James May reviews his own cars - Tesla Model S vs Toyota Mirai
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- Опубликовано: 24 дек 2019
- James May has bought two electric cars this year and they're at two very different ends of the EV scale. On one side, we have the incredibly quick Tesla Model S 100D, and on the other we have the Prius-based (and very comfortable) Toyota Mirai. Which one does he think will be the future? Let's find out!
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James had some good points but i agree with James.
Naw. I gotta go with James on this one. Though I will admit that James' arguments were compelling.
How can you agree with James when James is so obviously more correct
I can't keep up with the Jameses anyway...
Oh Jameses... Hydrogen scares me too.
James made an amazing point on both but James was the most right and I agree with James, but also with James. But James was right and I agree
If u want the mirai up side down give it to Hammond
Lol
Hahahahaha
You got me
AAAAAAA
lol was gonna post the exact same thing
"The Yota"
"The Tezz"
"The Mishizzle"
Adding these to my vocab
"yours looks like a Vauxhall". Oh poppycock!
Yota means something else for Russians.
Nice nouns I must agree. They are a little in the snoop dog wannabe category. Then again that’s what makes them funny. May paying homage to snoop dogs muse. Get along little doggies.
He was trying to say “Yoder” but his non-rhotic britglish got in the way.
Mishizzle made me laugh, haha!
“We don’t know what’s around the corner, because if we did, we would be there” A very... true... statement?
Undead V8 coronavirus was actually the future.. sadly
I chuckled a bit when he said that
jame’s argument with himself is probably clarkson and hammond’s worst nightmare
*James'
Old people!
youtuber or James’s
who's Jame?
death by boredom...
I would watch a show simply of James debating various topics with himself.
But there will be induction charging in the road!
Senior TV channel you need! Old people!
Me too
Isn't that what this is?
I'm still waiting on the premier of the speed of different birds!
If everyone argued with themselves the way James argues with himself around all their issues, including political ones, then the world would be a much better place.
It would also mean nothing got done
So true. But we are all biased by all the information we’ve fed in our mind
What you describe is called thinking.....can't be doing that in the modern world now can we..!
Everyone argues with themselves sometimes
je doute
I'm actually really impressed with Jame's ability to argue both sides so well.
*James'
@@tofusrvng James's*
jah-mayz
I totally agree with James, but Mr.May actually got a point there
HAMOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I really wonder what Captain Slow thinks about it
As they say in jezza
POWAR
Dr May
Sad. Watching James argue with himself is more entertaining than new Topgear (apart from Chris Harris)
James May has more interesting content in his hand than all of new top gear has
You still watching that?
@@Kronos0999 only for Chris Harris
New Top Gear SUCKS !!!
If the Producer never sacked Jeremy ( egotistical prick), we'd still have the REAL TOP GEAR !!
@Juan Cortez Muro stop spamming comments dude
I feel like watching this made me realise, as much as I love him, I've probably underappreciated how necessary James was to the success of the TG/GT trio. Really entertaining, creative, funny, and I learnt quite a bit.
Funny I had the same. Since I have been watching James solo lately I appreciate him more. He is actually a lot more natural when he works alone than the others are. I love all of them, but James is the only one who can make a dull subject interesting. I never thought I would watch a grown man make a sandwich for 20 minutes.
Even though James is the "quiet" one of the trio, he is the one that brought the show back to the ground and not spiralling out of control.
@@HappyWoWer it's the reason that Top Gear America didn't work. I personally really like the three of them, but they lack the one person that brings everyone back to reality instead of everyone trying to out do each other.
This is literally just like a Grand Tour episode. But for free, and no censoring. Love it
and no hamster to crash the electric car.
Was the grand tour censored? Guess I didn't notice.
@@maereanm That's what scares me the most about electric cars. Lithium is a highly active chemical, merely having it exposed to air is enough for it to ignite. And the electric car Hammond crashed burned spectacularly. I don't even know how he got out of it alive!
However, having a highly flammable gas under the pressure of 700 Bar in your car is equally scary. What if it depressurizes? Even without catching fire it could possibly do some major damage to the car.
The debate at the end was weirdly entertaining...
They both had very good points tbf
And informative.
Mine look like a killer fish.
Most compelling argument I've heard in a while.
I reckon that's the first time we've seen May talk to himself.
Mmm yes... a dialectic dialogue will always be entertaining due to the dual nature of man. Now, time to refill the pipe, cant remember if it was tobacco or weed
James May was BORN for RUclips
Some say he was made for youtube, others say that youtube was made for May
Say May some You born tube slowly
If this is where all the "car" content is going now that the Grand Tour is just going to be adventures, I'm perfectly fine with that.
