Got to agree about the lack of buttons in modern cars and everything being screen driven. My mate who's a wheelchair user and drives with hand controls won't even consider anything past mid 2000's, he wants buttoms, nobs and non electric seats, so when driving he can just easily adjust things, especially important when one hand has the contols and has to steer. Suprised the miles you covered but unfortunately, I'm not surprised with your comments about the charging network. There were two thing accomplised, money raised for a good cause and illustrating the the good and bad of the world EV experience. 👍
Great stuff. I was quietly confident for you. People will probably disagree, but in the bad old days of "Public Ownership" I suspect Government might have made a better job of setting up a network rather than leaving it to "Competition"!
I went up the Pennine Tower in 1984. I have always thought it was symbolic of the wonderful difference the motor car made to all our lives. Let's hope we can continue to freely use the motor car in years to come.
My friend was an engineer for a global car manufacturer. 20 years ago he had the idea of all EVs using the exact same battery. The driver could drive to a charging station where pre-charged batteries would be underneath the forecourt. Yoys drive up to the 'pump' and AI robot would swap out your old battery and slide in the fully charged one. Same time as a petrol fill up. But the issue was manufacturers not wanting to work together to achieve a standardisation - even though many cars share common parts under the bonnet.
Great vlog Matt, really enjoyed that. Super effort as well. As pointed out the network is terrible, too many different types / brands of chargers, they should all be as aligned as possible and serve all EV's !! Oh and lots more of them ..
Perfectly encapsulates why the uptake of electric cars is so slow. There's little infrastructure to support them and when you do find a charger then chances are it won't work or there's a massive queue.
Huh? There is a massive network now and still growing. Wasn't like this 10 years ago but now it's all changed. Public charging is there if you need it and it costs money now so less likely that people will hog them. What is slowing the uptake is the mountain of disinformation from people who have never owned/ driven an EV or intention of buying one. Add to that the huge campaigns by newspapers/ websites etc to constantly put out odd scare stories like EVs are too heavy and car park destroyers. I'm sure your evoques and Qashqais are featherweights. I've driven and owned Evs,V6 V8, straight sixes etc and every car serves its purpose. Stuck in town or snail pace traffic on a commute the EV makes more sense. Plus I have fuel station at home. I honestly don't know what goes on in people's heads. If you don't want one don't buy one. Don't try and put out dumb BS. It's just makes those people look stupid.
Well done. 👍 I think that your master stroke to increase the car's range of losing a team member and your tea mug to lighten the car's load, was very clever ! 😁
Excellent job, I really enjoyed following your progress on the stream and am glad you have made a video of it for us to enjoy! You lads put in an amazing effort, I know I couldn’t have put up with the stresses you faced on that trip.
I hive a hand to you guys for the effort. You have proved that EV cars are here to stay. The charging network needs to get their act together so more people will use and buy them. Sorry about the mug, but you guys rock!
Well done for taking part and all the teams for such a great charity 👍 many EV owners I know have another vehicle for long journeys as the infrastructure of chargers is so bad .
Well done for getting the BYD . I’ve been to the Chester dealership twice. Not a soul to be seen. Same with the Ora. They look a good proposition but time will tell.
Nice one! I think the range element with an EV depends on the car you have massively, not so much the network, although that is obviously a big factor as well. I regularly drive around 22/23 hours in my 2022 Tesla Model 3 Performance from the UK to Hungary covering around 1200 miles in that time, and obviously that time also includes charging and the occasional holdup at the Eurotunnel so they can definitely do the miles. The good thing about the Tesla is, it integrates the charging into the route planning, it shows you what charger is free, what charger is broken, how long it’ll take, pictures of the facilities where you’ll be stopping etc. I could not imagine an EV experience like in some cars where you have to plan the charge stops yourself, no way. The quickest I’ve done that journey was in an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sportiva diesel which was just under 20 hours including 1 fuel stop and 2 other pee stops. So definitely not the sort of journey you’d do with your family. I would however say it was more tiring in the Alfa because the miles seem never ending as you just keep on driving, whereas in my Tesla, I can look forward to seeing oh there’s only 2/3 more check points (charges) left and that kind of gives me a better idea of progress and also allows me to naturally take a small nap if I want every 3/4 hours as opposed to driving 12 hours or more in one go just because “I can”. The last trip was done with only 5 charges, not including the charge I set off with, and I think most people over a 20+ hour trip would probably end up stopping at least 5 times if not more. So it’s not particularly inconvenient. Cost wise, the last trip I did in my Tesla cost £107 for those 1200 ish miles and I only charged at Superchargers on the way. The Alfa was almost £200 as they completely mug you off with fuel prices on German motorways. So the cost (for me) was almost half of a modern diesel and given that I’m driving a 500+hp EV and not a silly 140hp diesel means that the performance is not even comparable. Obviously the purchase price is a different story. And obviously the cost becomes marginal when you’re charging at home. All in all though, for my needs and I feel for most people who could charge at home, something like a Model 3 would normally work.
