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@SteveBower9963 жыл бұрын
Such a shame you were ultimately beaten by the Tesla, but I assume that was 4wd - you were struggling for traction with 2wd, so maybe could have done it with an extra motor & drive?
@karlreynolds5083 жыл бұрын
the phone guy uses is absolutely golden what a man
@ptonpc3 жыл бұрын
Nokia 6210 (might be a 6210i) Probably the best phone Nokia ever made (I'm biased I had one for many years and it never let me down).
@davidjereb3 жыл бұрын
@@ptonpc That's actually a 6310i.
@ptonpc3 жыл бұрын
@@davidjereb No worries They look very much alike. Mine had the golden finish.
@paulrobinson35283 жыл бұрын
You know its quick when Guy Martin off the line says "shiiiiiit"
@benjic803 жыл бұрын
Get a battery out of that Nokia in there, and it'll drive for a week without needing a charge. 👍
@ozzie12993 жыл бұрын
Absolute nonsense, that battery would blow the motors!
@Thisonegoestoeleven6663 жыл бұрын
And you can play snake at red lights!
@masondegaulle57313 жыл бұрын
If they integrated the Nokia battery into the chassis it would provide an enormous amount of strengthening too.
@gtxviper3 жыл бұрын
Think that's what they ran Herbie on
@ej2civicb7363 жыл бұрын
You could crash into walls and just pop all the parts back together ha
@chargeheadsuk3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to finish my TVR ⚡ This EV conversion scene is only getting bigger in the UK thanks to Electric Classic cars, Zero EV and Electrogenic. 💪⚡👍
@allegory76383 жыл бұрын
The narrator's voice makes me feel like we're about to sneak up on some very rare species in the jungle.
@Arcifer3 жыл бұрын
Ahh man when i saw the DeLorean, Wish they would've gone with that :D Brilliant vid! I like how fast it went from just discussing it to "okay so we're gonna pick apart my daily" xD
@YukiSuzukiIggyS3 жыл бұрын
Too heavy. It’s body is made of steel and it’s probably a customers car + the car will have been decided far before production started. They’d have to rebuild it from the ground up if they wanted it to be as light as the beetle can be
@Arcifer3 жыл бұрын
@@YukiSuzukiIggyS Indeed, but one could always dream :) Would love to see the end-result of that DeLorean build though, as they have it there for EVConversion. I bet it's going to be amazing.
@un2mensch3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I squeaked too when I saw the DeLorean but you can't nail a competitive quarter mile when you top out at 88mph
@andybrown42843 жыл бұрын
As long as the battery tops out at 1.2 gigawatts you won't be finishing before you started.
I love Guy Martin, but these episodes are not long enough! I was just getting into it and then suddenly it's ov....
@AdventurousNomad0073 жыл бұрын
Forget the car, I want the Nokia.
@pstep29663 жыл бұрын
Love this charming channel
@TheSpectre2233 жыл бұрын
Folks, if you like the look of Jonny's ev, and his presenting in the 5th Gear days, I highly recommend his youtube channel The Late Brake Show, good for petrolheads and EV nuts alike, and also his podcast 'Smith and Sniff' with fellow journalist Richard Porter
@breakshot74513 жыл бұрын
i love every car in this shop
@fahrenvibes3 жыл бұрын
Channel4 doesn't allow people outside UK to watch its programs. We miss all the videos of you GUY! We are excited with these short glimpse. Would love to watch full videos. But we are unfortunate!
@andrewmullen40033 жыл бұрын
get a VPN and change your location
@fahrenvibes3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmullen4003 oh ok. I didnt knew that it ll work in VPN. Coz i knew some sites even block running in VPN. I ll do that. More excited now.
@bignbuilds32092 жыл бұрын
need a bay kit ... also need funds .. but oooooo what fun .. ; )
@USMC-lr8th3 жыл бұрын
So many beautiful cars! 😍
@mohdrhaiz81463 жыл бұрын
any picture gallery?
