Are EVs failing? Fiat says no one wants an electric 500
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Welcome to a 10 part video series filmed in the shires on a Grey Monday!
#news #ev #breaking The 10 Video Special…
A variety of videos all filmed on one grey Monday…!
1. Are EVs failing? Fiat says no one wants an electric 500
• Are EVs failing? Fiat ...
2. IIs the proposed Smart Roadster an EV that we actually want?
• Is the proposed Smart ...
3. M Sport wheels are being stolen in 10 SECONDS. Let's talk about the BMW steering wheel theft crisis.
• M Sport wheels are bei...
4. Sadiq Khan’s Driveway Tax… What ON EARTH IS THIS ABOUT?! Geoff REALLY loses it.
• Sadiq Khan’s Driveway ...
5. High Price and Low Choice - Car buyers choose USED instead of NEW
• High Price and Low Cho...
6. The 3G Switch off TRASHED MY MERC
• The 3G Switch off TRAS...
7. The INSANITY of Net Zero is exposed by the GREENS
• The INSANITY of Net Ze...
8. THE GERMANS ARE COMING on a bus. Germans surrender driving licenses for public transport.
• THE GERMANS ARE COMING...
9. EV charging cable theft reaches Australia
• EV charging cable thef...
10. A general chat about cars… 10 I want back, 5 I really don’t
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The 10 Video Special…
1. Fiat says EVs aren’t selling so they’re going back to petrol
2. Is the Smart Roadster an EV that we actually want?
3. BMW M Sport steering wheels are being stolen in 10 seconds
4. Sadiq Khan's tax on paved gardens is a bulwark against toxic petro-masculinity. Geoff almost gets a hernia dealing with this article
5. High prices and Low Choice push car buyers from NEW to USED
6. The 3G Switch off TRASHED MY MERC
7. Net Zero insanity is exposed by the GREENS
8. Thousands of Germans give up driving license in exchange for free travel
9. EV charging cable theft reaches Australia
10. A general chat about cars… 10 I want back, 5 I really don’t
On number 4... How's that gonna work for people who do get conned into getting an EV? "Just charge at home overnight" they said... 🙄
Tax on paved gardens? Window tax next!
The Hybrid version of the Fiat 500 EV is simply to fill the gap and provide a transitional platform. The future is electric vehicles. The problem at the moment is that EVs are more expensive than ICE cars and it's easy to think in terms of 3 year ownership - assuming your next new car after this one will be electric. No-one's been 'sold down the river' - the market is simply in the middle of a major realignment that's going to take a number of years.
Of course, BEVs don't offer a solution to every use case but there are many use cases where an ICE car is ridiculous. Those who PCP cars over three years and do no more than 8,000 miles commuting. They're a perfect example of a user who would benefit from the lower cost of ownership of an EV.
@@GeoffBuysCars saw one of those smart EVs yesterday
It's like a squashed Merc EV 🤷
The BMW steering wheel theft thing has been going on for ages, they should have fixed it by now
And sad IQ khan is penalising people with a garden for the councils not cleaning the drains
Absolute c-unit 🤬🤬😡😠😠
11. Princess of Wales.........update?
🤔😁
Because young drivers don't have enough life experience to understand that the government is NOT they're friend.
@gumbo7215 So the only thing your concerned about is my spelling its idiots like you is why they get away with this crap.
@@philipcrossley1279 You did watch the video right?
So right, get Gretta to shear her own sheep and hand knit her clothes instead of buying imported goods what a hypocrite
I thought the young people had no money to buy houses or cars?
@@clovermark39 No but Mom and Dad does LOL.
I’ve just bought a new Fiat 500 and Abarth 695. The dealer said all new 500’s including Abarths will be electric! It’s suicide for Fiat. I asked the dealer how many NEW Electric Abarths does he sell compared to petrol?? His response was ‘None!’
