Why SO MANY Electric Car owners are SWITCHING back to petrol | MGUY Australia
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I have no issue with those who prefer EVs. Just don't force me to buy one.
Or to subsidise it, which we do at present.
I your grandchildren are going to have a future you most definitely are going to have to buy an EV.
@@rogerphelps9939 😂😂😂😂
@@rogerphelps9939 wrong going EV isn't going to change the climate
@@rogerphelps9939 So you think EVs will give us a bright future?
It's VERY simple, IF Bureaucrats are pushing it you KNOW its bad. "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help" ... RUN!
They are everywhere you can't, vote these fvckers out (If that is actually possible - I've seen it's still possible, just really hard, who's counting the votes...).
Just like c#ovid V#axs
It’s even simpler than that: anyone is trying to con you is trying to con you. It doesn’t matter if it’s Tesla, or the Administration.
Isn't it weird that none of these government bureaucrats and politicians drive an EV?
100%
Capitalism is the freedom to choose.
Communism is not.
Let the free market work.
Capitalism is the freedom of the rich to trample all over you.They choose for you.
Capitalism isn't about freedom.
If it were up to capitalism it would be 1 monopoly buying out the competition until there is no choices left except the one that dominates the market.
Capitalism has nothing to do with freedom to the individual.
dont be a donut. Capitalism isn't a political system its an economical one. Mixing the two together is exactly the shit you see today EV capitalising on its priviges given to them by government.
No one is able to define the free market.
So you mean like the free market which led to the collapse of the global financial system in 2008/9?...And what do you think about government regulation of things like not just banking but the shipping and refining of crude oil products?...Or perhaps the airline industry?...If markets are completely free to do as they please then we would be in a right old mess..think about it.
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 exactly!!! 💯
unfortunatly my previous comment was deleted by google/youtube but it was in principle the same point as yours.
if EVs were that great you wouldn't need to offer incentives
Exactly correct. Only an inferior technology needs subsidies.
And of course it is the RICH buying the first ones who get the subsidies as they are too expensive for ordinary folks but we pay for the subsidies in our TAX.
An EV with the actual battery technology is great as a second car, when your electricity is cheap or you own a solar roof. As far as you are not forced to use charging stations.
I own both. Gasoil and BMW E Car. It's nice to drive and very relaxed. But the longer the distance the more stressful because your thoughts concern stuff like "hopefully i arrive, charger is free, will function" and you have to drive slowly not to exhaust your battery too quickly.
Short distances are great. Batteries must improve at least 50% more inner power at same weight. Better 100%.
Sadly electricity energy in Germany is too expansive even at home. It climbed 50% by the end of 2022 and never got really back. Thats one main reason, that E Cars went off the winner direction.
Exactly
@@rainersta7073 I don't get the whole 'EV's a great for short distances' thing. Petrol cars are relaxed and fine for short distances as well as long distances. What's the appeal with EV's at all?
I heard a guy extolling his EV on TV. He said it was so great because it "ran on electricity." A moron only a politician could love.
Some people really have no grasp on reality
And no one asked him where that electricity came from, right?😊
@@johnchandler1687He probably thinks it comes from the electricity mine.
My EV does run on electricity....I generate it from the sunshine that lands on my roof...I know it is electricity because I measure it in volts and Amps.
@@spocko2181
Thanks MGuy, the reason petrol prices are going up sooo very high, is because the labor party clowns are intent on forcing EVs on Australian people
Well you ICE drivers are forcing an unliveable future on your grandchildren and you are currently causing a lot of serious lung disease from the crap that comes out of your exhaust pipes.
so you'd vote for Mr Potato Head?
It's one of the reasons, most of the policies either directly or indirectly cause these problems, it's a total mess, even today's teenager could do a better job...
You are only being persuaded to do what you should volunteer to do anyway. Stop burning fossil fuels and stop polluting air quality.. and save yourself a fortune in the process.
@colinkelly8213 Bowen is a dead man walking !!
Apparently, it only takes five years for over 50% of EV owners to move back to ICE vehicles.
It takes five years to save up enough money to buy a replacement ice car.
Complete and utter bollocks. Evidence, sources? Can' find any? Thought so. You made i tup.
Maybe because they are up to their eyes in debt with them and can't sell them to another mug either.
Battery is F’d after 5 years
@@rogerphelps9939 Why so aggressive? Do you regret your purchase? I assume you drive an EV.
When I retired at the age of 72, I decided after much research to purchase new car that may well be my last motor car. I wanted something that was affordable, comfortable, reliable, economic to run and good for long journeys. I bought a new Mazda 3 with the 2.5 litre petrol engine. That was 2 years ago. With a full tank of petrol, that's 50 litres and a squirt more, I can leave Adelaide for Melbourne. A tiny top up at Tailem Bend and a bite to eat, I can then drive all the way to Melbourne in comfort and no fuel stops, with the aircon running. And this isn't hypothetical, I have actually done this. So put that in your EV pipe and smoke it. Well, maybe not smoke it, lithium batteries cause fearful fires.
I loved my Mazda 3 so much I replaced it after 19 years with a Mazda 3.
That's 450 miles?.... plenty of EVs could do that with one 25 minute stop....... have you done the costings on the journey if you do it regularly?
@@bwarey52 Have you done that specific journey? Which EV was it in? Was the AC switched on? If not be quiet.
Thanks for the view, feeding the algorithm, driving engagement and changing zero minds.
@@pippip8744 I haven't done the journey but lot's of people have and probably enjoyed the 100 dollers that they saved each time 👍
@@bwarey52 false claim then. Thought so, thanks for helping the channel with the engagement.