Well done guys! Top effort. I've had no issues in an Electric Kia on NB a big road trip so maybe it's the BYD? Great to see Barry again, how is his W123 going?
Gridserve was the tricky one for us, apparently only works with newer BYDs and this is a 73 plate. Hes just sold it to a restorer who's going to do a lot to it
It was great to have the EV as part of the challenge as it added a very different perspective. Incredible work - especially to have been able to cover that distance and manage to keep it charged up !
The fact that there were problems with so many chargers surely suggests that there is a fault in the management system of the car. Disappointing that in making their generous gesture BYD appear to have supplied a dud, no doubt unknowingly.
I was there for all but 3-4 hours when my pain meds for my broken ankle kicked in! I managed all 24 hours last year though. Im about to change to a Scenic EV so was interested in how you'd get on....a lot better than many thought.
We have an Enyaq EV and it's brilliant to be honest. If you can charge at home, which is where the benefit is found, if not then hard work. If you can't charge at home, there still can be ways to make it cheaper than ICE, but a big hassle. With the money I am saving on fuel there car will have paid for itself in 10 years ish.
I spent this stormy weekend in hospital on a ward with a broken window. Missed all this fun live and caught a really bad cough and cold so catching up where I can whilst coughing my lungs up. Meanwhile Docs are still stumped by the sudden collapse in my haemoglobin count and most of them and nurses when engaged in conversation seemed to drive leased modern tat. Bad time all around.
Great video Matt. Super impressed with how many miles you were able to clock up, and the way your team went through the challenges. It's a little frustrating to see so many issues with the charger network. You'd think putting electricity into a car should be one of the simplest things in the world, but it's been massively over complicated , let down by bad infrastructure, under provisioning and poor supporting software - I really think some of these providers should be fined if customers consistently find themselves unable to charge as a motivation to improve quality of service (especially given how much they are charging for charging in the first place!). The BYD Seal looks pretty interesting too! Can I ask what model of dash-cam you were using as I'm looking to upgrade mine shortly?
The chargers are a real minefield and let the cars down really. The dashcam is the Lanmodo I used to film the Sweden trip last year, Im not sure if this link still works! www.lanmodo.com/lanmodo-d1-3-channel-4k-dash-camera.html?from=fd
Well done for giving up your time and nervous energy Matt. All those charger mis-steps would have sent me through the roof. Let the snarky Facebook users stew in their own vitriol.
I was rooting for you since I heard you were going to compete. Of course, I knew just as well as you the pure milage race was one you stood no chance in. Just the reality of EVs currently, though they have of course become much better for range and charging speed more or less every year on. Still, a great effort by both you and the car. Well done, gents!
It's an interesting choice and glad you completed the challenge But shows that unless your working relatively local EV's just aren't there get for long journeys; and yes a need for universal charging plug would help
One thing i noticed, in my car when driving at night the dials light up in green which i can dull down at night which i like to do, in that BYD the 2 big screens look very bright, it makes me wonder how distracting it is at night
I did a couple of times (4x to be precise) 1 700 miles in 21 hours solo with a diesel VW Passat (South-Germany - Stockholm). This was 25 years ago. Averaging 81 mph.
A great advert for BYD but not a good advert for the charging infrastructure. Well done to you, Barry and Kris, sounded like a right laugh in the car with you three. Tebay Services a great Service Station, one of my favourite on the M6.
We stopped there before (family) and I was holding out for a decent breakfast there but it was all closed so early! The BYD did really well, very comfy and smooth. I will get up that tower one day!
We went to Yellowstone National Park in one day form Minnesota USA a few times. about 1040 miles (1675 km). My Current car a Honda Accord can do 600 miles (965km).
Great effort Matt and great result for a great cause. Even if the infrastructure was better, I still can't believe why most charging points don't have a canopy. Petrol stations have roofs above the pumps, so why not electric car chargers? Anyway, the BYD looks nice and sound a good alternative to other mainstream brands.
I thought that too, I know some of the new charging hubs have roofs with solar but mostly they are just plopped anywhere. The Seal is a great looking car, if they did a sport wagon Id be tempted!
The charging situation in this country is clearly dire. I still think that having a representative or two at each major charger site would go a long way in making it an easier process. People who can fix simple issues, manage queues, and help people get charge. They could also sell you stuff, like coffee. It works for petrol stations 🤷♂
Don't forget about disabled people, who can't manage the cables. There is help available at Petrol stations for people who are disabled and can't refuel on their own. Electric cars are enableist at present.
