My ELECTRIC CAR is EVen more WORTHLESS & I CAN'T GET INSURED now the BAN on Petrol & Diesel is 2035!

[@harrytd]

A bloke up at my golf club who has had a Tesla 3 for two years says this: ‘It’s like owning a diesel with a tiny five litre fuel tank which you have to fill up with a tea spoon - and which occasionally tries to kill you.’

[@akula9713]

Smart meters, electric cars? Sorry you can’t charge your car today. You’ve used your electricity ration for the week.

[@GT380man]

“And don’t think you can get charged at your mate’s house. We know what you’re up to. When you plug in, we know what vehicle this is. Assuming we don’t know it anyway from the cameras plastered everywhere. If we notice your car continues to move around beyond the range last notified to us via Porsche Glass, your vehicle will warn you to stop. If you ignore multiple warnings, Glass will automatically shut your car down remotely”.

[@seebarry4068]

That’s probably the future. If you own a Lear jet you’re all good, environmentally friendly.

[@MrThebeanbag]

😂 lol

[@DickDebonaire]

@@seebarry4068 or own several mansions in Maui

[@DickDebonaire]

Or you can only charge if you car-pool, recycle, vote a certain way AND stop trash talking EVs on YT

[@trytellingthetruth.2068]

A car goes up in flames at Luton airport's carpark, and the news channels are saying it's down to a lithium battery in a diesel car. Of course it is.

[@U8poxcox]

An American politician on tour with an ev had an assistant go ahead in a gas vehicle and block up a station😱 until the ev could get there. An ev owner waiting to charge called the cops. 🤣

[@pattijesinoski1958]

She is the idiot Sec of Energy in DC. No citizens voted her in. She wants usa military to go all electric as well. She spoke of it in a Senate Committee meeting. What a joke! Next it will be airplanes.

[@michaeltotten7508]

Yeah, well, that is typical f'd up behavior, for a Democratic Party cabinet member, and liberal. I cant tell you how much I hate them, and the whole current administration! Do you know how frustrating it is, to vote for the MUCH BETTER candidate, in 2020, only to watch these corrupt, dishonest, INCOMPETENTS slip into the White House, instead? No wonder a quarter of a million patriots, waving American flags--and mighty angry--showed up to protest, at the Capitol, in DC. I finally saw the video, it was not a dinky few hundred, rioting, like the media said (or like the liberals get), but people as far as the eye could see, a signicant part of the country, all very upset. Every liberal demonstration, or riot, I see, has only a few hundred; how does that compare, to a quarter million? If we dont win the next election, and get rid of these liberal "disasters", in office right now, ten million people will come to DC to protest, next time!

[@Kvik1231]

As with any car purchase, once you drive it off the lot, it looses 25% or more of its value immediately. Personally for the distances I need to travel, I believe that an energy efficient petrol vehicle is the way to go. Saves the environment (less pollution) and keeps more money in my pocket (less taxes, less petrol). We have been sold a bill of goods. "You need a bigger, faster, fancier ... vehicle in order to stay ahead of the Jones (whoever that might be)".

[@robertsmith2956]

Not true. I remember someone who drove it off the lot and right into a drain ditch. Car totaled, got all his money back, had 3 miles on it. I got more than my money back. I put down a deposit, and they sold the bike, so let me have a better one for same price, it was totaled 5 days latter, and I got more than I paid for it, and I never even paid a cent in premiums.

[@FictionCautious]

Trust the politicians and the journalists at your own peril, always. Way to go Mac. Keep your back straight and your chin up, always with truth. Never bow to insanity.

[@MrPdxLover]

Better to trust the randos

[@robertsmith2956]

@@MrPdxLover In Mt Colt I trust. I don't even trust Smith & Wesson after they sold up out in the 90's.

[@rayeasom]

The ban on the internal combustion engine will not happen with mine or my children’s lifetime. There is no realistic alternative on the horizon. In order for the ban to take effect when planned Britain would have to install approx 800 charging stations per day every day. We would have to undertake the largest public works of all at an unimaginable cost to the taxpayer. The ban is neither practical or attainable. Subsequent governments, even those who are hardened net zero nuts will be forced to push it back again and again. Over 90% of EVs on the road are fleet vehicles, leased by companies to avoid extra charges. EVs are not practical and are some of the highest depreciating assets out there.

[@trytellingthetruth.2068]

But other than that, the EV is the way forward. Sarcasm alert.

[@dickieblench5001]

Exactly

[@oneeyedgirl617]

And where do you think those “90%” “depreciating” assets will end up. Undercutting used ICE prices, removing the premium the anti EVers keep banging on about. The writing is on the wall, but the letters are not big enough for you to see.

[@PeterKirton-nu9iv]

I see that the fire brigade is advising garages that service cars to park electric vehicles 50ft apart from other cars because of a possible fire risk. Absolutely agree with you about the control element.

[@AlanWilliams-su4bs]

What. Fire brigade?

[@dwightperry9811]

Well you bought an electric Porsche what did you expect especially in this economy? The price is going to keep tanking, it was over priced to begin with and half the price was in the badge. 🙏🏿

[@davidlindburg1921]

The great consolation you can take from this Lee is that you've saved many people the anguish, hand-wringing, time and expense associated with EV ownership. My heartfelt apology to 'How dare you!' Greta and the EV community.

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

Only a (rich) fool would buy electric!

[@edwardstaniforth3057]

I knew been too poor to afford a decent EV would pay off eventually 😅

[@johnsovcom]

@@edwardstaniforth3057 it's a motorbility car, they push EVs, I didn't want one..I am a stroke victim, not a fool

[@johnsovcom]

@@WeeShoeyDugless stroke victim, with a motorbility car..not rich or a fool..

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

​@@johnsovcom Sorry to hear of your predicament, I certainly never implied you were a fool or rich, I never replied to you.

[@markstarmer3677]

I’m adamant I will stick to diesel in my car and van for as long as I possibly can. So bloody reliable and simple to use. The environment issues are just one big con.

[@craiglatham]

Hello Adam Ant.

[@helmethead72]

Just bought a Duster that can’t be hacked, tracked, and will do over a thousand km on a tankful.

