As far from civilisation as I can drive! In Winter? In an EV? Am I mad??? Lets bust some FUD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มี.ค. 2024
- I keep being told that EVs are city cars. No good for "normal" use or long trips. And yet here I am as far from civilisation as I can get in 1 day on the mainland of GB, and everything is OK!
This is an eastbound trip over Bealach na Ba - the Pass of the Cattle - from Applecross in the Scottish Highlands to Inverness. Spectacular scenery and some impressive battery regeneration to boot!
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Showing us the beauty and the scenery of Scotland is truly amazing. It's also telling about what the car can do and how the car handles long trips like this that needs to be seen for those who still claims EVs can't handle longer trips. I enjoyed every moment of those breathtaking views.
Thanks very much!
Ditto, have never been to Scotland past Queensferry, the views were breathtaking!
More like this Ian, great couple of videos and the scenery was sublime
Yes keep up these road trips if possible Ian. Stunning scenery, you are very lucky living where you do.
I like the scenery videos and the long trips journeys around your country in general. Keep up the good work, Ian. 😊👍🏻
Great video and I love the preamble. You're right, the levels of FUD are unbelievable. I have just driven my Tesla Model 3 Highland 430 miles to the Isle of Seil, on the west coast of Scotland. Driving rain and strong winds, which nail your range, throughout. Charged at Charnock Richard, Tebay and Abington on the way up, and stayed at a hotel with a destination charger (Tigh an Truish).
Have just watched another YT video that was moaning about how much juice got consumed climbing up hills, completely ignoring the fact that you recoup most of it on the way down. Petrolheads simply can't get their head around that.
I’ve been on Seil!
Another great video Ian, thank you, amazing scenery and as someone who is thinking of doing the north coast 500 in my Tesla, very helpful. I like both the travel videos and the techie ones you’ve done. Keep up the good work 👍
Excellent video, love watching your road-trips.
Fantastic roads and scenery! Thank you!
Another very enjoyable journey with you through a spectacular part of Aberdeenshire. We are hoping to visit that region sometime in the next couple of months before the roads become too busy to really enjoy.
Thanks.
Road trips, all day every day! ;) Maybe get a DJI mini 3 or 4 to get some nice drone shots 👍
Keep the road trips coming, they’re my favourite content from you! I’m now looking to buy my first Tesla, mostly due to watching your videos!
Keep them coming Ian. Always a pleasure to watch.
Thanks for the round trip
Big fan of the longer-form road trip style videos - would love to see more of this type!
Plan is to alternate - longer road trip videos, shorter talking / issue videos. Having unedited video of the hill climb was an experiment
Wow this is simply stunning scenery Ian!! I live in Queensland, Australia and as you could imagine we have nothing like this here. I would LOVE to visit the UK one day and hire a Tesla and just drive all over the country. I couldn't think of anything better!
Stumbled across your channel mate ~ new EV owner (Skoda Enyaq vRS Coupe) and based not far from you in Dyce. Convinced me to do this drive next weekend all being well! Keep up the good work.
Brilliant video, love Applecross. Love the road trips!!
I do like this format.
Thank you.
Cheers Ian. Another couple of great videos. I have to say when my wife saw parts of the first video she was a little ‘worried’ as I’ve said to you before we are doing the NC500 at the beginning of May in my MYLR. Some places look extremely tight on the “Bealach na Bà” but you seem to be fine. Hopefully she’ll just enjoy the view 😂🙌
I’m also looking to do the NC500 at the beginning of May…
We arrive in Inverness on 2nd going anti clockwise 👍
Great video,beautiful content,many thanks.
Really enjoyed the two films.
Wow, that is a gorgeous drive!
Another great video Ian 👍😁
Awesome trip across 2 videos. I loved seeing the map while you were driving to see the topography.
You added no emissions to those fantastic places which is something amazing to thing about.
The charging location at the end made me laugh. The complete opposite to the landscapes you went through!
I love these travel videos fwiw. I love that area and you seem genuinely grateful for the opportunities you have which makes it even better. Your laugh makes me smile. Not bad from Scotland to New Zealand. A superpower!
I prefer 15-20 mins if possible…difficult to edit I know.
I think I’m likely to do c 15 minute videos for talking / issues, and 30+ for road trips as the format
Any vehicle no matter whether it’s ice or ev leaves some sort of footprint the ev probably does some damage to already damaged roads making potholes worse due to being considerably heavier than an ice vehicle also the manufacture of them certainly makes an impact ,you cannot have any form of transport impact free ,the ev is no different to ice vehicle ,don’t let government narratives hoodwink you into thinking you’re perfect for purchasing an ev
Looks fantastic on a big screen TV, stunning.
Thank you for this excellent mini-series. It's too easy to forget what is 'just around the corner' and it's a refreshing change not to have to watch the M25 which seems to feature on so many other driving videos. Your challenge (should you dare to accept it!) is to repeat that hill climb, but using Self Driving Mode. Well done.
It won’t do it on Autopilot! Rewatch and look for the steering wheel symbol which isn’t there - can’t engage AP without it
My bad. I didn't think a joke emoji was necessary 😀@@justgetatesla
Keep up the amazing road trips with awesome scenery you are very lucky to have that on your doorstep.
Can the GPS on the Tesla save your road trips on the nav map to keep as a record, thanks Ian
No, but Google Maps timeline can
Love the road trips, especially with this stunning scenery. The NC500, now that would be a challenge!