Great that James is till doing the old school car reviewing. Hope the Hamster and Orangutan take note.
😂👏🏽 lol
hahahahahahaha
You make it sound like James is surrounded by animals. Oh wait...
Aahahahahha 🤗 fabulous
“You’ve gone the wrong way”... killed it
Kind of fun watching James argue with himself. No yelling, just points and couter points.
Minus the angry ogre, you mean?
He is a genius
James is really good, he should be a car journalist of some sort.
thats a great idea!
He was! He worked for auto car a while back I think.
@@mikecamcorder3419 that's the joke
@@mikecamcorder3419 r/whoosh
@@nicholasfield6127 haha ironically j think you missed the 2nd joke. His time at auto car was very minor campared to his other car journalism, top gear and grand tour
"It would hit me right in the fuel cells..." 🤣🤣🤣
That, literally is the best car review I’ve watched in 2020. THAT magic is a part of what made Top Gear a national treasure back in the day.
Nice to see, that, even presenting on his own, James May’s able to hold his own with effortless aplomb!
Brilliant stuff James! Keep it coming!
Now I’m going to have to subscribe to this channel...!!! 🤷🏾♂️😊👍
Not "national treasure" but a true "world treasure".!
James is a treasure and should be protected at all costs.
We, the Internetz, should publish a list of people who should be protected at all costs.
1. James
2. Elon Musk
Next
@@SpiDey1500 You missed Attenborough! Shame on you!
Henning musk!!! Really that brain fart!
toohottie001 oh great another apocryphal boomer....
@@fbboringstuff Ever visited university? No? Ok.
James May arguing with himself is more entertaining than anything on Boxing Day morning
I do it all the time. I talk to myself when I need expert advise. lol
James may is class, this lad knows how to entertain young chaps
My head exploded
james you muppet the "D" in "P100D" stands for Diesel
The hydrogen was bloody expensive, more than 3x the price of the electricity but got about 1.5x the mileage! They’d not only need to improve the infrastructure they’d need to get a lot cheaper to refuel. Did James tell James how many miles total he could travel in the cars?
I feel like James understands the internet
That’s what happens when you leave James May by himself.
Konstantin Mochalov 😂😂
He undergoes mitosis if left unobserved lol
Brilliant. Glad I'm still able to enjoy your knowledge and wit. thanks for the years of enjoyment and keep them coming.
I love having the idea that he’s in both cars at the same time waiting for the other the finish talking
As someone who is new to the channel, it’s so refreshing to find someone who is able to so eloquently and intelligently, with seemingly no biases, talk EV and HFCEV. Thank you, May
if you like that sort of stuff, look up some of May's other shows, like "the assembler," where he puts together everyday objects, like lawn mowers and such. it's great fun and very zen
@UCRAQw2s4QKITQzEz2Dm6BZw
Old people here, what do old people need?
refreshing they hate here!
“It would hit me right in the fuel cells”-James may😂😂
Well, his fuel cells are already empty...
i laughed loud when he said this lol
Weirdly in the final argument, James with the Toyota looks fitter than him standing with the Tesla.. The difference a pose makes 😂😂
7:25 is a very underappriciated line 😂😂
I do wonder about overpressure events if the equipment is damaged. I could see a problem if vandals damage the connectors or if they wear out too much over time, still those engineering problems are very solvable. I personally think BEVs make since for cars and HFC makes sense for ships and planes, but I can see a future if battery technology improves enough to where the KWH/KG ratio becomes closer to gas where batteries could start to be used in planes. Maybe a mix of solid state batteries in series and super capacitors?? I can't wait to see what the future holds!
Problem with electric planes is that propellers can never be as fast as jets. We need combustion, which is why hydrogen powered jets are the future.
James May #1: Lets Netflix and *Plug In*
James May #2: If that flew off it would hit me right in the *Fuel Cells*
Gotta love James May! When I was a kid I used to think Jeza and the Hamster were the cool ones but as a grown-up, I've come to appreciate James a lot more whist cringing at the other two.
Well, gotta admit, 7-year-old me like those 2. They're just humorous. But when I want to chill a bit I come and watch James .
Well the other 2 have just become parodies of themselves. It's all been done, they just re-hash it year after year. In the early years of Top Gear, they were all 3 very cool and very funny.
FreihEitner Totally agree, watching the trio from early Top Gear to the later seasons (or Gran Tour), their dynamic and personalities just feel way more forced and unnatural.