That's all you need to know. Fiat: what one doesn't sell? Dealer: This one Fiat: let's make it our only model.
lol people who buy Abarth want a really LOUD peppy small car it's the only reason for Abarth to exist, I'm not surprised and I fear for future maintenance of your cool car, Cupra has the same problem they are basically the "premium sporty" version of Seat, in 2023 they had 8 different engines for the formentor up to 390hp petrol in 2024 they only had a 150hp hybrid way too weak for the weight of the car or a 272hp "plugin hybrid" aka EV recently they added a real engine a 333hp petrol model but it's awful energy rating F with 199g CO2 way too much for what it is and will cost you a ton in pollution taxes
Its madness. Manufactured waste! Most EV buyers are in the upper end company car market. Who the hell can afford a new car privatley these days anyway hahaha
Anyone who wants an Abarth want an engine- not a battery.
They'd do better with the joke idea of a large wind-up key on the roof & elasticband drive. 😂
I just bought a 6.2 litre V8 petrol. Fuel economy is 28mpg on a run. 😂
Around town 10mpg. But I work from home and don’t give a stuff!
Nice
Is that G class or something?
Who cares ??
Best engine ever.
W211 E63?
EV'S = Safe and effective like that other thing they said a few years back.
What I don't understand is if electric cars are so good, why are all the MP's not using them as official cars ?
Because they can be remotely controlled assassinations on wheels. A very influential and Rich Chinese business woman was killed by one that just randomly reversed into a lake. She owned the ship that took out the Baltimore bridge.
@@RandomRants525 Any modern vehicle can be remotely controlled. It's a misconception that EV's have to be more automated than combustion vehicles. Yes, many of them are, but the combustion vehicles are not far behind.
@aftonline Most new cars can be remotely shut down but I'll have to research controlling. Of course EVs could be as basic as a brick. But they seem to want to make them as futuristic as they can. And it's right because they won't be fully ready until we get into the future.
Not sure they can trust them to get away from places like Southport quickly enough.
@@RandomRants525 Any car with modern electronics and satnav can be controlled remotely. They don't want you to know that.
Nobody wants an electric 500 because they've priced it at an eye-watering €38.000, a price no sane person would pay for a city car with no range and not even 4 full adult seats. It's 12k more than a 695, goddammit.
you could have bought 4 brand new Fiat Pandas for the same amount of money not too long ago.
One for every family member.
You could buy 10 old Range Rovers with V8s for 38k 😂
Exactly. 500EV price was double the price of packed hybrid version.
And the youngest people have the cash to buy these cars according to the article.
Remember houses costing this in the 90s
£28k or more for a Fiat 500 electric with piss poor range…. are they surprised??
Nearly as bad as the honda E when it came out !
In Italian cities small cars tend to live on the streets. Try keeping them charged in that situation.
Why would anyone want a machine that spends longer charging than actually driving
It was a brillant idea to express charging speed the same way the regular speed. While for ICE cars this speed can be near speed of sound, EV can charge with a speed barely faster than a normal walk. And even with high power chargers it's way behind ICE cars.
Virtue signallere??
@@JanKowalski-vj9py and you have to think of the loss of energy all the way down the cable from the power station to the device - it's one think to charge your phone or laptop and quite another to charge the thousands of batteries in a car, the loss must be incredibly wasteful.
you charge at night when you're sleeping. u wake each morning with a full tank,
in 2 years we haven't wasted even 1 second tanking our leaf. we have saved a fortune over 4 years on fuel servicing and road tax.
one wiper blade has been our only outlay. cost us in 2023 190 quid for the entire year on electric. the battery is still perfect and has never been fast charged.
@@isaachunt5799 wow. Are you vegan?
My company is buying electric double decker buses, they are just over half a million pounds each and have a service life of 7 years, a Euro 5 or 6 costs about 260000 pounds and a service life of 15 years, it doesn't make any sense does it.
Ask yourself, who has shares in these companies? Bingo.
Apparently, the gov are giving the bus company on the isle of wight a grant to buy an electric fleet. Must be tens of millions in tax payer money, otherwise the company would go bust.
Which manufacturer are they from ?
My grandson drives one and hates them. He can’t even turn on the air con as it flattens the battery. Half a million pounds and you can’t use the gizmos.
@@welshy1812 Alexander Denis
Remember ‘they’ don’t want you driving ANY kind of car.
