Sometimes in the cold, it's difficult for the house power to keep the battery warm enough to charge: it's basically like connecting a 3kW electric fire up and placing it outside.
As someone who once drove a taxi, those door release buttons would be a nightmare if the car was used commercially for hire. Drunk people at night can't even find a regular door handle.
14:15 I think the child grew up so much while waiting so long at the charging station that the child seat was not necessary anymore after the car finished loading.
Bring a child in a car seat and have a permit driver license to drive home the first time. Sounds good Don't forget to call insurance to tell them brat can drive.
I live in a cold weather city with four seasons and I would never buy an electric or hybrid without OWNING a home with a heated garage. Leaving your electric car outside during extreme winters and brutally hot summers kills the battery longevity.
Some electric cars are even known for catching on fire when charging. So the manufacturers recommend not to charge to 100% and not to leave it in your garage so it doesn't catch the house on fire.
@@Midala87 , "So the manufacturers recommend not to charge to 100% and not to leave it in your garage so it doesn't catch the house on fire." Is a misunderstanding of the intent. No properly designed battery should just burst into flames from the user charging to 100%. They have charging protection ICs (integrated circuits) to control this. Literally, the logic will not let you overcharge. Rather, while not a big deal, it's needless to charge to 100% if it's just going to sit there. It's like filling up your car with high ethanol fuel and just letting it sit there. Hence, a lot of EVs have charging schedulers if you really want to maximize the life of the battery, aka, charge to full an hour before I normally go to work...etc.
I am an interstate truck driver and on more than one occasion I've seen these cars going down the highway on rainy days all fogged up. I assume they don't want to use their window defrosters because it will lessen the battery life. Maybe I'm right who knows
Maybe not...This video is biased & so are you. A lot of people use hands & elbows major reason for fogged up windows. I would say their settings are not right, same in any other car. The speed you are doing is biggest part for battery range.
@@aladins1990 you accuse people of being biased yet offered nothing to show it meaning you're the one with the bias. The video showed real problems and the truck driver simply asked a question. If that's what you call biased you certainly don't know what that word means.
@@JamesSmullins I think you are right, I should not have said that but I was reffering to "Maybe I'm right who knows". I can give you my observation of the video content if you want.
Having an electric car and not being able to charge at home is like having a smartphone and not being able to charge it at home... better buy a diesel phone :P
yeah, and how can you charge at home when you live high in an apartment. Electric cars are designed for rich people with a house, not apartment people...
@@pulentoman2083 yeap, that could be a problem, but like all the problems humanity have faced, if it becomes big enough, we'll figure it out a way. Maybe like Netherlands have a plug for each parking space to keep cars above freezing temperature at night...
@@pulentoman2083 As soon as full self driving becomes a reality, we won't really need to own cars anymore, because cars will just be driving around dropping people to places all day long. Taxi/Uber services will be dirt cheap, and minutes away whenever we need a ride. Owning a car will be a luxury. Also, it will reduce traffic on the roads by upwards of 70% because transportation will have become so efficient.
@@voltspc9394 if I was submerged I'd need to get into the glovebox to get my McGyver knife and hammer. I'd need them to open the door that won't open because of an electrical failure 😂
@@pablopicaro7649 "Manual lever does not lower the window before door opens"...That right there is the problem! My 2005 Mini Cooper S has this same window movement needed when opening/closing its doors, yet it performed this with a manually operated door lever. This video shows us two basic human-interface issues they've done badly (glove box actuation from the touch screen). And there is no reason to implement things this way...we've had simple/intuitive controls for decades in modern cars. Why re-invent the wheel on things like these items? Wonder what other goodies await a new new owner?
@ojaschandegave not sure what you mean. I just switched to EV and find it so much easier, quieter, and fun. Instant accelerate and regenerative drag (which slows you down when not pushing pedal) means that you have much better response in both pick up and slow down.
@@ojaschandegavethat is why you use the EV for commuting and keep an ICE car for the weekends. I have the Model 3 Performance and my wife has the Model Y Performance. We keep a manual BMW M3 and a lifted 4Runner for the weekends. Will be adding a manual 911 S next. Not sure why you have to pick one or the other?
Imagine pulling into a gas station and having to wait an hour in line to get gas and then it takes one hour to gas up the car. That is the issue with EV charging when traveling cross country.
In our area, a survey was conducted regarding the travel times affected by the waiting at recharging stations. In general, a four hour trip takes between eight and nine hours due to long waits at charging stations. On the other hand, departing on a four hour trip with a fully-charged battery should get you to your destination without having to charge up along the way, but many EV owners fail to do that and still think an EV is no different than an ICE car.
@@WestsidePatriot Waiting for a chance to recharge is definitely a problem, unless you're retired and have no particular place to be or a time to be there.. I leave my EV at home, and only use it for short local trips.
@@rollydoucet8909 Don’t know where you’re at but I’m the US, in the south of all places, I have zero issues charging a Tesla. The stalls tells you why is available before you even go.
@@WestsidePatriot Up here, in eastern Canada, the charging stations are mostly in the cities, and there's always a few people lined up waiting for a charge. Reminds me of the times we used to wait for an available public phone at airports.
Charging overnight seems the logical choice, assuming you don’t live in a pavement terrace house or block of flats without underground parking. EV’s simply aren’t practical for the majority of motorists unless they live in suburban style single homes ie with driveway and garage. Most of us in the UK and other high density countries don’t.
imagine a Chinese Manufactured ELECTRIC CAR, OMG, The limitations are endless and only really practical if you have a complete understanding of WHAT IS NECESSARY to make it go and stop, These toys are great for those with an excess of Dollars but nothing 'Upstairs' to operate it. This guy did a wonderful job in relating the many woes....I'll stick to my old fashioned X300 Jaguar, far less problems. Terry Offord
@@myphonyaccount As long as they have a way to make them pay for the charging. Else you are suggesting everyone else pays for someone to charge their car?
Not to mention the additional load placed on the grid that in most cities is already near capacity. For the record, I drive an EV and charge it only at home.
@@terryofford4977 his video is stupid because he didn't use plugshare to check station status before going. Also, your jaguar total cost of ownership is 4x a used $4k EV.
My wife and I went to a wedding over the weekend. Doing that convinced me that an electric would not work for me. I drove my Acura 510 miles each way. I got close to 40 mpg and with a range of nearly 600 miles I only stopped for gas twice, when I started and when I returned. If anywhere near a large percentage of the public decides to travel in EVs, charging and wait times will be become an issue exponentially.
Another problem with this push to go green with everything is how much extra time is needed to get things done. If your day isn't carefully planned you will have a bad day. What about the construction industry and farming industry where time means everything?? The longer it takes to get a job done the more money it will cost. That will be a big problem in the coming years.
Yeah, imagine replacing one refueling stop with two 15 minute charging stops (where you can leave your car unattended while you hit the bathroom). That's crazy!
I have a self charging hybrid to replace a standard petrol car, you don't plug this in and it's brilliant. Most journeys around town are 60% EV, motorways are about 40% EV. There is no headache of charging a fully EV car and just fill up with petrol as before and drive away, It's been a seamless transition from a fully petrol car and I recommend it. I wouldn't go fully EV as the infrastructure appears quite inadequate currently and will be for the near future unless you can charge up at home or work.
My friend worked for Tesla at the factory in California. On his first actual day of work after spending the first few hours watching videos and getting things set up he was put on the "quality control" line. He was an employee with no experience what-so-ever and he was checking paint for blemishes on the assembly line. He told me he had never been so overwhelmed in his life. He was sweating profusely and he said he couldn't keep up with the line. He asked two people around him what he should be doing and they shot him dirty looks and said nothing. He was worried he was going to ruin someone's future car and being a decent human he quit. It took him years to even tell the story he felt so ashamed.
Not too long ago, someone parked their model 3 next to my car, so I had the opportunity to check if those panel gaps stories are true. Not only they're true, it's actually shocking, nothing lined up. The horizontal window line between the front and back door had a 1cm misalignment, some other gaps were 2mm on one end, and 7-8mm on the other hand. Quality Control, you say? I would have probably lost the job within seeing the first car in the factory, pointing at all the problems and questioning why isn't the car sent back in to the assembly line. Would not buy one, not even considering how they run a monopoly on car parts unavailability and right to repair at indepednet garages.
“He asked two people around him what he should be doing and they shot him dirty looks.” That’s what happens with an absence of a union and everyone’s out for himself or herself.
Assembly line work is brutal. They work the crap out of their employees too, I used to work down the street from their Fremont factory, we would hire former employees sometimes and had a bunch of guys that used to work there when GM and Toyota operated the factory under NUMMI. They didn’t want to work for Tesla of course since it was anti union, it’s decent money for a kid but I wouldn’t imagine many people work there for long.
@@MrFalken91 I drive an old pos, and don't care what others think, but if I was going to buy something fancy, no way in hell I would buy a MB/BMW. Lexus for sure.
The button for the door is the default way of opening the car. The handle release is designed for emergencies when the car doesn't have power or you've been in a crash. The warning it gives you for the damage to the trim is because the windows rolled up tuck under the trim, the manual release doesn't automatically roll the window down slightly to get out.
It’s nothing new. It’s not an electric/Tesla thing. My 2002 BMW does exactly the same thing. The windows automatically roll down a fraction when the door is opened and when you get in you hear it roll up again and seal. If the car’s battery is flat it doesn’t work and you hear the window bang in to the trim when closing and grab at the trim when opening.
The button for the door is the default way of opening the car. The handle release is designed for emergencies when the vehicle doesn't have power, or you've been in a crash. The warning it gives you for the damage to the trim is because the windows rolled up tuck under the trim; the manual release doesn't automatically roll the window down slightly to get out.
Everything is computer controlled because THAT enables remote operation by government players. Can you imagine the glee of some narcissistic, controlling, sadistic public employee whe can lock you out of your glove box on a whim? Boggles the imagination doesn't it?
A half hour to get a full charge? It takes roughly five minutes to get a full tank of gas. That's twenty-five minutes less than getting a full charge. And, if a fuel pump isn't working, it's tagged as not working.
Honestly I don't get why carmakers keep making electric cars with overly fussy & "fancy" electronics. Why can't they just have a normal car, just with an electric powertrain?!
@@jackjoyce1744 Ecactly. Traditional cars look the way they do because the manufacturer needs to package a certain type of drivetrain in them and everyone has come to the same conclusion about what the most cost effective drivetrain is and how to package it.
The mining alone to produce the batteries which still takes petroleum to make the battery plus the charging stations will never completely be powered by solar Ireland is too cloudy so this whole battery car bulshit is totally Looney at best it's a total green agenda scam for political purposes
11:41 dude...you by-passed four fast chargers so you could have a lousy charging experience? That's like driving by a gas station in an ICE car and complaining when you run out of gas. I guess anything to make a RUclips video. By the way, there is a Tesla supercharger outside Ballacolla on the M8 which is near where you are in Portlaoise. Cheers from Canada.
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Not to mention that the charging stop was just to demonstrate the issue. The car still had plenty of range left. He could have driven it all the way back to the starting point with no need for a charge. Most EV owners charge their cars at home and will only occasionally need to visit a public charging station. The scenario with the girlfriend is total BS unless the two of you are going on a long road trip. (Maybe in the Honda e it would only take a medium road trip.) The primary message I got from this video is that the charging network in Ireland needs work.
@ or people need to at minimum report that the charger isn't working (one charger he used he called them up as he said in the video, when he asked them when it was last used it was like a week ago so everyone who tried to use it just drove off without reporting it) Unsure why they just don't reboot them every so often and have better error reporting tools built in as half of them do work just been disabled by them self's, and who ever is programming them really needs to do a better job they bug out way to often
@@drstrangelove4998 Are you driving electric? Been on several trips with a Tesla and never had a queue. Car is also ready to go in like half an hour max. You'll never charge to 100% during a trip.
I have never been in a queue yet. Teslas supercharge extremely fast and they then fine you if you overstay on the charger, making sure it is available right away for the next person. I admit there is a problem with the myriad types of other public chargers which are not so well organised.
@@XenonJohnD there is not much Teslas on the road for now.. they probably built for future.. we will see what happens. Here nearby they built i think 6 and it is always empty.. and i mean all 6 empty:) don’t think this is a good business model so probably won’t stay that way. Even on petrol stations there comes a moment everything is full. It will be the same with EVs imo, but u will wait considerably longer. They will probably charge u more during some hours etc to mitigate that.. But i can imagine going on vacation when everyone else is going, wanting to charge and few car are before me.. that would be a pain:) prices might get very high in situation like that i would imagine - and btw i think that is correct response..
The tech these days is inventing a problem and selling us a solution. That's why the hassle. If they genuinely try to solve an already existing issue, people wouldn't complain at all.
I can’t ever go back to ICE cars. I have a garage to charge in every night and I drive 90 miles round trip Monday through Friday to work. I’m saving around $2500 a year in energy costs. There’s no way I could be driving a comparable ICE car these days at $4.50 a gallon or more. But if you don’t have a long daily commute or don’t have a garage, EV is probably not for you because you won’t benefit much.
Wow gourr dumb. These new evs are far less complicated than ice cars, safer, less fire risk, better in a crash etc. Byt you are skeptical if they even fix a problem.
Electric cars are still in their infancy, despite daily news coverage/mass advertising saying otherwise. Car manufacturers are now telling us these vehicles now give a mileage range of around 300 miles. However it's more than possible that this range could be drastically reduced depending on passenger weight, air con/heater use and other factors. These vehicles are basically an expensive pain in the neck especially for long commutes and the more people realise this, the better.
