I'm sad to see a guy with track footage on his youtube channel having fell prey to the ev monster but okay it was a looong time ago and I get it I'm too old for that now I'll go rav4 hybrid NOT plugin the regular one which recharges as you drive it's no STi but the throttle response on regular driving is not bad at
Its maddeningly simple: "going green" means raiding the treasury. And where this happens, I don't afford well heeled looters status as "environmentalist": 'eco-fascist' seems to be the correct term.
I vaguely recall various times that car companies were fined/sued by governments for false fuel efficiency claims on petrol cars. Surprising that governments, or the EU, hasn't pounced on false EV mileage claims to generate a few more billion Euros to finance their wine a cheese parties.
They are tested to the government mandated test cycle. It's just that it's a poor mandate. The Americans use the EPA standard, which is much more realistic.
Electric car insurance should be on a different database, just as you would with vans, motorcycles, and helicopters. ICE car owners shouldn't shoulder the burden of these ludicrous vehicles
You realise that lce vehicles are 38x more likely to set on fire right. And look at the damage they do like at Luton airport. Yet EVs are the problem 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Audioremedy0785 Funny how you ignore even the insurance industry. What’s the rate of EV writes off versus ICE write offs for similar accidents because they can’t be bothered to repair the EV for the reasons given?
@@avid6186 About 750k miles and 30 years if it is a Tesla. If range is all you care about you should get a Diesel Semi. They can travel 2100 miles and get 6.5mpg. Only costs about $1,029 to fill up. When you don't care about money range is easy. Just get more fuel.
@@davidbeppler3032 assuming the battery in a tesla will actually last 30 years, none have yet, that's exactly my point. It's only 30 years, my diesel landcruiser is already 32 years old and shows no sign of giving up any time soon, another 10 years shouldn't be a problem, I'm hoping for 20, which could easily see me out. Another issue is total running cost. I don't do a lot of km per year now days so even if I only had to chip in an extra 30k for a tesla (probably more), the extra finance cost even at only 5% is about twice my current fuel cost. For me it just doesn't stack up.
500k acres of farmland in idaho have been denied water by the govt. Claiming the water table is too low. 300 miles north a cobalt mine has been granted permits to operate 24/7. Any guess what resource is needed for cobalt mining?
Videos have influence. About 5 odd years ago I had been considering an EV to replace my aging ice car. I was in no hurry to make the replacement, my car was older but in reasonable shape but the writing was on the wall so I started to investigate all the choices out there. After watching so many educational videos about the pros and epic cons of EVs, I have made my decision and have purchased a brand new ice Corolla. My new car is remarkably uncomplicated to operate and re-fuel, I'm confident that I'll squeeze at least 20 years use out of it, and I feel perfectly safe leaving it in my garage overnight.
Same. Exactly! I'm an elderly single woman, don't know heaps about cars. Found it a hard topic to research and choose. Thanks for your post - reaffirming.
@patrickchubey3127 Smart man! I'm glad You dodged that bullet! Make sure you stay on top of Your oil change intervals! If You don't mind, I'd like to recommend a few good car related channels: 1)The Car Care Nut 2) Scotty Kilmer. I bought an '02 camry back in 2020 for cheap9190k mi.). It needed some routine maintenance, and changing or flushing all the fluids. But after it was all done, it still runs strong & drives like new 50k mi. later(now @242k mi.) And still achieves 30+mpg. It's been so cheap & trouble free to own. I just love that 'old' car! Actually, when I bought the car, I didn't know that it had 2 catalytic converters until months after it had already passed emissions testing in california with the primary cat converter being completely empty on the inside! I replaced it with a new one for less than $800. I hope you have many trouble free yrs with your corolla!
"Remain vigilant while using the auto drive feature".. Yeah, no. Driver's attention will drift, the phone will come out, the daydreaming will start.. I find that the best way to maintain vigilance is to have full manual control!
I don't even use my wipers auto setting or the adaptive cruise or the lane keep assist bull crap...my car has automatic headlights that don't allow me to have manual control over them which I absolutely hate
Just send one to the Smithsonian and just give up on this abortion of an idea. The big picture was never studied before they pushed these half baked things into the maket
Parking required? Like outside Parliament House... These Politicians are so removed from Reality - they get their information in neat little memos (which is why they all sound the same from UK to Aus to USA & beyond) and are so removed from the Real World We the People need to wake them up!
Yeah, but cuddly Canadians have only got grizzly bears, wolves, Rush fans and wolverines to worry about whilst waiting for their EVs to charge; Aussies have got to fight off deadly ninja Drop-Bears.🐨👀
I think they are the same but for different reasons. Australia hot and long distances between towns (that often don’t have petrol stations anyway) and Canada long distances and winter cold.
And in the US, depending where you live the local temperature could swing both ways over the course of a week. Distance wise I would say we’re in between with part city and highway driving behavior.
EV Fans ‘I don’t pay any maintenance charges unlike ICEs’ Motor Manufacturers: ‘Did you REALLY think we wouldn’t recoup recurrent revenue in some fashion other than replacing oil and spark plugs, REALLY?’
It's hilarious because they act like batteries and electric motors and the computers inside of them never ever fail when they do and they are consistently tens of thousands of dollars to replas opposed to a few hundred on a normal car
@@gslim7337nah, it's tradesman or tradeswoman, if they are a woman* "Tradeperson" is like "chairperson", a mockery of the English language. *An actual woman, not a bloke who thinks he knows how a woman feels and imagines himself as one.
Two caravans were totally destroyed by fire in Bundaberg yesterday July 1 , these were in a sales yard and early indications are the fire source was li-ion batteries which were fitted under the bed . Flames spread to an adjacent van , others were moved by staff to save them . I personally would not be very comfortable knowing I was sleeping on top of those batteries.
You prefer to sleep with a camping gaz tank in your caravan...risk of explosion when the rubber gets old and cracked in the connections? And next question...where do you keep your laptop, tablet and smartphone stored at night? They all have lithium batteries...often without a decent bms.
@@reiniernn9071 If I were a caravanner I would not have Li - Ion batteries, I would have LiFeP04 type , induction cooking i.e. no gas and my portable tech would not be left on charge overnight while I sleep . Also those main batteries would not be under my bed but in a dedicated ventilated box or similar with easy service access . Most potential problems have a solution.
In that first story, the driver lives in Derbyshire. Just for those who don't know the UK, Derbyshire is home to the Peak District National Park and has LOTS of beautiful hills! 😁
Ah! confirms my thoughts. I knew there was nothing wrong with the car. You obviously can get over 200mi, but it doesn't happen all the time, so obviously yes, Ray, it _is_ your fault. It is your driving style or where you drive it. The perfect figures given by manuf. are in perfect controlled conditions (no doubt with a bit of extra fudging) and will never, ever reach the same figures irl. You got done, Ray, and you still don't even understand how. Just getting upset that people keep telling him it's his fault. It is your fault, ray, for buying an EV.
Back in my day people were smart and did their homework before they fell for stupid government scams about saving the planet from bad gas breaking the weather.
Maybe back in your day you got a decent education at school. Extreme climate change claims have been in the textbooks since the 1990s as I understand it. You can't blame people for believing what they've been told for their entire lives by adults.
Come on. Please give them a break. We are dealing with zoomers and millennials. Generations I’m continually left laughing at their naive statements even at work.
