliant!

[@aidansomerville773]

@TyTisNPC_corporate MSMwallStreetBIGpharma oh ya think! Thanks for stating the bleedin obvious! It's his presentation skills too, compared to any tool who presents on any youtube channel. FFS!

[@KlausPedersen_gaffa]

My favourite show with my favourite presenter - such a great coverage of the Geneva show. Thanks guys! (the comment about the refurbished 70's bathmat in the Skoda totally cracked me up) ;-) LoL

[@colingenge9999]

Johnnys unpretentious and straightforward style is something that many announcers should study. He should be the future of objective realistic commentary. Nice going Johnny. Keep it up man.

[@STICKITINYOUREAR]

This is the best video I have seen of the 2019 Geneva car show. Congrats to the photographer who had the brains to put his focus on the cars and not the narrator. Seeing the inside of the cars for more than a split second was also very welcome.The pic quality is terrific and the narrator is NOT annoying and doesn't talk down to the audience. Bravo !

[@ramilehti]

Thanks for having SI units on screen. It helps a lot us who are in the civilized countries.

[@unfurling3129]

That's an uncivilized comment. Most of civilization has been wonderfully constructed utilizing non-SI units. Your ignorance is vast, powering a snooty attitude. So those who built cathedrals and countless other true glories of architecture were not civilized?

[@thexmsjoker]

Jonny Smith is hands down the best and by far most likeable car review/presenter ever. Keep pushing the amazing content, all of you guys at fully charged rock!!!

[@jakeinthetube]

Incredible production for walking around a busy/noisy event, keep it up guys

[@vk2aafhamradio]

Jonny's expansive knowledge & seamless presentation coupled with on-point photography and last but not least, swimming in the crowds while pulling it off. Nice one, Jonny & Fully Charged crew.

[@RM-iu6mm]

I quite like that Lagonda have decided to make their first car a hearse. Bold

[@MuitoDaora]

Will not be produced like that. Very important markets (US) don't allow the body to extend beyond the bumper.

[@patreekotime4578]

@@MuitoDaora I doubt Aston cares too much about US regulations. Even Honda's EV city car won't sell at all in the US because the design won't meet regulations. Remember, despite all the off-roading talk, it's likely these cars will spend 99% of their lives travelling from airports to fancy hotels.

[@shogun2215]

@@MuitoDaora Sorry, China as a market is more important.

[@pragmatist165]

you're funny 😁

[@pragmatist165]

you're very funny😁

[@Tysto]

How Jonny delivers that smooth patter in the middle of all that hubbub I'll never know. It's amazing.

[@Vlad-fs3gf]

So happy to see ELECTRIC Cars more and more

[@idrissamorehouse5776]

Big up dem fully charged boys!! Always lookin forward to Jonny’s convention sessions! Never fails to be top notch programming!! Jonny’s gotta be one of the best commentators on KZbin - not sure how he does it? Must be that proper balance of geek ,snark and just a touch of swagger

[@jaalittle2814]

Now we just have to get the knuckleheads here in Australia to accept that this is coming and that it does work!

[@martythemartian99]

Libs say we can't go 50% EV by 2030, yet many car makers are going 100% electric sooner than that. How stupid are politicians?

[@evbrisbane]

Don't like our chances

[@timsyoutubechannel9798]

@@martythemartian99 Probably pointing out that Liberals in Oz are what the Conservatives call themselves. Isn't there an international law we can impose to stop these idiots masquerading (to the rest of the world) as progressives? :-)

[@domtdoodar99]

Marty theMartian it would be great if politicians were better at science right

[@AussieZeKieL]

You don’t need government approval to buy an electric. Or do you want people’s taxes to subsidize your purchase?

[@DaraM73]

Best motoring show currently running. Always grateful that there’s less focus on power & speed, and more on hope & the future reality.

[@Roamor1]

That lagonda is stunning, but I cant imagine it will ever see even a patch of grass. 😀

[@rhmagalhaes]

You are underestimating the Billionaires that love Golf... LOL

[@bigbadjohn10]

Perhaps when they go to watch the polo.

[@lolouro2266]

Monterey car show

[@DavidKnowles0]

It might if Top Gear or Grand tour get their greasy little mites on it.