@@FreihEitner Yeah, I think you nailed that perfectly.
@@FreihEitner This is true. They're at their best when you can see them just being... well, them. When you can see the 3 of them having an unscripted laugh.
Just recently started watching these Drivetribe videos. This one particularly makes me think I'm watching a brand new Top Gear car review. Good stuff, keep it up.
James, you are great and intelligent journalist. This was great. Discussion at 8:35 was as reasonable as I've never seen on any TV show.
6:21 "There aren't any decent car shows on Netflix"
This just in: The BBC has been lit ablaze because of a severe *burn!*
xcept a large amount of their OLD content is still on netflix xd
Top Gear actually isn't available on Netflix at all Stateside.
@@Bill_Oddie_Face_Mask It is, including Series 1 (!), through the MotorTrend Online subscription service.
But if you noticed Netflix did launch with WWII in Colour as its top suggestion. :D
@@AirsoftAbominations In Germany they had series 17 to whatever series they're at now, but sadly took down all of the old series last year, only leaving the new series that barely anyone wants to watch on there. Yet they still keep the old picture with May, Hammond and Clarkson on there as their banner...
2 may is better than 1
Captain Slow and Captain Leisurely arguing about mundane things, I'd watch that.
He is boring in an interesting way.
@@MausOfTheHouse I think he's interesting in a boring way...lol
Maybe. . .
Maus This is the perfect way to deceive James 😂
the world absolutely needs more people like james
Real content worth a second view. Thanks James and James.
Damn, while everyone thought James lives in the past he actually transported us to the future
greathey1234 Genius 🤯😂
past, present or future, he will always be Captain Slow.
"I stand back because I imagine that if that flew off, it would hit me right in the fuel cells." LMAO!!
@zuygj bnsv That's probably exactly what people thought when they were first told they need to pump gasoline into their horseless wagons in order to make them move
@@wardeni4806 What sorcery is that burn the witch more like.
Reinis Ešenbergs 🤣🤣🤣👍
That subtle sense of humour that keeps you mired in the land of mirth! 😂
Hahaha that cracked me up when I heard that one!
That last bit was the best bit of car reviewing/comparison I've ever seen.
A lot of humour in this one, while pretty relevant at the same time! In a fun way, James puts forward and answers some real life questions we all have on these cars.
When you realize, you don't need Clarkson to have a good argument
Clarkson will go to some weird tangent. May vs. May is more entertaining.
Yep - you just need Clarkson if you want a ridiculous argument. :D
Luke Zet
Old people do have mad arguments, why you need them?
"Your car looks like a Vauxhall" Well done James you just killed a man how do you feel
Oh that would be so cool to ask people in shiny Teslas... "Nice car, the new Vauxhall isn't it?".
Would like to buy that Vauxhall. What model is he referring to?
He does have a point though... Now that he mentions it, the tesla does look like the current insignia...
@@andreanastacio9548 not really. True that most cars these days look alike... More Aston Martin then Vauxhall... But, Ford Mondeo is close also...
Now I can say that I drive a Tesla 😃
Excellent video.👍
We need more casual jounalistic youtube videoes like these.
Loved the rant at the end. I've had that same quarrel with myself and ended up to the same conclusion
I honestly think he chooses his cars in a way just to annoy Clarkson
He's probably going to say "This is brilliant, but I like this"
James is not Jeremy, so I doubt it
@Lauritz Sivertsen I'm just tryna make a reference to top gear but ok
When you told me that the Toyota was fueled by hydrogen my first thought was of the Hindenburg. My second point was if I was a rich man ( think fiddler on the roof ) I would own a Tesla. For now, my 20 year old Volvo is still running great. Love you show.
One slight error: batteries charge faster the less full they are. The fact that the station was pretty full was only part of the problem when it came to charge speed. Pulling into the supercharger with a relatively high state of charge was also a contributing factor. I wouldn’t be surprised if the latter was actually the main culprit.
£14.40 for 70 miles is good? That's 21p per mile. The Tesla was 8p per mile. I ran my diesel numbers and at 55mpg and £1.25/L that's 10p per mile. £14.40 for 70 miles is absolute fuelcells.
was thinking the same
Did he not mean 70 miles of driving & battery charging that equals god knows what ?
I agree with you, 100%, but I do think when he said "good" he was referring to 70 miles in 2 minutes vs 45 miles in 15 minutes.
He charged at a Supercharger the equivalent of paying "Motorway prices" for fuel. A home charger can deliver the same power for 20-25% of the cost (5p per kWh compared to the Supercharger's 24p kWh). When you fill up at home (aware not everyone has a driveway) every night the cost dramatically reduces, you only pay if you need a "top up" that day.