Seems like at least once a week in my very small town I cross paths with some local Tesla Cyber Truck owner while driving my 20 year old V10 F250 and make an extreme effort to make eye contact so they can see my hysterical laughing at their truck that will NEVER be running 20 years from now, but my truck will be 40 and still going strong. The joke is on They, not We, The People.
What?! Hold on, you're telling me a vehicle with a curb weight of 6,603 lb (2,995 kg) is "steer by wire", and it's legally being sold to the public for use on public roads? Shut the front door. The movie Idiocracy was just a warm up for 2024.
You'd think a battery operated car could at least jump start itself, what sort of an engineer didn't include that. It'll power your house but not itself.
It wouldn't be safe. The large battery operates at ~300 volts so it's much safer to use a 12 volt system to open and close the high voltage system's circuits. A DC to DC step down converter is used to charge the 12 volt battery and keep the 12 volt electronics powered up. That said, I don't know why they don't include some kind of emergency joule thief circuit to temporarily boost the voltage of a nearly depleted 12 volt battery just enough to close the high voltage battery shutter and engage the step down converter.
@@GoldenGrenadier The better ev cars have that facility...keeping 12V up. But NOT if you park youre ev for a longer time with an uncharged main battery. But for the convenience...With ICE cars I had a few times an empty 12V battery. If in an ice the battery gets old the car will not start at all. Or whem you do not use it for a longer time...NOTHING recharges a 12V battery in an ice when it is parked. The EV does not need 300amperes to start
Just watched the McMaster and his 12 volt problem, when the AA tested it the 12 volt was getting charged at 117 amps, that will kill a 12 volt lead acid in next to no time, boiling the electrolyte and warping the plates.
It's a lithium 12v battery, but I agree, that's a lot of amperage. It looks like you need to leave the car on trickle charge to keep the 12v charged if leaving car for a week or two.
It takes me 20 seconds to plug in my EV at night, and by morning, it's fully charged for a few days of city driving, which is what 95% of drivers do every year, if we go on a long trip we fly!
Yeah. I have a diesel and an EV and anyone with a car that takes fuel that thinks they are winning is on another planet. Having an EV is exponentially easier. And it’s also so much cheaper. Sorry pal but you lost this one.
@@gregb1599Yes, you have learned to live with the limitations of Li-ion technology: cramped range and long out-of-service periods. Petrol and diesel don't have those limitations. If you have a sudden medical emergency at 8 pm and have to get to a hospital 30 miles away but your EV battery hasn't got sufficient range yet, you need a petrol or diesel car as a backup.
I don’t know why government allows manufacturers to quote only 1 range estimate for EVs. In the US, gasoline cars have 2 ranges (via mpg x tank capacity) listed on the window sticker. City and highway. Why is this not required for EVs?
In a previous job, one day one of my engineering colleagues who held two degrees (engineering and law) announced (with quite some fanfare) that he would leave his position to join the legal team of a big car maker where he would work on autonomous car concepts. Nobody ever heard from him again and his LI profile hasn't been updated in years now. I think said car maker shifted their focus on more relevant technology...
Haven't seen you cover American NFL player Randall Cobb who's house burned while he and his family were sleeping with their Tesla charging in their garage.
@@sunnybnk A couple of guys whose only job was to sweep the factory and keep the machines dust free where called "particle engineers" how true that is I dont know, but I could believe it.
May or may not disengage the accelerator... WT actual F**K! How could such a vehicle be allowed to pass any sort of regulation, anywhere. Tell you what, Australia had better not allow these deliberately made death-traps on the roads, EVER!
In the last month, 3 workers at the northvolt factory have mysteriously died at home, 19, 33 and 62 years old. It's being investigated at the moment but since it's government subsidized they will cover it up most likely.
Really interested in this information as I thought the location of the plant was being questioned so I assumed that since it was in Quebec construction would be halted for the time being.
Not much is known at the moment unfortunately, only that they all died after coming home from a shift at the Northvolt factory. Toyota has sent inspectors who last week ordered all Toyota-affiliated employees to not go back to the factory, which to me atleast, signals that there is a major flaw safety-wise. Most people suspect leaking chemicals but we will just have to wait and see.
Ok so a bit more info here about northvolt. Apparently they’ve had 26 (!!) serious accidents since 2019 and a total of 5 people have died since November 2023. criminal cases have been brought up against the company but they have all been covered up. The factory itself is privately owned but financed by european and canadian tax payers money, just around 12 BILLION has been spent on the factory. Even with all this free money the factory cannot even provide its workers with adequate protection gear which killed a 25 year old man in november 2023, he caught on fire while working with flammable substances, without fire-resistant work clothes. Northvolt was also exposed for illegaly storing 300 TONS of liquid hazmats in used oil drums. Copper foil was also found to be ”spread by the wind” as it was not stored at all.
And after a few years you have to pay for a full battery change which is usually more than the cost of the used car itself. Which means we will have a big number of used, unsold evs in a few years.
It's not about moving to E.Vs , it's about you staying home in your 15 minutes city , doing what you are told , voting for who we say , eating bugs and being happy .
Why should insurance costs rise for all drivers, because of the much higher cost of repairing EVs after collisions? It should only be the EV owners who are paying increased premiums, after all it is their vehicles which need excessive amounts of cash to be thrown at them for repairs. No reason for the rest of us to be sponsoring their repair costs.
After the Brisbane floods home insurance went up for everybody , not just those in flood prone areas . I'm flood free where I am but would still have to pay the going price regardless. It's much the same with car insurance , it's easier to get a bit more from a lot of people than a lot more from a few .
@@robertchapman6795 Luckily I live in europe, netherlands. Insurance costs depend on personal record...up to 85% discount on assurance (very long driving without claims)
10 years ago, my son started college and he went to a football game during a cold night. His phone was fully charged before he left and then all of the sudden he lost 50% of the battery's capacity. That is how I knew I should never never buy an EV until there is a major breakthrough in the battery technology. Also, his roommate's laptop caught on fire while it was just sitting there being charged. I have 2 reasons not to buy an EV.
@@Audioremedy0785 but fire from an EV is much more intense. Also I have never seen an ICE car started a fire after it was shut down and cool off. EVs just suck.
@@Audioremedy0785 BTW I was laughing my ass off this past winter watching those EV drivers who were stranded in Chicago and they had to call tow trucks powered by diesel
@@shermanleung5839 did you see the car fire in Luton airport that caused tens of millions in damages? Ice car parks up. Combusts. The reason you have not see. It is because it’s not something you are looking for.
Cleetus McFarland showed the responsiveness of the steering on a cyber truck where he quickly moved in one direction as you might in an emergency and he discovered that there was a huge delay between driver input and mechanical output.
I knew it was only a matter of time, I commented about the Steer By Wire System in one of your previous videos, I'd still like to hear your thoughts further on this or at least if you could elaborate more on it to educate the public on why it's not a great idea to electrify every aspect of a vehicle.
I’ve heard that the Cybertruck that crashed was due to a fault which causes the throttle to go 100% when applying the brakes on an incline. Apparently that’s why the 4 hour old truck crashed. Dude applied the brakes only for the truck to accelerate flat out. There’s a video of the owner on RUclips saying that’s what he was told by Tesla and they’re ’aware of an issue’. Luckily no one was injured or killed. It’s only a matter of time before someone is mowed down by the stainless urinal.
