UK mass media CONVICTED of lying about Electric Vehicle Demand

[@chrislyon7147]

You should see what else they lie about.

[@rblxplaysmochax6808]

favourite lies is Tommy Robinson lies that pakistani muslim men are more often than not child rapists. Little fact.... 7.3% of pakistani muslim men in Rotherham have one or more convictions for child rape. Did you know only 1% of rape accusations are investigated in uk and according to the police themselves that number is far less regarding pakistani muslim rape because being called racist is a million × worse than stopping small children being drugged and raped sometimes by 5 pakistani muslim men at once. So if only 1% out of 100% are investigated and charged that means 99% gets away with it so when you have a demographic where the official number of small child rapists is 7.3% of its male population in one town mathematically this exposes that it is nearly every one of them is doing it. Government figures not mine.

[@scroopynooperz9051]

lol should we tell him? xD

[@veikovasko5603]

Yeah, but talking about it will get You jail time.

[@wfdroneservices3690]

Yep, this doesn’t even touch the tip of the iceberg. 🤔😉🇦🇺

[@ysw8291]

I know they lie about Xinjiang and it works quite well. Millions of people got all pumped up for nothing.

[@jameswalsh8837]

"Have media, will lie for money." Rupert's business card.

[@dk7863]

Very Funny

[@ronaldlindeman6136]

@@dk7863 not so funny.

[@scottbarrett4746]

UK newspapers should have a compulsory warning on the front page like cigarettes do.

[@scroopynooperz9051]

only UK newspapers and media? They ALL should.. most of these mainstr media companies are owned by the same conglomerates. they know what they're doing. this is not a localized UK problem but a problem everywhere.

[@iscadean6038]

And in the Guardian today, Amazon purchasing 150 EV trucks capable of pulling 40 ton loads, while at the same time increasing use of trains and small EV delivery vans - to reduce carbon emissions.

[@hamishanderson6738]

lol. Like evs aren't a scam.

[@ysw8291]

@@hamishanderson6738 Just Chinese EVs or all EVs?

[@iscadean6038]

@ ha. Ha. Ha. No scam. The words of a 12 yr old… ‘like’, ‘like’, ‘like’… not a very grown up, scientific, measured, fact-based response. In any case, EVs work better than ICE vehicles. They’re faster, more powerful, cheaper to run, roomier, better for the planet and quieter. Evidence and data all around you. Quad Erat demonstrandum, mate.

[@Mrbfgray]

What have they NOT lied about, that would be a short list.

[@briancampbell179]

The Murdoch press lied?!😯 I'm stunned.

[@TA-eo2ww]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mrbfgray]

Legacy media is either outright lying or lying by omission. ALL the time. Did they ever even report the Twitter Files?

[@enzoh7763]

Don't worry ， There are billions like you . Billions of Fooled and expendable.

[@blackknight4996]

Don't lie, Brian 😂😂

[@drttgb4955]

Never !

[@itisyouthatiadore]

They lied about gaza all the time

[@rblxplaysmochax6808]

They tried to deny palestinians we're in the streets celebrating the murder rape and kidnappings of unarmed Israeli teens on Oct 7. The footage was all over the world even on there own channel then tell there low iq viewers it didn't happen and the palestinians are the victims.

[@JohnWilliam-q9y]

100%

[@ysw8291]

But Xinjiang is all true.

[@Bazilhatz3773]

And Russia Iraq Afghanistan Syria Iran Yemen Slovakia Bulgaria China Africa Romania Venezuela etc etc etc etc

[@mikemalone9678]

You are correct about most of those. But Russia is Evil It's how Muscovy came to be the largest country on Earth.

[@byrnestuff]

Not “convicted” just a complaint upheld by the regulator, and Times told to issue a correction to story. Embarrassing for the paper anyway.

[@JohnWilliam-q9y]

Still found guilty of lying

[@shanshams6362]

For willfully misleading a country, is that a sufficient punishment? These things need a heavy monetary fine.

[@COLLAPSE.of.US.ECONOMY]

Shame on those who lied!

[@treborheminway3814]

The " Lying Times" will retract, and then get right back to buisness.

[@nr5494]

Social media are even worse. Saw an ‘article’ on Faceplant today which claims that BMW are abandoning EV’s and turning to Hydrogen Fuel Cells. If it’s true, I wish them all the luck in the world, because boy are they going to need it.

[@ysw8291]

I saw one that claimed cars that ran on water.

[@soggybiscuit6098]

Any one that claims hydrogen is the future are either paid shills or extremely misinformed.

[@ouethojlkjn]

BMW have been about the only ones to pursue hydrogen, along with Toyota, but they have certainly not abandoned their EV progress.

[@soggybiscuit6098]

@nr5494 hydrogen is as viable as brick tires. There is no infrastructure, expensive and cumbersome.

[@Alan-xk9rk]

It’s nice to see actual KZbinr person as now it’s getting crazy with all these Ai on KZbin Well done Electric Viking keep up the good work 👌

[@electricviking]

Much appreciated!