Right, but they aren't putting in any effort to get you out of the car. They are happy for you to drive so long as you pay all of the taxes associated with car ownership. If they really wanted people out of cars they would start mass building cycle routes across the country, massively increasing train capacity and increase bus routes. They aren't doing any of it. They just want an excuse to tax you more.
@@royalbiscuits8442
Not yet they won’t, also the company car drivers will still want cars. They don’t want more people on the overcrowded roads. They want poor people to use public transport, busses are never even half full. Train tracks? HS2?
It’s fact, it’s happening.
I disagree. If they don't want you driving any kind of car, then all the big Oil companies, Shell, BP etc. are going to lose billions, and we all know that isn't going to happen.
@@stivowen5710 HS2… how long ago was that promised?
@@royalbiscuits8442Absolutely. They are even villainising bikers.
After that brand new Volvo suddenly went up in flames which hospitalised the grandad and his young granddaughter, I'm not surprised 😂😅😂😅
The petrol mild hybrid Volvo?
Lol - the funny thing is that when you look at actual facts, it is ICE cars that are more likely to burn than EVs, after all, there is a insurance policy called thirty party FIRE and theft. So petrol cars clearly dont have a problem burning. However, the facts also show that hybrid cars are even more likely to burn that ICE only cars. Both ICE and Hybrids are thousands of times more likely to burn than an EV. So the Volvo must be a good old fashioned ICE car, just like the Land Rover that burned down the luton airport parking lot, or the one in merseyside that was also started by an ICE car.
The Volvo was a hybrid.Smoke filled the interior,the batteries ignited,followed hybrid petrol,according to the owner on YT.
@@juttley72it was a mild hybrid petrol
@@juttley72 brainwashed mug, it WAS AN EV FOOL!
So laptops with wheels aren't as popular or functional as a real car with a real engine. Who'd have thunk it?!
What a pathetic poorly informed comment .
laptop with wheels 🤣love it 👍
" real car with a real engine" Small penis alert!!!!!
Mad because they beat your fuel guzzler in several categories?
The issue is they don't want anymore people on the road anymore but they still want your money
*The government push for EVs is a ruse for mass transit.* If our handlers really believed in that product, there'd be zero perceived need for the push.
As far as money goes the government is in a catch 22 position. In Shrewsbury the council is madly trying to get rid of cars, but after the lockdowns they complained about the lack of parking fees they had made, honestly you couldn't make it up.
Suzuki are going all electric next year.
I bought a Suzuki SX4 2017 does minimum of 50 miles to the gallon
400 miles to full tank
Why would I buy an electric one
Yes, I've heard that, surely now that everyone is binning the things they
can't possibly continue with that strategy, if they do they may as well file
for bankruptcy now.
@@nigden1
Suzuki is in a state of silent dimission as car manufacturer for a long time.
How much does it cost to fill up?
It's true. There are literally thousands of brand new, unsold Fiat 500e models littering the track (& surrounding hard-standing areas) of Rockingham Raceway. And that's just one site. I'm sure there are many more around the country.
Looking at the sat imagery, it does look like an over full graveyard.
wow. i come from corby. shame the track shut. it was built on toxic industrial wasteland....
The manufacturers didn't do a kickback on making battery powered cars they allow the market to decide and the market decided f#### you.
And it's the way it has to be.
That does not mean car manufacturers have to stop all r&d about EV's, in fact they have to invest into EV's r&d, because petrol will not last forever, but the governments should drop EV mandates. If ever one day the EV's prove to be cheaper, more practical, and if the infrastructure is there, people will naturally shift to EV's...
@@eldontyrellcorp Oil is set to last for 500 years, that's without
development of possible fields yet discovered.
@@nigden1 in 2020 Russia discovered in Antarctica about 500 billions barrels of petrol. But there's an international treaty which forbids any exploitation of petrol there, so no one will touch it.
Quantity is estimated to be 500 billions of barrels, with the current consumption rate, that would correspond to 15 years.
We are thus left with an estimated 1732 billions barrels which is about 50 years at the current consumption rate. And 50 years, it's tomorrow. So I'd say it's urgent to find a solution. But 2035 is a little bit too soon to drop all ICE cars. They have to give us at least 10-15 more years.
