I own a 46 year old Ford Escort, I can leave the car for 4 months without charging the battery 🔋 and it starts up , no problem, That’s progress for you 😎👍
Yes but it doesn't have central locking, immobilizer,car alarm,and other high tech goodies all dragging the battery down. My Yamaha motor bike could be flat in 4 days,as it had an immobilizer. I still have the trickle charger that plugs in 24/7.
When the battery on my old Toyota Corolla was dead, all I had to do was put it in first gear, press the clutch, have someone give me a little push, release the clutch, and the car would start instantly.
I am a pensioner, I live in a small terraced house with no off road parking, in fact I can rarely park outside my house, often a couple of streets away. I use my car probably once or twice a week. I cannot afford an ev, I have nowhere to charge one, I could not afford repairs and a trip across town would involve several buses for a minimum of 1 hour compared with 10 minutes in a car. What am I supposed to do? Is this really the way forward?
I don't mind the videos but I do agree. These videos could be half as long if he got to the point. It's why I can't watch all the way through or don't bother if they are too long
Charge the battery fully. Drive to the White Cliffs of Dover. Park it enough distance from the Cliffs. Set the car up to drive top speed by its self towards the cliffs and let it FLY !!!
At least with an EV that 80kwh battery, if built with a robust 12v charging system, will never let the 12v go flat, where does the ICE vehicle get the power to keep the 12v while parked? Thin air?
@@Truth_Seeker_UK and its easier to jump start too. Most folk know how to jump start cars and they can't tell the difference between a glow plug and a spark plug.
I left my Rolls Royce Ghost for a month while I was away (incidentally the Rolls cost me less than you paid for your Taycan) and it started perfectly upon my return.
@@paulhay9149 Sorry to disappoint you paul but in the year and 18,000 miles I owned my Rolls Royce Ghost it never let me down once. Faultless. Whereas my previous 2 Bentley's offered a more challenging ownership experience. Feel free to share your thoughts on your own experiences of ownership of RR & Bentley...
To have a £120,000 car and have to faff about with tiny keys on hidden locks ( why hidden FFS) and a 12v battery that runs out after a couple of weeks of non driving. This is progress is it? Lee....get rid of it mate.
@@ian.staite5642 might as well buy a Citroen Ami 😂 would be less of a headache , go watch Tim Fountain from Me and Mon Ami , he's had his Ami like 2 years never had any issues
12 V Problems are Nr. 1 reason for EV Problems. Sadly very common through all brands. Second is tire/Nail. But guess most brands solved it by software update.
I've just handed back my Toyota CHR hybrid company car. The 12v battery used to drain if the car wasn't used for a few days. The hybrid battery would be fully charged but it wouldn't let me start the engine... really frustrating to put it mildly... Opted to buy my own car now and back to fully petrol.
That's not good, either bad battery or Toyota design fault, we're on our fifth lexus hybrid with no issues on any of them even if the car is left for a few weeks without starting.
To be honest, as others have mentioned, ICE cars can suffer the same problems if left dormant depending on what they run in the background (alarms etc) and leaving them on an intelligent charger is recommended for extended trips. I charge my battery with a CTEK once a month and it’s meant I’m not forking out for a new battery every couple of years in my diesel as it is kept conditioned.
I have a 34 year Old Ford Fairmont and the battery is about two or three years old and I had not driven it for a month. It started first go, no battery issues, no stuck locks. You have my sympathy for purchasing your electric car. Steven Newcastle north of Sydney Australia.
You realise the 12v battery can go on any vehicle right? This exact same issue would happen on a petrol or diesel vehicle. Electric vehicles have a high voltage system aswell as a standard 12v system identical to other vehicles
@@sushiginger444 the battery is exactly the same. Just like if I went to a BMW dealership and wanted a BMW approved or BMW battery that's gonna be thru the roof and a ripoff too, same thing where you buy clothes from Asda and some people buy from Nike, both same both from same place it's just 1 has a brand sticker on so can rip ppl off.
There is no reason at all why a new 12 volt battery she be dead after two weeks because it discharged - that is a scam and you're not the only one that they try to scam. If the 12v battery is goosed then the charging circuit is frying the battery - in that case the real fault would be the charging circuit. These EVs seem to be a license to scam. The whole green rationale behind them is a scam too, they are anything but green
I can’t stand the fact the media are still hiding all the disadvantages of owning these cars. It’s beyond belief people are buying any. When a electric car passes me I look at person inside and think “idiot”.
I just replaced the 12V battery on my 10 year old BMW 335. The original battery had been mostly un-used for around 4 years apart from MOT trips so was failing. The special AGM battery cost me £104.00 including shipping although the car would still start and I could get into it. When I was at college 45 years ago my car battery failed so I parked at the top of a hill and used gravity to start the car. Are things really getting better?
@@welshrune7264 Wise decision and I’m sure you’ll look back and be glad you did. Diesel also has the advantage in that you can put almost anything in it for fuel and it’ll still run.