[@ramonmichaud3004]

Just look on the roads, more and more electrics. All over the world.

[@stevewhitmill2037]

Not in the UK. The debt on car pcp's is equivalent to the national debt.

[@mistsmogguru8378]

On lease !

[@capnkirk5528]

@@stevewhitmill2037 That's funny. I mean NO really, registration data says that you are LYING ... JUST LIKE MURDOCH. Do you make money off of lies too, or are you just STUPID?

[@philarmour]

So true here on Oz

[@st-ex8506]

@@stevewhitmill2037 BEV sales grew 21.4% YoY in the UK, reaching an all-time record of over 382'000 registrations. What more do you want???

[@Sportvent]

Thanks man. I get a lot of info from you. I was pretty depressed about EV future until I found your channel

[@seekeroftruthandjust]

Electric cars have made up 18.1% of sales so far in 2024, compared with 15.6% at the same point last year.

[@ysw8291]

@@seekeroftruthandjust Globally or a particular country?

[@alan2102X]

@@ysw8291 That's UK. Globally, EVs were 25% last year.

[@Thierry-in-Londinium]

Bro, they have been found to be telling wild porkies for decades! For realz. Anyone who truly believes + follows them is wasting there time. So its all good.

[@mydogsbutler]

You are correct that rightwing Foxnews media constantly spread misinformation but what many on the left have missed is leftwing media does the same thing but for different ideological purposes. Speaking as an independent, I don't trust any major news source completely They ALL are peddling the politics of ownership. IMO the best news source to learn about something, objectively as possible listen to news sources with competing interests. Between all the bs they peddle, omissions, selective sourcing of experts, and so on... you can usually figure out what are common factual points of agreement.. If some important detail is in dispute, , I try to cross reference with statistical sources., accredited academic (specializing in the actual field), or primary sources. Even KZbin can be great for this as long as you don't take a fanboy mentality and remain critically minded even to channels you mostly agree with.We also have to keep in mind. Not all misinformation we here from others has some nefarous self-serviing agenda. We all make good-faith mistakes too. (typo, flawed memory, miscalculations, peddling someone else's misinformation that fooled us, and so on)

[@georgejohnson1498]

The Times [UK] is not a newspaper of record any more. It is just the gutter press dressed in a posh frock. Same with our Daily Telegraph. The tabloids are all terrible, but fortunately the sales of printed newspapers have declined significantly year on year for the last two decades at least. My late grand father used to say, "Believe nothing you hear and only half you you read and you might have a quarter of the ruth." He fought in the 1914-18 War, so cynicism is not a new thing! Best wishes from George

[@tomooo2637]

You are wrong about the times : it WAS a broad sheet paper, highly respected with some of the best journalists. It is now just a tabloid and full of absolute rubbish.

[@ouethojlkjn]

Times Radio is dismal too. They are no better than Gloomberg these days.

[@h2rider953]

Murdoch owns an oil company.

[@glennO-e9r]

Yep, in Israel…

[@waltermcphee3787]

Petrol contains up to 2% benzine which is carsinogenic which ice car manufacturers will know but like the tobacco industry, killing people is just accepted as part of the business.

[@seannewman5391]

@h2rider953 Well almost. He has invested in oil and gas exploration companies, but yes he has a vested interest in squashing EVs.

[@petebest8422]

Newspapers definitely push their own biases

[@paulc6766]

They were always biased but since Murdoch outright lying is the norm. I consider him one of the most evil men the world has ever seen.

[@James_Y.T]

I live in the UK and in the last year I've been surprised by how many EVs I see daily. There is no doubt numbers are increasing significantly.

[@seekeroftruthandjust]

Electric cars have made up 18.1% of sales so far in 2024, compared with 15.6% at the same point last year.

[@oldchev2850]

I'm in Australia and it's the same. A noticeable increase in just this last year. There are many Tesla's but also a big increase in BYD models. With all the new brands coming this year to Australia at least, people mightn't realise the actual increase as they mightn't recognise them as an ev. Tesla's certainly stand out more.

[@nytracus9680]

Still only really MGs from China. Byd are still rare and other brands none existent in the UK. KZbin also tries to show me anti-EV videos quite regularly 😅

[@Nguyen1996-w1p]

​@@nytracus9680Not rare in Australia. BYD cars are everywhere here.

[@ouethojlkjn]

@@nytracus9680 Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in the UK in December, and Tesla Model 3 was the second best selling car in the UK in December. What more do you need?

[@jaymar2176]

This is a UK phenomenon. It is an increase in EV,a being pre-registered by OEM,a Not in sales reported. Any UK auto dealer will evidence that the auto market is in serious trouble in the UK

[@Brian-om2hh]

So why is the SMMT - who collate the manufacturing and sales data for the whole auto industry, saying that both new and used EV sales are increasing?

[@jaymar2176]

@@Brian-om2hh Because they base their figures on registrations... NOT ACTUAL SALES... a historical practice.

[@DaveMorris-o9h]

Probably all mobility and lease vehicles, these make up most of new car sales in UK.

