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Allow me to give you an example. My hybrid battery worked 7 years in Japan. And still held 90% of it's capacity. If true, car made 156K km. I used it for less than two years, plus year car was on hold. No one used it. I made 130K km in two years. Could have made more. But it's pointless. Battery is dead. New battery with same capacity, probably will last for another 100K or year and a half. Get what you want from it.

Empirical evidence is that I can go out and see 15. 20, 25 year old ICE cars on the road, but I don't see any 15, 20, 25 year old EVs. Cars fail MoTs and get scrapped for various reasons un-related to the type of engine. If this report is based only on MoT test results, it takes no account of what owners have had to spend to keep their cars on the road. Take the example of Hertz, they found that the cost of EV repairs and the income lost due to them being off the road made them uneconomic.

Nothing wrong with EV's, the problem is when the energy companies start charging you £100 for a 1 hour charge. We are half way there already.

brilliant i can keep my 2014 leaf until 2032. lol

You mean 8 years at best and just put them in dis used airports to rot polluting the environment with there toxic batteries

My EV has 10,5 years

I like the way you say "yős" instead of "year". To be honest, I wasn't a fan when I started watching the video, but it grew on me.

Jeremy Clarkson must have delayed mass EV adoption in the UK by years. Someday someone will calculate the cost of this and it will be staggering.

Your missing something here. Those cars that are 20 plus years old like mine were made in a time before flat screen tvs. A simpler time where people took pride in their work and they made cars that last. New cars don’t. Would be nice to see an average age of cars made after 2010 and before to compare true longevity.

I have a 2016 30kwh leaf , these are renowned for poor battery management and earlier models poor battery chemistry. I am lucky that mine still has full 12 battery bar's and battery health is around 87.5% . Even most of the poir chemistry leafs in the uk are still on the road but with reduced miles , but still good for the school run, shopping, short commute etc . Mine shows around 110 miles of range this time of year and around 123 in summer. Its been a great local car and just let down when doing long distance trips ( done a few 300+ trips ) where battery overheating can be an issue aa well as now the availability of Chademo connectors. This year saddly I will be saying goodbye to it, had 41 years of driving and my leaf has been by far the most reliable car I've owned, even considering its old poir outdated battery technology. Next car? Another Ev with 300 miles of range and better battery tech and chances are it could well be my last ever car .

The Nissan Leaf was first sold in 2010. The Tesla Roadster was first sold in 2008 (USA sales). So I'm curious about which older EVs this survey refers to. Or do they just extrapolate 18 years based on retention / loss rates ? Leaf batteries suffer degradation due to excess heat if fast charged regularly. I think Nissan failed badly when they face lifted the leaf and failed to add liquid cooling. And now Nissan is skint. I note Toyota's BZ4X does not have liquid cooling in it's battery. Really stupid not to learn from the Leaf's failings. By comparison the liquid cooled Tesla batteries do have impressive longetivity.

FYI Rav4 EV from Y2K era with only Nickel Metal Hydride battery. Seems to survive to about 17 years. When the battery is too degraded it has problems output a safe amount of peak power reliably. Actual degradation is way beyond 60% working capacity. This is what we know from real world old EVs.

Rory Reid of Autotrader found a Tesla S with 450k miles on the clock had 70% battery available. This would represent about 20 plus years for a typical car.

Sorry I'm definitely not anti ev at all. If fact I'm waiting a few more years before I can get a cheap deal on one second hand in Australia. But I didn't think evs had been around for 18 years ?? Except for a few rare ones that had old battery tech that gets replaced eg Nissan leaf ect.

The type of people who call asylum seekers illegals are the type who call electric cars milkfloats.

I very much doubt that many modern cars - EV or ICE - will last 18 years; the electronic complexity will probably result in uneconomic repairs long before then.

In the past, I always bought cars at around 8 to 10 years old, and pretty much all of them became economically unviable by the time they were 15 years old, the oldest was 17 years old. All were scrapped apart from one, which was sold as a part exchange, but checking it a year later, it was soon, and never put back on the road. I bet the scrap value of an EV is far higher than any ICE cars, as well.

Just did 3 years in a Q4 e-tron, 43 k miles, battery capacity is at 95% compared to new. Rating is A+ by ClearWatt, I had in total 6 tires changed due to alignment issues, an alignment adjustment, windscreen fluid, a cabin filter change… the rest just the charge. MOT at three years was impeccable….

4:06 Yes it does. Some will be written off in a crash on the first day, some will still be around in 100 years. 18.4 years is the average. your 25 year old car brings up the average. the one that gets scrapped after 5 years brings down the average.