What an absolutely stupid design for a key lock. I am shocked that such an expensive car is so poorly designed and has so many issues. I'll stick with my cheap ICE vehicle that just keeps going even after 15 years.
It’s a 12V battery that is dead, obviously faulty, this can happen with any ICE car also and has the same disastrous consequences. ICE and EV have the same 12V systems for the general electrical system in many cases the same components are used.
Yes but with an ICE car the battery does not cost thousands! If the battery goes faulty you can get into where it is with a manual method to replace it. On the Boxster you go to behind the wheel and pull a cord that releases the bonnet for example to get at the battery. I would be curious, in fact I want to know how much this cost him to replace that 12v battery in the front....
@@Simon-xc5oy That’s not true, the electric Porsche and the ICE Porsche use the very same 12V battery and much of the electrical system is identical. This is blatant anti EV propaganda when in fact the problems being shown here have nothing to do with the traction battery or the motor and transmission.
There are a lot of EV's with both firmware and software issues out there that rarely get fully bottomed out, and some get to the point where dealers will literally end up swapping cars out to try and resolve an issue they can't actually fix. What's scary is the average EV lifespan is reported at around 7 years and the electronic components etc used in them are typically only produced in a single batch run to cover the manufacturing process plus a percentage extra to cover warranty periods and repairs. Cars are now effectively like a mobile phone or laptops which are changed or updated virtually every month so they aren't really designed to last or to be around any length of time. This basically forces you to buy or lease another car on a regular basis as running something like an EV which is out of warranty can be very expensive. If that part you need a few years further down the line is unavailable to buy, then that £10 part could result in you owning an very expensive brick! On the other hand a fossil fuelled car and do easily last in excess of 30+ years if maintained, and easily repaired. So which one is actually eco-friendly when you consider the complete manufacturing and then recycling processes.
I had an appointment at the eye clinic last week, because they told me I can't drive they sent a taxi for me, a dual powered EV / ICE taxi, I asked the driver what size ICE was under the bonnet, I was expecting it to be 300/400cc "it only has to recharge the battery when the power is running down", he told me it was 1800cc..........that's bigger than the engine in my ICE car, I thought the reason for EVs was to do away with ICE engines not make them bigger........
Given that you have nearly 200,000 subscribers, plus whatever Jeff is saying, you would've thought that the Porsche dealership would just give you a battery. They must have dozens of these Taycan things lying around and unsold depreciating by the minute. The whole EV concept is a complete disaster, and I am so glad that I'm not involved in it.
DEADlock to get people trapped in their cars, electric cars catching fire spontaneously, and we all know the rest...You still believe that EV's, E-bikes etc. are there for our benefit, then think again. It's all part of the long term plans to reduce the population, unfortunately.
People used to laugh at my 1.1 Fiesta. I ran out of petrol once and had to walk a mile round trip with an empty 2 litre coke bottle, I was back on the road in 20 minutes. Easy to repair, easy to get spares, I miss that slow old bird. You couldn't pay me to own a Porsche taycan!
That 12 volt auxiliary battery that is broken looks buried and it’s the second time you said, how on earth can anyone replace this battery it’s not very easy? Your car is not the only one suffering from auxiliary 12 volt battery failure, I have a Toyota Yaris and they have the same problem but so too are a lot of other car manufacturers. It’s going to be a big scandal that is developing and could potentially be another mass public claiming on manufacturers just like the diesel scandal. The problem as you say in your video is the fact that the car even though it’s switched off is still connected via 4G or satellite and it also running the theft alarm. These extra connected features are constantly drawing power from this small auxiliary 12 volt battery, it’s a scandal and the manufacturers are well aware of this fact and doing nothing about it. Maybe the McMaster can throw more light onto this problem which a high percentage of the general public are experiencing.
TBF they are probably thinking of Tesla which have kept emergency manual opening on their doors. Even the CyberTruck has a bit of wire you can pull on to open the door. On a completely different note my petrol Focus doesn’t seem to have this problem 🤷♂️.
@@psibug565 That's what you would think and that was my point, but they said ALL EVs. it's a psychological issue they have so why should I be fair anyway? They aren't.
Like a dead battery stopping a petrol car from working? Morons. Happens every winter. Why did they stop putting starting handles on cars. They are so dumb.
@@cccmmm1234 They have to segregate the HV 600v 800v DC depending on make from the 12 v control circuits for safety reasons, don't forget these are totally safe of course! As a electrician of 40 years I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole and no one will BS me otherwise.
@@jimbomorton3074 12 V Problems are Nr. 1 reason for EV Problems. Dadly very common through all brands. Second is tire/Nail. But guess most brands solved it by software update.
No vehicle is safe if there is no mechanical linkage to operate the doors. PS 180 amps into a 12 volt battery! Even Frankenstein didn't need that much to start the monster.