[@MrRiddle0]

@@DavidKnowles0 I'm pretty sure that Aston will just laugh in their faces.

[@Thametownguy]

Johnny and Robert, Thank you for all of your hard work. Fully charged is my favourite peek into the future every week!

[@1Finlandguy]

I feel like the car cleaning crew is on to you.

[@smejlee2550]

LOL

[@startingupinbusiness]

Love the way Jonny presents with his eye for design and attention to detail :)

[@boatscrypto5856]

Love the new stance your taking towards the big companies. Keep up the good work

[@_TbT_]

Johnny did a great job, as always. But may I say that the camera work is GREAT, especially in a extremely busy environment as that! The smoothest show presentation I have seen! Some kind of gimbal camera thing at work here as it seems.

[@Portubed]

"That is very nice… but it's not electric." #JustWalkAway Love it!

[@poplaurentiu4148]

24.47 at yellow Skoda electric concept Jonny go around it and point his finger to lady butt he say quite loud: that's a really nice car !!! I was eating & just spilled the food from my mouth on the screen.. Gosh you naughty Jonny !!! Look what you make me do !!!

[@sketchpro12]

awesome as always! still thrilled thatFully Charged has grown SO much and the addition of Johnny has been a real treat! Can't wait to see you guys in Austin this Sept at Fully Charged LIVE USA!!

[@LetsTakeWalk]

That’s the most beautiful Kia I’ve ever seen. Well, the bar is low.

[@AndySnap]

Great show, and yes, Fully Charged is now really a TV show on KZbin, not just a 'video'. Half an hour flew by aided by a fine presenter showing us great cars.

[@nimblybimbly4002]

Summarizing the Geneva Motor Show: "Is that a running light or a brake light? Well, it's a concept car so it's probably nothing..." 25:37

[@sonnymoon6465]

yah hahahaha like elon musk says, it 100 times harder to build the factory than the automobile itself. that's a rough translation.

[@sonnymoon6465]

and then to find all the parts and keep that factory up and running... That's a flat miracle expecially at the rate a full on car company works at producing a million + vehicles a year. No wonder they don't change fast. They undoubtedly see certain death ! If they don't get it right and have no more funding from big oil well that's just the end. Probably all the big auto makers in the usa will fold soon ! I hope so ! I want to go for a walk and breathe at the same time. Silly me.

[@Akira-nw4jl]

@@sonnymoon6465 it seems like these prototypes will remain prototypes. these automakers don't seem serious about building these electric vehicles. it appears Tesla has no real competition.

[@john3Lee]

Well done Jonny, a brilliant run through of the show...

[@seanstampley9739]

The Lagonda is a gorgeous hearse. Drive to the next realm in post-modern comfort.

[@Akira-nw4jl]

I can't stop laughing ! great observation.

[@Ro32da72]

Fully Charged - you boys (and girls) are on fire lately, stunning content delivered in Jonny's lovely easy, knowledgable style. Interesting to see the huge range of EV's on show, from the ID Buggy to the Lagonda, which probably has its own postcode. Loved every second, thank you FC team.

[@teher1k]

Hey, Jonny, I think a lot of people would like to buy old cars with a new electric motor and maybe a slightly digitized but still a sort of haptic analog interior. I try to electrify a '93 Audi 100 quattro just for the sake of it. This is a market that has to be much more acknowledged to give all the lovely classics in the world another chance!

[@BigPowerAL]

Loved this episode. Jonny’s take on the current crop of EV’s is alway on point.

[@bernardthedisappointedowl6938]

The drinking game of taking a shot every time Jonny says, "Design language", has made for an interesting morning, ^oo^

[@zoomosis]

I thought the drinking game might be "that's nice, but it's not electric".

[@bernardthedisappointedowl6938]

@@zoomosis That is a good idea Zoomosis - Rewind, I'll crack out the Aultmore, ^oo^

[@zapfanzapfan]

After that you'll have to drive that little French car :-)

[@Dodiwho1]

That shirt fully stood out among the exhibits. Fantastic choice, a tool belt probably over the top.

[@zoomosis]

The Italdesign DaVinci at 12:43 is gorgeous! I hope it goes into production.

