Everything You’ve Heard About Electric Cars is a Lie, Here’s the Truth
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It will be at least decades before Electric cars become the primary consumer vehicle. What most don't consider is how to produce the electricity to charge them. More Nuclear power plants is the only way to produce enough for the demand of everyone having an EV, or until we have better technology. The green energy debacle last winter in Texas is a perfect example of the failings of wind and solar.
Scotty all vehicles on the moon had to be powered by electric because there's not enough oxygen required for combustion.
Batteries are technically fossil fuels also. They're rare, and involve digging into the ground, exposing the atmosphere to harsh chemicals.
So why weren't the Republicans screaming bloody murder at Trump MANDATING that California not do what it wanted to do? Stomping all over their rights to regulate themselves the way they wanted.
@@BillsSpamMail because near sighted stupid decisions made in California screw up the lives of citizens in the other 49 states.
I spent a lifetime working on the internal combustion engines of all types. While I'm not a fan of electric vehicles, they do have a place in our society. What I take exception to is having them forced upon us with little choice. it is presented as all or nothing, regulating gas cars off the road. THAT is tyranny.
Absolutely
EVs will be and are currently being rejected by the marketplace for the same reason they failed 110 years ago. They have not yet fixed the problem of charging time and they never will. But the political class sure found a way to print and spend trillions of dollars to friends of the Uniparty. I will never buy an EV and 95% or drivers never will either….
@mikeses4392 200 miles in a 15 minute charge is not a "problem" and is only getting better with the development of solid-state batteries.
Charging time isn't the problem. Range per charge is and I would argue it is a problem that continues to improve. It most certainly is nothing like 110 years ago.
@@sincitysinnermike They have not overcome either problem and they never will. But even if they did, there is not enough rare earth materials to replace every real car on the road today. The global warming hoaxers will need to find a different solution to their false religion and those stupid charging stations will be the phone booth of this generation…..
@@sincitysinnermike agreed. I had this same argument with some of my gear head friends that unfortunately have their own stubborn passion for internal combustion vehicles claiming that electric vehicles will never replace gas powered cars due its lack of range and infrastructure. They don’t realize the technological advances are moving at a greater speed than even their favorite super cars. We are at early stages of biulding infrastructure and the battery/charging /ranges are all issues that they are improving on. I see the future as completely electric
That was the calmest I've ever seen Scotty! His new therapist is doing a wonderful job! LOL
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Wonder if that therapist made him believe Bush 43 was president in 1993? 🤔
Here's one for you Scotty! My daughter works in a EV battery plant here in Georgia. The waste rate at just this plant is 72%!!!!
How are they disposing of all the bad battery cells!
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RECYCLABLE!
HOW GREEN IS THIS, OR BENEFICIAL TO THE PLANET !
It's not about going green, it's about the elites getting richer!
I ASK YOU HOW GREEN IS THIS!
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The monied interests driving this lifestyle image will put the old, bad batteries in the strip mining holes they make in the earth mining lithium and other minerals for the batteries. Then put a layer of dirt over the top like our waste dumps, and exactly like USA wars, out of sight, out of mind.
well... 80% of energy from the combustion of gasoline is wasted in ICEs. not to mention the drilling and refining process, the transporting of it around on trains and tanker trucks, the health impacts caused by the pollution. I doubt your 72% waste number or it must be a Ford plant
@@stevewilson6193 So what if "80%" is wasted. As per the Scotty video, numbers that are now emerging are illustrating it's more cost effective than EV's It's a far more practical energy mode for reliable mass personal travel. And the pollution is manageable.
What makes you think that lithium batteries aren't recyclable? They are recyclableand they get recycled all the time. There's a great TH-cam video here about a facility down in Gilbert Arizona that does the recycling
One year after this video some states are already phasing out electric cars.
I was in high school taking Auto Shop in the early 70's and felt that the internal combustion engine was on its way out due to the Gas Crisis. I decided not to continue my career of being a mechanic. I was very wrong then and I would not count the internal combustion engine out yet, not by a long shot.
There were no alternatives in the 70’s but now??
Nah theyre on the way out. Drive any electric car you will see why. 2030 I bet there are only 10% gas car sells remaining.
@@logan594 If you are including PHEV's and Hybrids than I would agree that it will be close to that percentage. But pure Electric I'd say no.
@@vroomgcThere will be no reason to buy gas powered vehicle. By 2025 they will be similarly priced, but more power, almost 0 maintenance less fuel costs. The last 10% would be towing long range, like camper trailers, and hobbies like rock crawlers, race cars. Why else would you want gas car.(in a new vehicle)
@@logan594 Hey I know the benefits but the infrastructure wont be there yet not to it being a 10% all electric scenario, like you suggest. At least in my opinoin, but yes in time EVs or another technology will be dominating the transportation industry over gas.
Got an email from Honda today asking my opinion on EVs and promising to be fully electric by 2040.
They gave me 3 options: I want one; I’m interested; I’ll think about it. I wanted a 4th option: no way!
They don't want us to have a choice.
@@XenoZbornak the current U.S. government doesn't want you to have a choice. Get rid of idiots in DC and you can decide for yourself again.
@@northdakotaham1752 DC, Democrats, Republicans, corrupt bankers, and completely abolish the IRS. We also BADLY need term limits. It can be done, and I hope one day it will be.
Yep, my thoughts exactly they don't want us to have the choice. If they did we would have other alternatives besides battery electrics. It's nothing but a cash cow and people are falling for it.
Government working overtime at trying to turn people into SheePeople
One of your best videos. I liked th mix of practical info, plus the historical background. just the right length. Keep these coming.
I learned a lot from this video! Thanks Scotty, very informative and interesting. Kept me paying attention all the way through it!
Now you are totally uneducated
Here's another example of obsolescence engineering. 10 years = a new car sale every 10 years, due to the battery replacement costing more than half of what the car is worth, after depreciation.
Eventually, maybe no vintage electric cars, because of batteries no longer functional.
@@alfaeco15 also, all the electronic controls break, even if batteries are replaced with newer generation cells
@@alfaeco15 Have you seen the electrics car thats were made a 100 years ago with nickel iron batteries and still run today .
I guess you didn't see they doing quad engines on the cybertrucj
Yeah, but what you may not realize is that Scotty is already out of date on his knowledge of EV batteries. Some models are already rated to last 1,000,000 miles. Also his discussion of wear of electrical motors is completely wrong. Unlike gasoline motors, EV motors are sealed so that it is almost impossible for foreign particles (that cause wear) to get into the gearbox. Further, while Scotty is right about heat causing wear, he fails to emphasize that electric motors run much, much cooler than gasoline engines. On the other hand, I think this is the first video Scotty has ever made where he actually admits that EVs require much less maintenance than gasoline cars.