Expensive, inconvenient, disposable electrical blow torches .
👍👍👍👍👍👍
The good thing is that soon there will be extremely powerful DC motors for the DIYer to do some back yard innovation with.
pay a visit to coucil recycling centres and look how many electric tools are discharded there costs more a replacement batteries than a machine , like printers its a disgrace
@@robertolang9684
Soon to be filled with EVs😂😂😂
Cheap to run, totally reliable, clean, smooth, quick and silent vehicles that will outlast any fossil fuel car and are about as likely to catch fire as you being hit by lightning right now as you read this. 😊
An EV charged with coal electricity generates far more CO2 than an ICE vehicle.
Can you give me your figures concerning this issue,
IF you cant, yer comment is pure BS.
Coal is amazing,. In the UK my dad told me how much heat the house gained from a bit of coal over a lot of wood.. coal has so much energy contained in a small space... We have been lied to ..
@@organickevinlondon the idea reducing CO2 will fix the climate is pure BS mate
@@organickevinlondon Do you have the date to counter his argument?
If not your comment is pure BS.
@@organickevinlondon no BS. Think of all the energy just to mine for lithium, plus the shipping. That’s just for starters.
No sympathy for the pretentious.
What about those here pretending to know all about EV's but have zero practical and factual experience with an EV? Is that not the definition of pretence?
@@Tom-pt3jf Krismorgan wrote "pretentious". Very different meaning to pretence.
@@planesounds Same root word, though.
Innocent people or stupid people? I'm betting the latter...
''They'' have spent 30+ dumbing down the pop, so much ''entertainment'' (AKA distractions), it's part of social engineering...
90% are jabbed enough said
That's the result of not doing your homework. Also, COMMON SENSE!!! How can any sane person even CONSIDER what government says.
Stupid is as Stupid does !!
@@adedavison762 You mean, STOOPID see STOOPID does STOOPID. 😉
The reason this is happening is EV owners are asking a basic question: What can an EV do that my gas powered car cannot do? And why must I charge it every night? Why must I have a 2nd car if I'm traveling a long distance (which is common in the US)? And why am I paying more for a car that ultimately has less utility and higher insurance costs than a gas powered car?
Thats the biggest point...
Its more expensive, less convenient, less capable.
Rubbish. My EV does everything that a petrol or diesel car can do and I most definitely do not have to charge it every night. Even if I did it is no problem to spend a few seconds plugging it in and wake up with a fully charged batery.
@@rogerphelps9939 Hitch a 2500kg caravan to it and travel 500km to a refuelling point then
@@rogerphelps9939 But you're missing the point - nearest charging point for most folk is a couple miles away and costs 3x the price of diesel. So an EV for most folk is 3x cost of fuel, 2x cost of insurance and 2x as many tyre replacements. Governments ( as usual ) monumentally screwed up with EVs. The whole lithium ion battery vehicle industry ( because its the lithium ion thats the problem, not the electric drive train ) is a massive tax payer funded fraud.
@@rogerphelps9939 wrong it definitely can't drive as far ... and you aren't going to fully charge an EV overnight on a standard 240V power outlet and get long range
Shame that in Britain we’ll be stuck with EVs when idiots Starmer and Milliband takeover in July. God help us . Well said Derek Mathewson .
You need farage and Reform, it may not be the best, but it's the best that is available...
Given i have English heritage, i'm horrified what has/is happening to the U.K (I know Australia is same/worse, a definite push for the same policies - The Tavistock Institue).
All the best.
"They didn't work in 1904, and they don't work now". Best quote ever. Derek is an absolute legend.
At least in 1904, it was faster to swap out every battery than it is to charge one in 2024
Baker cars didn't fair that well in 1904
@@bentullett6068 I know right🤣
You have learned PROPAGANDA. ROCKEFELLERS TOOK THEM OUT
@@lauralauren6432 Huh?
Once EV owners get slugged their "road tax" charge they currently dodge by not using fuel to be on the road, those numbers will only go up.
Don't forget the pay per mile and or being charged extra taxes even when using a home charger(regardless of if they use their own solar) the Losses n revenue EV's represent are just not sustainable .. Here in the UK alone Road tax(VED for the pedantic) and fuel duty is 30billion... The Gov just cannot take the hit in losses... No Gov can..
As I said apperantly they can't be charged a per kilometre cost
So make them pay for their fuel IE PER KWH
@@garreysellars5525 LOL yes you can be charged per mile... You never heard of odometer(used in ev still) and gps or even roadside camera's like use for ULEZ zones??? seems you haven't....
@@hudsonbear5038blade runner tore them down
@@jazziez6467 And you think that will stop them using more cameras?
One thing i fear most is that they spontaneously combust.Watching these wretched things on fire is a nightmare.
Agreed. You can fill an ICE vehicle to the max to get greater range. When you do that with an EV apparently you exponentially increase the possibility of battery combustion.
How many EV's have you seen burning in the street? not the videos that MGUY scours the internet for but actual cars in the street? you are more likely to be hit by lightening than see an EV fire. There are 40 million EV's on the roads and MGUY had to resort to making a video on cheap rechargeable childrens scooters to back up his claims that EV's spontaneously combust....where are all these burning £40 000+ EV's?
@@martinwalker9234
How many ICE vehicles have you seen burst into frames from being rear ended? I haven't seen any but apparently a few decades ago there were enough that there was a mandate for manufacturers to put the muffler and tailpipe away from the fuel tank.
