I'm Done with Electric Cars! Going back to Combustion Power - Here's Why!
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- Опубликовано: 24 дек 2021
- I'm so done with Electric Cars, here's why...
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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.
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.
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!
There needs to be a universal charger standard, it’s ridiculous otherwise.
There is an universal charger standard: j-1772 and CCS. There’s just not enough yet, as this is an emerging technology and all technologies require time to be accepted. Read about the history of internal combustion vehicles to see a parallel. Thanks
The standard is CCS in Europe.
maybe people can rent the chargers at their house like air bnb but hourly.
then it would be universally bad you know how things go
@timemachine_194
Last time I checked there is petrol and diesel on all forecourts and vehicles using either fuel type can refuel with no time penalty and can use either variant of both fuel types for either petrol or diesel engined models so try again, your argument is ridiculously stupid and invalid.
While petrol in a diesel and vice-versa may cause issues it'd take a staunch EV owner to force feed a petrol with diesel or diesel with petrol and actually try to drive it ( the 'B' isn't necessary, what you're talking about isn't hybrid technology and what you're talking about do not draw power from overhead lines or rails).
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 😂
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.
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.
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 will milk it down to the last hour before getting an EV, let the early adopters and the manufacturers figure and iron out all the bugs for me 😂
That's why the liberal "priests" demand the governments to 'support' all such industries, b/c there are too little voluntary early adopters. So we'll just pay taxes.
😅 lol pretty much.
But bad news for you, diesel and gasoline won't got away until maybe the next 100 years,
we are too dependant on ICE(Internal combustion engine) to replace it.
The lack of buttons & physical switches would do my head in
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
Tesla feedback is consistently "You can tell they are a tech company and not a car company."
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.
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.
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.
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 !!
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 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?
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!!!
in Germany, charging even at home costs the same as refueling with diesel, and at fast charging stations it is almost twice more expensive than diesel, and soon all subsidies will be removed
same here in sweden. fast charging costs way more then running a diesel. why bother with it all. we have a 40kw leaf that can only go 100kms in this cold weather. in fact we are buying a toyota aygo for long journeys in winter.
Nothing can beat ICE range. I once travelled to a city 400km away, spent the weekend, retruned, went to work on Monday, and refueled on by way back from work.
thats cause your comparing apples to oranges. If ICE cars use the same evergy a EV car uses to get to its destination then their range would only be 180kms. Their tanks are way bigger then an EV so they can store more fuel and subsuquently more energy to go from point A to point B
Try a Lucid Air, you can get around 800 km in my experience on a single charge.
@@Blaze1204 🥱
@@Blaze1204 No, it's called energy density. Gas and Diesel have far more energy density than batteries. I agree, EV can't touch ICE range... also, EV are much heavier, they will wreck the roads much faster. I like the idea of EV, but they are still falling short of the high standard ICE has created.
@@Blaze1204 you're not really smart are you chad? keep talking. ah hahaha
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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 think the best way to use an EV is to charge them at home. plop them in the garage/car port and charge them. if you dont have any place at home to charge one safely, then you have no business owning one. charging stations are just not the right way to go.
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 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.
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
Finally an honest review. Electric cars might be great as a commuter, going to work and back, as long as you are doing all of the recharging at home. I would find the charging intolerable as well.
I got a 2015 Chevy Spark EV for 50 mile round trip commute through LA. In 7 years, I replaced tires and the 12V start battery which died a month after its five year rating said it would. No repairs, No smog, no oil, no brakes so far after 58000 miles although they are getting close now, and very cheap to own so far. I charge at home and have never charged anywhere else. I still need ICE vehicle for long range but for the daily short commute I don't know if I could bought a more efficient vehicle
Keep in mind the metals that are used to make the rechargeable batteries in EVs have to be mined. Which actually cause a lot more environmental damage compared to O&G operations. And EVs lack the power to be reliable in the country and in winter. Things that as an Albertan living in rural Alberta is more than happy to remind you city folks of.