[@janefletcher5571]

Nitrous oxides a problem,we should have been using Nichola Teslars technologies 120 years ago but the Rothchilds oil and banking cabal have to much control over government's

[@markstarmer3677]

@craiglatham very droll, good though.

[@ebaystars]

yes, indeed, in the UK we used to put heating fuel in ours it was cheaper to run and less polluting, how about that?, it's a higher grade fuel than deisel (especailly red farm deisel) and I never had a car lorry or generator blow up ???

[@chrisali2173]

I'm glad the ban has been delayed, EVs are way to expensive for most people and unsuitable for too many as well.

[@barbarahicks3277]

You never said a truer word I had one for 5 years insurance went up this year 3 times as much could not afford it being a pensioner could not sell It but lucky just before insurance ran out it was stolen off my drive and never recovered they paid me out after 7weeks yippee so bought a petrol one

[@smithyc2051]

I’ve always been of the opinion people who buy EV cars are the same people who expect Tesco to have strawberries in December.

[@knownpleasures]

Strawberries 🍓 in December are not a European / Government directive

[@oneeyedgirl617]

Are you implying ICE owners don’t buy strawberries out of season ? You should stand watch in the car park and prove yourself wrong.

[@davidharrington1133]

"Were you mis sold a Battery Electric Vehicle? Call 123 I WAS A MUG and talk to one of our litigation experts" , coming soon

[@notpoliticallycorrect4774]

In North America, electric vehicles are sitting on dealership lots with no customers to buy them. Their price, operating costs, and range issues are scaring people away.

[@grahamgriffin-q9s]

Hello there, I am UK born. I have lived in Perth, Western Australia for the last 50 years. I am 71 years old still have a decent brain. The United Kingdom by land area will fit into Western Australia 13 times, so as you imagine WA is a big piece of land. Take for instance Perth to a city down in the south of WA named Albany. Distance is app around 500 kilometers. Apart from the country towns along the way it is a barren landscape. It is what we call bush. The road you drive on is not a motorway, most of it is just a 2 lane road. Maximum speed limit of 110kph, or 66mph. Fuel stations along the way, as far as I know do not have electric charge points. They want to sell you Petrol or Diesel. The cost of electric cars in Australia is much more than the average petrol car. People who have a mortgage cannot afford these cars. The Tesla costs app $75,000 to buy. I have no idea what they cost to run but they have a cost. We drive long distances here in WA, we can drive up to 1000klms a day, we do it in say 14 hours. 2 drivers make this trip an easy trip. We can drive 300 klms and not see a fuel station at all. We use a lot of SUV's and full size $WD's. Our lifestyle would be severely impacted by EV's. More on this at a later date, Graham.

[@kmack5799]

I can't believe anyone has been daft enough to buy into the electric car con!

[@richy69ify]

the world uses 100 million barrels of oil per day, nobody here reading this will live to the day they 'ban oil'

[@allenhoekstrajr]

That 36 million barrels of oil per year and is calculated at 47 years left of all oil on earth as we know. Even if you say "we don't know exactly how much oil we have because we haven't discovered all of it", sure double that or triple that even. That would mean your children will live in that time frame. And it's not ALL about fuel for cars. Without oil, we have no plastics or rubber, there are food products made with byproducts of oil (guarantee you've consumed it even if you think you haven't), waxes, adhesives .... The situation is far more devastating than buying a gas vs electric car. The device your using to watch these videos use some sort of product from crude oil. To say no one here will live to see the day is the reason we have all the problems we have in the world today. Because you and others like you don't care and are willing to pass it on to your next generation to deal with on top of any new problems. Then crap just adds up and makes life less desirable and harder. Then you wonder why younger generations are having such a hard time when you didn't. Have some dignity and STOP making your problems someone else's problem. And if you refuse to due that, you have no right to complain what the next generation does to fix your problems. Trueth sucks.

[@richy69ify]

@@allenhoekstrajr Holy long-winded comment Batman! I'm just saying we will use up all the oil in the ground. We are oil junkies, there is no replacement for a 100 MILLION barrels per day addiction with current technology. Also solar panels and wind turbine blades are being dumped for my great grand children to clean up! Nuclear also needs to be cleaned up at a truly obscene cost. Let me say it again, we don't have the technology to replace 100 MILLION barrels of energy per DAY ! Nuclear fusion plants will take a whole life time to build.

[@robertkubrick3738]

@@allenhoekstrajr Actually, ultimate recovery of oil goes up every year. We have spent the last 100 years getting a low few percent of the oil that is actually there. Old fields will become new again.

[@robertkubrick3738]

@@richy69ify I'm in oil. We have only scratched the surface of oil extraction. For a long time we might get 2% of the oil oil of a field. New technologies make old fields productive again. Then there is the junk we just burn off because it's inconvenient and not valuable enough to capture and market. We have at least 300 years of natural gas that could be converted Gas To Liquid into vehicle fuel. Dutch Royal Shell already pioneered the technique for a cleaner burning fuel equivalent to diesel at equivalent price. We are so far away from being out of petrochemicals for vehicles, it's laughable.

[@GT380man]

@@allenhoekstrajrYou’ve arbitrarily multiplied the estimated reserves by a given amount. You’ve no basis for that value. Instead, I choose to multiply it by 20-30. If you go back to any earlier decade and run your calculation forward. Notice we’ve never got much runway. There’s a reason for that. Also, how much reading around abiogenic origins of oil have you done? Once you consider how much methane there is & the likely origin of that simple molecule, you’ll start to wonder things like I am now. Ok, spoiler. Check the composition of the atmosphere of one of Saturn’s moons, Titan. Over 5% is methane and it’s at higher pressure than on Earth’s surface, such that it’s liquid on Titan’s surface. It’s logical to assume methane on Earth also arises from formation of the planet, billions of years ago. There’s not the slightest evidence of life on Titan. There’s no evidence for biogenically-derived methane deep beneath Earth’s surface. It’s simply implied by the deliberately chosen label as a “fossil fuel”. Look up how & when oil and gas attracted that label & who sponsored the activity. Pennies began dropping for me at that point, and was the spur to check my assumptions around oil & gas and recall where they came from. Consider further what petrol is, largely. Did you know, before looking it up? Now, of the two routes of synthesis of that principal component, which seems better supported by the available evidence? 1. From long dead, previously living things, 2. From methane, present when Earth formed. Here’s a final question for you. What’s the deepest below the surface that verifiable fossils have been found? What’s the routine depth to which we drill to obtain oil and gas? The strangest thing is that the latter value is 10,000 feet deeper than the former. Please now reconsider your answer, 1 or 2 above? Now, I’m not an expert in petrochemicals. But I do have a degree & a PhD in scientific subjects (biochemistry, toxicology and pharmacology). So I have a good understanding of chemical & biochemical reactions. I can also reason & read scientific literature with critical thinking skills. I’m no longer satisfied with the assumptions we’ve mostly made, if we’ve ever thought about it at all. Once it’s appreciated that there’s been a lot of deliberately misleading information about the topic stretching back well over a century, it’s not at all unreasonable to challenge what we’re being told about “fossil fuels”. I no longer automatically believe ANYTHING governments tell me. Because they’re proven, serial, serious liars.