[@seannewman5391]

@jaymar2176 People can't keep saying it's preregistrations, because sooner or later those EV are sold or pile up somewhere (nobody knows where). Goldman Sachs have predicted EV batteries will be half the price they are now by 2026. This will make EVs significantly cheaper. I think that will open the floodgates.

[@ouethojlkjn]

@@jaymar2176 There are over three and a half million unsold and un registered ICE cars mouldering away on American dealer lots. But no worries, all is well.

[@aed2047]

I work in the UK car industry, selling EVs. The market is very very difficult, despite what any figures say. The UK population is NOT buying EVs easily. All EVs are sold on lease terms and the leasing companies have been taking heavy losses from terrible EV residuals. These are facts. The main problem is the government’s ZEV mandate which forces EV sales above demand without any real incentives for the private buyer. So residual values collapse. All manufacturers are having to support EV sales with huge discounts which are not sustainable. This is because of the ZEV mandate. 20% is easy to do? No, it isn’t. Any approach that forces supply instead of incentivises demand will not be very effective. The UK’s issue is not media. Media has been way behind what is really happening at every step of the way. The issue is that it is far more expensive to own an EV than a petrol car because of terrible residuals. This arises because sales are being forced above demand without any thought as to incentivising the used market. The brick wall is coming quickly into view.

[@ysw8291]

What are EV residuals? It is mentioned many times but I have no idea what it is, can you explain please.

[@richardvivian3665]

Temporary issue. At the start of a paradigm shift the new units are expensive and not high quality and lose value quickly. We are at the point where people will only buy the early issue units at a very heavy discount because the new far superior units are dropping in price quickly. This creates a temporary situation where it looks like BEV’s don’t hold value. The reality is that BEV manufacturing is starting to mature in China. Soon an affordable EV will be the same or cheaper than an equivalent gas car. If the West doesn’t wake up fast the fossil fuel industry will destroy the economy by ensuring that China owns the future of energy and transportation

[@nikosterizakis]

Leasing EVs is the standard due to pace of change of the technology. I would not dream owning my own EV at the moment. Changes to tech mean that it would be ‘obsolete’ in 3-4 years. I am about to go to my 3rd EV and every one has been better than the last one by miles.

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

In general people don't realise the residual value until they try to change their cars. It's obvious how low prices are to buy a three year old EV. There's little UK car industry left and that's foreign owned.

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

​@@ysw8291What your £60,000 car is worth when it's sold. In the case of leased cars that's at three years old. Lessors can't continue indefinitely to lose money. If you buy an EV your likely to find if you buy on finance your car will not be of interest as part exchange.

[@jamesthompson7282]

Toastmasters? Good move, Sam. Your vids are good, but you are definitely getting better at this is this is live. Hope your spouse is better, in remission. You rock.

[@kevenfitzsimmons7191]

Thanks!

[@doriangray6985]

Who exactly has been CONVICTED in the UK for lying about electric vehicle sales?

[@alan2102X]

He did not mean formally, legally convicted. He meant "decisively exposed".

[@michealclarke1959]

Why use the word convicted then strange use of the English language

[@alan2102X]

@ Clickbait exaggeration. No big deal.

[@billweir1745]

@@michealclarke1959 Convict: "To show or declare to be blameworthy; condemn." Doesn't need to have anything to do with the court system.

[@ouethojlkjn]

It does not matter if you wish to be pedantic or not. All the frothers and their brethren spouting their misinformation drivel will at best only slow the advance. Nothing more.

[@armadilloify]

“Comment is free, but the truth is sacred.” C. P. Scott, the motto of the Guardian.

[@brianbarcroft9167]

Trouble is that in today's world it doesn't need many people to read a lie in a newspaper headline before it is picked up by social media and spread all over the planet.

[@David-bl1bt]

Those who lie eventually get found out and then lose their credibility. Rather a theif than a liar....you always know exactly what youre gonna get with a thief!

[@billweir1745]

MMM the choice of the next US president says otherwise. A large swath of population don't care about lies. They just want to be told what they want to hear.

[@chazzerau]

It's so pathetic and desperate. Just like when Biden announced to the world that GM is the leading EV manufacturer and Tesla wasn't even invited to the event. Hilariously Pathetic. 😅

[@ouethojlkjn]

Don't forget Trump is a criminal. Like Hunter Biden. No wait a minute, despite saying he would never do it, Joe Biden gave his son a Presidential Pardon. So Hunter Biden is not a criminal but Joe Biden is a liar.

[@stu101]

Welcome to UK national media, where financial interests drive the headlines and lies.

[@ianallison8652]

I don't think he knows what CONVICTED means.

[@davecooper3238]

It has many different connotations.

[@ISuperTed]

Wrong terminology, he should have said retraction. Convicted means legally in a court.

[@davecooper3238]

@@ISuperTed That’s one way of looking at it.

[@ISuperTed]

@@davecooper3238 Well technically it’s not, but I would think most people seeing the word Convicted means they’ve been taken to court!