@@ItsAllJustBollox yeah flat but 59% battery charged and still couldn't start the car even a phone or tablet will work on 59% battery flat should be nearer to 0% not charged not 59%
@@ItsAllJustBollox do you know even with petrol you can leave parked for months and battery still works unless you've not driven at all for more than 6 months EVs are not the future Lee has discouraged me from ever buying one forever
@@roadrunnerj EVs don't work like that.The 12v battery that runs the systems of central locking is always on,even when the car is turned "off".The 12v was drained to 2v for some reason,which is basically trashed. The main HV battery remained at 59 % all the time.The car needed a jump start like an ICE.Once the 12 v system has had a kick of volts to get it to switch on,the HV battery will charge the 12v
Left my MG ZSEV for 2 weeks and it was absolutely fine and started no problem. The problem you had is not an EV problem but a Porsche problem. But you know that don’t you. Suggesting it’s an EV problem gets you more clicks, well done!
He left the lights on again , you can switch off the electronic on the car , it’s easy . So logic would tell you he Knew the last time he left the security surveillance on in the car the battery died , so he must have done it on purpose! Secondly he titled the video so people would think it was the main car battery that was faulty looking for clicks .
There is nothing wrong with the 12v battery other than it's been drained, especially if it's capable of pulling 140 amps from the DC to DC converter. The problem you have is a parasitic drain on the battery. Simply replacing it will not stop the new one from draining again. Something is cleary not going to sleep, causing the parasitic drain.
Every time I watch your Taycan adventures I'm more entertained from your self inflicted pain. BTW I do understand, I hope, you are taking the pain to save many other's from the same insanity. I couldn't do any of this key stuff, pulling, pushing etc.
Had the problem myself. 12v battery runs out really quickly. Main battery only charges it when turned on. You'd have thought it would automatically top up the 12v. Apparently the main cause of breakdown is the 12v battery.
I've got a Nissan Leaf and sometimes you catch it charging up the 12V battery - it has a special LED display for that. 7 years and still going strong, it may not be glamorous but the Nissan people put the work in slowly and made a very reliable product.
I asked a m8 of mine and yup , prices are North of $2000 , they have special connectors, I've also been told if you leave the car for 2 weeks without being driven this can also damage it, apparently in 2020 these batteries were $1000, so whatever forum you were on is correct
Had a similar problem with the 12v in my humble Nissan Ariya. Standing for 2 weeks, doors would unlock, but traction motor wouldn't start - 'EV system error'. RAC couldn't fix it, nor could jump starting, or simply externally charging the 12v battery. It had to be dragged onto a low loader and carried off to the Nissan dealer to fix. Massively inconvenient. No replacement battery required. Just 'computer says no'.
Last year I went to my 10 year old 2ltr diesel and it was dead. The heavy duty AGM stop start battery had failed. It was really expensive to replace, it cost me £114.49 with postage. But now seeing your problem it's made me feel better about it :) BTW my car has keyless entry, no problem slipped the key out of the fob, and was in the car 10 seconds latter.
I’ve just driven from north Lincs to Alnwick to Amble back to Alnwick then up to Berwick the into Edinburgh . Did some small trips over the week then all the way back to North Lincs and I’ve still got well over a quarter of a tank of fuel. 1.6 Golf diesel.
A lot of commenters are berating EV's. Maybe they should be berating Porshe, who perhaps used a substandard battery. German quality is not what it once was apparently. Mercedes are using batteries made by CATL, the Chinese battery maker.
I've been noticing that most EV's still use a lead acid battery for some electronics. Listen, once a lead acid battery goes dead a few times it's lifespan gets very shortened. Especially when its been dead awhile, the plates get eaten.
James May had a similar problem with his Tesla Model S, he left it charging the traction battery only to discover it also had a 12v battery that powered the usual systems. Traction battery charging doesn't charge the auxiliary battery - real daft!! He got round it by connecting a maintenance charger for the 12v battery. If the auxiliary battery isn't lasting 2 weeks then there is something taking power that shouldn't; need to find what that is or this will happen again.
You are right, it’s very pathetic to spend 16 AUD to charge it from the grid and 0 from the sun to do 400km. Plus the cost of maintenance it’s only tyres and windscreen water…obviously if you have a Tesla
My 20 year old Porsche 911 has an override if the battery is flat. Open the drivers door using the physical key. Find the swing out terminal for the front bonnet switch under the dash. Swing it out 90 degrees. Apply 12v from an external battery to that terminal. Bonnet switch actuates & opens it, Lift it and put the battery under it on charge.
Can you honestly say, hand on heart, that the title you chose wasn’t meant to deliberately imply that your EV battery was kaput and (as you’ve already mentioned in previous videos) was going to cost you several tens of thousands of pounds and as such is just click bait? I’m sorry but you’ve really lost all credibility with me now. This could just as easily have happened with any car, an ICE just the same as your RCE, and if it has a Porsche badge on it would still be a pants down job.
@@molsky13 on my cortina the key snapped in the lock but I kept using it for a couple more years before trading it in and handing the half key to the salesman who didn’t look too impressed.