Was just recent the failure of the 12V battery locked a baby in a Tesla resulting in firefighters breaking a window while the EV was in the owners garage. Sorry, if you have an EV in your own garage and it is not charging, there is a problem.
@@gregb1599 Except, you can't enter a Tesla once the battery is dead because it doesn't have a manual keyhole. You have to be up on the emergency procedures to avert having your window broken which the fire department and owner did not know.
The MacMaster just had to replace his Porsche Taycan's 12V battery after it failed when he had been away for less than 2 weeks. It cost 2800 pounds to replace. In contrast, Geoff Buys Cars bought a Volvo, did some repairs, got new wheels and tyres, drove to Le Mans and paid ferry and toll road fees, and it cost less than the MacMaster's battery.
I have owned a Vauxhall vectra for 15 years since it was 1 year old, it now has 250K miles on the clock and still returns within ten percent of original claimed fuel efficiency. I wonder how many EVs would be able to make that claim in years to come. Original engine and gearbox.
Unfortunately, the various western governments have listed deadlines for differing percentages of EV sales in their countries or states. Politicians are not sharp enough to see that their mandates are too Draconian and will keep them in place regardless.
I wouldn’t try it on my cell phone, but on Christmas lights and little battery operated lights with cords that are connected to a battery case I cut the cord near the case and hook on the old cord from my phone charger not the end that goes into the phones, but the other end that goes into your computer I get those little adapters that are a dollar and a quarter at dollar tree and plug the computer cord into that and plug it into the wall. works great on battery operated devices. I just don’t have the courage to try it on my cell phone.
A side benefit of EVs being on the road is that they are now a constant source of amusement for the rest of us. Yahoo had an article titled something like "Misinformation about EVs" that was saying that it was possible to own an EV in Australia and travel anywhere with the same convenience as a normal car. They showed a Tesla parked at a camp site plugged into the mains next to a tent. The main thrust of the article was that it is possible to travel anywhere in an EV, and the author regularly travels around Australia without a problem. The article was a bit short of details and specifics.
Once thought railway tracks were stairs with absurdly low handrails. Mind you, I was *very* drunk at the time; Swiss apple cider 'from the barrel' seems quite innocent but then you suddenly fall over because you legs turn into rubber tires. And Swiss *Zahnrad bahnen* are very steep railway tracks with a geartoothed middle rail (the train has geared traction wheels that fit that rail; it powers the train along the steep track). So it really looks like stairs in a way.
I was told it was the way I drove after having repairs done at Canadian Tire, then problems, I persisted and discovered they had put the part in wrong, never again Canadian Tire POS mechanic.
I saw my first Cybertruck a couple of weeks ago. I was so appalled by how ugly it looked that I called a family member who knows a lot more about trucks and cars than I do - and we both agreed. It was the ugliest vehicle I have ever seen. $100,000+ for that? No way.
Good luck going back to an ICE vehicle if you put 80 or 90% of that EV on finance, as many brand new EV models are losing 50% of its value as soon as you drive out of the showroom! I guess with ICE and Hybrid much cheaper than an EV, then downgrading should work. But if you are forced to sell, then you will have no car and still owe many $$$!
The problem with batteries is , you cannot certify when a chemical reaction will stop. No one has a crystal ball. The other problem is, A car is not like a torch you can just unscrew the cap and replace the defective or worn out batteries. To power a motor vehicle you need hundreds or thousands of batteries which makes the battery pack enormous and immensely heavy. And because you have such a massive battery pack with an enormous energy potential and such weight , the batteries to prevent contact issues have to be extremely sound in their mounting, hence the battery pack carrier has to be built like a tank and making any work to a battery pack a big operation that is very laborious. The batteries which don’t like extremes of temperature have to be climate controlled , the batteries are also sensitive to having incorrect charging rates and so need battery management. Insurance companies have no choice but to write EV cars off if there is even slight damage to a battery pack or even a mark on the battery pack because there is no telling if the batteries may have sustained any problem with the internal structure of the battery pack that could cause a problem later without pulling the entire battery pack apart to see any potential damage, then of course the whole assembly with thousands of batteries has to be re assembled which of course add the possibility that something may not put back together correctly requiring the pack to be removed and disassembled again . EVs have only one main problem, they run on a huge complex battery pack that must be protected at all costs. Anyone with some mechanical experience could tell you this was and always will be a problem with very complex battery powered vehicles. The notion that EVs are simple is an absolute joke and one often peddled by marketing and sales persons 😊.
Can confirm the same thing happens with at least some PHEV's where the 12v battery will die if the thing is not left plugged in. Which kind of defeats the entire argument for a PHEV being a better option. Go ICE or regular hybrid.
The second segment - I've recovered several electric vans with this issue. Most under 12 months old. And yes, if the 12v battery is flat, or too low to power the 12v systems properly, the contactors which connect either the motors or the charger port to the traction battery. On a related note, also seen Outlander PHEVs where the relays stick and make it impossible to charge on a standard charger after using a rapid one.
ICE cars never reach the economy figures that are claimed, these are obtained under perfect conditions. So why should we expect EV's to be any better ? As the battery ages and depending on the temperature the range they can cover will vary . Never believe manufactureers claimed figures for anything that you buy.
Yes, range-anxiety and public charging infrastructure problems would be deal killers for me, but they are not even the most important ones. For me risk of traction battery problems and depreciation would come ahead of the first two reasons.
They've been trying to get these battery operated toys to work since the 1850s without success, but now we're going to be forced to drive the crap even though they don't work,
Simon , did you hear “ The MacMaster “ had the 12 volt battery fail on his Porsche Taycan and had to call the AA to get it going again . Apparently it failed while away overseas and on his return it was completely dead to the point he couldn’t even open the doors . The AA said after getting him going again that the battery was done and needed replacement but after a call to Nottingham Porsche he discovered that the battery replacement was going to cost £2500 ( don,t you just love Porsche tax ) .
The big problem: loading up the EVs with 12 volt "appliances" -things like the Cell link to the mothership that will drain the battery. And normally that would be off while parked, but that's a past tense thing... 24x7 monitoring kills the 12 volt system quickly... and a brit reports that the 12 volt in his Taycan won't hold while out of town for 2 weeks... and they want $1000 pounds or whatever to replace it after a year and a half...
I'll be one of those denying proponents of the ev and say, "just keep a 12 volt battery charger with you, they have a standard plug. Standard recepticles are everywhere!"
Hmm explain the charge connection (those batteries are a PITA to access) to the dealer at warranty time, they simply won't believe you... (Blame your mods for the dead $$$ battery )- yep even they are overpriced, and under charged ...
The small battery controls the big battery, but won’t charge it. The small battery can be jumped with jumper cables to get enough power to run the computer, to be able to use the main battery.
Software stops charging the 12v battery when the main battery drops below 21%. It also stops all other things like security cameras, climate control and main battery temperature monitoring to conserve the main battery. Maintenance of the 12v system for ICE vehicles only occurs when the engine basically turns. Regardless of what vehicle you drive once you rectify the 12v, that is connect another source in parallel, you can then go if everything else is good.
I have company a chevy equinox. It sat for 2 months because the leasing company merged "for your convenience" and they couldn't figure out how to pay the state's excise tax for the registration. Started up just fine after two months of just sitting in my driveway. I guess EVs can't do that...