[@davecooper3238]

@ As you say most. But that infers not all.

[@Alex-l6d1f]

Well pointed out Sam but I found this on Grok to check the story Not convicted in a court case but did have to change the story as they definitely lied 🤥 *The Times* newspaper in the UK was not convicted of lying about electric vehicle (EV) sales declining. However, there was a correction made to an article after complaints regarding the accuracy of the information presented. According to posts on X, *The Times* had to correct an article claiming that demand for EVs was falling when, in fact, EV sales were rising. This correction came after complaints were upheld by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) From Grok

[@spidermann1256]

Great headline & podcast. Good to see so many being more aware of the misinfo (putting it politely) that traditional mass media constantly pumps out on so many issues.

[@willeisinga2089]

The Media is One Reality. The Reality is another Reality.😂😂😂 I m glad with You Sam. Always Reality News. 👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹

[@grahamhireme9283]

EVs are as yet not a practical's solution for the UK and if you don’t believe me ask someone who lives in a flat and owns one and is trying to sell it. VW and BMW are building their cars in China. I saw a stat yesterday that says 80% of electric vehicles originate from China so how does a drop in sales affect the UK economy? Half million folk out fitting charging stations? We have an EV through the government disability scheme which makes it only tolerable. Generally we run a power lead from the house across the pavement and charge the car that way if we’re lucky enough to get parking close enough to do so. After our shopping the other day we left the car on charge at the pod and spent £8 in the cafe while we waited for a top up of 4/5% and that charge only covered what was used in the 5-10 minutes we used letting the car defrost before we went shopping and when people ask me about the joys of EV motoring I tell the truth. We won’t be getting another one they are an absolute joke.

[@billweir1745]

Nah you're a joke

[@williamnaylor8782]

Many out there ..sold on lies .. now cant get shut of them due to massive loss

[@ouethojlkjn]

Nice to see you did a bit of research before getting something suitable for you. Yes, of course it is everyone else's fault that you don't think before you act.

[@gnimmel5432]

It's not a lie. Consumers aren't buying EVs. Fleet sales, businesses wanting some climate credits, are driving the numbers. The fleet sales are driven by government mandates and are not natural.

[@seannewman5391]

@gnimmel5432 Sales are sales no matter who is buying them. They are going onto the road, that's the main thing. The Times and The Daily Fail have admitted they lied about sales. The Telegraph will be next. The decarbonisation of transport is happening because of Scientific and Political consensus. Mandates are sometimes required to save people from themselves. To claim the sales are "not natural" is irrelevant.

[@richardb1949]

So glad your hear to tell us what’s actually happening !❤

[@Phil.Hawkins]

Out of interest why cannot they just get the true numbers from the UK DVLA service, they tax and mot all cars here in the uk 🇬🇧 😅😂😂😂😂😂

[@David-bl1bt]

Because they don't want to publish the truth. Sensationalistic headlines sell and make them £millions from nieve mugs who get sucked-in by these headlines.

[@tivvy-xf4kz]

Exactly. Yes world sales are going up but in the UK although they are rising it's no great rush to buy. Private buyers, that is, someone walking in to a showroom with their own money or a loan is practically non existant. Most are either bought or should I say leased via some sort of business/company deal. It could be argued you are just renting a car not buying it. The official UK trade body only records "registrations" not actual cars on the road. So far there have been very few cars that most people can afford.. Instead of arguing who is winning the argument time will tell. We are now getting to the stage where used ex company cars are becoming available so we will see what happens with the used market. The UK is not in a good way and there may be a recession on the way so buying ANY type of new car will be way down on anyones list.

[@David-bl1bt]

​@@tivvy-xf4kz​ nobody in their right mind actually BUYS a new car these days, the vast majority are leased. A registered car IS going to be a car ON THE ROAD, they are not registered and then sent to scrap yards! Cars of all types have for decades have been pre-registered to get dealers their bonuses, not breaking news because some happen to be EV's 🙄

[@ISuperTed]

@@tivvy-xf4kzPartially true, there are hardly any private cash/loan buyers now, but buyers who lease/PCP are classed as fleet. This is odd as they are just individuals financing cars a different way. It skews the market figures and gives fuel to the people who say private buyers aren’t buying EV’s. The truth is hardly any private buyers are buying new cars.

[@Hejavra]

They probably do. The figures are there on gov.uk. The argument appears to be about pre-registrations where dealers register cars with DVLA before they've actually found a buyer for them. Not sure why they do that … maybe they need to meet manufacturers' targets 🤷‍♂️

[@igors6593]

Free press is a highly profitable business.

[@obiwan5781]

A fee press is highly probable business.

[@thedukeofalinor1377]

I don't get why a retraction or comment at the bottom is OK. This is criminal.

[@josephseverino674]

The propaganda against electric vehicles existed since the beginning of the 20th century, here in the United States the only long range electric cars like lucid and tesla are on the exspensive side even with the tax rebates, but a lot of people do like those cars,we are in a transition period.Electric cars are the future.

