The UK GOVERNMENT sent me a LETTER saying they LIED about ELECTRIC CARS and EVs are NOT THE FUTURE!

[@Beanerds]

Driving around in an electric ' Milk Float ' ,, no mate you are driving around in a ' Cell Phone ' , disposable rubbish that cant be recycled !

[@tx41979]

Been lying for decades about every thing

[@shirley1827]

They also pushed diesel cars at the beginning, saying they would get cheeper diesel than petrol, then made diesel more expensive.😢

[@RachelSkinner-q4e]

Remember when they promoted diesel cars?!!

[@derekrobsondirectbuildersl5863]

The geet engine will transform any fuel engine I'm building one fir my boat so I can travel the whole world for free

[@david7385aV]

@@RachelSkinner-q4e 👍

[@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu]

@@RachelSkinner-q4e yeah in those days diesel was much cheaper than petrol........

[@jaktag]

I think electric cars are the least of our worries at the moment,with what’s going on with this evil lot that we are stuck with.

[@DCI1962]

I BOUGHT A PEUGEOT 107 2006 WHICH WAS AN MOT FAIL FOR £500 , I DID ALL THE REPAIRS MYSELF FOR £250 BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS CAR WAS OFF TO THE SCRAP YARD AND NOW IT DRIVES LIKE NEW AND WILL LAST ME FOR YEARS , HOW GREEN IS THAT!

[@mansfieldlad123]

Well done why loose thousands on depreciation as long as it does the job and suits your needs

[@Johnbgoode-s7c]

Mmmmm #Marj Simpson.

[@JohnRadford-iy7db]

Well done

[@RB-qg1qx]

I ❤ my diesel

[@thetopcat8946]

@@RB-qg1qx Same here. I would give up driving if they were to make me drive an electric car.

[@MrPatch25]

@@thetopcat8946 me too but I think this is what they are trying to do force people off the road

[@timelm8725]

@@RB-qg1qx remember when diesel was the best thing ever?!

[@timelm8725]

@@thetopcat8946 choice should be an option and we should not be railroaded

[@ghunt9146]

@@timelm8725It still is !

[@colinpyke4199]

Having an EV is like drinking alcohol, seems fun to start with but soon turns against you. EV Exploding Vehicle

[@alanthomson1227]

Like it , for similar reasons BYD = Burn Your Driveway .

[@alanthomson1227]

@@colinpyke4199 or VW , ID = Inferno Definitely .

[@bendeleted9155]

Compared to government and globalists I love oil companies.

[@davesmith5382]

They lied about diesel a few years back about them being better for the environment than petrol so l brought one, only to be told a couple of years later that the particulates from the exhaust were worse than petrol. So now being a pensioner l cannot affort to change my car, so thank the government for that. Going to keep my car going for as long as possible. So 2 fingers to the liars in government.

[@mansfieldlad123]

Stick with it my little diesel costs £35 a year to tax and under £200 for a years insurance why should I change it keeps passing the MOT no problem and suits my needs

[@jock8523]

@@mansfieldlad123🤘🏻👍🏻

[@WilliamLaverick-wo1nb]

My wife’s diesel car is 9 years old and has been zero road tax from new.

[@PrinceHale]

How anyone thought that Road Fund would NEVER be charged on EV’s is beyond me!

[@joffey1212]

The depreciation of every is astronomical, and a danger to the environment, materials used in production especially batteries, even excessive tyre /break wear

[@abergreg]

We already pay tax per mile, its called fuel duty and vat.

[@user-zz9gn2dc3l]

Precisely.

[@enfield7123]

I just got my planet killer diesel thew its m.o.t. with no problem its a 2014 and runs really well i am hoping this car will last me till i cant drive eny more because i will not bow down to government's bullying and my freedom of choice for all the people who have battery cars enjoy them as i do my diesel

[@FaanBoerseun]

They also lied to you in 2020

[@jenlong8568]

It's all about control and money

[@infinitelimitlesslightx5437]

Great to see you back home 🏡. The government lies about EVERYTHING!!!!!❤ Have a great day Lee❤

[@johnl5316]

CO2 has reached its saturation point as a molecule relative to temperature, meaning that any more of it can have no notable effect on temperature......see Princeton physicist William Happer on this topic

[@jsanders100]

So he’s right and thousands of climate experts around the world are wrong?