[@MrDehBoss]

Would be amazing as the next mustang with a slight re design

[@dgb5820]

I think you are the best motoring researcher ever, your knowledge base is so enjoyable

[@79loj]

"OMG that is arousingly good.......Not electric."🤣🤣🤣 Love it Jonny keep up the good work.

[@EverinMalpica]

Great video! It's time people stop supporting vehicles that consume non-renewables resources. We are holding on any vehicles purchases until we can also move into an electric vehicle.

[@sportcomputerservices6438]

My wife has the Mazda MX-5 RF-S and she loves it - but she'd upgrade to a full electric version in a heartbeat! Imagine that handling and fun, but with the extra responsiveness of all electric... OMG Mazda Please do it!!!!!!!

[@observingrogue7652]

Or you can convert an mx5 into a performance BEV, yourself. it's a loved model in the Tuner community. There are great aftermarket suspension & body parts available. Only, in place of an engine & turbo, use a strong electric motor, and build custom lithium battery packs, with super capacitors in parallel, to make launches & brake-regen easier on the batteries. Maybe EV West can help you.

[@watcher24601]

Most interesting vehicle imo was the Mercedes EQV, especially if it has the Marco Polo variant. Most campers are currently diesel, this is the first sign of a viable electric alternative that can do more than 100 miles and isn't restricted to urban use only.

[@Kishgofu]

I wish SMART would come out with a new ROADSTER. I'd buy an electric roadster in a literal heartbeat.

[@imeverywhere9633]

What about the tesla roadster v1 and v2?

[@pioneer7777777]

@@imeverywhere9633 Smart $ Tesla $$$$$$$$

[@drunkenhobo8020]

I loved the Smart Roadster, especially the coupé. Still regret not even test driving that one which was being sold locally. Was gorgeous in black and silver. An electric one would be fantastic.

[@imeverywhere9633]

Well I'd much more prefer an mx-5 ev

[@christill]

100% yes. Would buy one.

[@dotTomdotcom]

Jonny Smith - good video. Credit to you. You've changed & refined your presentation style and it's all the better for it.

[@DavidKnowles0]

A bit training from Robert perhaps.

[@radec594]

We always see tons of concept cars and cars that scream "look at me! I'm a futuristic EV design that nobody will actually buy!" I wish car manufacturers would take this more seriously and present affordable, mass productible EV models instead of eye-catching but ultimately useless/overexpensive concepts.

[@MrRayjay72]

Love the coverage of the Geneva Motor Show and the way you shoot past the ICE cars and ICE Motorbikes and love the Lagonda you sead it will be built in Wales thank you Taffy from New Zealand My car is a Hyundai Ioniq Electric elite LOVE IT

[@pablolanza153]

Great content, keep up the good work Jonny! Ps: Lagonda 😍

[@muddyboots1881]

You tell 'em Jonny! Good job , as always

[@onyekaonyia8395]

Your comment about the emergence of sub-brands... my guess is so that the car manufacturers can attempt the risky ventures under such sub-brands isolating them from the more established brands. If the risky ventures don’t work, the associated sub-brand is already packaged up ready for sale with minimal (financial, Human Resources, etc) impact to the rest of the group.

[@gregf1792]

I love this finally, cars are electric and starting to look like the cars of the future I imagined as a child! Keep up the great work bringing us these insights.

[@Smidge204]

Cute how the VW Buggy has "play" and "pause" symbols on the accelerator and brake pedals, respectively.

[@saschadri]

That's something they will actually do with the first edition of the ID.

[@UncleManuel]

Play: Accelerator / Pause: clutch / Stop: brake ;-)

[@davidking3699]

should be an AWD though...

[@timcollins1131]

The nautical term on the Smart Concept roof is bimini - thanks for the intelligent commentary, restores reason to stay connected to your channel!

[@maxtorque2277]

"Tax Escapology and Expensive Horology" Come on, who came up with that one? Well done you! :-)

[@utkangezer]

"That's nice... but it's not electric" I love you guys! This future needs to be pushed sooner as much as possible, and that attitude there has pushed it a day or two sooner, to me it seems.

[@FirstDan2000]

That Toyota advert mentioned in the podcasts also played before this KZbin video. They claim the hybrid's batteries recharge themselves! That's utterly amazing. Imagine a battery that recharges ITSELF. Wow. No mention of the petrol engine doing the actual charging.

