Fifth Gear's Norwegian EV Road Trip: The Complete Feature | Fifth Gear
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- Jason and VBH head to Norway where EV adoption is years ahead of the rest of the world and it’s said that Norway will be at 100% EV sales by April 2022. So just how have they done it and what do we in the UK need to do in order to keep up?
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They forgot to mention that when you do the battery swap you can request a different battery capacity. If you have the biggest battery and only need a standard range battery they will swap in the smaller unit for the lower price that comes with it. Conversely, if the standard battery meets 90% of your requirements but you would like more range on a particular occasion they will swap in the larger battery and you can have the smaller battery swapped back in when you are done with your long hikes.
No wonder cars are so expensive in Norway.
So everyone go buy nio stock. Is cheap now 😂
16:41 The way Nomi wakes up is just adorable 😂
ikr ommmg. I wanna just have a conversation with it as I drive for hours
Been on Shanghai car show this year, China is taking over the car world, there's no doubt. The amount of new cars that look great, unique, seem to be build like German cars in glory days, have the top tech, etc. is astounding. There's more brands you've never heard of than you can imagine. It's like an explosion of creativity.
Meanwhile the American still trying hard to make america great again 😂
@@nocolo123 Yep read USPS. Ordering lots of new vans that do 6 mpg wow very forward thinking
Never going to happen. The most important reason why people who have driven a German car for a while will go German the second time as well is the driving experience. Everything from handling through the interior, and to noise reduction. This is an art that comes from 50 years of experience - trial and error - and nothing you can learn overnight. Tesla is 50 years behind. China is 50 years behind. America in general is 30 years behind. Japan is 20 years behind. With EV people will be sensitive to noise more than ever. This factor alone will ensure German domination in the EV market. Germans were also very thoughtful when they decided to wait for a battery revolution to be in view before they chose which way to go. This is certainly not Lithium-ion. When it comes to Neo I struggle with myself to decide what is uglier, inside or outside. The Chinese have no sense of beauty even when they steal from the west.
@@TH-cam_Stole_My_Handle_Too This was the biggest bullshit I have heard for long time. German quality was lost in the 90s. Now their cars are worse than ever, the only thing that is holding them up is their reputation from the past....
@@Lucas-wp2ph You're clueless.
I never really liked electric cars. But the nio battery swap system really impressed me a whole lot. Honestly they're cool
I'm getting ET7 this September, my first ever electric. Can't wait
NO,NO,NO,ET7 is not best chinese electric samt car.
It's amazing how Fifth is is a very detailed car show and it's amazing that it was and still is not broadcast here in Brazil , but thanks to Fifth Gear I can watch it here on their channel !😍👏👏👏 love you guys ! Huge mega fan since I had to download "legally " on the net back in 07
Fantastic. Go Norway and Nio !!! this is what all evs should be like.
Can’t wait until Nio start rolling out in the UK🤞
Brilliant video, would love more content like this!
I am delighted to discover Fifth Gear's emphasis on EVs. These latest videos make other channels seem old fashioned and ill mannered. I am reminded of an episode of Space 1999 when a Ferrari 275 GTB appeared briefly as an eccentric historic vehicle.
Great to see it all in one film.
Thank you.
As a Chinese who likes German car brands, I have bought Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche Panamera in the past ten years. This year, I intend to book Chinese EV LI L9. For gasoline cars, I will still choose German cars. But for new energy EV, I will only choose China's domestic energy vehicles. The new energy vehicles of Chinese brands, regardless of their appearance and interior decoration, are far superior to those of traditional German automakers and Tesla. There is no need to spend money on EV produced by these old-school brands.
Chinese cars are so ugly though.
Tesla is not old school asshole 🤣
That why Tesla is number one sold in China even being 2 more expensive .Wuling is best seller cause its too cheap like chinese
You get used to the regenerative braking with more driving. You can actually use creep or roll options if you really want your EV to drive like an ICE car.
OMG, why is so difficult for people to understand. For nio, You can swap, you can also charge at home or other charge station.
that battery swapping thing is wild!!
vicky the regen braking is adjustable with the accelerator ...
When they mentioned AHA, I had hoped that they would mention the AHA-story about electric cars.