Wait! Stepping on the brake pedal doesn't "necessarily" disengage the throttle? There has been "cruise control" on vehicles since the 1970's and stepping on the brake always, and I might add, "necessarily" disengaged the throttle.
The thing to remember is that the 12 volt battery controls the computer, relays. It is charged by the high voltage battery . So yes, if it goes flat, the car wont start (even if the high voltage is charged) I have seen numerous videos on "Towtruck_Dustin" where he's had to tow EV's due to the 12v being flat. Being an EV, you can't force their drive wheels as it can cause fires / damage apparently.
I think the most environmentally friendly car you can drive is a small 1.0 petrol aygo or similar. They have the smallest environmental impact to build, they're very efficient, with incredibly low emissions and relatively easy to recycle!
Trudeau has given about $60 billion (could be more, I lost count) to VW, Stellantis, etc for EV cars in exchange for factories and maybe 6000 jobs…if we’re lucky. Expensive job creation.
That accident seems like a typical panic reaction to me, you can see videos of many such accidents on the internet. The driver probably wanted to brake as he was rolling down the slope, but accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal because he mixed up the pedals. When the car started accelerating strongly and unexpectedly, the driver panicked and pressed the accelerator pedal even harder, as he thought he was pressing the brake, so he drove into the house at full throttle.
Once An EV Owner; NEVER AGAIN
Once again ... "Never in the first place" lol
Your show is always on my daily watch list.
What did you have?
I'm sad to see a guy with track footage on his youtube channel having fell prey to the ev monster but okay it was a looong time ago and I get it I'm too old for that now I'll go rav4 hybrid NOT plugin the regular one which recharges as you drive it's no STi but the throttle response on regular driving is not bad at
Stupid is as stupid does..
Welcome back... we missed you.
I read last night that the government is going to subsidize EV insurance in Aus. That's nice of them to spend my money on that isn't it? 😡😡😡😡
Talk about beating a dead horse.
Typical of Labour. They are very good at wasting money. How about they susidise all insurance.
Its maddeningly simple: "going green" means raiding the treasury. And where this happens, I don't afford well heeled looters status as "environmentalist": 'eco-fascist' seems to be the correct term.
Vote them out!!!
And begs the question: if EVs are so damn good, why does *any* Government need to get involved at all?
I vaguely recall various times that car companies were fined/sued by governments for false fuel efficiency claims on petrol cars. Surprising that governments, or the EU, hasn't pounced on false EV mileage claims to generate a few more billion Euros to finance their wine a cheese parties.
They are tested to the government mandated test cycle. It's just that it's a poor mandate. The Americans use the EPA standard, which is much more realistic.
And, didn't VW get seriously sued for falsifying vehicle emissions on their "clean diesel" cars?
@@gregb1599Nope. It's NHTSA
South Korea fined Tesla for their range adverts. Several million dollars.
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Electric car insurance should be on a different database, just as you would with vans, motorcycles, and helicopters. ICE car owners shouldn't shoulder the burden of these ludicrous vehicles
You realise that lce vehicles are 38x more likely to set on fire right. And look at the damage they do like at Luton airport. Yet EVs are the problem 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Audioremedy0785
Funny how you ignore even the insurance industry. What’s the rate of EV writes off versus ICE write offs for similar accidents because they can’t be bothered to repair the EV for the reasons given?
@@xr6lad meer teething issues
Insurance companies charge rates based on repair costs in an accident. That’s why Smart cars cost more to insure than large luxury cars.
Then, based on your opinion, they should still be on a different database!
Buying an EV is buying into a whole eff'ed up ecosystem.🤮
more like buying into a dearth-system.
What is eff'ed up about getting 300 miles for just $9?!
@@davidbeppler3032for me it's expected lifespan as no 1 and no 2 is range while towing.
@@avid6186 About 750k miles and 30 years if it is a Tesla. If range is all you care about you should get a Diesel Semi. They can travel 2100 miles and get 6.5mpg. Only costs about $1,029 to fill up. When you don't care about money range is easy. Just get more fuel.
@@davidbeppler3032 assuming the battery in a tesla will actually last 30 years, none have yet, that's exactly my point. It's only 30 years, my diesel landcruiser is already 32 years old and shows no sign of giving up any time soon, another 10 years shouldn't be a problem, I'm hoping for 20, which could easily see me out. Another issue is total running cost. I don't do a lot of km per year now days so even if I only had to chip in an extra 30k for a tesla (probably more), the extra finance cost even at only 5% is about twice my current fuel cost. For me it just doesn't stack up.
"Once you go electric, you never go back ... to the EV dealership to buy another one".
500k acres of farmland in idaho have been denied water by the govt. Claiming the water table is too low. 300 miles north a cobalt mine has been granted permits to operate 24/7. Any guess what resource is needed for cobalt mining?
Lots of water
Congolese children?
Hmm, the cobalt mine is shut.
@@bordersw1239it's won't be for long unless a judge somewhere gets in the way.
Human blood?
Videos have influence. About 5 odd years ago I had been considering an EV to replace my aging ice car. I was in no hurry to make the replacement, my car was older but in reasonable shape but the writing was on the wall so I started to investigate all the choices out there. After watching so many educational videos about the pros and epic cons of EVs, I have made my decision and have purchased a brand new ice Corolla. My new car is remarkably uncomplicated to operate and re-fuel, I'm confident that I'll squeeze at least 20 years use out of it, and I feel perfectly safe leaving it in my garage overnight.
You made the right call, and in ten years' time you will have a dinner party story about your narrow escape.
Same. Exactly! I'm an elderly single woman, don't know heaps about cars. Found it a hard topic to research and choose. Thanks for your post - reaffirming.
@patrickchubey3127 Smart man! I'm glad You dodged that bullet! Make sure you stay on top of Your oil change intervals! If You don't mind, I'd like to recommend a few good car related channels: 1)The Car Care Nut 2) Scotty Kilmer. I bought an '02 camry back in 2020 for cheap9190k mi.). It needed some routine maintenance, and changing or flushing all the fluids. But after it was all done, it still runs strong & drives like new 50k mi. later(now @242k mi.) And still achieves 30+mpg. It's been so cheap & trouble free to own. I just love that 'old' car! Actually, when I bought the car, I didn't know that it had 2 catalytic converters until months after it had already passed emissions testing in california with the primary cat converter being completely empty on the inside! I replaced it with a new one for less than $800. I hope you have many trouble free yrs with your corolla!
Much Thanks.
@@lobsterbisque7567 Sounds like more work than an EV
"Remain vigilant while using the auto drive feature".. Yeah, no. Driver's attention will drift, the phone will come out, the daydreaming will start.. I find that the best way to maintain vigilance is to have full manual control!
I don't even use my wipers auto setting or the adaptive cruise or the lane keep assist bull crap...my car has automatic headlights that don't allow me to have manual control over them which I absolutely hate
@@randylahey1232 Buy an older car?
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 If you can find a good one, then yes, I recommend that.
The car literally doesn’t let you not look at the road 😅 and you have control of the car at all times
@@eyerollthereforeiam1709one the best cars i had was a 2000 immaculate Lexus LS 500....so insanely reliable, quiet... problem free.
EV owners would be better off owning a bicycle without wheels.
300 miles range for just $9.
@@davidbeppler3032
Lmfao!!!