@@bonk352 BEVs are not the solution. Hydrogen fuel cell card are the way forward but for some reason, the government and oil companies seem to be dragging their heels on infrastructure development. Wonder why?🤔
My diesel,a well equipped and comfortable sedan,can do 810 miles on the Interstate (motorway) at 65MPH. I've done it twice. When it's empty I can refill it in about 4 minutes at any one of about 30,000 stations in the US. Electric? No thanks...not in *this* lifetime *or* the next.
gas cars have been around for 100 years the infrastructure is here obviously. EV not so long but even in the last 10 years they have come a long way. What will the next 10 years bring? next 90 years? You're kidding yourself if you think the minor inconvenience of today is a permanent state of affairs.
@@sakidickerson Gas vehicles were not forced on people, nor were they guilted or propagandized into adopting them on the basis of Chicken Little Doomsday fearmongering.** People bought gas-powered cars because they were much better than horses and they _wanted_ them. Buy whatever you want, but I will always have a huge problem with anyone trying to force me to buy or use something. ** I specifically say "Chicken Little" Doomsday fearmongering because like Chickie these leftists have been making these doomsday predictions for _decades_ and _none_ of them has ever come true. You can follow Chicken Little if you want.
@@bricaaron3978 hey I get that point of view completely. Nobody wants to be forced, mandated or given ultimatums. Ive always thought you can attract flies with honey rather than vinegar but our politicians lack imagination and honestly probably don't really care about green tech they're just doing this to look good on paper they also lack the spine to have invested more into infrastructure and r&d years ago instead of trying to make this happen all of a sudden. Green tech is only going to get better we have some of the smartest people in the world making breakthroughs all the time, gas and the combustion engine hasn't made any significant breakthroughs in a long time. It got us to where we are now but I think it's time to leave it in the past.
@@sakidickerson Why do you call the tech 'green', though, when carbon dioxide is literally what plants breathe, and the more CO2, the faster and larger plants grow?
Why on earth would you try to fast charge to 100% ? The time to charge from 80-100% in any event is about the same as to charge from 10-80% ! Charging over 80% at a fast charger is rather pointless time wise.
There have been a lot of thefts of the charging cables used on the public and home chargers. The thieves sell the copper wire for scrap. In my opinion the best cars are hybrid. This gives a petrol backup in case the batteries go flat. Considering that using a mobile phone in a car is illegal, wouldn’t a monitor in the car the size of that one be considered a distraction to the driver?
@@jakecoventry9004 I think EV’s are great and I’m considering getting one just for the fact that they are way cheaper per mile than combustion vehicles however they still have some serious short comings. In an emergency situation caused by a natural disaster being unable to charge the vehicle when you need it the most is a potentially dangerous big problem. Another problem is loss of range that occurs during very cold weather. And the biggest most glaring problem with EV’s are all the issues surrounding the current process of manufacturing the batteries which requires environment destroying strip mining operations all over the world which consume copious amounts of fossil fuel, more fossil fuel to ship this raw ore to another continent where it takes more fossil fuel to refine it in a process that produces tons of toxic waste, and yet even more fossil fuel to manufacture the batteries and all the other components of the vehicles. Eventually this same EV technology will be upscaled and used to power ships, excavators, semi trucks, etc which will hopefully eliminate the need for the burning any fossil fuels during the entire manufacturing process but until that happens EV technology isn’t really helping the overall environment very much if at all.
@@mattsmith1137 Most of these myths have been debunked. Obviously there are concerns with battery production, but we use a lot if fossil fuels to extract and refine and transport petrol and diesel too. You will love it when you get one. Like with any emerging technology there will be some issues, plus we have big oil who are not happy bunnies, so there’s going to be a whole lot of misinformation out there.
I'm just learning about EVs but, seem I was right about the only thing I thought I understood about them. You need a house to own an EV. A house with a charger. Public charging is a deal breaker.
@@llavero5 Seems like charging an ev is a hassle bc it takes long so you have to sit in your car for an hour to get an nice charge or have a person help you drop it off and go get it. Doesn't charging take long or are superchargers now everywhere?
@@jpmartinez6608 Why Can't everyone REAL EYES...."Sustainable Development" is a Control Scheme pushed by msm / edu programming systems owned by the chemical tech. War Industry. There is an artificial sun geos-atelitte covering our beautiful healing, real sun for their harmful to health and sovereignty planned all electric Smart gnd/global governance/nwo technocratic (creep) control grid. The "cvd" liars also visibly engineer the calif. droughts and fires.
You guys got enough "alcool" to keep the environmental activists happy anyway. Here in North America it comes from corn instead of sugarcane and is mandated to be blended with gasoline. It is not extremely popular but forced on us. Totally makes sense in brasil though. Freind of mine lived in brasil for a while and I came to visit I think in 2004. You are friendly beautiful people! 🇨🇦🇧🇷
I drive a Volt and it saves me a lot of money and been reliable but I'll NEVER go full electric. I prefer BOTH worlds and having a gas motor as back up so I'm not forced to charge someplace.
@@michaelfagan9620 I have considered full electric. I can charge at work, home and the community center near my house. It would work great for my commutes but I would have to have a designated commuter car and a separate car for longer trips. The numbers just don’t work for me. I am looking at trying to commute with an ebike (weather permitting of course), so….maybe.
@@chucknoob7041 Obviously, do what works best for you. I've travelled to Boston, Arizona, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Indiana from Wisconsin. Never a problem, thought it adds about 20% to travel time for charging. If I was in a hurry to get to far away places, I'd fly.
@@michaelfagan9620 That’s honestly quite impressive. The Nissan Leaf is really the only EV in my budget and the range on that will leave you stranded not even in the middle of a reservation. Yep, I’m usually in a hurry to get where I’m going. I drive to haul my bikes and only have so much vacation time. Of course I’ll be singing a different tune when I’m paying $10/gallon. Living in Minnesota I’m about 18 hours drive time from anywhere good, uhg.
@@pablopicaro7649 Yeah but tge lack of safety features specially if you had a crash is not good aside from bad fuel economy, and maybe daily maintenance of an older car and the fact that it might not pass air care here to get insurance.
I will keep my Skoda Fabia that does 45 mpg range 400 miles on one tank of petrol. Just travelled 1200 miles up to Scotland and back. Stopped twice to refuel for just five minutes and off on the road again. Saw EVs charging up. How many charges would they need to do the 1200 miles I did.?
Having to use the touchscreen to open the glovebox and getting yelled at by the car for using the regular door latch is just BS techbro-wankery for the sake of wankery. Stuff like that which totally puts me off Tesla. Give me a Leaf or a Kona any day
Both has window frames unlike Tesla hence those don't shout az you. The problem you mentioned specific to frameless doors. You want exotic stuff you put up with its draw backs. You can't put up with it, you don't buy it. It's just not your cup of tee, but saying it's bullshit techno wankery is just insane. IMO of course
This guy sounds like someone who wishes phones when back to touch tone, who needs a touch screen phone these days! Get this man a Blackberry, he HATES new tech. Doesn't like that the car warns that you might damage it with the manual open, when there's such an easy access button? How about, just use the button!! LOL this guy hates elevator doors because they ding when they're shutting, he'd rather you manual STEPS to get to the 90th floor. Just stop.
Jeremy Clarkson spoke the truth about issues with the tesla cars a few years ago on top gear, and Elon Musk tried to sue Jeremy but lost the lawsuit, 😆 lol
Love the center screen in the Model 3 that I drove. Not distracting at all. I didn't need to take my eyes off the road for any extended times to do the most mundane of tasks. Tesla has perfected putting on the least amount of paint on their cars. That will hold up over time. Tesla's the best👍👍👍!
what a stupid review, everything is "why like this,.. look at this.. io don't like steering wheel.. i don't like glove box opening button.. i don't like TESLA, that's your point. I can make the same about any other car to pull down. I CAN tell you i drove 220000km now in my model S, and i am sad to buy other car.. (i must as a company car..) that car drive like first day, very correct, comfortable, fast and without problems. my glove box is the same.. very OK, ..my steering wheel i like so much.. The manual opening door handle its because of the window close some mm in the frame, so if you open electric like i do 5 years now without any problem my friend... not any problem. .. about the tesla network superchargers; only one thing; TOP!!!! in whole Europe, never have problem.. always nice location.. super Elon, genius. he was 15 years in future compared to other car-manufacturers.. And BTW now after 220000km, .. my battery has still 370km range, top. no maintenance al those years. Of course that some anti-tesla people follow you, they think same way. they don't like this and that and those and this... simple; drive other car then! i hope you have all better in that car.
The last sentence sums it up perfectly. If you have a drive to charge on I say go for it. If not, wait. In 3 years of electric motoring, I avoided public charging like the plague and the dozen or so times I’ve had to has been somewhere between annoying and misery.
@@kennethhawley1063 I drove to Switzerland and back. Ski box on the roof and 5 people on board. Planned a long stop stop for lunch and had 3 other 20 mins stops where we had enough time to stretch our legs, go to the toilet and have a coffee. So different to what you are imagning.
@@dtmcool Fair enough, but some people don't want to stop for an hour and a half on a long journey to re-fuel (adding up your three 20min stops and I'm assuming around 30 mins for lunch). That, and you're limited to where the recharging stations are, so you have to plan ahead and adjust your route accordingly. I think people will get over their "fear" of electric cars when charging the vehicle is a lot less of a hassle and more comparable to ICE cars.
i always charge at home, and the half a dozen times i have used electrify america it went flawlessly. i feel like im due to phone in a reboot next time i stop for a charge though lol
I can only imagine how long such a complicated car will operate for so many gadgets and computers - My car is nearly 25 years old with 490,000 kms on the clock and is still going really nicely. A few little bugs but easily fixed. hapy with it - runs on petrol and Natural gas too , has auto gearbox, power steering, crusise control power seat 4 disc brakes airbags and a/c what else is needed?
@@billc5676Of course but that's Not counting 8000 individual lithium cells, and its required components vs a fuel tank and pump (my pump is less than $200US new and it has the fuel level guage sender included.
I laughed that much before you started, I went into fits of coughing especially with the mirrors going in and out. The whole thing would drive me to distraction.
I did too and I needed the great laugh. God bless him for being so open about the car madness going on around him. I laughed so hard the cat got up and went somewhere else to sleep.
Who will pay for the charging stations?Is it fair for all citizens who own a regular petroleum cars or who doesn’t own a vehicle to have to pay for your neighbors charge ports?Or should the EV owners pay special tax when they purchase an EV ? I wasn’t aware our government meaning tax payers were paying for charging ports ! When did we consent to this? Is this what we want?Seems like someone made this decision without considering consequences of mass influx of EV.We need to have some clear opinions on future candidates we vote for regarding this issue.
The idea is that you charge it overnight at home when you are sleeping. It really doesn't make much sense to own an EV unless you have your own charger.
@@FinnGamble #1 the idea is to HAVE A CAR. That means taking trips when one wishes to. Spending a couple hours a day at charging stations is grossly impractical. And Michael is right: EV is VERY dirty energy. The mining of the rare earth minerals to make the batteries and the toxic nightmare of disposing them makes nuclear waste seem tame.
@@Gauge213666 This is false and I assume you're referring to the political propaganda that the car, battery production, and electricity production and waste is the same if not more than ICE if compared in whole so the whole idea of EV is moot when it comes to solving pollution issue? If that's the case, then yes, that point is true. However, you and other anti-EV crowd are missing the point. The push for EV globalization were meant to centralize the issue of the pollution. You can solve an issue when the problem's centralized in one place much much easier than solving millions of different individual cars making their own contributions to pollute the earth.
I rented one from UFO Drive in London and had the same experience. Took me 20 minutes to figure out how to get going. The slightest touch to the brake pedal and it would just beep with no explanation. Once I was going though I found it pleasant to drive. My other gripe was even switched off and parked it would make whirring noises every so often, slowly draining the battery. I was camping for a long weekend so it was concerning.
@@tanmaysinghal8370 It's reminding that regenerative braking is off because EVs and everything else that has it will reserve the hydraulic brakes until the pedal is fully pressed. The designers haven't figured out that it's good habit to keeps the brakes pressed when you aren't intending to move, even if the vehicle is already stationary.
My leaf has a range of 250k. Work round trip is 120km. I charge at home. So for 48 weeks a year it's perfect for me. I could count on one hand how many times I have used public charging in the last 3 years.
@@TheMyndsurfer Or, another way you could put it is, as you've now spent almost your entire life gleefully fucking over the biosphere. . . why stop now?
I'm done with electric cars, I went back to gasoline because of all hassle associated with electric cars and trucks ! No more for me , all the time I lost and over all expense.. done! I've learned my lesson and my " ELECTRIC CAR ANXIETY SYNDROME IS GONE " ... Happy days are here again !!
Hanging out at a charging station for more than 5 minutes would drive me insane. Filling up a fuel tank it irritating enough, 30+ minutes at a charging station - no thanks, deal breaker. Thanks for the video, good stuff eh.
I have a coworker who bought a Tesla in 2019. In 2021, he was gleeful after trading it in for a Nissan Maxima. He said "I'm never getting an electric car again!"
A 10% return rate would be one that returns an EV for every 9 that keep it. Judging by the prices of Tesla used car inventory, the return rate is nearly zero
Pull up at the charging station. Wife asks, “how long?” then goes off shopping for 30, 45, 60 minutes spending more money, bringing home even more plastic Chinese junk! With ICE fuel-up there’s only time for toilet, and maybe just a drink or something to munch on, and you’re back on the road!
I had my EV charging point installed at my house this morning and what a faff. The 'surveyor' who looked about 12 did a particularly poor job and as a result the installer and my husband were fannying around in the crawl space under our house for three hours. To top it off, the installer cut his hand and had to go to minor injuries. I hope this isn't an omen for my Ioniq ffs.