I’m not an apologist for EVs and don’t have one as I live in regional Australia, so a long way between chargers. However It’s worth bearing in mind that it’s has taken over a hundred years to get the petrol infrastructure to where it is today.
Well done, I'd imagine the worry about charging would piss most people off, particularly if you've got to be somewhere and having a new car you can't reliably charge is just ridiculous, considering all the greenies are pushing it so hard. Also the cost of charging is like spinning the wheel and guessing what it will be 🙄 Definitely wouldn't work here as there are so many places so remote that normal fuel stations are quite a distance apart, never mind lekky chargers....
I reckon the charging issues were car related not charger related. I seem to recall on another YT channel they had massive issues with BYD vehicles not charging at public chargers.
Very well done to all of the Teams but especially the BYD Team. I didn't think you would manage even 600 miles absolute maximum. No surprises on the Charging front so yous were carrying quite a handicap when you ran low on juice. I imagine EV Owners must either be very Frustrated Motorists or the Most Super Patient Motorists on our roads.
Well Matt, once again you have educated me. First of all your choice of vehicle is "different". I wouldn't trust myself with all the gadgets and gizmos in there. Thanks for the vid . Later
I like the BYD Seal as the equipment levels and performance are so impressive for the price and like Skoda drivers of old BYD owners eulagise about them like they are god's gifts to motoring. The problem I have is that for all the marketing, pricing etc the car has some serious issues that many of us can't and should not overlook: 1) The boot size is a joke for a family car, it is no bigger than an average hatchback and is so narrow for many requirements (golfers especially) is is a non-starter. 2) If the boot size is not annoying enough it is a saloon opening so you can get much in the gap anyway. 3) Everything is on the screen and it is borderline dangerous to try and change even basic settings. Now I know most manufacturers do this but they don't bury things several layers into the OS to find it. Oh and the turning screen is really not that useful. 4) For a car that is so long and heavy I am struggling to understand why the leg room in the back is actually quite poor compared to competitors especially with no room under the seats for your feet. That and why the range is not that inspiring as the efficiency does not stack up well. 5) The smell in the cabin is actually quite nauseating, not a nice new car, leather smell but like you are trapped in a room you have just painted, the VOC's are actually quite frightening. For me it is such a shame as I was a motivated buyer who felt the Excellence model with it's power, the equipment as standard and the price was unbeatable for fun and value unlike any other EV. Sadly though as a family car and from a safety and space perspective it was a complete non-starter and failed on too many requirements so my hunt continues !
That big toucscreens are ridiculous lol. They are too distracting because you need time to find the settings that you want. When you're driving you can easily touch wrong setting and if the touchscreen isn't that responsive it becomes frustrating really fast lol.
Well done! Great video but I felt empathetically tense seeing your charging woes. Your car might have been the problem at several of the chargers. Clearly Teslas don't have a problem but some of those chargers worked on other cars but not on yours.
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How much time did you spend on the chargers and how many times did you have to charge? Cost? For your mileage a petrol car might have meant, say, 3 stops totalling 20 minutes. Yes I know charging time gives extra nosh time which you might not get with the petrol stops. 17 hours EV running? 22 hours with petrol might have got you well over 1k miles. Some interesting stats here. For me, all of them negative, as far as an EV is concerned! Enough of that. Very well done everyone.
Thanks for a great video, associated with a very worthy cause. The car is hideous, too complex, too big, too heavy. If the future of motoring looks like that and has the added bonus of stress looking for a working or available charger, plus the mobile signal to download yet another app, then I think we are done for. If govt was that concerned to keep us moving in independent transport, they would have significantly improved the infrastructure instead of leaving it to the private sector. Although to have enough charging capacity it's going to need significant changes to the national grid, and that isn't happening either. Join just a few dots and you can see that EVs are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
It's great that EV's can now go places some distance away and the range anxiety has been reduced somewhat but as you mention the charging network still has some work to do, even more now that there are increasing EV quotas for EV's by the car makers. I will resist a car with everything touch screen for as long as I can, basic things need physical basic switches that you can feel and press and I don't include those touch haptic things in this. Well done guys and thankyou for sharing.
I'll put down a lot of those charging problems to the car. Get a Tesla next time and it will not only work, it will also charge faster. But applause to the team for the good effort!
I'm not at all a fan of EVs, but I quite like the BYD Seal. It's so much nicer, and has a much better interior than the Tesla Model 3 it sort-of copies. BYD have made a better Tesla than Tesla. Sorry Elon, but you need to up your game.
It's baffling to me that you had so many problems charging. I've driven up and down the length of the country in an electric Citroen and have had one charger, just one, that didn't work - and BP Pulse are well known for their rubbish chargers. It makes me think the car is the issue rather than the chargers.
And this folks is why people buy Teslas.... If u never intend charging away from.home then anything goes i guess, but if you do, then this video highlights what will happen.