What type of diesel car running 55mpg can compete with the performance Tesla has to offer.
James May arguing with himself at the end was great.
The debate at the end, pure gold! I wish I had friends with whom I can speak about this arguments and imagine some sort of a solution.
That back and forth was brilliant!!!
“No good tv shows on netflix” Good Top Gear bash that😂
By the time I canceled Netflix two months ago there was no Top Gear on it at all and none on Amazon either. The all knowing Internet says there is, but there sure wasn't when I canceled.
@@WUZLE Top Gear is on Netflix and has been on it for a while now. Which country are you in?
The US. Neither Netflix nor Amazon Prime had Top Gear as of two months ago. The last remnant was James May's Cars of the People and it ultimately went pay only as well. I should say that Top Gear IS on Amazon here... As long as you are willing to pay extra per episode. It is part of neither streaming service unless you pay extra.
Netflix has Breaking Bad, The Witcher, Black Sails... some of the best shows ever made, really.
@@WUZLE Netflix has vastly different catalogs depending on what country you're in
We're so glad that Drivetribe exists, so we can get our fix of James May (or Hammond or Clarkson) while TGT is off the air.
Yeah its like doses of methadon, while you’re waiting for a smack
Its just James May to be honest others are very rare
Top Gear T? Oh
...I'm wondering if the grand tour might be a dying star. I hope I'm wrong. Drivetribe or RUclips haven't yet come up with as entertaining of car goofs to watch.
@@nathanhiggins1438 We're only getting 2 specials a year so this will just have to do for now, unless you fancy watching an orangutan do farming, which actually sounds fantastic tbh
Wow. James at his very best. Loved this clever video. That May & May conversation was a great idea!
James Squared! Luv it! Best thing I’ve seen all lockdown, except maybe ‘mail time’. That is hilarious!
Wait.....£15 hydrogen for 65 miles range? That can't be right. That's ridiculous.
Ralph Hardwick yeh hydrogen costs a fortune
if you manage to buy it, yes it costs a lot.
keep in mind that for 1kg you need around 40kw of energy
dallatorretdu it has to be made transported and then cooled and compressed, for normal cars it makes not sense as far as I can see and with fast charge getting faster and faster
@@elliottslab the technology to create it, store it etc will get better. The real factors are will the cost and environmental impact associated with hydrogen engines be better or worse than electric ones, considering the power still has to be made from somewhere, coal, gas, nuclear, hydroelectric etc, as well as lithium mining and all that other jazz to make the batteries, which need to be replaced after a decade or so currently. Either hydrogen or pure electric will be the future, but it's too early to say at the moment I think, electric is winning at the moment, simply because it is much easier to achieve.
Loose Goose not hydrogen engines but fuel cells to make electricity, and there are physics limits with density of hydrogen storage it being such a small Element I nearly always leaks, As far as I can see the battery’s are going to beat it before hydrogen really even gets off the ground
I'm sorry but James May is wrong and I totally agree with James May.
Nah man James's argument while seems valid on the surface, if you dig deeper it's whack, i think James's argument is a lot more realistic.
Oh wow, loved the video James! Huge fan here :) I learned a lot about what the Mirai is all about, made a video on it as well. Again great video.
I love how May is talking about how fast the Tesla is while getting passed by a 14 years old Opel Astra lolll
James may, James may stealing from the rich
James may, James may, stealing from the poor
True or not I couldn't resist
He steals from the rich, he steals from the poor!
And once more
Wants it all
And that’s appalling...
@@jamesbond6214 Are you talking about him driving on subsidised petroleum?
RpM_Evan what?! I’m reporting him!
nothing is more psychedelic than watching James May arguing with himself
Where would the world be without the May's. Just such a lovely chap
1:10 Had a good laugh at that impression😂
14.40 to go 70 miles, that’s not cheap at all May lol.
Was thinking the exact same thing
@@sukalplamture518 The prices will go up as governments start slapping on more and more taxes to compensate for the lesser income from ICE-car fuel sales...
Making and storing hydrogen is very expensive.
And it's not fast either. At a supercharger with a model S gaining 70 miles would not take much more time. In a model 3 or e-tron it would be even less faster. But I guess more expensive is always better.
