“MADNESS!” Julia Hartley-Brewer BLASTS ‘Electric Car Revolution’

[@carllockpick6179]

The people calling the shots, are being driven around in range rovers.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

And it was the people who voted them in.

[@culmalachie]

no, they are better known in those circles as: Chelsea TRACTORS - but these "people" themselves, know nothing about farming ( except harvesting taxes )

[@stevetodd7030]

And not the electric versions either.

[@6666madmick]

Because it all about money

[@seakayak4425]

The level of incompetence would be funny if energy wasn't of such fundamental importance to us

[@escapetheratracenow9883]

When the rich and powerful people give up their ocean-from mansions, private jets, Ferraris, yachts, helicopters etc, I'll think about agreeing with Net Zero. If not, they can sod off.

[@easyonenow]

How about...when the well informed banks stop giving 20 year Mortgages on London, river side property.

[@cesilpreston]

@@escapetheratracenow9883 N Z is scam of the 21st century

[@stephenwood9687]

Sadly, it will only be when all crops have been used to make bio fuels instead of food, all trees have been cut down or destroyed by fires, and all rivers and oceans polluted, that people will realise that you can't eat money.

[@aacmove]

Governments fall, if only people would stop voting them into power.

[@SuperPirate100]

All Britain has done is export our pollution elswhere. We shut our steelworks but we haven't stopped using steel so the pollution to make it is just made elsewhere. Itsvjust smoke and mirrors .

[@armosamarosso]

Our net carbon footprint actually went up, closing the last blast furnace means we now have to get the virgin steel all the way from India, so add onto that the diesel of a massive cargo ocean liner...jumping out black smoke all across the high seas...but at least Ed Milipede gets to sing with a ukele virtue signalling as our bills go up and up and up...closing the north sea was an insane policy.

[@zitzong]

Net zero is basically pie in the sky

[@cesilpreston]

Net Zero is a crime against humanity.

[@stevehayward1854]

What has EV's got to do with Net Zero, I drive them because they are far better than unreliable and expensive to run ICE cars

[@zitzong]

@ so the plan is to have all electric cars to help in the goal of net zero so quite a lot If you want to drive EV then that is fine and nobody cares if it suites you. Not sure why you needed to explain that you drive EV however.

[@andysims4906]

@@zitzongtypical EV driver.

[@stevehayward1854]

@@zitzong People like myself are buying them because they are far better than a ICE car, a Tesla makes every other car on the road seem dumb. I have been driving various EV's for over 7 years and you have been played by the media and the politicians that receive cash from the big oil companies. I am amazed how easily the braindead are fooled. 1 in 5 cars sold in the UK in 2024 was an EV and that was up 21% from the previous year, you went through the smart phone revolution that supposed to fry your brain, now your going through the vehicle revolution, so sad to see how easy it was to brainwash you, if you ahd a few brain cells you could have done your own critical investigation as to the truth

[@14Unow]

Car manufacturers in UK should tell the government that if they implement their loony £15k fine mandate, then they will close their factories, permanently. That's 198,000 people on the dole. The loonies in the Westminster might then listen.

[@stevetodd7030]

I thought that myself. Our government is holding us to ransom.

[@bernardrobinson5942]

Don't bet on it, their bubble is puncture=proof.

[@morganthunder290]

I think closing the factories permanently is what they intend.

[@peterhuxley8181]

That's the problem, the loonies in Westminster don't listen. It's only become worse in the last 6 months as the left don't need to listen to anyone as they know they are correct in whatever they say.

[@Tenfoot-Ajar]

One look at the North Sea windfall tax and the resulting withdrawal of International Oil and Gas companies shows that the government doesn't care. When the North Sea collapses, the number of high paid working taxpayers that will be out of work will be saddening. Not only that, but the rest of the country is then reliant on more imported gas to heat homes and power factories, we all saw what happened when Russia and Ukraine went to war.. what could possibly go wrong with this plan...?

[@MrLeadb1]

The EV sales numbers are complete lies. The system of counting is based on registrations...not actual sales. The claim is that just 30% of car sales were EV's, but in reality it was 11%. In order to avoid the fines for not selling enough EV's, The garages have been registering the cars themselves before they are even sold....they are registered and left sitting on the lot. Just look at the sudden volume of EV's registered in Dec 24...before the year ended, to give the illusion of increased EV car sales. Some of these EV's are '23 models with only 3-17 miles on them. The whole car industry is going to collapse over this sharade!

[@stevehayward1854]

Many legacy car manufacturers have many months worth of ICE cars they cant sell, unlike Teslas who ship every car they build direct to customers. Legacy Car Manufacturers EV's are collecting dust because they are overpriced bits of junk.

[@cesilpreston]

Yes thats correct. Its happened everywhere. China was the first example of this. EV Car makers there took the state subsidies and didn't sell any EV cars. It won't work here. Trump will fix it in the USA. We need a new gov to fix it here in the UK. Liebour gov is unworkable.