[@clarkspiemuncher]

Climate experts paid by the government to produce figures that match the required adgenda​@@jsanders100

[@HarryOld972]

@@jsanders100 One hundred physicists wrote a letter to say that Einstein was wrong. His comment was that if they were right, they only needed one person. And yes, "the science" (a stupid phrase if ever there was one - but we will take in place of "the scientific evidence") now shows quite clearly that CO2 has had a negligible on our climate.

[@maihindess1]

I haven’t watched to the end. I already know what you’re going to say. Let me guess. Your letter is about taxing your electric car. Well you shouldn’t be surprised. It may have been an incentive to buy it, but you must have known that wouldn’t last forever. You are using the road just like the rest of us. In fact, your car is much heavier and therefore even more punishing on tarmac. What a lot of fuss.

[@marklittle3551]

Dangle the carrot then remove it. There's nothing new under the sun.

[@billsbasementworkshop1902]

What about the Enviromental impact of desposing the old worn out batteries?

[@jsanders100]

Research please! I assume you have google

[@strongandco]

and that's only the start of it

[@strongandco]

@@jsanders100 a petrol or diesel tank that contains the form of energy used to power an ICE car lasts for decades and requires very little to manufacture, recycle or reuse. Can you say the same for an EV battery? I assume you have common sense

[@stum8374]

@billsbasementworkshop1902 like everything in this world the battery can 1-the cells in the battery can be replaced OR 2-the battery can be used for a home battery.....ICE new oil/diesel/petrol....EV'S needs a lot more product AND electricity from wind/wave/gas/coal how green is that !!!!! The only way to go green is walk but I'm not putting idea's into govts heeds.......1700 coal fired power stations in china,india's poor burning tyre for heating/cooking !!! do we really think the uks efforts are going to make ANY DIFFERENCE ??? like this govt every evs owner is deluded.

[@timhicks2154]

Now we’ve told them where they can stick their EV carrot 🥕, I see they are now using the increased Road Tax stick to try and beat us all off the road with it.

[@adriansolomon6805]

I have just driven back to Bournemouth from Cornwall and I noticed that all electric cars are in the slow lane and doing well under 70 mph 😊

[@zippyatrainbow]

Probably doing a steady 60mph to increase the range.

[@budimpla]

@adriansolomon6805, muito bem dito. No meu país, o limite é de 120km/h. Oito em cada dez Teslas, vão bem abaixo disso e os dois que vão à velocidade normal, é perto das saídas para as cidades principais. Vão todos com range anxiety.

[@janetcutts7921]

Yes they lie I hope now more people realise it & that everything is a lie absolutely everything

[@random-person1]

@janetcutts7921 what did they lie about? The conservatives never once said that car tax for EV's would remain at zero. He and many others got in when the govt was offering zero tax, plus other incentives. And now, they have been told the gig is up and that they will be taxed just as the rest of us are. This guy does nothing but moan, and you lot are drawn in by it. If you say something often enough, your words will stick. And that's what he has been doing. He could have bought a far cheaper car but chose to buy a porsche. A replacement battery for his car is almost twice that of another leading EV car brand. The car itself was a minimum 30 grand more expensive, but so what! And then he moans and moans and moans about how much he has lost it the last 3 years (or however long he's had the car). But moaning because you are going to have to pay road tax, BIG DEAL!!!

[@rozzbozzgames]

The Government, lying? Surely not 🤔😂😂

[@grahamjohnpreston]

Jeremy Hunt declared in a previous budget a year or two ago that a charge would soon be implemented for electric vehicles.

[@solentbum]

Mr Mac Master suffers from selective memory loss.

[@ColinGarner-h1t]

I struggle to understand why you bought one in the first place , I imagine the depreciation would have bought several sensible cars .