[@Chris_the_Muso]

Yeah my little Suzuki would have cost less than half that in fuel. If people really want to save the planet, they are going about it the wrong way. My car is 2/5 the weight, 1/6 the price, and I have absolutely no trouble getting insurance. Electric cars are not green, they are green washed.

[@schalkloots6988]

The problem is that nobody can predict how much damage the battery pack sustained when an EV has been in an accident. It might catch on fire and nobody can predict when.

[@raymondmajer8748]

Lea, you only have yourself to blame, nobody forced you to buy an electric car my friend, so now you have to bite the bullet so to speak. Personally I'm happy that Sunak has pushed back the sale of ICE vehicles to 2035. I love my diesel car, I wouldn't have anything else.

[@autobahnproven]

By his own admission, Lee did not buy his electric car. He leased it, so doesn't matter about the value as long as he stays within the mileage limit he contracted for and keeps it in an acceptable condition for lease-return. Please, ANYBODY, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@philcal2000]

how high do fuel prices have to rise? before this moron shuts his pie hole...

[@spectre750]

EV insurance costs have exploded because when they have a bump the integrity of the battery cells can not be guaranteed so they write the whole car off. Add to that the spontaneous combustion issues and that has led to a 40% increase in insurance for everyone not just EV owners.

[@Simon-xc5oy]

Just said exactly that in my post up above. Just the other month an E.V. caught fire on a container ship and burnt the whole thing to a crisp off Norway. It was transporting E.V.s and one just decided it was going to burn. They ended up abandoning the ship and getting in rescue teams to put it out. The crew are on record, online and in reports saying it was an E.V. that started it. The various companies involved have tried to sweep it under the carpet as usual....

[@kevinwhite8836]

@@Simon-xc5oy @paulmoon2717 People are using the Luton Airport case to jump on the anti-EV bandwagon as well (approx 1500 cars and the car park destroyed). All investigations have suggested it was a diesel vehicle that started the fire (not sure on how this happened though as diesel is pretty hard to ignite). How many reports have you seen though suggesting we ban all diesel vehicles? The irony is quite amusing 🤷.

[@Simon-xc5oy]

You are right I agree with you. I dont want them to abandon or abolish E.V.s I just want them to be cheaper and safe regarding the battery. I want to pull up to a charging point, spend 10 minutes charging the car and get 300 miles or so out of it in all weathers. When they can do that, I would think about buying one. But they cant do that. The tech is not there yet and I dont think it ever will be unless there is some vast incredible breakthrough of some kind. When I was a tiny child in the early 70s there was some issues with car petrol tanks and them leaking and exploding. They refined the technology and made them very safe. The car in Luton was supposed to be a diesel. Until I hear otherwise. Range Rovers have many issues but it is strange it blew up like it did. Why did it do that? As you say diesel does not burn like that easily. When it comes to Electric Cars there are still so many issues with the batteries that need to be addressed. I constantly read online and in the papers about Electric Bikes, Scooters, Phones and even vapes exploding and or catching fire due to the batteries. Same tech in Electric cars. Listen to that car of his in the video hum due to the sheer amount of voltage going into it. Its like an Electric Substation! I just dont trust manufactures to get these things 100% when they are chasing sales and profits. The lie, they omit facts and the truth is from their point of view. Time will tell if this all ends up working out for the best. Bottom line is I dont trust electric cars due to the batteries.

[@crashandfreeze]

Charging a battery makes no sound. But it does create some heat. The car has a battery conditioning system that either cools or heats the battery as needed. That has a fan which can make quite some noise.

[@johnyoung9822]

I wouldn't buy one myself cus they are not as green as they are made out to be.

[@davidjohanson9997]

Totally agree

[@grahamdyke6612]