[@MrLeadb1]

@stevehayward1854 In what could be classed as an accelerated experiment.....Hertz showed that they were neither reliable or cheap to run. But now rental companies are ditching them and moving to hybrids. But such facts only bring out the EVangelists who suffer from the sunk cost fallacy....like yourself.😂

[@scaryfakevirus]

@@stevehayward1854 That's because they are not allowed to sell th ICE cars. Teslas go to companies who get massive reductions.

[@ibrahimsued4906]

@@MrLeadb1 'EVangelists' lol

[@peterpan6821]

Far right and proud.

[@brentmeistergeneral1054]

So proud you've never told anyone except under an anonymous account on an obscure KZbin video. Your mum must be so proud!

[@David-q9g5i]

@@brentmeistergeneral1054keep listening to Ed Miliband telling you how to live from a private jet 🛩️ 👏🏻

[@brentmeistergeneral1054]

@@David-q9g5i strange post. I am sure you saw the purpose of it. But nobody else does.

[@EXSKIN]

So is Elon, you know the EV CEO.

[@peterhowson-pf5vo]

At this exact moment in time (7pm on 8th Jan) wind is providing 6% of our electricity, solar 0% obviously, nuclear 11% and Gas 52%!! The rest is mostly being imported. What a mess we’re going to be in

[@barrycook3540]

I'm going to keep my diesel until it falls apart

[@cesilpreston]

🙂

[@steves1460]

Sames

[@caterthun4853]

If you buy new diesel in 2030 it should see you out.. I am sure by 2050 it will be a collectors item and worth more than purchase price..

[@barrycook3540]

@@caterthun4853 Yes, if they are still being made

[@stephennind4414]

my diesel is 20 years old this year. Close to 200,000 miles and still drives like a new car. Built to last, unlike new electric cars. Not that I could afford one any way.

[@gramamg100]

Don’t know why she had a guest! He couldn’t get a word in.

[@nigbiker2592]

She is a bit of a motormouth!!!

[@AlisonJones-v1p]

I wonder if the 1100 workers and thousands of subsidiary workers supplying the Vauxhall diesel van plant losing their jobs support net zero? I don't think they will be able to afford an electric car now.

[@alanreynolds2125]

importing coal on ships too!!!!!!!

[@robdavies6682]

What would this coal be used for?

[@dartskipper3170]

​@@robdavies6682 Heating stuff. Plenty of homes in the countryside still rely on coal fires.

[@alanreynolds2125]

@ our power stations!!!

[@Stewpot-29]

@@alanreynolds2125it obviously escaped your notice that the last power station in the UK ceased operation in Sept last year.

[@Stewpot-29]

Coal powered that is

[@nuttiputty]

Poor guy couldnt get a bloody word in edgeways

[@steves1460]

Yeah, not much point bringing somebody on to discuss a topic and then talking over the top of them for the majority of the time. It’s one of the most irritating human traits imaginable.

[@teryd5672n]

You couldn’t make it up. Importing coal fired electricity and LNG gas shipped from the US which has been fracked instead of fracking our own.

[@robdavies6682]

The UK has closed it's last coal fired power station in September. Where have you been living?

[@teryd5672n]

@imported coal fired electricity?!

[@robdavies6682]

@@teryd5672n …and how much of that is there? Do you even know? Our imports come mostly from France (nuclear) and Norway (Hydro) and a tiny bit from Denmark.

[@teryd5672n]

@ imports/exports occur for 2 reasons - to provide system resilience of the European grid networks and as back up (if possible) when wind energy is low in a given area. WRT the latter it usually affects larger areas of Europe and therefore gas (mostly) is called upon as its quick responding . Nuclear is base load and has little agility to make up surplus at short notice, hydro supports Norway’s own base load challenges to prevent black outs there. So I expect as grid demand increases due to Heat pumps, EVs and AI data centres, there will be a lot of firing up gas power to fill the gap until nuclear can be ramped up, but that will take decades.

[@robdavies6682]

I don’t disagree. I just don’t see where the coal comes into it.

[@Vivian-g1h]

Electricity is not energy. It is a means of transmitting energy.

[@RalfPinkaire-f7w]

Wrong. Electricity IS energy.

[@davetdowell]

@@RalfPinkaire-f7w Hmmm technically he is correct, but he misses the point electricity is a source of energy, just like gas, coal and fossil fuels are. Everyone has missed the real point, once every living being is utterly dependent upon a single source of energy (electricity), each and everyone of them can be centrally controlled with threats to their supply, and rationed by a central power at will. We already know smart meters can be used to 'throttle' supply. They're going to extend that threat to every aspect of your existence. Turn you into a proper cowering compliant state controlled drone.

[@robdavies6682]

Probably better to consider it as Exergy.

