We have a neighbour with an EV Mustang. As pensioners who have lost our winter fuel allowance, we're looking forward to the car catching fire and keeping us toasty warm for a few days.
Do you remember how easy it was to go to a petrol station, fill up in a minute and leave within 3 or 4? You have to be seriously short of thinking skills to own an EV!!
No I can't. I haven't been to one for a whole year. My EV is full every morning at home and I haven't used public charging once in the whole year. I'm never going back to petrol cars, except for occasionally driving my Ferrari or McLaren at weekends for fun.
You need to factor in the cost if coffees, muffins , sandwiches etc for yourself and passengers when you're waiting for the thing to charge. I'll stick to my 58mpg diesel. Fill it up and forget. Neighbour has a new electric car but I am fortunate that I built a 6 foot brick wall between us. If their car goes up in smoke I can sit upstairs and watch.
@@stephencooper9935 Which is why (for those with home charging), there's very little need to do that, or to have to go anywhere in the cold to fill up with petrol.
If I am in a public car park and and an EV parks next to me I move and park in another spot.Due to the fire hazard EV should be COMPELLED to park in their own enclosed area away from all other vehicles
@@sabrekat7904 my local services have Marshall’s I thought it was to stop EV cables getting stolen, and EV owners arguing . Expecting to see fire Extinguishers next?
Did a trip to Wales recently and was really surprised at how many EV's there were on the M4 with misted up windows inside as I can only presume the drivers were struggling for range and had no heating or aircon on... big coats and gloves too! There's progress!
Course he's not. He's Just an anti EV grifter. Hence why he's charging at South Lakes Porcshe on a public charger while being close to home for a journey that is about 90 miles.
and yet my Tesla is charging right now. At home. I am nice and warm in the house and my car will be defrosted and nice and warm inside without me having to go outside.
That is a strange one because normally his clickbait...sorry...marketing banners have double meanings. That way he can use his "always tells the truth" line! But here the threat, that's threat, is for "legal action" which at worst if it was ever to come to something would be a cease and desist order. Oops!😂
I posted on the Daily Mail forum 6 months ago that insurance companies were unhappy with people parking their EV's in their home garage and were raising premiums or refusing to insure. People laughed at my comment.
Here in Switzerland, many of the houses have communal underground parking. There is a groundswell of resistance from these communities to allowing electric car owners to install charging points in their spaces. The underground garages have adequate sprinkler systems to deal with Petrol and Diesel fires but nothing for Electric fires.
Try to avoid standing near the electric charging cable when the car is charging because the electromagnetic fields around the cable might potentially cause health issues for the human body. A US agency stated that welders should try to keep as much distance as possible between their body and certain types of high current electric welding equipment in case the strong electromagnetic fields cause health problems.
Your comment is not entirely true is it, A quick look on Google tells everyone that to produce any significant effect on a human the magnetic field would have to be as powerful as an MRI machine and the person would have to be moving vigorously around to induce nausea and vomiting. Don't spread lies......
Fun fact, climate change predictions for the UK are that it will get wetter, stormier and probably colder in Winter. I.e. become more like Canada. Not making any particular point here, just interesting to see as climates go up and down over time, local weather doesn’t always follow the global trend in a linear fashion.
Ya, England was ment to be 10meters under water also according to Al Gore…. It’s a global warming ponzu scheme- around green credit…Bill gates wants to chop trees and berry them (aka not sell the wood but burry the trees), you know it’s going to be a ponzu scheme as they will pretend to chop the trees and Barry them….money for nothing. No one will check and bill will get free tax payer money.
@@javelinXH992 I recall it was going to get warmer by 2-3C and as Jeremy Clarkson said "so scary it will be like the South of France". But yeah global warming slowed down and stopped and thus became climate change as in weather where in winter it can be cold and summer its hotter. I am still waiting out for the late 1970s Ice Age the media was on about as a kid.
@ Unfortunately the media often gets scientific information wrong (deliberately or through a lack of understanding), but is the main source of the public accessing scientific information. Information that enters the public space is therefore often faulty, exaggerated, adjusted to make it ‘more exciting’ be it “doom or gloom” or “breakthrough”. It’s very frustrating in science to see work misquoted, misunderstood or even deliberately misused. The public is generally poorly equipped to understand what scientists are talking about or what the consequences are and the media is rarely interested in accurate reporting. Why let facts get in the way of a good story?
the insurance problems will still continue after the recall is completed, the price will be the same and your Neighbours and ex will still insist your car is a risk along with the insurance companies, and now there is a very reduced trade in value or resale value, you have suffered a massive loss,
There is an add in New Zealand. That lies to people. That she can start charging, then orders a meal. By the time, that it has come out to her the car is charged.
Id have dumped it at the dealer as it’s unusable…tell them you want a courtesy car until fixed..or stop paying your lease…after sending finance company a legal letter.
Well from a personal experience, we purchased a E-golf in 2019, was fine for the 3 yrs but a few months outside warranty the car developed a brake issue or rather lack of. All of a sudden brake pedal would just go to the floor. As with all new products they didn’t know why/how it was getting air into the system. We had to walk away from the car, Volkswagen group offered zero help. The car was never put back on the road funny that. They never actually fixed it. so 27k with shelf life of 3 yrs. never will I buy a Volkswagen or an electric car ever again.
In the event of their house catching fire because of your milk float, they would be claiming against you insurance. I don't think legally they can stop you from charging or parking on your own drive.
What's the car like in these slippery conditions? Followed a Tesla down my street, steepish hill, it was spinning wheels, everywhere and car itself spun trying to turn the corner. Power too direct. My old diesel no issues at all. Just
@@PhilBradley-xb2tj correct tyres are a must in any car. The weight of my EV makes it more stable in the snow. My wife's Zoe has all season good year tyres. I always had Michelin crossclimate2 on my petrol car and carried snow chains. I live in Scotland.