@@elonever.2.071 I have passed a couple of ICE cars on fire in the past, not huge fires but lots of smoke from under the bonnet and my mate managed to set himself on fire whilst welding his e-type jag and cut through the petrol pipe. My gripe with the EV fires is the statistic that an EV owner has 25000:1 odds of his EV bursting into flames but a 15300:1 chance of being hit by lightening once in his lifetime in the US. I have an EV and simply don't worry about events with 25000:1 odds of occurring...that to me is an acceptable risk. I am sure Boeing and Airbus have calculated the risks of having lithium ion batteries powering their plane electronics and the risk cannot be zero, however the anti-EV brigade still fly on planes with Lithium ion batteries as part of the system, they think these batteries only explode on eV's.
Many people with an electric car are forced to get another car to cope with holiday trips and other slightly longer trips with the family.
you nailed another reason why sales drop, the amount of people who can afford two or more cars one "real" and one "ev" ran out and no one sane owning only one car would buy an ev
@@fredEVOIX Many have a loan on the car and simply cannot get rid of it and then being forced to buy another car can really destroy the household finances.
This. Two cars seem essential, therefore, EV market likely consists of affluent couples who need two cars to begin with and can afford the cost of an EV. I suspect that market is now saturated. Other market would be the very wealthy who can have more cars than their are people in the household. That market is so small it's not even worth considering.
Are they!? Are you sure? As usual it's the non-EV owners who envisage problems where none exist. Our EV is our only car and we've been all over Europe in it on vacations and visiting family in UK and Switzerland (we live in France). It has a range of 450 km which is a lot more than I had ever driven in a single sitting and there are now plenty of rapid chargers on all the autoroutes and motorways...Have to admit we did have a few worrying moments in 2019/2020 when there weren't so many rapid chargers, requiring a few detours but no show stoppers. These days I don't even bother planning long trips on the App...just charge overnight to 100% at home and head off.
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 So good for you, but the reality looks completely different for other people.
That guy nailed it in just a few words!
Reminiscent of the push toward diesel just before they reclassified diesels as bad. Regards from the owner of a diesel car.
How many people who purchased an EV wish they would have purchased a horse?
cant horse's fart
I would never swap my horse for a fossil fuel car but the EV is staying.😊
Reckon you can recharge a horse in 10 minutes, bit of water, some hay and a sugar lump! Plus collect their shit to make your vegetable plot better, - Hi Ho Silver 👍🫡
And an EMP won't stop your horse from running. EVs and gas cars will stop because of all those electronics in them.😊
The horse doesn't require gasoline either, just some greens and water now and then. Makes a bit of a mess but then again the mess from a horse is far better than a gigantic electric fire you cannot extinguish.
So free parking, free charging, free road tax and a cash subsidy to purchase one still isn't enough to convince users? Colour me surprised.
😂😂😂
None of those things where I am mate.
All this will only be free until there are enough users to start price gouging as you have a captive market . I guess they forgot ICE cars used to have £30 road tax until there were so many of them , then Abracadabra £133 minimum .
Free road tax will be gone for them soon because the revenue being lost is too hard to ignore.
nothing is free. the rest of us pay for these rich people to get all that stuff.
@@derekdrummond7544 Road tax was initially meant for the roads (upkeep, repairs etc). When it became part of the general taxation 'pot' the cost skyrocketed to cover the shortfalls brought about by Government ineptitude and incompetence. The fact that there were 'more cars' on the road only gave Government more incentive to gouge the taxpayers.
Please guys let's be honest here. There are some people who will never give up their EV's because it totally suits their needs. And these people are not all nutters. My next door neighbour absolutely loves his EV and has used it for years on his milk round.
That's fair. There are plenty of sensible EV owners, they're just keeping quite as the loud minority of the group spout on about their nonsense. The sensible EV owners know that EVs aren't best for everyone and don't pretend there aren't flaws and drawbacks.
They just enjoy their car for what it is.
I guess comedy can be too subtle for some!
Got me on the first half there, mate😂
@@malp78 no that was my autism taking your comment at face value. Still my point stands.
😂😂😂
CLIMATE
DURING DINOSAUR ERA (WHEN EVERYTHING FLOURISHED)
The climate was generally warmer and more humid than today, probably because of very active volcanism associated with unusually high rates of seafloor spreading. The polar regions were free of continental ice sheets, their land instead covered by forest. Dinosaurs roamed Antarctica, even with its long winter night.
Aha! The truth comes out! If the climate gets as warm as back then, dinosaurs will come back. Governments don't want that so they're trying to prevent it. Dinosaurs are notorious for not paying taxes.
Climate during permian-triassic era:
Almost everything fekkin died😅
Yeap, im a geology graduate. Extinction events was our classroom hobby. Fun to talk about while still being academic in nature.
Warming and cooling cycles are a natural occurrence with the Earth. One of the main problems is that humans have cut down huge swaths of forest that help cool the planet and replaced them with blacktop roads & parking lots, asphalt rooves, and brick and stone buildings each of which holds the daytime heat well into the night slowly increasing the ambient temperature.
Also,, that period when the dinosaurs ruled was called the mesozoic era, and lasted almost 200 million years. Things had time to adapt and evolve.
Humanity has only been around for maybe a few hundred thousand years. Human civilization itself is ~10,000 years. We did a fcktonne of damage in the past two hundred years alone.
Dinosaurs were on this planet 20,000 times longer than human civilization.
@@arsyadidris6349 In the western world, no more steam trains, no more heavy polluting industries, no more coal guzzling steam boats and cleaner burning ICE vehicles than ever before and it hasn't made a scrap of difference.
I have a v6 Jaguar fpace and I love racing E.Vs down the motorway, knowing I wont win but gives me great pleasure knowing I have made their range diminish drastically as I pull into my 4 minutes stay at the gas station.
