Why Electric Cars Always FAIL | The ELECTRIFYING History of EVs

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@classiccardocumentaries 9 ай бұрын

Hi all, In this video, I cover failed attempts to make electric cars in the early 1900s, wacky concept cars of the 60s and 70s, EV1, Hybrids, and of course Tesla, and why all of this is going to FAIL!!! Prove me Wrong!!

@bengordon7635 9 ай бұрын

Why automakers are jumping ship on the EV is that Toyota is working on an 80 to 90 mpg engine ... .. if Ice engines start to get 100 mpg hahah aggaag EV's are long gone

@soco13466 10 ай бұрын

Because batteries suck. They'll always let you down.

@Mr.Skip-di6yg 7 ай бұрын

I was taught in science class carbon dioxide was good for plants growth.

@garypowell1540 9 ай бұрын

Evs are and will soon be universally seen as disposable items. As such., they need to be around a tenth of the price of a 'real' or traditional car that could at least in theory still be on the road in 60 years. There are many adverse issues regarding EVs but by far and away the greatest most intractable one is their inevitable and rapid depreciation. The only way to solve this is for them to be much cheaper than ICEV in the first place, not 30% more expensive. Especially Western car manufacturers started at the top end of the market when they should have started at the very bottom end of it. Who in their right mind, will want to 'invest' in a Porsche EV at £125,000 that loses 65% of its value after just 2 years? This is a depreciation of around £2.00 per mile on average. On the other hand, a car costing around £8,000 new can depreciate almost as quickly without scaring off the potential punters. If the owner gets 10 years out of the glorified milk float before they dump it, they may consider this good value for their money. However, the environmental costs of producing many millions of low-priced disposable cars will be catastrophic, to say the least. If our ruling elites seriously want to save this planet in any way whatsoever the use of any electrically charged fixed battery is a total NO, NO, and NO again. Is it beyond the witts of man to come up with an engine that lasts for a lifetime and does not emit either CO2 or anything else deemed bad for the environment? Of course not, indeed I have no doubt that they already know how to do this. Do you really believe we can't simply capture the CO2 before it leaves the exhaust pipe, how difficult or expensive could this be? EVs are not just a bad alternative they are the worst possible alternative in every possible respect.

@gordonhard2663 7 ай бұрын

I’m a grumpy old man who knows a little about cars from 25 years as an auto journalist. EVs are fine as religious devotional. Also they are fast and quiet. But there’s no free lunch. The grid cannot support a major charging infrastructure no matter how hard you pray. Guess who will pay for that? Build power plants all you like it’s the grid that’s the weak link. And power generation at scale depends on fossil fuels. Lithium is a devil’s bargain. A lithium battery fire is nearly impossible to extinguish. Not to mention hot enough to smelt steel. Range boasts are just BS in cold weather. Ask the man that owns one. Wanna get in line at a charging station behind 5 or 10 unoccupied cars each hogging the thing for 40 minutes? Hope you’re retired with nothing better to do. Charging points mark my words will soon earn the name since there will be no limit on how much they can charge you per juice up. Good ole supply and demand.

@BrendanHome-z6c 4 ай бұрын

Electric vehicles are here to stay. They are so much nicer to drive than an ice vehicle. So much faster, so much more reliable and so much more pleasurable to drive. And, of course, virtually no maintenance. Before you haters complain about electric vehicles, maybe try driving one first. I'm sure 100 years ago, there were people saying steam powered cars were better than gas powered cars. And the guy who says his 58 year clunker is the greenest car out there has surely forgotten about all the (manufactured) parts he has had to replace in the last 58 years. Time goes on regardless of whether we want it to or not. So does progress.

@Emily-ou6lq 10 ай бұрын

CO2 is invisible. - shows the classic bellowing smoke stacks 🤨

@motorcitywestauto4674 6 ай бұрын

If you really care about the environment, the least polluting way is to buy a restored car over 50 years old. The manufacturing process emits huge amounts of pollution, and new cars are loaded with non recyclable materials. My daily is 58 years old. It's existed for 58 years so no manufacturing is involved, and it's almost completely recyclable if something happens to it. I don't care about modern tech, that ruins the driving experience. No matter how much crap my car pumps out the tail pipe, it will never produce as much pollution as the mere manufacturing process as your new electric vehicle. All the mines involved for battery materials, all the plastic manufacturing, and so on. My 58 year old car is the greenest thing on the road.

@whirledpeas3477 10 ай бұрын

The Impact. I still can't understand what drugs the marketing team was on. ?

@hagerty1952 10 ай бұрын

There's no such thing as a "zero emission vehicle." They're all "shifted emission vehicles."

@jeffreyjoaquin9491 7 ай бұрын

it's just more emission and less emission.. which one do you prefer?

@RG-tt1ru 5 ай бұрын

@jeffreyjoaquin9491 Your question has absolutely nothing to do with the argument. The relevant question: why can't people stop promising things that aren't possible.

@shawnpa 7 ай бұрын

The GM story was fascinating, and so was California trying to tangle the auto makers up to fix their problems. I think the number of owners may go higher but cost and inconvenience is far from working for most drivers now.

@Mike-Wolfe 9 ай бұрын

1 gallon of gass ia about 8 lbs, how does that make 19 lbs of carbon emissions? I'm sure it makes sense, but I don't know how? Anyone know?

@benztech2262 6 ай бұрын

Sounds impossible to me.

@jctoyou99 4 ай бұрын

It is because carbon dioxide consists of one atom of carbon from the fuel plus 2 atoms of oxygen from the atmosphere. A Carbon Dioxide molecule is thus roughly three times heavier than a Carbon atom by itself. If still confused blame the oxygen in the atmosphere that combines with the Carbon atom.

@scottblackburn2969 9 ай бұрын

Tucker?

@michaelhorn8962 5 ай бұрын

10:47 "Oil companies began paying for articles claiming that the benefits of electric cars for the environment were dubious." I wonder who's paying for it these days? Hmmm...

@michaelhorn8962 5 ай бұрын

More R&D into Sodium ion batteries. Though they currently don't provide the same range as Lithiums, they are easier on the environment, recharge faster, last longer, aren't as affected by cold, they're less flammable, and are cheaper to replace.

@bexiexz 9 ай бұрын

so fascinating, i love your videos

@scottyd980 7 ай бұрын

It was Alright.

@RmaNYouTube 2 ай бұрын

whether the future is EV or not, it's definitely not the old & dirty and loud ICE !

@davidpawson7393 10 ай бұрын

Engage safety squints, it's about to get angry pixie up in here. Another thing to mention is Elon not requiring engineers to sign a non disclosure agreement hence the rise of other boutique car companies.