Why Your Next Car Should Be Electric!

I've been an EV owner since December 2022 and am so pleased I decided to skip hybrid altogether and go straight from a fully petrol powered vehicle to a fully electric one. In 2024 I believe that this option is by far the best one for the majority of drivers - even those who always purchase second hand. In this video I explain why I think that and tackle the main arguments against going EV head on.
What about range anxiety? Don't the batteries die after a few years and end up in landfill? And what happens to the batteries anyway even if they last longer? And aren't they mined by children for no money? What about the huge cost of the cars in the first place and the non-existent charging infrastructure? Heard all that before? I do too, in what are supposed to be reputable news oulets. But they're not explaining the full picture, so let's instead look at some facts! Join me on a voyage of EV discovery!
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Video chapters:
00:00 The Rambly Guide to EVs
01:11 Intro
01:47 Credits
01:53 What Is A Hybrid?
03:41 No Anxiety About Range
05:17 Like, subscribe and Octopus Referral
05:35 Bury The Battery Comments
06:40 Bargain EVs
07:00 Hybrid Sales Waffle
08:20 Don't Believe The FUD
08:48 Chase Me Up
09:02 The Best Worst Option
09:28 Go For A Test Drive!
10:01 Like, subscribe and comment
10:14 Closing credits
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[@jmilleronaire]

My first electric car (2014 Leaf) didn't come with a shovel, just instructions to chuck the battery into the nearest water reservoir. Modern electrics are so much better!

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Hahahaha. Things have clearly moved on since 2014! Hahahaha.

[@veronicathecow]

Nice one mate. Full battery EV any day.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching.

[@dougabbott8261]

Very creative and funny.Well done! I always think it is very funny and peculiar when someone talks to you about your EV like you have never owned or driven an ICE vehicle before. It is like this is the first and only car you have ever driven.I like to tell them how much it costs to charge from home and that filling up a gas car once would pay to charge Ariya for over a year.They usually have nothing much to say after that. Until the next one.Thx.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it! It's so true. Even being on a tariff that isn't specifically for EVs I still save a fortune and the car is very cheap to own and run.

[@charliewhittaker3057]

@@TheRamblyChannelI was on Octopus Go but switched to Agile. Not always quite as cheap at night (although I’ve just had a couple of periods where it was free or they paid you to charge!!) but always cheaper the rest of the time. It’s saving me around £20 per month I reckon. Nissan Ariya too😁👍

[@mikebrueton6716]

Great video. I have been driving an ev for over 4 years never had a problem charging saved lots of money, and would never go back to petrol/ diesel.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

That's so good to hear. Hopefully more people will start to pick up on that positive messge and realise that it's the way to go. Thanks for watching!

[@charliewhittaker3057]

As always, funny and correct! Trouble is you’ll never convince the conspiracy nutters. The one that really annoys me is the EV catching fire story. It has been proven by many different studies that EV’s are much less likely to burst into flames, but it’s always first on the list for the naysayers😩

[@TheRamblyChannel]

So true. I forget the stats for how many combustion vehicles burst into flames every year. Even if you pro-rata it to allow for there being fewer EVs on the road, the figures for ICE fires are still off the charts by comparison. I've already had one nutter post a comment with a spewing of FUD. The first of many I'm sure...

[@grahamwall2834]

Got ourselves a New Ariya evolve 63kw, travelled from Dorset to Fleetwood and across to Scarborough stayed for a week then back same route(picked Mother-in-law Up), not once did we have a problem charging and even used Tesla charging at considerable less price than other chargers, worked out that we paid around average 48p KWH( destination charge at Fleetwood 30p), its our first EV and don’t think we will go back soon tom a ICE car.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

So good to hear. And doubly exciting that it was with an Ariya. So pleased you had such a positive experience. Thanks for sharing!

[@Lewis_Standing]

This is very funny and incredibly funny well done!

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Thanks Lews, that's so kind of you. Delighted that you enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun to make.