@ecalzo3 жыл бұрын
super.. saw it on the documentary
@guyunknown91233 жыл бұрын
You get an electric vehicle so now you won't be penalized for anything illegal on the road.... BigBrain XD
@dukiemoto86763 жыл бұрын
More please!
@AdrianMcDaid3 жыл бұрын
What's phone is he using. When was this filmed ...
@timothyweiss50793 жыл бұрын
Electronic vehicles can be made self contained.. and where does the electricity come from to Charge the vehicles
@frankfisher993 жыл бұрын
So no one is mentioning the sideburns?
@MrAtaripitbull3 жыл бұрын
If that Beatle can make Guy's face turn like that, then you know it's fast..👍
@michaelhenry44053 жыл бұрын
That 6310 😂
@kevinparker24092 жыл бұрын
I absolutely need this guy to make me an electric fiero how can I contact him
@chuckfowler88753 жыл бұрын
Do yall know how rare that VW vantruck is here in the states and that one is super nice.
@chuckfowler88753 жыл бұрын
Man I would like at least once to see a whole episode of something I know he has a series in the UK but we dont get it in the states.
@mr8I73 жыл бұрын
Umm the internet will help you with that one.
@chuckfowler88753 жыл бұрын
@@mr8I7 tried it won't allow you to sign up for the Channel 4 site cause I'm in the states....
@andrewmullen40033 жыл бұрын
@@chuckfowler8875 get a VPN and change your location
@seeteasea54973 жыл бұрын
That is exactly the phone I would have spect guy to have hahaha
@angeloah3 жыл бұрын
This is what drives the world of automobile evolution if we are lucky. Racing brings about unlikely ideas and cultivation and after refinement and safety updates we get a fleet of new tech. Now if only we got the power grid right in the first place Tesla tech would meet Tesla tech and off we’d go. Anyway…I love this. 🤘🔥😎🔥🤘
@andybrown42843 жыл бұрын
Downside of the racing is the constant earsplitting eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that makes things like formula e unwatchable
@angeloah3 жыл бұрын
@@andybrown4284 I agree the sound of 30 odd open piped cars does give me goosebumps, the drivers give f$&k all they just want fast and simple. To make it viable there will have to be changes I’m sure, I mean we already had absolute speed with group b, and silhouette cars they took those away, now faster even electric? How long will they last if they kill half the league and half a dozen spectators or fly off cliffs uncontrollably on pikes peak?
@richarddocherty50073 жыл бұрын
Great program but didn't even get close.
@Dillonpickle3 жыл бұрын
The Nokia ! Of course he still uses one ! 😄
@richard94443 жыл бұрын
Modern technology meets Guys phone ...😂
@danielcorona23283 жыл бұрын
what a beauty
@ivankuljis17803 жыл бұрын
Here comes the 'TECH_RODDER' Guyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@lalalandKing3 жыл бұрын
Lol...your driving or am I driving it
@jimmyharris20063 жыл бұрын
It definitely helps to use the English captions, I can at times barely understand them, but the car is pretty nice
@batchint3 жыл бұрын
wonder when guy will try a nile wilson triangle
@michaelwhite80313 жыл бұрын
So what are the going to do with all the old batteries later ? Where are they going to get all the metals to make the electric batteries ? What are the batteries going to be charged by ?
@4literv63 жыл бұрын
Recycle them, and repurpose those with enough remaining capacity into use for grid service's.
@michaelwhite80313 жыл бұрын
@@4literv6 so what happens after that, how do you dispose of them, do they go into landfill ?
@4literv63 жыл бұрын
@@michaelwhite8031 to valuable to dump them. Redwoods materials is already recycling hundreds of tons of batteries each year from teslas neveda factory and Amazon. That company's is run by a former tesla founder and has received funds from many large investors to scale up quickly. Overseas vw and other's are already running joint ev recycling operations as we speak. And the Junkyards are making bank off of wrecked ev pack's and parts for elktromod swapped vehicle's. Currently 90-93% of all the ev pack's can be reused and or recycled.