Good on you for trying butt. BTW, "byd" means "to live" in Welsh. For a challenge like this I think your are in an ideally named vehicle. Not watched to the end, but I hope that you did well.
A great demonstration of the futility of driving an EV looks one size doesn't fit all were with a petrol and diesel one size does fit all and no wonder why there is a downturn in the sale of EVs and the older Mercedes-Benz covered the most miles which is better an older car or a new EV as the Mercedes-Benz is about 30 years old and still going strong will the BYD be around in 30 years time no way it will be land fill which car is better for the environment an older car or an EV who knows that older Mercedes-Benz will more than likely be still around in 30 years time l know for a fact my 1997 Toyota Hilux will be still around in 27 years time
What a great idea it was, all this electric car nonsense 🙂 When was the last time you pulled into a petrol station and the pump wasn't working? Or the nozzle wouldn't fit into your filling...hole(?) ? Not to mention you're filled up in less than 5 mins. Oh well, let the electric enthusiasts have their electric problems 😇
@@ivanfernyhough3851 so you are trying to say that electric cars have been mainstream and has been developed just because they were around pre 1900? Blimey.....
So you pay a premium to buy an electric car, a premium to charge it at public chargers (if they work), and all the time needed to charge. It's not yet worth it - maybe if you have a home charger and don't do a long distance ?
Glimpse into the futue for you: becomes sick of being the slow one up to 60 at the lights and gets frustrated about the closing down petrol and diesel infrastructure and buys an EV, is blown away by it and hopes no one remembers the silly comments he left all over youtube.
Got to agree about the lack of buttons in modern cars and everything being screen driven. My mate who's a wheelchair user and drives with hand controls won't even consider anything past mid 2000's, he wants buttoms, nobs and non electric seats, so when driving he can just easily adjust things, especially important when one hand has the contols and has to steer. Suprised the miles you covered but unfortunately, I'm not surprised with your comments about the charging network. There were two thing accomplised, money raised for a good cause and illustrating the the good and bad of the world EV experience. 👍
Thats a really interesting point about driving with hand controls, its hard enough using them without dealing with that
Superb effort Matt, Just giving went over 20k a few hours ago. Electric car was an interesting choice :)
it made it an interesting challenge, an old diesel is the obvious choice so thats what not to choose!
Great stuff. I was quietly confident for you. People will probably disagree, but in the bad old days of "Public Ownership" I suspect Government might have made a better job of setting up a network rather than leaving it to "Competition"!
Id not thought about a national grid of chargers, but that would probably be a better idea
I went up the Pennine Tower in 1984.
I have always thought it was symbolic of the wonderful difference the motor car made to all our lives.
Let's hope we can continue to freely use the motor car in years to come.
Built in the days when motorway travel was exotic and exciting rather than a chore
My friend was an engineer for a global car manufacturer. 20 years ago he had the idea of all EVs using the exact same battery. The driver could drive to a charging station where pre-charged batteries would be underneath the forecourt. Yoys drive up to the 'pump' and AI robot would swap out your old battery and slide in the fully charged one. Same time as a petrol fill up. But the issue was manufacturers not wanting to work together to achieve a standardisation - even though many cars share common parts under the bonnet.
@@Clodhopping this already happens with EV motorbikes
Great vlog Matt, really enjoyed that. Super effort as well. As pointed out the network is terrible, too many different types / brands of chargers, they should all be as aligned as possible and serve all EV's !! Oh and lots more of them ..
thats the thing, they are just too sporadic
Perfectly encapsulates why the uptake of electric cars is so slow. There's little infrastructure to support them and when you do find a charger then chances are it won't work or there's a massive queue.
They are an impractical solution to an imaginary problem.
Huh? There is a massive network now and still growing. Wasn't like this 10 years ago but now it's all changed. Public charging is there if you need it and it costs money now so less likely that people will hog them. What is slowing the uptake is the mountain of disinformation from people who have never owned/ driven an EV or intention of buying one. Add to that the huge campaigns by newspapers/ websites etc to constantly put out odd scare stories like EVs are too heavy and car park destroyers. I'm sure your evoques and Qashqais are featherweights. I've driven and owned Evs,V6 V8, straight sixes etc and every car serves its purpose. Stuck in town or snail pace traffic on a commute the EV makes more sense. Plus I have fuel station at home. I honestly don't know what goes on in people's heads. If you don't want one don't buy one. Don't try and put out dumb BS. It's just makes those people look stupid.
The reason for slow uptake is pricing and the well funded disinformation published by the press.
@@zanytwinmagnet2681 I wouldn't waste my key strokes on these luddites. I pay 1p a mile with my EV, won't be going back to ICE.
@@DrEvilsFingerPartially perhaps. Completely? No.