9:00 "[E]xtremely hot or cold temperatures" is the weather at some time of the year IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.
So true! Whenever people are showing off these cars, they are rarely shown for very long in imperfect weather conditions.
Shhhhh! You will get censored if you point out that the emperor has no clothes!
Yeah this guy in the neighborhood leaves his new Tesla parked outside. Not going to last long in winter 🤣
Send a Tesla to Alaska for five years. See how it performs.
@@VintageCars999 tell him bro😹
Good video, very informative. I was waiting for which one is better!
Glad Scotty mentioned the optimal way to charge the battery; it's not a fuel tank. While ni-cads were probably the worst about the charging cycle properties, solid state batteries tend to have a fixed number of charging cycles. The longest life comes from waiting to recharge until absolutely necessary, but many don't like to do that. Ni-cads were notorious for developing a "memory" when charged too soon. More modern batteries have much less tendency to do this, but still need good maintenance practices for longest life.
But what about all the mining that comes with EVs
@@marythompson4654 EV Mfg Sourcing, MFG, Pollutes, Uses Child Slave Labor, Mines owned by China, and Pollutes the Rainforest, Uses Reliable Energy
Recharging a battery is like having a big tank and a glass of water. The glass of water in this example will be equivalent to the charge level of your battery, so a full glass means a fully charged battery. When you buy that glass of water you also buy a tank with water. Every time you charge, you are extracting water from the tank into the glass of water. When the tank is empty, there is no way to pour water into the glass, so we say the life of the battery reached an end. Heat onthe battery and recharging too often will cause leaks for the water tank and will make the glass smaller. A smaller glass means less range.
@@marythompson4654but what about all the mining with gas cars!?
@@marythompson4654 but what about all the mining and oil pumping with combustion vehicles.
Great video. But I was hoping GM's EV1 (made from 1996-1999) ;would have been mentioned in the video.
Yes, I agree. Some of the developers of the EV-1 we're also influential in the rise of Tesla.
I thought that odd as well
I like how people say they're electric powered instead of coal powered.
People have no idea how electricity is made.
That's because they're powered by electric batteries and not coal engines. You've talked yourself into a stupid there, chief.
Your argument should be used against those who say electric vehicles create less pollutants than gasoline engines, in which case they're literally correct, yet overlooking the amount of pollution caused by the creation of the batteries and generation of electricity used to recharge them. A hot debate that still hasn't reached a consensus, yet.
@@nottelling4828 You don't know how electricity works, do you? Electricity is created at a power station. If that power station burns coal, or natural gas, then you are running your electric car on fossil fuels. Fossil fuels account for over 60% of the electric power made in America. Fossil fuel accounts for over 84% of the electric power made in the entire world.
We don't have green power, so electric cars ARE NOT GREEN CARS...it's not even a debate.
It's green to fix old cars, it's not green to mine more minerals and manufacture more trash.
Putting electric charging stations in North Dakota is like putting ice machines in Alaska
There are many things I like about my Chrysler Pachy with an ICE. One of them is the ability to discharge the battery fully and run on engine until I can get to a recharge station. This not only allows for the most extended battery life possible, but also allows me the option of which fuel I want to run on. I imagine a future full of charging stations taking 1/2 to 1 hour to charge a battery and a long line of EV owners waiting for their turn. I am not sold on total EV for this very point - if you are travelling farther than the range of your battery then you must expect long waits, maybe a tow or pushing you vehicle because it went dead waiting in line.
i agree with you 1000 %
@@orangepeel1366 Math is not your thing.
My 31 year old Geo Storm will still be running after Tessla goes broke.🤣
tessla will not broke, you dummy fark
@@fredsue317 they might you fummy dark
@@fredsue317 Elon Musk will be saying NI HAO once he realizes long term production in the USA is futile. China WILL be producing them.
Just as soon as his rocket goes off course from Mars trajectory and heads to the planet URANUS😂
But you will be driving a Geo storm like that's some kind of badge of honor
@@fredsue317 I wouldn't say that. Space X is on the verge of bankruptcy.
The biggest improvement to the environment that no one is talking about that doesn’t require any fuel change and will save you tons of money is…. Working from home for those that have jobs that can be done from home.
During the pandemic lock down pollution levels plummeted as a result of less human activity.
Does this mean everyone should just stay at home absolutely not. It just means reduced morning rush hour traffic, reduced evening rush hour traffic… reduced wear and tear on your car, reduced number of accidents on the road… reduced wear and tear on your roads. Reduced fuel consumption, lower insurance rates because you aren’t diving as much. More money staying in your pocket because you spend less on fuel on a monthly basis… you get more sleep because you save on the commute.
Politicians should really be promoting work from home and funding work from home studies.
What does it cost? Nothing.
The roads will be clear for people that really need to be on the road because their jobs require it. Your packages will be delivered faster because there’s less commuter traffic.
As a result of work from home I put about 6,000 miles a year on my car and that includes weekend road trips averaging 250-350miles in the warmer months.
With the saving from work from home maybe you can buy that high maintenance luxury European sport car because you drive it so infrequently 😂
if they do so, who will put money into thier pocket? nothing
@@stevemcgowen with an over all reduction in human activity do you really think it will matter what you drive? Fossil fuel or EV? Technically you can afford to support both because again you aren’t using your car as much.
@@stevemcgowen I’m pretty sure I covered that.
I totally agree with you. I’ve said for a long time that the easiest way to reduce pollution is to let anyone that can, work remotely. You don’t have to change anything and could reduce pollution drastically overnight. We need more of this type of thinking.
My wife used to put on 16k miles a year driving to her job. It was endless oil changes, brakes, tires, repairs and buying a replacement car every ten years. Since 2015 she has been working from home and now she hates driving, hates stores, buys on-line and has it shipped, even groceries. Drives less than 3000 miles a year. Her car is ten years old and will last another ten years. Uses maybe one tank of fuel a month. I drive it occasionally just to keep the battery charged up.
Best video of yours and voice in the right tone and loudness ! Great job mate
This was one really awesome video, good job guys. I learned a lot in the history section for sure.
They have never convinced me that i want or need an electric car.
you dont need anything at all.
Have you driven a Model 3? Do you like exciting driving? Do you like breathing gas fumes, brake dust?
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 No he won't, unless there is a revolution in battery technology that uses materials that are abundant, or we find more lithium and a way to mine it faster. Those US bills targeting 2035 conversion numbers are currently impossible to achieve.