[@michaelgoode9555]

Great video Andy. I agree with you that hybrids are not really necessary and imo unnecessarily complicated as well as burning fossil juice.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Thanks Michael. So pleased you enjoyed the video. It was a lot of fun to make. I even took a couple of hybrids out for a test drive and it didn't take me long to decide, beyond any doubt, that it was all utterly pointless and over engineering a fix for a problem that we now have a much better solution for. As they stateside "Go Figure"?!

[@markperry5975]

Never, no way to Environmental Vandalism!

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Er... What's your point exactly? If you mean environmental vandalism is being caused by ICE and Hybrid cars then you're spot on. If you mean something else then please expand, preferably with verifiable evidence.

[@fbinseofficial]

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[@TheRamblyChannel]

Possibly. However I have an Apple iPhone and no Android devices so I don't know if I could help you unless you can lend me both one of your boxes and an Android device to test with it.

[@fbinseofficial]

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[@fbinseofficial]

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[@AlanRait]

Sign me up!

[@michaelgoode9555]

When you rightly say that driving an EV requires people to adopt a different mindset, you have perhaps not realised that there are many many people who are severely lacking in this department! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Hahahaha. If the comments I get on Twix are anything to go by, you're spot on there...!

[@AndrewTSq]

Thanks for all the misinformation :) had a laugh here. Just bought a new Audi, very happy!. The thing why a EV is worse than a ICE on fire, is that the thermal runway produce explosive gases like hydrogen. So while you can put out a fire on a ice car, the thermal runaway just continues without needing oxygen, producing hydrogen, that ignites from the heat of the battery. I had a mini cooper ev, had to sit at a public charger everyday. For me, time is more important than the cost of fuel. Actually, since the public charger was $0.7/kwh, it is cheaper with fuel anyway.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

I rate human health and an inhabital planet above your need to buy fuel "cheaply", but each to their own.

[@AndrewTSq]

@@TheRamblyChannel then you should stop using computers. every integrated circuit that is produced pollutes around 2000 liters of water...

[@alexmckenna1171]

"Your Next Car Will Be Electric" on Amazon books :-)

[@TheRamblyChannel]

It'll have to be a video book.

[@valleysofneptune]

Just cancelled my order after 4 months waiting, Nissan Ariya on back order till 2025…farcical

[@TheRamblyChannel]

I'm sorry to hear that. I didn't know that orders have dropped back again so much as they'd caught up the last time I checked. Whereabouts in the world are you?

[@bengordon7635]

the battery is too vulnerable to heavy use ,,, most people do not have the restraint to operate an EV efficiently and end up having to charge more often ,, which creates more hassle an EV is great if your job is a youtube channel but for real world people its for an 18 hole golf course thats it

[@TheRamblyChannel]

What? I make no money from my KZbin channel at all. It barely pays me enough to buy a coffee from Starbucks. My car is so cheap to run it's almost embarrassing. What are you talking about?

[@bengordon7635]

no lie .. when I lived in the city I would drive an EV chargers everywhere where I used to live but since I moved to the country I see EV,s have a long way to go ,,My shortest drive to Walmart is over 100 miles at 80 plus mph and no chargers at Walmart in Clewiston Florida ,, look it up no chargers anywhere , , all the roads are highways .. when I go to the Doctor 200 plus miles at 90 mph in my petrol I can go 2 times on a tank full an EV you would be so screwed because no chargers anywhere , also I have an amputated leg I need dependable transportation My car I personally rebuilt the engine for under 1k like new ,,I drive a golf cart around my roads by my house so I guess that would be like an EV ,, I had a 2006 EV with golf cart batteries , AC radio only did 35mph cost 34k in 2007 sold it for $1500 ev's are definitely a bad investment

[@TheRamblyChannel]

@@bengordon7635 I'm sorry to hear that. In the UK there are chargers everywhere and any gaps are quickly being filled. The US is a much larger country and therefore a bigger issue, I totally get that. However, we have to move away from fossil fuels - it's not a "nice to do" it's an absolute imperative as the consequences of not doing that are too dire to comprehend.