Unfortunately the price quoted for the NIO does not include the battery
Fantastic video, can't wait to hear more about these Chinese cars, if they turn out to be as reliable as European ones then I'll definitely be tempted.
NIO,BYD ,LINCO,MG,XPENG,LI......
Battery swap is a great idea and could revolutionise the ev industry. Manufacturers will sign up and standardise their battery formats so that many models use the same pack. Musk has too much invested in the supercharger network to consider the option viable but there is another benefit: when battery packs begin to show signs of degradation they can be serviced with faulty cells and/or electronics being replaced and simply put back into service without any inconvenience or downtime for drivers.
I totally disagree! Just a gimmick, and not something I think will be wide spread before we stop owning cars and start subscribing to them. I have driven 190000km in my BMW i3 and even with the limited range of a 2014 model, I very rarely fast charge. With modern EVs most people can charge at home.
@@amundalfredsen3479 When the weather turns cold and you put on a trailer electric cars turn into expensive toys.
@@Lucas-wp2ph For sure the range decreases both with low temperatures and with towing. But as I said, I have been commuting 190000km with my i3 and I live in Norway. We regularly get temps down to -15C and it is not a problem. So that EVs are toys is pure BS.
Battery Swaps just dont make sense. Battery supply is a huge limiting factor and putting extra batteries into packs that will essentially sit still most of the time just doesn't make economic sense or allow evs to ramp quickly.
I would never swap my new battery ;you may end up with some old one .And one who got your new will never swap that 🤣
Communism everything for everyone chinese way
Regen braking can't be strong enough! I'm lovin' it! 👓 One pedal driving ROCKS!
Great video, well done Fifth Gear.
The swapping looks really cool, but I'm not convinced - who owns the battery? If it's getting swapped all the time, the only way to make that work is to lease an energy service and not own the battery in your car. It also requires more battery packs than there are cars, you need lots of expensive swap stations, each holding several dozen batteries in order to meet all day swapping demand, those stations and the extra packs mean huge capital investment, where that same investment would add 20 fast chargers, which would have more overall throughput. What happens when they run out of charged packs - is it fast charging all those packs? You also have to limit the form factor of all cars around a single pack size, and so on.
15 minutes while you take a break, grab a coffee and catch up on emails is not an issue - this seems like a solved problem with 350kW chargers.
The stations all have a variety of batteries on standby and they immediately begin recharging the battery they take in ready for a future customer. Your in-car app will tell you which batteries are available at which swapping stations and you have to pre-book the swap. There's no first come first serve scramble where you hope they have a battery available. And it does not exclude you from charging by other methods if you prefer. It's not compulsory and not everyone will be doing it on every occasion. Also as I've stated in another comment, they have different battery pack capacities that you can swap as required. But, don't forget, this is a service for NIO only. No-one could provide this as standard for every EV as they are all different. Other manufacturers will have to decide if they also want to return to battery swapping. Yes, I said RETURN. Battery swapping was working very well over 100 years ago before someone found oil in Texas and decided electric vehicles had to go. The New York taxi fleet was run with battery swap vehicles until about 1908. The idea was well tested and now the technology is far more advanced. And by the way, there's very few cars that currently charge at 350kw and they aren't in the lower price bracket. You must realise that not all EVs are the same. Different prices, different battery capacities and structures, different charging standards. There's no one rule for all of them any more than there was with ICE vehicles.
@@trevorberridge6079 good response - thank you.
Do you think that the promise of battery swapping will delay potential EV buyers from switching away from fossil fuels? That’s my main concern, it felt more tomorrows world than todays reality - and so many people look for reasons not to take the plunge - I have the same concerns about solid state stories that are decades away from being in actual volume scale products you can buy now.
The booking system does take care of the uncertainty, but does that fit with the variable timing of a multi swap road trip? 15 mins stop is typical of 250kW Teslas, you are correct that 350kW is less common at the moment, but by the time these swap stations are common it will be standard, albeit only on more expensive cars, like the NIO.
Cool historical context for battery swapping too - didn’t know that.