I hope the installer made the proper connections and your house does not burn down. Dern,I would request another installer come from the company and recheck all the connections and the installation and just tell them if they refuse,this all goes on the internet with their compoany anme in the article.
@@jannis-joelfehl4855 filling a gas tank takes 5 minutes, sitting in a dead car waiting or it to charge can take an hour and last I checked E-cars aren't armored.
@@liammccbyrne4184 complety different point but well. You actually can tow charge an ev pretty fast bc it can generate the same elec. ammount that it uses at at a fast charging station. Theres even a vid on yt where they try that and they very fast have 20% in whcih was enough to get to a charge station
@@liammccbyrne4184 and i have ni idea what you mean with amored? last time i checked humans werent armored ? and the tow charge vid is from out of spec reviews
@@jannis-joelfehl4855 nothing im seeing online is saying E-cars can charge any faster than 30 minutes even tow charging wont quickly charge a car unless you are buying the state of the art vehicles and most people would never be able to afford that.
well thats in 1960s. I had a 2008 Lexus RX350 and no electrical problems to this day. The power windows still work fine. Technology is improved so much from 1960s that everything is becoming electronic, even the toilets.
I live in Pakistan and here electric cars have not come yet. But I can still sense how annoying these will be to use and drive besides being fucking expensive. I love combustion cars and will continue to drive them.
Haha. Funnily enough, if the car has no power that's what the emergency handles are for. They have a cable that pulls down on the window so you can open the door to get out
I just think they like making things without going through every future issue first then wasting other peoples hard earn scraps in the process. Like, what will happen when or if the camera goes that senses objects in front of you and it slams on the breaks and causes a 5 car pile up and takes lives. Or how to unlock the door if your cars battery dies.
@@stenobabe1976 You pull the emergency handle on the inside (if you ever get in one it's the thing that looks like a door handle). All the electric bits are powered by the normal 12V battery every car has (now 16V in a Tesla but same thing basically). If the camera fails it'll be like any other car on the road with a camera. That's not just Teslas you know?
Ha, any modern cars with frameless doors have these. It's to allow the window to drop 1cm as you open the door. Tesla has these doors to save weight to increase range, but obviously every design choice has compromises. I happen to think the worst part about the doors is not the interior electric openers, but the exterior flush door handles-do not like.
I couldn't help but notice that both wipers stop to reverse direction right in front of the driver. It may help keep the windscreen clearer but I think that would really bother me.
@@evwannabe593 - Musk needs to do what he says he is going to do. It was marketed as the first Tesla to be priced at $35,000 for the mass market. Maybe you forgot?
@@maartenvanneste Correct. Tesla's produced and delivered per year: 2018 - 245,000 2019 - 367,500 2020 - 500,000 2021 - 936,000 Looks like exponential growth to me. Tesla has two more factories opening in early 2022.
@@matthewdriver334 And how do you think their numbers will look when they’re no longer the only game in town? All the major automakers are entering the full EV space as of the 2023 model year. Tesla’s days are numbered. Their model is premised on the profit margins made possible by being an effective monopoly. Once the majors are involved and selling at lower margins and at all price points Tesla won’t be growing. At least not at the rates you’re suggesting.
Not sure how people who live in flats or terrace houses are supposed to manage their charging? I know there are on street chargers but I know a place where there are 3. There are sbout 30 flats.
A co-worker of mine was proclaiming the greatness of his Tesla as compared to my 1969 Plymouth Road Runner. But the Road Runner is a classic car with a value. His Tesla is worth nothing, literally nothing. It's going to end up in a scrap heap of E-Waste along with last year's TV.
Yeah, Munroe live thinks that's an indication of their future success... Like how disposable phones replaced computers. He completely ignores the lack of chargers and lack of roadmap to get more chargers, so it's a bit like saying you've got a fast F1 car... But it can only move on rails. It's always easier to ignore problems than address them, which is why ppl are casting this fundamental issue as tangential to EVs
I think you're seeing the payoff of being an early buyer of a hard-to-find car--my Cybertruck is still in the mail, it's so valuable--and are well within the early part of the battery's curve; be sure to sell that model X in
@Andrew Byrne 100% truth. The overall argument is true. I'm a huge classic car fan, and that RR is a dope ride! Cars will be like cell phones that just last longer. With BEVs you'll want an upgrade every 5 years due to tech/range advancements. I leased it for that reason just in case. Congrats, I also ordered the Cybertruck, but I guess we won't see those until mid 2023.
@@mdbrulport9 yeah, so I hear; ofc the 21st century's P.T. Barnum can get $100 of my money for pretty much any pitch, but for value I'd either store a bells-and-whistles EV in a climate-controlled charging area and never drive it, buy an old classic and restore it ...or buy & drive a Toyota. If I'm looking to haul, I buy a diesel truck. If I'm looking to impress people on my South Bay commute, I buy an EV... Just like I carry an iPhone when talking to VCs.
Your previous experiences with charging stations is clouded. Never queued at a Tesla supercharger station yet. If you have a homecharger on a cheap tarif and use the supercharging network for long journeys you won't even begin to suffer the issues you highlight. As for your other issues then maybe read the comprehensive guide on the screen and maybe the glovebox is more secure without a lock as it houses the USB drive which records security footage. Sounds like your mind was already made up before you set out on your drive.
@@giancarlovilla1 Well i was ready for that when i picked up my M3. i went armed with checksheets and RUclips knowledge and spent 30 mins pouring over the vehicle only to report nothing. No faults or issues and after 3 months of trouble free driving, no squeaks or rattles. The only thing i agree with in the video is the ride is firm over sketchy roads but after that zilch. Probably wont buy another ICE car. infrastructure will only get better and if the RUclipsr had experienced a Tesla Supercharger station then maybe a more rounded view might have been arrived at.
@@zagan1 As i live in the UK which is very much smaller, we don't necessarily drive big milages so a home charger is the most common, cheapest and preferable way of charging. I was quoting my experience of using SC in the UK which are around 70-80 miles apart and often only consist of 6-16 chargers per station.
You are not alone, I'll drive petrol cars as long as i can. Hopefully the majority will do the same and if we all ignore electric cars then the car manufacturers will start to question the government because they will take huge losses.
Electric cars (particularly Teslas) don’t save their owners money. You’re still paying making car payments after 7-8 years, then you need to drop another $26G’s to replace the batteries.
I have not been to a gas station in over a year. The idea that I spend more time waiting to 'fuel' my car than people with ICE cars is false. You spend much more time fueling your vehicle than I do. Orders of magnitude more. The ICE is less convenient for my situation. Not going to be that way for everyone though. Having the home charger is the key.
@@micahkidd2138 takes about 15 seconds to put the pump nozzle in the vehicle and take it out, about the same for a electric car plug ... So it is about equal
@@derteufel7981 No it takes you a bit longer than that. You have to select the type of fuel you’d like and pay for it as well. You take it for granted because it’s just normal to you. He’s talking about how long it would take to fuel a petro car vs an EV anyhow. Not how long it takes to put the nozzle in the the receptacle.
@@micahkidd2138 takes slot longer to charge an electric car than fuel an ICE vehicle. And no it doesn't take longer than 15 seconds, I timed it.. all the sudden it takes so long to push one button? You have problems if it takes you longer than that. Paying takes less than ten seconds as well ..... It doesn't really matter anyway, it takes waaaaayyyyy longer to charge a car
@@derteufel7981 I’m not sure what you’re talking about. If you had already gotten out of the car and paid for the fuel then yeah about 15 seconds. That’s not what anyone was talking about though and you appear to be purposely obtuse here. Is this some trolling attempt? Let the adults talk.
The charging isn't problem at all. It takes Tesla 25 minutes to charge from 20% - 90% at V3 Supercharger. How often do you drive more than 400 km a day? Almost never. You are going from home with that range.
@@c.a.mcneil7599 When you are on road trip, after driving 400 km you need to have a break. Take some snack, go to the toilet. By that time, your car is almost ready. I don't see an issue.
You would never catch me buying an electric car. The only way that I would ever buy an electric car is if it took a conventional battery, and it took the same amount of time to charge as someone with a gas powered vehicle. Case in point 35 minutes to charge a vehicle. And the vehicle did have a charge to it still. They're just not worth it. The other thing too is there's a black market for the charging ports which are being stolen all over the country.
With a Tesla supercharger you would not have these kind of issues. Waiting in line is also not an issue in The Netherlands, I never needed to wait.. And I charge most of the time at a public 11Kw charging pole just 120 meters from my front door or in the parking garage at my workplace. Don't you have public chargers in Ireland? In the Netherlands they are scattered all over the city where I live, and most Malls and restaurants have them these days, and every workplace parking lot. When you park you charge, simple as that, only fast charging on road trips. Also charging to 100% at a fast charger is not very smart, as the last 10% take 20 minutes, and why would you charge a car when it is still at 70%? You would have been only 10-15 minutes at the charger when charging from 10% to 80%. Just a very dumb way of charging what you did. That rattling armchair is not good and should be fixed.. My Model Y is solid as a rock, made in Shanghai.
i'm a bit surprised no one from the rental company came to give you a walkthrough on it. Its so different to a normal car, you need some instruction as to its functions and how-to's. A great and useful insight, thank you for this video.
I had that problem renting even a regular car. No ignition key, just a button. The shifter was buttons too. I was afraid to attempt to change radio stations and hit the wrong button while driving
When your power costs go up 1000% because of the implementation of green energy policies...and you have power rationing like in California and other jurisdictions, are you still gonna be charging at home?
@@markanthony3275 Yes, your comment proved your stupidity. No matter how high your power bill goes up, it's still only 1/5 the cost of petrol. Texas power rationing happened because fossil and nuke plants froze.
A battery car doesn’t even come close to gas powered car!!!! Basically there junk! I work and power plants and they can not handle everyone on electric! And if you live in a cold climate! That car will go much far less distance than advertised. I love mashing down that throttle and hearing that plant food come out of my exhaust pipe!!😂
@@razorraysolarsavings72 At least not regularly. It's fine if you are planning a long road trip. But for day-to-day use, it's better to charge to e.g 80%.
I wonder if the batteries on electric cars will be similar to laptops and phones, i.e they lose charge quicker after a few years of use. That would be a nightmare if you’re having to do mid to long range journeys
I'm sure you're right. There will be a lot of pain before EVs are realistic and common. I look at EVs like the Model T. Many years went by before cars became reliable and practical.
Yes they do. All lithium ion batteries degrade like that, which is why you'll have to replace the car battery after 2-5 years, depending on how many charge/discharge cycles the battery has gone through.
@@OOTurok that's not even close to reality... LFP batteries for example have above 2000 cycles before they hit 80% battery health. The most important thing is that the batteries are liquid cooled and heated + implement efficient technologies like heat scavenging from the cabin. The battery will last at least 15 years I assure you of that.
@@nightarrow7473 Not when they go through frequent fast charging cycles. Most EV owners, & all of the E- buses either Fast Charge the batteries, or Boost Charge them. People are not sitting around for 6 - 8 hours, to charge their EVs. They fast charge them in 1 - 2 hours at the charging stations. Fast charging Lithium ion batteries shortens their lifespan regardless if its Lithium Iron Phosphate or Lithium Manganese Oxide chemistry. Boost Charging is even worse... because not only does it more quickly degrade the battery, but each time it cumulatively increases the potential for copper shunts to form in the cells, causing a short, which later leads to battery fires during charging or discharging. This is why EV fires are becoming increasingly common.
Electric cars only make sense if you use it to commute to work and back and you can get to work and back on one charge and charge overnight. But what if you have a power failure overnight and your car doesn't get a full charge? You better have an alternate way to get to work, or a very understanding boss.
500 km range in a Tesla… people only use 10% of that to get to work. Even if a power failute happening overnight, there would still be 400 km leftover from the previous day .
If there's an extended power loss - getting to work will be the least of your problems. Food spoiled, cold homes, and the inability to pump gas into an Ice vehicle for starters. Let's not worry about charging the car...
@@keithwilliams3714 What I experience a lot is people driving at night with only "parking lights" on. Or worse, no lights at all. Insane that they made seat belts and air bags and high center brake lights mandatory, but won't mandate daytime running lights.
@@morningcoffee1974 gas cars are better for the environment technically because of how the electric is generated and the building and child labour and lithium batteries
You'd think that when the ratio of unique cards swiped to actual charging initiated climbs the charging station would raise a maintenance flag to indicate something is wrong. People don't typically go swipe cards unless they're trying to charge.
nice rant... It didn't really take a failure to be not interested in electric cars... They only shift the pollution to happen somewhere else. Nothing is won.
The most uneducated comment award goes to you Takes a simple Google search to understand how much more efficient the EV is in utilising power vs ICE engine burning the same tank of petrol ..makes a massive difference to carbon output even with the EV battery having an initially higher carbon output during production And that's without even considering how quickly charging network's are already shifting to renewable sources..it's happening so fast thanks to the availability of EVs to balance the grid
@@TheWizardGamez yep…I just love getting stuck behind those buses and sucking in all that exhaust. Doesn’t really solve the problem. Hoping we can do better.
Hey so I'm assuming you don't live in a Place where you can Charge overnight?!,I drive a Chevy Bolt I get 450 Km in a single Charge wich I never drive that many Km a Day,my point I'm trying to make to you is that if I ever need to go Far away I'm most likely,I'll ride in an Airplane,I understand you had bad experiences charging in Plublic places,but most people are Charging at their convenience overnight when they are asleep,we never have issues like You
@@slavko321 OK even if I don't get the 450 Km a Day,because sometimes I drive up to 80 Mph on the Highway,it's still more than I need because when I get Home I'll plug in go to sleep,and wake up next morning Charge and Ready to Go,For me there's No way in Hell I'm Going Back to $5 dls a Gallon of Gasoline,compare to $1.36 for a Fully Charge Battery that let's me drive up to 450Km per Charge 😀
Assuming everyone with battery powered vehicles chose the fast charging method at recharging stations, the range and the lifespan of those batteries would be greatly reduced at a faster rate.