[@Actually-y7j]

He did it to make money from his YT Channel which has worked so maybe it's OK. The question is was it worth making money at the expense of risking his life driving around in an EV and charging it at home....??

[@Yorkshireasaurus]

He has bought it.

[@gazx5244]

He’s making money from it thanks to KZbin doh

[@altvamp]

Because he can?

[@PabloT4571]

@@ColinGarner-h1t According to previous video its on a 4 year PCP. Fuel duty a real headache for government for tax parity with EVs. Some sort of compromise and acceptance of multiple car types will be considered soon.

[@Stoater1]

@Ernst Clearly you haven't been paying much attention. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knew this was coming.

[@stephenroberts8057]

Yes, no doubt at all, it IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL

[@whatsmining9917]

I'm glad i stuck with my little pug 107 1.0l very cheap to run better for the environment & last 20+years

[@composedlight6850]

EVs are not only a poor choice as a form a persnal transport, they are not Green, not cheaper and as you say are just a ploy to get people off the road . We will all live in 10min cities, own nothing, go nowhere and be happy

[@keegan773]

Anyone with any nouse whatsoever knew the shortfall in petrol/diesel revenue would have to be made up somehow. ITS STARTED BUT ITS NOT FINISHED YET. I almost feel sorry for the EV fan boys……almost.

[@Wee_Langside]

Pay per mile has to come for EVs one way or another. The government can't manage without that income, especially a tax and spend Labour government.

[@Wee_Langside]

April 1st seems a very appropriate date😂

[@1960ARC]

They want to make driving as unpleasant as possible.

[@macbitz]

We end up paying per mile for roads that we paid for through taxes and that the government failed to maintain through incompetence.

[@timelm8725]

@@macbitz I have had to have 4 x new tyres this year on my Mercedes! Joke!

[@oneeleven9832]

At this point if you believe Government or MSM on anything you need serious help..

[@katielain6519]

@@oneeleven9832 The gov. Are most definitely trolling us, on an epic scale.

[@Renegade-g2w]

I have a natural resistance to change and it's helping me no end in this dystopian shit hole of a world the powers that be are engineering.

[@marklittle3551]

Funny how net zero always ends up being a case for smoke and mirrors.

[@NorthenSoul]

There's nothing better than hearing a naturally aspirated v12. With a bit of SOUL

[@timelm8725]

They were always going to do this!

[@richnorris1061]

This is all for the climate they say 👍🏻 Geo engineering I say

[@goingwildagain]

Get 2 point of the inevitable. Long winded defo skipped.

[@MartinHayesUK]

Greggs can sell warm pasties, as long as they are fresh out of the oven. They are not allowed to reheat them. The best time to go is when they have just baked a batch.

[@cuckoo-meister2312]

Microwave oven on wheels

[@user-zz9gn2dc3l]

Radiation risk

[@2001perseus.]

I forgot to say. Only one electric vehicle ever made sense and we were dumb enough to get rid of them. Trolley buses.

[@エラー-e7v]

Laptops with wheels

[@denseljosephs9500]

Milk float.

[@2001perseus.]

@@エラー-e7v Richard Hammond holds the patent for that.

[@2001perseus.]

@@denseljosephs9500 No, the rubbish suspension curdled the milk on cobbled streets in Yorkshire

[@TomSmyth-j2k]

Battery cars ! Not electric cars

[@user-zz9gn2dc3l]

Radiation risk if you ask me. All those pulsed EMF's coming out of the thing!

[@raymondpomfret4214]

Government lieing ! So whats new ,their professionals its a qualification for the job

[@daviddyson8851]

Why are you surprised? I remember about 15 years ago the government was everywhere buy diesel cars and vans they are cheaper to run last longer than petrol cars it costs less to refine diesel than petrol I think they also said it is better for the environment then when we all fell for the lies they hiked up the price of diesel now it costs more than petrol

[@sahhull]

All of that info was true. Diesel is cheaper to run and they last longer. It is a cheaper fuel to produce. Then they increased the duty on the stuff.