[@jacoja06]

Robert talks about that ad in the latest Fully charged news episode. I’m personally a big fan of Toyota, but jeezus that stupid self charging ad angers me!

[@chriss2595]

@@jacoja06 It's an ad, who cares. Hybrid actually works. Saving ca. 2-3 l/100km gasoline, e.g. Yaris hybrid I have: 3,7l - 5,3l /100km irl. Gonna buy the new Corolla hybrid though.

[@jacoja06]

I had a Ct200h, loved the thing and enjoyed the fuel savings. Ad is deliberately misleading the public though, as Robert explained.

[@chriss2595]

@@jacoja06 Deliberately? Jeezes. It's about a 'self charging Hybrid'. And it's correct: the damn thing charges itself by combustion and by energy recuperation by slowing down. And it works. If this ad angers someone, then a ton of ads will anger that person. FirstDan2000 is really an idiot to believe that someone could even think about generating energy out of the blue. C'mon!

[@jacoja06]

@@chriss2595 Of course it's deliberate. Toyota literally mock pure EV's in their ads (bloke waiting next to charger, etc), and then they claim their electric cars can charge themselves. To the average person who has no interest in cars, or does not think logically about where that additional energy comes from, it's misleading. It's technically correct, but misleading. It's just clever marketing. How can you not understand?

[@AllTheBestCO]

Great video to showcase these prototype vehicles. The future is here. Liked and subscribed.

[@AllTheBestCO]

@ 6:30 This concept Smart car is cool. I like everything about it. My girl would love to have one. She's practical/smart.

[@mtty1988]

Kangaroo with ski rack reminds me of roger moors lotus Turbo Esprit form “Your Eyes Only”

[@kentsoderstrom8378]

The electric Smart looks like a boyhead with a backwards pointed yellow cap. Looks funny and cool at the same time.

[@alanreid4448]

Excellent episode Jonny. Many thanks. The future looks good.

[@djlondon7956]

You lot inspired me to go and have a look myself at this show! Well done for getting round all those cars! It was a great show but absolutely knackering to try to see the lot. You did great! :-)

[@syncrovanCos]

I would love to see more electric vans on the market !

[@Brian-qo1sd]

Fully Charged - the greatest motoring show ever. FACT!!

[@luisfernandes4145]

Thank you very much for showing us those wonderfull cars!

[@randallsmith7885]

‘Slightly pointlessly’, ‘shimmy through the crowd’, ‘classic concept car paraphernalia’, ‘it’s a world of led’s..., what’s this? it’s probably nothing - it’s a concept car.’ Johnny is an awesome wordsmith!

[@samuelmagro4254]

MX5 full EV? Yes please!

[@observingrogue7652]

Someone converted an mx-5 to electric. It beat a Tesla in a drag race.

[@strokex1]

Jonny Smith made and excellent presentations of different models. He pointed out important and lesser important points that was good and interesting to know. a few remarks i never know. thanks. good job indeed.

[@digubo]

thank you for sharing! also really nice with timestamps in description :)

[@Horizoncsafaris]

Like the swipe at VW......many promises need to be fore filled....they certainly do! Nice one FCS & Jonny, great video... thank you 🖖

[@ChongMcBong]

wow, that lagonda looks amazing, cheers Jonny :)

[@simonadamson9261]

Jonny, you are very good sir. Hope this show goes from strength to strength.

[@TheDelawar]

Excellent jobs guys, considering how busy the place was. I enjoyed watching this.

[@pnvgordinho]

At 20:15, the major different between that and the Twizy is the fact that it has proper DOORS. I will bet money that this will sell in a year, what the twizy has sold in its entire life. Just think how many quad small cars are on the streets. Old people and people that don't have a drivers license have those cars. They didn't bought a Twizy because its a piece of carp (edit-crap) with no proper doors. If this thing comes with the right price, all those drivers above will buy one of these. Kudos for Seat.

[@RM-iu6mm]

Yup, spot on. Not sure why it’s taking them so long to bring it out. 2021 is a long time off in the car game

[@djlondon7956]

A piece of carp? mmm ... we could grill it with some butter!