It is currently impossible to manufacture more than about 8-10 million EV's per year as there simply isn't enough material. By material I am referring to firstly Cobalt, then Lithium. Cobalt is required to stabilise a Lithium Ion battery, and prevent heating expansion, and ultimately battery failure and a very loud bang. All current lithium Ion batteries require approx 5% of the battery material to be Cobalt. Some may claim 3% (Tesla), but 5% is more realistic. Less than this and the battery simply can not retain charge, deliver the required power, or support the charging cycles required to be of much use, over it's "short" lifetime. The average 65Kwh EV battery weigh's in at about 350Kg, so a quick calc gives us a Cobalt requirement of about 17kg per battery, based on 5% per battery, or 11kg bassed on the lower 3% figure. We are currently able to either mine, dredge (sea bed), reclaim, or recycle about 190,000 metric tones of Cobalt per year. Out of this we use roughly 40% of that for all non EV Lithium Ion batteries (phones, laptops etc). So that leaves us 115,000 metric tones of Cobalt for EV's, that's 115,000,000Kg of Cobalt. Each EV battery requires 11kg-17kg (3%/5%). We'll be generous and take the 3% Cobalt figure, 115,000,000kg/11kg = 10,454,545 (10.5 million) EV batteries. We currently sell about 76 million cars globaly. The UK alone sells 2.3 million cars every year, and by 2030 all cars sold will have to be EV's, or PHEV's (2035). Please note I did not say we would be selling 2.3 million EV's in the UK every year, and nor did the government. These facts are conveniently never mentioned in any government statistics, predictions, or manufacturer advertising, or tester KZbin vids, including this one . This is the reason that EV's are so expensive, and will only become ever more expensive due to supply and very limited demand of EV batteries. This is also the reason why all the investors in British Volt have scarpered. The Chinese have already laid claim to about 75% of all the availible Cobalt supply. There is simply no point in building a Giga Factory here in the UK as we won't be able to procure the material (Cobalt/Lithium) required to manufacture EV batteries on a scale required to make it viable. The only places where Cobalt is found in any quantity are countries like DRC, and Cuba, so not the most stable environments on earth, by a long shot. Also the mining and collection of Cobalt in these countries is appalling in terms of Human Rights, and conditions. All this is glossed over by the motor industry. I won't even start of the lack of infrastructure for EV's in the UK. We needed to spend some 2 trillion pounds on our Nation Grid infrastructure to support renewables, and EV's between 2020, and 2030. That was a staggering 90 billion every year for 10 years. We've currently spent nothing! The reason for this are the facts laid out above. The government know all this, were mearly playing for time and praying to god that a miracle occurs in EV battery technology some time soon. Sorry to wee all over the chips (insert joke here), but perhaps people need to start reading factual papers more, rather than following trends, and the trendy. EV sales have now plateaued at about 11.5% of total car sales (265,000), that's because everyone that can afford to buy the latest trendy thing, at an inflated price, has already done so. To get to 2.3 million by 2030 we will need to add an additional 165,000 EV's to the previous years total every year up to 2030. So in 2024 we will need to sell 430,000 EV's, you get the idea? This is clearly not feasible, so by 2030 we may be selling, lets be generous and say 500,000 EV's a year. This will be down to cost and lack of supply. That leaves a yawing 1.8 million people waiting for a new car every year, year on year, because they can't buy a new petrol, or deisel car. This will take us right back to the 1960's USSR where waiting times for a Trabant was 20 years. As an aside what ever happened to V2G (Vehicle to Grid)?

[@ebaystars]

I read this, but you thus far only have 9 likes, I'm finding YT a comments a pretty pointless adventure and an utter waste of time beyond telling people to wee off in word of one syllable!...

[@Leo555ZZZ]

Any government that bans petrol and diesel cars will be voted out of office.

[@williamrobinson1453]

You should rename your channel "Gullible's Travels".

[@stevee8920]

The memorial at Birch Services was for Inspector Raymond Anthony Codling who was shot dead on September 14 1989 whilst on a night shift. He and his colleague Sergeant James Bowden entered Birch services looking for a white van. The officers saw a motorcyclist who they approached and he gave his details (these were false). A short time later they saw the same man again as they approached Sgt Bowden noticed in the man’s belt a large knife and the man with his hand inside his jacket. Sgt Bowden went to grab the knife only for the man to push him back and pull out a 9mm revolver and shoot at him, the shot missed but he then shot Inspector Codling in the chest and whilst lying injured another shot was taken killing him. Sgt Bowden gave chase but was shot in the leg and was forced to take cover. A manhunt for the suspect identified as Anthony Hughes was traced to a garage in Kendray South Yorkshire, where upon entering he was found dead having shot himself with the same gun he had used to kill Inspector Codling. In 1991 a memorial was unveiled at the place of his death by the Police memorial trust. Gun crime in the UK is unusual and even more so back in 1989 so this was a shock to the Country and all Police forces. Whether you like or hate the Police, these officers put their lives on the line every time they go to work not knowing whether this is their last.

[@Maxdukemax]

They're were EV's when you were young , they were called milk floats and that's where they should have stayed.

[@BobinEasternMaine]

I live in Maine now, but in the early ‘80’s I did a milk round in Enfield for the Co op. My electric milk float was the only vehicle I’ve ever driven that had the brake and accelerator pedals reversed, it used to mess me up worse than driving on the wrong side of the road in the U.S. But… I loved that job!

[@ebaystars]

one of my business partners was Tim Ashby of Sussex Dairies in Brighton (UK) he had 200 of them, what a loss now we have to drive to a local bloody shop to get milk, cheese,eggs and bread that Tim's blokes used to deliver. @@BobinEasternMaine

[@philip5940]

It worked better with horses pulling the milk wagons but I believe the number of horse deaths due to drunks was a factor in removing the horses from the streets by at least 45 years ago . But today all civilised countries have addressed that problem pretty well .

[@keiththomas6861]

You are right about freedom of movement we have got this joke of a Welsh government

[@maxlipovore]

What's the carbon footprint of an electric car battery fire?

[@johnjdumas]

Subsidies and higher prices mean EVs produce more carbon than ICE vehicles. Higher cost means economic activity to produce those dollars which in turn produces more carbon dioxide. Even worse it takes about $20 dollars in economic activity to produce $1 in subsidies and/or higher prices.

[@IANREA]

Yet if you pay your daily ULEZ charge it will help the environment

[@rsole65]

Car insurance has gone through the roof across the board not just evs

[@SteveGreenCRMDeveloper]

That just isn't true. My Porsche Cayman GTS insurance was slightly lower this year. My Ducati Multistrada was lower this year. My Tesla Model 3 doubled. My partners MX5 lower this year.

[@brianfreeman8290]

Also, being so heavy, they are going to carry way more kinetic energy in the event of a collision.

[@billrigsby7719]

e=mc2?

[@thebeesleybunch157]

My Kia EV is 1700Kg a Standed Range Rover about 2900Kg???

[@bbbrisbaneaustralia5938]

Trying to get to the Gold Coast from Brisbane is a nightmare at most times,but when the government lets half a million immigrants in this year alone what else can you expect.The federal government lets the people in but the state government is responsible for infrastructure.What infrastructure?They are years behind.

[@philnotley5138]

Insurance companies have realised that they catch fire a bit more often than you’d think also if you have an accident in one it’s none too easy to find garages who want to repair these eyewateringly expensive toys

[@mikebreen2890]

Insurance companies are well aware that EV's are vastly less likely to catch fire than ICE. And I have been driving an MG5 for 3 years, bought for £24,000 and worth perhaps £16,000 today. It does all my daily driving and just did a tour of the Scottish highlands. In that time maintenance has been nothing. WTF do you get "eye wateringly expensive toy" from?

[@curtisj2165]

Tesla cars are very expensive to repair. Body panels and electronic components in particular

[@Boris-xx7dw]

And take your house with it lol .