[@frederickstirnkorb3094]

Not a fan of quotas EV's are inevitable there just better technology. Still need to come down in cost but the gap is almost closed.

[@oggyoggy1299]

Ha ha, come down in cost! A Tesla model three is $60,000. Show me a better value car with better packaging, a better stereo, better satnav, better performance, better tech?

[@danliljestig]

All-time best selling car? The used car. Prices of used EVs has never been lower. Each used EV sold fuels demand of new EVs. How many EV owners switch back to ICE? About 1% (source needed)

[@knowthetruthhere]

Thank you for your contribution and information with analysis

[@electricviking]

My pleasure!

[@markuss3735]

Rupert Murdoch should be forced to either sell or close all his media outlets since he has proven that he is incapable and unwilling to keep from lying. At least they should be forced to label all their stories with warnings that they are peeling lies and will ruin your mental, political and economic health. Similar to the warnings on cigarettes. We should be boycotting all Rupert Murdoch owned companies.

[@thejohnson9204]

It's at the point now where you can't believe any thing you read, only what you learn & know are facts.

[@leonthompson5885]

It's not the people who buy these cars it's fleets who buy them

[@richardcooley9730]

Interesting idea, but if it is the case doesn't that tell you something ? Companies don't take unnecessary risks on financial assets.

[@johnrubber1144]

@leonthompson most individuals getting a new car lease it. The leasing companies buy then in bulk from the manufacturers so they count as fleet sales but it's individuals that run them.

[@davecooper3238]

I don’t know what it is now but fifteen years ago it was. Aprox 50% retail 50% fleet.

[@ISuperTed]

Yes and no! If you get a new car on a PCP or lease, this is classed as fleet, because the buyer is a company and they lease the car to you. The driver may well be an individual. No one can say what the numbers are for this I’m afraid. What is true is private buyers for new cars are a tiny percentage now, both EV and ICE as they are too expensive to finance/buy for almost everyone.

[@davecooper3238]

@@ISuperTed I have only ever purchased new motorcycles.. With cars I have always let someone else take the initial depreciation. I very rarely drive over 100 miles so a used EV, solar and a PowerWall could be my next move.

[@michealclarke1959]

I know the fact that electricity power requirements in the uk has not massively increased so we know that EVs are not being used as much as we think

[@paulc6766]

No it has never been a problem nor has cost of production. What does appear to be a problem is the electricity retailers overcharging.

[@ouethojlkjn]

@@paulc6766 There is 5% VAT on domestic energy supply (electricity and gas) and the full 20% VAT added to public charging. The grid has huge over supply, what do you think the oil refineries use to frack crude into whatever else it becomes? You think this happens by magic? As refineries close, capacity increases. And Nuclear is a huge switch, it is either on or off, zero or one hundred percent - nothing in between.

[@JorgeLausell]

Thanks for bring this up, Sam!

[@VincentBelougne]

It's not only the time mag, all médias have changed their discourse about EVs. They clearly want to influence negatively the potential buyers, listing all the reasons why EV are expensive and unpractical. But some years ago the same media were venting EVs for their lower climate impact.

[@thomassimmer5186]

James Murdoch, with strong Fox Media ties, is on the Tesla board. Given the WSJ hit pieces on Elon Musk that have been repeatedly run, one might consider some of the motivation to be personal antipathy, either with Elon or within the Murdoch family. It is also true that Fox News is a big proponent of "drill baby drill" but personal animosities may well be involved.

[@davis.fourohfour]

James Murdoch is on the s*** list in the Murdoch family.

[@bshah4831]

In the UK The Times and The Telegraph actively mis inform on EVs

[@martinmorgan9]

Well this is an eye-opener! As far as knew, The Times has always been regarded in UK as the definitive paper to read the truth. Perhaps I'm less well informed than most of Britain, but I didn't realise that Rupert Murdoch owns the paper! Shame on me. 🙁

[@paulc6766]

The Times was a great newspaper. Then came Murdoch.

[@infraredsprouts2073]

Ev sales are up in the UK but only to rental companies and rep mobiles, the general public aren't buying them

[@seannewman5391]

@infraredsprouts2073 There are two fleet/salary sacrifice sales to every private sale.

[@John-t2v]

A record number have been registered thats a big difference to being sold

[@thebedman7807]

As a sales agent who often covers over 300 miles a day, electric cars just aren’t viable for me yet. I’ve driven the Tesla Long Range AWD several times. While it claims a 389-mile range, in winter it realistically delivers only around 280 miles. The process of stopping to charge is simply impractical when factoring in the time to locate a charger, plug in, wait, unplug, and get back on the road. In the UK, we now have the Tesla Model 3 Single Motor Long Range, but even that falls short for my needs. Ideally, you should only charge the battery to 85% or 90% to mitigate wear, which further reduces usable range. I'm waiting for electric cars to consistently deliver a real-world range of 350 miles from a 90% charge before considering a purchase. However, my budget is capped at approximately £35,000, which means I might be waiting a bit longer. Hopefully, within the next 18 months, technological advancements like semi-solid state batteries will change all that. We aren’t there yet, but I remain optimistic about the near future.