[@thamesmud]

You are completely correct. Electricity generation only accounts for about 25% of the total energy consumption of the UK.

[@alastairjhunter3666]

Stop interrupting Julia.

[@graemeross1998]

She's a boot

[@nickhickson8738]

A lifetime habit can't be stopped.

[@alastairjhunter3666]

@ a gag would do it

[@johnnunn8688]

You make it sound like he is interrupting her. Try this. Stop interrupting, Julia.

[@whitehart11]

Dealers have registered lots of EVs but not actually sold them. They just sit in their showrooms or parks.

[@stevehayward1854]

The Legacy Car Companies cant sell their EV's because they are over priced junk, whilst Tesla and the Chinese, sell everything they make. Also Legacy Companies cannot sell ICE vehicles either they have nearly a years worth of production, each, stacked up in car parks collecting dust and many of them will go bust soon, like VW laying off staff and shutting factories

[@stevetodd7030]

They can only do that for so long, after a few six month registrations they will have thousands of cars they cannot shift.

[@stevehayward1854]

@@stevetodd7030 They already have thousands they cant shift

[@stephenbusby3521]

Complete 🐂 💩

[@stevetodd7030]

@@stevehayward1854 That must really piss the dealers off as there is no money coming in.

[@georgecunningham7916]

This is gaslighting you can install 3 million charges that is not the problem. People just don't want them

[@Brian-om2hh]

They probably wouldn't want oil to run dry either, but one day it will...

[@JulieA64-Ms]

There was a scene yesterday in Canada where people were queuing round the block to recharge their EVS, cause they had to evacuate the town. There were 24 stations, but the demand was so great they couldn't cope. Not many stations have roofs, so good luck in the rain and snow.

[@ColinFox]

This sounds like BS to me. Do you have any clips or links?

[@stevehayward1854]

Why would the rain ad snow be a problem, lucky for ICE drivers, seeing as there are a lot less ICE cars now, the queues at petrol stations are shorter. PS I very rarely need a rapid charger, I charge my EV's for free from the Solar Panels on my roof. How much does your ICE fuel cost you 😂

[@beedoox5613]

@@jeff-m8o I wouldn't be concerned; Steve is almost certainly one of those AI bots put up to antagonise everyone.

[@cesilpreston]

@@beedoox5613 do you think this stevehayward guy is a paid EV Shill? I know Quienton Wilson is a big time Shill and he is well paid by Tesla and the Gov.

[@lloydbooth-w1j]

Town in Sweden 300 metre long queue at charging station.

[@japfourme381]

Can you imagine what would happen if everyone had embraced EVs. We would be having endless power outages, especially now we have millibands ridiculous Net Zero push, the whole Country would just collapse!!

[@David-bl1bt]

John pettigrew, ceo if National Grid disagrees ....more than ample capact, doesnt have any concerns at all!

[@thepete129]

No we wouldn't

[@David-q9g5i]

@@David-bl1bt😂 complete BS

[@graemeross1998]

I smell shioiiikittyeee

[@thepete129]

@@David-q9g5iin your nind maybe

[@whitehart11]

We have 3 charging points on our local car park, never seen any car charging on them!

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

Because using a third party charger makes running the car twice as expensive as a diesel car

[@Hitstirrer]

Locals all charge overnight at home.

[@jonnymac-maryr]

Ross Clark is spot on as usual. Net zero is about control and making money for a few interested parties

[@peterlloyd6337]

I drive as a professional driver for a living. Driven many electric vehicles and frankly personally I'd avoid an electric vehicle at all costs. Wholly impracticable. Period.

[@stevehayward1854]

Obviously you havent driven an EV at all

[@a0r0a7]

@@stevehayward1854 plenty of YT videos of owners explaining how impractical EVs are particularly if you travel many miles a day. Fine if you tootle about locally and you have the pleasure of having a charger point at your home. I would like to know how lots of terrace home streets/ block of flats etc... would be able to charge their cars at home? Cables across pathways etc... If the UK went completely EV our national grid would collapse. As for EVs being green, they are in motion, very ungreen during production and wait for battery gate scandal in many years to come, I won't be surprised.

[@stevehayward1854]

@@a0r0a7 My Tesla will do 280 miles at motorway speeds and in the time it takes e to vist the toilet grab a coffee and a snack my car has recharged to 80% givining me a further 225 miles before I have to stop again. I dont buy these statements that my ICE car can go 650 miles without stopping, I defy anyone with children in the car to drive for over 9 hours withour stopping. I charge once a week with free fuel from my solar panels, I dont have to service my Teslas and they dont break down as there are very few parts in them unlike the ICE engine/transmission that has thousands of parts that are wearing out continually. best of luck in your choice, but I'm going for the safe modern and much more fun choice. After all a Tesla makes every ICE car seem dumb.

[@a0r0a7]

​@@stevehayward1854ignored some obvious facts there Steve. Home charge point, National grid and production of EVs not green.