[@bengordon7635]

everything in an EV the plastics . rubbers all come from petroleum products @@TheRamblyChannel

[@bengordon7635]

if its such a big deal why are there no emission's tests in florida ,, no stickers no sticking a rod up your tail pipe ,, if its such a hurry to save the planet why can I run a petrol without and emissions tests in florida ,, what is the incentives except the government ordering you too switch ,, to waste hours at a charger when petrol is cheap here hmmmmmmmmmmm@@TheRamblyChannel

[@kevinwestk7958]

I run a Toyota Corrola hybrid does about 600 miles on £40 of fuel no worries about looking for a charger and using a crappy app that doesn't work no EV for me thanks

[@Brandon_letsgo]

I totally agree with you. Here in Texas it's so cheap to drive a hybrid. I love mine. No headaches.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

The problem with that approach, is that it continues the use of fossil fuels at a point in our history where we need to be moving away from them as quickly as possible. It takes a co-ordinated approach to get there. Government and industry need to work together to make the charging experience where you are better. Here in the UK there's a new law that mandates that all chargers have to take contactless, immediately removing one of your complaints. The number of chargers here is also considerably greater than the number of petrol pumps and they're literally everywhere in many locations with the gaps being filled in all time. Again, government are stepping in to ensure that chargers have to legally meet certain up-time criteria so the relability will also improve fast. Where I am, for example, the many chargers are rarely broken. Hybrids are fossil fuel cars and are part of the problem, not part of the solution. There's no getting away from that.

[@Hali88]

I disagree on the 'EVs are fun to drive point'. I used to drive a BMW i3. It was easy to drive and quick off the mark, but fun... no not especially, at least not for driving enthusiasts. Yes they are fast (in a straight line up to about 50mph at least), but that doesn't make them fun. Bit like a microwave meal versus actual cooking for people who like cooking.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

We'll have to agree to disagree. I've never driven an i3. Did you have the pure EV version or the hybrid? If the latter than that entirely proves the point I was making about Hybrids being a compromise. Every EV I've driven has been way more fun than an ICE car. And with the pollution from all ICE and hybrid vehicles being so bad for human health and the planet there's simply no excuse to keep driving them. If anything the technical excellence of the EV design makes THEM the cooking and archaic ICE cars very much the terrible tasting "microwave" version.

[@Hali88]

​@@TheRamblyChannel Yeah it was one with a Range Extender but it didn't use its generator until their battery is low. So unless you are doing a very long journey or have forgotten to charge it, it doesn't need its engine. A very good car, especially around town, just not super fun or engaging to drive. As for 'no excuse to keep driving ICE cars': 1) There are nowhere near enough EVs now for everyone driver to have one, and there probably never will be given population growth and the resources needed to make large batteries. 2) Most people can't afford them yet. Some could afford to buy the older ones with short ranges but those cars wouldn't be able to do the long journeys that people need to do sometimes, so they aren't going to buy them until cars that can go 250 miles on a charge are widely available for under £10k. What I was trying to convey with the microwave analogy is that driving an EV is quick and easy, like a microwave, but it's not particularly engaging or fun. A microwave is useful to have and probably quite efficient, but I like having other cooking methods too. Ditto EVs.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

@@Hali88 I covered every point you made in my video so I shouldn’t have to repeat them here. Your i3 wasn’t an EV it was a hybrid which is precisely my point - they are as bad as you say they are. You’re actually agreeing with what I said! Your other issues are outdated, I gave examples in the video. Your i3 was a hybrid. Have you ever driven a real EV?

[@Hali88]