I very much agree with a many of your arguments, however I have a few comments with timestamps approximately where I adress. EVs are not for everyone (yet). If you rely on public charging for daily driving it becomes inconvenient. Enough range, and access to private is important for daily convenience. 1:25 there are two USB's in the compartment bellow the two charging pads. 2:10 there is a tire pressure warning on the screen 3:00 the windows needs to be lowered to clear the trim to open, the manual opener us only intended to be used in emergency if the button fails. 3:13 totally agree, there should be a dedicated button for glovebox. 4:40 I have never experienced bussing where I don't understand why. I can't tell what's on the screen from the panoramic view. Maybe some distance sensor sensing you are close somewhere. 5:35 regenerative braking notification is not related to the bussing, that's maybe cold battery, or high percentage, just informing you have to apply more brake pedal than normally. 7:00 WLTP is never realistic range, it's just a number to compare. Honda E is a city car, it is not a good option if you regularly go on long trips, but it can't rapid charge for the odd days you go on a long trip. I would say you should possibly have WLTP of at least double your driving in a normal day (not average but a normal day driving a lot). If you plan do do long trips or regularly more than 200 km a day, I say at least 400 km WLTP. WLTP is a theoretical maximum under specific conditions, and not usable as to tell you how far you should expect to be able to drive. 7:45 only Tesla has a "Charging network" all other brands rely on third-party charging infrastructure, and there is not enough locations and stalls on each location, but for you daily driving you have chosen badly if you don't have access to reliable private charging for your daily driving, and/or if you regularly rely on the reliability of public charging for your daily driving arround town 5:50 Honda E us not the best choice fir a 1000 mile trip. 6:00 Looking at the Tesla network in Ireland, I understand your point, they still need way more locations before I would call it a network. 8:30 this is based on your experience in your area. Other areas/countries have more mature infrastructure where these issues are hugely mitigated. 9:00 don't underestimate time with your partner you only postpone and boost their anger. 10:30 Model 3 is not a premium car, it is technically advanced, but suspensions and sound proofing us far from premium. 12:00 it all depends how the cables are connected. If CHAdeMO and CCS uis connected to different or same power modules. I think it is better to have CCS and CHAdeMO on every module, noe either or. The main cost is the power modules nit the cable, then you would allow for any car to charge from any module, not only different plugs simultaneously. 13:48 you can choose if you want percentage or km, just go into the menu were you select different units for display. You can just tap the battery indicator on top of screen too. 16:41 rapid charging more than 80% is often just waste of time, depending if the rate is by the minutes or by kWh it can be waste of money too. If you want to go fast from A to be with rapid charging, you need to know that the battery management forces slower charging the fuller the battery gets. Same reason you don't get max regen with full battery. It's like a parking lot for electrons, when it is empty, quickly pop into a vacant spot, the fuller it gets, the longer they needvto circle arround before they find a spot.
@@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 Your last point is very relevant. The same applies to phones. Don't bother recharging them above 80% if you're in a hurry, it takes more energy and time. From an explanation I once saw of how batteries work, the first 50% is "easy" to charge and the next 50% gets more difficult. Also rapid charging of even a phone battery wears the battery out quicker. It's better to use a normal charger if time is not a problem. In both cases, unplug it around 80% full for optimal charging. For EVs, we probably need an infrastructure that lets us charge from 40 to 80% in a few minutes with minimal waiting time. Once that is mainstream, then the general public can switch to EV (assuming the national energy grid can supply that much electricity). Until then, it's really only for short to medium distance drivers with their own charge point at home.
@@skystreem4860 I would say about 90% of passengers I’ve given a ride to find that emergency handle because their paradigm says to look for a handle. I think some of his gripes are localized to his region of the world, and may be justified, anyone relying on a 3rd party charging probably shouldn’t buy an EV, at least for now.
I just find it baffling that people are even stupid enough to invest so much money into an electric car when the tech and infrastructure is VERY clearly many MANY YEARS away (even now in 2024) from where it needs to be.
Yes nonsense. I've had my Tesla for nearly three years and drive to Cornwall from London regularly. I will say that you need a Tesla because its Superchargers are hassle free and charge usually within thirty mins which is enough time to have a break . It's also got massive benefits over conventional cars. I'll never go back to crappy petrol cars.
Thanks for the informative video. I have a hybrid Toyota Prius so I don’t have to go to a charging station (and wait an hour, thank You Lord!) but the Prius keeps breaking down with electrical problems like battery cells failing. That can get expensive.
I've been told that there's no "neutral" selection on the transmission. So if a Tesla quits for any reason, it can't be pushed off the roadway. Is this true?
No, EVs without a neutral just can be hard to push since you will be turning the motor in a charging mode... Whats bad is to tow an EV with wheels on the ground, but your not going to push an EV for miles so its not a big deal.
Electric cars make most sense for people who can charge at the house.
I'm waiting ✋ for them to run on Duracell batteries 🔋. This way you just bring spares or stop at local grocery store. 😶
Sometimes in the cold, it's difficult for the house power to keep the battery warm enough to charge: it's basically like connecting a 3kW electric fire up and placing it outside.
And this in an time where they try us to build smaller houses or to live in appartment buildings...
electric cars! the continuation of our futuristic virtual soundless soulless society,all in the name of a fake green agenda
@@giacinto1966 Very well stated, my friend!
As someone who once drove a taxi, those door release buttons would be a nightmare if the car was used commercially for hire. Drunk people at night can't even find a regular door handle.
...NOW WE KNOW WHY A TAXI DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND!
@@hymlog The modern Taxi body was designed in the 1980's.. lol Of course they dont have the Tesla door handles.. FFS?
@@trtlgrdl ...Simply Amazing!!
Hopefully when you have enough money for a Tesla you don’t have to Uber folks..
I'm thinking of adding glow in the dark stickers cause even after a year plus the handle is hard to find. Minor gripe.
As Scotty from Star Trek once said; “the more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain…”
Seems like they could just have beamed the turds into the sewer.
Tesla initiate self destruct Kirk 00destruct0
Aye, and if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon.
"I'm giving her all I gut, cap'n"
Scotty to Kirk regarding Uhura🤣
Star Trek III in regards to the excelsior.
14:15 I think the child grew up so much while waiting so long at the charging station that the child seat was not necessary anymore after the car finished loading.
😂😂😂
The most boomer comment in history of boomer comment
Bring a child in a car seat and have a permit driver license to drive home the first time. Sounds good
Don't forget to call insurance to tell them brat can drive.
LOL.
I live in a cold weather city with four seasons and I would never buy an electric or hybrid without OWNING a home with a heated garage. Leaving your electric car outside during extreme winters and brutally hot summers kills the battery longevity.
Some electric cars are even known for catching on fire when charging. So the manufacturers recommend not to charge to 100% and not to leave it in your garage so it doesn't catch the house on fire.
@@Midala87 I personally have never seen an electric car on fire but have seen some gigantic fires of gasoline power cars.
@@martyk1156 Just look it up online. Electric car fires are supper intense, and fire departments have no effective way to extinguish them.
@@mikelp72 in comparison to the number of gasoline powered car fires , electric vehicle fires are pretty rare.
@@Midala87 , "So the manufacturers recommend not to charge to 100% and not to leave it in your garage so it doesn't catch the house on fire."
Is a misunderstanding of the intent. No properly designed battery should just burst into flames from the user charging to 100%. They have charging protection ICs (integrated circuits) to control this. Literally, the logic will not let you overcharge. Rather, while not a big deal, it's needless to charge to 100% if it's just going to sit there. It's like filling up your car with high ethanol fuel and just letting it sit there. Hence, a lot of EVs have charging schedulers if you really want to maximize the life of the battery, aka, charge to full an hour before I normally go to work...etc.
I am an interstate truck driver and on more than one occasion I've seen these cars going down the highway on rainy days all fogged up. I assume they don't want to use their window defrosters because it will lessen the battery life. Maybe I'm right who knows
Maybe not...This video is biased & so are you. A lot of people use hands & elbows major reason for fogged up windows. I would say their settings are not right, same in any other car. The speed you are doing is biggest part for battery range.
@@aladins1990 you accuse people of being biased yet offered nothing to show it meaning you're the one with the bias.
The video showed real problems and the truck driver simply asked a question. If that's what you call biased you certainly don't know what that word means.
@@JamesSmullins I think you are right, I should not have said that but I was reffering to "Maybe I'm right who knows". I can give you my observation of the video content if you want.
Yep every thing just drags power just like wehn you turn of the bluetooth and wifi in a low batery phone.
@@aladins1990 why would you even say something like that? Ignoramus
Cars are no longer designed to fullfill the needs of the owner; but to gratify the whims of the designer.
I need a car that doesn't cost 100 dollars a week to fill up.
@@baphomathedude8057 those two things aren't mutually exclusive
@@baphomathedude8057 buy a cheap small diesel car then
Or any hatchback, etc.:.
Or more accurately, the whims of the government.
When some shifty people realise that the charger cables are copper THEN theres going to be some fun. It's already happening.
Yes, they can get $20 of copper from one cable but it costs $1,000 to replace it. EVs sound more like a worse idea every day.
If I remember correctly, there were news reports that the crackheads in Seattle, Washington already got to the copper cables on the chargers...
Crack heads 😂😂
This has been a problem in the UK where they have cut
Having an electric car and not being able to charge at home is like having a smartphone and not being able to charge it at home... better buy a diesel phone :P
yeah, and how can you charge at home when you live high in an apartment. Electric cars are designed for rich people with a house, not apartment people...
@@pulentoman2083 yeap, that could be a problem, but like all the problems humanity have faced, if it becomes big enough, we'll figure it out a way. Maybe like Netherlands have a plug for each parking space to keep cars above freezing temperature at night...
@@pulentoman2083 As soon as full self driving becomes a reality, we won't really need to own cars anymore, because cars will just be driving around dropping people to places all day long. Taxi/Uber services will be dirt cheap, and minutes away whenever we need a ride. Owning a car will be a luxury. Also, it will reduce traffic on the roads by upwards of 70% because transportation will have become so efficient.
Great analogy
@@saurabhsonic Ooohhh, I would love that!!! Thanks for the vision!!!
Tesla feedback is consistently "You can tell they are a tech company and not a car company."
I guess the manual door opening is only designed to be used when the electronics aren't working or in an emergency.
How do you open the glove box if there's an electric problem
@@johnbyrne3831 I guess you don't
@@voltspc9394 if I was submerged I'd need to get into the glovebox to get my McGyver knife and hammer. I'd need them to open the door that won't open because of an electrical failure 😂
Like other cars, the window moves down about 1 cm before opening. Manual lever does not lower the window before door opens.
@@pablopicaro7649 "Manual lever does not lower the window before door opens"...That right there is the problem! My 2005 Mini Cooper S has this same window movement needed when opening/closing its doors, yet it performed this with a manually operated door lever. This video shows us two basic human-interface issues they've done badly (glove box actuation from the touch screen). And there is no reason to implement things this way...we've had simple/intuitive controls for decades in modern cars. Why re-invent the wheel on things like these items? Wonder what other goodies await a new new owner?
Exactly why I'm not buying an electrical car. My biggest fear is being stranded in the middle of nowhere. The EV infrastructure is just not there.
Even if the infrastructure is there an EV can never be as fun as an ICE car
@@ojaschandegave for 99% of the people a car is to get from a to b,so if it is electric or on gasoline a lot of people do not care.
@ojaschandegave not sure what you mean. I just switched to EV and find it so much easier, quieter, and fun. Instant accelerate and regenerative drag (which slows you down when not pushing pedal) means that you have much better response in both pick up and slow down.
@@ojaschandegavethat is why you use the EV for commuting and keep an ICE car for the weekends. I have the Model 3 Performance and my wife has the Model Y Performance. We keep a manual BMW M3 and a lifted 4Runner for the weekends. Will be adding a manual 911 S next. Not sure why you have to pick one or the other?
That is a very good point.!! Do not go for EV ...! Never ever, it can stop in the middle of nowhere and also can burn 😂
Imagine pulling into a gas station and having to wait an hour in line to get gas and then it takes one hour to gas up the car. That is the issue with EV charging when traveling cross country.
In our area, a survey was conducted regarding the travel times affected by the waiting at recharging stations. In general, a four hour trip takes between eight and nine hours due to long waits at charging stations. On the other hand, departing on a four hour trip with a fully-charged battery should get you to your destination without having to charge up along the way, but many EV owners fail to do that and still think an EV is no different than an ICE car.
Waiting isn’t really a problem, it’s not having the infrastructure that makes it hard to drive across long distances. - A Tesla owner.
@@WestsidePatriot Waiting for a chance to recharge is definitely a problem, unless you're retired and have no particular place to be or a time to be there.. I leave my EV at home, and only use it for short local trips.
@@rollydoucet8909 Don’t know where you’re at but I’m the US, in the south of all places, I have zero issues charging a Tesla. The stalls tells you why is available before you even go.
@@WestsidePatriot Up here, in eastern Canada, the charging stations are mostly in the cities, and there's always a few people lined up waiting for a charge. Reminds me of the times we used to wait for an available public phone at airports.
Charging overnight seems the logical choice, assuming you don’t live in a pavement terrace house or block of flats without underground parking.
EV’s simply aren’t practical for the majority of motorists unless they live in suburban style single homes ie with driveway and garage.
Most of us in the UK and other high density countries don’t.