[@robdavies6682]

@@a0r0a7 1) You don't need a home charge point. I have run EVs for 7 years by just plugging the things in. 2) Work it out for yourself: Yes if all cars go EV overnight, there is not enough electricity. That wont happen. If all cars in UK go EV we will need approx. 30% more juice than now, which takes us back to the the level we needed in 2005. No problem. 3) The production of anything uses physical resources and energy. EVs are greener after 3-12 months use, depending on grid generation makeup. I quite like our Julia. and I'm sorry she lives in a flat and 'cant charge', but 65% of the country do live somewhere with off street parking and can. Lets sort them out and in the meantime find ways to sort out the people who live in terraces or flats etc. and perhaps stop being so bloody negative.

[@josephprice1692]

Who in their right mind wants to spend 45 minutes of their life fuelling the car when 4 minutes will do it.

[@thepete129]

It takes 10 seconds to plug My car in thek I walk away

[@Hitstirrer]

I'm asleep as it charges normally. And when on a road trip away from home it fills as I have a break for a leg stretch/coffee/meal/loo visit. A petrol driver does that too by the way. And when they have finished they get in the car and go to queue to refuel. I waste no time. They do though.

[@fogartym77]

@@Hitstirrerexactly. The uneducated fools think we all queue up to charge. I charge overnight and it costs me £10 per month. Listen to her waffling on, talking absolute crap. I don't go far and only do city driving so don't even need an EV that goes 350 miles. You keep buying your diesel cars, love. It's the ignorant fools like you that will keep paying over the odds.

[@Brian-om2hh]

I don't waste a single minute fuelling my EV. It charges up while I sleep, for around an 8th of the cost of using petrol. If you're good with rocking up at a petrol station to fill up, then paying one of the World's highest rates of fuel duty using earnings you *already* paid tax on, then feel free to carry on.....

[@georgeharrison5362]

Sick of these ideologs where were they educated..... Any sane person can see the current evs cannot work..weight...size..cobalt..power requirements...space....financial req..depreciation...repair..new battery costs...investment of household resources and liquidity. IT JUST DOES NOT ADD UP!!!

[@richardpeddie2060]

COBALT.... oh dear me ! YOU MEAN SOLID STATE LITHIUM ? as for New Battery my car has a 10 year warranty better than most ICE cars and the cost of a NEW ENGINE ?, my battery will last for hundreds of thousands of miles LITERALLY for example many EV's running now with 400,000+ miles on the clock and that's using OLD TECH BATTERIES ! YES EV's have their issues it a good thing ICE cars don't ?🤣

[@robdavies6682]

But they do work. 1.5 million of them work every day in the UK.

[@geoffersvoiceofreason2534]

Cobalt Only 41% of cobalt mined is used in batteries (and that includes all batteries) the other 59% is used in other industries. So, do you want to do away with alloys, tipped drill bits, some paints and varnishes, pigments , magnets, soaps and many other products? Do you think we should not have: cordless lawnmowers, cordless drills, cordless vacuums, Bluetooth speakers, mobile phones, nail guns, cordless home phones etc. etc. Oh another thing you should research, and not accept the “spoon fed” misinformation; this from the Cobalt Institute. “Cobalt plays a vital role in catalysing the removal of sulphur from oil”. It is used copiously in the refining of petrol and diesel. Weight. You mean like the weight of a Range Rover, Mercedes SUV, Mercedes G3, Mercedes Maybach, BMW XM, BMW X7 etc. etc. Depreciation. 9 of the 10 fastest depreciating cars of 2023/ 024 were ICE cars! New battery. It has been proven that batteries will last the lifetime of the car and certainly more than the lifespan of the average car.(14 years in U.K. when scrapped) Repairs. Data PROVES that EVs are far less likely to be written off compared to ICE cars. It does “add up”. The only thing which doesn’t is you and your fellow 21c Luddites who swallow the anti EV, clickbait grifters on YT and the MSM in the thrall of big oil conglomerates and legacy auto manufacturers.

[@grahamcroome2109]

Pursuing a nett zero policy at any cost is ridiculous. By all means reduce carbon dioxide and other damaging emissions but dont expect us to revert back to the dark ages. We do need a realistic energy plan and like it or no it needs to rely heavily on new nuclear power stations.

[@Wombat-gm4ne]

There was almost no renewable energy from wind or solar 15 years, the growth in renewables has been incredible and will grow enormously over the next 15 years.

[@rumpoh8039]

ONLY GOVERNENT FLEETS NOT PRIVATE BUYERS

[@robdavies6682]

Rubbish. Where are all these government fleets?

[@iansinclair7581]

@@rumpoh8039 private buyers are active in the preowned sector. You can now get a Tesla mod 3 for £15k.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@robdavies6682 He can't tell you, he's guessing.