Then we have the problem of where are we going to get the power from. The 2035 targets would mean the US needs to expand the power production by 2% per year.. That isn't currently happening... We could use the cleanest and safest fuel invented, nuclear, but everyone misunderstands it so thoroughly that it won't happen. So instead solar will be promoted and make a heavy and toxic metals waste disaster in 20-30 years when they want to replace them with the newer technology of that time.
Then we have all the people claiming EV are so clean, but that isn't true either. Cleaner, yes. Clean, no. A large percent of US power is still from coal, followed by natural gas. Produced at efficiencies around 40% then transmitted over the grid at 5-10% losses on what is left, where we charge a battery at another 5-15% loss (keep in mind you cannot sum up those losses, because each is off the amount you had before). So in the end the total efficiency is probably around 30%. An EV will drive 2.5 times the distance on that power vs ICE so is the better option, but still pollutes. Also thier manufacturing produces much more emissions. Some will say I only charge with solar, which has the manufacture and disposal problems, so isn't benign either, but better than petroleum.
For solar, but I don't see how that is going to work for the masses unless we have abundant and cheap batteries at home. In theory people with cars use them. To get to work for instance. If you install solar on your home, and your car is at the office/job site, how are you going to charge it? The power companies aren't going to let us use the grid to transfer that for free (ignoring the losses for doing so). We are already getting to the point where solar customers are going to have a rude awakening when the power companies start charging them full price for the use of the grid as their battery, and stop free loading off all the other customers.
In the end we won't transition nearly as fast projections unless a currently non existent technology is produced. EVs make more sense from an energy and pollution standpoint, but not from an economic and production standpoint.
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@@whodatcatt if you're breathing 'gas fumes and brake dust' there's something seriously wrong with the vehicle buddy.
You don't really know much about cars do you?
I want to know where the hell we will get our power from to keep all the electric cars going? If we can no longer use fossil fuel to produce power and the grid is always down for over consumption, what good are they?
@Chewy6942 Solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear come to mind.
Maybe electric car owners won't mind charging their cars with a treadmill or hand crank magneto, if they're so concerned about the environment.
@@SpeakerKevin all the wind and solar you could install would never keep up with demand, nuclear yes, but this new world is trying to faze it out as well!
@@bendeleted9155 or maybe they could just buy a bicycle? Hell of alot cheaper!
Not much.
Thank Scotty as always you bring the truth to the Table....
Owned a Sonata hybrid for several years and it was great! Because of its 17-gallon fuel tank, it ranged between 550-600 miles on a single fill-up. If I had money to start a new car company, every vehicle would be a hybrid. You get the best of both worlds!
Not to mention the complexity…….
EV fires were 25 fires per 100,000 vehicles
Hybrids reflected the most at 3,475 fires per 100,000 vehicles
@@PaulKinley54 Okay, Nancy
Anyone else tune out when he said "in 1993 the bush administration"
Then showed a pic of G-dub?
bush was not the president in 93
@@davewallace8219 nope and goerge w. Wasn't president until 2000
you forgot the Saturn EV1. That was technically the first electric vehicle that was mass produced.
I miss Saturns.
Mitsubishi MiEV
Great EV! Apparently GM only leased them then took them back and crushed all but one. WTF!
@@paulbaker3144 It made a lot of sense back in those days. Remember, every car GM sells needs to be serviceable at every dealership. Also there was a warranty issue. If it was going to cost too much to stock the parts for repair, or repair the cars during the warranty period, they would be insane to keep them on the road. We aren't talking about an insignificant amount of money, either. Today a battery pack might go for $10k or more, imagine stocking those up at thousands of dealerships and being forced under warranty laws to eat what is essentially the cost of a car at the time.
in this century.
How could you forget to mention the GM EV1? It's one of the most pivotal moments in EV history. Plus the reason why GM turfed it is very important.
I don't buy union.
After 4 years of playing the Tesla game, I am out. Sold my Model 3 because it was a low quality, poorly built tin can, but doubled down and bought their top of the line $100K Model S. It turned out to be a nicer version of a poorly built tin can, and then left me stranded on the side of the road at midnight with only 5K miles after an inverter failed and blew the main pyro fuse. Lost all forward power and coasted to a stop. 10 mins later, the little lithium 16V battery died an the entire car went dark. Took 3 weeks for Tesla to fix it, and I learned it's super common. Even the tow truck drive knew what was wrong just with me describing the symptoms. When a tow truck driver sees so many Tesla's failing that he was spot on with the diagnosis, you know the car is junk. Went back to a supercharged V8 in a true luxury car that is built with quality parts and has great service! F Tesla!
Scotty, This is one of the most informative, to me, video I've ever listened to. Your time was so worthwhile. Have a great day.
As always, a great video chockful of information. But one thing you did not touch on is how we are going to get rid of all the used up dead batteries.
People can't even recycle plastic bags.
I went from a 2007 prius to a 1988 Honda Civic, I spend about the same round in gas for the same amount of miles. Is is a stick shift and I drive fairly conservatively.
I know little about EVs other than I don't want one.But I'll bet repair costs are exorbitant.
For me, the deal breaker with EVs is the charging time, it’s too long and will turn a long distance road trip into a nightmare. If they do come up with batteries that can charge in minutes just like filling a gas tank then another problem will arise.. how would the electrical grid take all that pressure from charging millions of EV simultaneously within seconds?!
I feel there are many hurdles to adopting EVs in their current form. The holy grail would be to make fuel cell EVs. Other than that seems non viable to me.
You seem like the only reasonable person here! EV are not for the people who take road-trips frequently. I have an EV but I travel with old people that like to stop every few hours and go pee and take a break for over 20 minutes, also I only take road-trips a few times a year and I might just rent a car for that. But your point is valid.
@@amirtz3342 Exactly EV's currently are for certain people and for those people doing small commutes , etc. they are great.
Let both continue innovation . we are going to need them all. Competition is good thing.
Hmm... I am on my lunch break at work, while my car is sitting in the company parking lot charging up for free. I always leave work with a fully charged car. I fail to see how I am struggling or straining the power grid. I use a Level 2 Charger at 40AMPs which is about 14kWh each day charging my car in the middle of winter. I drive 50 miles per day on that 14kWh of power.
Think about it, how often does one take a long distance road trip? I haven't done one in 5 years. In that time I would have saved myself countless trips to the gas station and having to wait in lines and pay stupid prices for gas.
If I had to go on a long distance road trip. My car has DC Fast charging at 55kWh which would get me from 0 to 80 in 1.5h, while yes that is far longer than filling up at a pump, newer generations of EVs have 100kWh charging or even faster. For me, it is a non issue.
Pick your poison, I would gladly trade the convenience of refilling my car in 5 to 10 minutes on a long distance road trip, if that meant the other 99% of the time I am not going out of my way to fuel up my car, nor pay stupid prices for gas.