Laws should mandate EV charge ports in all street light posts where people park. The wiring is already there.
imagine a Chinese Manufactured ELECTRIC CAR, OMG, The limitations are endless and only really practical if you have a complete understanding of WHAT IS NECESSARY to make it go and stop, These toys are great for those with an excess of Dollars but nothing 'Upstairs' to operate it. This guy did a wonderful job in relating the many woes....I'll stick to my old fashioned X300 Jaguar, far less problems. Terry Offord
@@myphonyaccount As long as they have a way to make them pay for the charging. Else you are suggesting everyone else pays for someone to charge their car?
Not to mention the additional load placed on the grid that in most cities is already near capacity. For the record, I drive an EV and charge it only at home.
@@terryofford4977 his video is stupid because he didn't use plugshare to check station status before going. Also, your jaguar total cost of ownership is 4x a used $4k EV.
My wife and I went to a wedding over the weekend. Doing that convinced me that an electric would not work for me. I drove my Acura 510 miles each way. I got close to 40 mpg and with a range of nearly 600 miles I only stopped for gas twice, when I started and when I returned. If anywhere near a large percentage of the public decides to travel in EVs, charging and wait times will be become an issue exponentially.
Another problem with this push to go green with everything is how much extra time is needed to get things done. If your day isn't carefully planned you will have a bad day. What about the construction industry and farming industry where time means everything?? The longer it takes to get a job done the more money it will cost. That will be a big problem in the coming years.
I agree. It's an adjustment, but will improve in 10 years.
Yeah, imagine replacing one refueling stop with two 15 minute charging stops (where you can leave your car unattended while you hit the bathroom). That's crazy!
@@JessSkubi It will improve in 10 years obviously doesn't equate to, "it will be as readily available as gasoline in 10 years"
How many times a month do you do that drive?
I have a self charging hybrid to replace a standard petrol car, you don't plug this in and it's brilliant. Most journeys around town are 60% EV, motorways are about 40% EV. There is no headache of charging a fully EV car and just fill up with petrol as before and drive away, It's been a seamless transition from a fully petrol car and I recommend it. I wouldn't go fully EV as the infrastructure appears quite inadequate currently and will be for the near future unless you can charge up at home or work.
My friend worked for Tesla at the factory in California. On his first actual day of work after spending the first few hours watching videos and getting things set up he was put on the "quality control" line. He was an employee with no experience what-so-ever and he was checking paint for blemishes on the assembly line. He told me he had never been so overwhelmed in his life. He was sweating profusely and he said he couldn't keep up with the line. He asked two people around him what he should be doing and they shot him dirty looks and said nothing. He was worried he was going to ruin someone's future car and being a decent human he quit. It took him years to even tell the story he felt so ashamed.
Not too long ago, someone parked their model 3 next to my car, so I had the opportunity to check if those panel gaps stories are true.
Not only they're true, it's actually shocking, nothing lined up. The horizontal window line between the front and back door had a 1cm misalignment, some other gaps were 2mm on one end, and 7-8mm on the other hand.
Quality Control, you say? I would have probably lost the job within seeing the first car in the factory, pointing at all the problems and questioning why isn't the car sent back in to the assembly line.
Would not buy one, not even considering how they run a monopoly on car parts unavailability and right to repair at indepednet garages.
“He asked two people around him what he should be doing and they shot him dirty looks.” That’s what happens with an absence of a union and everyone’s out for himself or herself.
He should not feel one bit of Shame, if anybody should feel shame it's Tesla for hiring him
Assembly line work is brutal. They work the crap out of their employees too, I used to work down the street from their Fremont factory, we would hire former employees sometimes and had a bunch of guys that used to work there when GM and Toyota operated the factory under NUMMI. They didn’t want to work for Tesla of course since it was anti union, it’s decent money for a kid but I wouldn’t imagine many people work there for long.
@@MrMeeks-vi5lo So much for Musk being a wonder boy and caring about his employees.
One of the problems with luxury cars is too much electronics.
real luxury is reliability, why mercedes used to be my favourite along with volvo and saab but now its lexus.
define too much?
if you dont want electronics, buy Dacia Spring
@@MrFalken91 I drive an old pos, and don't care what others think, but if I was going to buy something fancy, no way in hell I would buy a MB/BMW. Lexus for sure.
You got a point there. I do not want to read the manual, but just drive. It is a quality to produce a straight forward easy to drive car, so it seems.
The button for the door is the default way of opening the car. The handle release is designed for emergencies when the car doesn't have power or you've been in a crash. The warning it gives you for the damage to the trim is because the windows rolled up tuck under the trim, the manual release doesn't automatically roll the window down slightly to get out.
Seems about right smh
It’s nothing new. It’s not an electric/Tesla thing. My 2002 BMW does exactly the same thing. The windows automatically roll down a fraction when the door is opened and when you get in you hear it roll up again and seal. If the car’s battery is flat it doesn’t work and you hear the window bang in to the trim when closing and grab at the trim when opening.
The button for the door is the default way of opening the car. The handle release is designed for emergencies when the vehicle doesn't have power, or you've been in a crash. The warning it gives you for the damage to the trim is because the windows rolled up tuck under the trim; the manual release doesn't automatically roll the window down slightly to get out.
Everything is computer controlled because THAT enables remote operation by government players. Can you imagine the glee of some narcissistic, controlling, sadistic public employee whe can lock you out of your glove box on a whim? Boggles the imagination doesn't it?
@@jbrenton134 Still unnecessary aggravation.
A half hour to get a full charge? It takes roughly five minutes to get a full tank of gas. That's twenty-five minutes less than getting a full charge. And, if a fuel pump isn't working, it's tagged as not working.
You're going to see the price of electricity skyrocket with this new EV revolution.
@@drog.ndtrax3023 government regulation is rarely the answer to fluctuation in prices to produce positive results.
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Economics 101 supply vs demand
Exactly,in a capitalist society.
@@kdbublitz88 I prefer to pay my petrol $4 /lt.
Do they think everyone wants to go through menus in order to do simple operations?
Honestly I don't get why carmakers keep making electric cars with overly fussy & "fancy" electronics. Why can't they just have a normal car, just with an electric powertrain?!
What’s your idea of a “normal” car and what’s so overly fancy about the tesla?
Anything you buy these days is going to have electronics in it.
Thankfully most do, just Tesla which are garbage.
It’s because adapted ice cars are not adapted for evs which will mean less interior space, raised passenger seats and poor energy efficiency.
@@jackjoyce1744 Ecactly. Traditional cars look the way they do because the manufacturer needs to package a certain type of drivetrain in them and everyone has come to the same conclusion about what the most cost effective drivetrain is and how to package it.
Dacia Spring? Nissan LEAF? Hyundai Kona? Kia Niro? Renault Zoe? VW ID3? VW E-UP? There are actually quite a few.
The lack of buttons & physical switches would do my head in
Waiting at a charger for two hours until it's your turn is an opportunity to contemplate saving the planet.
Priceless.
Public transportation and better cities for biking.
@@User24x buses stinking of pee and crap. Getting run over by cabbies and texters, no thanks.
I'd rather switch to a rickshaw. At least then, I'm creating jobs and using green energy.
The mining alone to produce the batteries which still takes petroleum to make the battery plus the charging stations will never completely be powered by solar Ireland is too cloudy so this whole battery car bulshit is totally Looney at best it's a total green agenda scam for political purposes
11:41 dude...you by-passed four fast chargers so you could have a lousy charging experience? That's like driving by a gas station in an ICE car and complaining when you run out of gas. I guess anything to make a RUclips video. By the way, there is a Tesla supercharger outside Ballacolla on the M8 which is near where you are in Portlaoise. Cheers from Canada.
Not to mention that the charging stop was just to demonstrate the issue. The car still had plenty of range left. He could have driven it all the way back to the starting point with no need for a charge.
Most EV owners charge their cars at home and will only occasionally need to visit a public charging station. The scenario with the girlfriend is total BS unless the two of you are going on a long road trip. (Maybe in the Honda e it would only take a medium road trip.)
The primary message I got from this video is that the charging network in Ireland needs work.
I smell screeching Tesla fangirls.
@@skylined5534 I can't help you, but your boyfriend can.
@ or people need to at minimum report that the charger isn't working (one charger he used he called them up as he said in the video, when he asked them when it was last used it was like a week ago so everyone who tried to use it just drove off without reporting it)
Unsure why they just don't reboot them every so often and have better error reporting tools built in as half of them do work just been disabled by them self's, and who ever is programming them really needs to do a better job they bug out way to often
His first car is a Honda, did that go over tour head?
On longer trips, if you love waiting in line for gasoline, you will absolutely be ecstatic about waiting in line for electric charging.
Yep, and if you are in a queue of just one, you could be in for two hour wait until your car finished charging…
@@drstrangelove4998 Are you driving electric? Been on several trips with a Tesla and never had a queue. Car is also ready to go in like half an hour max. You'll never charge to 100% during a trip.
I have never been in a queue yet. Teslas supercharge extremely fast and they then fine you if you overstay on the charger, making sure it is available right away for the next person. I admit there is a problem with the myriad types of other public chargers which are not so well organised.
@@XenonJohnD there is not much Teslas on the road for now.. they probably built for future.. we will see what happens.
Here nearby they built i think 6 and it is always empty.. and i mean all 6 empty:) don’t think this is a good business model so probably won’t stay that way.
Even on petrol stations there comes a moment everything is full. It will be the same with EVs imo, but u will wait considerably longer. They will probably charge u more during some hours etc to mitigate that..
But i can imagine going on vacation when everyone else is going, wanting to charge and few car are before me.. that would be a pain:) prices might get very high in situation like that i would imagine - and btw i think that is correct response..
Last time I waited in queue to fuel my car was 1976, when was yours Teslaman!
The tech these days is inventing a problem and selling us a solution. That's why the hassle. If they genuinely try to solve an already existing issue, people wouldn't complain at all.
Really great way of putting it
I can’t ever go back to ICE cars. I have a garage to charge in every night and I drive 90 miles round trip Monday through Friday to work. I’m saving around $2500 a year in energy costs. There’s no way I could be driving a comparable ICE car these days at $4.50 a gallon or more.
But if you don’t have a long daily commute or don’t have a garage, EV is probably not for you because you won’t benefit much.
Wow gourr dumb. These new evs are far less complicated than ice cars, safer, less fire risk, better in a crash etc. Byt you are skeptical if they even fix a problem.
@@paulevans7560 back to gourr video gaming console.
like they say if it aint broke don't fix jt
I've had my EV 6 weeks and already had two heated confrontations at charge stations.
That would ruin your day. Can't be risking such encounters with my family in the car.
Electric cars are still in their infancy, despite daily news coverage/mass advertising saying otherwise.
Car manufacturers are now telling us these vehicles now give a mileage range of around 300 miles. However it's more than possible that this range could be drastically reduced depending on passenger weight, air con/heater use and other factors. These vehicles are basically an expensive pain in the neck especially for long commutes and the more people realise this, the better.
@@bonk352 Electric car predate internal combustion cars ... so, no.
@@bonk352 BEVs are not the solution.
Hydrogen fuel cell card are the way forward but for some reason, the government and oil companies seem to be dragging their heels on infrastructure development. Wonder why?🤔
@@seldom_seen_kid Too expensive and it would take very long to install hydrogen station
My diesel,a well equipped and comfortable sedan,can do 810 miles on the Interstate (motorway) at 65MPH. I've done it twice. When it's empty I can refill it in about 4 minutes at any one of about 30,000 stations in the US. Electric? No thanks...not in *this* lifetime *or* the next.
let them kno bro
gas cars have been around for 100 years the infrastructure is here obviously. EV not so long but even in the last 10 years they have come a long way. What will the next 10 years bring? next 90 years? You're kidding yourself if you think the minor inconvenience of today is a permanent state of affairs.
@@sakidickerson Gas vehicles were not forced on people, nor were they guilted or propagandized into adopting them on the basis of Chicken Little Doomsday fearmongering.** People bought gas-powered cars because they were much better than horses and they _wanted_ them.
Buy whatever you want, but I will always have a huge problem with anyone trying to force me to buy or use something.
** I specifically say "Chicken Little" Doomsday fearmongering because like Chickie these leftists have been making these doomsday predictions for _decades_ and _none_ of them has ever come true. You can follow Chicken Little if you want.
@@bricaaron3978 hey I get that point of view completely. Nobody wants to be forced, mandated or given ultimatums.
Ive always thought you can attract flies with honey rather than vinegar but our politicians lack imagination and honestly probably don't really care about green tech they're just doing this to look good on paper they also lack the spine to have invested more into infrastructure and r&d years ago instead of trying to make this happen all of a sudden.
Green tech is only going to get better we have some of the smartest people in the world making breakthroughs all the time, gas and the combustion engine hasn't made any significant breakthroughs in a long time. It got us to where we are now but I think it's time to leave it in the past.
@@sakidickerson Why do you call the tech 'green', though, when carbon dioxide is literally what plants breathe, and the more CO2, the faster and larger plants grow?
Who could possibly think driving a car via a touchscreen is any sort of "improvenent"!!!!
Nightmare!!
Got a Tesla... it's better.
Why on earth would you try to fast charge to 100% ? The time to charge from 80-100% in any event is about the same as to charge from 10-80% ! Charging over 80% at a fast charger is rather pointless time wise.
There have been a lot of thefts of the charging cables used on the public and home chargers. The thieves sell the copper wire for scrap. In my opinion the best cars are hybrid. This gives a petrol backup in case the batteries go flat.
Considering that using a mobile phone in a car is illegal, wouldn’t a monitor in the car the size of that one be considered a distraction to the driver?
It would fall under distracted driving. Think about the hundreds of distraction minus the BIG SCREEN!
hybrids are junk. Ask any experienced and they will confirm
for western countries, its hybrids. for eastern european countries its LPG converted cars
Every car now comes with a screen, In a tesla the screen is used mostly for navigation while you drive, what else would you use it for?