[@RalfPinkaire-f7w]

Just check the mining for ONE EV battery. Game over.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Just check the wasted energy pumping oil out of the ground before it even reaches a refinery. Then check all the CO2 and diesel particulate emissions from the thousands of fuel tankers delivering to petrol stations. Then check the increasing pollution at street level in our towns and cities. Where do you suppose that came from?

[@nockianlifter661]

Sounds like the USSR and its tractor production claims.

[@alancrow3544]

Julie love your show but sometimes you do need to let people have there say,,,,,without butting in

[@derekashenden9789]

Battery degradation is the issue with electric cars. As the batteries age they become less efficient with the consequence is that the re sale ( part ex) value of a used ev is poor.

[@michealridgway7607]

Not true .Many Teslas about with 350k and 80 percent batteries.the top 10 most depreciating are all ICE cars.

[@waynekerrr9027]

True..I wouldn't touch an EV with an extended barge pole

[@cesilpreston]

@@michealridgway7607 🤣 This is usual EV Shill propaganda. A few EV cars hitting over 200k doesn't mean all will. Look at the averages. I've spoken to over 15 different taxi drivers all driving hybrids. All have dead batteries. Over 100 to 120k most of the batteries fail. I've seen Telsa fan boys with dead cars after 120k. Shelling out 13 grand for a second hand battery from Telsa.

[@johnsimpson1637]

How come EV sales are growing each year. Next generation batteries will give 1,000,000 miles of service. ICE vehicles average life 1,600 miles. If you don't sell your car it never depreciates!

[@cesilpreston]

@@johnsimpson1637 yes yes. I've heard this EV Shill propaganda so many many times. But as an engineer I know this 1 million miles battery will not materialise. It's a pity so many people believe this. EV sales with private buyers are shrinking. They have only sold in the UK due to company car drivers and fleets.

[@garryjackson9161]

I don’t think Starmer would drive a Tesla Elon would probably switch it OFF. 🤭

[@IainGraham-k7v]

You will own norhing and be happy WEF style.

[@cesilpreston]

Absolutely not. No one will be happy. The WEF mo$ons will be the ones unhappy once they are knocked out.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Cobblers. It doesn't work. How would the economy sustain itself if nobody owned anything? Where would you live if nobody owned a house for you to rent? Where would you work if nobody owned a business? See, it's utter cobblers. What would happen to all the houses, cars and businesses people own? Who would take them and what would they do with them?

[@GIjoelly]

Net zero = 15min city's via travel range . Oh. no ownership just book yourself a selfdrive ev small bus space though Uber. Not enough resources for everyone to have EV. Not enough Electric for everyone to have an EV. Not enough charging points for an EV for everyone due to space. Let that sink in.. only if your rich will you have an EV. Jaguars commercial gives the last comment away. I might be wrong but I think this is the plan....

[@Brian-om2hh]

Don't be silly. The economy would collapse if people were restricted to within 15 minutes of where they lived. Where the hell do you people read this garbage? Yet another poster who includes the words "let that sink in" in their posts. I simply cannot take anyone seriously who does that. 99% of your post is utter rubbish.

[@raymonddunn6407]

Stop butting in Julia.

[@russianbot1420]

Unicorns are real, especially if they have a rainbow mane.

[@SeattlePioneer]

Here in Seattle, the city installed two neighborhood charging stations a year or so ago. The good news is that there is never a need to wait to use them. The bad news is that the charging cables are always cut and removed.

[@robblack7560]

UK, an Island of Coal in a sea of Oil but we import it?

[@JackBlack-ii1ip]

Britisher pals, here sunny Japan, regular petrol is the equivalent of Stg.0.85 per litre and diesel is some 20% less than that.

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

It’s all smoke and mirrors. A complete disgrace

[@stuartwood5448]

I was in a service station on the M5 just after new year and there was queue of about 10-15 cars all waiting to get on the 30-40 charger points - all paying 80p KWh

[@JackBlack-ii1ip]

kWh

[@Brian-om2hh]

How do you know they were all paying 80p per kwh? Some of them may have had membership subscriptions, which reduces the cost....

[@Terry-q7y]

Solar farm just been destroyed by high winds that worked out well

[@rumpoh8039]

I DO HOPE YOOK IS NOT POLLUTING THE AIR WHILST HAVING THAT WAR

[@garywilson1235]

I see the Road Tax exemptions on EVs are now being removed, and the rate will be based on the RRP of the car, not the actual price someone pays. Over 40K will be £600 per year. Electricity going up as well.

[@keegan773]

All the bribes to get us to buy an EV are now being withdrawn. The exchequer has to make up the loss in revenue from somewhere.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Road Tax was abolished in the 1930's. You mean VED. The rate isn't being based on the RRP of the car. Quit making things up.