[@les062]

That's true the increase price of diesel...... So people learnt they could run on cooking oil so they increased the price of that.... The people will never win ever....

[@glynnepritchard2526]

Its all for the money, just look at the cops pulling anyone over and booking them for the smallest things rather than giving advice. The works on the M6 have been completed a few weeks now and the gantry signs are fixed on 50mph no matter the conditions, and the cops line the over bridges with speed guns... money money money

[@fpwrankin]

Keep up your good work Lee in saving car ownership for the regular people. It is time to move your obvious communications skills int o an effective and organised "Save the car" campaign and give the ruling elites a good drubbing! Let's go onwards with a wide ranging protest! by all motorists. Prove the RAC and AA have had their day!

[@marklittle3551]

Your never ending quest for a charger has put me off buying one for a lifetime.Well done.😂

[@MrFluffyalan]

I used to work for Nissan and many times visited the factory at Sunderland, as most will know, the first real mass produced car, certainly in the UK, was the Nissan Leaf which when they first built them cost Nissan £100,000 each to build and they were sold at an over priced £30,000 and didn't sell in great numbers because of the original price. The government was and still is insisting the UK manufacturers with mass production make a percentage of EV cars against the amount of petrol & diesel cars they make

[@kevinlloyd1088]

California is similar. I used to ride over the Golden Gate Bridge for free. Now it is $10. Certain lanes on Freeways have a toll.

[@terencestephens7485]

Thanks for standing your ground, thank you, thank you, thank you. All the best.

[@gavinwhite9743]

This was announced in the 2022 budget.

[@bubbabillybob-c7v]

My daily driver is a Ford 550 with a Cummins conversion. I smile like a new EV ower ever time i hit the throttle each gear change.😂😂😂😂

[@johnbluett6079]

All members of parliament ,civil servants ,members of the house of lords should be made to buy electric cars

[@user-zz9gn2dc3l]

And take the jab

[@idiot-cd6pl]

6.5 quid to me seems a bit exorbitant for q pasty and roll, for that amount you could get a steak and chips and onion rings at a sit down restaurant in South Africa. I still can't believe you put-up with 20% of everything you spend goes in VAT .

[@richiedoop2529]

Internal combustion engine is still one of humanities greatest creations and still can't be bettered.

[@forrestrobin2712]

@@richiedoop2529 steam locomotives were pretty amazing too for their time 😊. I wonder what would have happened if the technology had continued to be be developed after the 1950’s…

[@richiedoop2529]

@@forrestrobin2712 The same technology is still in use to today for generating electricity. Nuclear power plants are gigantic steam turbines.

[@forrestrobin2712]

@@richiedoop2529 steam turbines could have been the future for locomotives. The LMS turbomotive remained sadly a one off because of WW2, but was clearly way ahead of its time.

[@BritishRail60062]

If diesel and gasoline engines are such a problem then why not have a government backed conversion for HVO fuel. Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil as an alternative?

[@davidyoung9561]

One thing i noticed recently on YT there have been several adverts relating to owning a VW ID3, ID4 and ID5. I am beginning to wonder if the manufacturers are now panicking because they have made too many EVs and are desperate to shift them. I won't be tempted.

[@gingerbeargames]

Well it sure would have been nice if someone warned people before this all happened! It's not like this has happened before with diesel cars. If you want to go further back and they used to encourage people to smoke and now look at the taxes on that. Rule of thumb is to assume the government advice is wrong.

[@2AForUK]

I'm disabled and use the Motabillity scheme. Usually there is a choice of vehicles that you can rent some the have £2500 non refundable deposit. When it came time for me to change my vehicle more and more of the cars had this deposit on them which I cant afford. However The brand new electric Nissan Leaf came with a homecharger + installation and a "Gift" of £1500. So i went for it. Now as long as you not doing alot of miles per week and you use it for school/shopping runs and you charge at home during off peak hours £7.50 to fully charge then its perfect BUT you go outside of those bounds then your F'd. It costs £20 to use a fast charge to get 80% and you'll need to stop upto 3 times if going from north to south Wales.