If you check the terms and conditions of your domestic electricity supply contract then you might find that you are taking a risk charging your electric car. If your electric car damages the electricity supplier's equipment during a fault event then you might be liable for the repair costs.
Really like these videos as you state the truth and provide us all with useful consumer advice and make us aware of what life is really like with EV's , thank you for the videos and keep up the great work
batteries leaching charge away in the cold… I came back from my holiday and parked up my diesel, 😢and for the last 3 days it’s sat there outside my house in the freezing cold. I got in it this morning and the fuel gauge was exactly the same as when I left it. [strange that isn’t it 🤔…… or maybe not]
It's his living so is desperate for clicks whereas before when it was a hobby, he concentrated on producing decent video's.. Jumped the shark as they say
How ironic - all NEW BUILDS which have parking MUST have an EV charging point added - that includes a small development where perhaps a single home is demolished/redeveloped into a larger or dual property. I have to say I can't blame any close neighbour being very cautious over this matter - ditto small EVs like scooters/cycles etc. EVs - what a great idea!
Lee, I unfortunately agree with your neighbour…I would hate my neighbour to charge their car next to my property. Fire hazards are real…….I do not park next to EV’s in car parks where I can avoid it. Totally ridiculous situation here with ALL the problems owning EV’s & yet we are still forcing the public to buy them. There are many many problems & charging is only one, I could name many, with depreciation being for me the main one. That alone would stop me from even considering it.
Have you seen the US video where a woman leaves the handbrake off her EV and it rolls into the river. Completely submerged it bursts into flames although the ignition was off. I have seen never anything burn under water, but this apparently did.
My house insurance just auto renewed similar price to last year. So I did not shop around but wonder if insurance companies are asking the charging question.
Have you tried going in your neighbours house to check they haven't got a hundred lit candles dotted around, or an old tumble dryer, or a pair of long johns hanging in front of a 3 bar fire? If we are worrying about cars then it's only right to expand it to everything. We'll be back living in caves before long after the civil war! 😀
If some cars are a fire risk, won't that affect you being allowed to use public chargers as well? Why would the owners of the land/infrastructure want a fire risk plugged in?
A car recall in itself won’t invalidate your insurance, but ignoring a safety-related recall notice could. That means that in the unfortunate event that your car is involved in an accident, an insurer may not pay out if it’s found that your car has been recalled on safety grounds and you’ve done nothing about it. You could even be considered to be “in charge of a defective vehicle”, as putting off getting remedial work done following a safety recall could also put yourself and other drivers in danger. So, it’s best to act swiftly if you hear from your manufacturer. While they’re obliged to inform you about a recall, they can’t force you to act on the notice, so you’ll need to take responsibility for this yourself.@@markarmstrong9550
Indeed, this is a very good subject for Daniel ( Blackbelt Barrister) to give us his take on the subject 👍 As so many of us know, this EV situation is hopeless and don’t get me started about manufacturers mileage claims 🙄
I have been asking this very question for a long time now. I fear an electric car parking near my house or next to me when out and about. It is a total mad strategy to go all electric ……I look at all the cars currently on the roads and just despair at the view that governments seem to think they can all be replaced. Pie in the sky…. But they keep banging on and taxing us accordingly.
I really don't understand how this is such a big issue in the UK. Here in Norway this is not remotely a topic of discussion and there are EVs everywhere.
I find it funny that a bloke who voluntarily bought an electric car, a horrendously expensive one at that, running a campaign against the government about electric cars.
Lee.... do you remember those dangly chains that used to short out static electricty on the back of old cars? Maybe that might earth your Taycan so it is less likely to catch fire?
Spikes can grow internally in the battery especially when at full capacity also rapid charging and puncture the dielectric membrane and cause a short, this causes heat, more heat makes more shorts so you get thermal runaway then it bursts into flames. This can happen with any lithium ion battery. Nice😎 Gaz Yorkshire
Those strips didn't do anything, it was all the polyester clothing in the 70's and 80's that caused static shocks. It's not static electricity that causes EV fires.
@@strongandco Yes, as I said it's mainly the battery that can go into runaway. The strips were just a sales gimmick, some say they even wore the road surface as they had tungsten carbide ends.
@@jimsouthlondon7061 especially when the lung damage is caused by collection of materials to make ev battery's by people that will never be able to afford a ev or when when the battery randomly explodes like they do
Sale of goods act says a product should be of satisfactory quality and fit for purpose , if its a fire risk to your life its clearly in breach of this. What's the resale value now as who would buy one now insurance has trebled and fire risk ! Are all Taycan's parked outside dealers now lol ?
A mate of mine came home from work in his works van a 2.2 ltr diesel . After twenty mins he heard a neighbour shouting and when he looked outside his van was gutted by fire. EV are actually less likely to set on fire than an ice vehicle unless the battery is damaged.
You really should have said. “ I could well end up getting sued for charging my car”. Bit naughty and it only pees folk off. Now just get it sorted and sit down and relax with a nice record on. Might I suggest The Electric Light Orchestra? 😁 Or Eddie Grant’s Electric Avenue. Of course Electric Dreams by Human League is always an option. 😉
If only they could harness the heat from the thermal run away when the battery explodes, that could heat an entire a street. Maybe that’s why they’re pushing EV’s whilst simultaneously cutting fuel allowances to OAPS…
In your tripled insurance premiums, is there provision for liability for damages caused by explosions or fires during the charging or just random battery issues?
You are really not selling these EVs to me at all. I think it will be several years before I even consider one they are so poor. You are always jolly and so patient with your EV. I would go through the roof. Triple insurance because your car is a fire hazard too ! There were 239 fires linked to electric vehicles (EVs) from July 2022 to June 2023. This was an 83% increase from the previous year.
4 cars a day are catching fire in China now. They're 3% more fire risk than ICEs, and take 2 days to put out and must be stored metres away from each other. Where's the land coming from. Most scrap yards have ICEs stacked 3-4 high.