@@ResidentWeevil2077 Agreed. Saltwater batteries will eventually replace lithium if allowed by TPTB. I have worked with salt water batteries. They are real and being improved rapidly. Lithium may be like 8-track cassettes. A transitional phenomena. Battery powered vehicles with sustainable batteries are the future. This is the selected future despite the flaws they represent. Electric vehicles lower maintainence needs and less moving parts are a huge advantage to greater sustainability than ICE cars.
@@edwardruiz8920 while I agree with you (and would definitely ditch my regular ICE vehicle), EVs are impractical in rural areas. And you seem to ignore the glaring issue of EVs losing efficiency in cold climates.
@@ResidentWeevil2077 Disagree with rural areas issue but do agree with the cold climate issues. There is no intention to solve them either. This will make car ownership more problematic and expensive. The environmental plan ahead is too thin out the rural areas, do away with car ownership, and decentralize the grid. It is already happening. I've worked on planning teams and watched the prototype batteries get installed to test designs in urban areas. Sempra Energy and others are committed to this already. By 2030 in California, there will be no more ICE passenger vehicles sold. It is already state law. As California goes... The other states lag behind but eventually all fall to its influence. Arizona is about to become East California over the next 10 years.
Finally honest review about e-car. Toyota Corolla full hybrid (not plug-in) does not have any problem with charging station and has very good fuel economy.
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!
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.
Could that be an issue with the charging network and the chargers in Ireland?
I've had a jag ipace for last year. Its great if you do short-runs each day. But recently I had to do a 600 drive across Ireland, and it was a bit of a nightmare. The whole time was spent with serious range anxiety. Some chargers didn't work, had to change travel plans each day, all based around where the nearest fast charger was. Most charging stations across Ireland are just not up to it yet. Most hotels don't have chargers, so you can't even really charge your car overnight. Frankly it was a real headache. So yeah seriously thinking of going back to combustion, until the EV charging network catches up.
But surely an I--Pace is designed for long runs (other than the range issue). If you want a car for short runs only isn't a Zoe a better bet?
@@carlreading9916 He drove 600.
@@savedfaves Yes but he said the the Jag was OK for short runs a nightmare on long runs.
@@carlreading9916How can a car with a short range be made for long runs. You are making no sense.
It will never catch up. Stick with ICE.
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!
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.
EV are only viable if you have a way to charge them at home. Like a garage. Else you run into the headaches you mentioned.
Might as well go plug-in hybrid if you really want an EV in those circunstancies. My parents have one, and the only time the engine is turned on is when he does long trips or when the car forces you to use the engine to get rid of old gas (once every couple months)
that still doesnt solve the long trip hassles. In fact charging at home for most people (unless you live alone) is also a hassle because you have to allocate a parking spot for your EV to charge. This means everyday or multiple times a week if you have other cars in your driveway you must routinely take them out so ur EV can charge down the driveway.
I can't charge at home and have no issues with charging since 50.000+ km...
I charge 300 miles once every three weeks at a supercharger and pay $12, not the worst thing ever. The only downside is that it takes me 40 minutes
@@briantep458 Where do you live? That's your only option to charge?
my uncle got in a fistfight at a Supercharger station with a Karen who stole the next spot
Nice, honest review. Aside from the initial cost, add in an hour or so of extra time every few hundred kilometers for charging, and/or make sure you have a house with an electric box that can handle the additional load. Add the cost of insurance and maintenance. Add in the headache and stress of trying to find a charging station and getting there before your battery dies. Add in the awkward and sometimes dangerous design of some of their systems. The emergency door opening system - yikes! Plan every long trip around battery charging on the way and while there - so much fun! Most of all, just like gasoline cars, your MPG will be less than what the sticker claims.
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Yeah, but aside from all of those little details EVs are great and everyone should buy several.
Sorry, I was being sarcastic. I won't buy an EV. First of all I don't like being harangued into things by the government and tree-huggers and secondly I live in a very large state that is very rural and an EV would be a nightmare here. I was actually just perusing CarTrader looking at 1965 Mustangs. Those 6-cylinder ones got 28 miles a gallon and were a breeze to work on.@@iNullias
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.