😂😂😂
Thats the hilarity of it, isnt it? Multihundred hp BEVs… all of them pottering around the highway below the speed limit, not daring to ruin their range.
😂😂👍
I don’t feel sorry for people who are sheep.
I do, it's sad, most people are easily led and manipulated, there are may 5-10% of us that aren't, i'm more of a sheep dog, you more a fox; i despise predators.
The flock have turned their backs on the good shepherd and it's only a few sheep dogs that are keeping the wolves at bay!
Just over a week ago, I got myself another petrol engine car. As dealers in Norway are not selling new petrol engine cars anymore, I bought a very nice 2nd hand car with a *very* low mileage. I couldn't be happier. What I hate about this country is how people are extremely compliant with everything that the government tells them. The propaganda from the Norwegian msm is extreme, with all the BS about "climate change". I guess that both the people and the car dealers are now slowly, but surely, learning something the hard way. EV's are totally unsustainable and also inefficient when it comes to energy consumption.
If there are enough EV's charging at home how long will it take to start having brown outs on the electrical grid?
that is why i left European union to Afghanistan i'm like a king here i can do everything even have 7 wives
we're not there yet inm Switzerland but maybe 2025 that's why I'm rushing to buy a toyota hybrid I was happy with my 350hp sportscar but last year out of curiosity I checked what was on sale and they only sold horribly bad hybrids and very weak nerfed petrol engine almost no diesel, checked again early 2024 and I was "oh boy I need to buy something now that will last me 10 years (my current car is made to go fast not do 300k miles) because there's not telling what you will be able to buy in 2025 only EVs or really crappy hybrids, the current subaru e-boxer or the ford hybrids are trash >< they emit almost as much co2 than my pseudo-rally car with half the power and 1/3 of the torque >
european can check the Cupra brand cars rights now on the official site to see with their eyes what I realized in 2023 Cupra Formentor 2023 8 engines 150 to 390hp 2024 model 2 engines a super weak 150hp hybrid and a 272hp phev that's it....the brand went from "sport" to "snail" and thus I can guarantee you won't survive long as being "sporty" Seat was their only reason to exist and don't be fooled by the 272hp phev, plugins aren't more powerful the hp increase is just there to compensate the added 500Kgs of the ev-sized battery
@@elonever.2.071 The utility tariffs in Norway have been changed to accommodate the large number of EVs. Basically, part of your monthly fee is based on the top 3 hours where you consumed the most electricity that month.
This gives an incentive not to charge your EV at the same time as having a high consumption of electricity on other things. Thus, no brownouts.
Just the fact he decided to get into 12 year old Mini Cooper says it all really 😂
I used to own a Mini Cooper petrol,
now I own a Mini Cooper Electric,
and the Mini Cooper Electric "shits all over the ICE version"
Those pegeot engines are awful, burn oil and valve seals, terrible friction pulley set up on the coolant system, exhausts rot out fast, terrible front suspension components, top mounts and rear arm mounts, 6 speed gearboxes drop out of 2nd gear, uncomfortable ride, limited padding in rear seats, terrible resale value, high road tax and insurance.
Be better off getting a 2010 petrol fiesta with a z tech engine. 🤷🏻♂️.
Only buy French cars that have French engines if you live in France where mechanics have the correct Brie spanners and garlic infused oils to repair them.
Exactly 😂😂😂😂😂
@@organickevinlondon probably one of the only cars, where replacing the petrol engine with a battery would be better but seeing as the diesel variant exists, I'd take that any day over the petrol or eV but after having a cooper mk1, I'd just avoid like the plague, in any variant personally, being a mechanic and having to work on the rubbish the problems are just not worth the hassle.
they just went about it all wrong, if they came out with a really basic EV no bullcrap electric locks on doors or big stupid screen just a basic car that looks like a normal car and they all charge from the same charger no stupid phone apps just pay with a card for God sake maybe some pensioners can use them for a run around
Agree
Still wont buy them. But ur absolutely right. alteast itll all still be very familiar, not to mention cheaper for the customers.
Have u seen the interior of a bz4x? The irony of how toyota carried out that car was: they were so lazy to put any real innovation in that car, that what they end up inside looks smthing similar to a Prius.
Yes they're inconvenient, but didn't you know that 'inconvenience' is the new big thing??
There's a food delivery company here in the UK that has advertisements on the radio. The adverts go something like this:- "We only deliver once a week (because it's better for the environment), our food costs more (because we pay farmers at a fair rate) and our food won't last as long (because we don't add any artificial preservatives)"
So basically, once a week they'll bring round some food that you could get cheaper at the supermarket, they'll charge you MORE than it would cost at the supermarket, and you're going to have to go to the supermarket anyway later in the week when your delivered food either runs out or goes bad.
And they try and sell this idea with the tag line "A little inconvenience is better for the planet" or some such spiel.
What I find shocking though is I actually saw one of these Able&Cole delivery vans out on his rounds once, which means there are some people who obviously fall for this kind of BS.
Like those cards in hotels that say 'Even though you're spending a fortune to stay here, you should feel guilty about having a clean towel'
QuasiNobel prize foe economy 2002 - fools as significant decision force.
We had an electric Vauxhall van on our work fleet, just got rid of it last month to replaced either another diesel transit.
Contracts manager had it first for a few months then he had had enough of it, totally unusable to visiting multiple sites and most not located near charing points, it was then passed on to our carpenters who were mainly working at one site a day and still had issues. Once it was filled with tools or materials the range was shocking.
Pun intended 😂
Thank you for posting the bit from Mathewsons. Says it all.
Wait until the government puts the equivalent of fuel duty on electricity used to charge EVs.