Having had two Porsches, I'd say the cost is typical. As they say, if you can afford a $100k+ car, you can afford the maintenance. Otherwise, buy a Toyota.
I own a 46 year old Ford Escort, I can leave the car for 4 months without charging the battery 🔋 and it starts up , no problem, That’s progress for you 😎👍
Fascist! 😀
Yes but it doesn't have central locking, immobilizer,car alarm,and other high tech goodies all dragging the battery down.
My Yamaha motor bike could be flat in 4 days,as it had an immobilizer.
I still have the trickle charger that plugs in 24/7.
My 1970 Norton Commando will start up 4th kick with a completely flat battery!
Clearly a right wing lunatic hahaha ;)
@@andrewallen9993 I also own a Triumph T140v Bonnie 1978 with points ignition, so it will kick start without a battery 🔋 👍🏍😎
If the government says it’s the way forward, always do the opposite!
When the battery on my old Toyota Corolla was dead, all I had to do was put it in first gear, press the clutch, have someone give me a little push, release the clutch, and the car would start instantly.
I am a pensioner, I live in a small terraced house with no off road parking, in fact I can rarely park outside my house, often a couple of streets away. I use my car probably once or twice a week. I cannot afford an ev, I have nowhere to charge one, I could not afford repairs and a trip across town would involve several buses for a minimum of 1 hour compared with 10 minutes in a car. What am I supposed to do? Is this really the way forward?
Imagine spending £150,000 on a car and going through this on a regular basis.
Buy yourself a decent car
He certainly knows how to make a mountain out of a molehill and overstates and constantly repeats everything.
I don't mind the videos but I do agree. These videos could be half as long if he got to the point. It's why I can't watch all the way through or don't bother if they are too long
Yeah, made a right meal of trying to get into the car 😂
Charge the battery fully.
Drive to the White Cliffs of Dover.
Park it enough distance from the Cliffs.
Set the car up to drive top speed by its self towards the cliffs and let it FLY !!!
Yeah might take a few dinghy divers out
These videos are an incredibly efficient way of conveying the least amount of information in the maximum amount of time.
Bit like an EV.
These videos tell you all you need to know! (For the common sense person) but you sound like a different case altogether!!!😂😂😂
Last time I struggled like that with a key was trying to open a tin of corn beef 😃
Now I know why I love my low tech 08 Kia diesel, it just keeps going and going, never a problem
Till your battery dies and you need a jump Start... this is nothing to do with having a ev. He just loves bashing evs for no reason
At least with an EV that 80kwh battery, if built with a robust 12v charging system, will never let the 12v go flat, where does the ICE vehicle get the power to keep the 12v while parked? Thin air?
And if it ever goes flat, you can just bump start it
@@Truth_Seeker_UK and its easier to jump start too. Most folk know how to jump start cars and they can't tell the difference between a glow plug and a spark plug.
I left my Rolls Royce Ghost for a month while I was away (incidentally the Rolls cost me less than you paid for your Taycan) and it started perfectly upon my return.
Congratulations 🎊 you didn't have a knackered battery that you chose to ignore the last time it broke down 🤣
@@paulhay9149 Sorry to disappoint you paul but in the year and 18,000 miles I owned my Rolls Royce Ghost it never let me down once. Faultless. Whereas my previous 2 Bentley's offered a more challenging ownership experience. Feel free to share your thoughts on your own experiences of ownership of RR & Bentley...
Now that's just showing off! 😉🤣
Porsche have only been building cars for 76 years. You can't expect them to have worked it out yet.
I bet 76 years ago you could probably open the door without a battery 🪫
@michaelking7499 … 76 years ago you’d have been riding a donkey (or vice versa).
I left my old Dacia Logan MCV for a month over winter in Leicester. Came back, started. Nuff said.
To have a £120,000 car and have to faff about with tiny keys on hidden locks ( why hidden FFS) and a 12v battery that runs out after a couple of weeks of non driving. This is progress is it? Lee....get rid of it mate.
Progress. Getting into a 25 year old car with a flat battery was much less hassle.
@@ian.staite5642 might as well buy a Citroen Ami 😂 would be less of a headache , go watch Tim Fountain from Me and Mon Ami , he's had his Ami like 2 years never had any issues
@@Dungshoveleux £300 Rover Metro would be better at this point 😂
Couldn't it go missing wink, wink!!😉
This car is a joke !
A very expensive joke
It's a Woke Joke, folk.
@@cristig243 especially with a depreciation rate of over 50% !!
Closer to 70% isn't it. I think this model is about 30k now and they won't buy without a trade in for another battery car.
12 V Problems are Nr. 1 reason for EV Problems. Sadly very common through all brands. Second is tire/Nail. But guess most brands solved it by software update.
Your timing is superb, tomorrow I’m posting ‘how much did I spend buying, repairing and improving on the car we took to Le Mans’. 😂
@@GeoffBuysCars .. I’m gonna bet it was significantly less than the cost of a Porsche Taycan 12V battery.