Totally agree the Woke shizz is killing companies world wide 😮
The "market" run by American with tiny brains and huge trucks will pollute the planet to death. Nobody in the rest of the world wants what a mid-Western farmer wants so maybe they ought to get over being in the minority.
Imagine hanging an electric cable out of a tower block to charge your car, 100 extension leads
EVs aren't popular? Common sense prevails.
EV sales are up this year
They are in the rich per capita countries
£25k base price for an electric super mini with pitiful range and nobody wants it. Who’d have thought?
We’ve had a few ‘500’s’ now including an Abarth 595, a regular 1.2 and a 1.4 16v convertible that we still have. They’re surprisingly reliable and arguably the perfect cheap city car.
I was looking forward to the new Abarth and was hoping to buy one until I found out it was a mildly upgraded 500e for an absurd price.
EV isn't about saving the planet, it is all about getting everyone to own cars that Governments can control.
That's not exclusive to EVs, any new car has the same tracking features.
and certain Americans earn a lot more money so they can support the first Dictator of America and earn even more money and control!
@@saxon-mt5by that's why old cars will most likely continue to sell as well. Those are reliable and you can at least have some fun when driving them
While you are tracked to the ft with audio and video via the phone in your pocket. Gas cars can be controlled exactly like EVs.
Even if you don't own an EV, you are already being tracked on your phone and on your computer. All the big IT companies are used by governments to collect data and spy on their citizens.
Just wait for Lee's video tonight to find out how much less
his milk float is worth now.
What possess people to buy them ?
Unless you live in a city with a driveway to charge it on they are waste of time
and a lot of money.
well, if you are in London that will now be a driveway you are made to pay extra tax on!!
Lee changes his mind about EVs so often I just can't be bothered with him anymore.
@@RandomRants525 All youtubers that make an income from it are the same,
they will make more videos on the same subject saying different things each time
it's called click bait and as you say, after a while you become numb to it.
had my Hyundai in Service last week. Had a chat with one of the salespeople, who are trying to sell their BEVs pretty hard. They are now piling up in the show room.
Ford also declared they won't be hitting their 2030 initial forecast and targets 😅. Makes my day
Jaguar is f%$ked... I feel for the workers.. the CEO that has gone for this should be sacked. It's not as if the evidence is not out there.
When will the penny drop? We live in clown world.
Mobility and the ability to get about the place is great for people. Hence our government’s desire to limit our ability to move around so we can be controlled more
There was a brand of perfume that had a caption. Make a statement without saying a word.
Well Fiat is making a statement without saying a word.
Their statement is, they were wrong and you were right. And they admit it in the form of this car.
Smells good.
When I was on my EV level 4 course. Two university lecturers were also on the course, and they were saying that the students did not want to learn about EV’s, and were only interested in combustion engines. Also, I worked in a university where they a motor repairs department. They had one huge building dedicated to cars with combustion engines, and only one room for EV’s.
As someone with a Fiat 500 thats 11 year old the reason why Most people wont trade the petrol 500 for an EV version is cost of servicing believe me the old 500 for example to change the gearbox Clutch and fit new Water pump and cambelt at 85 thousand miles cost around £1200 if i was to replace the battery in a 500 EV it would be 10 times that amount of cash , this is why the consumer wont buy the EV version , the Hybrid idea is ok at least that actually gives more power and fuel efficiency so why buy an EV? maybe your names Ernie and you need a new Milkfloat ?
Make things customers want, not what government imposes!
Geoff I keep having the recurring question in my head as you and many others do.
Why are the car manufacturers not pushing harder and harder back on this ridiculous Ev agenda and the answer I’m begging to come up with is because they are nearly all in on it because eventually they will benefit from it somehow.
How is beyond me 🤷🏻♂️
They will get to survive.
So the 'youngsters' can buy them on credit as they still live at home with mummy.
If they left and faced the real world [like we all did around 18 or so], they will be buying good old second hand cars!