[@Wombat-gm4ne]

I have an EV, it's an absolute pleasure to drive, range is not an issue, most of the time we plug into our standard home power point, the cost of electricity per kilometre of EV is about a third of the cost of petrol.

[@remoanersrknts6736]

"Home" hello! 😂

[@derekashenden9789]

That is the problem for many. If you are able to plug in at home and do not have milage issues the its a no brainer because its cheaper. But for those who do have longer journeys and cannot charge at home then they just have to avoid.

[@nigbiker2592]

Depreciation???

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@nigbiker2592 Not such an issue if you lease.....

[@deanmercer424]

If the EV revolution fails then the government should pay the manufacturers compensation. After all they were forced into producing them.

[@steve-zschannel2729]

I've been driving an electric car for 3 years, in fact I've just got my second one, I don't charge at home and rely on public chargers. I use the cheaper fast chargers rather than the expensive rapid chargers, only using those on my annual holiday road trip. As for chargers being hard to find and lots being out of order, in my EV ownership over the last 3 years I have never had to queue to charge, I only on one occasion found a charger not working and that was in the Scottish Highlands. The running cost savings were enormous compared to my previous petrol car helped by the fact that there are still free public chargers around which are easy enough to find by using one of the numerous EV charging apps. In 3 years my fuelling costs per mile worked out at 4.5p my last petrol car was 17p, zero excise duty and cheaper servicing give further savings. Yes buying an EV brand new is expensive but prices are coming down and will come down even more in the future. I also agree that EVs in the UK aren't going to have any effect on climate change globally but they will have a very beneficial effect on air quality which is perhaps even more important, personally I would never go back to an ICE car, my EV is 8 years old, the battery still give over 90% of its range when new and it still has 100% of its performance, so sorry that your channel is so anti EV biased.

[@simonbean1264]

Most of these comments are gonna look so silly a few years in the future. Electric cars are here to stay and will be the norm just as internal combustion ended the horse drawn era.

[@keegan773]

The pro EV advertising is disingenuous to say the least. The pretence that everything is working to our advantage is laughable.

[@iansinclair7581]

I’m neither for or against EV’s. In my cul de sac there are 16 houses. Currently 8 out of 16 have EV’s. About half have been preowned. My neighbour last week got a 74 plate MG4. Looking in Autotrader you can get a big battery version with delivery miles for £25-26K. This is a similar price to my last ICE car. I do sympathise with people who live in flats. They should be allowed to drive what the wish, the mandate is too severe. Also we are being ripped off with public charging. The cheapest I can get locally is 75p/kwh. A very good KZbinr is currently driving his Kia Niro from Orkney to the south of Spain for a holiday. He has been able to get charges at 26-31p/kwh while travelling through France using the Tesla membership scheme.

[@richardpeddie2060]

Public charging pricing is ridiculous, they know many can't charge anywhere else so it's a sellers market

[@robdavies6682]

Hear Hear.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@richardpeddie2060 The cost of public charging can be reduced if you take out a membership subscription. I've had my EV for 3 years now, and I haven't used public charging for well over a year. Most EV owners will only use it just a handful of times most years. 65% of UK owners charge at home for a tiny fraction of the cost of public charging.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@richardpeddie2060 65% of UK electric car owners charge at home 95% of the time.

[@tonykelpie]

Miss Hateley Brewer continues to work her best for her oil and gas paymasters

[@Perry-James-uk]

They are leaving gas power stations live so they can continue to price in gas units not renewables…..

[@kjh789az]

This segment is a car cash of 'related' issues. True fact: the most reliable energy source is Julia's hot air ... never fails.

[@alanwashbourne1757]

They are a scam.They dont do the mileage they say.,Especially in the cold with the lights on.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Are all your journeys done in the cold, at night with the lights on?

[@annieluctor7524]

Yet again, J H-B prefers the sound of her own voice to that of her guests. For gawd's sake, give it a rest and let them at least finish what they're saying in attempting to answer your questions!

[@alexalex13131]

All EVs are the same: A giant battery with a flashy, gimmick-filled toy car built around it.

[@Brian-om2hh]

All ICE cars are the same, with a low efficiency ICE engine, and thousands of moving parts to break or wear out.

[@thisisnumber0]

EV sales have collapsed. United Nations driven, the end game is NO cars for anyone.

[@buddie2unow]

Nobody keeping up with “the mac masters” trials and tribulations with not being able to charge his Porches ev on or next to his/neighbours house because they informed him it could catch fire while charging. This has led to his car insurance tripling and an issue with his house insurance also. Not heard of this? No, general public not aware🤦

[@stevehayward1854]

What a load of rubbish, did you hear that down the pub from one of your mates ?

[@cesilpreston]

Yeah its true. I've seen his troubles. It affects Porsche Taycans built during certain model years.

[@lloydbooth-w1j]

Is house insurance has been cancelled and he cannot charge his car at home.