[@turokforever007]

They know if a fire happens, nothing is left Also good chance nothing around it will survive also a chance of being locked inside so a death won't be good @@mikebreen2890

[@janlievens6964]

2035 will NOT happen and 2040 WILL NOT HAPPEN actually it will NEVER HAPPEN i always said this is WY I got a Diesel car 3 y ago

[@BRM101]

That’s great and I agree electric cars are not a solution, however they could try and price us out of ice cars by hiking the tax up, or phasing put petrol stations, the second would only happen if 50% or more of people take on electric cars, as the demand for fuel will decrease.

[@jimwelsh1830]

I was thinking about a EV then the push back happened :) 4.4 diesel Range Rover now sits on my drive way :) Ohhhhh Happy days

[@johnmills9360]

my 1994 Toyota Camry is the greenest car on the planet , and looking more beautiful every day .

[@markeaston4884]

The infrastructure in this country hasn’t improved in years but they still expect you to pay through taxes etc. someone is getting rather rich from these failings.

[@rbnhd1144]

Well said pal, they cant fix the roads so what chance do you have of going totally electric, people need to face Facts, it exactly the same in America, don't kid yourselves.

[@bentullett6068]

They have just revamped a Shell garage by me apparently there are Shell recharge chargers there. They seem to have forgotten to install them or they are waiting for them to arrive on the slow boat literally from China.

[@rbnhd1144]

@@bentullett6068 Everything comes from China, it needs to Stop!, we are over dependent on them already, think long term what this means.

[@rbnhd1144]

So the value of the car drops but the price of insurance goes up, sounds like a Great deal, I'm happy to see the Insurance companies wake up.

[@FuzzWoof]

Values sharply dropping isn't due to Rishi (I'd be the first to blame him if it was!), it's due to a metric crapload of ex-lease electric cars flooding the market this year coupled with used car prices finally starting to drop after their covid-induced peak. The ridiculous insurance hikes at the moment are for everyone whether they own a Taycan or a Fiesta.

[@Pauli650]

EVs are just a stepping stone to having no car

[@johnlewis3105]

Yes,bus travel is the future for the peasants.

[@Hirotoro4692]

dont you know by 2050 we will all be using teleporters

[@nishiki7047]

I’ve just bought myself a sexy little Triumph Trident 660 motorcycle ( nearly 9k with all its extras , a lot of money for a truck driver ) it makes a gorgeous noise and goes like a cut snake for a mid range bike ( for a middle aged novice) I love putting E5 petrol in it and burning my own little hole in the ozone layer to annoy that cranky Greta . I feel for future generations who will never have the thrill of owning petrol vehicles

[@EmilioBaldi]

Insurance premiums have also doubled because a minor incident is enough for a write off of an EV.

[@franzmuller235]

That's absolutely ridiculous. Why would you write off an EV after a minor incident?

[@ianmilne655]

That's absolute rubbish! There's more to go wrong with an IC motor in a crash than an EV. Folk throw trash like this around on both sides of the argument if only people checked up on actual facts first. That includes KZbinrs writing dodgy click bait titles!!

[@stpfs9281]

@@franzmuller235 Might be ridiculous, but if a battery pack is damaged, that could result in a disastrous fire, at any time.

[@EmilioBaldi]

@@franzmuller235 simple: there is no way to check if the shock of the collision has damaged any cells inside the battery pack. Nobody wants to sign that everything is ok and then, a few weeks later, the owner finds himself with the car on fire. Watch the videos of Wham Baam Teslacam (an EV partisan channel) and count how many written off cars there are in minor collisions.

[@jimmygmc6917]

I AM SURPRISED A INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD EVEN INSURE ELECTRIC CARS WITH THEIR LIABILITY FACTOR.....

[@Hawk89gt]

I appreciate your honesty, so many others will just live in denial, or try to explain how great it is to be under water on their cool new toy.

[@ashman4357]

You was sold the dream and ended up in a nightmare. My petrol car as gone up £2500 since i bought it cheap. And my older petrol car which ive had since 2007 which as been a work horse for years is also worth a couple grand not bad after 14years of use and still going strong. I am keeping my 2 petrol cars all day everyday 👍

[@mjs7172]

I sold my 2022 EV as it was unusable for anything other than commuting, difficult to find a working public charger that was available or worked. My insurance went from £335 to £1564. I lost 35% of the value when I traded it in. Gone back to petrol now.

[@colinjones2505]

Wow! Absolutely mind blowing 😱

[@jonellison9832]

Doing a full on U turn on the petrol car ban was too much for politicians. Hence the 5 year delay, which will get delayed again and eventually swept under the carpet when the current politicians have retired. Not their problem anymore...

[@geoffevans4908]

Don’t be so sure,Labour will likely get in and that’s the economy down the toilet and all the Eco Loonies pushing the Climate Fraud.

[@richy69ify]

Mate it was only ever a pledge it was not signed into UK law. I for one knew Britain can't meet any deadlines, from NHS projects to Railways

[@robertsmith2956]

@@richy69ify How is that billion pounds of trees working out. Any of them still alive?

[@richy69ify]

@@robertsmith2956 what? you mean the ones Boris Johnson pledged to plant?

[@David-ee1pi]

Taycan: cost 120k, range 280 miles, 0-60 in 5.4s Model 3 LR: cost 50k, range 390m, 0-60 in 4.2s. The market has marked the value of your car down to what it's really worth. It doesnt care about your opinion about Tesla quality vs Porsche. The problem is not so much EVs as your decision to buy an overpriced fault-ridden car.

[@garythegolfer]

Putting the deadline back is definitely the right way to go.

[@partymanau]

Anyone knew the EV was a joke. I love my diesel.

[@ianbentley-rb7hs]

I couldn't agree more. I'm Diesel till I die.

[@lewlewis6511]

#me too :-) by far the safest fuel should the vehicle catch on fire too.

[@ebaystars]

I love deisel engines , i just had my first ignition based car fail (Honda Hair Dryer) as I had to buy one for my wife here in thailand as "she who must be obeyed" insisted. I've owned trucks vans generators boat engines and audis all deisel !