@@GeoffBuysCars £2800 for a 12 volt battery insanely expensive or what?!
@@roadrunnerj my 2015 diesel would be a write-off
Any more on monster sham, those vids were awesome
Arent you glad EV's require less to no maintenance? Laughing in diesel.
I've just handed back my Toyota CHR hybrid company car. The 12v battery used to drain if the car wasn't used for a few days. The hybrid battery would be fully charged but it wouldn't let me start the engine... really frustrating to put it mildly... Opted to buy my own car now and back to fully petrol.
That's not good, either bad battery or Toyota design fault, we're on our fifth lexus hybrid with no issues on any of them even if the car is left for a few weeks without starting.
To be honest, as others have mentioned, ICE cars can suffer the same problems if left dormant depending on what they run in the background (alarms etc) and leaving them on an intelligent charger is recommended for extended trips. I charge my battery with a CTEK once a month and it’s meant I’m not forking out for a new battery every couple of years in my diesel as it is kept conditioned.
I left my 1964 Mercedes w110 200d parked for 6 months. It started right up no problem.
1:54 when EV owners try to open their car door manually, I can do that in Toyota under 3 seconds.
even with power assisted door locks and a dead battery the good old reliable manual key opens the good old reliable manual lock.
The same bonnet opening system is on my Boxster, that battery goes flat quickly, not just an EV problem
Bought a second hand swift. Always opens, start, drive & brake.
Was a total package. You should try it.
I have a 34 year Old Ford Fairmont and the battery is about two or three years old and I had not driven it for a month. It started first go, no battery issues, no stuck locks. You have my sympathy for purchasing your electric car.
Steven Newcastle north of Sydney Australia.
He’s very patient and his input showing us the truth is invaluable
Keep preaching the truth about EV's Mac!!
They are endless 💰 pits, and giant paperweight's when the battery packs die.
The amount of resources it takes to make these batteries is ridiculous. Do your research mate. I have a 20 year old diesel and I am sticking with it.
God knows why anyone buys an EV
Got bugger all to do with an EV. ICE Porsches can have the same problem.
You realise the 12v battery can go on any vehicle right? This exact same issue would happen on a petrol or diesel vehicle. Electric vehicles have a high voltage system aswell as a standard 12v system identical to other vehicles
@@11Daniel2kyes but on most cars you’re talking £100-£200. Not £2,900.
@@sushiginger444 the battery is exactly the same. Just like if I went to a BMW dealership and wanted a BMW approved or BMW battery that's gonna be thru the roof and a ripoff too, same thing where you buy clothes from Asda and some people buy from Nike, both same both from same place it's just 1 has a brand sticker on so can rip ppl off.
@@sushiginger444it’s a normal £80 12V lead acid battery.
There is no reason at all why a new 12 volt battery she be dead after two weeks because it discharged - that is a scam and you're not the only one that they try to scam. If the 12v battery is goosed then the charging circuit is frying the battery - in that case the real fault would be the charging circuit. These EVs seem to be a license to scam. The whole green rationale behind them is a scam too, they are anything but green
Bringing a full gas can to an empty gas tank on a vehicle seems so much easier. This was torture watching this.
I can’t stand the fact the media are still hiding all the disadvantages of owning these cars. It’s beyond belief people are buying any. When a electric car passes me I look at person inside and think “idiot”.
I just replaced the 12V battery on my 10 year old BMW 335. The original battery had been mostly un-used for around 4 years apart from MOT trips so was failing. The special AGM battery cost me £104.00 including shipping although the car would still start and I could get into it. When I was at college 45 years ago my car battery failed so I parked at the top of a hill and used gravity to start the car. Are things really getting better?
Why do people buy electric vehicles is beyond me!
Short sighted, brainwashed maybe?
@@daveshongkongchinachannel I would agree to be honest. I bought a full blown non hybrid or electric diesel 4x4 for this very reason
@@welshrune7264 Wise decision and I’m sure you’ll look back and be glad you did. Diesel also has the advantage in that you can put almost anything in it for fuel and it’ll still run.
@@daveshongkongchinachannel Exactly. While the west goes full Nett zero the rest of the world carries on as before.
@@daveshongkongchinachannel90% who have an EV wouldn’t go back to ICE. Fact.
Should have stuck with the hillman hunter,minds still going
When are buyers of EV’s going to wake up and realise that their preferred brands of ICE vehicles, have no idea how to make reliable EV’s?
No problem! On my Makita bike I just replaced the batteries in the box and ride on!
In the US, AA is Alcoholics Anonymous. "It was last time." That got me. You might need to attend an AA meeting with a car like that.
Isn't your equivalent of The AA triple A?
@@hikaru9624 No that’s a battery
What an absolutely stupid design for a key lock. I am shocked that such an expensive car is so poorly designed and has so many issues. I'll stick with my cheap ICE vehicle that just keeps going even after 15 years.
The battery on my 150,000 mile 2011 Skoda Octavia cost a grand total of £51
You know. I've never had this type of problem with my 10 year old Mazda 6.