@@alexandrul.9910 Yes but the point is that it is probably illegal in the U.K.
I’m curious what happens when there’s a power outage where you happen to be with a low battery.
What are the chances? 0.0005%? Maybe lower?
@@jakecoventry9004 I think EV’s are great and I’m considering getting one just for the fact that they are way cheaper per mile than combustion vehicles however they still have some serious short comings. In an emergency situation caused by a natural disaster being unable to charge the vehicle when you need it the most is a potentially dangerous big problem. Another problem is loss of range that occurs during very cold weather. And the biggest most glaring problem with EV’s are all the issues surrounding the current process of manufacturing the batteries which requires environment destroying strip mining operations all over the world which consume copious amounts of fossil fuel, more fossil fuel to ship this raw ore to another continent where it takes more fossil fuel to refine it in a process that produces tons of toxic waste, and yet even more fossil fuel to manufacture the batteries and all the other components of the vehicles. Eventually this same EV technology will be upscaled and used to power ships, excavators, semi trucks, etc which will hopefully eliminate the need for the burning any fossil fuels during the entire manufacturing process but until that happens EV technology isn’t really helping the overall environment very much if at all.
The same as would happen if you were driving an ICE vehicle with low fuel. You won't be able to get any fuel. Fuel pumps, electricity?
@@mattsmith1137 Most of these myths have been debunked. Obviously there are concerns with battery production, but we use a lot if fossil fuels to extract and refine and transport petrol and diesel too. You will love it when you get one. Like with any emerging technology there will be some issues, plus we have big oil who are not happy bunnies, so there’s going to be a whole lot of misinformation out there.
@@jakecoventry9004 Higher than that. In Canada, after every snow storm or even a good wind gust.
I'm just learning about EVs but, seem I was right about the only thing I thought I understood about them. You need a house to own an EV. A house with a charger. Public charging is a deal breaker.
You dont need a charger in your house.
But even charging in house, travel is the problem
@@llavero5 Seems like charging an ev is a hassle bc it takes long so you have to sit in your car for an hour to get an nice charge or have a person help you drop it off and go get it. Doesn't charging take long or are superchargers now everywhere?
Just buy a powerbank
@@valleyofiron125 which charger is it?
@@jpmartinez6608 Why Can't everyone REAL EYES...."Sustainable Development" is a Control Scheme pushed by msm / edu programming systems owned by the chemical tech. War Industry. There is an artificial sun geos-atelitte covering our beautiful healing, real sun for their harmful to health and sovereignty planned all electric Smart gnd/global governance/nwo technocratic (creep) control grid. The "cvd" liars also visibly engineer the calif. droughts and fires.
Thank God I live in Brazil. This technology will appear here a thousand years later.
Thank you God.
You guys got enough "alcool" to keep the environmental activists happy anyway. Here in North America it comes from corn instead of sugarcane and is mandated to be blended with gasoline. It is not extremely popular but forced on us. Totally makes sense in brasil though. Freind of mine lived in brasil for a while and I came to visit I think in 2004. You are friendly beautiful people! 🇨🇦🇧🇷
Lucky you ! in Brazil ,having electric eels will charge the car quicker !
I think i might consider moving to Brazil myself. Just to get away from these lunatics, who want to force this technology on us by coercion.
made my day :) :D
I drive a Volt and it saves me a lot of money and been reliable but I'll NEVER go full electric. I prefer BOTH worlds and having a gas motor as back up so I'm not forced to charge someplace.
I drove (and loved) a Volt for 5 years, and it proved to me that full electric was definitely the way to go, since 95% of my miles were electric.
You won't know how much it 'saves' you until you work out the depreciation.
@@michaelfagan9620
I have considered full electric. I can charge at work, home and the community center near my house. It would work great for my commutes but I would have to have a designated commuter car and a separate car for longer trips. The numbers just don’t work for me. I am looking at trying to commute with an ebike (weather permitting of course), so….maybe.
@@chucknoob7041 Obviously, do what works best for you. I've travelled to Boston, Arizona, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Indiana from Wisconsin. Never a problem, thought it adds about 20% to travel time for charging. If I was in a hurry to get to far away places, I'd fly.
@@michaelfagan9620
That’s honestly quite impressive. The Nissan Leaf is really the only EV in my budget and the range on that will leave you stranded not even in the middle of a reservation.
Yep, I’m usually in a hurry to get where I’m going. I drive to haul my bikes and only have so much vacation time. Of course I’ll be singing a different tune when I’m paying $10/gallon.
Living in Minnesota I’m about 18 hours drive time from anywhere good, uhg.
The more complicated cars get, the more primitive of a vehicle I want.
Agreed, I enjoy my one horse buggy very much.
I am hanging on to my 1971 VW, not even 1 transistor in it. But I am dependent on the Oil Companies to bring me Petrol.
@@pablopicaro7649 and an additional 300+ moving parts…
@@pablopicaro7649 Yeah but tge lack of safety features specially if you had a crash is not good aside from bad fuel economy, and maybe daily maintenance of an older car and the fact that it might not pass air care here to get insurance.
@@sergiomessina2037 Yep, older cars also will require more maintenance than a modern car.
I will keep my Skoda Fabia that does 45 mpg range 400 miles on one tank of petrol. Just travelled 1200 miles up to Scotland and back. Stopped twice to refuel for just five minutes and off on the road again. Saw EVs charging up. How many charges would they need to do the 1200 miles I did.?
Having to use the touchscreen to open the glovebox and getting yelled at by the car for using the regular door latch is just BS techbro-wankery for the sake of wankery. Stuff like that which totally puts me off Tesla. Give me a Leaf or a Kona any day
Both has window frames unlike Tesla hence those don't shout az you. The problem you mentioned specific to frameless doors. You want exotic stuff you put up with its draw backs. You can't put up with it, you don't buy it. It's just not your cup of tee, but saying it's bullshit techno wankery is just insane. IMO of course
That’s the emergency release latch. No need to use it unless the door doesn’t have power (ie: after being in an accident)
Lo0o0L! "techbro-wankery" is the best f*ckin' thing I've read ages, I can't stop saying it, thank you sir!
getting yelled at? its a on screen notification. do you say my phone yelled at me because i got a new email?
This guy sounds like someone who wishes phones when back to touch tone, who needs a touch screen phone these days! Get this man a Blackberry, he HATES new tech. Doesn't like that the car warns that you might damage it with the manual open, when there's such an easy access button? How about, just use the button!!
LOL this guy hates elevator doors because they ding when they're shutting, he'd rather you manual STEPS to get to the 90th floor. Just stop.
Finally an honest review of a tesla. Not the hyped BS we see from influencers
@gerhard goedhart ok money bags well done
Jeremy Clarkson spoke the truth about issues with the tesla cars a few years ago on top gear, and Elon Musk tried to sue Jeremy but lost the lawsuit, 😆 lol
Love the center screen in the Model 3 that I drove.
Not distracting at all. I didn't need to take my eyes off the road for any extended times to do the most mundane of tasks.
Tesla has perfected putting on the least amount of paint on their cars. That will hold up over time.
Tesla's the best👍👍👍!
what a stupid review, everything is "why like this,.. look at this.. io don't like steering wheel.. i don't like glove box opening button.. i don't like TESLA, that's your point. I can make the same about any other car to pull down.
I CAN tell you i drove 220000km now in my model S, and i am sad to buy other car.. (i must as a company car..) that car drive like first day, very correct, comfortable, fast and without problems.
my glove box is the same.. very OK, ..my steering wheel i like so much..
The manual opening door handle its because of the window close some mm in the frame, so if you open electric like i do 5 years now without any problem my friend... not any problem.
.. about the tesla network superchargers; only one thing; TOP!!!! in whole Europe, never have problem.. always nice location.. super Elon, genius. he was 15 years in future compared to other car-manufacturers..
And BTW now after 220000km, .. my battery has still 370km range, top. no maintenance al those years.
Of course that some anti-tesla people follow you, they think same way. they don't like this and that and those and this... simple; drive other car then! i hope you have all better in that car.
Lol yup EV is a fail
The last sentence sums it up perfectly. If you have a drive to charge on I say go for it. If not, wait. In 3 years of electric motoring, I avoided public charging like the plague and the dozen or so times I’ve had to has been somewhere between annoying and misery.
And you never need to drive more than a hundred miles. Don't believe the manufacturer's rang figures.
@@kennethhawley1063 I drove to Switzerland and back. Ski box on the roof and 5 people on board. Planned a long stop stop for lunch and had 3 other 20 mins stops where we had enough time to stretch our legs, go to the toilet and have a coffee. So different to what you are imagning.
@@dtmcool Fair enough, but some people don't want to stop for an hour and a half on a long journey to re-fuel (adding up your three 20min stops and I'm assuming around 30 mins for lunch). That, and you're limited to where the recharging stations are, so you have to plan ahead and adjust your route accordingly. I think people will get over their "fear" of electric cars when charging the vehicle is a lot less of a hassle and more comparable to ICE cars.
i always charge at home, and the half a dozen times i have used electrify america it went flawlessly. i feel like im due to phone in a reboot next time i stop for a charge though lol
We need truck parking but the government wants charging stations
I can only imagine how long such a complicated car will operate for so many gadgets and computers - My car is nearly 25 years old with 490,000 kms on the clock and is still going really nicely. A few little bugs but easily fixed. hapy with it - runs on petrol and Natural gas too , has auto gearbox, power steering, crusise control power seat 4 disc brakes airbags and a/c what else is needed?
You need a C. B. RADIO WITH 40 CHANNELS! 10-4
Mine is a 2000 Silverado with 314, 111 miles at last inspection.
Most new luxury sedans have the same electronic features as a Tesla. Electric motors are vastly more simple than ICE.
@@billc5676Of course but that's Not counting 8000 individual lithium cells, and its required components vs a fuel tank and pump (my pump is less than $200US new and it has the fuel level guage sender included.
Better off buying a 90s Toyota Corolla..
Until you’re in a minor accident…
Maybe if you’re broke and in denial
I laughed that much before you started, I went into fits of coughing especially with the mirrors going in and out. The whole thing would drive me to distraction.
I did too and I needed the great laugh.
God bless him for being so open about the car madness going on around him.
I laughed so hard the cat got up and went somewhere else to sleep.
That was funny!
Those charging times are crazy no way I'm waiting an hour.
depends on the charger
Doesn’t matter. Charging is usually 45+ mins in any electric port. Never have I heard or seen lower than 45 mins.
Your car sits in your driveway all night.
@@spacescatatford Glad to know you have nothing to do all night ;)
@@DigitalBridge. Other than sleep?
Who will pay for the charging stations?Is it fair for all citizens who own a regular petroleum cars or who doesn’t own a vehicle to have to pay for your neighbors charge ports?Or should the EV owners pay special tax when they purchase an EV ? I wasn’t aware our government meaning tax payers were paying for charging ports ! When did we consent to this? Is this what we want?Seems like someone made this decision without considering consequences of mass influx of EV.We need to have some clear opinions on future candidates we vote for regarding this issue.
Amen
The planet and rich people's wallet don't need peasant's permission to do such things
The problem is that it isn't their wallet, it's ours. Well, I guess to them it's the same thing.@@Lemonzify
That glove box is made for people who specialise with white powder.
Cops: "Open the glove box"
Me: "What glove box?"
A half hour to charge your car. Hell no. You can keep that. I'd rather pay for overpriced gas and not live my life loitering at charging stations.
The idea is that you charge it overnight at home when you are sleeping. It really doesn't make much sense to own an EV unless you have your own charger.
@@FinnGamble EV is no good for the world. It's just a status symbol
@@Gauge213666 ”…because I say so”
@@FinnGamble #1 the idea is to HAVE A CAR. That means taking trips when one wishes to. Spending a couple hours a day at charging stations is grossly impractical.
And Michael is right: EV is VERY dirty energy. The mining of the rare earth minerals to make the batteries and the toxic nightmare of disposing them makes nuclear waste seem tame.
@@Gauge213666 This is false and I assume you're referring to the political propaganda that the car, battery production, and electricity production and waste is the same if not more than ICE if compared in whole so the whole idea of EV is moot when it comes to solving pollution issue? If that's the case, then yes, that point is true. However, you and other anti-EV crowd are missing the point. The push for EV globalization were meant to centralize the issue of the pollution. You can solve an issue when the problem's centralized in one place much much easier than solving millions of different individual cars making their own contributions to pollute the earth.
I rented one from UFO Drive in London and had the same experience. Took me 20 minutes to figure out how to get going. The slightest touch to the brake pedal and it would just beep with no explanation. Once I was going though I found it pleasant to drive. My other gripe was even switched off and parked it would make whirring noises every so often, slowly draining the battery. I was camping for a long weekend so it was concerning.
Why was it beeping tho?
@@tanmaysinghal8370 It's reminding that regenerative braking is off because EVs and everything else that has it will reserve the hydraulic brakes until the pedal is fully pressed.
The designers haven't figured out that it's good habit to keeps the brakes pressed when you aren't intending to move, even if the vehicle is already stationary.
Did you have an electric fire at your campsite, or the traditional, massively-polluting wood-burning campfire?
@@Mike-gt1cs Such a good question. The world needs to transition to "clean" campfires.
@@scottm1238 🤣🤣🤣
First guy I've seen talking about a tesla who doesn't act blown away about every little thing. I'm subscribing.
Me too, I have never seen anyone else that owned or drove a Tesla that wasn't blown away by every little thing.
My leaf has a range of 250k. Work round trip is 120km. I charge at home. So for 48 weeks a year it's perfect for me. I could count on one hand how many times I have used public charging in the last 3 years.
You wee sitting down
@@irish-thinker4429such a strange comment to make.