[@johnsovcom]

I was told by my insurance company, that they will void my insurance if I charge my car in my garage it has to be min 20 feet from the house

[@johnnycash6690]

Good serve's you right for buying one

[@duncanpage1556]

You are %100 correct about the whole RIDICULOUS EV garbage!! Hey from Canada

[@whitehawk2273]

Basic rule: never adopt early. The more expensive the item in question, the later you adopt.

[@Anonymous-ib8so]

My Seat Leon ST diesel has stop start so in traffic the engine switches off until I depress the clutch. I get 70 mpg and over 700 to a tank which takes 10 minutes. EV are EVil

[@zekecanada5244]

I'm in Canada. 500 kms is considered a short drive here. You are 100% CORRECT. It's all about CONTROL.🤬🤬

[@markmark5269]

Bullshot. The statistical average driving daily distance in Canada is 37.9 kms. When was the last time you drove "500 kms" ... yeah, go away now.

[@troyguyer9194]

😩

[@AlanWilliams-su4bs]

It’s pert of a right wing conspiracy effort.

[@aaronjump2193]

@markmark5269 he didn't say he went for long drives all the time. In reality if its within the state and under for 4 hours, I might say it's not that far. If it's 5+ hours I'd say it's "kind of a long drive" it's by enlarge enviornment, social and local (rural likely) definitions, which unfortunately you can't always effectively "Google". It's like relying on zillow to have accurate algorithms, but they're only loosely based in reality and vary wildly. Look up 10 homes on zillow that haven't sold in several years, they dont have enough details or information to be accurate. Those dad gum city slickers arrr da ones calling 38 km a long drive 🤣 (which is maybe 20 minutes). At most he was mildly exaggerating.

[@sferg9582]

I can't imagine having to plan my day's activities around whether or not I have a vehicle that will get me there on a certain level of charge, and then getting criticized if I don't have a "full tank" before I start out.

[@michaelhart7569]

I can imagine it alright. I guess I'm lucky enough to not be able to afford it. :)

[@Dalbayob69]

The insurance on our diesel XC70 went from £800 to £1780 just like that so it’s not just the electric cars.

[@Wakeupfromyourslumberpeople]

Remember in winter our government telling us to save power by not using electric at peak hours, well can you imagine 10 million EVs being charged up at the same time.

[@gerryparker7699]

Yeh. That's why I charge my car at night for 1/4 of what it cost during the day (Octopus energy) and 1/7 of the energy cost for petrol. If elec vehicles are loosing money now it the time to buy.

[@simrich306]

In Aberdeen the power was out last winter in in some areas for over a week... many with electric cars didnt go anywhere

[@SPUNKER1000]

@@gerryparker7699 🤣🤣🤣

[@Wakeupfromyourslumberpeople]

@@gerryparker7699 you won't be charging anything when the grid goes down.

[@tonyw.6813]

Constant fast charging will reduce the service life of the batteries. The amount of times that you fast charge is recorded in the battery modules ECU. A technician can then plug a laptop into your cars ECU and determine the condition of the batteries and number of fast charging cycles that those batteries have had in their lifetime. This will further reduce the value of the car. Try not to fast charge too often. Probably only do it once or twice a month.

[@colint8259]

Finally!.. someone that understands battery technology and maintenance. Thank you. No one here has also mentioned the effects of cold climate on battery power storage.

[@davidfisher9026]

If you spend £120,000 on a car, fuel mileage cost shouldn't really be a thing. Just saying.

[@niged]

George Orwell was pretty much correct in 1984!

[@robinsattahip2376]

Even if you do not insure the car for damage, you need liability insurance for the other cars it will burn.

[@landzw]

I was talking to a small independent specialist car insurance at a car show at the weekend and they confirmed the price hikes are mainly down to electric cars, yes prices would of gone up due to supply shortages, but even a normal Cat D incident can cause an electric car to being written off. That’s from the horses mouth

[@adventtrooper]

And presumably ICE insurance is going up because of the risk of a fault claim involving an EV. So we're paying both ways.

[@ebaystars]

didnt we used to have green things called horses and carts? horse manure was good for the veggies beds as well...

[@ahorton6786]

Good video, thanks. It's weird how you never hear non EV drivers talking about how much fuel they have, or what range they have. They simply stop for 5 mins and hey presto another 400+ miles.

[@lomate1963]

Wow that’s amazing 😂👍🏻

[@kellyeye7224]

Car manufacturers have *always* had the opportunity to refuse to build EV's. If they'd got together and simply said 'no', what could the Government do? Close them down? Fine them? The uproar wouldn't be worth it. But their own GREED was their downfall - believing that 'forced' EV ownership would create a lucrative market for them. Serves them right.

[@turokforever007]

ESG score is in place so they are controlled

[@MartinHouston42]

@@turokforever007 so they have now squandered billions of their shareholders money. Very responsible! Whole ESG system needs dismantling as it has been used to further this blatant criminal scam of blaming CO2 for climate change.

[@oneeyedgirl617]

Nothing has changed. It’s just an attempt to get votes in 2024. Days after the announcement, Nissan stated they will stop ICE cars by 2030.

[@bobbailey7024]

I've heard that if an electric car is involved in a collision, even a minor one, it has to be stored 15 metres in any direction from any other vehicle or building whilst waiting to be repaired. Ferry companies are allegedly very wary about carrying damaged EVs.

[@christopherrichardson9942]

I saw the light that EVs are not the future about 18 months ago. I had a Tesla Long Range for 15months. Luckily I got what I had paid for it. My decision was made after a trip to East Yorkshire where I couldn’t get charge due to hogging of chargers .Then I went to a wedding in a village where there were no nearby chargers.I ended up getting home with everything crossed and only 3% charge. I had to take the fastest way back as time was of the essence and couldn’t divert to find a charger.

[@Bambitheman45]

A previous employer provided me with a Peugeot Ion EV. I was expected to cover approximately 100 miles in this pile of EV crap, with seats I wouldn't expect any adult to be safe in let alone a child. In a brand new car in the middle of summer it couldn't do the required mileage. In winter the range was 50% of summer range at best. Take into account Scottish winter weather the thing was effing lethal. Some of my colleagues were stranded because of insufficient charging infrastructure. And I got blamed because I have a very light right foot. The boss thought everyone would manage to get he same distance as me. Forgetting that the Scottish weather meant using the lights and heater more on some days than others. My current employer knows we have to keep the internal combustion engine because of mileage and drivers hours regs. I simply cannot do the required miles in an EV commercial vehicle unless I take a Class One test. But then city centres are not particularly friendly to articulated vehicles and rural Scotland is definitely not HGV friendly. I struggle to get down some roads in a 3.5T van. How I'll do it in a fecking electric HGV is beyond me... Especially given many roads are single track with sod all charging infrastructure. Rishi can send me the answer on the back of a postage stamp because I already know it...