When you rely on the battery to open your doors and you are locked inside I would call that a death trap
It’s a 12V battery that is dead, obviously faulty, this can happen with any ICE car also and has the same disastrous consequences. ICE and EV have the same 12V systems for the general electrical system in many cases the same components are used.
Yes but with an ICE car the battery does not cost thousands! If the battery goes faulty you can get into where it is with a manual method to replace it. On the Boxster you go to behind the wheel and pull a cord that releases the bonnet for example to get at the battery. I would be curious, in fact I want to know how much this cost him to replace that 12v battery in the front....
@@Simon-xc5oy That’s not true, the electric Porsche and the ICE Porsche use the very same 12V battery and much of the electrical system is identical. This is blatant anti EV propaganda when in fact the problems being shown here have nothing to do with the traction battery or the motor and transmission.
There's a solution to your battery problem....
Buy a Volvo from Geoff!
There are a lot of EV's with both firmware and software issues out there that rarely get fully bottomed out, and some get to the point where dealers will literally end up swapping cars out to try and resolve an issue they can't actually fix. What's scary is the average EV lifespan is reported at around 7 years and the electronic components etc used in them are typically only produced in a single batch run to cover the manufacturing process plus a percentage extra to cover warranty periods and repairs. Cars are now effectively like a mobile phone or laptops which are changed or updated virtually every month so they aren't really designed to last or to be around any length of time.
This basically forces you to buy or lease another car on a regular basis as running something like an EV which is out of warranty can be very expensive. If that part you need a few years further down the line is unavailable to buy, then that £10 part could result in you owning an very expensive brick! On the other hand a fossil fuelled car and do easily last in excess of 30+ years if maintained, and easily repaired. So which one is actually eco-friendly when you consider the complete manufacturing and then recycling processes.
Wow, that emergency key is nice and easy to use. Now just picture it at night in the rain, it'll be even easier. EVs are clearly the way forward.
I had an appointment at the eye clinic last week, because they told me I can't drive they sent a taxi for me, a dual powered EV / ICE taxi, I asked the driver what size ICE was under the bonnet, I was expecting it to be 300/400cc "it only has to recharge the battery when the power is running down", he told me it was 1800cc..........that's bigger than the engine in my ICE car, I thought the reason for EVs was to do away with ICE engines not make them bigger........
1800? Pah! Mine is a 3500cc V6 - charges the EV battery lovely :-) Performance is fantastic!
There is no free ride, energie cost power ...it s a lot of environmental bs wrapped in an ev car,cost you a lot of money...
My Petrol Golf started first time this morning...it always does
Given that you have nearly 200,000 subscribers, plus whatever Jeff is saying, you would've thought that the Porsche dealership would just give you a battery. They must have dozens of these Taycan things lying around and unsold depreciating by the minute. The whole EV concept is a complete disaster, and I am so glad that I'm not involved in it.
Watching you struggle to open the door makes me wonder why manufacturers make functions so difficult for the driver? What are they trying to achieve?
DEADlock to get people trapped in their cars, electric cars catching fire spontaneously, and we all know the rest...You still believe that EV's, E-bikes etc. are there for our benefit, then think again. It's all part of the long term plans to reduce the population, unfortunately.
Well if you slip then it's a £5k paint job. It's a win win for Porsche.
This is what the future's like ,nice
EV or Petrol, the over reliance on electronics in modern cars is stupid. What's wrong with winding down the window by hand?
Bring back the Ford Cortina 😊
My first car. Loved it. Had to hit the starter motor with a hammer to start it towards the end of my ownership.
Oh dear, you've worn it out, you're not really meant to use it much, 15 minute cities and all that.
Well you have helped me to make my mind up, thank you, No EV for me.
I’ll stick with my BMW X1 diesel
People used to laugh at my 1.1 Fiesta. I ran out of petrol once and had to walk a mile round trip with an empty 2 litre coke bottle, I was back on the road in 20 minutes. Easy to repair, easy to get spares, I miss that slow old bird. You couldn't pay me to own a Porsche taycan!
That 12 volt auxiliary battery that is broken looks buried and it’s the second time you said, how on earth can anyone replace this battery it’s not very easy? Your car is not the only one suffering from auxiliary 12 volt battery failure, I have a Toyota Yaris and they have the same problem but so too are a lot of other car manufacturers. It’s going to be a big scandal that is developing and could potentially be another mass public claiming on manufacturers just like the diesel scandal. The problem as you say in your video is the fact that the car even though it’s switched off is still connected via 4G or satellite and it also running the theft alarm. These extra connected features are constantly drawing power from this small auxiliary 12 volt battery, it’s a scandal and the manufacturers are well aware of this fact and doing nothing about it. Maybe the McMaster can throw more light onto this problem which a high percentage of the general public are experiencing.
What if a rescue crew were trying to get in to rescue someone passed out inside?
“ the keys hurting my hand”
Ya big Jesse !!!