[@ISuperTed]

That’s totally understandable - EV’s aren’t yet suited for that high and time-pressured mileage. Sympathies if you do that, sounds like over 1,000 miles a week! Eventually EV’s will cover this, but you’ve got until 2035 for Hybrids so there should be time. I would have thought for you, the more critical thing would be infrastructure and charging speed as you wouldn’t want to sit for 30 to 45 minutes to charge.

[@Brian-om2hh]

You can't be doing much productive work if you are covering 300 miles per day..... Why do you need to "locate" a charger when Tesla's satnav shows you where they are? I don't get why charging is such an issue, with Tesla Superchargers being capable of adding 75 miles of range for every 5 minutes the car is hooked up to the charger. A 15 minute stop would give you 200+ miles of range. Are you saying you can't/won't stop for 15 minutes during a 300 mile drive?

[@thebedman7807]

@@Brian-om2hh when travelling 300 miles I leave at 6am to get to my first call at 9 am….thanks for your reply, however, I am very productive thank you

[@paulc6766]

@@thebedman7807 Doesn't sound productive to me. Haven't you heard of email etc.

[@thebedman7807]

@ you really have no idea about my business, just because my views on electric cars do not align with yours please do not comment on my business….in short , butt out

[@dk7863]

Get em UK

[@SimonCurrey]

Thank you. Great reporting. News Corp has trashed their brand. Why bother buying rubbish. Please note that about a third of the population are innovators, another third are laggards. It was the same with mobiles. There are few laggards in the comments here. It's life. Keep up the good work. I cheer for your championing innovation. Change is coming!

[@Hazelnut_surprise]

50% improvement in the efficiency of a campervan by putting a “fairing” on the front ? 😂😂 Very funny . Wind tunnel testing and type approval not required ….. man on bicycle says so . 😂😂 Are the “fairings” grown in well drained sunlit meadows or are they produced in hydrocarbon guzzling factories ?

[@keithneal7927]

The Mail newspaper is just as bad hopefully this will give them a warning about the mid information they report. Thanks for the videos

[@Tl-rs1dv]

'Energy and climate inteligence unit' eg sponsored EV lobby group reported one article dated September to IPSO regulator who made the Times 'issue a correction'. Your headline probably would require correction if subject to same media regulations in UK !

[@willeisinga2089]

Jo Haylen Transport Minister Australia was in the Video. how come you have Nothing about Janus Electric Trucks Australia.???

[@gressshap8200]

I guess registering an EV and having it sit for months on end without being used because it’s no actual owner could be seen as a sale…. Utter nonsense for those who actually value the truth and not agendas

[@vincentcausey8498]

A lot to unpick here. Firstly I would point out that charging infrastructure companies are certainly not going to make major long term investment plans based on newspaper articles. The claim that this will undermine strategy is ridiculous. Companies do their own research and are perfectly able to read the data and would go to primary sources, not rely on newspaper articles. The other thing I would point out is that it is simply not true to imply that European car makers were against government EV mandates. They have, for years, worked with both the UK government and the EU commission to formulate these plans, and have supported them strongly. The car makers truly did believe the hype about EV cars taking over the world and saw regulations in a favorable light. Ie, they can benefit from these mandates - and subsidies - to sell more EVs. Only now are they beginning to see the problems. I guess they didn't foresee China taking over. Finally, in my view, the banner to the video is overstating a point. True, the article was wrong to suggest that UK EV sales declined, but by next year they may be accused of having been merely prescient. It seems that the majority of people who wanted to buy a BEV have bought one and there is not more growth left in the market. 2025 will likely see the BEV figures struggle to get above the 19.6% of total sales they achieved in 2024. Perhaps they will even fall slightly. It now seems that the UK government will waive the £704 million in fines that the car makers are liable to for failing to achieve the 22% mandate. If this happens again next year the mandate will lose credibility and de facto become merely an aspiration.

[@JorgeLausell]

"Telling you what you want to hear". You know that's worse, right? Worse than simply lying. It Means they are purposeful, deliberate, strategic.

[@nihatsavmaz6677]

30:00 Germany has the technology to recycle 95% of a car battery! Not all lithium in a battery is wasted.

[@gothmog2441]

The main problem is it’s not yet economical viable to recycle car batteries … because most of them still work fine

[@brunosmith6925]

@@gothmog2441 it is already profitable to recycle batteries - and has been profitable for some time. Right now, huge investment is being made to scale the industry, and investment does not conflate with profitability. See JB Straubel's Redwood.

[@fredfred2363]

It's not lithium metal, but lithium salts. So imagine steel compared to rust dissolved in acid as an analogy. Makes it much more difficult to extract. Metal you can melt like wax, but the salts require a complex chemical process to extract them. And the processing to extract and separate the salts usually involves some nasty toxic intermediate chemistry. Makes it very expensive and energy intensive to recycle lithium batteries.👍🏻🇬🇧

[@meersde]

Is the same here in Germany with Springer Verlag (BILD, Welt etc) and Mathias Döpfner. There, they shoot against everything that is an energy or mobility turnaround. On the other hand, it's also an education problem due to a lack of media literacy, if you believe these media.