Love it true
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@@Acemeistre
Still being a useless troll I see. Good for you.
Eventually, we will have mountains of EV’s that nobody wants, new and used. These mountains may catch fire and end up, looking like a volcano.
In a few years, EV owners will be paying us to take these pieces of crap off their hands.
Hopefully near one of Trudopes mountain chalets.
Just send one to the Smithsonian and just give up on this abortion of an idea. The big picture was never studied before they pushed these half baked things into the maket
Parking required? Like outside Parliament House... These Politicians are so removed from Reality - they get their information in neat little memos (which is why they all sound the same from UK to Aus to USA & beyond) and are so removed from the Real World We the People need to wake them up!
@@3000secretsNo. Governments will be taking yet more money from us to pay for their failed policy diktat.
I would imagine Canada is a worse country for EVs. It's larger than Australia and much colder on average.
Yeah, but cuddly Canadians have only got grizzly bears, wolves, Rush fans and wolverines to worry about whilst waiting for their EVs to charge; Aussies have got to fight off deadly ninja Drop-Bears.🐨👀
I think they are the same but for different reasons. Australia hot and long distances between towns (that often don’t have petrol stations anyway) and Canada long distances and winter cold.
And in the US, depending where you live the local temperature could swing both ways over the course of a week. Distance wise I would say we’re in between with part city and highway driving behavior.
Yes it's cold here like 7 months of the year.
More towns and cities with chargers.
On the Electric Viking tomorrow;
"Reckless moron in a house loses control and slams into Cybertruck".
😂😂😂
EV Fans ‘I don’t pay any maintenance charges unlike ICEs’
Motor Manufacturers: ‘Did you REALLY think we wouldn’t recoup recurrent revenue in some fashion other than replacing oil and spark plugs, REALLY?’
It's hilarious because they act like batteries and electric motors and the computers inside of them never ever fail when they do and they are consistently tens of thousands of dollars to replas opposed to a few hundred on a normal car
I know right lol...I saw that coming years ago when this bs first started ...its just so sad the fanboys still refuse to accept this simple fact
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@@randylahey1232 true
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You're a champion Mguy, your work needs to be applied to kindergarten curriculum for all...
ASAP!! 👍🤓
exactomundo.
The smartest people in these stories are the tradesmen who didn't waste money on Gender Studies degrees or certifications in electric car technology.
and it's sex not gender.
Do EV and ICE count as car genders?
@@softwarephil1709 Words have gender not people or cars etc.
It's Tradeperson, if you please.
@@gslim7337nah, it's tradesman or tradeswoman, if they are a woman*
"Tradeperson" is like "chairperson", a mockery of the English language.
*An actual woman, not a bloke who thinks he knows how a woman feels and imagines himself as one.
Two caravans were totally destroyed by fire in Bundaberg yesterday July 1 , these were in a sales yard and early indications are the fire source was li-ion batteries which were fitted under the bed . Flames spread to an adjacent van , others were moved by staff to save them . I personally would not be very comfortable knowing I was sleeping on top of those batteries.
You prefer to sleep with a camping gaz tank in your caravan...risk of explosion when the rubber gets old and cracked in the connections?
And next question...where do you keep your laptop, tablet and smartphone stored at night? They all have lithium batteries...often without a decent bms.
@@reiniernn9071 If I were a caravanner I would not have Li - Ion batteries, I would have LiFeP04 type , induction cooking i.e. no gas and my portable tech would not be left on charge overnight while I sleep . Also those main batteries would not be under my bed but in a dedicated ventilated box or similar with easy service access . Most potential problems have a solution.
In that first story, the driver lives in Derbyshire. Just for those who don't know the UK, Derbyshire is home to the Peak District National Park and has LOTS of beautiful hills! 😁
Ahhh, thank you!
Grazie.
Ah! confirms my thoughts. I knew there was nothing wrong with the car. You obviously can get over 200mi, but it doesn't happen all the time, so obviously yes, Ray, it _is_ your fault. It is your driving style or where you drive it. The perfect figures given by manuf. are in perfect controlled conditions (no doubt with a bit of extra fudging) and will never, ever reach the same figures irl. You got done, Ray, and you still don't even understand how. Just getting upset that people keep telling him it's his fault. It is your fault, ray, for buying an EV.
That doesn't mean he spent all his time driving up and down hills. Anyway, you'd be getting regenerative braking when going downhill.
Well there you go. It's not the car's fault, it's the earth's fault for having hills.
Thank you for my daily dose of sanity
true.
Back in my day people were smart and did their homework before they fell for stupid government scams about saving the planet from bad gas breaking the weather.
Maybe back in your day you got a decent education at school. Extreme climate change claims have been in the textbooks since the 1990s as I understand it. You can't blame people for believing what they've been told for their entire lives by adults.
Come on. Please give them a break. We are dealing with zoomers and millennials. Generations I’m continually left laughing at their naive statements even at work.
@@Akm72They also convinced those young skulls of gullibility that transgenderism was perfectly scientific and socially acceptable.
No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of California car buyers or voters.
When was that? I grew up in the 90's the scams were in full force even back then.
It is his driving style, he took an ev out on the road, that's the problem.
How dare he drive his EV in other than laboratory conditions.
That UK bloke with the Taycan has been quoted £2,800 for his 12v battery
When they're £150 from Halfords?
@@dps615 the 12v battery is also lithium, another rip off
McMaster kept saying he had a 9 volt battery. He’s an idiot.
The Mac Master.
Yes,but it's Porsche Design.
I don't know what's funnier, the EVs, or their fanboys!
Seems like at least once a week in my very small town I cross paths with some local Tesla Cyber Truck owner while driving my 20 year old V10 F250 and make an extreme effort to make eye contact so they can see my hysterical laughing at their truck that will NEVER be running 20 years from now, but my truck will be 40 and still going strong. The joke is on They, not We, The People.
@@PaulLorenzini-ny2yw Tis true, if you take good care of them... they last.
for me it's not really laughter... but feeling quite disgusted at how stupid certain segments of society are becoming .....
Using the brake, "may or may not" disengage the accelerator?
Well fuck that.
What?! Hold on, you're telling me a vehicle with a curb weight of 6,603 lb (2,995 kg) is "steer by wire", and it's legally being sold to the public for use on public roads?
Shut the front door.
The movie Idiocracy was just a warm up for 2024.
You'd think a battery operated car could at least jump start itself, what sort of an engineer didn't include that. It'll power your house but not itself.
Engineers? Everyone involved are ideologues
It wouldn't be safe. The large battery operates at ~300 volts so it's much safer to use a 12 volt system to open and close the high voltage system's circuits. A DC to DC step down converter is used to charge the 12 volt battery and keep the 12 volt electronics powered up. That said, I don't know why they don't include some kind of emergency joule thief circuit to temporarily boost the voltage of a nearly depleted 12 volt battery just enough to close the high voltage battery shutter and engage the step down converter.
@@GoldenGrenadier You say it wouldn't be safe then say exactly what I said.
@@GoldenGrenadier The better ev cars have that facility...keeping 12V up.
But NOT if you park youre ev for a longer time with an uncharged main battery.
But for the convenience...With ICE cars I had a few times an empty 12V battery. If in an ice the battery gets old the car will not start at all.
Or whem you do not use it for a longer time...NOTHING recharges a 12V battery in an ice when it is parked.