@@brushlessmotoring battery swapping won’t happen - they can’t even fulfil car orders without a 12 month waiting list, let alone extra batteries required for swapping…
And then there’s the cost of battery swapping stations, compared to a simple charger, the cost is enormous…. 10 car swapping stations vs 10 chargers?? So it’s too expensive then there’ll only be 1 swap station - with a 1 hour queue of cars waiting to swap battery out?? Just put more chargers in instead - much cheaper to have cars capable of faster charging… 300 mile drive for a 20 min stop is no problem…
in my country there are no 350kw chargers, even 150 are very rare, only on the highways. in the city the most you get is 50kw...so it takes so long
@@andreykovachev7002 utter tosh !
Just putting this out there: you are supposed to adjust seat, steering wheel and mirrors before driving.
Also steering wheel and mirror adjustment are on the very first page when you open settings, not as hard to find as you make it out to be
Drama for TRP
Slagged off the e208 for being heavy and slow on the previous video, but now apparently it’s fine in the slalom test?!
@14m what kind of long, one way road is that?
Very watchable review. To the comment about the lack of real buttons, it is sometimes a bit awkward … on the severity of the regen, all I will say is that you get used to it and I prefer it at this point.
…and on the subject of battery swap, Tesla demoed this years ago (2014 I think), and as a technical exercise it works … it’s not practical though as the battery packs change, even for the same model … and you can’t open up a Tesla battery swap station to other models like you can a supercharger .
We have more and more 250kW superchargers being installed , and 324kW is coming … most people will be able to charge for 10-15 mins and go and this is nearly always acceptable.
Nice jumper Jason :)
I really do like the battery-swapping technology. Is it chargeable from a home charger as well? That would be a necessity if there were no nearby swap stations, or if you wanted to charge from solar panels on your roof combined with a home battery system! In that case this really would be the perfect EV solution for many buyers!!
yes, Nio's support battery swap as well as conventional charging.
Elon is.muppet. Why do people.all.revere him ?
Are you guys wearing gloves in June in Norway?
She would have a heated wheel, seats and wipers if they were in a Volvo.
Regenerative braking is one of the best features of ev's especially if done properly with one pedal driving. I think they said it themselves they are dinosaurs!
I agree the regen is adjustable with the accelerator...
if that regeneration is properly then yes, but tesla is too aggressive, no one want to sit in the back seat of a tesla, not only like sitting in a stool, but the car's dynamic make passengers uncomfortable too. Tesla is a driver's car.
@@infoworld7706 Regeneration is variable on the how the driver uses the accelerator pedal the same applies to the brake pedal.
It's like you learn to drive again! I still learning in my Ionic classic 28 kWh.
Yes I really love Regen Brake, I need it! ( Small Battery Pack) Sure you can adjust it (regen power), with your foot!
I really love those 2 (host), but I want to bet that those 2 their daily driver car is a fossiele one.
You only put you foot of the ev peddel like her do if you want to coast (zero regen) . Not to mention they said it themselves, they like dinosaurs.
Nevertheless you need to practice that style of driving an EV car! It's economical and it drives more like an fossiele Car, smoothly....
Only one person/ host of Fifth Gear can properly drive an EV car, guess who?!
It's not Tiff..........
Considering this is journalism, why didn't they mention that a Tesla will adjust all the settings to your requirements when you get in any Tesla.
Awesome car
But how much the battery change will cost?
Each NIO comes with 6 free changes per year. I think it's not meant to be used constantly, but when you really need a fast charge.
Hey what's Dr. Strange doing working for a car company?
This is epic,I mean the whole EV is of the future but in the present.
Is Nio more comfortable than Tesla?
No mention that 90% of Norways electric is hydro generated. Norway is the exception, not the rule, for a practicable EV country.
Why would you want to adjust regenerative braking? If you let go a bit, it brakes a bit, if you don't let your foot off at all, it does not brake at all, if you let it all off, it brakes at it's default setting. Is your right foot so insensitive that it can't pull that off? But you could argue that you sometimes must take it off the accelerator.... to brake.... I don't get it and I don't even own a Tesla.
This review irritates me. Who adjusts their steering wheel while driving? No one. Those functions you use once, set and forget, are buried in menus for good reason. Did they mention that when you change drivers you can change all your seating/driving preferences automatically? No. And as for the moans about regen braking, it conserves energy, save brakes pad wear and you get used to it in 2 minutes!
I do. Sometimes your preferred position changes on a long trip.