@@jakthebomb how about when the whole parking lot is charging simultaneously? I doubt that your company will provide this for free. Look at the big picture here. Currently EVs is a minute minority of cars on the street, what if they become the majority? Would states like texas handle it?
When vehicle costs come down, range goes up, and EV battery swap stations become a thing, and pop up with reasonable swap fees all over the place, then I'm in. Until then I will continue to enjoy my internal combustion powered vehicles to fulfill my driving needs.
You have a long wait. At my age I doubt it will ever be a reasonable alternative and frankly, something about a Charger or Vette having an electric engine is just not right.
@@jimconnole6328 100 yrs ago ,they said the same bout the internal combustion engine.
Get used to the idea.
Unless of course, the gas stations are taken out of commission before u are ready.
Kinda like me and flip phones.
There's enough gas/ oil to run ICE autos for the next 100yrs heck maybe 200yrs... before we can all make the jump to electric were going to run into a huge issue getting the materials for batteries. I can't remember the exact number but the amount of lithium & nickel needed is ASTRONOMICAL. Think about it ?? Were already hearing about shortages and electric autos make up like 3% of the total.
Currently, there are no EV's with "swap battery" capability.
Yes, there will always be a need dor I.C. engines. Especially at Arctic and Antarctic bases in winter, on ships, boats, general aviation, and military applications. Of course, greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by converting to the 3 spark plug, 5 piston Duke Engine, if there is someone out there with the moxy to bring it into mass production.
Here's a couple of other factors that people need to know, sometimes (And it's RARE) getting the vehicle wet can set it on fire. Secondly, if I remember correctly, the amount of power needed to power just a few hundred thousand of these vehicle is literally about 40X the amount of power needed to heat and light a city for a year. And finally, disposing of the batteries is dangerous, in fact quite environmentally unsafe because of the Rare Earth elements needed in them, namely Cobalt and Lithium.
Cobalt and lithium are not rare earth elements.
@@stevecooper6473 Not what I was told, but that doesn't change that Lithium and Cobalt are incredibly dangerous and poisonous.
Another uneducated Nancy
@@Slitheringpeanut Lithium is prescribed for certain mental illnesses, so maybe we need more of it?
You missed that Passenger Cab of Electric vehicles are not shielded from EMF generated by the batteries. tires wear out in half the time of Gas powered cars. Battery charge gets cut in half or more during winter. Sea air does a number on EV batteries. Quick charging batteries to cut down charge time cuts battery life by 50%.
I’m reading so many comments about the battery failing at 12 or 14 years. Oh the cost. But if you drive the vehicle say for 200,000 miles in 12 to 13 years the fuel savings and the oil savings alone will more than pay for the vehicle. I own the Tesla model three, it is getting the equivalent of 130 mpg E. Do the math. Actually our 3 is doing better than that after 3 years.
They should look at real world numbers. Plenty of people still using a >10 year old battery in the older Teslas. There are also some high mileage Teslas still on the road.
Unfortunately, you won't save much money in the long run because your insurance will cost twice as much.
@@enigmavariations3809 It's not twice as much. Do you have a source for that information? It really depends on the cost of the vehicle and the driver.
@@enigmavariations3809 our Ev has very low insurance rate. IT is the same as my gas car and it is newer
@@enigmavariations3809this is an urban legend. EVs insurances are not higher than gas cars
There will be a need for at least work trucks to go on as usual. Buses, heavy haulers. A new power source, or storage breakthrough, would be the final nail. But that seems very far off, and the science isn't there yet.
I live in the EU and here we have a lot of electric buses and city trucks around. I do not see the issue
Very informative and educational... Thank You!!!
I read where new batteries for a tesla cost between $16,000 to $22,500. Certainly doesn't seem like an economical matter.
You can get them repaired for 5k.
Unless those batteries are some how recyclable I'm not sure how green electric cars really are?
They are recyclable via hydro and pyro metallurgy. Tesla recycles ALL of it's batteries through Umicore in the UK. We all know you can recycle "copper" too. Half of all lithium mining doesn't come from mineral ore, but a brine evaporation process in which lithium rich brine is pumped to higher elevation evaporated by the sun yielding lithium. But lithium is only 2% of a lithium ion battery's chemistry by volume. It's not called a Lithium-Ion battery because it's chock full of lithium, but because a lithium salt ion is the electron that goes from anode to cathode or vice versa when a battery charges or discharges. Since we're on the subject of Rare Earth Elements, then you should know fossil fuel uses much more REE's as catalysts in the process of refining oil into gasoline. If you don't believe me, Google everything I just said; it's all true.
Their is a lithium battery factory in Nevada that builds batteries. Chemicals from the factory has been found in the water up to 100 miles away.
@@itisno1 ever looked into the carbon footprint produced by recycling, loads and loads of energy used.
@Yippee Skippy Rare earths are by-products of mining of more common metals. There is no such thing as a dedicated rare earth mine.
@@fiddynutz68 they actually use the left over energy in spent li ion cells for part of the recycling process. I'm not sure the carbon footprint of recycling old materials is tantamount to the amnt produced by virgin materials.
I loved the way you broke down the pros & cons and history of the EV car. Keep up the awesome research & information behind everything you do Scotty 🤩
What are you talking about? all he does is crap on electric vehicles. smh It's like you all think you can do whatever you want with no consequences lol. doesn't matter, you'll see.
Considering how much combustion based vehicles have changed (for the better) over the years, it’s pretty suspect that you don’t ever acknowledge such. You come across as a bitter GOPer with an axe to grind (senselessly.) Most of us don’t give a rip if the cars of tomorrow are electric, fuel cell, hydrogen or run off of walnuts. Of course everything isn’t perfect, yet, but with this attitude, who really cares what you think, Scotty.
It's great if you dismiss the need for it to be truthful.
@@mjdugger7984 I want a walnut fueled car.
I am happy with my 2008 solar energy powered car. Around town and occasionally trip into city, I get about 1100 to 1200km per fuel / charge cycle on my Nisan including 10 x 500kg trips with garden waste on a car trailer to my local waste dump , plus trip to metal recycling with 3 old refrigerators and 2 washing machines past their usèby date 😊😅
That was a great video, and it could be used in schools! The ICE engine's days as we know it are numbered. However, there will be different propulsion systems in place of that use, different fuels that are smaller and charge smaller batteries or produce enough energy that vehicles will go further on the fuel source. Until then, electric is the way to go; quiet, clean, fast. I have been driving my volt for 9 years. With battery degradation it still has more electric range than a new jeep.
Yesss! Thank you for saying it clearly and straight to the point!