Well done. 👍
I think that your master stroke to increase the car's range of losing a team member and your tea mug to lighten the car's load, was very clever ! 😁
Excellent job, I really enjoyed following your progress on the stream and am glad you have made a video of it for us to enjoy! You lads put in an amazing effort, I know I couldn’t have put up with the stresses you faced on that trip.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I hive a hand to you guys for the effort. You have proved that EV cars are here to stay. The charging network needs to get their act together so more people will use and buy them. Sorry about the mug, but you guys rock!
What an awesome collaboration this was! Congratulations to everyone involved!
Great video. Great cause. Love the variety from old cars to something like this BYD.
Well done for taking part and all the teams for such a great charity 👍 many EV owners I know have another vehicle for long journeys as the infrastructure of chargers is so bad .
Well done for getting the BYD . I’ve been to the Chester dealership twice. Not a soul to be seen. Same with the Ora. They look a good proposition but time will tell.
Nice one! I think the range element with an EV depends on the car you have massively, not so much the network, although that is obviously a big factor as well. I regularly drive around 22/23 hours in my 2022 Tesla Model 3 Performance from the UK to Hungary covering around 1200 miles in that time, and obviously that time also includes charging and the occasional holdup at the Eurotunnel so they can definitely do the miles. The good thing about the Tesla is, it integrates the charging into the route planning, it shows you what charger is free, what charger is broken, how long it’ll take, pictures of the facilities where you’ll be stopping etc. I could not imagine an EV experience like in some cars where you have to plan the charge stops yourself, no way.
The quickest I’ve done that journey was in an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sportiva diesel which was just under 20 hours including 1 fuel stop and 2 other pee stops. So definitely not the sort of journey you’d do with your family. I would however say it was more tiring in the Alfa because the miles seem never ending as you just keep on driving, whereas in my Tesla, I can look forward to seeing oh there’s only 2/3 more check points (charges) left and that kind of gives me a better idea of progress and also allows me to naturally take a small nap if I want every 3/4 hours as opposed to driving 12 hours or more in one go just because “I can”. The last trip was done with only 5 charges, not including the charge I set off with, and I think most people over a 20+ hour trip would probably end up stopping at least 5 times if not more. So it’s not particularly inconvenient.
Cost wise, the last trip I did in my Tesla cost £107 for those 1200 ish miles and I only charged at Superchargers on the way. The Alfa was almost £200 as they completely mug you off with fuel prices on German motorways.
So the cost (for me) was almost half of a modern diesel and given that I’m driving a 500+hp EV and not a silly 140hp diesel means that the performance is not even comparable. Obviously the purchase price is a different story. And obviously the cost becomes marginal when you’re charging at home.
All in all though, for my needs and I feel for most people who could charge at home, something like a Model 3 would normally work.
What a great challenge! Enjoyed it a lot. Made a donation to Sophie's Legacy.
Thank you, every penny is hugely appreciated
What a great video!! Thanks for doing the challenge!
Well done guys! Top effort. I've had no issues in an Electric Kia on NB a big road trip so maybe it's the BYD? Great to see Barry again, how is his W123 going?
Gridserve was the tricky one for us, apparently only works with newer BYDs and this is a 73 plate. Hes just sold it to a restorer who's going to do a lot to it
@@furiousdriving thanks for clarifying and I look forward to seeing his W123 when it's finished
It was great to have the EV as part of the challenge as it added a very different perspective. Incredible work - especially to have been able to cover that distance and manage to keep it charged up !
Thanks for sharing Matt, a great effort by you and your team. I made a donation to the charity even though I'm on the other side of the world. 😊👍
Thank you, we all appreciate that!
The fact that there were problems with so many chargers surely suggests that there is a fault in the management system of the car.
Disappointing that in making their generous gesture BYD appear to have supplied a dud, no doubt unknowingly.
Handshake failures can be down to something as simple as a missing update or a system clock with the wrong time.
Well Done Matt...very impressive...congratulations on the money raised!!!
What a great fun challenge. I’d love to see other channels try this.
I was there for all but 3-4 hours when my pain meds for my broken ankle kicked in!
I managed all 24 hours last year though.
Im about to change to a Scenic EV so was interested in how you'd get on....a lot better than many thought.
If you can charge at home you'll be fine, thanks for sticking with the stream!
We have an Enyaq EV and it's brilliant to be honest. If you can charge at home, which is where the benefit is found, if not then hard work. If you can't charge at home, there still can be ways to make it cheaper than ICE, but a big hassle. With the money I am saving on fuel there car will have paid for itself in 10 years ish.
I spent this stormy weekend in hospital on a ward with a broken window. Missed all this fun live and caught a really bad cough and cold so catching up where I can whilst coughing my lungs up.
Meanwhile Docs are still stumped by the sudden collapse in my haemoglobin count and most of them and nurses when engaged in conversation seemed to drive leased modern tat.