[@patbuckley4039]

Why are people buying battery cars - and where do they think the electricity comes from to charge the battery, and where does the lithium come from for the batteries, and what damage is done because of extra weight and going up in flames??

[@darrents44]

You shouldn't have to plan your life because of charging a car! Having lived with an EV for a year (wife's company car) I can honestly say it's a nightmare, charging times, charging anxiety on long trips etc.. I personally don't think EV is the future.

[@neilfromclearwaterfl81]

Interesting however no anxieties or nightmares here in over 10 years of EV ownership. Not one to use my employers car for long trips though even if he says he's OK with it. Even with a middle of the road EV with 250 miles range that's means stopping for 30 to 45 minutes every 4 hours (unless your driving at breakneck speeds well above the legal speed limit in most places) which you are going to need to do anyways for a Bio-Break and sustenance so no big deal for the majority of reasonable people. Now if the employer gave her an EV set up with a 120 mile battery for the average daily commute that would not be a reasonable vehicle to use for regularly commuting over 30 miles per day round trip which is the average nor a good choice for long trips however that is getting the wrong tool for the job. I could also get try to use a 9 volt cordless drill with a 0.6 amp battery for long jobs that need an 18 to 20 volt 5 amp battery with a 15 minute charger and complain too however would that be the drills fault or my own for choosing one inappropriate for my usage? Best!

[@eddie1330]

I'm in Wales, the 20mph is total madness

[@dalegribble9101]

So glad to have paid my taxes this year so you can enjoy a nice EV subsidy. While I drive a 15 year old car I bought second hand (6th hand) so the carbon footprint of manufacturing it belongs to the first owner (or is split between me and the 5 previous owners) EV owners and their new cars are ruining the planet and exploiting children in third world countries to mine the huge amounts of lithium. More lithium in his ONE EV battery than in EVERY phone or gadget I will ever own PUT TOGETHER.

[@stuartfitch7093]

You're correct Lee. 2030 now becomes 2035. Then the can will get kicked down the road. Many people talk about lack of public chargers but the bigger problem, public charging or home charging, is we don't have enough power in the electricity grid to keep charging millions of EVs. Look at the last few winters. We have been given warnings our homes might plunge into darkness due to brownouts.

[@Hirotoro4692]

I generally agree with a lot of comments here but this one is objectively false. The national grid have said numerous times that they are not only able to handle the uptake of EVs on the grid, but welcome it because most charging is done at off peak.

[@justmyopinion2818]

When the Government says they are doing something in the public`s interest then run for the hills because it`s usually always bad

[@Engineersoldinterstingstuff]

Insurance allways tend to go up when cars are difficult to sell. Just park an unwanted EV over a curb and its totalled.

[@No-timeforimbeciles]

If i win an EV in some contest or other event i would sell straight away !

[@synthmaker]

Make sure you try it first, except for this channel, I've never heard of anyone that has experienced EV ownership that would ever go back to an ICE car. You might have noticed that all the negative comments about EVs are from people that have never experienced one ( again, except for this channel ). I've exchanged my previous Kia Ceed Diesel for a Tesla Model 3, I find it amazing, like going from an old Nokia phone to a smartphone. It's also incredibly affordable, driving at 2p/mile, no road tax, no ULEZ, no congestion charge, parking on the street in central London you only pay for the first 10 minutes of every 4 hours so you can park all day for less that £2. I now drive from Croydon to work near Trafalgar Square for 50p return plus £1.88 parking much cheaper than the £13.90 return train ticket. It's the least stolen car due to sentry mode, it has the highest ever official safety score, lots and lots of smart features that you don't know you need until you've experienced them and then you can't go back. It has no schedule services. You almost never need to go fill the tank as you wake up every morning with 280 miles of range, at 20mph you'd have to drive for 14 hours without any traffic lights before you'd need to charge. I now save over £250 per month which is a very big part of the monthly payment from the loan I got to buy it. Also remember that a very big advantage of EVs is how much they depreciate so you can take advantage of it and buy it second hand, a 2020 Tesla Model 3 costs around £20k, that's around £400 per month on a 5 year loan but you can probably deduct around £250 from running cost savings. Don't make your mind up until you try, you'll be missing out big time.

[@JimboJones-qn4wd]

Getting insurance for an EV will become a big problem. I would expect that eventually no insurance company will insure EVs, or they will make it so expensive that very few people will be able to afford it. With the amount of EV fires and the destruction these fires can cause and having to replace the full battery pack after a very minor accident, it is no wonder insurance companies won't insure EVs. Make sure you have an escape tool/glass breaker inside your car for when it catches on fire and you can't open the doors.

[@pa4450]

Electric cars are the greatest step backward in modern automotive history.

[@richardscott8146]

My ice car wont let me die stuck in a blizzard overnight

[@raymondbeattie7133]

Seen a post the other day about the lifespan of wind farms, the blades are made of carbon fibre and only have a lifespan of 2 years then are left piled high as they have no way of recycling these So much for this green energy!!

[@ukcarflippers2220]

Also house insurance is going up for ev owners as it to much risk of fire and death and some will also not insure your home if you have a pod charger fitted

[@arlrb76]

If it catches fire when plugged in at home overnight, the insurance will probably be paying for a new house too

[@jadyynstarlight9851]

Probably all insurance companies will stop insuring EVs because if your car starts a fire that destroys other cars or buildings, the insurance company will need to pay out 10s or 100s of thousands for the damage. Furthermore, do not be surprised if your house insurance skyrockets also if you have a garage. They will assume you park it inside and may burn down the house. Some companies may not insure houses for EV owners in the future.