Yes, it was a great advantage with an electric car in Norway. But now the "smart" politicians have realized that now is the time for electric car owners to pay. We still have some benefits, but they are getting smaller and smaller. So I am reasonably sure that Norway as an electric car country will soon change. Like much else, we will end up far behind others. The only reason we Norwegians buy / bought was the benefits. Now they should be gradually removed and then it stops.
The same thing happened in The Netherlands. There were so much benefits that electric cars got too popular too fast. That cost the government a lot of money so a number of those benefits are disappearing. With high gas prices driving electric still made sense. But now that all energy prices have gone up, it's less interesting to swap your ICE for an EV. The only advantage Norway has is that it can produce it's electricity with hydro and thus control it's own prices better. So ideologically driving electric is still a good option. The Netherlands can't produce it's electricity that way so it's still needs fossil fuels, and so EVs make less sense. The only upside is that it's a small country with a mild climate, meaning that EVs perform better here.
This was always the plan. No politician in Norway have ever said that the pro EL incentives would last for ever, only in order to promote building up of infrastructure, and to give car manufacturers an interesting market and an incentive to develop EL-cars/models, so the EL-cars can "fight" on "equal terms" with fossil cars. Now, most of the infrastructure is in place, and now it's up to us Norwegians having to choose EL cars for nature's sake, not only for the incentives.
Hello from Norway!
Who other than motoring journalists need to move their steering wheel while driving at 50km/h ? Surely you would have done it before you start? I moved my steering wheel 7 years ago and it hasn’t moved since. My partner didn’t even know steering wheels could be moved till this morning.
Battery exchange is the route that should have been taken all round
No mention of what it costs for a battery swap…🤷♂️
Someone said it’s free for the first 4 swaps every month
As a Model Y owner can’t believe how little they understand the car. I go from different cars and it adjusts to my personalised settings. Need something else? Mostly talk to the car.
As for battery swap…if you have a home charger it is surprising how little you need other charging. And on long trips it’s next to no inconvenience as it mostly charges while I eat.
And one pedal driving is easy.
These petrol heads will get there. Not yet though as thinking is old school v8.
I want a battery car but not one with stupid big screen for most controls.
Norway is going to be really a nightmare for true petrolheads
Fortunately other countries will follow soon.
True petrol heads only work on their cars, and that do not use any gasoline👍
The battery swap station, for me as a Norwegian, is really not all that important. For me and others with home chargers, going somewhere else to charge is just a waste of time and money. Exceptions would be on longer trips, but, after 40-50km it's really time for a rest and a snack anyways, and after 15-40 minutes you're good to go.
WooooW Bravo bravo NIO! The ES8 is a beautiful car and this with the battery swap is much more practical and faster and safer than the Tesla. I feel sorry for Tesla, but the Chinese competitor has overtaken you, all I have to say is: I feel sorry for Tesla.. Greetings from Serbia!
battery swap is already dead. This is why Tesla has the biggest market cap by far. Toyota is 2nd.
i’m very pro EVs especially for service vehicles, i think it makes perfect sense. but swapping batteries, seriously wtf lol?
it feels like the wheel is being re-invented
I also had a problem with the re-generating braking was too powerful and my concern was proper. As my partner drove it she ended up in the opposite lane due to this in I must say very tricky snowy conditions. But this would not have happened if we could have turned the regen completely off. Due to the harsh re-gen, the care became unsettle and she slid over in the opposite lane. fortunately for us the was no oncoming traffic. I really believe Tesla needs to have an option to turn it all off also on the Model y.
The battery change is ausome,,but i have one fear,,,what if the battery after changing,is not fastned proberly, and suddenly drops down on the road,,,,, dangerous cituation,,,
There is a saying, that if there is just a little chance of a accident,then it will happen 🤔😮
hey when you buy NIO you can Charge, You can Battery Swap you can talk to an AI it's already written in english.. yet you all still can't understand?
Too much regenerative braking? Just keep your foot on the pedal.. really?
Whilst the battery swap seems like a good idea, I think it is a knee jerk reaction to people that have issues with charging. I'm not averse to the idea, as I don't want to be the same as that idiot 10 years ago that said EV's will be no good, but thoughts are:
- The physical battery must be the same mounting on every car.