The EV does not need 300amperes to start
Just watched the McMaster and his 12 volt problem, when the AA tested it the 12 volt was getting charged at 117 amps, that will kill a 12 volt lead acid in next to no time, boiling the electrolyte and warping the plates.
McMaster thought he had a 9 volt battery. 😂 He probably thinks AA is the battery size.
I saw that too and the AA guy attending had to callback to HQ to see if that was “normal”. Apparently so…
It's a lithium 12v battery, but I agree, that's a lot of amperage. It looks like you need to leave the car on trickle charge to keep the 12v charged if leaving car for a week or two.
I painfully waited almost four minutes to fully fuel my full size 2500 Chevy pickup given me a weeks worth of travel. It’s horrible!
It takes me 20 seconds to plug in my EV at night, and by morning, it's fully charged for a few days of city driving, which is what 95% of drivers do every year, if we go on a long trip we fly!
Yeah. I have a diesel and an EV and anyone with a car that takes fuel that thinks they are winning is on another planet. Having an EV is exponentially easier. And it’s also so much cheaper. Sorry pal but you lost this one.
@@gregb1599Yes, you have learned to live with the limitations of Li-ion technology: cramped range and long out-of-service periods. Petrol and diesel don't have those limitations. If you have a sudden medical emergency at 8 pm and have to get to a hospital 30 miles away but your EV battery hasn't got sufficient range yet, you need a petrol or diesel car as a backup.
@@stephenfennellAmbulance? Taxi? Uber? EV that's half charged?
self driving mode in BC, Canada is illegal now.
Sounds like EV’s are well on their way to saving the world’s emission problems 😂😂😂😂😂
hhahah but not the heat emissions from those who are waking up to how they were fully beguiled to buy an EV car.
One fire at a time
I don’t know why government allows manufacturers to quote only 1 range estimate for EVs. In the US, gasoline cars have 2 ranges (via mpg x tank capacity) listed on the window sticker. City and highway. Why is this not required for EVs?
because the other range will expose their lies about EV
They should have city, highway, hot weather and cold weather extremes!
As far I know, in US manufacturers of gas cars do not quote any range estimate.
@@chenyansong they have mpg so all you need is the fuel tank size.
@@chenyansong no. They quote mpg estimates for city and highway. The range then just depends on your fuel tank capacity
The Macmaster had trouble with his 12v battery on his Porsche, they want a crazy amount to replace it.
Yeah £2800.
In the region of 2000 Pounds Sterling for a s****y little battery
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There you go Simon
Macmaster isn’t very bright. He kept saying his car had a 9 volt battery.
@@softwarephil1709Sure, but that doesn’t make him particularly different from other EV owners.
In a previous job, one day one of my engineering colleagues who held two degrees (engineering and law) announced (with quite some fanfare) that he would leave his position to join the legal team of a big car maker where he would work on autonomous car concepts. Nobody ever heard from him again and his LI profile hasn't been updated in years now. I think said car maker shifted their focus on more relevant technology...
Sadly our politicians have dictated this change for us. Perhaps it's time to push back. Grrrr!
Keep voting for Leftists and expecting a different result. There's a definition for that.
We’re going to do that in November in USA.
@@softwarephil1709 good luck. Hopefully the rest of us will follow.
Haven't seen you cover American NFL player Randall Cobb who's house burned while he and his family were sleeping with their Tesla charging in their garage.
When did that happen?
I didn't know that either
@@markthomas207quick Google and you’ll find it. 4 days ago. Can’t post link as RUclips will delete links.
Wow it was going at speed🫣
@@markthomas207happened about 4 days ago. Seems RUclips wants to delete my other answer to you. Censorship at its finest.
an engineer buys an ev... 🤷♀️. mind you someone told me he was "an engineer " i asked what his field was .. he told me he fits smart meters....🤦♀️
Everyone is an "engineer" nowadays. Very few are actually qualified at anything. Its just a job title.
@@sunnybnk A couple of guys whose only job was to sweep the factory and keep the machines dust free where called "particle engineers" how true that is I dont know, but I could believe it.
Bumhole engineers.
This is what happens when everyone top down lie to people to force them to buy EVs.
Nah, nobody is being forced, that's what gullible morons say. There's no cure for stupid but a heap of excuses. Aren't you due for a booster?
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The only person telling a lie here is you..? As I can go and buy whatever car I want to buy.
@@Audioremedy0785 None of al gores or gretas scientists climate projections came anywhere near to been reality. This is what their lies are based on
@@Audioremedy0785 Haahahaaaha!
May or may not disengage the accelerator... WT actual F**K! How could such a vehicle be allowed to pass any sort of regulation, anywhere. Tell you what, Australia had better not allow these deliberately made death-traps on the roads, EVER!
In the last month, 3 workers at the northvolt factory have mysteriously died at home, 19, 33 and 62 years old. It's being investigated at the moment but since it's government subsidized they will cover it up most likely.
Do you have any further information about this?
Really interested in this information as I thought the location of the plant was being questioned so I assumed that since it was in Quebec construction would be halted for the time being.
Might have been the safe and effective (?).
Not much is known at the moment unfortunately, only that they all died after coming home from a shift at the Northvolt factory. Toyota has sent inspectors who last week ordered all Toyota-affiliated employees to not go back to the factory, which to me atleast, signals that there is a major flaw safety-wise. Most people suspect leaking chemicals but we will just have to wait and see.
Ok so a bit more info here about northvolt. Apparently they’ve had 26 (!!) serious accidents since 2019 and a total of 5 people have died since November 2023. criminal cases have been brought up against the company but they have all been covered up. The factory itself is privately owned but financed by european and canadian tax payers money, just around 12 BILLION has been spent on the factory. Even with all this free money the factory cannot even provide its workers with adequate protection gear which killed a 25 year old man in november 2023, he caught on fire while working with flammable substances, without fire-resistant work clothes. Northvolt was also exposed for illegaly storing 300 TONS of liquid hazmats in used oil drums. Copper foil was also found to be ”spread by the wind” as it was not stored at all.
Can't wait to call a Robo Taxi and ride the rails.
Cruising over railroad ties is a great way to test the suspension.
wait until software hijackers obtain remote control of the smart phone on wheels.
More like a robot hearse
Aaaand here’s Jhonny!
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And after a few years you have to pay for a full battery change which is usually more than the cost of the used car itself. Which means we will have a big number of used, unsold evs in a few years.
Yep.
only 49% ? that can't be correct !
Considering only 51% of humans are still sane it seems fair to me :)
The digits are transposed.
100% a indian or chinese driver drove on those tracks. See it in Toronto all the time
It's not about moving to E.Vs , it's about you staying home in your 15 minutes city , doing what you are told , voting for who we say , eating bugs and being happy .
Take off the tinfoil gramps.
@@victorchen9170 a conspiracy theory = the truth .
Why should insurance costs rise for all drivers, because of the much higher cost of repairing EVs after collisions? It should only be the EV owners who are paying increased premiums, after all it is their vehicles which need excessive amounts of cash to be thrown at them for repairs. No reason for the rest of us to be sponsoring their repair costs.
Insurance charges by what car you drive. Not by your own personal record. This pisses me off the most!
After the Brisbane floods home insurance went up for everybody , not just those in flood prone areas . I'm flood free where I am but would still have to pay the going price regardless. It's much the same with car insurance , it's easier to get a bit more from a lot of people than a lot more from a few .