Nothing will ever convince me that an EV is worthwhile. Dad has had 3 Nissan Leaf EVs over the last few years. He has been happy with them as he doesn't drive far. The garage has managed to offer a 'fantastic deal' every couple of years and he has always fallen for it. Poor man cannot now drive for medical reasons so the car will likely have to go. It's on finance, rolled over from the previous agreement and he still owes £24k on it. Immaculate condition, just over 2 years old and with only 5k miles on the clock. We can't get an offer for more than around £12k to get rid of it even from the dealer (they are struggling to sell new cars so don't really want to take back a second hand one) so looks like dad will still be paying over £10k to the finance company. Completely false economy to have believed an EV to be better for him - and he now owes a lot more to get rid of the car than he saved over those few years in fuel costs. A resale value for an equivalent ICE vehicle with £5k miles would recover far more. It's just wrong!
Until that insane British government of enviromental fools gives you no choice. They will tax you insanely for a regular car, gas stations will quit or switch to electricity so fuel will become scarc(er) and even more expensive, insurance will be higher as will maintenance so driving and owning a regular car will become so expensive you will be forced to switch.
It's a bit like have either a mobile, scooter, bike, drill, any rechargeable electrical appliance in your house on charge, and your flat or house burns down what's around it, we're does it all end, no one can get insurance?
In all honesty, from what I have learned about EV's, I wouldn't be very happy about one even parked near my house, never mind being charged there. I think it displays either complete ignorance of the risks, or a complete disregard for your neighbours. The things are a major fire just waiting to happen.
EV's should be a personal choice not something forced upon us by the government. Must admit, as a Porsche owner I fancy the Taycan Tourismo, but sense has prevailed to stay with petrol.
The car can't be that dangerous surely otherwise you'd technically be risking your life every time you turn the key and drive it. Porsche should be compensating you for the escalation of the insurance costs.
There is more than enough power for everyone's EV. We already produce more than we need and ev pickup will be a gradual rise so the grid has plenty of time to upgrade in the meantime 😊
@ But we still have that invention glass, easy to smash with a stone or mechanical punch. Most men including myself will get out and hand over if threatened.
Imagine doing that in the cold with breathing problems in the cold with copd or a lung condition it’s dangerous and can kill you electric cars with some disabilities are no good at all but they still try to supply one on disability no thank you
Impossible! You're having a giraffe 🦒! Everybody knows, well when I say everybody, I of course mean the core fan base on this channel, that all insurance is going though the roof because of EVil EVs. Anyone who's contradicts this PROVEN FACT, is a LIAR and an EVangelist. 😂😂😂😂😂
If a neighbour of yours has a gas leak which results in and explosion which damages your house, are they the liable to pay the cost of repairs to your house and anyone else affected?
Yes Lee they dont need to be charging to set on fire. It was a new Taycan that set on fire on that cargo ship in the gulf that destroyed 1000 plus new luxury Top cars, Bentleys Rolls,Royces and Lamborghinis, etc.. Unfortunately one crew member died on board also. The shipping company refused to ever ship electric cars again. Just think of all those new cars and Rubber tyres burning away on a ship all because of one Porsche car that set alight. Even the ship was scrap afterwards
Totally without a car at the moment Lee, so would be grateful for any car to drive lol! That's not to take away from your mission of course, but just saying that without a car per se when you've been used to one for most of your life is a bit of a nightmare in itself! 😐
That 155 miles you put on your cars range which cost you £22.68 would cost me around £16.00 in petrol in my Civic hybrid, self-charging as well Lee. As someone who has no drive to charge on can you blame me and countless others for being very reluctant to go full EV?
Yes but the comparison for you would be a polestar 2 or Tesla model 3, this guy is running a high performance vehicle, the range should be compared to a Porsche 911turbo, BMW M5 or Audi R8 not a civic
@@pillred5974 the wife’s 1.0L civic petrol does 52mpg, so around £19 to do the same 155 miles. My Tesla would have been £3.25 for the same journey charging at home (solar/battery etc). There is a saving but charging at home s key.
@@PhilBradley-xb2tj Yes Phil that IS the problem so many of us don't have the luxury of being able to charge at home, the thing that annoys me the most is that EVs will create a two-tier society where those with no driveway will have to pay a lot more for mobility, fossil fuels whatever the rights or wrongs cost the same for all for me with my self charging hybrid it would cost me more per mile to buy an EV and use public chargers so until home and away charging are more equal I won't be going full EV though I can appreciate why you have If it only costs you a few quid to charge.
They are also destroying ALL the car industry, all those spares shop, car accessories, all down THE drain, Halfords finished, MOT burning down garages!
I drive a BMW i3 rex, and yes I charge at home, and yes I have solar panels as well, I sell my electricity at 18p a kWh and at night I buy it back at 7p a kWh, brought the car used at 40,000 miles for £10k range is not massive but fits what I need and if I need to do any longer range trips I have the Rex engine as a back up, I feel this is the perfect solution for me
That's because it WAS caused by a fault in a diesel Range Rover! No report by any person has been released saying different. So why add the word "initially"? That introduces a doubt into it, that isn't there.
I heard today ferry companies have said electric cars have been banned from charging while on their ferries, I didn't know they could charge while on the ferry, but that is what was said in the headline. So stage one of things starting to go pear shaped. I wonder if electric cars will wind up being banned on eurotunnel. After all if one went up in the tunnel what would they do?
Same procedure as for an ICE fire. That GB News article, I'm assuming it's that one is out of date. DFDS channel ferries have just started offering EV charging on board. That's hardly in alignment with information quoted about DFDS from 2020 which that article referenced.
I was thinking of buying a battery car but now I think I will stay with my 3.5ltr diesel it's going to be cheaper than paying extra for car and house insurance and sitting around in the cold waiting for it to charge.