- You will need additional batteries in stock to make a changeover
- The cost of the stations is considerably higher than a charging station due to the high degree of automation.
- Most people charge at home if they have off street parking.
I would prefer to see:
- Faster charging rates with smaller batteries so we can buy more fit for purpose cars. My Renault Zoe can do 250 miles (on a particular wednesday at a precise longitude and lattitude) but I would sacrifice 100 miles for better thermal management and charging at a rate like an Ioniq 5! That would mean a lighter more fun car with more room.
- The government to convince corporations and landlords to follow the same ideas as companies like sainsburies and invest in rooftop solar. At the same time to setup a electricity to tennent scheme so that employees can charge at work a lot more easily and of local renewable.
- More duplications of chargers on major highways. I'm so sick of turning up at an A road charger and finding that it is out of commission. They should try to be in multiples even if the energy supply is not high enough, make it so 2 can share like Tesla do! How many times have I phone BP to get a charger reset!
"every control is accessible by pressing the right scroll wheel and speaking" there fixed it for you..... come on.
Vicky enjoying electric toys ;-)
I'd like to buy an EV car, but I just purchased a Toyota Corolla which should last me 20 years.
Those things are built like Tanks!
Nice vedio ev 👍👍👍👍
Oooooohhh! How innovative ... they don't have dealerships. No one has ever thought of that before. Ah no, ... wait.
Seriously, that battery swapping is a game changer. How do you say no to having another option to charge or in this case, replace your battery to full in no time.
Tested the latest Model 3. And noticed regen adjustment had been culled to maximise the latest range stats. On the motorway you don't need regen. Will not buy an ev that you can't adjust regen level.
Crazy logic 🔝🤦♂️
*Of course you need regen on the fucking motorway!*
The motorway, particularly busy ones, have a great deal of “quick quick, slow”, motion. It’s important to capture all regen and avoid use of the brakes to maximise efficiency.
@@maxflight777 When your old enough to start driving you will realise the ridiculousness of your comments. 😂
Why doesn't this show use metric units for distances, etc? The show is more or less watched globally, and the modern world countries all use metric!!!
i am in norway right now
Battery swap is basically dead, not the future. It is $600,000 for the structure, not including the land needed. Most EV owners, recharge at home. The cost and resources needed to manage an EV battery swap network is very high. We already have issues just getting enough batteries for vehicles being made. Battery tech is getting to the point that range makes needing to recharge beyond the home is rarely needed. Imagine if a five EVs show up for a battery swap or a five charging station site. The five for battery swap will cue up and the one who gets in first is fine, but if your are third or worse, you will take longer to get the battery swap than to put in 150 miles range to get you back on the road via charging station. It is much cheaper and easier to place charging stations and no worries about battery stock running out. Hearing 5th Gear hosts say battery swap is the future just made them sound clueless.
And in parts of the world with snow and ice + salt, getting into that complicated swap machine... i have no idear how everyone say this is the future... when you can fast charge a battery in 30min insted of this show.... and you are so right about land... please come to a well devolved capital and try and buy a piece of land to put this machine... i have no doubt this project will never work.... but i wish the best for the company of course
@@Bigphilrl @Kevin Theobold Agreed with of you. It just doesn't feel like a solution that will ever work properly. Maybe i'll eat my words, but it surely cannot be how it will go.
As a Chinese, I used to have similar opinion on the battery issue. But since now I'm a ES6 owner in China, we do have the choice to rent the battery or purchase the battery. Even you choose to rent the battery, you still can recharge at home. The Generation 2.0 Battery swap station has 13 batteries, if you are the 14th user, you will make an appointment on the app, and the station will charge the first "trade in" battery and you will be swap to this one. It is quite useful for a long-distance trip, like if you drive from London to Edinburgh, and especially in big countries or like the mainland of European. I have experienced for over half year, I haven't gotten in the issue by like waiting for a over 20 mins queue, I can't tell it would be the future. But currently, Nio has sold over 200,000 in the Chinese market, and over 800 battery swap stations in China, this solution makes EV quite like a "normal" car for me.
@@barryng9650 interesting insight thanks. At least it is an option I guess. Seems a bit of a clunky solution though
OMG, why is so difficult for people to understand. For nio, You can swap, you can also charge at home or other charge station.