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
Honestly, these are mostly infrastructure problems. What no one is talking about is how much we've already invested in gas, give it maybe 2-3 years and try to reconsider. I expect us to have fast chargers (under 10 minutes since Formula E already has it) and over 900km range (since Lucid has already around there) since good stuff always trickles down and exception
I completely agree - I'm surprised more people don't bring this up. Electric cars are at the stage where ICE vehicles were at about 1910 or 1915 - no real infrastructure to speak of. People also act as if technology will not improve - it WILL. Beyond getting the battery charged, electric cars having few moving parts, require less maintenance, are more efficient and will likely last FAR longer than a comparable ICE car. Add a breakthrough development in battery tech, fusion power or solar panels, and it's game over for ICE powered cars. People forget how much of a head start gas-powered cars have had...A lot of these videos sound like oil & gas shills to me (I hope not!).
@@TKDunn-qq7kd I wouldn't say far longer. That still hasn't been proven. Hybrids however has proved to last longer than both. It escapes the reliability issues associated with anything battery dependent. There are no full proof batteries for anything from phone to radios or anything that is battery dependent. There are too many variables that can affect the life of a battery. Temperature being the biggest factor. With extreme temperatures in both winter and summer you can expect more battery issues. Mother nature is going to be the enemy of a full EV vehicle which totally relies on battery power. There will always be issues as long as the car is relying on batteries for power.
According to the International Energy Agency - "In order to achieve climate goals set by global governments, more than 80 million kilometers (49.7 million miles) of electric grids have to be added or refurbished by 2040, which is the “equivalent of the entire existing global grid,” according to the Oct. 17 IEA report. Even though “electrification and renewables deployment are both picking up pace,” there is a risk of the clean energy transition stalling due to a lack of “adequate grids to connect the new electricity supply with the demand.”
That is 16 years from now. Good luck with that.
@@Jims5543 Note they do not, explicitly say that its a mere risk. They failed to consider alternative options such as home solar and localized power grids. When we consider than municipals are responsible for their own electrical grid refurbishment, it becomes evident that this isn't at all difficult to achieve. Modernising the electric grid is a requirement of many technologies regardless.
@@club6525 Indeed, this is all on the local energy suppliers. What do you think is going to happen to your electric bill in the next 10 years? Do you honestly think the power companies are going to absorb the cost of new infrastructure? What happens when the wind does not blow and there is no sun for days due to storms? Spin it all you want, the bottom line is, a large EV battery that needs charging draws a lot of power. Right now a small amount of cars are EV, in 10 years, in many places, they are expected to be the majority of cars on the road. Power companies need to get to work right now if they are going to be prepared. As it is, California begs people not to charge their cars when there is a heatwave. What do you think happens when a majority of the cars are EV's? where do you think the power is coming from? I hope thousands of new power plants are being designed a permitted right now, because it will take 10+ years to get them online and producing. - signed former owner of an EV.
I got in an accident and been in a rentals for a month. The Chevy Bolt EUV and the Polestar. I'm hooked. Charging at home works fine and the charging station close to me is attached to a grocery store. That was convenient too. $7.50 to get from 30% to 80%. Sketchy dark corner of the parking lot get car jacked jacked at night though. I'll def not sit in one charging at night in some places. But my experience all month has been hassle free and that drive in the Polestar is awesome to me at least. The little Chevy Bolt was surprisingly fun as hell too.
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?
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
Do you get free Neflix while waiting in the Que and then while you Charging, or perhaps the drain watching a film or three might take it even longer to charge.
Its nice it detects the pedestrian and cyclist but it distracts you from detecting them. LOL
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.
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?
Apparently there's a major worry about Emergency Services using the Jaws of Life in a crash situation. They are unsure where the high voltage cables are 'cosmetically' hidden because each brand and models all have different cabling layouts.