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Throwing money away with Porsches, they con customers left & right yet they laugh at customers for doing it too.
Being locked inside a car is frightening, espcially a volatile bomb like an EV. EVangelsts are always telling me that can't happen.
TBF they are probably thinking of Tesla which have kept emergency manual opening on their doors. Even the CyberTruck has a bit of wire you can pull on to open the door. On a completely different note my petrol Focus doesn’t seem to have this problem 🤷♂️.
@@psibug565 That's what you would think and that was my point, but they said ALL EVs. it's a psychological issue they have so why should I be fair anyway? They aren't.
IQ of a carrot
@@E6EES How dare you offend the carrot like that.
Tell that to the bloke whose car set on fire at the lights and just made it out! on VT somewhere 😱😱😱
Maybe it’s best to keep it at the dealership and never buy one?
As an engineer I can only say the engineers who came up with the system of having a 12v battery that can stop an ev working are morons
Like a dead battery stopping a petrol car from working? Morons. Happens every winter. Why did they stop putting starting handles on cars. They are so dumb.
The 12v battery runs all the computers in the car. The high voltage battery is purely for the traction motor
Yup, you would hope they would add a DC to DC converter to keep the 12V charged from the HV battery.
@@cccmmm1234 They have to segregate the HV 600v 800v DC depending on make from the 12 v control circuits for safety reasons, don't forget these are totally safe of course!
As a electrician of 40 years I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole and no one will BS me otherwise.
@@jimbomorton3074 12 V Problems are Nr. 1 reason for EV Problems. Dadly very common through all brands. Second is tire/Nail. But guess most brands solved it by software update.
No vehicle is safe if there is no mechanical linkage to operate the doors. PS 180 amps into a 12 volt battery! Even Frankenstein didn't need that much to start the monster.
Hot news man comes back from holiday and his car has a flat battery, I cant believe this has never happened before EVs became popular.
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My petrol car was left in a car park for 6 weeks and still started without any issue earlier this year.
Oh dear. You have missed the point being made completely !
@@ItsAllJustBollox yeah flat but 59% battery charged and still couldn't start the car even a phone or tablet will work on 59% battery flat should be nearer to 0% not charged not 59%
@@ItsAllJustBollox do you know even with petrol you can leave parked for months and battery still works unless you've not driven at all for more than 6 months EVs are not the future Lee has discouraged me from ever buying one forever
@@roadrunnerj EVs don't work like that.The 12v battery that runs the systems of central locking is always on,even when the car is turned "off".The 12v was drained to 2v for some reason,which is basically trashed.
The main HV battery remained at 59 % all the time.The car needed a jump start like an ICE.Once the 12 v system has had a kick of volts to get it to switch on,the HV battery will charge the 12v
This green economy works great! £100k cars, £3k batteries as consumables, AA membership… Money for everyone!
Depreciation on these EVs is eye watering….I wouldn’t touch one with a barge pole…..plus nobody wants to buy second hand EVs.
Left my MG ZSEV for 2 weeks and it was absolutely fine and started no problem. The problem you had is not an EV problem but a Porsche problem. But you know that don’t you. Suggesting it’s an EV problem gets you more clicks, well done!
Should have bought a tesla. Boringggggg
Electric cars? About as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.
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you had enough money to buy a Porsche, and you opted for the Taycan electric. No words can possibly describe how sorry I feel for you.
Time to trade it in mate and get a normal reliable Toyota !
And people think this is the future. Not a chance !!
£120k for a poorly designed keyhole that you can barely get the key in 😂😂. And how complex is it to pop the bonnet 😂😂😂
He left the lights on again , you can switch off the electronic on the car , it’s easy .
So logic would tell you he Knew the last time he left the security surveillance on in the car the battery died , so he must have done it on purpose!
Secondly he titled the video so people would think it was the main car battery that was faulty looking for clicks .
There is nothing wrong with the 12v battery other than it's been drained, especially if it's capable of pulling 140 amps from the DC to DC converter. The problem you have is a parasitic drain on the battery. Simply replacing it will not stop the new one from draining again. Something is cleary not going to sleep, causing the parasitic drain.
Burglar alarm etc is always on.
@@hamshackleton the alarm on an EV is no different from an alarm on any other car.
Every time I watch your Taycan adventures I'm more entertained from your self inflicted pain. BTW I do understand, I hope, you are taking the pain to save many other's from the same insanity. I couldn't do any of this key stuff, pulling, pushing etc.
Had the problem myself. 12v battery runs out really quickly. Main battery only charges it when turned on. You'd have thought it would automatically top up the 12v.
Apparently the main cause of breakdown is the 12v battery.
I've got a Nissan Leaf and sometimes you catch it charging up the 12V battery - it has a special LED display for that. 7 years and still going strong, it may not be glamorous but the Nissan people put the work in slowly and made a very reliable product.
The future of motoring right there, folks.