[@cat793cdumpy]

I saw that video. And it will get worse as more EVs catch fire and destroy the house that is was feeding off.

[@samorprong]

@@stevehayward1854 Why is that a load of rubbish??? You can find it on his own videos. He even showed the letter from Porsche telling him not to park near his home due to fire risk.!!!

[@Andrew-p8w]

There's a guy on KZbin who has a Porsche he had letter saying it was at risk of fire so he had to have software to monitor it,they tripled his car insurance he had problems getting house insurance if he charged next to his house and his neighbours are looking at legal advice for their house. Great electric cars aren't they.

[@scaryfakevirus]

Yeah I love it when the wonderful wind power blows away all the solar panels and tears off the turbine blades.

[@victorgrasscourt3382]

Some days last month all the thousands of wind turbines in the country were only producing 6% of demand. That was less than all the electricity supplied by sub sea cables from the Continent.

[@rbee3936]

And how many off-shore wind turbines are actually connected to the grid?? Less than you'd think....

[@kola100]

Why don’t you let people talk?

[@kevinbrookes6550]

Most of the wind was actually hot air produced by the climate evangelists.

[@raybrown1793]

Twelve months ago they fitted about 6-8 electric chargers in front of a leisure centre they have never been connected up let alone used,the only one in the town centre is very rarely used it’s all a bloody con.

[@cesilpreston]

Please keep going and commenting on the madness of EVs. Ignore comments from the EV Shills. The poor souls (who may be rich financially) don't have a clue.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Neither it seems, have you.

[@peterstevenson5418]

How much does it cost us when we cant use excess wind power millions

[@allanhughes7859]

WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS THEIR ALL IN FIELDS IN CHINA AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY COMPANY'S THAT'S ALL 100 OF THEM THE REST ARE BOUGHT BY CAR DEALERS REGISTERED AND THEN SENT TO AUCTION SO THEY MEET THEIR QUOTA'S FOR GOD SAKE ARE THE SHEEP REALLY FALLING FOR THIS TRICK ???PLEASE PLEASE GIVE ME HOPE FOR MY KIDS AND GRAND KIDS SAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martinarnott4058]

👏👍

[@louislucas9446]

Let your guest speak, ffs

[@philipbrown9006]

Less CO2 = less food = more control

[@GarethNorthwood-s8n]

What about the EV owners in the flooded areas with the electric cut off at the moment. What about the EV owners stuck up north in the snow worried they will run out of charge because they are heating their vehicles. The potential of damaged batteries due to the flood water going off later when points have rusted and they short. So a load more charging points which cost a fortune on public areas.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Oh dear, yet another one.. Gareth. An electric car has a battery large enough to run a *house* for 3 to 4 days. The battery would run the heater in a stranded EV for well over a week. The battery pack in an EV is totally sealed, just as the fuel system in a petrol car is. Where do you people keep reading this rubbish?

[@rushyboy]

I have an EV and I think it is brilliant, I wouldn't go back to ICE. However I don't think people should push EVs or dis ICE cars. We should be allowed to decide what we want to drive without any pressure and EVs will find their own level of take up. Freedom of choice is key.

[@paulwilson7622]

If there is a charge point that has say 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, how quickly does an 1 average car to charge? 1-4 average csrs to chsrge at tge same time? 1-6 average cars to charge at same time? 1-10 Av. Cars to charge at the sNe time?

[@richardcrowell284]

I feel your pain in the UK but you are not alone, over here in Australia we have the Federal Minister for Energy Chris (Blackout) Bowen forging ahead on this dream of net zero. The Government have pledged to close down all the coal fired power plants in Australia. Fortunately our chances of freezing to death are minimal but the elderly and frail could possibly die from heat exhaustion. At present we are only at the start of the hot season and the Government in some States are restricting the use of air conditioners and washing machines. It is mandatory for all new housing to have solar and other energy saving devices. The Federal Government has been handing out grants to have solar installed and the energy suppliers were paying a decent rebate (around 12 c /kw) but the energy companies are allegedly losing money and want to charge customers who put power into the grid ? Electric vehicles are a disaster for most people due to the large distances travelled by the population. A big joke is if you try to drive from Sydney to Perth and you stop at the Nullarbor roadhouse all its power is derived from diesel generation.

[@jamie-hb8gy]

as soon as he started talking i was like "he's an ev owner"😂😂😂

[@Brian-om2hh]

Julia, do you have a petrol pump outside your flat? If not, where do you go to fill it with petrol?

[@thepete129]

What lack of chargers, they are everywhere plus 2/3 can charge at home

[@valtraone]

Talk about not being able to get a word in edgeways, poor guy. His net contribution was barely above zero

[@stevetodd7030]

The best way to empty the roads is to force drivers to go electric. Fuel will be very expensive come April 2030 so the smug rich and MPs will have the roads to themselves.

