Why Nobody Wants an Electric Car in Spain

[@johnlander1610]

The real reason that ev aren’t that popular is the parking situation, no home parking in towns and cities,

[@Eddie-w5p]

The Spanish Government's handling of the Dana disaster is shameful. The world watches in dismay.

[@stevenhombrados1530]

Sadly the world already forgot! Including the PSOE government. 😢

[@simonsena1378]

You may find that the local PP government was more to blame.

[@stevenhombrados1530]

@@simonsena1378 I agree, but my feeling is, that most governments are led by incompetent idiots! Who have no clue what todo! We have reached a level of promoting or electing mediocracy to the highest levels of society!

[@michaeljones3774]

@@Eddie-w5p PP is the gov here Valencia.

[@fernando2634]

Como se dice " cuñao" en inglés?

[@Good-and-Geeky]

I've been driving an EV for the last 6 years and it is brilliant - over 75,000 kms. It has got easier but the country is doing a poor job of getting the infrastructure out there. On the motorways there are hardly any rapid chargers. You would think that would be the first places to install them. In the towns where there are people living in flats there need to be places where people park the car over night and leave it plugged in ready fully charged for the next day. The car dealers need more incentives to sell the EVs. How come all the advertising they are doing is for the ICE cars??? EVs are a better technology and a better experience to drive. The answer is not hybrids. You just make cars more complicated that way . All the hotels and restaurants have car parks, where are the chargers? I want to plug in and have the car charging while I am enjoying the facilities of the hotel. There must be other blocks on the necessary progress. There is a town in Catalonia - Setcases there has been a charger installed for the last 4 years and still it is not actually connected to the electric??? Don't they want car drivers to use their hotels and restaurants??? France in contrast has been doing a much better job of installing charging points for some time. So I'd say it is a political thing. EV's are cheaper to run over the life of the vehicle. per KM cost is much better and need very little maintenance compared to ICE cars. Total cost of ownership is lower. There needs to be more effort by the country to educate people of the benefits, because targets have been set for not selling more ICE cars with the filthy, poisonous fumes. It really is bad to have all those fumes hanging around the towns and cities for people to breath.

[@tonydenial1485]

This is all total BS it is not cheaper to run an electric car

[@Good-and-Geeky]

@ do you have an electric car?

[@ah84868]

Do you think the extraction of lithium is good for the environment? ICE/hybrids will remain the preferred option until the infrastructure and the electrical grid capacity catches up. Even then lithium mining like every other extractive industry has its own set of environmental and geopolitical issues. In the medium term better mass transit based on renewables and more research into alternative non lithium technologies is a good option.

[@copaloadofthis]

@@tonydenial1485… How is it BS. ? Facts please…

[@MT-kr8cn]

...are batteries healthy for the environment and our future society?

[@pointblankracer6274]

Net Zero for us and the most expensive electric in the world but 2 coal powered power stations built per week on average in China... what's wrong with this picture?.

[@steven1515]

Totally agree with you it's absolutely absurd 😡it's a bloody cash cow. That's all it is, and it's the poor people who are suffering😡

[@texarkana3781]

"Do as we TELL you to do, not as we do"

[@Good-and-Geeky]

@@pointblankracer6274 do you live in China?

[@FrankJensen68]

Nothing really. China has the biggest amount of green energy installations in the world both in absolute numbers and per capita, but any thinking person will know that green energy cannot EVER supply all energy needed no matter what you do. I know most green nerds are in denial about this, but that is a simple fact that can be easily calculated

[@enriquedeldod7193]

​​@@FrankJensen68 Sería interesante que nos mostrará cómo lo ha calculado. El señor Elon Musk dice lo contrario .

[@SpanishMag]

Electric cars have ridiculous resale value in Spain. I have a June 2023 Tesla Model 3 LR AWD with enhanced autopilot. I checked a few places to sell it in November 2024, and the price I am getting is 50% less than what I paid for it. So buyer beware, buy an electric car if you are going to use it for 7-10 plus years in Spain. Many used car dealers even tell you they won’t buy electric cars outright.