I'd rather see fuel cell vehicles. EV's are a not enviromentally friendly due to the process to manufacture them and then what do you do with them once they reach the end of life? I am not against the EV but I do believe the technology has a long way to go.
Never vote for another Democrat. That will help.
The source of electricity in most countries makes EVs significantly worse than modern gasoline/diesel powered vehicles. In fact, if you use coal and natural gas to make energy, EVs no longer have the benefit of zero emissions while driving. So it's double detremental.
I’m with you on this. It is surprising how little critical thinking is going on about battery technology being used for cars when we all have cell phones which are constantly demonstrating how disappointing battery technology can be.
I remember 1969, fuel cell technology got Americans to the moon and back again! That was over 50 years ago....but let's just forget that, ditch fuel cell technology and stifle American transportation with loads of batteries from China instead of building upon what has been proven to work fifty years ago! That's our government.
@@northdakotaham1752 Hopefully there will be some good breakthroughs in the technology for breaking hydrogen out of water. Would be awesome for it to be cheap enough for the fueling stations to be able to generate it themselves on-premises. Once that happens battery cars are on the way out as is gasoline.
Wow, 500,000 charging stations.. We have close to 15 million cars in California alone, many single family homes and tens of thousands of apartment buildings without chargers. We would need locations the size of drive in theaters to accommodate all the EV's they have planned. And don't forget, we can't keep the lights on during summer, how will we handle the extra load on the system? Its going to take a lot more than Joe's billions to pull this off...
There's only 150000 gas stations in the US. Are there hundreds of cars waiting at each one? No. Most people will only need to top up once a week. They rarely do a fill up from empty. Same with electric cars. At present, 10 minutes charging would keep most people going for the next week. These times are going to fall in the coming years. As of the energy shortage, that's getting improved on with renewable energy sources. Over the next few years, the cost of coal or gas powered electricity generation will be so expensive and renewable so cheap (it's already a fraction the cost of coal etc) that renewable energy sources will be the vast majority of production. Couple that with battery storage (using ev battery banks) the electricity supply chain will gett better and more robust than ever before. Your argument is one of ignorance creating fear. It never holds up to scrutiny. The economy will drive the change that's necessary. Don't rely on government to do it.
You also have to look at what else is happening. Currently Aptera is coming out with an EV that runs so efficiently that one model gets a 1,000 miles on 1 charge! They also have solar on the exterior of the car that can get you 40 miles of extra driving range just by sitting in the parking lot as you work. Another innovation is from a company called Solar Window, they are making a solar film that you can see through and it can be applied in multiple layers! Can you imagine a car covered in Solar Window film multiple layers thick? You may never need to stop at a charging station again! One other thing in California there are gas stations that have converted the EV charging and they are doing a lot better than when they had gas. By the way I think 15 million cars is a low number for California, I’m sure Jay Leno has at least 250,000 vehicles himself!
Build back better, you will own nothing and be happy.
That bill didn’t pass won’t happen now
The lack of chargers in apartment buildings and other rental units is a big problem. I'm sure adoption if EVs will be pretty widespread among home owners in the near future. Not sure what can be done about the renters.... It's definitely an issue. As someone who lives in an apartment complex I certainly wouldn't buy an ev unless I could charge it at home. The extra load on the grid is absolutely a problem that can be solved though.... I'm not worried about that.
I still prefer the hybrid in terms of fuel efficiency and cleaner emissions. Great for everyday commute. Even better for long driving.
You don't know the whole process.
As a test driver at the GM Desert Proving Grounds, AZ, I was one of the first to test drive the first full electric EV1. It was fun, ran so quitely it even had to have an alarm when operated in reverse and was very comfortable. Rather than being an all purpose vehicle, I considered it more of a 'round town car, not a road trip car due to it's regular charging requirements.
I was more impressed by the hybrid electric/fuel vehicles. My experience with GM's hybrid trucks and other vehicles greatly influenced my purchasing a beautiful pearl colored Toyota Prius. I loved that little car! In my opinion, the Prius was the best car I've ever driven, and fun! Just saying, Hybrids are the best way to go. They charge themselves as they are driven, and can be quickly refueled at your local fueling station. Go hybrids!
We agreed just checked and chevy/gm no longer producting hybrid per online options.
Lexus ES 300 hybrid here, 42-44 MPG, totally agree! No EV baggage for me, thank you very much.
Don’t want one lipstick on a pig doesn’t change anything it’s still a pig you have to plan around charging stations wait two hours phooey don’t follow Brandon down this road guess what when the Russians and the Chinese come for us they won’t be driving ev tanks and flying ev planes just say n
Surprised Scotty doesnt even mention the EV1, it was a milestone and would have brought american cars ahead of the pack, so give the lead to Toyota
I confess that I would not own a foreign car, even if it was assembled in the USA 🇺🇸, note: assembled. But seeing that Toyota is smart enough to see the writing on the wall about ev’s. I may have to reconsider.🤔
If it does, I hope it's after my time, I'm nearing 30 but I'd rather stick to the roar of a V8 engine for my lifetime
I'm with you on that one, I'm 38 and I can't live without carburetors and camshafts. I'm all about catalytic converters and egr valves if it cleans the air, but leave our engines alone. They aren't going anywhere anytime soon, OPEC won't allow it. Do you really think they'll let these electric car nerds come in and step on their action? I don't think so, oil companies are richer and more powerful than you could ever imagine.
You and about 300 million other Americans.
It's a fad. Remember the Segway?
@@pmtips4482 A fad does not hit a trillion dollar market cap. EVs are here to stay.
@@avsrule247 until a new sheriff arrives a year from now and pulls the country out of the ditch. You can take that to the bank.
When Lisa Simpson becomes President , there will be levitating cars
Impossible unless aliens give us their ufos
But ferrari never will make flying car
You didn't include the EV1 from General Motors launched around 1996.
Simpson! Simpson! Simpson!
Lisa Simpson 2024
Surely, the number of miles stated by the manufacturers will depend on the weight being carried e.g., number of passengers, suitcases, weather conditions. This will end up as being a similar debacle as occurred when various car manufacturers claimed over emissions.
same for Ice and EVs
Always like to see your vidoes and listen your voice..Now,in Europe, actually the driven cost is more than a gas or petrol engine..For now, the most economical from all aspects including enviroment is LPG or ethanol engine..
This video is amazing! Thank you for taking the time and doing the research!
The cost of batterie replacement was understated. You may save $4500 over the life of the car but the replacement of batteries is well over $10,000
New batteries will last over 1000000 miles.
The price of Batteries are up to 25,000 right now.
@@violatione LOL...you might have accidentally put an extra zero in there.