If you can change at home . £4.50 for a full tank whilst you sleep. And precondition your car and your battery ready for your journey in the morning 😊. Wake up to a cold frosty or snowy morning and your car is defrosted and toasty warm ready for your departure without leaving your house and getting cold hands scraping the windscreen 😊
@@crazyedits50 Thats the kicker isn't it. 'if you can charge at home'. Those houses that don't have drives will lose value. If you have to run an EV who would want to buy a home without a drive?
@@crazyedits50 This is an unsustainable position though. The cost of an EV should be equivalent to its ICE counterpart and electricity should be charged (and taxed) at the point of delivery to the vehicle. If it is not, then we will all get hit with much worse options, the worst of which is pay per mile road charging and even more cameras. It's deeply unfair that people with the ability to home charge can get stupid cheap rates, and those who can't have to suffer public charging that can be more expensive than fuel. The reason for switching to an EV should simply be that it's better for the environment. Subsidising them to make them seem more attractive just puts money in the car makers pockets and lets them continue with their broken model of over expensive EV's that people don't really want.
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We have a neighbour with an EV Mustang. As pensioners who have lost our winter fuel allowance, we're looking forward to the car catching fire and keeping us toasty warm for a few days.
@@angelamarynicz7865 The fumes are feally poisonous with Lithium battery fires ..
You did not need the winter fuel allowance as your income is above poverty level ,
@@swarfify that's okay, find me a news report of the last Mustang EV that spontaneously combusted...🤣
Poor comment to be fair.
@@angelamarynicz7865 not a BYD EV ha ha it’s very rare event apprently
Do you remember how easy it was to go to a petrol station, fill up in a minute and leave within 3 or 4?
You have to be seriously short of thinking skills to own an EV!!
No I can't. I haven't been to one for a whole year. My EV is full every morning at home and I haven't used public charging once in the whole year. I'm never going back to petrol cars, except for occasionally driving my Ferrari or McLaren at weekends for fun.
@@darrenpowell8036 Screw You Cup Cake!
I can see why EV owners get into making RUclips videos now. You need something to do while waiting for your car to charge.
And offset the depreciation it is suffering whilst it is charging
@@TheLDunn1 😹
You need to factor in the cost if coffees, muffins , sandwiches etc for yourself and passengers when you're waiting for the thing to charge. I'll stick to my 58mpg diesel. Fill it up and forget. Neighbour has a new electric car but I am fortunate that I built a 6 foot brick wall between us. If their car goes up in smoke I can sit upstairs and watch.
I'm not being funny Lee, but I'd appreciate if you didn't park outside my house either, or next to my car. Thanks.
Who wants their daughter sitting around alone in car parks and service stations at night waiting for a car to charge. Not me !!
This is no different from your daughter or son or partner sitting at a bus station, train station, walking home from work at night......
@@26dipp56 they are constantly moving and not sitting targets you mug. Plus if the charger isn’t working then they’re stuck there.
@@stephencooper9935 Which is why (for those with home charging), there's very little need to do that, or to have to go anywhere in the cold to fill up with petrol.
If I am in a public car park and and an EV parks next to me I move and park in another spot.Due to the fire hazard EV should be COMPELLED to park in their own enclosed area away from all other vehicles
your right they all should be parked in the north sea in the deep part
@@sabrekat7904 my local services have Marshall’s I thought it was to stop EV cables getting stolen, and EV owners arguing . Expecting to see fire Extinguishers next?
Met office has issued a yellow snow warning. Do Not Eat It!
Did a trip to Wales recently and was really surprised at how many EV's there were on the M4 with misted up windows inside as I can only presume the drivers were struggling for range and had no heating or aircon on... big coats and gloves too! There's progress!
It's a conspiracy, Regatta and North Face working with the car companies to sell more winter wear..!
When was the last time the government told you the truth about anything
Try telling that to EVangelists who believe official sales figures.
@@roygray5901 never
So you're not being sued then ?
Course he's not. He's Just an anti EV grifter.
Hence why he's charging at South Lakes Porcshe on a public charger while being close to home for a journey that is about 90 miles.
Well MacMaster there's only one person you can blame for your predicament. 🤔😏
Governments are pushing EV's as you've pointed out as well but have not given a moments thought of the issues it raises , safety, insurance etc etc.
I'd rather spend my time at home nice and warm instead of in the cold for hours recharging an expensive EV.
and yet my Tesla is charging right now. At home. I am nice and warm in the house and my car will be defrosted and nice and warm inside without me having to go outside.
Thankfully there is no one living in our street who owns/drives an E.V. We are all petrol heads, thankfully.🤣
You will own nothing and be happy in your 15 minute city with no cars!!
So you’re NOT being sued… 🤦🏻♂️
That is a strange one because normally his clickbait...sorry...marketing banners have double meanings.
That way he can use his "always tells the truth" line!
But here the threat, that's threat, is for "legal action" which at worst if it was ever to come to something would be a cease and desist order.
Oops!😂
No it wasnt, he wants to sue Porsche for dealing with this problems.
I posted on the Daily Mail forum 6 months ago that insurance companies were unhappy with people parking their EV's in their home garage and were raising premiums or refusing to insure.
People laughed at my comment.
People are loosing their houses and businesses and have been doing so for over 30 years due to fires as they are a known fire risk.
You must be one of those mad conspiracy therorists who are always right.
They were correct to laugh, you are talking nonsense.
@@eddewhurst7662 Why can't you people everv accept facts?
Watching you at an isolated spot in the dark, you have to wonder how long it will take for charging points to become mugging points.
At least they won't take your car.
No no no not the kool with a "K" hip trendy volk with a "V".....
Most arnt in isolated areas !! People get mugged at fuel stations what's your point 👉
Here in Switzerland, many of the houses have communal underground parking. There is a groundswell of resistance from these communities to allowing electric car owners to install charging points in their spaces. The underground garages have adequate sprinkler systems to deal with Petrol and Diesel fires but nothing for Electric fires.