[@zzhughesd]

In UK back end Q4 was just 11% Brit car dealers stock them. This is starting to increase. It's scary out there on residuals

[@ah84868]

There isn't much of a market for those vehicles as yet so that level of depreciation is expected. Plus most of the value of the vehicle is in the battery. Unless there is some excellent second hand warranty buyers will be hesitant to buy a used EV.

[@goldgeologist5320]

Same issue with used electric car prices in USA. Nobody wants them it appears. In my little area three houses have burned down in the last 2 years from Tesla catching on fire in the garage. Fire department advises people not to park in garage.

[@saltaireorangebicyclechopp8555]

Not as if this all wasn't blindingly obvious...to a blind man.

[@pietjemol3420]

It will get worse. Check out Macmaster's last video, he can't get an insurance anymore. Porsche informed him with an official letter of fire risk of his car. Now his home + car insurance is kicking him out.

[@dudeleboski2692]

Regarding EVs, many Rural Spanish Households barely have enough Electric to power the houses alone, not to mention to Charge an EV.

[@ourfarmhouseinspain]

And my house has an efficient solar system, and could never charge an EV.

[@_TheRealGod]

@@ourfarmhouseinspainWhy would that be?

[@ourfarmhouseinspain]

@_TheRealGod Because rurally, power supply can be quite minimal, sometimes only 2 or 3kw. Cities and towns, the very places where EVs are most practical, have an adequate power supply. It will take a decade or two of upgrades to bring rural Spain into full power levels. I'm off grid with an excellent system, but I'll never be charging an EV here, and the thought of having a non hybrid EV in the countryside here is a pipedream, whatever Madrid or Brussels might mandate.

[@enriquedeldod7193]

Eso es falso. Los habitantes de las zonas rurales pueden contratar la misma potencia que los de las ciudades. Usted se inventa lo que dice. España tiene una de las mejores redes eléctricas del mundo.

[@josesoria1167]

@@ourfarmhouseinspainfake, this is not true. The electricity network in Spain is one of the best worldwide, and for sure better than the one in Great Britain.

[@WeAreAllDoomed-n5i]

In the UK, the MacMaster now cannot insure either his car or house, thanks to Porsche producing an EV that isn't fit for purpose.

[@Joe-420-69]

McMaster is the biggest liar on KZbin he finds the most negative he can on everything ev to get as many clicks as possible. If you believe a man who still owns an ev and complains si much about it your his target audience.

[@ciar67]

@@Joe-420-69 They all do it. Negative headline with a large thumbnail of a angry/sad face. It seems to appeal to lots of people for some reason.

[@WeAreAllDoomed-n5i]

@ What's Ford doing in Europe? EVs the future? My arse! ElectricCarnage.

[@Alison-dz6hh]

EV total SHITE

[@miticadumitru3294]

Just bought a Tesla Y dual motor 2 months ago.Best purchase in my life.Vancouver,Canada.

[@simonpannett8810]

Spain should be a natural partner for EV's with all its Solar and Wind power?? Maybe some cheaper & better quality supplies in 2025 will change this along with recharging networks on all major roads??

[@bitmanev4331]

Not sure if this channel is sponcered by big oil but I have been driving through Spain in two different EV's since 2019 so not sure about your story And Oh we have solar and charging our EV in the day at 0 cost

[@joebloggs4191]

You obviously do not do journeys like I do, try driving from say e.g. Malaga to Barcelona in one day with just three 10 to 15 minutes rest stops in between in your EV and see how easy it is to do it. I’ve got news for you, in that journey not a single place I stopped at had any EV chargers! Even if you find any chargers on route see how much it then costs you once you are away from your solar panels!

[@bitmanev4331]

@@joebloggs4191 Wow glad you know it all better as I only started driving EV since 2014. In 2019 I drove about 6000km from Ireland, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands (family), Belgium, France (family), Spain (home), Portugal, Spain, France & UK in a 24kWh Leaf and then in 2021 UK, France, Spain (home) in our Model3. So yeah I'm clearly a rookie And here you go; www.youtube.com/@MacVoltioTV

[@joebloggs4191]

You might do all of that cross continent touring in an EV but you still can't do a journey like Malaga to Barcelona (or similar) in around nine and half hours!