@@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful Actually, that's pretty accurate. Tesla is claiming to produce a million-mile battery.
Whether he does or not is certainly a question of plausibility.
everyone is talking price of the actual battery but looking at how they are installed it makes your numbers seem right even if they can drastically reduce battery cost. $8,000 for batteries and another $2,500 in labor to install
Well researched, well done. Still need to mention the fact of the price of a carbon fuel vehicle is currently 3/4s PROFIT, so since the only a hundred or so precision manufactured parts in an electric car should make it cheaper than the THOUSANDS of precision parts in petrol vehicles: 7/8ths of the $40K or so of an electric is PURE PROFIT (and taxes)...... ???
Perhaps you can do a video about the ultra fuel efficient gas powered cars that came about during the fuel crisis they had pretty low horse power but crazy high milage per fill up
Mass use of electric vehicles would overwhelm the U.S. power system. More power plants would be needed, and the obsolete and fragile electric distribution system is already unreliable. I think a rush to fuel cells would be a wiser route to take.
Xplain Fuel Cells ? ?
i think you are 100 % correct. the electric grid here in the usa is maintained , in other words it just about works , there are ZERO upgrades . also the oboma ,cash for clunkers hurt the middle class and the poor the most by taking millions of perfectly working cars and trucks OFF the market and by doing that forcing used car prices skyrocketing . yet again democrats dont care about people or civil rights. i still dont understand the electric push considering there is enough oil for the next thousand years , this just doesnt make sense, to ditch superior ice for battery junk
@@claudefields5941 hydrogen
Especially when they're trying to transition to solar and wind and get rid of coal plants. Then there is an elephant in the room - what do you do with those used batteries? First you have to mine the rare earth metals, but then you have to dispose of them safely.
Conceptually EVs are nice, but I bet a serious cost analysis would show them to me more detrimental to our planet than regular gas/diesel vehicles
you might as well use oil as use blue hydrogen
Scotty, I'm a huge fan of your no-nonsense, auto mechanic's advice and tips for the everyday driver. But I do have to say you out-did yourself for this journalist approach to the pros and cons of emerging new technology
Stroke stroke he’s a dinosaur and thinks because your young that it’s impossible to be Mechanically inclined just one of those guys that are stuck in the era of kids are seen not heard as if he wasn’t a kid at one time ha ha
You doubled the NO in nonsense :D
Very few people will be ready willing and able to follow these complex guidelines on battery charging... Seems odd that there are not digital controllers to monitor and optimize these things... instead of someone having to remember to get up at 3 am and take the car off the charger...
Do you really think that seriously?… Wow!
Thanks Scotty appreciate all your videos and reviews👍
We had some of the first electric vehicles here in England 40s 50s 60s they were called milk floats, and the batteries were replaceable
Good job Scotty! You have verified my thoughts regarding battery longevity. I charge my Tesla to 80% and not allow it to drop under 20%. I only charge to full if I am travelling long distance. I have called Tesla to check on battery viability after four months of doing this and they state that my battery is great condition.
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 ok message me whem you get above 2 million kilometers ,a local cabdriver have a old w123 that passed that 10 years ago ,now its just a spare cab ,still running fine tho....
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 so you do not plan on replacing brakepads bushings stering componets bearings suspention ect ect And other wear parts ? you will never see Ev as old cars they are not built to last, as is the case with every ice car made in atleast 20 years you see i know abit about this stuff as i build battery packs for home use both from harvested cells and new ,even made packs for a few Ev, and been a mec since the 90 i have cars from the 50 60 80 90 mainly old volvos 444,544 121 and mercedes your ev will not be serviceable for a average tech when they are 60 years old , if they were made simple enough they could be ,but they are not..get alot of miles on it before its 8-10years old keep the cells over 3,20v under 4,19v if your model still run generic 186 cells between 20 and 80% and you will get the most out of your `car`
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 its the cost of batteries and all that lovey china tech that land them in the scrapyard
Did you ask them the cost, to replace one of one of these batteries?
If your 250-mile battery is only used between 20 to 80%, then it's really a 150-mile range EV.
I really appreciate this more complete view of the electric car. Most people I've heard talk about the subject have either quoted all the positives of EVs while ignoring the questions and downsides, or else stuck to every negative fact and waved the unknowns around like evidence of murder.
My opinion is that the gas powered car will stay for a long time, especially with anyone who constantly drives long distances and as a rental vehicle for people who do occasional roar trips. EVs will take over in the use cases where they do best.
Pretty much. I personally owned an EV for about 3 years and just recently traded it in for a gas car from 2012.
EV cars are great for city driving only.
@Moln0015 even then they don't save you much unless you also have a house to charge them at.
They have electric ranges of around 375 now. I mean depending on your commuting but I’d say that most people are not traveling even half that on their daily commute. So as charges become quicker and has they improve batteries I don’t see how it cannot replace gas powered in the future. It may take 10,15,20 years but I think it’s a matter of when not if
@@surrealartisan4625 EV will never fully replace fuel based vehicles. As batteries increase in capacity the time spent charging inevitably must increase as well. There is also a hard limit on how fast you can charge cells before they explode and potentially cause devastating lithium fires. As for the range argument, you could at least try to pretend like you don't live in a big city with no family outside of it and no aspirations to leave the eternally depressing concrete jungle...
The ev's weigh almost 40% more than combustion engines so you may want to stay out of the mud. You may want to make sure that you don't bunch up too much on the bridges because they may not be built for 40% more weight.
The two dual-motor Tesla Model 3 trims, Long Range and Performance, both weigh in at 4,065 lbs. 2022 Ford Edge Specs & Features | Edmunds: Curb weight: 4,122 lbs.
I'll stick with the internal combustion engine.
If they get biofuels or some other synthetic fuel off the ground then ICEs could be around a lot longer. Those fuels are suppose to be "carbon neutral".
@@genericdude6551 There's nothing wrong with gasoline.
@@opencarry3860 I think diesel is better for cars petrol is for race cars.
@@opencarry3860 try closing your garage and breathing the fumes. Nothing wrong at all
@@opencarry3860 I agree. The government keeps mandating all these emission controls and yet the environmentalists continue to complain. They've been trying to control emissions since the 60's. It makes me wonder if all this stuff about carbon emissions is really the problem.
Great vid Scotty. Would like more analysis on the total overall cost of disposing all those batteries and the pollution generated from that activity.
Already Volvo/Polestar have already admitted that electric cars create 70% more emissions during production compared to a car with a internal combustion engine.
Yep
You don't need to even ask. No big surprise that it was Obama who stopped the fuel cell development in favor of EV which causes more environmental damage than fossil fuels. Obama fckd this country over for eight years before Americans finally wised up.