Haha. I love how everyone thinks we in Norway drive electric cars because of the environment. Some do.
But it's not the reason why.
It's because our government gives tax reliefs to people who either changes in they're petrol car for an electric one, or buy electric next time they only buy a new car.
So in a way its for the environment.
But it'd not the main reason. But.. on the other hand. It shows political will towards the goal of our country, to get as close as possible to 0% CO²
This is 100% true. I live here, it's almost always about saving money.
Sorry but i can't take a person serious that is dressed in the same material as my grannies curtains....🤣
NIO :)
90% Of UK chargers are for Display purposes only
Slow public chargers which take 10 hours to charge
And to add insult injury 80% dont even Work
That battery change is a game changer.
Ah, I read that header as 'Complete Failure' not 'Feature'. Hey ho, back to petrol and V8's.
good ADVERRTISEMENT LOL
5:50 Just two very professional, very serious grown up adult children cracking up at juvenile toilet humour 😂🤦♀️
That's just stupid if you don't set up the car before you start driving
Chinese innovative technologies is the future...
What about those who live in rain infested😅 countries, with dirt /muddy/salty and snowy roads.will ev"s stand up to the "Real road" conditions under the floor?
Well, that country IS Norway. Our BYD Tang SUV 4-wheel drive EV takes on all of those challenges on a daily basis, with great result. Don't worry. Some things are different when driving an EV, especially on longer trips, with more planning for when and where to charge, but in your everyday life there's more or less only upsides with EV's.
The problem with controlling everything through electronics and screens is that mechanical cars get old at one pace but tech gets old much quicker. It's still viable to run a 40 year old fossil but try using a 40 year old computer to surf the internet and post here.
And ironically all these motors to adjust steering wheels and seats, open and close doors and tailgates, present hidden handles, etc. add more weight and complication to a car. I'd much rather have keep fit windows, levers for adjusting the steering wheel and seat position and a handle to pull the tailgate closed than a load of heavy and environmentally unfriendly electronics and motors to do the job instead.
All good points. There are more low tech EVs with less pointless motors for things like steering wheel and seat adjustments, if that's what you are looking for. From a whole vehicle reliability perspective though, an EV drivetrain is orders of magnitude simpler than a modern combustion engine, and vastly more efficient at turning energy into distance.
Keep it simple to operate while driving😊
I'm going to wait for Japanese EV cars which should be out soon and reliable too. Already own a Tesla.
Remember, Japan is the tortoise vs China's hare.
We all know who won that race.
I disagree with them fiddling with the infotainment system. They’re just old.
Tesla is more of a high tech car than a luxury car. It’s sort of like the Toyota Prius. It’s more high tech than luxury.
17:13 no it's not
One thing you said was wrong about the neo. You're not exchanging your old battery for a new one. You're exchanging your brand new battery for an old used one.
Try that in your own car which you bought with your money and see how that feels.
You should be in a Volvo or Polestar for sure.
Battery swap is the future of EV....no doubt
Nah It might be a nice solution for certain situations but 99% of the time charging is much better, more convenient and cheaper.
Its a shame that two racing drivers couldn't figure out how to use regenerative braking correctly.
It's like you learn to drive again! I still learning in my Ionic classic 28 kWh.
Yes I really love Regen Brake, I need it! ( Small Battery Pack) Sure you can adjust it (regen power), with your foot!
I really love those 2 (host), but I want to bet that those 2 their daily driver car is a fossiele one.
You only put you foot of the ev peddel like her do if you want to coast (zero regen) . Not to mention they said it themselves, they like dinosaurs.
Nevertheless you need to practice that style of driving an EV car! It's economical and it drives more like an fossiele Car, smoothly....
Only one person/ host of Fifth Gear can properly drive an EV car, guess who?!
It's not Tiff..........
日本の自動車メーカーは世界の流れから遅れている事が良く分かるよ😢
Such a cute couple
The battery swap is cool and all, but it's really just a gimmick. It's not really scalable and not worth investing into.
Should've gone to the wireless road-integrated parking spots downtown, capable of delivering 50kW charging speeds, wirelessly.