Ha! Ha! £52 to charge it for 150 miles, can't insure your house and your neighbour sues you, sounds like a plan!!!! 🤣😆🤣
@@daveangelo4502 £52 is a full tank for my panda 🐼 well over a month's worth
@@JamesHodgson-s1h indeed the equivalent in diesel will get me 500 miles in my Skoda!
you forget to mention the deprecation 😅
Sounds like a win , win 😂😂😂
Why own an electric car?
Are you being sued by your neighbour? No.
Try to avoid standing near the electric charging cable when the car is charging because the electromagnetic fields around the cable might potentially cause health issues for the human body. A US agency stated that welders should try to keep as much distance as possible between their body and certain types of high current electric welding equipment in case the strong electromagnetic fields cause health problems.
That's total bollocks. The field generated by those sorts of currents is negligible - you wouldn't even get a needle to stick to the cable.
can't be good for folk with a pacemaker!
Your comment is not entirely true is it,
A quick look on Google tells everyone that to produce any significant effect on a human the magnetic field would have to be as powerful as an MRI machine and the person would have to be moving vigorously around to induce nausea and vomiting.
Don't spread lies......
SNOW in the UK? I thought with Global Warming that it would never snow again in the UK? Weren't we all told it was never going to snow again there?
We haven't paid enough tax yet
Fun fact, climate change predictions for the UK are that it will get wetter, stormier and probably colder in Winter. I.e. become more like Canada.
Not making any particular point here, just interesting to see as climates go up and down over time, local weather doesn’t always follow the global trend in a linear fashion.
Ya, England was ment to be 10meters under water also according to Al Gore…. It’s a global warming ponzu scheme- around green credit…Bill gates wants to chop trees and berry them (aka not sell the wood but burry the trees), you know it’s going to be a ponzu scheme as they will pretend to chop the trees and Barry them….money for nothing. No one will check and bill will get free tax payer money.
@@javelinXH992 I recall it was going to get warmer by 2-3C and as Jeremy Clarkson said "so scary it will be like the South of France". But yeah global warming slowed down and stopped and thus became climate change as in weather where in winter it can be cold and summer its hotter. I am still waiting out for the late 1970s Ice Age the media was on about as a kid.
@ Unfortunately the media often gets scientific information wrong (deliberately or through a lack of understanding), but is the main source of the public accessing scientific information. Information that enters the public space is therefore often faulty, exaggerated, adjusted to make it ‘more exciting’ be it “doom or gloom” or “breakthrough”.
It’s very frustrating in science to see work misquoted, misunderstood or even deliberately misused. The public is generally poorly equipped to understand what scientists are talking about or what the consequences are and the media is rarely interested in accurate reporting. Why let facts get in the way of a good story?
The fastest thing about these EVs is the depreciation.
Funniest thing.
Another week, another drama.
More drama than a full season with the RSC!😂
the insurance problems will still continue after the recall is completed, the price will be the same and your Neighbours and ex will still insist your car is a risk along with the insurance companies, and now there is a very reduced trade in value or resale value, you have suffered a massive loss,
There is an add in New Zealand. That lies to people. That she can start charging, then orders a meal. By the time, that it has come out to her the car is charged.
I'm still to be convinced on EVs (too much stress) versus Hybrid........
Id have dumped it at the dealer as it’s unusable…tell them you want a courtesy car until fixed..or stop paying your lease…after sending finance company a legal letter.
Well from a personal experience, we purchased a E-golf in 2019, was fine for the 3 yrs but a few months outside warranty the car developed a brake issue or rather lack of. All of a sudden brake pedal would just go to the floor. As with all new products they didn’t know why/how it was getting air into the system. We had to walk away from the car, Volkswagen group offered zero help. The car was never put back on the road funny that. They never actually fixed it. so 27k with shelf life of 3 yrs. never will I buy a Volkswagen or an electric car ever again.
In the event of their house catching fire because of your milk float, they would be claiming against you insurance. I don't think legally they can stop you from charging or parking on your own drive.
They could go to court and get an injunction if they wanted..
What's the car like in these slippery conditions? Followed a Tesla down my street, steepish hill, it was spinning wheels, everywhere and car itself spun trying to turn the corner. Power too direct. My old diesel no issues at all. Just
Wrong Tyres. All RWD cars also suffer in slippery conditions it’s not just an EV thing.
@@PhilBradley-xb2tj correct tyres are a must in any car. The weight of my EV makes it more stable in the snow. My wife's Zoe has all season good year tyres. I always had Michelin crossclimate2 on my petrol car and carried snow chains. I live in Scotland.
@@PhilBradley-xb2tj The point was, the electric have no clutch to feather, and the power really direct. As I said, my old diesel had no issues at all.
@ I have zero issues with EV in snow, but I’ve got appropriate tyres, which every car should have on really. (Tesla 3). So must be a driver thing.
@@PhilBradley-xb2tj Not so. It is a case of EVs not having a gearbox and no manual connection to the accelerator
If you check the terms and conditions of your domestic electricity supply contract then you might find that you are taking a risk charging your electric car. If your electric car damages the electricity supplier's equipment during a fault event then you might be liable for the repair costs.
Really like these videos as you state the truth and provide us all with useful consumer advice and make us aware of what life is really like with EV's , thank you for the videos and keep up the great work
batteries leaching charge away in the cold…
I came back from my holiday and parked up my diesel, 😢and for the last 3 days it’s sat there outside my house in the freezing cold.
I got in it this morning and the fuel gauge was exactly the same as when I left it. [strange that isn’t it 🤔…… or maybe not]
Left my EV for a week over Xmas and had the same charge I left it with 🤔
@@davedevonlad7402 but could you put the heating system on without it taking miles off off your journey pmsl🤣😄🤣
@@xjrman5062 can you defrost and warm your car without waisting fuel
@crazyedits50 no but I don't need to worry about range after doing so 😆🤣
so your own propaganda (videos) means your ex now doesn't want you to charge at her house. 🤣🤣 this sh** writes itself, amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lee, you are getting overly clickbaity, going to take some time off from the channel.