Bad time all around.
Great video Matt. Super impressed with how many miles you were able to clock up, and the way your team went through the challenges. It's a little frustrating to see so many issues with the charger network. You'd think putting electricity into a car should be one of the simplest things in the world, but it's been massively over complicated , let down by bad infrastructure, under provisioning and poor supporting software - I really think some of these providers should be fined if customers consistently find themselves unable to charge as a motivation to improve quality of service (especially given how much they are charging for charging in the first place!). The BYD Seal looks pretty interesting too! Can I ask what model of dash-cam you were using as I'm looking to upgrade mine shortly?
The chargers are a real minefield and let the cars down really.
The dashcam is the Lanmodo I used to film the Sweden trip last year, Im not sure if this link still works!
www.lanmodo.com/lanmodo-d1-3-channel-4k-dash-camera.html?from=fd
Well done for giving up your time and nervous energy Matt. All those charger mis-steps would have sent me through the roof. Let the snarky Facebook users stew in their own vitriol.
I was rooting for you since I heard you were going to compete. Of course, I knew just as well as you the pure milage race was one you stood no chance in.
Just the reality of EVs currently, though they have of course become much better for range and charging speed more or less every year on.
Still, a great effort by both you and the car. Well done, gents!
It's an interesting choice and glad you completed the challenge
But shows that unless your working relatively local EV's just aren't there get for long journeys; and yes a need for universal charging plug would help
One thing i noticed, in my car when driving at night the dials light up in green which i can dull down at night which i like to do, in that BYD the 2 big screens look very bright, it makes me wonder how distracting it is at night
I did a couple of times (4x to be precise) 1 700 miles in 21 hours solo with a diesel VW Passat (South-Germany - Stockholm). This was 25 years ago. Averaging 81 mph.
A great advert for BYD but not a good advert for the charging infrastructure. Well done to you, Barry and Kris, sounded like a right laugh in the car with you three.
Tebay Services a great Service Station, one of my favourite on the M6.
We stopped there before (family) and I was holding out for a decent breakfast there but it was all closed so early! The BYD did really well, very comfy and smooth.
I will get up that tower one day!
Well done, Matt, excellent show and in such a good cause.
Thanks! Over £20k now!
We went to Yellowstone National Park in one day form Minnesota USA a few times. about 1040 miles (1675 km). My Current car a Honda Accord can do 600 miles (965km).
Not bad. You arent beating my 2300kms in a day with that though!
Great effort Matt and great result for a great cause. Even if the infrastructure was better, I still can't believe why most charging points don't have a canopy. Petrol stations have roofs above the pumps, so why not electric car chargers?
Anyway, the BYD looks nice and sound a good alternative to other mainstream brands.
I thought that too, I know some of the new charging hubs have roofs with solar but mostly they are just plopped anywhere.
The Seal is a great looking car, if they did a sport wagon Id be tempted!
Well done too everyone that took part well done Matt for doing it in a ev
Congrats on completing the Challenge and credit to BYD for lending you the car do it in. Let's no forget why this event exists. I hope Chris was ok.
I need bright headlights like these!
bloody well done.
The charging situation in this country is clearly dire. I still think that having a representative or two at each major charger site would go a long way in making it an easier process. People who can fix simple issues, manage queues, and help people get charge. They could also sell you stuff, like coffee.
It works for petrol stations 🤷♂
Don't forget about disabled people, who can't manage the cables. There is help available at Petrol stations for people who are disabled and can't refuel on their own. Electric cars are enableist at present.
@@russell5791 That's very true! Needs fixing!
I’m not an apologist for EVs and don’t have one as I live in regional Australia, so a long way between chargers. However It’s worth bearing in mind that it’s has taken over a hundred years to get the petrol infrastructure to where it is today.
Very interesting video but I carnt help but want to see more on the tomcat and the 159 seen a broken down tomcat today 😢really want one haha
Good job team. The touchscreen thing seems crazy to me. Otherwise, very good effort.
Well done, I'd imagine the worry about charging would piss most people off, particularly if you've got to be somewhere and having a new car you can't reliably charge is just ridiculous, considering all the greenies are pushing it so hard. Also the cost of charging is like spinning the wheel and guessing what it will be 🙄
Definitely wouldn't work here as there are so many places so remote that normal fuel stations are quite a distance apart, never mind lekky chargers....
I reckon the charging issues were car related not charger related. I seem to recall on another YT channel they had massive issues with BYD vehicles not charging at public chargers.
Well done great effort.
Thank you!
@@furiousdriving video also proves EV’s aren’t bad it’s the charging network that makes it difficult.
Worst point losing the mug and not an amigo😅
I was very fond of that mug
Very well done to all of the Teams but especially the BYD Team.