The question really is;
What person or group started the EV idiocy in the first place.
And,
Why was it promoted as being beneficial ?
Globalists, they are the ones promoting EV's. Why? Because, just like in communist countries, they don't want ordinary people to travel, only the "elites" should be able to do that. How to remove cars from the general public? Come up with the "climate change" narrative. Make all EV cars very expensive for people to buy them. Reduce the production of ICE vehicles, that will also push their prices up. Next steps: Make EV's much more expensive to buy because there is not enough minerals in the world to produce all the batteries needed to replace all the ICE vehicles. Increase the price of electricity to astronomical levels since the demand for electric power would be absolutely huge if all cars were EV's. This was all planned by the "elites".
Politicians promote these agendas because the new industry start ups pay them a lot of money to do so.
Who ever promotes it makes money off the poor
California.
Because it is?
The demograhic profile for an EV owner is quite specific and simple. Urban metro location, not too far from work, garage (off-street parking) and rarely if at all takes long trips. That's it. Anything outside of this narrow segment and the EV loses to ICE.
And often the EV is their second car. Or third....
@@floydfanboy2948 That's right. I think the official stat is 96%, which is amazing. I could also have mentioned the demographic is above average income/wealth.
EV, wind, and solar are all the same. Suitable in some situations, but not powering a country. Ask those countries that don't have reliable power. Gas, coal, oil, nuclear.
So, is it your assumption that the countries with unreliable power are that way because they are running on solar and wind? I’m wondering where you’re going with this statement?
@@TeslaDo_d I'm reading y comment again, and I stated that they don't have reliable power, They won't be buying Teslas until they do. These countries want coal and gas first.
@@TeslaDo_d
Simple, when a tornado blows through and your windmills, power lines and solar panels are blown sky-high, where ya gonna charge your milk float??
@@TeslaDo_d Most of them are banana republics, so $$$ is stolen instead of building/maintaining power plants.
Hydro power whenever possible is a very clean form of generation.
Expensive Vanity.
It should only ever be a personal choice, not mandated by governments that have proved to be corrupt and useless at best. I prefer petrol and diesels in my and my wife's cars. I have no desire to go EV. That is my choice. Likewise if someone wants to go EV that is their choice. I just don't want to be forced in what I spend my money on.
Who didn't see this coming?
1. A car which typically cannot drive a direct route over 300 miles.
2. Really long recharge times.
3. Really high electric fees.
4. No substantial electrical grid improvements to accommodate vehicles.
5. Major home improvement costs.
6. No free market enthusiasm.
7. High new vehicle costs.
8. Short vehicle life-span
9. High repair and battery replacement costs.
10. High insurance costs.
In the UK Guardian today is a report that Stelantis are considering closing the Luton and Ellesmere Port plants because of the government’s ridiculous demand that they produce and sell an increasing percentage of EVs year on year! Demand for EVs , especially vans, is falling and they say increasing production in this way is economically disastrous.
Planned economy is detrimental to everyone wtf are they doing, this socialist bs is crazy 😲
Thank you, MGuy. I really appreciate your patient approach.
It IS working, so please continue.
You and a handful of others are succeeding in exposing the madness which at its heart is fraudulent and malign.
I accept that EV's are not for everyone but the thing that irritates me more than anything is the constant lies about Lithium iron batteries bursting into flames. Before I bought my BYD I did a lot of research into this and it is simply not true. Records of EV fires constantly show ICE cars to be more of a fire risk...I found one statistic that an owner of an EV has a 25000:1 chance of it catching fire....compare that to the odds of being hit my lightening during your lifetime in the US of 15300:1. What are you people afraid of? Also it is a fact that Boeing and Airbus use lithium iron batteries to power the systems on commercial jets yet these people saying they won't park there car next to an EV have no problem taking their families on a plane with the same 'dangerous' battery technology. What about ships and trains? are they really still using lead acid batteries in 2024 on safety grounds? If you believe the ant-EV brigade we should not do anything unless it is 100% safe..which is simply not possible.
Yes Boeing has a fantastic track record lol Battery problems included! Enough actual professors in the field have voiced concerns debunking everything you said. When they speak it's time to listen.
I have never seen any vehicle on fire in my life. They still happen though.
Motorpoint Group UK stated it’s 70% of EV owners going back to petrol, diesel or hybrid. Meanwhile here in Victoria, The Australian Business Review, re AEMO, has said Australia must install 16 times its current capacity of batteries & pumped hydro by 2050, while large scale wind & solar generation will have to jump 6 fold, if the country is to deliver its transition to net-zero emissions by that date.
Please, not pumped hydro. The most destructive way to produce electricity is pumped hydro.
Tumut no 3 pumped hydro , in 13 seconds flat can pump 1800mw into our grid... Way better than demountables of batteries that need replacement after the cycles have been used up...
@@aperitifs Talbingo can deliver rated output for 8 hours and then needs 22 hours to pump it back up. Energy returned is less than 80% of the energy consumed. Limitations are on the physical capacity of the pump. The power bought to pump must therefore be less than 80% of the price of the energy sold. In Queensland the idiot ALP want to build two pumped hydro in National Parks. Dedicate wind and solar farms will be built to pump the water back up and serve no other purpose.
@@aperitifsqld pumped hydro budgeted for 15b. Only interest for these money is about 30 cents per kwh
Not only do I not want an EV, I am serious considering finding a use "analog" car. Cars today have too many computers and track everything you do and very expensive to repair.
Get a 1960's Morris Thousand, coil and points ignition, SU carburetor, crossply tyres... the works. Top speed of around 75 mph, 30 mpg on a good day and not a microchip on the thing....if you get the Traveler it even has a wooden structure...but keep on top of it as the wood is an MOT failure if it rots.