I'm old well 66 not senile enough yet to be conned into buying one, don't let any elderly relatives go shopping for a new car Arthur daily will flog em a milk float.
Not sure it’s anything to do with age, more to do with cost of purchase
It's not even cost of purchase. I wouldn't have one for free. Actually even an ECU or Cat converter is too modern for my preference.
@@dcarbs2979 ECUs in cars from the 80s have been proven to be very reliable. They almost never fail.
@@RobertBoston-n4d Maybe so, but the 1980s is a bit modern. OK, one of my cars is a 2.8i Capri but I've had cars of that era for over 20 years, so I want to explore older cars. Especially with analogue dials and no nannying warning lights.
Bank of mum and dad bought it
blackrock dont like kickback
Need to change their name to Jack Black then they will be more popular with the general public haha
A Fiat 500 needs a speed limiter??? Wft
An useless add on. Imagine having a career fitting them. Like indicators on an Audi. Your whole life wasted. :-)
ah the joys of the EU. And our current government wants to drag us back to it!!
I remember when they really were 500cc and didn't use turbochargers etc. They used to struggle on steep hills, especially with more than two people in.
@@philiphumphrey1548 ..or one average sized American :)
@@philiphumphrey1548 A friend of mine at College had an original 500....... we used to squeeze 5 people in it (and it was a squeeze) and it struggled on the flat!!!!!!
It's amazing how many people you could get in a car when you were young. I was once in an accident when a friend's Maestro Efi spun and ended up on it's side. Nobody had any injuries as there were 7 of us in it and there was no room to rattle about! Lol. Dude in the boot just walked out the back as he ended up stood upright!
Good, i have a petrol Fiat 500 and i've been looking around to replace her in a year or two's time and all i can find are hybrids or electric. I don't want hybrid or electric (not that i would pay £30,000 for a fiat 500 anyway!). I knew if i played the waiting game long enough they would come back to petrol.
I'm sure if they really wanted to they could make a cheap hybrid. All it needs is a petrol generator, a small battery, some wiring and an electric motor. And a simple chip and management software to control it. It might not be quite as efficient as some of the overcomplicated hybrids, but if it is affordable and does the job, who cares?
I recently heard an electric car . The sound is absolutely disgusting.
I had a fiat 500 in 67 and it was lovely. I have a new one on my list preferably an Abarth 695 but definitely not electric
I Have always said that the government had grossly misled the vehicle manufacturers. EVs are definitely NOT the answer!! "Thanks Geoff"
In our Village they have put in a new bus route. Its an Electric bus. Its so heavy the road has sunk where the Bus stop is, and also the road has sunk at the junction at the end of the road.
The simple answer is yes Geoff. Private buyers aren't buying EVs and they're only being bought for fleets. Car-makers are finally waking up to the reality of annihilation if they rely purely on electric, 👍
I really hope the old Panda keeps outselling that new re-skinned Citroen C3.
Is that the new Citroen Cremé 3...?...
@@Jonny_The_Organism I believe it stands for Castration.
@@Moray2023 back in the day, I used to call the fiat a "Flat Panda"..
Glad you had some time to you and the family Geoff. Thanks for this. 😊
No way!
I thought they were the future 🧐
Future, my arse
If you get one you will realise why they are the future, my petrol and diesel vehicles feel like museum peices after driving my EV
Driving it ,?or waiting for it to charge 😅. @@pachy444
Here in germany since the free state money for ev s is gone, almost nobody buys them anymore 🤣😂
Great video Geoff.....Young people also vote Labour, until they start paying Tax of course....🤔😳😏🇬🇧
Only 25% of the UK population have their own drive to house an EV charger. The other 75% will have to use public chargers.
Geoff, what do you know about the Wakefield crash?
We know that four people in the car died, two on the motorcycle. There is a big scorch mark on the road and in the hedgerow.
Most people here in Spain live in apartments / flats. There is NO infrastructure to support charging of a lot of EVs.
In the town that I live in (Camposol, Murcia province), the mains electrical infrastructure CANNOT deliver the power required to charge EV's at homes and deliver the normal day to day power required. The cabling won't support it. My max power is 3.7 kw. I have to turn my hot tub OFF when cooking ! I suppose I could have a bunch of solar panels installed, but they will only work during the day, which is typically when I'm driving my car. I could upgrade it to max 5.4 kw for more money !