I asked a m8 of mine and yup , prices are North of $2000 , they have special connectors, I've also been told if you leave the car for 2 weeks without being driven this can also damage it, apparently in 2020 these batteries were $1000, so whatever forum you were on is correct
Had a similar problem with the 12v in my humble Nissan Ariya. Standing for 2 weeks, doors would unlock, but traction motor wouldn't start - 'EV system error'. RAC couldn't fix it, nor could jump starting, or simply externally charging the 12v battery. It had to be dragged onto a low loader and carried off to the Nissan dealer to fix. Massively inconvenient. No replacement battery required. Just 'computer says no'.
Keep us all posted Lee about the cost, what a nightmare....
Gone for 2 weeks and alarm probably going off for 3 or 4 days...jeez... surprised the neighbours didn't burn it down..
Last year I went to my 10 year old 2ltr diesel and it was dead. The heavy duty AGM stop start battery had failed. It was really expensive to replace, it cost me £114.49 with postage. But now seeing your problem it's made me feel better about it :) BTW my car has keyless entry, no problem slipped the key out of the fob, and was in the car 10 seconds latter.
I went on holiday once, and when I came back the battery had died on my Ford Focus. But I was on holiday for 15 months 😂
I’ve just driven from north Lincs to Alnwick to Amble back to Alnwick then up to Berwick the into Edinburgh . Did some small trips over the week then all the way back to North Lincs and I’ve still got well over a quarter of a tank of fuel. 1.6 Golf diesel.
It's a 12 volt battery , Not a 9 volt , and it's a Lithium battery ( a LIFEPO4 actually ) and they are about 700 quids
A lot of commenters are berating EV's. Maybe they should be berating Porshe, who perhaps used a substandard battery. German quality is not what it once was apparently. Mercedes are using batteries made by CATL, the Chinese battery maker.
I've been noticing that most EV's still use a lead acid battery for some electronics. Listen, once a lead acid battery goes dead a few times it's lifespan gets very shortened. Especially when its been dead awhile, the plates get eaten.
At least no one can nick your car when you’re away
Who would want to steal the poxy thing ???
@@NicholasGunn-f5mThey would be doing Lee a right favour though.
The joys of owning an EV , some of the designs of these are absolutely ridiculous
Long live the internal combustion engine.
James May had a similar problem with his Tesla Model S, he left it charging the traction battery only to discover it also had a 12v battery that powered the usual systems. Traction battery charging doesn't charge the auxiliary battery - real daft!! He got round it by connecting a maintenance charger for the 12v battery. If the auxiliary battery isn't lasting 2 weeks then there is something taking power that shouldn't; need to find what that is or this will happen again.
There’s this guy called Geoff who buys cheap old cars and runs them for ages. Maybe you should have a word with him. He’s a big fan of ev’s too. 😂
Why bother with these idiotic machines 🤷♂️?
Obviously we all know they are an absolute waste of time and money. It’s pathetic 🤦♂️
You are right, it’s very pathetic to spend 16 AUD to charge it from the grid and 0 from the sun to do 400km. Plus the cost of maintenance it’s only tyres and windscreen water…obviously if you have a Tesla
All that money for a glorified Milk float with a badge.
I remember when i was a kid my battery operated toys would just stop working too.
My 20 year old Porsche 911 has an override if the battery is flat.
Open the drivers door using the physical key.
Find the swing out terminal for the front bonnet switch under the dash. Swing it out 90 degrees. Apply 12v from an external battery to that terminal. Bonnet switch actuates & opens it,
Lift it and put the battery under it on charge.
Why not a simple lever under the dash like most ordinary cars?
@@lauriekibblewhite Exactly, sod buying any vehicle with such stupid design features, shocked to hear that even a 20 year old one has it.
I am so glad I share your position on these ev's and haven't bought one.
Can you honestly say, hand on heart, that the title you chose wasn’t meant to deliberately imply that your EV battery was kaput and (as you’ve already mentioned in previous videos) was going to cost you several tens of thousands of pounds and as such is just click bait?
I’m sorry but you’ve really lost all credibility with me now.
This could just as easily have happened with any car, an ICE just the same as your RCE, and if it has a Porsche badge on it would still be a pants down job.
"When we design this car, let's make it virtually impossible to get in, if the 9V battery fails".
Thank christ evs will save the world
Glad I can't afford that type of trash. Bought a Dacia Stepway, petrol/gas 6 months ago, absolutely delighted with it.
never had any trouble getting in my old ford cortina 😂
Sadly, neither did anybody else. I had a cortina years ago, and you could unlock it with the edge of a 10 pence piece. Not surprisingly it got nicked.
@@molsky13 on my cortina the key snapped in the lock but I kept using it for a couple more years before trading it in and handing the half key to the salesman who didn’t look too impressed.
Having had two Porsches, I'd say the cost is typical. As they say, if you can afford a $100k+ car, you can afford the maintenance. Otherwise, buy a Toyota.
Think I would rather have the Toyota.
@@woolmer608 Agreed. I've followed my own advice.