[@SISI-q1l]

We've spent years in Valencia and are hard pressed to see where people would be able to charge electric/hybrid vehicles.

[@Good-and-Geeky]

If you look for them you will find places to charge. Also just about all houses have electric.....

[@SISI-q1l]

@@Good-and-Geeky There are a handful of chargers down by the beach, 4 I think. But, all those apartments and townhouses? Hard to imagine.

[@tonyis1111]

EV owners with home charging only use public chargers on long journeys. For those- chargers are best placed near the motorway network. With Tesla - in many cases the chargers are placed in a distant part of a mall carpark. There's are 2 chargers at a Cespa petrol station near me, they're innocuous white upright boxes easy enough to miss. IKEA Malaga has EV charging points, but I've never used them as my Tesla can easily get ther and back on a home charge. It's not like petrol stations where you always have to go somewhere to power your car.

[@tonyis1111]

We drive our UK tesla down to Spain and back, a journey of 2,500 km or about 1,500 miles each way. The Supercharger network works well, we'd need a break every 2 hours anyway. Back in 2020 when Spanish police were using the petrol stations to enforce the rules and question drivers - it didn't effect us because we have a home charger in Spain too. Autopilot means the motorway part of the journey is very easy. A good EV is no more expensive than a mid brand German car. I'm on the Costa del Sol and have no need for public charging when going to Malaga or Gibraltar. I did use a Supercharger for a holiday in Jerez, but otherwise- the first charger on the way north is near Granada. We tend to make it to Bayonne in France for the first night of the drive back. We're starting our 6th year of what many "experts" are trying to brand as a far future.

[@ciar67]

Drove along through Pedralba today and the devistation along the Rio Turia looks exactly the same as it did after the Dana.

[@josesoria1167]

Do you know how the enormous was de disaster in Valencia?

[@ciar67]

@josesoria1167 Yes I live near Pedralba. Id met two of the people who died around here. Not sure if you're critical of my comment or asking me a question. If you were being critical my post was simply passing on info about the state of our town.

[@digger360]

Welldone the to council for trying to tackle the graffiti artist but he will probably pay it off @ 10eur a month ! ...but it proves it can be done

[@janetlombardi2314]

Thanks, Stuart. Have a great New Year ahead 😊

[@neildean7515]

My neighbour in Barcelona retired and had a pot of money. He went to buy a new car, when they tried to sell him an EV he just laughed.But they kept trying and trying. The extra price of 14k for EV for the same car, confirmed his preference for Petrol. His mate had a diesel with DPF and EGR value and had loads of problems, so conventional petrol it was… “Well it was cheaper and more convenient”…

[@junuc10]

Try finding a place to charge it outside of a big city.

[@theresaeng5330]

Feliz Ano Nuevo Stuart.

[@bradcobb3418]

I have to compliment you on your Spanish, I thought we were good but been here a lot longer than you so kudos mate!

[@mateobravo9212]

On EVs....Bought a Tesla 2 months ago, based inland, towards Zaragoza, my observations are as follows. Even rurally, there are enough charging points for current demand,albeit quite slow. The optimum domestic setup is to get an EV with long range battery with solar PV and battery setup in the house. This enables charging at home for nothing, occasional topping up at local chargers and enough range to get you to the big cities and airports. There definitely needs to be more fast, superchargers that are widely available. Repsol gas stations often have an installed charger, but of course, not working😂!

[@kieronjames1910]

Feliz año nuevo, te deseo salud, felicidad y éxito en 2025

[@peculiarzeug]

NetZero for the military industrial complex first, then the people...

[@stevo728822]

American M1 tanks run on hydrogen.

[@AndresCanive]

great video Stuart. In the west coast of the EEUU they stopped offering free charging because of the higher cost of electricity and because of inconsiderate people who leave their vehicles there all day or night and therefore being very inconsiderate of other electric vehicle owners. IMHO plug in hybrids are the interim solution. you can charge overnight at your home and most every day trips for the average driver is less than 60 miles so you would operate on battery 90% of the time. No range anxiety on longer trips because the regular combustible engine goes on after the 60 mile battery runs out. Thank you for all your work Stuart. Feliz ano nuevo.