Then there's the absence of public charging points !
Here in Spain, the towns are a fair way apart and charging points are scarce (at least in this province), so that's another issue.
It not surprising that prices for 2nd hand ICE cars, particularly diesels, are very high here.
I own a 2007 Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 8v sh!tbox (AND WILL CONTINUE to buy £500-£1000 sh!tboxes for as long as I can) because I'm a cheap ass and DON'T WANT 'Cloud connecting' computers here there and EVERYWHERE in my car... I advise everyone, think about doing the same, find a basic, decent, looked after 'Old school' car (up to a couple of thousand quid) and give it the basic maintenance. It WON'T cost you much to run, maintain and such, and hey, if you get scratches on it, it's NO major problem. What's more, they WILL OFTEN just run and run and run for years! 😏👍
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EV's the dream of the insane that WITHOUT Government subsidies would now have to be abandoned due to lack of sales.
About time we dropped this EV crap, and let us choose if we want one
Speed limiters will kill cars off
In the past 20yrs, the local governments have done everything they could to turn driving into a procession from A to B. Speed limits lowered, dotted lines for passing replaced with double lines on local roads, previously 4 lane roads turned into 2 lane with a turn only in the middle, etc.
*speed limiters will kill NEW cars off.
I can imagine manufactuers will know this and make them very easy to disable...or it's suicide. Can you imagine buying a Porsche with a limiter!? 😂
anyone who rides or has rides a motorcycle knows that being able to quickly increase you speed actually can save you from a nasty accident at times! This ruling will make accidents actually more common I think. The stats (if not doctored!) will be interesting to say the least!!
Speed limiters will allow a short burst of speed over the limit
I wouldn't think oil companies are pushing the EV's...think there "well" against it
It’s a dog’s dinner , and I don’t want it.
Will there be a day when people envy those with an old Trabant?
I already do
Guy at my gym drives an old Lada Niva; there's nothing else like it. It's higher off the ground than a normal car, but the roof is lower than an SUV so it doesn't look top heavy like a CUV, and it's a hatchback so it's like a lifted hatch with the silhouette of a wagon that's had the rear 1/3rd cut off, and I'm not gonna lie it's kinda cool simply because of how unique and how "non try-hard" it is.
Hey Geoff. Not surprised these aren't selling as they have poor range and a very high price.
As for Italy and Fiat, they had their cars confiscated when they tried shipping some into Italy with Italian flags on them.
They'll change there minds about the ban on combustion engines as they'll realise the amount of money lost from the tax on fuel anyway.
The reason they don't work is because of the $$$, the reason someone would buy one is because of the price being cheap as chips not having a price tag of near to 3 years of work on minimum wage isn't gonna make people pay for it.
Any body else hate those tyre repair kits they put in instead of a spare tyre.
Humanity will regulate itself out of existence. No one will miss us.
Trouble is, some car manufacturers have ‘let go’ of many of their engine engineers & calibrators in their rush to go all in on EV’s….
20mph limits being introduced around HAYLE , this is despite wales binning theirs 😊, the cost of researching this and signage just boggles the mind …..plus their must be a dedicated team paid to introduce this . Councils are only in place and appointed by the public to oversea things that we allow them to do , this system now needs to be questioned.
Are the local councils fit for purpose
ask them what their budget for road repairs is! The public have a right to data from public bodies, it is called Freedom of Information. Use it. The more questions asked, the more thought they might put into these decisions!!!!
It hasn't been rescinded or reversed here. It's the usual government/media mis-reporting.
Fook Hayle. Used to holiday there years ago.
Until I got finded £100 for driving in and out the car park opposite side of the river to philps near the golf club.
They might aswell drive at 20mph.
Il never go to the area again now.
I won't have an EV even if they give them away. And I won't be paying the price of a house to own one even if I had somewhere to charge it! I live on a main road with a Zebra crossing in front of the house without a driveway. Absolutely Zero chance of having a charging point within parking distance of my house.