And even thought this is very dangerous it is only one thing on a long list of bad things about EV's . We have been conned big time , the whole might of a corrupt fake news media lying to us all for years !
Firefighters in the United States are being trained in special sessions and how to disable the voltage pathways. Do a search on firefighter EV training.
Not to mention you will get incinerated in about 30 seconds flat if the battery catches fire. Better get out quick. At least in a diesel I don't have to worry about burning to a crisp.
Did you read that in the daily mail.
Emergency services go to a fire, go to the known place on the car and unplug. Easy as that.
Oh on the subject of crashes and fires. Ice cars 100 x more fires, more likelihood of getting trapped in a car and the fire is quicker to start ... but yes be worried about evs ha ha
@Kev Fit I had to reread your message as I thought you were joking.
Ice car fires have 100x more fires per 100k miles vs evs. Greater chance of being trapped in them due to engine encroaching cabin. Also fires on ice cars are quicker to start.
Well done for showing you know nothing
Who could possibly think driving a car via a touchscreen is any sort of "improvenent"!!!!
Nightmare!!
Got a Tesla... it's better.
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
You’re hilarious 😂
The sound on the highway and the suspension are gonna give me a headache i feel
The only benefits of an EV are that it's cheaper to charge one than fueling up a regular car and that you can charge it at home. And maybe instant torque for EV sports cars. But they are subject to phantom drain like any other chargeable electronic, take longer to recharge, have a less developed charging network, typically cost more, and have less range.
I think if you only ever drive short commutes and can charge at home, an EV would be fine. But if you ever decide to go on a road trip, tow a trailer, or do literally anything else, an ICEV is the way to go. Hybrids are also fine, but if it's plug-in, then I would at least make sure it has lots and lots of range. That benefit could counter the downside of having to spend longer times to charge.
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.
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.
Is the suspension hard because of the battery weight? I talked with a guy that delivered batteries in his little truck. He said the suspension was rock hard to carry the weight otherwise hitting a bump with soft suspension would just destroy it.
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
Do they think everyone wants to go through menus in order to do simple operations?
I can fully recharge my car from empty anywhere in Ireland in about 5 minutes, It's a diesel :)
Have a 1996 Ford Probe still runs great. Also have a 2007 Hyandai Alantra. I will stick to my combustion cars. Do not have to plug them in or worry about catching on fire. Thank you
My wife works for a company that uses nothing but electric vehicles to deliver parts for electric cars. Parts are expensive when I found out. She comes home mad because there isn’t a single car/truck that doesn’t have issues. None of the cars are older than 4 years and they are falling apart. She’s having to charge so often that she looses a lot of valuable time. Everyone was in a rush to bring out electric cars that they are trash!!
Wouldve been best to say what kind of car it is before bashing.
@@IMAPOTATOZ it's different makes like Tesla, Ford, Chevy, and the rivian. They have for electric van trucks , Chevy volts, rivian trucks, and Tesla's. Although they are down to one and are not getting any more Tesla's. Im just sharing information from my wife's experience. Also you are basically driving a tank. It's 2 to 3 times as heavy as a combustion engine car. Have you seen the stats on major accidents involving electric cars? Batteries are prone to lighting up on fire. They are basically the same thing as Hobby RC cars. Im into the hobby and I won't leave the batteries inside my house. They go in the detached garage inside a lipo fire safe bag. If one should catch fire, it'll stay contained inside the fireproof bag. But if it tickles your cherry, go get yourself one.
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.
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
I'm a Gas Engine Good Ole' Truck Boy.
I'd never buy an electric vehicle or even a hybrid. Keep it simple so I can work on it myself 🤟
I really like your objectivity. Your twittering delivery fills me with confidence.
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?
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 🤣🤣🤣
Lol enjoyed that like your style very informative🏴
& maybe the suspension is not to your liking because it is already working hard holding up a heavy car & battery combo.
This is a wonderful video, thank you for taking the time to put it together!
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.
Several millions sales later, this video is not aging well.
Fantastic review, you’ve mentioned every question I had on this subject. Thank you. Subscribed.