Sorry, did I miss whether they are considering an EV to have come to the end of its lifespan if the battery has less than 80% capacity, or some other arbitrary figure? I can't imagine them saying that as long as an EV has 10% left it's still viable. However, if you've got one who's battery has 70% of it's original capacity, you're probably just going to keep using it as if nothing has changed. That's not an 'end of life' situation, unlike an Engine blowing a gasket.

Facts speak loudly. I suspect that my 2021 model 3 Tesla rear wheel drive will last many more years to come. Not worrying about it. Don't miss the smelly, filthy gas stations. Charge at home and rarely use a supercharger for longer trips. The oil industry spent billions in anti-EV propaganda and put. many social media influencers on their payroll and its been quite successful at curbing sales of EVs. The oil industry is the problem, not EVs. I live in Sunny Southern California. Cars just don't rust here. I suspect my Tesla will last longer than 20 years.

Yesterday over I million people lost their power supply so no electric heating/cooking but also gas powered boilers need an electric supply. Here in central Scotland there are still many people who haven’t got their electricity supply back and won’t until Sunday night or Monday. Unfortunately my EV doesn’t have V2L but my sister’s EV 9 with a nigh on 100 kWh battery has been giving them enough juice to keep them from worrying about when the power will come back - yes they live in a hamlet and yes they have log burners and a log burning cooker but they need water from their own supply and that is what has been powered by the Kia - it’s been powering their electric water pump for nearly two days now and it’s kept them in contact with the outside world by using their e-sim in the car for internet and phone calls, they’ve been told they won’t have mains power back before Sunday night. EVs have other uses than just transportation - bloody big phone battery chargers for a start! My lovely diesel Land Rover cannot power anything except it’s engine - once the lease is up on my current EV I’ll certainly be looking for a Korean or Chinese EV that have V2L as standard.

Anyone heard from Geoff Buys Cars, or his mate the MacMaster lately?

I keep reading vomits on farcebook saying "Well my car has lasted me 25-30 years, and I hope my next ICE car will too." I was reading vomits like that right before watching this video. These people saying "my car has lasted 20+ years" are either straight up lying, or they are the one-in-a-hundred-thousand that has kept such a car running at stupid expense because they love it and don't want to let it go. When I bought my first car 29 years ago, it was a choice between a Vauxhall Corsa - the old rounded-bum shape, 3-cylinder 970cc one, or a Citroen Saxo. The Citroen Saxo was the in-fashion car at the time for the young kids. So tell me, when did you last see a Citroen Saxo? I don't remember seeing those since at least a decade ago. When did you last see one of the original shape Vauxhall Corsa? I've seen one in the last ten years, and it was up on bricks being stripped for spares. Cars just don't last 20+ years in a damp climate. Maybe in Arizona or Texas - sure, in a hot dry climate you might keep steel from rusting and keep repainting old cars. But anywhere like northern US states or UK the cars just don't last that long. The panels rust to nothing. The salt destroys wheel arches and suspension components. Any car becomes a money pit after 20 years. If my rusting falling apart car has a petrol engine or a battery will make not a jot of difference when it is 20 years old and all the other components are done for.

My 2015 Tesla MS has lasted 50% longer than any ICE car I’ve owned. It has 250,000 miles (380,000 km) and 87% battery .. and it drives as new. I have no interest in selling it. The average ICE car does 160,000 miles (250,000 km) .. 2hich is what I usually get. No question EVs are better cars, more fun, cheaper to own, and they don’t kill you with toxic fumes.

Ev batteries last longer due to 1 simple fact. its called Battery Management system. Unless its a leaf had none so batteries die faster. there is many tesla's over 14 years old and still have good range, Now at 18yrs how many spark plugs needed etc. for a petrol car.

Grouch, did you see the other article on the price gap between ICE and BEV's shrinking significantly that came out at the same time as the 18.4 year one (both top line articles on evpowered). In summary, analyst JATO Dynamics has reported the gap has closed worldwide and specifically regarding the UK the price gap between BEVs and ICE has gone from 51% higher for BEVs, five years ago, to 18% higher in 2024, which means for a £30k ICE car the EV price difference has shrunk from £45.3k to £35.4k well within the equivalent price point due to lower EV running costs and better finance deals available. The cause of the reducing in pricing gap, is not just down the lower EV costs (mainly from battery price reduction and production line scaling) but also from ICE cars becoming more expensive (as production capacity falls, and shifts to EVs, plus component and external cost increases). These reductions also don't reflect the recent crop of more affordable EVs that came onto the market and will continue to do so over the course of 2025, which could mean that EVs may rapidly shoot past the ICE price parity point to being cheaper overall in a fairly short period.

I would ask the Anti brigade to read the full report before exposing their ignorance.

Funnily enough I was driving my BiL's 406 last summer... in Turkey, although it is pretty antiquated even for there. Like going back to the stone age.

Those old engines people brag about aren’t actually as old as the brag. They just replace it one part at a time over time.