In Idaho and Oregon the states just signed leases for cobalt mining, and are now telling farmers that they can't water their crops. This is driven by the extreme amount of water needed in cobalt mining. Please cover this.
Good luck with that request!
He reads very few posts unfortunately, takes his viewers for fools.😢
I'd bet a lot of ev owners are on their 8th jab by now
Don't feel sorry for them. They didn't do their research
Ikr? I carry out the responsibility of providing unsolicited advice on car purchase, financing and maintainance for my friends and family.
What they dont know is worrying. And thats ICE. BEVs? Where did these BEV buyers get their advise from? Tiktokers?
Maybe 10% of ppl do, it takes a certain person...
My friend bought a used Tesla and was sleeping in the trunk at a charging station. I installed a 240v receptacle so he could charge at home and sleep in his bed...his electricity bill jumped to $400 per month. He traded it in and lost about $20K.
Derek Matthewson from Bangers and Cash on UK TV. He's a good guy - he and his two sons total petrolheads! It's a good watch.
One of the sickening things is famous motoring journalists fawning over the next overpriced plastic crap box ....as if they would actually pay for one themselves! ....and this one has a range of 80 miles at 30 mph around town ! As if this is something to be proud of......
After 80 miles I still have 76% battery available and my BYD Seal top speed is limited to 180 km/h so you are a bit off with your figures.
EV owners will eventually be hit with continuously increasing road taxes assessed by the government and charging tolls by power companies. Beyond that, the world has woken up to the pollution offshoring along the EV supply chain. Carbon credits will be added to EV prices after ESG mandates push manufacturers to adopt "fair trade" practices (like coffee and cacao).
When all those additional taxes and fees kick in and government subsidies dry up, then we will be able to gauge the market's appetite for electric vehicles.
i have an LPG car from GM..still running well after 26 years..amen
You found one of the 100 that lasted more then 10 years, well done...
3 workers in Northvolt in Sweden have died in their sleep from poisoning at work. Northvolt AB is a Swedish battery developer and manufacturer, specialising in lithium-ion technology for electric vehicles. The mysterious deaths are all over Swedish media today.
I'll stick with my petrol Skoda Octavia (my 3rd from new). Fast, all the extras & gizmos, seats 5 adults, London to Edinburgh on one tankful - why the f. would I want to go electric?
Do you really drive for 412 miles without a single break? If I was doing that sort of journey I would stop at least 2 or 3 times for half an hour or so....which is plenty to recharge my car at 150 kw. The EV also has the added advantage of doing the journey at 1/4 of the cost without the droning from the engine and constant gear changes to keep the engine running at its best inefficient speed.
Wife bought a new Mazda CX3 today from Mazda Kirrawee NSW. Very happy. So am I.
I cringe every time someone refers to an EV as "green".
I agree...I never bought my BYD Seal because it is green, it is such a nice car to drive. I can charge from home so no more messing about pouring petrol, it does the equivalent of 140 mpg and it was cheaper than an equivalent Toyota Camry. I drive in a congested city and when I am stopped in the endless traffic jams my car is using just 1 kw to power the air con, music and the cars systems, while the ICE engines next to me are churning over at 800 rpm or so, burning expensive fuel and contaminating the air....so it might just be helping the environment a little bit.....
This was a genuine conversation (paraphrased) I had with an EVangelist colleague:
Me: "Public charging is so expensive"
Them: "Then charge at home overnight"
Me: "I live in a 5th floor flat, I can't charge overnight"
Them: "Well, you don't fill up with petrol overnight at home either"
Please make it make sense! 🙄
I wasn’t brainwashed into getting a BEV. I wanted to try it. I agree with much of what you stated. Acquisition costs , insurance rates and replacing tyres alone were enough to make me go back to petrol. The upsides of no maintenance were outweighed by now higher electric , tyre costs, lack of range and as mentioned, insurance costs at least 30-40% higher than similar ICE vehicle. What really bothers me is the forced or induced government incentives to get people to buy or lease a BEV. My friends who also tried a BEV either got another petrol car or kept a “ gas” car just in case. 100% BEV is simply NOT the answer. Let’s not even talk about battery degradation and how once it starts, you own nothing more than a paperweight on wheels. Batteries can, do and will degrade.
My biggest issue with EVs is limited availability of skilled workshops that work on cars beyond warranty, the limited availability of replacement parts and the missing alternatives of 3rd party parts, when manufacturers do not care about easy repairs anymore. It looks like EVs are easy to assemble but hard to repair.
Listening to Wham Bam Teslacam when it comes to repair costs and wait times I get the creeps ...
What does everything come down to..?
5 $ on the street corner up an alley.
Or 5000$ in a penthouse
The 2 litre diesel engine is the best engine since sliced bread.
The progress in electrical engine management and platinum filter plus exhaust recirculation etc have made it unbeatable.
The purchase prices and running costs are likely to be under the control of the oil baron arabs.but is that any different to the electricity suppliers..?
My electricity bill doubled this last 2 years of lies about putin.
Until the hydro carbons run out or they discovered the first dilithium crystals mine were going to fly drive and sail on hydrocarbons
Unicorn Farts and Rainbow dust
I've been fortunate enough to have experienced EV ownership vicariously through tons of youtube videos, all of it, the pros and the many cons. We're scheduled to pick up our new ice Corolla in 2 days. Cheers.
That graph would be higher if many people who also own an EV already own a ICE car. I wouldn't be surprised to see it nearly 1.5 times higher.