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
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.
@@expatbiker6598 . It does cost rather a lot to install and maintain a charger that delivers 100kW of power and allow you to charge your car in 30mins.
Nissan leaf better than the quality of tesla
I’ve subscribed to this no-BS channel after watching this. No BS! What a relief!
Couples will know if they should get married to each other after spending time at an EV changing station.
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.
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
Really informative, thanks.
I got my Hyundai Ioniq 5 before Christmas, and I'm loving it. It has all the fancy features I'd expect from a new EV, but without the interface BS of a Tesla. Dedicated buttons and handles for the important functions, separate displays for instruments and infotainment, feels like a proper car in every way. Good range, quick charging. Fortunately, chargers are not that sparse here in Norway.
How often do you encounter a non-functioning public charger in Norway?
@@savedfaves I normally charge at home, so I'm probably not the best person to ask. I went on a road trip a couple of months ago though, and did encounter a broken one. It wasn't a big problem then, as there were bunch of available chargers next to it. It would probably have been more of a hassle during the summer holiday, though.
The Ioniq 5 appears to be the better car, but in the USA it is .ore expensive than the Y with comparable configuration and does not qualify for rebates. Make sit hard to justify the extra $10-20k in cost.
@@savedfaves Tesla superchargers very rarely broken. Other non functioning chargers do break but there are so many of them all over the place that it doesn't matter much.
For a 20+ years the electric cars will remain very expensive toys.
nope you are dead wrong, in 3 years EV's will be much cheaper than ICE cars
No part of me wants a Tesla, I hear all the hyperbole, the exciting acceleration stuff, the novelty stuff like ‘disco mode’…I hear it all and kind of just shrug my shoulders and think it sounds awesome, for someone else.
I agree. The idea of electric cars is neat but the technology needs to improve tremendously. The cost is also a big turn off.
If I were to buy an electric car it definitely wouldn’t be a Tesla either.
I cant knock the cost of an EV too much as its comparable when compared to an ICE vehicle of equal performance and amenities. On top of that, some of them have significant tax credits which greatly offset the cost. You also pay about at most half the cost per mile to fuel/energize an EV in many cases 1/5 the cost. The complete absence of need to go to the gas station is nearly reason enough to go EV. I have a Traverse, Mach-E GTPE, and Model X. The Traverse is use on an as-needed basis only (7 passengers in it, going to a plant nursery, lumber, when the Tessy or Stang is in the shop or has a flat..stuff like that). When we see a 7 passenger E-SUV that we like....bye bye Traverse. If you cant charge at home or road trip all the time an want to get there asap, EV is not for you.
@@theinitiate110 what exactly needs to improve, in your opinion? It's already a far superior car to an ICE equivalent.
As for the cost, EV's are now at price parity with an ICE equivalent, this cost is only going to get better.
And as for not buying a Tesla? So you're telling me that rather than buy the SAFEST most advanced EV on the road, you'd rather put you and your family in a less safe, less advanced vehicle.
Says it all really doesn't it?
...YES ...YOU'RE RIGHT ...IT'S AWESOME!!
@@Thorocious The only thing Teslas have going for them is their straight-line acceleration. The interiors are bland and the quality control is lacking. You compare a Tesla Model S with a fully loaded AMG Mercedes Benz E53. Same price. The Model S may be faster in a straight line, but that's about it. How can you say the Tesla is price comparable with ICE cars? You're paying a premium to be electric. If you took out the powerplant of both cars and compared them, could you say they were both worth the same? Not even close.
This is real life experiences, it's gold.
You're putting out all the reasons, why I've kept my gas car for long-range driving after getting a fully electric Zoe. I'm currently only driving electric, as I don't do that much long range driving. Still, not interested in dealing with all the charging BS when going long distance. I want to see 4 times the amount of EV charging stations at gas stations. Long ways to go.
this is the point at the moment. if you drive longer distances its not for you. If you do 40-60km daily trips its the best thing. And you dont need 70k tesla for this with 400km range. Infrastructure will get sorted out in time. It was the same with petrol cars at the beginning
isnt it cheaper to rent a car instead of keeping a backup?