Rust will kill EVs. Garages are starting to change electric motor bearings instead of the whole transmission making repair not a key issue. If you're buying a new EV I would go for undersealing to extend vehicle life .

Clarkson has always been a muppet.

The Daily Fail published this and boy did it trigger the usual crowd. Most common comment was it’s fake news and paid for by Ed Millband! I threw in a few replies just to wind them up further, it’s just comedy gold. 😂

Great vid, I'm sure EV hater brain cogs are whirring trying to think up other excuses why they won't buy one.

Over recent years cars have got better, the same applies to EV's. So yes modern ICE cars have almost reached their top level they can reach and all thoughts are now on the EV's, so we will continue to see them improve. Batteries are much better and safer already. LFP can be used to 100% all the time and does not burn if punctured. This completely squashes many arguments against them. Remember that ICE cars have a rattle as the engine is running that will stress various parts of the body work and add the engine services, brake wear so far more things need to be replaced. As for our batteries, when they run out for car use, that may need up to 50-60kWh in an instant, a home with maximum draw of just 5kWh is perfect. it is not a problem if the capacity has fallen as it will still work, maybe instead of 15kWh it would be 12kWh. Still plenty for that job or add 2 to power the home or even the grid!

Before I bought my EV, I listened to people who had experience of electric cars. I asked a work colleague about his experience with an EV which was all positive. I can't understand how some people are able to hate things that they know nothing about.

Average life expectancy of a horse is 25 years and they don't have any batteries

I brought my Tesla around three years back second hand only around 70.000 Miles it now has over 140.000 Miles on battery still in good condition according to monitoring app. Reason I brought it was I need a reliable & comfortable car that can do my weekly run from Muswell Hill London to Fleetwood Lancashire. Probably paid for it self in fuel savings already.😂😂

Thanks to the EV haters and car dealers that still do not value BEVs, I have just purchased a wonderful 4 year old Mercedes EQC at less than one third of its original RRP. Still having a great battery warranty and many 200,000 taxi high mileage models still running on its original battery. So with just 30,000 miles on the clock, I should have a few years of great motoring ahead of me.

There's a lot of fizzing on the mic 🎤. When i noticed that on my videos it was because the recording software was using the built in mic for the tower and picking up the CPU fan. ..check if you can select your webcam Mic 🎤 in the settings

The anti-EV crowd DO have higher than average upper body strength, it is needed due to the density of the lump of rock between their ears; this is also the reason they tend to have very thick necks.

My phone is over 7 years old, the battery gives me about 5/6 hours run time and I've always charged it to full. Is it as good as new, no but, it's good enough for me. Car batterys are much better with their thermal management, some Evs like the Nissan Leaf were not as good because the lack of it. Batteries do last, even in phones which are known to last a couple years.

I still often raise a smile at the fantasy-like misperceptions of EV ownership, cited by some vocal anti EV posters.....

I don't attach much - if any - credibility to anything Jeremy Clarkson says. Having watched a number of his farming videos, he can't tell the difference between a field full of wheat and one full of barley..... Remember, this is the man who regularly criticised diesel emissions for being a primary cause of cancer, while at the same time regularly chuffing his way through 30+ cigarettes per day....

If single-crystal electrode batteries can be made at scale, they will be good for around 5 million miles. They will have to made removal as they will outlast several car bodies.

And, don't forget that this survey, by definition, is based on the early EVs. Modern EVs are a step up.

I find it hilarious that these ICE age fossil fools are wetting their pants and crying in their alphabetti- spagetti with worry at the thought of losing their Diesel dummy and petrol passifier🤣😂 Typically the ones that are talking the nonsense are of low intellect, hence gullible enough to be enticed to follow the lemmings that are sucked-into the Beano readers jackanory channels for their educational needs and repeat parrot fashion with the brlief that they look intelligent 😂.... failing to realise that they just look profoundly dumb by their cringe-worthy ignorance.😂

Had my Kona 4 years 50,000 miles now have Tesla model3 for 6 months I have never had such cheap running costs and honestly zero problems with the Tesla 6 months old but that should be like that and my Kona over 4 years 3 years free servicing had 12v battery replaced as it was faulty under warranty paid for coolant service and tyres everything has been easier than all the cars I have had over the last 40 odd years of driving

He was mainly explaining thr ZEV mandate and how the manufacturers can get around it. And rather than Rory's opinions or regrets about no new petrol cars to review, he's doing a job for auto trader who are trying to appese an audience who've been politicized into opposing EVs

I was disappointed with the video. AutoTrader generally try to be balanced, including Rory, but this video felt like he was paying lip service to the anti-EV brigade to keep them subscribed to the channel. I struggle to believe he believed everything he said considering the positive comments he’s made about many of the EVs he has tested.