@@robertchapman6795 Luckily I live in europe, netherlands. Insurance costs depend on personal record...up to 85% discount on assurance (very long driving without claims)
I can’t believe the autonomous driving feature is being sold and used, when it should be obvious it’s far from ready for use on public streets.
You've got to watch the A2RL Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League, it's hilarious.
Public roads and railroad tracks.
That 49% are fanboys though, they will never admit they made a mistake.
All because of verses like Proverbs 8:13, 16:18.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217
Very true!
@@cohort075 Amen.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217excelente
If EVs ran on smugness, they would never need charging. Also true if they ran on regret, I guess.
Nice one 😅😂🤣
I think South Park literally made an episode on this when hybrid cars were the virtue-signalling vehicle of choice.
@@kunka592Brian Griffin has a Prius in Family Guy.
10 years ago, my son started college and he went to a football game during a cold night. His phone was fully charged before he left and then all of the sudden he lost 50% of the battery's capacity. That is how I knew I should never never buy an EV until there is a major breakthrough in the battery technology. Also, his roommate's laptop caught on fire while it was just sitting there being charged. I have 2 reasons not to buy an EV.
Firstly, your son’s phone battery was broken. And secondly, if fire is of concern to you, an ICE car is 38x more likely to set on fire.
@@Audioremedy0785 but fire from an EV is much more intense. Also I have never seen an ICE car started a fire after it was shut down and cool off. EVs just suck.
@@Audioremedy0785 BTW I was laughing my ass off this past winter watching those EV drivers who were stranded in Chicago and they had to call tow trucks powered by diesel
@@shermanleung5839 did you see the car fire in Luton airport that caused tens of millions in damages? Ice car parks up. Combusts. The reason you have not see. It is because it’s not something you are looking for.
@@shermanleung5839 loads of ICE cars got stranded too. What didn’t you find that funny?
Cleetus McFarland showed the responsiveness of the steering on a cyber truck where he quickly moved in one direction as you might in an emergency and he discovered that there was a huge delay between driver input and mechanical output.
I knew it was only a matter of time, I commented about the Steer By Wire System in one of your previous videos, I'd still like to hear your thoughts further on this or at least if you could elaborate more on it to educate the public on why it's not a great idea to electrify every aspect of a vehicle.
I’ve heard that the Cybertruck that crashed was due to a fault which causes the throttle to go 100% when applying the brakes on an incline. Apparently that’s why the 4 hour old truck crashed. Dude applied the brakes only for the truck to accelerate flat out. There’s a video of the owner on RUclips saying that’s what he was told by Tesla and they’re ’aware of an issue’. Luckily no one was injured or killed. It’s only a matter of time before someone is mowed down by the stainless urinal.
Was just recent the failure of the 12V battery locked a baby in a Tesla resulting in firefighters breaking a window while the EV was in the owners garage. Sorry, if you have an EV in your own garage and it is not charging, there is a problem.
All cars EV or ICE with stupid electric operating doors will have that problem! Stop spreading FUD saying all EV have that problem!!
This wasn’t the story at all. It wasn’t a 12v battery failure. The stupid woman didn’t know her battery was flat.
@@gregb1599Quit making up words like FUD. 🖕🖕🖕
@barackblows1942 Quit thinking only EV have those stupid electrical operning doors! Moron!
@@gregb1599 Except, you can't enter a Tesla once the battery is dead because it doesn't have a manual keyhole. You have to be up on the emergency procedures to avert having your window broken which the fire department and owner did not know.
Fly by wire brakes and steering. Its the future. You can keep it. I much rather having some direct control of the wheels on my car.
72k subscribers and growing! 🎉 👍
The MacMaster just had to replace his Porsche Taycan's 12V battery after it failed when he had been away for less than 2 weeks. It cost 2800 pounds to replace. In contrast, Geoff Buys Cars bought a Volvo, did some repairs, got new wheels and tyres, drove to Le Mans and paid ferry and toll road fees, and it cost less than the MacMaster's battery.
I have owned a Vauxhall vectra for 15 years since it was 1 year old, it now has 250K miles on the clock and still returns within ten percent of original claimed fuel efficiency. I wonder how many EVs would be able to make that claim in years to come. Original engine and gearbox.
The Cyberduck thought it was being challenged to a race by the neighbour's "Porch" Trashcan.🤭
Very Good!
'Yes one day the bottom will drop out'...
Unfortunately, the various western governments have listed deadlines for differing percentages of EV sales in their countries or states. Politicians are not sharp enough to see that their mandates are too Draconian and will keep them in place regardless.
There is currently an EV Mercedes in car sales NSW for sale. It's done 80km, and is listed as an unwanted gift. 😂
If I could convert my cell phones, tv remotes, flashlights, and radios to use fossil fuels I would cause I'm sick of batteries.
I wouldn’t try it on my cell phone, but on Christmas lights and little battery operated lights with cords that are connected to a battery case I cut the cord near the case and hook on the old cord from my phone charger not the end that goes into the phones, but the other end that goes into your computer I get those little adapters that are a dollar and a quarter at dollar tree and plug the computer cord into that and plug it into the wall. works great on battery operated devices. I just don’t have the courage to try it on my cell phone.
RUclips this - there is a Vid of a guy who has a cell phone with a glow engine running it. It's Mad funny, I think he has other items too.
Range isn’t a problem if you only drive down hill.
A side benefit of EVs being on the road is that they are now a constant source of amusement for the rest of us. Yahoo had an article titled something like "Misinformation about EVs" that was saying that it was possible to own an EV in Australia and travel anywhere with the same convenience as a normal car. They showed a Tesla parked at a camp site plugged into the mains next to a tent. The main thrust of the article was that it is possible to travel anywhere in an EV, and the author regularly travels around Australia without a problem. The article was a bit short of details and specifics.
Once thought railway tracks were stairs with absurdly low handrails.
Mind you, I was *very* drunk at the time; Swiss apple cider 'from the barrel' seems quite innocent but then you suddenly fall over because you legs turn into rubber tires.
And Swiss *Zahnrad bahnen* are very steep railway tracks with a geartoothed middle rail (the train has geared traction wheels that fit that rail; it powers the train along the steep track). So it really looks like stairs in a way.
It could be his driving style, if "freeway/motorway driving" "is 'his style"
Слава україні!
Слава России! @@AS-np3yq
I was told it was the way I drove after having repairs done at Canadian Tire, then problems, I persisted and discovered they had put the part in wrong, never again Canadian Tire POS mechanic.
Just use a Tim Hortons next time, may work out better (cluier baristas)..
@@kadmow yeah except Tim Horton’s sucks too, was sadly the only repair shop available at that moment.
I saw my first Cybertruck a couple of weeks ago. I was so appalled by how ugly it looked that I called a family member who knows a lot more about trucks and cars than I do - and we both agreed. It was the ugliest vehicle I have ever seen. $100,000+ for that? No way.
In Skellefteå Sweden. In the Northvolt factory, 3 men has died, and 2 hurt by chemicals in the factory in half a year time.
Fools & money comes to mind🙃
Politicians can be identified as the reason for almost all problems in the world........
Yep
As a controls engineer and programmer, I want nothing to do with an EV for a multiplicity of reasons.