I didn't think you would manage even 600 miles absolute maximum. No surprises on the Charging front so yous were carrying quite a handicap when you ran low on juice.
I imagine EV Owners must either be very Frustrated Motorists or the Most Super Patient Motorists on our roads.
Well done everyone
thank you!
Well Matt, once again you have educated me. First of all your choice of vehicle is "different". I wouldn't trust myself with all the gadgets and gizmos in there. Thanks for the vid . Later
Around 28 mins ,,, look at all that mistletoe in the trees behind !!!!! 🏴👍
and its not even halloween yet!
I like the BYD Seal as the equipment levels and performance are so impressive for the price and like Skoda drivers of old BYD owners eulagise about them like they are god's gifts to motoring. The problem I have is that for all the marketing, pricing etc the car has some serious issues that many of us can't and should not overlook:
1) The boot size is a joke for a family car, it is no bigger than an average hatchback and is so narrow for many requirements (golfers especially) is is a non-starter.
2) If the boot size is not annoying enough it is a saloon opening so you can get much in the gap anyway.
3) Everything is on the screen and it is borderline dangerous to try and change even basic settings. Now I know most manufacturers do this but they don't bury things several layers into the OS to find it. Oh and the turning screen is really not that useful.
4) For a car that is so long and heavy I am struggling to understand why the leg room in the back is actually quite poor compared to competitors especially with no room under the seats for your feet. That and why the range is not that inspiring as the efficiency does not stack up well.
5) The smell in the cabin is actually quite nauseating, not a nice new car, leather smell but like you are trapped in a room you have just painted, the VOC's are actually quite frightening.
For me it is such a shame as I was a motivated buyer who felt the Excellence model with it's power, the equipment as standard and the price was unbeatable for fun and value unlike any other EV. Sadly though as a family car and from a safety and space perspective it was a complete non-starter and failed on too many requirements so my hunt continues !
All The Way To Memphis. 😁👍
Depends where you start :-)
That big toucscreens are ridiculous lol. They are too distracting because you need time to find the settings that you want. When you're driving you can easily touch wrong setting and if the touchscreen isn't that responsive it becomes frustrating really fast lol.
Duck sake I'm sticking with flammable liquid in the tank. Its fitts every fuel tank.
Well done! Great video but I felt empathetically tense seeing your charging woes. Your car might have been the problem at several of the chargers. Clearly Teslas don't have a problem but some of those chargers worked on other cars but not on yours.
Popular vlogger TheMaxMaster has made numerous RUclips videos re his charging issues with Porsche EV.
Wow! A feast of content creators in this video,👍 👌👏& most of them I know cos I watch their videos as well!👍👏👏 & It's good to see your friend with the bushy beard 🧔& the bald head👴 back in one of your videos again,👍 & all for a very worth cause as well.👏👏👏👏👏👏 & One last thing! Said Colombo,😁😝😄😅 I think I saw the identity of a mystery person in this video, 🤔 well,I'm 90% certain it is them?🤔😀
It wouldn't be a Challenge from Hubnut if it didn't involve Windscreen Wipers.
How much time did you spend on the chargers and how many times did you have to charge? Cost? For your mileage a petrol car might have meant, say, 3 stops totalling 20 minutes. Yes I know charging time gives extra nosh time which you might not get with the petrol stops. 17 hours EV running? 22 hours with petrol might have got you well over 1k miles. Some interesting stats here. For me, all of them negative, as far as an EV is concerned!
Enough of that. Very well done everyone.
All the pro ev fans bigging up how good their cars are, but the charging can still be a nightmare, not good
Did u use the tea shelf? Or did eat the range?
until I lost my cup, yes...
Now all BYD’s charge normally at all teslas chargers
That would have been so useful!
Seems our charging network is absolutely useless
How do manufacturers &the government expect you to buy an electric vehicle when the chargers don't work or there's no instructions 😮
will Kitch withdraw points for Fratton Park?
He threatened to disqualify
What town did you think you where in whilst in Portsmouth, at Portsmouth football club?
As I know precisely zero about football and in the back, I thought we in one of 3 possible towns
I don't know if its RUclipsrs constantly highlighting the problems with EV's but the charging seems to be a total nightmare.
Thanks for a great video, associated with a very worthy cause. The car is hideous, too complex, too big, too heavy. If the future of motoring looks like that and has the added bonus of stress looking for a working or available charger, plus the mobile signal to download yet another app, then I think we are done for. If govt was that concerned to keep us moving in independent transport, they would have significantly improved the infrastructure instead of leaving it to the private sector. Although to have enough charging capacity it's going to need significant changes to the national grid, and that isn't happening either. Join just a few dots and you can see that EVs are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
So are you swapping the merc for an EV matt ?
not just yet
All evangelists (Brian: I’m looking at you!) should watch this to check if EVs are the future.