Public charge RIP off. Over£0.20 more than night tariff at home.
Nissan leaf better than the quality of tesla
Agreed, my Kona is charged at home every 7-10 days typically and have only used public charging for 4 trips in 15 months.
EVs work well for owners that have access to a parking spot next to an AC outlet that can be supplemented with Tesla superchargers
The one good thing about being 70 next year is that I imagine I'll be able to continue to drive my diesel Mercedes till the end of my driving days!
I'm 73 and my V8 VF SS Commodore will see me out too.
@@TheMyndsurfer Or, another way you could put it is, as you've now spent almost your entire life gleefully fucking over the biosphere. . . why stop now?
@P Sorry about the language. It was uncalled for.
Agreed.. Me too👍
@@eyesuckle No, it was totally called for
They are nothing but problems. Frustrating is NOT THE WORD!
Cars were nothing but problems too. That's why everyone went back to riding horses.
I'm done with electric cars, I went back to gasoline because of all hassle associated with electric cars and trucks ! No more for me , all the time I lost and over all expense.. done! I've learned my lesson and my " ELECTRIC CAR ANXIETY SYNDROME IS GONE " ... Happy days are here again !!
Well done...
Hanging out at a charging station for more than 5 minutes would drive me insane. Filling up a fuel tank it irritating enough, 30+ minutes at a charging station - no thanks, deal breaker.
Thanks for the video, good stuff eh.
Agreed. I'll stick to my Hemmi V8.
exactly; I just couldn't do it.
That's great if you have deep pockets. The gas prices are insane. A really bad time to have a pure gas engine.
Gonna be massive ques and more people wasteing their life away at chargeing stations
I live on an island. There is plenty of sunshine for solar charging and I never drive more 125 miles in one day. It's sweet.
I have a coworker who bought a Tesla in 2019.
In 2021, he was gleeful after trading it in for a Nissan Maxima.
He said "I'm never getting an electric car again!"
why?
@@ticenits1926 for the reasons explained in this video
A 10% return rate would be one that returns an EV for every 9 that keep it. Judging by the prices of Tesla used car inventory, the return rate is nearly zero
Good for you. I am very glad I traded my maxima for a model 3... never looking back.
Pull up at the charging station.
Wife asks, “how long?” then goes off shopping for 30, 45, 60 minutes spending more money, bringing home even more plastic Chinese junk!
With ICE fuel-up there’s only time for toilet, and maybe just a drink or something to munch on, and you’re back on the road!
I had my EV charging point installed at my house this morning and what a faff. The 'surveyor' who looked about 12 did a particularly poor job and as a result the installer and my husband were fannying around in the crawl space under our house for three hours. To top it off, the installer cut his hand and had to go to minor injuries. I hope this isn't an omen for my Ioniq ffs.
So your experience was obviously based on another human being. What about your personal experience?
@@Maxim.Teleguz I haven't got the car yet, I get it next month.
I hope the installer made the proper connections and your house does not burn down.
Dern,I would request another installer come from the company and recheck all the connections and the installation and just tell them if they refuse,this all goes on the internet with their compoany anme in the article.
@@Maxim.Teleguz so much coping in this comment section 💀
As long as a black cat didn’t cross the installers path, you should be safe and hoped your installation wasn’t on Friday the 13th!
Imagine getting robbed while sitting in your electric car at a charging station at night
imagine sitting in your locked car and charge now imagine getting robbed while filling up where u actually have to be outside the vehicle
@@jannis-joelfehl4855 filling a gas tank takes 5 minutes, sitting in a dead car waiting or it to charge can take an hour and last I checked E-cars aren't armored.
@@liammccbyrne4184 complety different point but well. You actually can tow charge an ev pretty fast bc it can generate the same elec. ammount that it uses at at a fast charging station. Theres even a vid on yt where they try that and they very fast have 20% in whcih was enough to get to a charge station
@@liammccbyrne4184 and i have ni idea what you mean with amored? last time i checked humans werent armored ? and the tow charge vid is from out of spec reviews
@@jannis-joelfehl4855 nothing im seeing online is saying E-cars can charge any faster than 30 minutes even tow charging wont quickly charge a car unless you are buying the state of the art vehicles and most people would never be able to afford that.
In the 1960s I asked my old man why he didn't get power windows in his car. He said, "son it is just one more thing to break." He was right.
Is he? Never heard about issues with power car windows 🤷🏼♂️
well thats in 1960s. I had a 2008 Lexus RX350 and no electrical problems to this day. The power windows still work fine. Technology is improved so much from 1960s that everything is becoming electronic, even the toilets.
I hate power windows
@@ianmangham4570 I actually like them better than rolling up or down the window manually
@@samjam6989 I prefer no windows
I live in Pakistan and here electric cars have not come yet. But I can still sense how annoying these will be to use and drive besides being fucking expensive. I love combustion cars and will continue to drive them.
The electronic doors are to make sure you cannot get out when the POS catches fire. Thanks for sharing.
Haha. Funnily enough, if the car has no power that's what the emergency handles are for. They have a cable that pulls down on the window so you can open the door to get out
I just think they like making things without going through every future issue first then wasting other peoples hard earn scraps in the process. Like, what will happen when or if the camera goes that senses objects in front of you and it slams on the breaks and causes a 5 car pile up and takes lives. Or how to unlock the door if your cars battery dies.
@@stenobabe1976 You pull the emergency handle on the inside (if you ever get in one it's the thing that looks like a door handle). All the electric bits are powered by the normal 12V battery every car has (now 16V in a Tesla but same thing basically). If the camera fails it'll be like any other car on the road with a camera. That's not just Teslas you know?
Ha, any modern cars with frameless doors have these. It's to allow the window to drop 1cm as you open the door. Tesla has these doors to save weight to increase range, but obviously every design choice has compromises. I happen to think the worst part about the doors is not the interior electric openers, but the exterior flush door handles-do not like.
I couldn't help but notice that both wipers stop to reverse direction right in front of the driver. It may help keep the windscreen clearer but I think that would really bother me.
The Model 3 was touted as the first Tesla that would sell for $35,000. Know how many they sold at that price? ZERO. Another Tesla lie.
@@evwannabe593 - Musk needs to do what he says he is going to do. It was marketed as the first Tesla to be priced at $35,000 for the mass market. Maybe you forgot?
Only about 900.000 sold in 2021. Those people are sooo stupid...
@@maartenvanneste - People who could afford only a $35,000 car....none. They sold for $45,000 or $47,000 and up.
@@maartenvanneste
Correct. Tesla's produced and delivered per year:
2018 - 245,000
2019 - 367,500
2020 - 500,000
2021 - 936,000
Looks like exponential growth to me. Tesla has two more factories opening in early 2022.
@@matthewdriver334 And how do you think their numbers will look when they’re no longer the only game in town? All the major automakers are entering the full EV space as of the 2023 model year. Tesla’s days are numbered. Their model is premised on the profit margins made possible by being an effective monopoly. Once the majors are involved and selling at lower margins and at all price points Tesla won’t be growing. At least not at the rates you’re suggesting.
Not sure how people who live in flats or terrace houses are supposed to manage their charging? I know there are on street chargers but I know a place where there are 3. There are sbout 30 flats.
People who live in flats or terrace houses will be expected to walk. EVs are the future...for some. Others? A good pair of walking shoes.
A co-worker of mine was proclaiming the greatness of his Tesla as compared to my 1969 Plymouth Road Runner. But the Road Runner is a classic car with a value. His Tesla is worth nothing, literally nothing. It's going to end up in a scrap heap of E-Waste along with last year's TV.
Yeah, Munroe live thinks that's an indication of their future success... Like how disposable phones replaced computers.
He completely ignores the lack of chargers and lack of roadmap to get more chargers, so it's a bit like saying you've got a fast F1 car... But it can only move on rails.
It's always easier to ignore problems than address them, which is why ppl are casting this fundamental issue as tangential to EVs
My model X is worth more now than I paid for it a year ago. I also have ZERO issues charging my tesla across the country on the Supercharger network.
I think you're seeing the payoff of being an early buyer of a hard-to-find car--my Cybertruck is still in the mail, it's so valuable--and are well within the early part of the battery's curve; be sure to sell that model X in
@Andrew Byrne 100% truth. The overall argument is true. I'm a huge classic car fan, and that RR is a dope ride! Cars will be like cell phones that just last longer. With BEVs you'll want an upgrade every 5 years due to tech/range advancements. I leased it for that reason just in case. Congrats, I also ordered the Cybertruck, but I guess we won't see those until mid 2023.
@@mdbrulport9 yeah, so I hear; ofc the 21st century's P.T. Barnum can get $100 of my money for pretty much any pitch, but for value I'd either store a bells-and-whistles EV in a climate-controlled charging area and never drive it, buy an old classic and restore it ...or buy & drive a Toyota.
If I'm looking to haul, I buy a diesel truck.
If I'm looking to impress people on my South Bay commute, I buy an EV... Just like I carry an iPhone when talking to VCs.
Lowkey, it's like watching my grandpa use his iPhone.
Your previous experiences with charging stations is clouded. Never queued at a Tesla supercharger station yet. If you have a homecharger on a cheap tarif and use the supercharging network for long journeys you won't even begin to suffer the issues you highlight. As for your other issues then maybe read the comprehensive guide on the screen and maybe the glovebox is more secure without a lock as it houses the USB drive which records security footage. Sounds like your mind was already made up before you set out on your drive.
Maybe this maybe that. What is indisputable is the lamentable build quality on the vehicle.
Tell that to Tesla owners in CA where they wait up to 8 hours to charge up at 300 bay super charger sites
@@giancarlovilla1 Well i was ready for that when i picked up my M3. i went armed with checksheets and RUclips knowledge and spent 30 mins pouring over the vehicle only to report nothing. No faults or issues and after 3 months of trouble free driving, no squeaks or rattles. The only thing i agree with in the video is the ride is firm over sketchy roads but after that zilch. Probably wont buy another ICE car. infrastructure will only get better and if the RUclipsr had experienced a Tesla Supercharger station then maybe a more rounded view might have been arrived at.
@@zagan1 As i live in the UK which is very much smaller, we don't necessarily drive big milages so a home charger is the most common, cheapest and preferable way of charging. I was quoting my experience of using SC in the UK which are around 70-80 miles apart and often only consist of 6-16 chargers per station.
@@zagan1 I'm a Tesla driver in CA. 13,500 miles this year. I never had to wait at ANY superchargers. Charging rate I recorded were as quick as 245kw
My ev charges while i am asleep at 7.5 p per kwh...no queues at home .....and i don't poison children
I'll consider buying an electric car when combustion engine cars are impossible to buy anymore even as used cars.
You are not alone, I'll drive petrol cars as long as i can. Hopefully the majority will do the same and if we all ignore electric cars then the car manufacturers will start to question the government because they will take huge losses.
Electric cars (particularly Teslas) don’t save their owners money. You’re still paying making car payments after 7-8 years, then you need to drop another $26G’s to replace the batteries.
Convenience will unfortunately always be the downfall to these things. As for me I’m just going to stick to my tried and true combustion
I have not been to a gas station in over a year. The idea that I spend more time waiting to 'fuel' my car than people with ICE cars is false. You spend much more time fueling your vehicle than I do. Orders of magnitude more. The ICE is less convenient for my situation. Not going to be that way for everyone though. Having the home charger is the key.
@@micahkidd2138 takes about 15 seconds to put the pump nozzle in the vehicle and take it out, about the same for a electric car plug ... So it is about equal
@@derteufel7981 No it takes you a bit longer than that. You have to select the type of fuel you’d like and pay for it as well. You take it for granted because it’s just normal to you. He’s talking about how long it would take to fuel a petro car vs an EV anyhow. Not how long it takes to put the nozzle in the the receptacle.
@@micahkidd2138 takes slot longer to charge an electric car than fuel an ICE vehicle. And no it doesn't take longer than 15 seconds, I timed it.. all the sudden it takes so long to push one button? You have problems if it takes you longer than that. Paying takes less than ten seconds as well ..... It doesn't really matter anyway, it takes waaaaayyyyy longer to charge a car
@@derteufel7981 I’m not sure what you’re talking about. If you had already gotten out of the car and paid for the fuel then yeah about 15 seconds. That’s not what anyone was talking about though and you appear to be purposely obtuse here. Is this some trolling attempt? Let the adults talk.
The charging isn't problem at all. It takes Tesla 25 minutes to charge from 20% - 90% at V3 Supercharger. How often do you drive more than 400 km a day? Almost never. You are going from home with that range.
25 minutes of your time. My time is non renewable. Some people don't value one most valuable asset you can't save or barrow
@@c.a.mcneil7599 When you are on road trip, after driving 400 km you need to have a break. Take some snack, go to the toilet. By that time, your car is almost ready. I don't see an issue.
@@TfGamess yes some need to do as you think not me. not one size fit all. 25 mins to us cr? wish you best luck...
@@kenbob1071 good so electic works for you. as i burn diesel thanks for your sacrifice. God bless
@@kenbob1071 Cool love it. i dont give a humm. have a blessed new years.. i will
You would never catch me buying an electric car. The only way that I would ever buy an electric car is if it took a conventional battery, and it took the same amount of time to charge as someone with a gas powered vehicle. Case in point 35 minutes to charge a vehicle. And the vehicle did have a charge to it still. They're just not worth it. The other thing too is there's a black market for the charging ports which are being stolen all over the country.
With a Tesla supercharger you would not have these kind of issues. Waiting in line is also not an issue in The Netherlands, I never needed to wait.. And I charge most of the time at a public 11Kw charging pole just 120 meters from my front door or in the parking garage at my workplace. Don't you have public chargers in Ireland? In the Netherlands they are scattered all over the city where I live, and most Malls and restaurants have them these days, and every workplace parking lot. When you park you charge, simple as that, only fast charging on road trips.