@@northdakotaham1752 -- They wised up, but then got even dumber than ever last year.
@@1VaDude I don't think voters made the wrong choice. The election in multiple states was operated illegally. Eventually that truth will be known. The truth can only be hidden for so long before it finally emerges.
In the early 1970's Car Craft magazine did a test between a low compression smog controlled engine and a car with a high performance engine. Two vehicles both with V8 engines from the same manufacture. One was a low compression, anti pollution engine. The other was a high compression performance engine. Both were tuned to factory specifications. Then both were tested for fuel economy and pollution.
The high performance put out less pollution and got better fuel economy than the detuned low compression engine.
Wasn’t the GM EV1 the 1st modern electric car in mid 1990s through 2002? What about the conspiracy discussed in the documentary,”Who Killed the Electric Car? The GM EV1 seems to have been criminally surpressed by the oil industry.
In production?
Great documentary
Yes there's a documentary about that situation
It is clear to me that the pricing of the electric vehicles is such that only the very wealthiest people in the U.S. can afford to have one.
And they only want the wealthiest to drive.
@@jdsimons6115 YUP!It's all about domination &control.
I call them Limousine Liberals
Buy a 50k tesla or keep your 20 year old corolla. 5 years later the tesla is worth 40k but your Corolla has cost you 10k in repairs and 10 k in fuel. You're down 10k
That is simply not true. Just take out a loan like most car buyers. There are plenty of EVs that don't coast an arm and a leg.
For me having both an EV for every day driving and my 4X4 ICE for towing and extended runs would be great. But 2 things hamper my EV ☹decision. 1) EV's are much more expensive to purchase and 2) our local state government has introduced a 2.5 cent per kilometer tax for EV's.
All authorities are going to have to look for replacing fuel tax incomes which will drop radically if EV's become popular. Either new taxes will be introduced (as in your case), or electricity costs at charging stations will go through the roof.
Tell them your odometer was lost in a fishing accident, or it’s none of their business… or stop voting blue.
EVs are actually cheaper, you can get one for anywhere between 100 to 2000 dollars
I had a vehicle I used to drive that had regenerative braking. A golf cart
Thanks for the history lesson! You forgot the mule that sometimes had to tow the early electric carriages back when the battery lost its energy.
Very nice video. But I don't think the energy grid could handle the load at this time
What always kills good things - greedy a-holes and corrupt politicians!
😂
Corrupt politicians more than anything else!
Steven, amen to that. You are are so right.
That was a lot of info! Ty for your time!!
$36k was a lot for a car when I was in school, and that got you a full size truck or a sports car. now I have a good job, but inflation and high car prices have basically kept me at the same place of feeling like $36k is a lot to spend on a car.
Even the EV makers admit that doing 'quick charges' on their batteries might reduce the life of them by approx. 50+% . At $5K+ to replace them (plus the labor costs) it isn't a very wise economic way to go. JMO.
Yeah...and with the extreme patience everyone has, I am sure almost nobody will damage their batteries by fast charging them. /s
NOLL - there is no “might” about it. It’s a known fact.
The might part was meant about the percentage, not about the reduction of life. JMO.
@@northdakotaham1752 lol
@@NOLL72 one affects the other…
I haven't heard anyone address the heating problem in winter driving. Such a heater would have a huge demand for energy on those batteries, right?
You can find numerous anecdotal discussions of this on the internet. As you suggested, range suffers when passenger compartment heating consumes some of the stored energy. And range is further impacted by reduced battery output in cold ambient conditions.
Texas heat hasn't killed my 2013 Tesla, but I had to replace the four way valve in the cooling system. I did it myself for $75.
When i was a lad in the seventies i worked on a milk round before school and weekends, we had a ford transit diesel milk float, it was great, but the yard caught fire and the transit was destroyed, so we got a new electric milk float, 25mph down hill 12mph up hill no doors or heating
I payed $2000 for my 2004 Avalanche, a new Avalanche is $70k, that's a lot of gas.
You are a wise man.
A good reason to keep your vehicle and keep it maintained to last as long as possible. And put your currency in a savings account to help buy a new vehicle when it's time to retire your old vehicle.
And you won't be able to do that anymore once its total electric. Its throw away cars from then on at that point. This means garages closed, parts stores chains gone parts suppliers gone manufacturing what remains gone and it all goes to the corporations. Huge part of the total economy becomes totally centralized including the energy side of it.
The unfortunate truth that the current administration doesn't want you to know is that fossil fuels basically run the entire planet...not just cars, trucks....but the entire food supply, product delivery including the entire supply chain, ships, trains, trucks, aircraft...all run on fossil fuels. Then there are all the hundreds of other machines such as pleasure boats, light aircraft, motorcycles, RVs, off road vehicles, lawn equipment, construction equipment etc. If the government screws up the fossil fuel supply for automobiles and personal trucks, it also screws up the fossil fuel supply for all those other machines that are used to keep the planet running. So it really isn't as simple as just switching to an EV car...which btw...is recharged by electricity produced by coal or natural gas, fossil fuels.
@@northdakotaham1752 you highlighted our dependence on foreign oil....and the fact electrification will put an end to that.. I guess you really hate America or just love Saudi Arbia
Battery technology killed the early electric car in my opinion. As for the internal combustion engine, I think it will be around until the beginning of the 22nd century, especially in third world countries.
And in rural Australia 🇦🇺. With country similar size to usa with only 26million people . 3million of them in Sydney . 4,000klm east to west coast.
Absolutely
Lack of practical battery tech, but yes.
Also back then they didn't have a sophisticated battery management electronics, let alone a computer controlled system.
You think there is that much oil
Wow, that was a pretty good video. Your real down to earth and intelligent put together.
My Honda Odyssey is 20 gal. when filled. 32 milles mpg. Over 600 miles on one fill.
I find it truly odd that these big brain companies have completely ignored the millions of people who don’t have designated parking at their home meaning they can’t charge these stupid cars.
They aren't marketed for them....
@@StikiFing4z I they are marketed at people who want to help the environment.
@@Manic.miner2077 Until they try to force everyone to have one
@@tupole272 but what use are they if you can’t charge the car at home?