That, to me, looks like the future. Imagine implementing wireless chargers on the highways and actually not spending any fuel while going at speed and getting to your destination with a full battery.. Imagine just parking your car at the supermarket and coming back to a charged battery. The fuelling should be seamless and in the future there shouldn't really be any fuel-stations anymore.
ฺBattery swap idea is brilliant but as it's only serve one car brand, it will never be successful. Unless, every car manufacturer use the same platform? again, NO. Because battery technology will upgrade itself with newer technology and swapping old battery would become less popular as times go by. And the swapping station might not be able to earn money to cover the cost. bla bla bla......it's just my stupid thought.
Everyone who drives an ICE vehicle needs to see this video to understand just how antiquated they are vs EV's
Who's going to give me a cash payment to buy an EV? In the used market, ICE cars are way cheaper.
@@Aliquis.frigus did you figure that this is because the running costs are way higher ? 🤦♂️😂
@@maxflight777 sure, my point is that not everybody can afford to get an EV, because the initial investment is higher. Even if the day to day running costs are lower.
Haven't watched the whole video yet but the weather looks temperate for their visit. Try a roadtrip in an EV when it's below zero. Range decreases and charge times increase. I still like newer PHEVs because they now have enough range for local driving in full electric, while having the range and quick gas refill for road trips no matter the conditions. They are cheaper for the size of vehicle you get as well. Eliminates 80% of gas usage through the year but ICE is still there as a fall back for the worst conditions.
I could see urban European dwellers being fine with small EVs though. But a newer PHEV could cover those urban distances in electric mode as well now.
@@maxflight777 most them EVs are so much more expensive you can't recoup the cost even if EV is day to day cheaper after purchase. Except in Norway since they have high taxes they can apply or remove to mask this and force a different purchase decision. .
But Norwegians have saved their fossil fueled cars for going on vacation aboard, and they still drives Mercedes AMG GTR.
Slightly silly comments about regen braking. 1 pedal driving is exactly that…don’t take your foot straight of accelerator…do it to regulate speed, like every ev driver does! Simple.
Btw. You aren’t dinosaurs, you just like cars powered by ex dinosaurs.
@15m First time battery swap claimed? Please.
Tried and failed 20 years ago by Better Place, bankrupt. Tesla built one too.
There are severe problems despite this infomercial.
1. Try that swap in a severe weather w car bottom coated in snow ice dirt.
2. Good EV battery systems, ie long range all weather and long lasting and safe, require *liquid* thermal management systems. Those don’t quick disconnect and securely reconnect w a few threaded pistons. Neither do the electrical connections reliably for that matter when the undercarriage is dirty.
3. Life of an EV is life of the battery. Dumping off your $12k worth of battery and picking up a new, unknown battery has no value retention future.
... old old people deal with it... It's just a tablet.. and learn how to use the regenerative breaking.. you're using the throttle as a break...once you do it's awesome... Come on old people... BTW I'm 62... Tesla rocks 😂🤣😂
Thanks for the vid.. Plato get the plaid round Nuremberg...🤢
I agree Tesla interiors are boring. Lack of ambient lighting too. Not worth the 50k.
I'd rather adjust my steering wheel ONCE in a computer than always having to see a plastic lever
Yes. And your setting will be saved on your driver profile. And how often will you adjust the steering wheel using levers and knobs while driving? That seems a bit dangerous...
@@lezzeti Yep, the manufacturers all say do it when stopped with the manual levers. These clowns are petrol heads not futurists.
@@davenz000 yes. I normally enjoy their reviews, but this particular one seem.. off.
that's why the plastic steering wheel lever is hidden, no one sees it! Once configured and forgot
I'm with Jason. Tesla interiors are dull and boring. And far too many simply functions are hidden in that central screen. What's wrong with physical lever for the steering column adjustment, or a physical button for the glove box?!
Also, the inability to coast by lifting your foot off the pedal is stupid.
Also also, the exterior styling of Tesla's is so 2005. I'd hate to buy a brand new car that looks like its 10 to 15 years old out of the gate. We've moved on.
Tesla interface : confusing / complicated 😂
You don't even need to read a manual
Oh yes. I can definetly buy an ev while living in an rented apartment with no parking let alone an ev charging point. Yes this is the future indeed.
no you can't full stop
i live in an apartment with only street parking and drive an ev its doable
Yes! it's the future, great that you see it!