Also charging to 100% at a fast charger is not very smart, as the last 10% take 20 minutes, and why would you charge a car when it is still at 70%? You would have been only 10-15 minutes at the charger when charging from 10% to 80%. Just a very dumb way of charging what you did.
That rattling armchair is not good and should be fixed.. My Model Y is solid as a rock, made in Shanghai.
The Netherlands is a far more technologically advanced country than Ireland.
i'm a bit surprised no one from the rental company came to give you a walkthrough on it. Its so different to a normal car, you need some instruction as to its functions and how-to's. A great and useful insight, thank you for this video.
cope lol. that's the least of it.
I had that problem renting even a regular car. No ignition key, just a button. The shifter was buttons too. I was afraid to attempt to change radio stations and hit the wrong button while driving
It's a bloody murikan smartphone with wheels! Cars, electric or otherwise, are supposed to be simple enough for anyone to drive, even the elderly.
It's called the Owner's Manual. Everything you need to know about the car is right there.
@@WolfHeathen They still make those? Remember when they were thick as a Bible? Now it's a 2 page pamphlet and the other side is in Chinese
Clue: you don't use charging stations with an electric car. You charge them at home. Can't charge at home? Don't buy an electric car.
When your power costs go up 1000% because of the implementation of green energy policies...and you have power rationing like in California and other jurisdictions, are you still gonna be charging at home?
@@markanthony3275 Yes, your comment proved your stupidity. No matter how high your power bill goes up, it's still only 1/5 the cost of petrol. Texas power rationing happened because fossil and nuke plants froze.
@@myphonyaccount check better news sources
@@myphonyaccount lol
A battery car doesn’t even come close to gas powered car!!!! Basically there junk! I work and power plants and they can not handle everyone on electric! And if you live in a cold climate! That car will go much far less distance than advertised. I love mashing down that throttle and hearing that plant food come out of my exhaust pipe!!😂
Dude why would you buy a plugin hybrid? I rather that thing charge itself while I'm driving.
I can fully recharge my car from empty anywhere in Ireland in about 5 minutes, It's a diesel :)
5:50 Regen is reduced because the battery is fully charged. If you were to use regen, the battery could potentially become over charged.
First time I drove off from home with my Leaf fully charged, I lifted my foot at the first corner and panicked when it didn't slow down. 🤣
So why not charge to 95%, leave room for regen.
@@flybobbie1449 It can be set to do that automatically, although they recommend 80% - 90%. It can be done easily with the app or car.
Lol you’re not supposed to charge the battery to a 100%, it shortens the life.
@@razorraysolarsavings72 At least not regularly. It's fine if you are planning a long road trip. But for day-to-day use, it's better to charge to e.g 80%.
I wonder if the batteries on electric cars will be similar to laptops and phones, i.e they lose charge quicker after a few years of use. That would be a nightmare if you’re having to do mid to long range journeys
I'm sure you're right. There will be a lot of pain before EVs are realistic and common. I look at EVs like the Model T. Many years went by before cars became reliable and practical.
Yes they do. All lithium ion batteries degrade like that, which is why you'll have to replace the car battery after 2-5 years, depending on how many charge/discharge cycles the battery has gone through.
@@OOTurok that's not even close to reality... LFP batteries for example have above 2000 cycles before they hit 80% battery health. The most important thing is that the batteries are liquid cooled and heated + implement efficient technologies like heat scavenging from the cabin. The battery will last at least 15 years I assure you of that.
@@nightarrow7473
Not when they go through frequent fast charging cycles.
Most EV owners, & all of the E- buses either Fast Charge the batteries, or Boost Charge them. People are not sitting around for 6 - 8 hours, to charge their EVs. They fast charge them in 1 - 2 hours at the charging stations.
Fast charging Lithium ion batteries shortens their lifespan regardless if its Lithium Iron Phosphate or Lithium Manganese Oxide chemistry.
Boost Charging is even worse... because not only does it more quickly degrade the battery, but each time it cumulatively increases the potential for copper shunts to form in the cells, causing a short, which later leads to battery fires during charging or discharging.
This is why EV fires are becoming increasingly common.
Of course man, they are junks
It won't stop beeping....Houston, we have a problem!
Electric cars only make sense if you use it to commute to work and back and you can get to work and back on one charge and charge overnight.
But what if you have a power failure overnight and your car doesn't get a full charge? You better have an alternate way to get to work, or a very understanding boss.
500 km range in a Tesla… people only use 10% of that to get to work. Even if a power failute happening overnight, there would still be 400 km leftover from the previous day
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Yep, like am extra car that runs on gas.
You must experience that alot
If there's an extended power loss - getting to work will be the least of your problems. Food spoiled, cold homes, and the inability to pump gas into an Ice vehicle for starters.
Let's not worry about charging the car...
@@keithwilliams3714 What I experience a lot is people driving at night with only "parking lights" on. Or worse, no lights at all.
Insane that they made seat belts and air bags and high center brake lights mandatory, but won't mandate daytime running lights.
imagine the whole country drive ev and how long is the queue at the charging station.
I am currently In Norway. The country where 90% of alle new cars are electric. There are no queues! Nowhere. This video is telling nonsense.
@@morningcoffee1974 euh hate to break it to you but not 90% of people drive electric clownster
@@morningcoffee1974 gas cars are better for the environment technically because of how the electric is generated and the building and child labour and lithium batteries
@@morningcoffee1974 no it's not. This video are facts
Because we can't possibly build new chargers, right? All we will ever have are the ones we have now. 🙄
You'd think that when the ratio of unique cards swiped to actual charging initiated climbs the charging station would raise a maintenance flag to indicate something is wrong. People don't typically go swipe cards unless they're trying to charge.
If you are a busy person and always on the go, this car will either inconvenience you or end your career.
nice rant...
It didn't really take a failure to be not interested in electric cars...
They only shift the pollution to happen somewhere else. Nothing is won.
Exactly!
It’s like buying packaged meat at the grocery store. Nobody sees what goes on in the background. Just pretty packaging.
The most uneducated comment award goes to you
Takes a simple Google search to understand how much more efficient the EV is in utilising power vs ICE engine burning the same tank of petrol ..makes a massive difference to carbon output even with the EV battery having an initially higher carbon output during production
And that's without even considering how quickly charging network's are already shifting to renewable sources..it's happening so fast thanks to the availability of EVs to balance the grid
Public transit is the true efficiency
@@TheWizardGamez yep…I just love getting stuck behind those buses and sucking in all that exhaust. Doesn’t really solve the problem. Hoping we can do better.
Hey so I'm assuming you don't live in a Place where you can Charge overnight?!,I drive a Chevy Bolt I get 450 Km in a single Charge wich I never drive that many Km a Day,my point I'm trying to make to you is that if I ever need to go Far away I'm most likely,I'll ride in an Airplane,I understand you had bad experiences charging in Plublic places,but most people are Charging at their convenience overnight when they are asleep,we never have issues like You
You get 450km of range? What if you're driving 70mph, how much is it then?
@@slavko321 OK even if I don't get the 450 Km a Day,because sometimes I drive up to 80 Mph on the Highway,it's still more than I need because when I get Home I'll plug in go to sleep,and wake up next morning Charge and Ready to Go,For me there's No way in Hell I'm Going Back to $5 dls a Gallon of Gasoline,compare to $1.36 for a Fully Charge Battery that let's me drive up to 450Km per Charge 😀
France has very similar charging issues to those you describe in Ireland. The situation is mess with no certainty of a re-charge when needed.
Same in the US, SF Bay Area, even
No country in Europe is as bad as France.
I wouldn't touch one with a barge poll.
Assuming everyone with battery powered vehicles chose the fast charging method at recharging stations, the range and the lifespan of those batteries would be greatly reduced at a faster rate.
Batteries are in the thousands to replace
I very much agree with a many of your arguments, however I have a few comments with timestamps approximately where I adress.
EVs are not for everyone (yet). If you rely on public charging for daily driving it becomes inconvenient. Enough range, and access to private is important for daily convenience.
1:25 there are two USB's in the compartment bellow the two charging pads.
2:10 there is a tire pressure warning on the screen
3:00 the windows needs to be lowered to clear the trim to open, the manual opener us only intended to be used in emergency if the button fails.
3:13 totally agree, there should be a dedicated button for glovebox.
4:40 I have never experienced bussing where I don't understand why. I can't tell what's on the screen from the panoramic view. Maybe some distance sensor sensing you are close somewhere.
5:35 regenerative braking notification is not related to the bussing, that's maybe cold battery, or high percentage, just informing you have to apply more brake pedal than normally.
7:00 WLTP is never realistic range, it's just a number to compare. Honda E is a city car, it is not a good option if you regularly go on long trips, but it can't rapid charge for the odd days you go on a long trip. I would say you should possibly have WLTP of at least double your driving in a normal day (not average but a normal day driving a lot). If you plan do do long trips or regularly more than 200 km a day, I say at least 400 km WLTP. WLTP is a theoretical maximum under specific conditions, and not usable as to tell you how far you should expect to be able to drive.
7:45 only Tesla has a "Charging network" all other brands rely on third-party charging infrastructure, and there is not enough locations and stalls on each location, but for you daily driving you have chosen badly if you don't have access to reliable private charging for your daily driving, and/or if you regularly rely on the reliability of public charging for your daily driving arround town
5:50 Honda E us not the best choice fir a 1000 mile trip.
6:00 Looking at the Tesla network in Ireland, I understand your point, they still need way more locations before I would call it a network.
8:30 this is based on your experience in your area. Other areas/countries have more mature infrastructure where these issues are hugely mitigated.
9:00 don't underestimate time with your partner you only postpone and boost their anger.
10:30 Model 3 is not a premium car, it is technically advanced, but suspensions and sound proofing us far from premium.
12:00 it all depends how the cables are connected. If CHAdeMO and CCS uis connected to different or same power modules. I think it is better to have CCS and CHAdeMO on every module, noe either or. The main cost is the power modules nit the cable, then you would allow for any car to charge from any module, not only different plugs simultaneously.
13:48 you can choose if you want percentage or km, just go into the menu were you select different units for display. You can just tap the battery indicator on top of screen too.
16:41 rapid charging more than 80% is often just waste of time, depending if the rate is by the minutes or by kWh it can be waste of money too. If you want to go fast from A to be with rapid charging, you need to know that the battery management forces slower charging the fuller the battery gets. Same reason you don't get max regen with full battery. It's like a parking lot for electrons, when it is empty, quickly pop into a vacant spot, the fuller it gets, the longer they needvto circle arround before they find a spot.
Totally true - in terms of every rechargeable battery; "Softly softly, chargee slowly".
@@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 Your last point is very relevant. The same applies to phones. Don't bother recharging them above 80% if you're in a hurry, it takes more energy and time. From an explanation I once saw of how batteries work, the first 50% is "easy" to charge and the next 50% gets more difficult. Also rapid charging of even a phone battery wears the battery out quicker. It's better to use a normal charger if time is not a problem. In both cases, unplug it around 80% full for optimal charging.
For EVs, we probably need an infrastructure that lets us charge from 40 to 80% in a few minutes with minimal waiting time. Once that is mainstream, then the general public can switch to EV (assuming the national energy grid can supply that much electricity). Until then, it's really only for short to medium distance drivers with their own charge point at home.
And wait for the time when batteries will start reaching their life end, will be igniting one after another!
The manual handle is for emergencies ONLY if the car ever loses power, so you’re able to get out of the vehicle.
Exactly but common sense is sadly not common this is just a nonsensical rant at this point
@@skystreem4860 I would say about 90% of passengers I’ve given a ride to find that emergency handle because their paradigm says to look for a handle.
I think some of his gripes are localized to his region of the world, and may be justified, anyone relying on a 3rd party charging probably shouldn’t buy an EV, at least for now.
@@sigma682 you do have a point there
This is a wonderful video, thank you for taking the time to put it together!
I just find it baffling that people are even stupid enough to invest so much money into an electric car when the tech and infrastructure is VERY clearly many MANY YEARS away (even now in 2024) from where it needs to be.
Electric cars are like motorcycles… they never should be your primary mode of transportation, but fun to have.
Thats nonsense, why shouldn't they be used as primary form of transport?
Yes nonsense. I've had my Tesla for nearly three years and drive to Cornwall from London regularly. I will say that you need a Tesla because its Superchargers are hassle free and charge usually within thirty mins which is enough time to have a break . It's also got massive benefits over conventional cars. I'll never go back to crappy petrol cars.
Thanks for the informative video. I have a hybrid Toyota Prius so I don’t have to go to a charging station (and wait an hour, thank You Lord!) but the Prius keeps breaking down with electrical problems like battery cells failing. That can get expensive.
Im sorry but that seems funny to me 😄 i have a Diesel Ute here in Australia ( Isuzu ) that is very reliable and very economical .
@@billwilliams9362 There is nothing funny about your hybrid car repeatedly breaking down and “limping” back home.
@@coolramone hahahaha.. ok
I've been told that there's no "neutral" selection on the transmission. So if a Tesla quits for any reason, it can't be pushed off the roadway. Is this true?
No, EVs without a neutral just can be hard to push since you will be turning the motor in a charging mode... Whats bad is to tow an EV with wheels on the ground, but your not going to push an EV for miles so its not a big deal.
There's a neutral selection. The car is about 500kg heavier than a regular car, so it's a bit harder to push
@@kungfoochicken08 the Tesla is HEAVIER???
@@jamessmyth3952 Yeah, quite a bit. Those batteries add a lot of weight.
@@kungfoochicken08 unreal. Electric cars are a niche market not a complete solution.
Sad so many people are too myopic to see.