@Grinding_Gears3 жыл бұрын
what happens to old engine oil (the fuel is Cn, CO and CO2 obvs)? Amazing how many folks get concerned about recycling only for EVs.
@michaelwhite80313 жыл бұрын
@@4literv6 so they're 100% recyclable ? Where are they going to get all the valuable metals like silver, lithium to make them ? Where are the fuels (Fossil Fuels) going to come from to charge them ? Sounds like a lot of Carbon to me even to mine the metals.
@fix-and-drive-diy-repairs3 жыл бұрын
Petrol and diesel are in big competition with EVs!
@Tony-ot4mh3 жыл бұрын
Using an old Nokia phone in 2021.........awesome
@truckerlee473 жыл бұрын
Is this the bloke from the tele program. Vintage Voltage?.
@WonkoTheSaneUK3 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@iam_mono18923 жыл бұрын
Guys brother from another mother, 😂
@philtucker12243 жыл бұрын
That’s why electric cars are the next big thing. Faster, but cleaner and quieter as well. Some manufacturers have already stopped producing diesel engines, petrol will be next….
@billpetersen2983 жыл бұрын
Clean, like a coal powered Tesla, in China.
@electro16223 жыл бұрын
The narrator needs some cough syrup...
@GrahamCampbell-kr2gz3 жыл бұрын
Why oh why would you start with an un-aerodynamic VW and not a Honda Insight or Corvette or Ultima for weight reduction?
@POWER-LINKS3 жыл бұрын
It's already been converted to electric. A couple of years ago.
@rayhardy99633 жыл бұрын
Have you spoken to Matt at rimac yet he will blow you away and he's on you tube
@redordead44913 жыл бұрын
Proper!!
@moss1transcendant2 жыл бұрын
Lol add lightness
@brianpark25643 жыл бұрын
Me when I saw the DeLorean 😯
@DiegoMartinezCoria3 жыл бұрын
9.8 s in a minicar is fucking hilarious.
@barendjohannesclausen76053 жыл бұрын
O Guy rocking thatt 6210 nokia .
@eliotmansfield3 жыл бұрын
Sadly didn’t even better Jonny Smith’s record
@4literv63 жыл бұрын
Right? The plaid model s and rimac nevera are pretty darn amazing for how far bevs came in just a few year's. Since Johnny made that record. Their is a low 9sec factory five homebuilt kit car using teslas powertrain on here to.
@eliotmansfield3 жыл бұрын
@@4literv6 I watched the full show last night - the only managed something like a 10.7 iirc - it was obvious they weren’t going to get anywhere near to Jonny, let alone the Plaid. They need 4wd really.
@4literv63 жыл бұрын
@@eliotmansfield that's sad imo. Look at this non professionally built ev converted factory five 818. It went low 9s 2 year's ago now. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ-2YXaYrs11h6M
@craigkaschan48223 жыл бұрын
Old VW’s would make excellent electric cars even though they sound great.
@jools182 Жыл бұрын
Please leave the CSL alone 😭
@fallen0ver3 жыл бұрын
tesla plad is like 7 sec...
@scottbaker90663 жыл бұрын
A VW ??!? Why? Get the a Tesla drive train in the Delorian!
@andrewharris33803 жыл бұрын
👍
@Itsmeyourbuddyguy3 жыл бұрын
Oh it kills me to see a batmobile waiting for conversion.
@homies353 жыл бұрын
I thought the same
@ElectricClassicCars3 жыл бұрын
It's not a real CSL, it's a recreation based off a CSi. 👍
@Itsmeyourbuddyguy3 жыл бұрын
@@ElectricClassicCars oh okay, regardless it's yours or your customers and I'm sure this is going to be much more commonplace in coming years.