What excuse/response will The Electric Viking use for these facts and figures ? 😂😂
Whoa, nice new channel logo and header! :)
We have both EV and ICE - the EV is a small runaround and it’s great to drive. Having said that, I do completely agree with everything you said against them.
The problem in the UK is if your car is a company car, an EV is really the only option, for now. Once car tax for EV’s and ICE cars reaches parity, EV’s will no longer be worth buying due to all of the points you have raised.
I bought my BYD Seal 4 months ago and the 10 year old Honda Civic sat on the drive waiting for a buyer. After a month I fired up the Honda to drive it to the new owners house and it was just laughable after driving the EV. Pressing the 'starter' button the get the engine going, then listening to it droning in the back ground...off down the road as the autobox went through the gears and burning petrol at the rate of 40 mpg compared to the equivalent 140 mpg of my EV....I will never go back to a fossil car...ever they are obsolete.
It’s disingenuous to list a reduction in grants as a reason for the decline in EV sales as it Doesn’t Address why those grants were needed in the first place which is that EV’s cannot compete without taxpayer funded government intervention.
Now that the grants are being withdrawn, we are seeing the performance on an even playing field And the market is deciding
I’ve been forced to use an electric van by the mayor of London to work for tfl the weather is 31degrees and if I put the ac on I have to charge the van twice a day wasting 90 to 120 mins
This isn’t true. But run with it. 😅
Love the channel-sanity about EV cars! Anyway, Derek is the boss of Mathewsons Car Auctions, a family-run classic car auction house situated in the village of Thornton-le-Dale, Yorkshire, and they have their own tv show on the Yesterday channel on Sky. Each week the show follows the story of 2 or 3 cars from finding them, through the auction to what happens to them once their new owners have them. Sounds a bit dull, doesn't it, but believe me the down-to-earth family are very entertaining and make it an enjoyable watch.
Who remembers Max Miller? He would say 'eres a funny fing'. Well here another one. I recently drove from the (southern end) of West Midlands UK, in my 220 diesel fully loaded, across country eastwards with a detour further East to York. Two nights there then back west to the A1 and upto the east coast of the Scottish Border. There 6 nights with running about every day. Returning, drove across country westwards to Carlisle and came down the M6. We stopped at, the idependant, Tebay Services (which incidentally) I would have normally given a miss when I was working due to it's underwelming premises and overpriced, even for a Mororway, just average food, poor coffee and disgraceful toilets. It does have a decent but well over priced farm shop. Anyway because of the fairly recent TV series bulling it up. We gave it a try, big mistake, sky high prices and worse than I remembered it. What's that got to do with EVs? Well they had a big sign up boasting the latest Tesla chargers and sure enough there were 2 long banks of them but it's holiday time. Every charger was occupied plus two blokes were arguing who was next in line, with quite a few more EVs waiting in bays around the chargers with pissed off looking families striding about. Then down near the bottom of the car park there was a delivery area where 3 more Teslas were add-hoc parked with their drivers, hands on hips looking anxiously towards the chargers. They were waiting to get a bay nearer the chargers, ie, queing to join the queue. Another Tesla was cruising around passed the chargers no doubt edging his bet on jumping the queue. Ironically when I parked up The Bee Gees were part way through 'Stayin Alive' which came on again when I set off. As I drove passed the guys waiting in the delivery area, Barry Gibb was singing, Ha,ha,ha,ha, life going nowhere, sombody help me yeah! Ha, ha ha ha. Down the M6 to Preston 2 days visiting relatives there then back home to West Midlands. One tank of diesel and still almost 200 miles of range left in the tank. Ha, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive yeah!
Some estimate an EV must be driven about 50K miles (some say less some say more) before it reaches the Break-Even-Point (BEP) on the extra "carbon" it accrues over and above what goes into an ICE car during the manufacturing process. Given insurance firms seem leery of assuming the risk associated with even minor damage to an EV, how many EVs will be written-off before they reach that BEP? How many will fail to reach the BEP for other reasons? For every one that falls short of the BEP the remaining EVs must be driven even farther to offset their footprint.
My next door neighbours, who have an EV and a hybrid, have recently commented on their concerns about the dramatic drop in value of their fairly new EV. I have also heard that insurance for EVs is rocketing and of course, once most are driving EVs the government will then tax them 😂😂😂
Ikr? Im sure most people get quite annoyed when their brand new phone massively drops in value after barely a year into their purchase coz the latest flagship phone just came out.
N thats for phones worth a few hundred dollars to maybe a thousand…
Now imagine a car u set a loan worth tens of thousands of dollars n seeing its value plummet just a few years after purchase.
Why is always a neighbor, friend, relative that has bad things to say about EV's, where are the actual owners.?...maybe EV owners are enjoying the car and just driving it.
@@martinwalker9234 i can actly mention a neighbor whos fully enjoying his VW ID….
-But he only drives it to work or grocery runs.
-installed solar panels worth USD$13k equiv.
-has 5 other cars, all ICE.
So yeah. That ID is his toy. A curiosity him and his family could afford no problem.
Myself? I did say said ID owner is my neighbor, so we have the same big house, also installed solar panels, and we have 8 cars, all ICE, BUT only 2 are still being paid for.
Net zero means the likes of us have to offset the 1%ers private jets, helicopters and luxury yachts.
It won't happen in Australia, but in cold climates like here in Canada, EVs have to be parked in extreme cold weather, and the owners have to freeze their butts off waiting for the bus
Since when have EVs been 'green'?
My 2 litre petrol car can go over 500 miles on a five minute 'charge' at the petrol station.
Another five minute 'charge', and it can get me home again. Can an EV do that? NO.