[@WeAreAllDoomed-n5i]

EVs are selling in the UK! I'll say the same as I did back in March 2020! It's all bollocks!

[@phallac35]

4.5 billion loss in automotive sector from discounts in 2024 thats without the 700million in fines Unsustainable Its all by design

[@rrkpo]

The country can never generate enough electricity on natural sources like wind and solar. We need small modular nuclear reactors in place as well to pick up the slack. Also the country can't sustain mass immigration as the infrastructure can barely cope with the 67 million who live here now. Imagine everyone putting the kettle on at 4pm on one day. EV's are great for city driving but are a nightmare for anything else. The increasing majority of the public can only afford flats or terraced type houses and so will be frozen out of the personal transport group.

[@dfor50]

If you only use gas power now and again it must necessarily increase the price of power produced by gas since all fixed costs need to be re-couped over lower production hours.

[@thomascatford2627]

Diesel rules and always will

[@Brian-om2hh]

Not for much longer, with just 6% of new car sales being diesel. Some car makers (BMW and Volvo) have already stopped selling new diesel cars in Britain, and some car makers have dropped them from their ranges. There will be fewer diesel cars around in another 5 to 10 years.

[@thomascatford2627]

@Brian-om2hh there will be fewer cars around not just diesels , boats lorrys locos earth movers will always be diesel

[@thalesofmiletus2966]

Plenty EVSE's near me. However they are prohibitively expensive. I can charge at home, which I do, but my electricity is almost 4 times the 7p quoted because some of us can't change suppliers.

[@Brian-om2hh]

I saw someone get a nice clean 2016 Renault Zoe with 35k miles on it, for £4400 a while back. Was that prohibitively expensive? The cheapest Ford Focus is £28k. A new, similarly sized MG4 fully electric hatchback is £27k. Britain's 3rd cheapest new car is an EV, costing £15k.

[@WilliamLaverick-wo1nb]

The range is the problem. I don’t want my care to control my life.

[@Brian-om2hh]

It already does, you just didn't realise it. You're already tied to the oil industry and petrol stations.... Why should range be a problem? Most EV's have at least 200 miles of range on a full charge. The average UK daily commute is 20.8 miles, and the average UK motorway journey is 70 to 80 miles. The problem is only in your head.

[@3204clivesinclair]

Statistics that EV evangelists never mention (easily searchable). I’ve 90% of people who own or drive an EV also own, or have access to a ICE vehicle. Second, 30% of public chargers are always out of service. Most EV sales are fleet sales (BIK reasons). Private sales have plummeted.

[@ingemarhedlund8476]

It is obvious that neither Julia Hartley-Brewer nor Ross Clark know much about electricity supply in the UK. Most of it is imported from France, Norway and Denmark. It is often exported to Belgium at the same time as it is imported from, for example, Norway. The reason electricity is imported from, for example, Norway and Denmark is because it is much cheaper there than in the UK. To complain about the import of cheap electricity is madness

[@paulslater9061]

It isn't a Revolution it's a flop

[@robertedwards1543]

UK has already reached Net Zero. Carbon Dioxide is 0.04% of the Atmosphere. It is a Trace gas. 99.96% of the Atmosphere is NOT CO2. 3% of that 0.04% is manmade The UK produces less than 1% of the 3% of 0.04%. That's 0.000012% Net Zero = 0.000000%

[@edwardleyden460]

You are going to need a hell of a long charging lead if u live in a high rise flat

[@richardpeddie2060]

With the best will Julia I don't get your RELIABILITY comment in your first few words, are petrol or diesel cars RELIABILITY described by their access to FUEL ? Of course not, SILLY COMMENT !

[@geoffwilkins9125]

EV Milk Floats ?? CRAP !!

[@georgeharrison5362]

During the recent high winds, turbines had to be turned OFF btw...to stop over run..burning bearings ...and excess power into the network. So much for wind power.

[@alexmonroe613]

Yep - and the stupid thing is, if they kept them turning and used the excess power to make hydrogen you have an excellent way to "store" electricity.... I guess that would be way too sensible though🙂

[@stuartaustin7134]

If everyone had a electric car the government would lose millions in fuel tax. This cost will be added to electricity.

[@Brian-om2hh]

No it won't, because that would crash the economy, and hit people who didn't own electric cars, or even own a car at all. Road Tolls are what will replace lost and diminishing fuel duty...

[@Hitstirrer]

Wrong. They will introduce some form of pay-per-mile system so that every car, whatever its power source, will be taxed that way.

[@bertiebongo]

They wont keep making petrol & diesel cars and give us a choice because they know what we'll choose, and it won't be evs. We need Trump in the UK. Drill baby drill. Lower bills will never be a reality as long as we have this manic drive to the impossible dream that is net zero.

[@kerbsidemotors9249]

3000 billion for a UK net zero grid according to those who manage it, national grid map of substations on limit

[@neilbooth478]

My god let the man speak!