[@thomaswilson2917]

Bunch of crap. In the USA there were 5600 garage. Fires. Total EV fires anywhere around 50. Gas car fires in USA are 11x more often than EV fires London parking garage collapse was caused by a non EV catching fires. Gas cars are too dangerous. Don't forget 1600 gas pump fires.. No Tesla supercharger fires..

[@Romerosays]

The faster the charge the quicker you shorten the life of the battery 👌

[@David-fj5lz]

If in an EV with the doors locked they will be unable to even cut the roof off as the fire would be an inferno

[@annaforrest6148]

So, eventually, in a world where EVs are the only cars you are allowed to own, and insurance companies en masse won't insure said EVs because they're a fire hazard, not only to the EV, but to everything surrounding them when they explode, including car container ships, ferries, Channel Tunnel trains, multi-storey car parks, property, housing etc etc - what happens to the UK insurance market if EVERYTHING becomes uninsurable because of the domino effect to everything of EV cars?????🤔

[@kevinwhite8836]

Apparently the Luton Airport disaster was caused by a Diesel car. I haven't heard anyone blaming fire risk for increasing their diesel powered car insurance yet though, bit ironic. Under the same logic, many Lamborghini cars should be uninsurable, due to the fire risks (normally cased by oil or fuel leaking or spilt on the manifold).

[@Oscarphone]

Anybody that parks their EV in a garage attached to their home is insane. Remember that an EV fire is self sustaining. Nothing extinguishes it. But beyond that, the people pushing EVs admit that constraining freedom of movement is part of the deal. Some people will simply not be able to own their own transportation. They like that the hoi poli will not be able to freely move.

[@michaelkienhofer6394]

Thanks for speaking the Truth!

[@robertsmith2956]

Halon Gas will. But the joke is on them. EV's are just code for MOBILE LASER PLATFORM. All they are doing is forcing you to have it easier to take them out. No ballistics with a laser either.

[@rogerhampton2844]

Don’t go to Wales, the 20mph limit is a nightmare!

[@jaredabdonestudio]

100% agreed and thank you for your videos!, I was so close to buy an EV but thank God I’ve bought combustion car:)

[@dsmith019]

That equaled 29 US dollars. At 87% charge and 20 minutes. My car costs 60 US dollars to fill the gas tank and takes two minutes. So, it's time VS money.

[@Throku]

Then theres the range. Mine costs 170usd or there about to fill up here in Sweden, but I can drive all month on that in my diesel van and I have a ways so go to work. I think he satid he had some 280-ish miles on a full charge at the beginning, so lets say 250 on those 87%, so thats 8,6 miles to the dollar. Which to my surprise is twice what I get at 4.27 miles per dollar. But then diesel is 8,6 usd/ usgallon here.

[@mike9132]

Life is too short to be sitting at a charging station.

[@evilsmurf2k8]

He said the car was at 35% before he started charging so 52% total.

[@Throku]

@@evilsmurf2k8 thanks, I missed that. Damn video was 10 times as long as he had content for anyway, so no wonder people lose focus. :P But maybe that's an EV thing?

[@bigiainw]

My insurance doubled too. On a 62 plate1.3 diesel Corsa, from £500 to £1000. My daughter's petrol Seat went up from £300 last year to £550 this year. All insurance has increased, not just electric cars.

[@peterbunting8485]

Very true BUT........some peoples EV insurance in recent weeks has gone from a few hundred to a few thousand! And more and more insurance companies are refusing full stop to insure them.

[@sagalout]

@@peterbunting8485my Tesla went from £630 to £710 (admiral). Seems fairly inline with other insurance increases. My motorbikes went up a similar amount

[@carcctv]

Because we all have to pay for the payouts on electric cars

[@jimjones1652]

Mine went up by about £30 but I reduced the mileage I do per year and it ended up the same

[@camwhitman5425]

Yeah I saw that video of the former Top Gear guys and their propaganda video where everyone in the audience were extreme EV supporters. It was so painful to watch how much misinformation was presented and so one-sided.

[@johnlewis3105]

I am 87 years old and have had many,many,years of driving an ICE car - I do not envy today's youth.

[@jondavey4]

45.4 kW costing £24.63 = 0.54p/kwh ( quite reasonable for public charging ) Being generous if you get 4 miles per Kw that = 0.13p per mile. My 300bhp BMW averages 44 mpg - filled up last night at £1.53 per litre = 0.15p per mile. Generally do 1000 miles a month so your saving the measly sum of £20 p/m based on 1000 miles, Minus the cost of all those coffee's and sandwiches your compelled to buy while waiting for the thing to charge up i reckon I'm quids in - Not Including my cheaper purchase price and Insurance - ICE all the way -no brainer

[@turokforever007]

If we all end up with a EV the charging costs will work out more than a ICE

[@jondavey4]

Pretty much there already - I'm being generous at 4 miles per kwh but 0.60p/kwh would be break even with my ICE and I think a lot of public chargers are more around 0.70/0.80 p/kwh already so i will be the one who can afford to buy coffee and sandwiches and still be ahead !! @@turokforever007

[@turokforever007]

EV dangers will show up on a foggy day in a multicar pile up. Once we see something like that, then people might wake up.

[@timhicks2154]

Why does no-one talk about the HUGE job losses when ICE cars cease to be made? Not just the car industries, but all the satellite industries that supply them with parts, and all those involved in the after-market parts supply?

[@wizzyno1566]

Because its not important? That's like arguing that replacing horses with cars was a bad idea, because the horse shoers would lose their jobs. Now AI, on the other hand, has the potential to destroy society. Because that could replace all jobs.

[@lezbarker2673]

Don’t worry there’s more of us who aren’t dumb and more people with no money so they will keep driving real cars my car is almost 60 years old and it goes up in value plus it costs me $50 to register each year while the wife pays $400 for her new Nissan also the governments around the world get the most money from fuel taxes just wait till some bright clown realise’s this they won’t stop oil we need it plus it’s china that is putting out so much pollution that it makes no difference what we do it’s all a scam.

[@oneeyedgirl617]

It’s already happening. Starting with dealerships. Tesla has none, and they don’t require routine servicing. Other OEMs will have to follow suit to compete. Like it or not, this is unstoppable.

[@nesparas1176]

EV’s, no thanks. Great for golf courses, gated communities and around town. But no to all around daily driving long distances. I’ll stick to my 86 I.C.E. daily driver 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