If you actually read my previous 2 comments, I didn't say it was bad, I'm not saying EVs are bad. They're great for pottering around town and short-medium journeys. They are great for reducing emissions and air pollution. What I am saying is that EVs not great drivers' cars. If you find them fun to drive, good for you. For me, the instant torque is fun but it's a 1 trick pony. And it uses up precious charge which in a petrol car would be a split second extra at the petrol station but in an EV is an extra 5 minutes of charging. So you end up not using it very often. EVs are fine for commuting and shopping but not for a blast on mountain roads. To say that the i3, a ground up purpose built lightweight EV with a carbon fibre reinforced plastic structure which could be ordered with an optional tiny 0.6L 2 cylinder range extender to charge the battery when you run out is not an EV is disingenuous. Technically, yes, the REx makes it a hybrid, just like, on the other end of the spectrum, a mild hybrid is a hybrid even though mild hybrids are basically ICE cars. But it drives just the same as the full EV i3. Once again, the i3 is a really good car, and one of the most stylish and fun EVs, but to drive... it's solid but not a car I loved doing B-road blasts in. The i3S is supposed to be slightly better for that kind of thing but I haven't driven one. My point about lack of EVs is not outdated. Globally, there are about 270 people per EV. In the UK it's about 68 people per EV. Even in 10, 15, 20 years there will be people not driving EVs because even if they want to, there just won't be enough EVs to go around. Yes you can order a new one, if you don't mind losing 30-50% of what you paid in a couple of years but that takes deep pockets. We need cheap simple hatchback EVs like the Zoe and Leaf from more manufacturers & cheap fast chargers in cities, towns & villages so that people who can't charge at home can own EVs hassle-free. At the moment many public chargers are a rip-off. Apologies for the essay!

[@jonathanevans4686]

No thank you will resist buying an EV as long as I can

[@TheRamblyChannel]

Your loss

[@jonathanevans4686]

@@TheRamblyChannel not really we have some electric work vans and they’re not great my brother in law also has a Tesla as a company car he couldn’t wait for it to come overjoyed telling everyone now 12 months on I asked would you buy one his words was No def not I was shocked tbh

[@TheRamblyChannel]

@@jonathanevans4686 That’s not a lot of detail to go on. The sales figures suggest that’s not a common opinion

[@TimGillott]

Rather enjoyed that video Andy. Nicely done.

[@stevemillard2487]

Oh dear. Virtually every argument for EVs made in this video is flawed. If you consider the entire life of a full battery EV including manufacture and end of life disposal they are more damaging to the environment than a conventional petrol or diesel car. Yes , no emissions while you are operating it, not from the car anyway but where is you electricity coming from? You have to look at the whole picture. I agree that we should be developing an alternative to oil based fuels and EVs may be a useful stop-gap but we cannot sustain the damage that they do. We must direct our efforts to a sustainable option such as hydrogen and stop pushing EVs. Remember, the most environmentally friendly car you can drive is the one you've got at the moment.

[@TheRamblyChannel]

I wondered how long before we'd start getting comments like this. So off the mark it's unreal. All of this has been debunked so many times I've lost count. And hydrogen? Sustainable?! Hahahahahaha.

[@stevedarcy3260]

Lifetime emissions: including mining, manufacturing, transport and power stations. In the UK and EV is a net positive after about 16k to 20k miles. In a coal power heavy country it's in the region of 60k miles. Hydrogen takes energy to split from water, it's an utter sod to keep contained and it makes anything it's in contact with brittle over time. Or you could just take the energy you'd use to split the hydrogen and stick it straight into a car.

[@charliewhittaker3057]

And how is hydrogen produced Steve? 95% of it is produced using fossil fuels, mainly Natural Gas😂 They are trying to find cleaner ways of doing it, but while they are doing that my EV is charged using electricity generated by completely renewable sources, unlike your Hydrogen. Your Hydrogen car will also have a battery or two in it for brake regeneration, and it will also contain a highly pressurised container, which will undoubtedly have problems of its own. And your argument about battery disposal is also flawed. 95% of it is recyclable, and before that point it will have many many years of use, since the stories of battery degradation are wrong.

[@stevemillard2487]

@@charliewhittaker3057 Hi Charlie thanks for your response. 95% of hydrogen may be produced by fossil fuels now, but it doesn’t have to be. Hydrogen can be produced from seawater using electricity which can be produced using wind power, both readily available offshore. Your EV may well be charged using electricity generated by completely renewable sources, but the batteries were not made using completely renewable sources. I’m not sure why a hydrogen powered vehicle would need a battery for brake regeneration please explain. There may be a few problems to overcome with high pressure containers for hydrogen, but I doubt that they are insurmountable. And my “argument about battery disposal”? I never mentioned battery disposal.

[@charliewhittaker3057]

@@stevemillard2487 sorry, the battery recycle thing is something I’m so used to hearing! I’m sure H production will get cleaner, but so will battery’s eventually. We’re both after the same thing; clean motoring.