[@1maico1]

It appears from the preliminary figures of 2024 the UK EV market has overtaken Germany 382k vs 381k registrations

[@trainman9119]

I don’t go for this type of prosecution, until the courts start prosecuting politicians for same. Of course that’ll never happen.

[@PhatSimey]

The Labour government here in the UK have already wrecked our economy, investors are pulling out in droves. We have MASSIVE and increasing energy costs, so won't be making anything for some time, doesn't matter what the media are reporting 😞

[@outfoxthefox]

It wasn't in good shape when the incompetent left.

[@Jeremy64444]

" Newspaper of record". Means you can use their articles in a court of law and a judge will accept it. This is a huge thing to lose. For instance, every other media company could report EV sales dropping , simply by quoting the Times article and they would not be sued .

[@gregarnot5066]

Thank you Sam!

[@wydryfly]

I can’t believe it! Shocking! 😂

[@demonwombatofdoom8391]

Awesome they have been caught out. But it would of been good if you could of provided some links to the information. I was curious to find out more.

[@willeisinga2089]

In Australia there is a Company with 100 Ton Trucks Battery Swapp. It is Janus Electric Trucks Australia. Have a go on Janus Electric Trucks Australia. And Battery Swapp Range. Unlimited Range, Battery Swapp in 5 minutes in Australia. They must be your Neighbours. Clean Technica News last week. Clean Technica has been following the Progress of Janus Electric Truck conversions for over 3 Years. The First completed Solar Powered Intermodal Charge & Change Station at the Moorebank Intermodal Precinct in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Read the News and have a go and visit them. They are your Neighbours. Love to see your video about Janus Electric Trucks Australia.❤❤❤👍👍👍

[@JorgeLausell]

Also, one of the many themes I've brought up to you over the years!

[@simonoakley5102]

There is a massive hold back for ev cars here in uk dew too charging points for 1 theres nowhere near enough 2 the prices uk are ripping us off tesla chargers charge 40p per kwh yet the other chargers are charging 89p kWh which is making the cost more expensive then petrol ..the goverment needs to act because at home charge it's only 10p kWh but no where near everyone can charge at home .its typical uk overcharging just like everything else. I hate it here am looking at moving as had enough of everything here

[@paulc6766]

In short, retailers are overcharging.

[@scottk568]

Hello from the District 93 Toastmasters Director (South Korea), Love your content! Thanks!

[@electricviking]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Dallas-wu6st]

I love the electric Viking channel. Your educating people about the sustainability of electric cars and sustainable of solar panels.

[@JohnDunkley]

As you've said on previous channels, its click bait, all they want is people looking at their news whether true or not. Your channel and others has opened my eyes, to newspaper opinions and take what is said with a pinch of salt.

[@biomechanique6874]

UK EV sales figures are likely driven by government legislative type coersion applied to companies

[@buddywhatshisname522]

The funniest thing I’ve experienced is telling a colleague that I was getting a vaccination and being accused of being brainwashed by the main stream media in one breath, and then being told that a Rupert media channel told this same dude that EVs are dying so it must be true. 😂

[@greghall7887]

Surely they wouldn't lie about things like...... climate change, or global pandemics? Or effectiveness of medicenes? I wonder if we'll see any 'convictions' on these subjects.

[@Brian-om2hh]

The press will lie about anything that will sell more newspapers or get more clicks on their websites.

[@saxxxmeehan6266]

Global demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is showing signs of slowing down, but it is not declining entirely. Here are some key points: Growth Rates Slowing: According to BloombergNEF, growth rates for EV sales are indeed slowing. In the first half of 2024, global EV sales rose by 26%, compared to a 35% increase in the first half of 2023. However, total sales are still expected to reach a record 16.7 million units in 2024, up from 13.9 million in 2023. Regional Differences: While China continues to drive the global EV market with strong sales, Europe is experiencing a stagnation in EV sales following the exceptional growth seen in 2020 and 2021. In Germany, EV sales dropped sharply in August 2023, but this was partly due to a pull-forward of sales ahead of a subsidy cut. Consumer Concerns: A lack of charging infrastructure remains a significant concern for potential EV buyers, according to the EY Global Mobility Consumer Index report. This issue is contributing to slower sales growth. Automaker Adjustments: Automakers are adjusting their production targets and delaying model launches in response to slower-than-expected demand. For example, Ford cut its 2024 production targets for the F-150 Lightning pickup truck due to weaker demand and a patchy national charging network. Policy and Economic Factors: Changes in government policies, such as the reduction or elimination of purchase incentives in several countries, have also affected EV sales. Additionally, economic uncertainties and rising concerns about EV capital costs due to lower prices for used EVs have impacted demand.