@@robinspanier7017 depends on the area
EV acolytes blithely assume that everyone owns a home and has the money for multiple vehicles. Elitism at its finest. Limousine Liberals.@@robinspanier7017
I'm quite happy to sit on the fence until all the gremlins with the EV's are sorted out. The cost to buy a Tesla, even a used one is ridiculous. Who wants to have to break up their journey to try and find a charging station?? Then sit there and wait another hour until it's charged up?? It's madness.
An hour's pretty fast. That would wreck your battery, if you did that too often.
20 minutes at most. And unlike with a petrol car, I can walk away. So I plug in, pop into the shop and the facilities and by the time I'm done with that the car is charged.
It doesn’t harm a Tesla battery to charge it daily. Such horseshit. So much ignorance, and most these folks spewing such are even ignorant about their own ICE vehicles.
@@KevinLyda But, would you normally do that, if you had a petrol or diesel car? - If the answer is no, then you're now part of a great behavioural modification program, and what you do is being dictated by the car/charging service you use. In this day and age where no one seems to have time to take pee, you're now finding yourself forced to waste time waiting for the car to charge. How much time can we all afford to waste? I mean, if this thing works for you, that's great, and good luck to you, but it doesn't suit me, nor millions like me, and in my rural location I see a grand total of four charging points in the course of a week. If we all went electric tomorrow, the pooch would be well and truly screwed.
Not to mention the DANGERS of lithium batteries. There's no doubt these car safety departments are complete frauds to approve EV death traps. You may have never heard of the dangers but a simple research will open your eyes. You'd think safety would be there #1 issue.
EVs work well for owners that have access to a parking spot next to an AC outlet that can be supplemented with Tesla superchargers
This Irish lad speaks the truth! As an EV owner in the states, we still have these very same charging issues. 😩
Thanks for taking the time and thanks for sharing
I have both an ICE & an EV, I found my EV has been able to do more than the claimed range. Your complaint about charging is no different than the problems of the first ICE cars.
First ICE cars (not including steam or electric) ran on kerosene-a common cleaning agent and bought at general stores.
Things that never happened 😂🤣
I mean there’s the problem of the charge times, and also Issues with the chargers that ice cars never had.
@@GeococcyxVelox gasoline as you know it started in the 30s because alcohol was banned in the 20s.
Henry Ford made alcohol from hemp and developed a process so the average person could fuel their own car from a still in their back yard.
Needless to say Rockefeller was not happy about that and had Alcohol banned. Because Alcohol was banned people tried all sorts of things from kerosene to paint stripper. Eventually the petro chemical won out.
Also the first electric car was showcased in the 1880s and was shelved because charging and battery life sucked..
Try it in the cold.
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!
Your problem is not your car it's your government. The ESB is state owned/operated and like most things state run clearly sucks. Where I live Tesla has a fairly extensive charging network and I've literally never had to wait for charging and am able to charge from ~15% back to 85 or 90% in 15 to 20 minutes on a Tesla Supercharger. They buy or make deals with local restaurants, fuel stations, shopping centers, etc and without a monopolistic government concern in the way owners of establishments jump at the obvious benefits. This situation and the massively reduced fuel bill make it easy to overlook road noise.
The more superfluous electrical gadget may be a major explanation of why the range is short. Electric door opener, glove box etc. I drive 550 miles when traveling across country then another 350 the next day to visit family twice per year. When the EV can go that far and recharge as fast as my 50mpg VW diesel, I might have some interest.
They already can, well not without charging but with charging smart (or with battery swap on a NIO of course). Many tests of 1000km drives with different EV's against a petrol car put the modern EV's within half an hour of the time taken. Crucially the tests are done without including stops for lunch or anything. Given an EV can charge during stops for breaks then the time, at least for some modern EV's, with realistic stops for breaks is about the same as petrol car.