[@Botham74]

It was just an exercise ti find out people with more money than sence.

[@AndrewBowles-x8u]

When the Government MP'S get an electric car. Then i might think about it!! Until then no chance!!

[@Bryanok1]

It isn’t any different than they did with diesel cars!

[@justanaveragedad]

I do generally like your videos, but you rung this one out so much it reminded of the term "A meeting that could have been an email" 😜

[@techquest5394]

Let’s not forget, in the last decade the government were telling us to buy diesel.

[@mojoguy7700]

yea labour

[@G-ra-ha-m]

@@mojoguy7700 They are both exactly the same.

[@thetruereview6780]

The EV grift is over and it was always going to end this way. Promises of milk and honey. Then the mousetrap falls when critical adoption targets are reached. Cue the cognitive dissonance. “But, but, but, … I’m saving the planet!” 🌎

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Once they bolted a custom battery to the bottom of the car, the industry was doomed.

[@MikeKey-y7l]

Hydrogen fuelled cars would be the best bet, and the amount of money spent on battery improvements could have been used to research more about hydrogen.

[@Thunderbloke2]

If they will happily let some pensioners freeze they won't hesitate to fleece all drivers.

[@davidbirrell8964]

Just back from a holiday in Spain, in the Torrevieja area, there are new discount petrol stations springing up all over the place. It looks as if in Spain they aren't interested in EV's. Speaking to a taxi driver, we asked if his car was electric, his reply would be translated as they are S**t.

[@stephencope7178]

Overpriced, overrated and a waste of scarce natural resources.

[@dps615]

@@stephencope7178 lithium is NOT a scarce metal

[@shaunie1959]

Not exactly news is it. This was announced in the autumn 2022 budget so been known about for a couple of years

[@andrewplant5818]

The plan to introduce tax on electric cars was announced in October 2022. Well done Mac, you’re only two years behind.

[@nickcollins7568]

Electric cars are the future if you buy and like Scaletric

[@jonsnake1970]

who'd have thought that liebour would lie????

[@dabs4077]

That is some idiotic comment. Nothing to do with labour . All and any government will do this . That was part of the plan. Did you think you would really drive an EV and get NO charges at all ? How candid are you?? No wonder they manage to sell EVs to people like you...

[@herrmarklepotz8326]

Greggs is bloody awful. I had a cheese and ham baguette last week and it tasted of absolutely nothing. The coffee tastes like dishwater. Just absolute crap.

[@coopers2023]

Nonce pasties😂😂

[@MiniMicroMan1]

I have an EV and was never in any doubt that I would eventually have to pay RFT. I think its fair as I use the roads like any other ICE car so cant complain. It does not matter what vehicle you buy as you can be sure the government will charge you some way or another.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Why is it fair? It's theft.

[@MiniMicroMan1]

@@G-ra-ha-m If my contribution to RFT helps to fill the pot holes then it is what it is.

[@rupertharvey4506]

You will be charged as well as the battery.

[@alsmith5604]

Anyone who genuinely believed that EVs were going to remain cheaper was truly deluded.

[@petermilburn1214]

I like my diesel car thankyou

[@Frankestein01nl]

Over here (the Netherlands) the roadtax is based on weight of the verhicle... it's funny, as the electric cars are about 1.5x heavier than their petrol powered cousins... no exact numbers just yet, but i'm guessing electric verhicle owners will be smiling....upside down...

[@strongandco]

that make's a lot more sense than the convoluted system in the UK, but then the UK is being run by a bunch of dummies.

[@JoLovell]

I didn't get an EV ad, during your video, but did get an ad for electric toothbrush 😆😆

[@paulbelsey7111]

Almost the same thing!!!

[@liannebenn2097]

I like owning my electric toothbrush.... and my petrol car.

[@archrussell822]

If you didn’t guess this would happen, life is going to be a challenge for you.

[@bwghall1]

If I could, I would return to a Pony & Trap just for the piece. That was way back in the 1940s.