[@pnvgordinho]

@@djlondon7956 Fixed it :)

[@dot7107]

I just love that separate twin motor skoda model in 24:49. Just imagine what ride those motors will give for u... 💕

[@zak_7354]

It's an intresting world we're entering

[@dfaulk2660]

Thank you for the good coverage!

[@PaulV3D]

Way to drop the subtle references; "a well attended stand" on skoda.

[@mickyg1953]

Another excellent review. Those skinny tyres on the Brabus Smart car are useless for our South African roads (potholes), you need full profile tyres to navigate them.

[@alerem121]

24:50 thats a really nice bumper

[@HanYou2]

i have no idea what he was saying there

[@atomicmartini2922]

Johnny makes this.

[@salahmed7273]

Thank you for dropping out non electric,,

[@dlittlester]

Another great show. Please keep them coming.

[@stephen-boddy]

He was stood *right next to* the Seat el-Born at 21:47 and totally ignored it? Just a brief glimpse of it in the background. What the heck, Jonny?

[@DavidKnowles0]

Most likely a full episode base on that car is coming up in the future.

[@migteleco]

Exactly, i was think just that. Why the hell he spends so much time with the "twizzy a la española", but ignored completely the El Born?

[@paname514]

Peugeot 208 is not here too, but it got its own video before.

[@다곰바부추장]

Wow.. Kia's new emvelom is fantastic and Imagine is outstanding.

[@tonezoneuk]

It's a shame so many are only hybrids. Would like to have seen more EVs at the show. At least they were plug in hybrids.

[@joecleveland6525]

More opportunity for manufacturers to milk the incentives without securing a large battery supply.

[@marc0523]

I don't mind, even like, Hybrids, but they must have at least a 100 mile range electric only, any less and they are not really any good in my mind.

[@CBC460]

I love these cars. They are beautiful.

[@epsospremium6088]

*The transition is finally happening.* Good for the air and noise pollution issues. We can make bets for which electric cars will become fleet cars ?

[@AnalogX64]

Great coverage, I enjoyed the coverage last year and again this year :)

[@NatHarwood]

FullyCharged - Please could you credit the music you use, either in the description or at the end of the video? Some of us enjoy it!

[@savedfaves]

The whole car industry is changing so fast. Everything’s up in the air.

[@andrewtaylor641]

Mx-5 electric, Yes please. have a word jonny get it sorted. :-)

[@simonyapp]

10 out of 10 FC team and a great sound track!

[@2036scott]

I'm saving up for the Skoda Vision now.. that looks beautiful!

[@dmomcilovic9185]

great report, and exciting times ahead. I have for the last 4yrs lost all interest in combustion cars.

[@johndonaldson5126]

I don't find concept cars interesting. So little shown in concept cars comes to market. Why bother.

[@markifi]

many companies are now promising mostly unaltered production model after the concept car is unveiled, they might be lying, but what if they aren't

[@patreekotime4578]

I remember all the wacky concept cars from the 80s. Now many people are driving cars that look like those concepts... And now more than ever before car shows are being used to get a bit of public feedback on designs that *are* coming to market. Which is awesome. The funny part is how esp w EVs, how many concept cars these days have specs that under-perform compared to cars available to purchase... Which goes to show how fantastically quickly things are moving along.

[@MrRiddle0]

Art, technology and attention. Sure most of the designs don't get used in production but they are still nice to look at. Most of the tech will filter down into production models even if the design itself is completely different. It also gathers lots of attention, which in turn caused people to buy their production cars and invest in the company.

[@niandra92]

Yeah why bother with technological and design progress? Also, we've invented everything we need so we should stop trying to make new things now.

[@ljprep6250]

That Kia concept is gorgeous! That and the eNiro should keep them busy for awhile.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Car design is starting to look like in "Demolition Man", no capacitance gel yet though :-)

[@barryjdwyer]

Zapfanzapfan - you are fined one credit for violation of the verbal code!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Yeah, well, I needed the toilet paper ;-)

[@fenceman53]

Such a lovely cameraman. Spot on

[@anarfox]

"... the luxury brand of Aston Martin..." Wait, what?

[@originalmossman]

No one else note the irony that only moments before, it was "Cupra? I wish the manufacturers would drop the sub-brands..." 🤔

[@shiftgaming5786]

I