I had a hire car for a day 3 weeks ago, it was a fiat 500 hybrid. It's the only "electric" car I've driven, it had 2000 miles on the clock and I drove it 15 miles max (enough to be considered a test drive) I will never part with my taxed income to buy an EV😂 F the lieing lefties!!!!!
I have the after 500e and I’m not young and it’s bloody amazing. But massive discounts helped otherwise be no chance of buying otherwise. Otherwise would have been petrol 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
MPs should be paid in relation to the average income of their own constituents. Those that do well for their constituents will benefit; the other 600 won't.
Im 56 and been driving for over 38 years, just bought by first EV, a used Renault Zoe GT, very happy :)
Where I live I can’t install a charger so I have to go somewhere to charge it which is a pain and if I want to charge close to home I charge it from 11 a night when the charger near me is available, totally crazy because at one stage I went to a road side services and paid double to charge. No planning by anyone on car charging, what happens when we have 30 million ev’s on the road
If paving is going to be taxed,what about all those things called roads and pedestrain pavements which are owned by Khan or the Councils? Private pavement discrimination.
You'd have thought the VW E-Up would have sold like hot cakes in Yorkshire at least wouldn't you?🤭
No wonder… the price of the 500 EV in Australia being utterly stratospheric. No wonder they are not selling.
Coroners in the UK are now demanding a full investigation into the safety of electrically assisted pedal cycles after a dramatic increase in house fires where the batteries are being charged within the home. There are now directions being recommended to only charge outside the home…..these are the same lithium batteries that are in these cars
You imagine buying a EV car after it’s been standing in a field for a year
And chipmunks have gnawed through the electrical cables...
On a trip to the Isle of Wight from Hertfordshire I saw 3 EVs and 2 on the Island.......
M/way service areas had loads of charging points....all empty.
Not surprised at all, it takes half of the best things about the 500 and just gets rid of them. I love my 2014 twinair, I rescued it from copart and rebuilt it with a mix of used and new parts about 5 years ago. Great little motor.
We have a 500e, purchased when it was the only “cabrio” available. It’s a statement car for those who loves the open air, and wanna pay the price they can buy a comfortable medium size EV, with 250 miles of real range for, compared to the 250 km the Fiat does. But damn, it’s a funny little “go cart”.
Fact my mate backed his leased 500e back, charge dropped from 180 to under 50 miles per charge, stressed him out, although he didn't have to pay had three sets of tyres and discs and pads twice in under 18.000 miles due to weight
Simple fix. Get the car manufacturers to agree not to sell ANY vehicles to ANY government body until the legislation is put right.
The Tragic crash near Wakefield yesterday It is Reported that the car was a Ford Focus The question is was this car an EV or Hybred Apparently when the car was hit it exploded into a ball of fire No one got out In most cases we’re motorcycles are involved with cars the occupants of the car usually walk away The motorcyclist usuall dies or is seriously injured
Probably a petrol focus. Maybe the bike hit the fuel tank and ruptured it.
Look at the picture of the Focus on the Sky web page. The motorcycle penetrated the passenger cabin right to the middle of the car. That was a very high speed impact A terrible end to a family with two (3) young daughters.
@@billheath7737 Looks more like the front drivers side was hit, maybe head on.
Fiat still sell an ice 500 ?? Don't they??
I have travelled by EV from the U.K. to Italy and back. The EV infrastructure in Italy is like turning a pizza box vertically - it’s a patchy, soggy mess.
WHAT! It appears that as reported that one of our favourite car marques Jaguar has signed its own commercial death warrant. Madness!
I rented a hybrid fiat 500 in Spain. The check engine light was on. When I asked why they said that the battery always overheats. So I had a car with a smaller fuel tank and no benefit.
The ridiculous regulation that we didn't need, is one that THEY need to be able to remotely control cars on the road
Public chargers here in the UK charge up to 10x per kWh what it costs to charge overnight at home. With unleaded at approx £1.40 per litre, it's akin to being asked to pay £14 per litre, which no one in their right mind would do. No wonder EV take-up here has lost momentum and overstock is causing residual EV values to leap off a cliff 2-3 years down the line.