[@quantisedspace7047]

I would have thought it was obvious that the aim was to stop people driving about at all.

[@diannehardwick950]

The charging problem would have been eased if, in the beginning any car could use ALL charging stations. Standardisation was a lesson learned in the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. How come we didn’t catch on by now?

[@ayedee6681]

Battery as a service would make a whole more sense. Have mandated standards. Then your car can go for much longer.

[@mpwaterhouse]

@@ayedee6681 Yup fully charged/maintained battery packs automatically popped in and out of your car like an old VHS tape from something that looks like a petrol station forecourt would work. Really only works if the battery chemistry structure doesn't require liquid cooling. Some of the newer substrates can do this.

[@waynekaminski5438]

Because Elon Musk wanted all the EV pie for himself via Tesla and thought that Tesla would set the standard by first cornering the EV market and then make a bundle through licensing deals with other car companies to use Tesla's charging design. That evil scheme did not pan out and now the EV market is full of competing plug-in standards. In the end, if EV cars survive, all will eventually have to choose one common standard. Look at the computer communication bus wars for comparison.

[@mpwaterhouse]

Does farting while bouncing along on my pogo stick count as an emission?

[@tokoloshimampara9932]

I didn't get a POLESTAR advert but did get a cremation plan video which was somewhat ominous. Although TBH if I had an EV I wouldn't need a cremation plan😅😅

[@rocketmunkey1]

"The Honeymoon is over" Not that it was much of a honeymoon, a disaster is what I'd describe it as, I foresee divorce in the not to distant future !

[@rbnhd1144]

I only hope.

[@rocketmunkey1]

@@rbnhd1144 Its inevitable fundamentally flawed technologies just wont take regardless of how hard they're pushed, if it doesn't work it doesn't work ! and people just cant afford it, thats why they had to be subsidised, now the subsidy money has run out there is only one possible outcome mate.

[@davidhancock91]

The top 10 selling cars in Australia are Diesel and Petrol. Telsa are 25% down on last year and are now discounting model 3 and Y by $3000. Toyota and Ford are up 30% on 2023. HEVs out sell BEVs by 2 to 1. Now. The bubble has burst. . A mate bought a MG4 last years for over $40k, you can now buy one for $27990 on road. Diesel sales are up 10% year on year. People that wanted an EV have now got one. The other 90% of us don’t want them. Personally I see a use for small EV city run abouts for under $25k.

[@ChrisHipkiss]

I've had a letter from Sport England about mandatory transport to be used in 15 minute cities. The only allowable form will be space hoppers! This will increase exercise, reduce pollution and be sustainable. Regards 70-year-old with back problems hehe!

[@billgates-qi9st]

My 1958 BSA 600 motorbike carries on happily thumping along regardless.

[@iansummerell]

This will stop people from buying EVs.

[@dps615]

@@iansummerell not when you compare to what ICE drivers will be paying from next year

[@gillian9178]

This why car manufacturers are pulling back on production of electric cars now.

[@fg-pv5ht]

The only electric vehicle I would consider would be one of the electric mobility scooters lol

[@MarkB-33]

I will pay for YT Premium when i can have proper debate and no censoring of subjects such as vaccines, pandemics, lockdowns, climate crisis, manufactured wars, chemtrails, woke, and net zero. Until then i will skip through their adverts and get what comments in i can.

[@19thewanderer]

Adblock.

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

We all know governments lie and it's about time we all woke up to it. I was never fooled and I won't be told what car to buy. I'm sticking with petrol, end of.. 👍

[@richardwraithmell4614]

Interested….did you take the needle?

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

@richardwraithmell4614 No I didnt 👍

[@richardwraithmell4614]

@@Elsie-uy2kl no flies on you🤛

[@debshipard1664]

@@Elsie-uy2kl 🙌

[@kevinpounder]

Ive heard that from next year to match the eu rules that diesel vehicles will be required to drive on the right hand side of the road .Following that the year after petrol vehicles will follow suit .😅