@@sukalplamture518 No they will go up fella
James vs May : Probably the next thing that would break the internet.
thats a good name for a youtube show! -
THIS is quality content, mate! MORE MORE MORE
The last part of the video was really well done 😁👌
James May James May stealing from the rich, James May James May stealing from the poor
And what's more thats appalling!.. Nearly works - Clarkson
Explain lol
@@teslagoth9401 in an episode of the grand tour and ( last episode of season 1) they do a comparison between Clarkson's Golf GTI and May's BMW I3. May tells Clarkson that the government gave him 5,000 pounds to help him buy his I3, and Clarkson made this song
William Babcoke thank ye
@@teslagoth9401 youtube : the grand tour 5000 pounds.. You will see, enjoy 👍
Great comparison video
The debate part was GOLD
The new 2020 Mirai looks so much better than this Prius body one🤔 it's unbelievable👍
No5hit You’re right, the new Miraï concept looks stunning.
@@chucky8894 It's not a concept, it's the end product. That is what we are getting.
@@chucky8894 looks hidious. I rather poke my eyes with a fork.
@@bikall1 so you'd rather drive the Prius based one?
Looks like a Camry on steroids but only in the legs and face
I can hear Clarkson narrating this
"Some say it's not the man who drives the car but it's the car that drives the man"
James talking to himself before Covid-19 was even a thing.
That was really amusing towards the end. Informative to boot.
"That would hit me right in the fuel cells" - *James May December 2019.*
Gentlemen Sausage
May the best May win.
i think he May
Not Theresa though, surely 🤣
May may or may not win.
Mayday!
This may or may not be too confusing for May.
James May looks like he has a sweater collection and he show it to his guests explaining them the differences in materials
James is my favorite talker for car.
I love that two car so much.
The end was like watching Gollum having a chat with Smeagol.
Is anyone else shocked the 4th season of the Grand Tour is only 2 specials?
I still can't believe it's not butter.
No. I think they've become boring repetitive variations of the same old jokes.
Wait so it's only two specials and that's it? Shit if that's the case, bring back the studio format.
I believe it's because Hammond got in an accident.
@@nikkoa.3639 And the sky is blue today as well. What's the real reason?
That sucks if it's true though.
At 0:55 just as he says ‘this is fast everywhere’ he was passed by a Toyota Yaris 😂
It was a Vauxhall Astra not a Yaris xd
I still think LPG usage is underrated for city usage.
-The price per litre is low.
-The emissions are far lower than any petrol or diesel powered vehicle
-The loss of Horsepower is noticeable at great engine capacities.
-They are reliable and safe to use ( you are not carrying a bomb, trust me ).
Now of course, there are a plethora of dissadvantages: you must have an additional reservoir of petrol for the cold starts, turbocharged engines use both petrol and LPG, they use a lot of space etc.
However, it may be a cheaper alternative for EVs, until they take over the world :)
Actual car content on the Drivetribe channel? It's a Christmas miracle!
I for one would like a whole episode with May discussing with May.
Mayday Mayday
MORE JAMES MAY!!!
James is my Favorite Top Gear Guy... Another Great Vis!!
A really great video from a man who actually really understands that electric cars are the future, just that we’re not quite in the future yet talking about advantages and disadvantages of two different technologies. James May I hope will (and I reckon is one the few who actually can) really lead the car community into the EV future
Can we get conversation street back? Put it on this channel every week or two. Would be great to have that back again.
GT season 4 has ditched the Tent and Public talk. Not sure how they would bring conversation street back. Unless they really start sitting on chairs and talking; on real streets??
Jagan R, I mean I know that they did that. I've watched the show. They periodically have both Jeremy and Richard on the show so it shouldn't be that difficult for the three of them to be in the same room or to connect somehow for them to be able to make that happen.
@@goresometimes3528 Yeah! That sounds like a really nice idea. But I still miss the public involvement. It's what made Top gear and GT Season 1,2 and 3 unique. Just my opinion :)
I think Grand your still needs some group discussion. A review of the special and a little conversation Street would be ideal after finishing the special to get that bit of closure
@@douganderson7002 Your comment is TRUE to an extent.
But for one of the highest earning shows that literally gives the presenters Hypercars and other toys worth millions to throw around the corners and drift like a maniac, I would say it ain't that difficult.
It was very entertaining, especially the end
Great debate/argument well-done James and James
James definitely won that argument
This James guy is kind of decent at hosting, he could do a TV show some day.
Yeah, and name it gear top or tour grand or something
He already has, he was a co-host on a motoring show called Top Gear for 12 years, and is currently doing a show called The Grand Tour
😂🤣🤣
@@iPro3million nice woosh bait you got there :)
@@iPro3million haha, good laugh.
Excellent bit of journalism this.
James arguing with James was the greatest debate I have seen in my life