Yeah it never used to be this bad.
Not clickbait..."marketing"!
Still 💩 though, whatever label you put on it!
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It's really bad now content is ridiculous
Its called marketing
It's his living so is desperate for clicks whereas before when it was a hobby, he concentrated on producing decent video's.. Jumped the shark as they say
Why not say “I MIGHT be SUED” instead of lying through your new teeth? DH
Because that's what FUDsters do.
Yeah turkey teeth at thatb😂
Oh dear. An EVangelist. Crying as I'm telling the truth about EVs and it's ruining the Agenda.
makes more people click on it.
@@TheMacMaster u wot m8 🤣 i ride bikes 🤣
How ironic - all NEW BUILDS which have parking MUST have an EV charging point added - that includes a small development where perhaps a single home is demolished/redeveloped into a larger or dual property. I have to say I can't blame any close neighbour being very cautious over this matter - ditto small EVs like scooters/cycles etc. EVs - what a great idea!
They are not electric cars they are battery cars
batteries supplying steam maybe?
Batteries produce electricity ❄️
@@mrgrumpy9077electrons have a chemical reaction that produces electricity.
So batteries produced electrons.....
Only thing missing is the Radio Control bit. 😂
They are electric. What do you think batteries produce, steam?
Lee, I unfortunately agree with your neighbour…I would hate my neighbour to charge their car next to my property.
Fire hazards are real…….I do not park next to EV’s in car parks where I can avoid it. Totally ridiculous situation here with ALL the problems owning EV’s & yet we are still forcing the public to buy them. There are many many problems & charging is only one, I could name many, with depreciation being for me the main one. That alone would stop me from even considering it.
Buy yourself a rucksack and fill it with marshmallows and an extra long extendable toasting fork. Every cloud has a silver lining.👍
Big question is which neighbors?
The ones at your ex wife's place ,the girlfriends house or your place !!!
Must be great ro have so many options !
Have you seen the US video where a woman leaves the handbrake off her EV and it rolls into the river. Completely submerged it bursts into flames although the ignition was off. I have seen never anything burn under water, but this apparently did.
A school experiment showed us that magnesium burns under water too.
can the car tall you the amount of hours you have wasted charging the thing over the time you have had it?
That would be so depressing..
or the amount of hours sat on your phone browsing whist sat in your house or on your phone browsing whilst sat in your car whist charging.
I’m afraid I agree with the neighbour.
My house insurance just auto renewed similar price to last year. So I did not shop around but wonder if insurance companies are asking the charging question.
My ex wife has a Taycan…..bring it on 🥳🥳🥳
Have you tried going in your neighbours house to check they haven't got a hundred lit candles dotted around, or an old tumble dryer, or a pair of long johns hanging in front of a 3 bar fire? If we are worrying about cars then it's only right to expand it to everything. We'll be back living in caves before long after the civil war! 😀
Couldn't Sharon just get a man to flip the breaker or disconnect the charging point, it'd be cheaper than taking it away?
If some cars are a fire risk, won't that affect you being allowed to use public chargers as well? Why would the owners of the land/infrastructure want a fire risk plugged in?
Ice cars are a fire risk and filling up at a fuel station can be a risky situation. 😊
@@crazyedits50any ICE cars that have a recall on them regarding fire risks that lead to them being harder to insure?
A car recall in itself won’t invalidate your insurance, but ignoring a safety-related recall notice could. That means that in the unfortunate event that your car is involved in an accident, an insurer may not pay out if it’s found that your car has been recalled on safety grounds and you’ve done nothing about it. You could even be considered to be “in charge of a defective vehicle”, as putting off getting remedial work done following a safety recall could also put yourself and other drivers in danger. So, it’s best to act swiftly if you hear from your manufacturer. While they’re obliged to inform you about a recall, they can’t force you to act on the notice, so you’ll need to take responsibility for this yourself.@@markarmstrong9550
Indeed, this is a very good subject for Daniel ( Blackbelt Barrister) to give us his take on the subject 👍
As so many of us know, this EV situation is hopeless and don’t get me started about manufacturers mileage claims 🙄
I have been asking this very question for a long time now. I fear an electric car parking near my house or next to me when out and about. It is a total mad strategy to go all electric ……I look at all the cars currently on the roads and just despair at the view that governments seem to think they can all be replaced. Pie in the sky…. But they keep banging on and taxing us accordingly.
I really don't understand how this is such a big issue in the UK. Here in Norway this is not remotely a topic of discussion and there are EVs everywhere.
30 minutes to 80% fill up an electric car that you could have done in 2 or 3 minutes in an ICE car. That is progress for you.
With all that snow you need a practical car like a Lada Riva.
THEY CAN'T NATIONALIZE THE GAS STATIONS BUT, THEY CAN NATIONALIZE THE POWER GRID
I definitely do not want my neighbour to charge an EV next to my car and house ! Fortunately he has a nice BMW ICE car !
and a smoke choking exhaust pipe .
I find it funny that a bloke who voluntarily bought an electric car, a horrendously expensive one at that, running a campaign against the government about electric cars.
Boring innit?.
They will stop you charging at charging points by just cutting the power, then you cannot go anywhere!
They will up the wet fuel tax to prohibitive levels then you cannot afford to go anywhere.
Simples!
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@@brianellis4964 they can do the same with fuel pumps 😎
Lee.... do you remember those dangly chains that used to short out static electricty on the back of old cars? Maybe that might earth your Taycan so it is less likely to catch fire?
Spikes can grow internally in the battery especially when at full capacity also rapid charging and puncture the dielectric membrane and cause a short, this causes heat, more heat makes more shorts so you get thermal runaway then it bursts into flames.
This can happen with any lithium ion battery.
Nice😎
Gaz Yorkshire
Those strips didn't do anything, it was all the polyester clothing in the 70's and 80's that caused static shocks. It's not static electricity that causes EV fires.