[@richardharris7214]

Is that demand from fleet buyers? or single car owners? or two car household early EV adopters? And is this demand the result of an 'even playing field'? or is caused by the manipulation of the free market through subsidies and taxes imposed by a Government pushing ever harder for EV take up? The negatives of EVs are still too great to persuade the majority of private, single car owners that this a practical improvement on what they have already, unless they are doing daily short commuter journeys and can charge at home. Let's have a totally free market and free choice without any 'carrots or sticks' - then we'll see what EV demand is REALLY like.

[@MickB52s]

They will be 1000 km range with half the weight.... I think many in the West are in shock, and the media have their blinkers on.

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

I think truth is the scarcest in UK media.

[@GMSWANSON]

great work young man . be blessed

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Rupert Murdoch Skynews unbelievable, unbelievable. 😮 Edit (sarcasm warning)

[@paulc6766]

Not unbelievable he has been at it since the 1970's.

[@josipmatic4732]

Your sound breaking down on sone places..i was thinking that my new headphones are broken but they are not xD The sam is on phone

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

Take into account it's car registration and not car sales. Even so EV sales didn't meet the desired sales to avoid enormous fines.

[@stephenpetitt8551]

Absolutely right, I cancelled my subscription to the Times a couple of weeks ago, I was disappointed with the shallow biased articles

[@chris27gea58]

Like normal the Viking presents an exaggerated story in order to make a point that is better off made without the exaggeration. There was no 'conviction'. This matter never went anywhere near a court. The Times has issued a correction following a demand by a industry based press standards body in the UK. An excerpt about the matter from a British publication follows: The Times newspaper has been made to issue a correction regarding its reporting on electric vehicle (EV) sales, following a rare successful complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) by an anti-misinformation group. The belated ruling last Thursday came after the the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) challenged claims made in an article by Political Editor Steven Swinford in September about a supposed “fall in demand” for electric vehicles. The claim was contradicted by market data showing EV sales are actually rising. Sam apparently doesn't know that individuals can't be convicted of lying. A law only gets broken when a deliberate deception is used in defamatory or slanderous conduct or in libelous statements that have the effect of damaging an individual's reputation. Lying under oath otherwise known as perjury, however, is unlawful and can attract serious penalties. Also, different forms of formal or informal business communications can be viewed as unlawful but shooting your mouth off and puffery don't constitute crimes. Lying directly to shareholders or furthering a scheme to pump and dump shares will typically be viewed as crimes but outlining plans that don't come to fruition or using employing one-sided or ambiguous statements to realise unstated ends usually don't violate any laws. Just stop this absurd crusade Sam. The best that can be done if explicit falsehoods are stated in the media is gaining a retraction unless you intend to take the writer of the article to court. Likewise with statements that come out of CEOs mouths. Unless shareholders are being deliberately deceived or frauds are being effected by verbal means the Press and CEOs, when speaking in public on business matters, can say what the hell they want.

[@jayceh]

Strange no one has considered that its not oil or legacy auto, but rather the Chinese paying for the fake news on EVs to slow non-Chinese manufacturers down as much as possible to knee cap the competition before they can make a last ditch effort

[@AndyK.1]

If they weren’t dropping last year, they will be dropping from April with the road tax being applied to EVs

[@alanosborne6921]

good show love the live concept keep up the good work i am uk based and own a My

[@MikeKisil]

Yes fairing in front of rv is very good especially if the quality is such as to have room underneath for what not .

[@timwelby608]

I remember my father stopping buying the times about 30 years ago, having been buying it since his teens - the times creased to be the same paper within a short time after being bought by mediocre

[@angiemackellow8004]

Fantastic the truth exposed

[@CJ70-]

Don't see the point of owning a EV if the infrastructure isn't in place which certainly is the case in UK!

[@Brian-om2hh]

There are almost 70k charging connections in the UK, with around 1000 new connections being installed each Month. Are you suggesting the infrastructure should already be in place for EV's that haven't been manufactured or sold yet? Charging infrastructure will grow as EV adoption increases. Around 65% of British EV owners charge at home 95% of the time. How many petrol stations do you suppose there were just 10 years after the motor car first appeared?

[@mikemalone9678]

What infrastructure do you need? Most cars spend most of their time parked at home, or parked at the workplace. Any standard electricity supply will charge these in that time, and will keep them permanently topped up. Instead of having to go to a special place to refuel, an EV can be refuelled at home. You cannot do that with and ICE vehicle.

[@keithbennett1656]

There's no avalanche of electrification in the UK. In 2024 only 1out of every 11 EV sales / registrations were to a private individual.The rest were all fleet or company cars.That might change in 2025 but as of now the EV market is being propped up by business users.

[@armadilloify]

“Comment is for, but the truth is sacred.” The motto of C. P. Scott, The Guardian.

[@chrislyon7147]

Quite how that justifies it's current role as an hysterical replacement for the Bunty is difficult to see.

[@seekeroftruthandjust]

reporting lies about the times newspaper being convicted of telling lies. Oh the irony