There's a new 500e for sale about 200 miles from here, for about $10K off MSRP, if all incentives can be met, which _could_ put at $1,000 below what I paid for my new, full-size base '21 GMC Sierra LWB V6 auto. Given the notoriety of FIAT cars, I have great confidence the battery won't last much beyond the warranty, which would expire at 8 years or 100K miles, and will cost $17K+ to replace. That's thousands of dollars more than the cost of fuel for the GMC over the same time, and doesn't include charging costs. Based on my experience with GMC pickups, I expect my truck to last 300K miles or more before major repairs are needed.
What would the MSRP be for a 500e without all the US federal government coercion (tax credits, carbon credits, compliance credits)?
people are scared of change.
if you can charge at home at night and rarely do mare than 120 miles a day then just get one. i garantee you will love it. the savings on fuel road tax and servicing is insane.
our leaf is the best car i've ever owned. basically can drive during summer almost for free.
our electric tariff here in sweden for june was 2p kw. so basically can charge our leaf for 80p and go 160 miles
82p per KW here in the UK on fast charges by the Motorway.... Robbery basically...🤔😳😏🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines same here in sweden. why i never fast charge it. we have brand new toyota aygo x and new kia ceed gt-line 1.5t for longer journeys
@@isaachunt5799 At that price it makes no sense. Added to which, fast charging shortens battery life....😳🇬🇧
I had to look it up since the swedsih ev drivers love to leave out tax and transfer tarffis on electricity.
that is 0,24sek + 0.42sek+25%tax + what ever electricity cost at the moment. there is no way in hell that translates to 2p/kwh
@@Iceeeen you a swedish electric cost expert from google lol. many days electric is free bozo. i've lived here 20 years dont try dictate to me how much things cost from using google.
2.5p kw today for us. everyone has different tarrifs u moron.
amazes me internet keyboard commandos thinking they know it all.
our leaf adds nothing we notice to our electric bill. never see it.
When the software updates to your new EV leave you totally stranded. I'll give you a wave as I fly past in my old petrol Fiesta or even my new Fiat 500 😂
FIAT 127 Sport was one of the best. 1970s 1049cc and 70bhp (in fact managed almost 95bhp on rolling road).
Health tip - for those that are losing hair - Vitamin B12 - patches or direct injections (not tablets waste of money don't work). Patches are easy and painless - slap on (see what I did there?) quiet a few patches for first week. Then drop down to recommend on box.
i urge all same heads to buy a hat.
Castor oil works very well to regrow hair.
Geoff, i was looking at Transporters for a mate the other day. Roughly 12k for a low mileage 21/22 plate, but well over 15 to 16+vat for a similar age diesel with over 50k on clock.
First thot was thats coz nobody wants them, then after thinking about it its more likely the large corporates take the hit on the new cost, then used ones are 'forced' on buyers as a much cheaper alternative to overpriced diesels
Horses for courses, I have a colleague who has brought a Zoe , has a home charger and pretty much just does local driving to the shops etc, and she’s super happy with it. Personally I won’t be changing my diesel anytime soon, due to my long journey’s.
Sue Smith, who does her videos in trilogies, and has started adding her next video link under the existing video, which makes it a lot easier to get to the next one, and circumvents the need for further notifications which don't always land - I recommend it!
4:46 buying any overpriced EV now is a ‘luxury’.
It is like blackburry saying no one wants a smartphone. When infact it is just THEIR smartophone no one wants.
Do not forget Sad IQ ,is bringing in another charge for people who have an EV and a drive so they can charge overnight, the new charge will be for having a parking space which could be grass. Along with the other charges for EVs he is bringing in next year to enter the clean air zone.
Ev's are not failling overall, the problem is that main OEM's fail to give us a good compromise between a good car for the asking price, who is crazy to pay 38k for a 20k car?
A LOT of better alternatives for that money, and if you spend a little more you can get a 3x better car overall. The problem is the OEM's not the EV side of things.
In my case.. the EVs are very much the problem.. and as with about 80% of the UK.. EVs are the problem..