@@strongandco Yes, as I said it's mainly the battery that can go into runaway. The strips were just a sales gimmick, some say they even wore the road surface as they had tungsten carbide ends.
Come on mate,no one’s buying it anymore
It's FACT mate. The Truth hurts.
@@TheMacMaster The truth hurts ? so does lung damage.
@@jimsouthlondon7061 especially when the lung damage is caused by collection of materials to make ev battery's by people that will never be able to afford a ev or when when the battery randomly explodes like they do
@@TheMacMaster ? No facts, no truth, just clickbait.
Sale of goods act says a product should be of satisfactory quality and fit for purpose , if its a fire risk to your life its clearly in breach of this. What's the resale value now as who would buy one now insurance has trebled and fire risk ! Are all Taycan's parked outside dealers now lol ?
Facts tell you that EVs are significantly less a risk of fire than ICE but don’t let facts get in the way of a clickbaiter.
Come home to a real fire...... buy a house next door to an EV owner! 🤣😂
Statistically, more ICE vehicles catch fire...
A mate of mine came home from work in his works van a 2.2 ltr diesel . After twenty mins he heard a neighbour shouting and when he looked outside his van was gutted by fire. EV are actually less likely to set on fire than an ice vehicle unless the battery is damaged.
You really should have said.
“ I could well end up getting sued for charging my car”.
Bit naughty and it only pees folk off.
Now just get it sorted and sit down and relax with a nice record on.
Might I suggest The Electric Light Orchestra? 😁
Or Eddie Grant’s Electric Avenue.
Of course Electric Dreams by Human League is always an option. 😉
If only they could harness the heat from the thermal run away when the battery explodes, that could heat an entire a street. Maybe that’s why they’re pushing EV’s whilst simultaneously cutting fuel allowances to OAPS…
Sell the milk float, and get a 911
Well who wants a second hand milk float worth 2p that may need a 20k new battery?
@ - not me. But plenty of gullible EV evangelist out there to shift the turd onto.
In your tripled insurance premiums, is there provision for liability for damages caused by explosions or fires during the charging or just random battery issues?
In the UK, if you clean snow off the path and someone falls on anything left, they will sue you!
No they don't! It has never happened anywhere. There is no legal presidence in any UK court.
They have to prove negligence.
You are really not selling these EVs to me at all. I think it will be several years before I even consider one they are so poor. You are always jolly and so patient with your EV. I would go through the roof. Triple insurance because your car is a fire hazard too ! There were 239 fires linked to electric vehicles (EVs) from July 2022 to June 2023. This was an 83% increase from the previous year.
4 cars a day are catching fire in China now. They're 3% more fire risk than ICEs, and take 2 days to put out and must be stored metres away from each other. Where's the land coming from. Most scrap yards have ICEs stacked 3-4 high.
Nothing will ever convince me that an EV is worthwhile. Dad has had 3 Nissan Leaf EVs over the last few years. He has been happy with them as he doesn't drive far. The garage has managed to offer a 'fantastic deal' every couple of years and he has always fallen for it. Poor man cannot now drive for medical reasons so the car will likely have to go. It's on finance, rolled over from the previous agreement and he still owes £24k on it. Immaculate condition, just over 2 years old and with only 5k miles on the clock. We can't get an offer for more than around £12k to get rid of it even from the dealer (they are struggling to sell new cars so don't really want to take back a second hand one) so looks like dad will still be paying over £10k to the finance company. Completely false economy to have believed an EV to be better for him - and he now owes a lot more to get rid of the car than he saved over those few years in fuel costs. A resale value for an equivalent ICE vehicle with £5k miles would recover far more. It's just wrong!
Never in a million years will I commit my sanity to this EV lunacy. JimN
Until that insane British government of enviromental fools gives you no choice.
They will tax you insanely for a regular car, gas stations will quit or switch to electricity so fuel will become scarc(er) and even more expensive, insurance will be higher as will maintenance so driving and owning a regular car will become so expensive you will be forced to switch.
It's a bit like have either a mobile, scooter, bike, drill, any rechargeable electrical appliance in your house on charge, and your flat or house burns down what's around it, we're does it all end, no one can get insurance?
did you tell your new insurance that you had been turned down for insurance LOL
In all honesty, from what I have learned about EV's, I wouldn't be very happy about one even parked near my house, never mind being charged there. I think it displays either complete ignorance of the risks, or a complete disregard for your neighbours. The things are a major fire just waiting to happen.
EV's should be a personal choice not something forced upon us by the government. Must admit, as a Porsche owner I fancy the Taycan Tourismo, but sense has prevailed to stay with petrol.
The car can't be that dangerous surely otherwise you'd technically be risking your life every time you turn the key and drive it. Porsche should be compensating you for the escalation of the insurance costs.
If everyone gets a electric cars they won’t need to restrict your movement nobody will be able get enough electric out of the grid to charge 🤦♂️👍✌️
There is more than enough power for everyone's EV. We already produce more than we need and ev pickup will be a gradual rise so the grid has plenty of time to upgrade in the meantime 😊
Tell Sharon just disconnect it from the mains, obviously get an electrician in if you like her !
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What if you are a lone female in a dark area having to waiting for your car to charge?
What, like Bradford or Tower Hamlets?
This government will probably say it's their fault if anything happens and that you are a far right thug if you complain.
@@M0PAX EVs have an invention on them called locks on the doors.
@ But we still have that invention glass, easy to smash with a stone or mechanical punch. Most men including myself will get out and hand over if threatened.
Neighbours and 'ex' are IMO understandably concerned and their request is excatly what I would have done.
Imagine doing that in the cold with breathing problems in the cold with copd or a lung condition it’s dangerous and can kill you electric cars with some disabilities are no good at all but they still try to supply one on disability no thank you
I think all Insurance has come down this year. Wife's Diesel was over £100 less and my EV came down from £900 to £480.
Impossible!
You're having a giraffe 🦒!