Good luck going back to an ICE vehicle if you put 80 or 90% of that EV on finance, as many brand new EV models are losing 50% of its value as soon as you drive out of the showroom! I guess with ICE and Hybrid much cheaper than an EV, then downgrading should work. But if you are forced to sell, then you will have no car and still owe many $$$!
The guy whose Tesla hit the railroad, do you think he might have been watching Back to The Future 3 when it got confused? 🤣😂🤣
The problem with batteries is , you cannot certify when a chemical reaction will stop.
No one has a crystal ball.
The other problem is,
A car is not like a torch you can just unscrew the cap and replace the defective or worn out batteries.
To power a motor vehicle you need hundreds or thousands of batteries which makes the battery pack enormous and immensely heavy.
And because you have such a massive battery pack with an enormous energy potential and such weight , the batteries to prevent contact issues have to be extremely sound in their mounting, hence the battery pack carrier has to be built like a tank and making any work to a battery pack a big operation that is very laborious.
The batteries which don’t like extremes of temperature have to be climate controlled , the batteries are also sensitive to having incorrect charging rates and so need battery management.
Insurance companies have no choice but to write EV cars off if there is even slight damage to a battery pack or even a mark on the battery pack because there is no telling if the batteries may have sustained any problem with the internal structure of the battery pack that could cause a problem later without pulling the entire battery pack apart to see any potential damage, then of course the whole assembly with thousands of batteries has to be re assembled which of course add the possibility that something may not put back together correctly requiring the pack to be removed and disassembled again .
EVs have only one main problem, they run on a huge complex battery pack that must be protected at all costs.
Anyone with some mechanical experience could tell you this was and always will be a problem with very complex battery powered vehicles.
The notion that EVs are simple is an absolute joke and one often peddled by marketing and sales persons 😊.
Imagine the daamage to the battery driving down a train track. That vehicle will probably end up written off.
A French car ! plus it's an EV ! run for the hills......
So, now we know why Tesla us up 7% today. Hyperloop is back!
BS baffles B
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Can confirm the same thing happens with at least some PHEV's where the 12v battery will die if the thing is not left plugged in. Which kind of defeats the entire argument for a PHEV being a better option. Go ICE or regular hybrid.
The second segment - I've recovered several electric vans with this issue. Most under 12 months old. And yes, if the 12v battery is flat, or too low to power the 12v systems properly, the contactors which connect either the motors or the charger port to the traction battery. On a related note, also seen Outlander PHEVs where the relays stick and make it impossible to charge on a standard charger after using a rapid one.
ICE cars never reach the economy figures that are claimed, these are obtained under perfect conditions.
So why should we expect EV's to be any better ?
As the battery ages and depending on the temperature the range they can cover will vary .
Never believe manufactureers claimed figures for anything that you buy.
Sounds like EV's can't even support the drag of an alternator to charge the 12V battery. It would probably cut their range by 25%.
- what would drive the said (sad) alternator?? An electric motor... (Laughs)... A solar panel in the roof tint makes more sense, if anything...
@@kadmow - How about a drive belt from one the electric motor(s)? I seriously doubt a solar panel on the sun-roof is going to help much.
As far as I'm aware, the 12V battery in most EV's is charged directly by the traction battery.
@@davidorr6627Of course, there is nothing else.
Yes, range-anxiety and public charging infrastructure problems would be deal killers for me, but they are not even the most important ones. For me risk of traction battery problems and depreciation would come ahead of the first two reasons.
As always, great videos Simon. Keep them coming, mate. Cheers 🇨🇦🇦🇺👍
They've been trying to get these battery operated toys to work since the 1850s without success, but now we're going to be forced to drive the crap even though they don't work,
51% should be committed. To a rubber room with an extra long sleeve white coat…the one with extra buckles and straps.😇
Hey, 33% thought Biden won the debate.😂
Simon , did you hear “ The MacMaster “ had the 12 volt battery fail on his Porsche Taycan and had to call the AA to get it going again .
Apparently it failed while away overseas and on his return it was completely dead to the point he couldn’t even open the doors .
The AA said after getting him going again that the battery was done and needed replacement but after a call to Nottingham Porsche he discovered that the battery replacement was going to cost £2500 ( don,t you just love Porsche tax ) .
The big problem: loading up the EVs with 12 volt "appliances" -things like the Cell link to the mothership that will drain the battery. And normally that would be off while parked, but that's a past tense thing... 24x7 monitoring kills the 12 volt system quickly... and a brit reports that the 12 volt in his Taycan won't hold while out of town for 2 weeks... and they want $1000 pounds or whatever to replace it after a year and a half...
I'll be one of those denying proponents of the ev and say, "just keep a 12 volt battery charger with you, they have a standard plug. Standard recepticles are everywhere!"
As far as I know, EV’s don’t let you charge the small battery, as it only charges from the main battery.
Hmm explain the charge connection (those batteries are a PITA to access) to the dealer at warranty time, they simply won't believe you... (Blame your mods for the dead $$$ battery )- yep even they are overpriced, and under charged ...
The small battery controls the big battery, but won’t charge it. The small battery can be jumped with jumper cables to get enough power to run the computer, to be able to use the main battery.
Tesla FSD is the MOST WONDERFUL Thing that ever happened, NOT
Software stops charging the 12v battery when the main battery drops below 21%. It also stops all other things like security cameras, climate control and main battery temperature monitoring to conserve the main battery.
Maintenance of the 12v system for ICE vehicles only occurs when the engine basically turns. Regardless of what vehicle you drive once you rectify the 12v, that is connect another source in parallel, you can then go if everything else is good.
10:07 That is a certain derail event plus certain deadly fire. Wow!
If the Tesla "auto pilot" decided that the train tracks where a proper place to drive, then it must have been an "auto engineer".
Strange that Governments are very quiet about EV problems.
I have company a chevy equinox. It sat for 2 months because the leasing company merged "for your convenience" and they couldn't figure out how to pay the state's excise tax for the registration. Started up just fine after two months of just sitting in my driveway. I guess EVs can't do that...
Wait! Stepping on the brake pedal doesn't "necessarily" disengage the throttle? There has been "cruise control" on vehicles since the 1970's and stepping on the brake always, and I might add, "necessarily" disengaged the throttle.
The thing to remember is that the 12 volt battery controls the computer, relays.
It is charged by the high voltage battery .
So yes, if it goes flat, the car wont start (even if the high voltage is charged)
I have seen numerous videos on "Towtruck_Dustin" where he's had to tow EV's due to the 12v being flat. Being an EV, you can't force their drive wheels as it can cause fires / damage apparently.
There are EV problems and there are Computerized car problems. I would not want to be "rebooting" either in the middle of a busy road or on RR tracks.
I think the most environmentally friendly car you can drive is a small 1.0 petrol aygo or similar. They have the smallest environmental impact to build, they're very efficient, with incredibly low emissions and relatively easy to recycle!
Trudeau has given about $60 billion (could be more, I lost count) to VW, Stellantis, etc for EV cars in exchange for factories and maybe 6000 jobs…if we’re lucky. Expensive job creation.
That accident seems like a typical panic reaction to me, you can see videos of many such accidents on the internet. The driver probably wanted to brake as he was rolling down the slope, but accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal because he mixed up the pedals. When the car started accelerating strongly and unexpectedly, the driver panicked and pressed the accelerator pedal even harder, as he thought he was pressing the brake, so he drove into the house at full throttle.