Meh. If one has realistic and reasonable expectations, they are fine.
Good on you for being positive. But like Volvo I went from positive to negative in the mid 50s and never looked back.
The Volvo would have been more interesting with a full tank of Texaco Supreme 99 Performance+
The Volvo wouldnt have been any kind of challenge, apart from on our wallets at the fuel pumps!
Nothing wrong with EV’s if you buy a Tesla, charging network works every time and no queues
It's great that EV's can now go places some distance away and the range anxiety has been reduced somewhat but as you mention the charging network still has some work to do, even more now that there are increasing EV quotas for EV's by the car makers. I will resist a car with everything touch screen for as long as I can, basic things need physical basic switches that you can feel and press and I don't include those touch haptic things in this. Well done guys and thankyou for sharing.
I'll put down a lot of those charging problems to the car. Get a Tesla next time and it will not only work, it will also charge faster.
But applause to the team for the good effort!
I'm not at all a fan of EVs, but I quite like the BYD Seal. It's so much nicer, and has a much better interior than the Tesla Model 3 it sort-of copies. BYD have made a better Tesla than Tesla. Sorry Elon, but you need to up your game.
It's baffling to me that you had so many problems charging. I've driven up and down the length of the country in an electric Citroen and have had one charger, just one, that didn't work - and BP Pulse are well known for their rubbish chargers. It makes me think the car is the issue rather than the chargers.
0:05 Who’s Ferrari are you polishing?!
someone with more money than me...and daft enough to let me tough his F40
@@furiousdriving For a fleeting moment I thought you’d had a mid life crisis when picking a replacement for the W123!
And this folks is why people buy Teslas....
If u never intend charging away from.home then anything goes i guess, but if you do, then this video highlights what will happen.
Good on you for trying butt. BTW, "byd" means "to live" in Welsh. For a challenge like this I think your are in an ideally named vehicle. Not watched to the end, but I hope that you did well.
THanks, and that is a great translation for this event
A great demonstration of the futility of driving an EV looks one size doesn't fit all were with a petrol and diesel one size does fit all and no wonder why there is a downturn in the sale of EVs and the older Mercedes-Benz covered the most miles which is better an older car or a new EV as the Mercedes-Benz is about 30 years old and still going strong will the BYD be around in 30 years time no way it will be land fill which car is better for the environment an older car or an EV who knows that older Mercedes-Benz will more than likely be still around in 30 years time l know for a fact my 1997 Toyota Hilux will be still around in 27 years time
This will make Geoff laugh. Ah, EV’s, the future of motoring apparently 😂
as it did over 800 miles and only 50 less than the next best one not sure hes got much to laugh at
@@furiousdriving so much stress though… This was fun to watch in any case 👍
Doubtful, Geoff probably thinks laughter is a government conspiracy.
Geoff did himself a disservice being associated with that EV carnage pumper
not a great ad for EVs
50 miles less than the next ICE despite charging issues? That’s pretty good
Without watching the video I know the answer is much less than than a non EV.
50 miles isnt much less really
What a great idea it was, all this electric car nonsense 🙂 When was the last time you pulled into a petrol station and the pump wasn't working? Or the nozzle wouldn't fit into your filling...hole(?) ? Not to mention you're filled up in less than 5 mins. Oh well, let the electric enthusiasts have their electric problems 😇
so something that has been around for 100+ years is better than something that is 15 years (max) old? Blimey........
15 years max my arse.electric cars were around 100 years ago,before internal combustion engine.they were crap then and they're still crap now.
@@ivanfernyhough3851 so you are trying to say that electric cars have been mainstream and has been developed just because they were around pre 1900? Blimey.....
So you pay a premium to buy an electric car, a premium to charge it at public chargers (if they work), and all the time needed to charge. It's not yet worth it - maybe if you have a home charger and don't do a long distance ?
Why do you support China?
This is exactly why I will NEVER buy an electric vehicle. Absolute joke.
Glimpse into the futue for you: becomes sick of being the slow one up to 60 at the lights and gets frustrated about the closing down petrol and diesel infrastructure and buys an EV, is blown away by it and hopes no one remembers the silly comments he left all over youtube.
@@davidspencer7254 Thanks for your response 🙏🏻. You sound like quite a lonely or single person, or possibly masturbate too much? Probably all 3 ❤️
THAT IS ONE UGLY AUTO.
What an utter load of pointless nonsense !!
You're not a fan of helping families of kids suffering with cancer?
Chinese junk
NO ELECTRIC CARS
But my son has a really fun remote control toy car with rechargeable batteries. It's great!😃
NO EV!!!
Sorry, not for me those electric crap
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If you actually meant "un-subbed" ......well toodle pip, doubt you'll be missed, byee.
Excellent effort!