Everybody knows, well when I say everybody, I of course mean the core fan base on this channel, that all insurance is going though the roof because of EVil EVs.
Anyone who's contradicts this PROVEN FACT, is a LIAR and an EVangelist.
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@@DwaynePipes💯 p
I’m afraid I’d tell the neighbour tough ‘ my property!!
If a neighbour of yours has a gas leak which results in and explosion which damages your house, are they the liable to pay the cost of repairs to your house and anyone else affected?
Yes Lee they dont need to be charging to set on fire. It was a new Taycan that set on fire on that cargo ship in the gulf that destroyed 1000 plus new luxury Top cars, Bentleys Rolls,Royces and Lamborghinis, etc.. Unfortunately one crew member died on board also. The shipping company refused to ever ship electric cars again. Just think of all those new cars and Rubber tyres burning away on a ship all because of one Porsche car that set alight. Even the ship was scrap afterwards
Isn't it a little like asking your neighbours not to have BBQs in their back garden, or you will have to seek legal advice?
Just goes to show that they're not fit for purpose.
What ? Taycans?
Totally without a car at the moment Lee, so would be grateful for any car to drive lol!
That's not to take away from your mission of course, but just saying that without a car per se when you've been used to one for most of your life is a bit of a nightmare in itself! 😐
Would you like to buy my 39 years old Bentley Turbo R, it's probably safer 😂 and cheaper to run.
Clearing pavements - I used to do this, but have been warned if I do, and someone slips etc, I’m liable/culpable, but if I do nothing, I’m not.
Madness. World has gone mad. Beam me up.
That 155 miles you put on your cars range which cost you £22.68 would cost me around £16.00 in petrol in my Civic hybrid, self-charging as well Lee. As someone who has no drive to charge on can you blame me and countless others for being very reluctant to go full EV?
Yes but the comparison for you would be a polestar 2 or Tesla model 3, this guy is running a high performance vehicle, the range should be compared to a Porsche 911turbo, BMW M5 or Audi R8 not a civic
@@pillred5974 the wife’s 1.0L civic petrol does 52mpg, so around £19 to do the same 155 miles.
My Tesla would have been £3.25 for the same journey charging at home (solar/battery etc). There is a saving but charging at home s key.
@@PhilBradley-xb2tj Yes Phil that IS the problem so many of us don't have the luxury of being able to charge at home, the thing that annoys me the most is that EVs will create a two-tier society where those with no driveway will have to pay a lot more for mobility, fossil fuels whatever the rights or wrongs cost the same for all for me with my self charging hybrid it would cost me more per mile to buy an EV and use public chargers so until home and away charging are more equal I won't be going full EV though I can appreciate why you have If it only costs you a few quid to charge.
They are also destroying ALL the car industry, all those spares shop, car accessories, all down THE drain, Halfords finished, MOT burning down garages!
To be fair, Halfords lost the plot before EVs.
I drive a BMW i3 rex, and yes I charge at home, and yes I have solar panels as well, I sell my electricity at 18p a kWh and at night I buy it back at 7p a kWh, brought the car used at 40,000 miles for £10k range is not massive but fits what I need and if I need to do any longer range trips I have the Rex engine as a back up, I feel this is the perfect solution for me
So your house is now a business? As it's selling a product full time.
Are you paying tax on those earnings ?
@@outandabout7636 There is still a net cost for energy used, so am I due a tax rebate then?
Not Just Charging they can combust any time remember the Airport Fire that initially was blamed on a Diesel Range Rover
That's because it WAS caused by a fault in a diesel Range Rover! No report by any person has been released saying different. So why add the word "initially"? That introduces a doubt into it, that isn't there.
@@stetomlinson3146
It was a cover-up, they always try to play down EV fires because they don’t fit the official narrative
It was a fire in a diesel Range Rover vehicle, not ‘initially’ which you’ve used to imply that there was a later, different conclusion. There wasn’t.
I heard today ferry companies have said electric cars have been banned from charging while on their ferries, I didn't know they could charge while on the ferry, but that is what was said in the headline.
So stage one of things starting to go pear shaped.
I wonder if electric cars will wind up being banned on eurotunnel.
After all if one went up in the tunnel what would they do?
Same procedure as for an ICE fire.
That GB News article, I'm assuming it's that one is out of date. DFDS channel ferries have just started offering EV charging on board.
That's hardly in alignment with information quoted about DFDS from 2020 which that article referenced.
I live in Italy and when my insurance company found out that I watch your channel, they increased my policy by 500 Euro 😮😯😟😔
Hahahaha! Great comment
I was thinking of buying a battery car but now I think I will stay with my 3.5ltr diesel it's going to be cheaper than paying extra for car and house insurance and sitting around in the cold waiting for it to charge.
You've got the message, but that's just the start of the frustration.
If you can change at home . £4.50 for a full tank whilst you sleep. And precondition your car and your battery ready for your journey in the morning 😊. Wake up to a cold frosty or snowy morning and your car is defrosted and toasty warm ready for your departure without leaving your house and getting cold hands scraping the windscreen 😊
@@crazyedits50 Thats the kicker isn't it. 'if you can charge at home'. Those houses that don't have drives will lose value. If you have to run an EV who would want to buy a home without a drive?
@@crazyedits50 This is an unsustainable position though. The cost of an EV should be equivalent to its ICE counterpart and electricity should be charged (and taxed) at the point of delivery to the vehicle. If it is not, then we will all get hit with much worse options, the worst of which is pay per mile road charging and even more cameras. It's deeply unfair that people with the ability to home charge can get stupid cheap rates, and those who can't have to suffer public charging that can be more expensive than fuel.
The reason for switching to an EV should simply be that it's better for the environment. Subsidising them to make them seem more attractive just puts money in the car makers pockets and lets them continue with their broken model of over expensive EV's that people don't really want.
Why would you sit in the cold?
There’s probably a clause or small print about leaving your car unattended while it’s charging, worth checking
You should never leave your car unattended while charging! 😐