That's why I'll never buy one
So you drive 500 miles without a break, stop fro 5 minutes to fill up your car and then drive constantly for 500 miles home without stopping? you must be mad.
A British Labour politician was asked on tv if she owned an EV. No because she has just finished paying for her current car and doesn't need replacing yet and the charging infrastructure isn't ready. Both are decent answers if her party didn't want to force EVs on people who earn far less than an MP.
🇬🇧It is now happening here AGAIN with Air Heat Pumps instead of replacing your gas boiler which, for the past 20 years you have been encouraged to buy AND ARE COSIDERABLY CHEAPER. Government TAXPAYER subsidies, swingeing demands and FINANCIAL PENALTIES on gas boiler manufacturers to ENSURE THEY SELL A CERTAIN MINIMUM % OF THEIR SALES AS HEAT PUMPS.
If the EV was a viable solution, the government wouldnt need mandates and legislation to force their sale.
If you want one.... Buy one.
I shouldnt have my choice limited so Im forced to buy one.
And let's not talk about the 5 year old children digging uo cobalt. And what is going to happen to the battery in 5 or 6 years.
‘I don’t like EVs - let’s make something up that’s bad about them then vastly eggagerate its lifespan so they look bad’
Love the amount of times YT precedes MGUY's video with an EV ad.
The irony if someone bought an EV due to watching MGUY!😂😂😂😂
When a Mini is better then a Tesla, almost all ICE cars are better then a Tesla.......
Than a Tesla!
The reason is they have found out that EV's are a pile of shit!
Owned my EV motorbike for 3 years and BYD Seal for 4 months and they are both the best purchases I have made....never go back to a fossil car.
On renewables costing, as the proportion of them grows, so do the "Constraint Charges", the cost of not using their output in the grid. At higher proportions, this can exceed the utilised energy costs.
@ 5:47 I recently read a news article regarding the TRAINING of his new Tesla autonomous vehicle, by Earl Stewart (the owner of Stewart Toyota dealership in North Palm Beach, Florida).
What he and his equally elderly wife were forced to endure in order to train & use the autonomous package they paid for, I wouldn't wish on anyone...
He tried not insult the vehicle & Tesla (honor among auto sales I'm sure) but I wouldn't buy one after I heard about all the problems they had.
The vehicle could have WRECKED at least four times (obviously they're untrainable and unworthy of the effort (imo)....
Government’s should interfere less NOT MORE 🎯
EVs ARE NOT FOR AUSTRALIA
Toy manufacturing is a big, big polluter. 70 years ago, children had 4 toys and played with 4 toys. Today kids own on average 112 toys but only play with 3 or 4.
But carbon gets sequestered in landfill as broken plastic toys
When Digital Cameras came out, they didn't have to mandate people or manufacturers to buy them. People did because they were a btter product. Same when they bought out Music and Movie CD's. They were better than tapes and records so people bought them. When Plasma TV's came out, they didn't have to say no more tube sets, they were better so people bought them.
IF EV's are so great, why isn't the public seeing this like they have done with every other better product in history and buying them off their own accord and why do Gubbermints feel the need to force them on people?
Maybe it's because they are NOT better and people see that more and more every day.
😅😅😅😅 EV'S are dead...😊😊😊😊
My niece went back to gas after her electric car almost burnt her house down
I've come across EV owners who deep down know they made the wrong decision to buy a milk float but will not admit it. Embarrased that they were duped?
So true man. Stupid push for everyone to convert
Uk fleet leaders say 92 percent of EV drivers choose another EV. 6 percent choose a hybrid. That’s a very high satisfaction rate.
MGUY scours the internet for subjective negativity about EV's from the misinformed.
I turned in my 4 year old tesla for an ice lexus. First off tesla screws you on trade in lexus gave me 4k more than tesla. Secondly in the winter I could barely get over 120 miles. Thirdly superchargers get filled now. Add that up and it's a no go. Still have 2 phev, love them.
Once the energy consumed just by carrying around 18,000+ batteries full or discharged becomes an issue, much like extra weight in steel was on 1970's ice vehicles was( the one that plastic parts resolved.) By the nature of conservation it might have to be declared there is no battery system that is cost effective with energy. Once again there is no free energy! Sorry, I am comparing an EV's battery pack to a gas tank when empty!
Who do you sue when your EV explodes?
I love my eV. But of course it's electric bicycle. I ride it 10 mi, 5 mi each direction and when it's a nice day it's very enjoyable. It has enough charge so that I don't have to pedal it and it goes about 24 mph.
I also love my e-bike.
so all these billions the goverment is spending in chargeing stations will be a waste of money in 20 years time could have spent it like on hospitals and roads and housing instead
I know several people that drive EVs but they're ALL lease vehicles. And they charge them at work cheaply.
Probably the best way to do it! Otherwise it's a very difficult proposition.
Governments failed miserably on the "EV transition", they offered a ridiculous bad quality but almost 3x the price alternative to gas.
I'm thinking the same, those who are coming back to gas cars are going to feel truly comfortable again by the convenience and comfort they lost for jumping into the EV hype.
I mean, if you get stranded in the highway far away from any city due to lack of gas, is more probable you'll get help from someone who have a gas can, but what if you are on an 3 years old EV and the battery dies due to programed obsolescence?
Also, how much time will it take to refill the tank using a gas can?
I love putting your channel on and in so many of the YT add intros are EVs 😂😂. I'm a businessman for 30 years now, and I can't imagine how frustrating it is for the car companies committed to advertising contracts when the public has turned its back on their products, just throwing more good money after bad.
Our business saves about $5000 per annum by using an EV, not sure what you are talking about.