[@enriquedeldod7193]

Con un híbrido enchufable tiene el mantenimiento y las potenciales averías de ambos sistemas.

[@AndresCanive]

@enriquedeldod7193 pero si las dos sistemas son buenas no hay problema. En mi Chevrolet Volt (Opel Ampera) no usabaEl motor de combustible porque las mas grandes cantidad de viajes fueron menos de de 70 km, entonces solo usaba la batería. El motor eléctrico no necesita mantenimiento.

[@Upsticks]

Certainly seen a lot more Electric Vehicles here in Málaga and Around the capital with most carparks having charging stations.

[@dudeleboski2692]

2:25 What did you say Estuart? The Spanish Gov. Not paying out? Hard to believe.

[@davidwarnes5158]

The amount of Spanish park on a road , no charging , push non plug in hybrids

[@Soulboy63]

I am Gatwick ,UK based I charge Tesla from home at £3 . If I could not cfh , I would not bother . 3 year old , good EV s fetch around 50 % of value , 25 k miles , similar to ICE

[@tendrillion3580]

People don't like change, and electric car batteries are as expensive as an entire car. Plus, they need to be replaced more frequently than most Spaniards would replace their cars with new ones. I live in Spain so i hear people talk about this every now and then, and this is pretty much what i gather from it. Well, and the fact charging stations aren't as common here so you need to pay for one to be installed.

[@enriquedeldod7193]

Las baterías modernas duran más que el coche. No hay que cambiarlas. Ya hay Tesla Model S con 12 años. Aún no se saben si durarán 15, 20 o 30 años.

[@stevo728822]

Good to hear that graffiti vandals are finally being caught and fined.

[@onewheel9961]

I hope his grandma has the €23000.

[@michaelthatcher3825]

The reality is, just where does Spain find 16.6 billion euros? From the EU? I don't think so, they have bet the farm o Ukraine.

[@vboyz21]

Hey Stuart which city would you consider the least car dependant excluding Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao?

[@someone46018]

If electric cars were affordable they would make sense, but as long as they are more expensive than ICE vehicles they don't make sense, I would rather buy a reliable used ICE car than an electric car, a lot cheaper and a lot less hassle.

[@avit24]

It's not surprising that aid doesn't reach the needy... the middle men need it more!

[@onederment]

12% up north and 1% down south. LOL. I had to wait 3 years for Moves III grant. Its appauling.

[@margaretbutterworth8162]

Re EVs: check out the Luton Airport fire.

[@d.f.9064]

They're stupid. They're restictive. Theyre expensive.

[@simonsena1378]

We are reliant on fossil fuel prices being kept low by subsidies, lets see what happens in 10 + years when battery technology improves, and infrastructure becomes more adequate. I think we will all be on the electron 😂.

[@michaeljones3774]

EV is the future. It should have been introduced 30 years ago. EV technology is less moving parts and better kinetics and energy efficient.

[@joebloggs4191]

Less moving parts but still unreliable and expensive to fix not to mention far more likely to be scrapped at a much earlier age than any ICE car and have you seen the insane depreciation on these iPads on wheels? EVs are not the future, EVS are the governments plans to control us all!

[@enriquedeldod7193]

​@@joebloggs4191 Si depreciación se debe a que es stan bajando de precio los modelos nuevos.

[@Merc-Rover]

I wouldn't have an EV given

[@foppo100]

Of course you wouldn't.

[@Merc-Rover]

@foppo100 I'm a petrol (and diesel) head. I will NEVER own an EV!!!

[@joebloggs4191]

If someone gave it to me I would take it and sell it and bank the cash!

[@Good-and-Geeky]

EVs are a huge improvement over ICE cars, but there's bound to be a few selfish dinosaurs clinging to a nostalgic need to hang on to outdated technology.

[@Merc-Rover]

@Good-and-Geeky 😆 Priceless

[@PatFoley-km6pc]

Irregular entries.. lol.. nice terminology... The new colonisers