@@Manic.miner2077 They don’t care about that or you. Just the narrative they’re trying to push
Interesting video on the history of electric vehicles. Personally, I prefer to just let consumers buy whatever they want without Govt push. I like my Tundra I paid cash for back in 2014 as a dealer demo for $27k+ttl. I just hit 100k miles. I changed the brake pads and rotors just because…yes, the pads had life at 100k miles. I flushed my trans fluid myself for about $75 out of pocket. I changed my rear diff, and then got wild and flushed all the fluids. I changed the serpentine belt as well…it was brittle. I’ve gone through 3 sets of tires so far, and I’m on my second battery. I might put a AGM starting battery in it just because. The only issue I’ve had was a A/C blower motor, but I changed it myself in 30 min for $110 out of pocket. This went out at about 40k miles. Probably a warranty part, but I didn’t want to waste a day sitting at a dealer. Gas mileage isn’t great, but I live 10 min from work. To each his/her own, but I like my 5.7 Tundra. I hope it lasts me 10 more years at least when I retire early, God willing. Imo, all new vehicles are way overpriced currently, so I’ll just keep driving what I have. It still looks almost brand new anyway. I keep it in my garage every night, and it gets a thorough wash once a week.
If everyone took such good care of their vehicles we would have QUANTUMLY fewer vehicle problems & expenses. Most people to a more or less extent simply ignore auto maintenance that is usually very easy to do yet they gripe like mad once their vehicles break down and blame everyone but themselves.
This is a great example of good mainenance. Good for you JP89. Especially a '14 if it still looks new, that's pretty awesome.
The stuff you did means you have mechanic knowledge. A lot of people would ruin their auto if they tried it.
@@nancysmith2389 Not really. This was all basic stuff a father hands down to his son. This basic knowledge is available on TH-cam though if not learned in that manner.
Good job taking care of that truck. You paid alot of money for it so why not take good care of it? Just makes sense! I keep my old vehicles too rather than just trading them in or selling them. Only problem for me is having enough time to maintain all of them, keep them going and keeping them stored inside out of the weather. Currently own 17 vehicles, oldest is 1941 Ford 1 ton truck.
Love to see how these state of the art cars will do in them abnormal heatwaves we been having past few years.
How about the abnormal cold?
Abnormal heat and abnormal cold - isn't that the weather and the seasons? And what's abnormal about variable weather conditions?
@@Magneticlaw Don't know where you live but 40+ degrees Celsius in London is quite abnormal.
@@GoldenGateNum9 abnormal to who? You your parents, grand parents?
You realize our solar system has a rotation as well it's why earth has seen multiple ice ages. It's only abnormal because you didn't experience it while growing up.
Yes pollution has an effect on it too just not as much as the government leads it to be.
@@Magneticlaw so -40° Celsius, and ±54°C is an every year, seasonal thing where you live?
Your plastics, and you're tiers must love those heat waves, and your plumber too.
The latest electric vehicle’s Seats come standard with a vibrating silicone plug for driver comfort .
Turning every car into electric would never work out for every reason ,, range , lifespan , chargers, electricity for chargers , rare earth elements for batteries ,
And the list goes on for a long time , just can't be done without plenty more planning and infrastructure
I agree, no one seems to be able to think that far ahead.
Except breakthroughs in materials science will allow for 1k+ mile ranges per charge. The electric car game is relatively young compared to the combustion engine (which is well over a century). Never underestimate engineering ingenuity.
Totally agree, we all know there will be advancements but just like the car manufacturers, government regulations and oil industry limit advancements in fuel economy are directly tied to profit margins. As always greed wins out
EV taking over the world, ice going bankrupt, get on the train.
Lifespan? Is 400,000+ miles not enough for you? Range? How much do people really need? Not as much as they think they do. Most people drive less than 30 miles a day. The panic over EVs not being able to travel 500 miles is ridiculous. The criticism over public charging stations is overblown, most charging will be done at home, overnight.
50 mile range at 20 mph that far back? Great for locals even back then.
I rented an EV to test out by driving across the country I found EV charging stations to be in the bad parts of town where land was cheap. There were no bathroom facilities at these charging stations making it necessary to walk some distance in bad neighborhoods to use a restroom room Owners working at these became very rude because you weren't a customer and rightly so..The weight was a problem when we had a flat tire in the desert The Tesla had no spare tire or jack As the jack needed to jack up that much weight would have been too big to fit in the trunk. We had to wait five hours to have it towed to a service station. At the charging stations, we saw numerous EVs towed in on wreckers Because they didn't have enough charge to make it. And unlike a gas car you couldn't get a can of gas and fill the car up enough to get it to a station. That is my main complaint. If they had a way to carry a small power cell to the car to charge it up enough to get it to a station without paying a wrecker to haul the car or someone to bring a generator I think that would be a game changer, Right now EVs are not safe.
Would love to hear you talk about the Owens magnetic car
Love the EV concept but I've yet hear where is the power coming from to recharge these millions of EV'S and have everything else powered without shortages or high price increases.!
That’s the catch. Electricity is actually not efficient. As the battery ages, you need to charge it longer to get less out.
Co2 is part of the life cycle. Plants need it. So... why do they want to reduce plants on the planet?
The sun
Haha hoping to just hear the answer? Give it a Google
The same place anything comes from... there's demand, someone makes and sells it.
Just like my house. Solar panels on the roof. $15 a month electric bill that includes charging the car.
24:27 electric was more practical as they didn't need to supply their own air as well as liquid fuel to the vehicle (no atmosphere for combustion remember). They also didn't want to leave any emmissions behind or risk contamination of the surface with oil etc, although ironically all 3 lunar rovers remain on the surface of the Moon.
They are Make believe nobody’s ever been to the moon.
They are still in the studio
this is quite a high quality video for alternative media. I'm quite impressed. this is very good documentary quality viewing. educational, yet entertainment.
I love the new technology and all. But I really really wish they would make a car that doesn't have to be constantly connected.
Can't I have a phone, home, or car that doesn't have to be 24/7 connected to Google, Apple, a phone or online?
These new infographic videos by Scotty are great!
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
I'm Obama...and I hate this country and apologize for Americans bailing out nearly every other fcking country on the planet. I will help everyone else except my own country.
Most terrifying is "I am from the IRS, and I am here to help you"
Hope you stay consistent and close your doors if the fire department ever comes to help you.
Ronald Reagan's quote. He would NEVER waste tax dollars like O'Biden. Reagan brought us back from horrible inflation. O'Biden has driven us back into the ditch. Low information voters have doomed us. The American public will only figure out how dumb EVs are after they are stuck with one. In California, 20% of EV owners went back to ICEs.
@@alfaeco15 Nobody at the IRS ever said that they wanted to help you.
I did enjoy the video. It gave me a lot more history regarding Evies. One thing I didn’t hear you really talk about is the cost environmentally of making a EV car compared to a combustion engine vehicle. It seems if people were to keep a combustion engine car for 20 years versus having to buy a completely new EV battery may be two times during that time, and possibly the EV motor problems as time goes on, which is really more environmentally friendly or cost effective for the consumer.