I am doing the NC500 at the time of posting this in my 2019 model 3 standard, not rushing, so spending a few days in different lications to take in the sights. About a quarter of the way round and no problems finding charge points. I'm just going to make sure I'm well topped up before the leg from Torrindon to Lochcarron
I experienced something similar wrt/ charging a few years back. It ended up being a non-event. There was a place i wanted to go to but it had no superchargers. I picked the closest one to where I wanted to go, entered my destination, computer responded with "no problem, charge at X for Y minutes in order to have A% SoC at your destination; if you do a round-trip back to this charger, you will return with B% SoC"; since all values were within our comfort zones, we took the trip :)
Great video , I love the travel and the scenery. Also good point about the Tesla charger, I've got an mg4 so the charger is on the nearside rear,same as you.
I was also curious about how the road gets gritted up there.
In the highlands the local councils are brilliant at things like gritting. In Aberdeenshire we have a little plough which clears and grits the footpath!!!
Great scenery
I enjoy these road trip videos with some technical bits thrown in, Sunday driving style videos like bjorn does on his channel are nice and chill to watch.
Thanks very much!
Takes me back to my youth having attended the West Highland as school of Adventure at Applecross in April 1978…. Great drive
“ do you like this style of video?” - hell, yes, very much so. A couple of great films (again) Ian , look forward to Fridays release 😎
Friday isn’t a driving video…
@@justgetateslaI’ll watch it anyway 🤣🤣🤣
Great scenery in th two films
The V4 installation near me has the charging pedestal in the center of the parking stall. In the US we are just now starting to share Superchargers with other brands. It will be interesting to see how it all goes. V2 Superchargers are not open to them so the one I use the most won't be shared until it's upgraded by Tesla. Great video and new subscriber from Oregon.
I did this in my Model 3 in the new year and instantly regretted not filming it. In Summary:
Applecross to Bealach na Ba summit: 945Wh/mile
Applecoss to joining main road at sea level: 280Wh/mile
Average winter tyre efficiency: 270Wh/mile.
This route was a testament to how efficient regen braking is with electric cars! If you do this route in a petrol car, you don’t get fuel back in your tank on the downhill leg. You just get hot brakes and hot clutches.
Absolutely! And over the summer the pass will be littered with overheated supercars…
Given where you live and your local knowledge it would be rude not to do these road trip type videos! And you do them really well so keep them coming👍
Thanks very much!
Even with passing places being on your right keep to your left and let oncoming cars go past using that passing place. Great video, haven't been over the west coast for a while.
Only went right as it was on a straight and he was climbing a hill
Just drove 2 weeks around the UK and in particular the Scotland western Ilses in April. So even without Tesla super chargers you can get around. Just plan your hotel with or near a destination charger of any kind. My partner did that, she is the best and it all worked out . Just when traveling the Scotland Ilse or highland to make sure you got the charge place Scotland nfc card! It’s a life changer over there !once (after much struggle) you are able to get one …
What tyres are you running on - normal or cross climates or similar? Does the car handle relatively well in snow?
OEM summers still…
As far as people using the wrong spot at Superchargers, I saw a Supercharger station in America with plexiglass in the center so that you could only use it on the side the cable was available. However, those were V3's. Something similar will need to be done with V4's. Perhaps labeling the stall AND the parking spot with the same number to make drivers aware of which side to use for that stall.
How do you have the multiple journeys on the readout (bottom right). All mine shows is data since last charge? 😊
Go into settings > Trips and select which ones you want to show on the card at bottom right
@@justgetatesla Ian is correct. I have 4 sets of data visible at once in my mini view below the car image, but you need to enable them with the checkbox first.
Hi Ian, just to be awkward like both aspects, the wonderful Scottish scenery and the technical detail. By the way, were you concerned about punctures up on that Pass? Guess that's technical detail!
Hey Ian, I plan to do the NC 500, end of May in my Tesla model Y. Do you think I'll struggle with charging along the route? Is it too early to take the model Y, on NC 500?
No problem with chargers if you get a ChargePlace Scotland RFID card. I don’t have time to do it at the moment, now planned for later in the year
You're lucky to have that kind of view to travel to occasionally 24:24 is probably the most majestic imo.
Yes. Ratagan, on the banks of Loch Dutch. Somewhere I go back to time after time. When I needed to escape from pressures of work and life I’d go there. Bliss.
Amazing views and can't believe some of those tracks are classed as roads.
I have also just got a Tesla.....well ordered a new M3 RWD as it was so calm and quiet. My Dad who is not into the EV idea, came to test drive with me and was absolutely converted! He also said "why don't all cars swap to buttons for the indicators!"
Absolutely! Buttons are overrated!
Stunning views, much prefer the drives and view video's, but talk about the Tesla is also good for those people out there who are "fud". Those people need to be educated and not spread more "fud". Amazed at those narrow roads. I'm glad it doesn't snow here in Toowoomba.
Have just googled where you live - hello!
Hello
I love the real world road trips I like to see how the car is to live with day to day
“Living with a Tesla” - a video title I have had for ages without having shot it. Great idea!
Agree Rose street chargers are becoming a problem, especially as the next door Highland Council chargers cost 70p/kw and are not reliable
I am planning to visit Scotland highland in this coming July and renting a Tesla.
Could you share some information on what will be the situation in summer time? will I run out of juice in the middle of somewhere?
Also it would great if you could share the driving setting in order to archive this, pls?
Much appreciated & keep up 👍
Get a ChargePlace Scotland RFID card. They have 50kW chargers practically everywhere. Their app is supposed to be able to start most of them, but in my experience you need the card.
@@justgetatesla Same here in Australia with the ChargeFox App. It does not work all the time, so the CF Card is a 'required' backup just in case. However, there are MANY more sites than there are Tesla SuperCharger sites, albeit only 50 kW (but they are upgrading them - the latest sites are 4 CCS2 chargers with solar shading and a big fat battery (no grid connection required) - really useful in the outback...
G'Day Ian. Another fantastic vid. Q. Loch Carron, as you got nearby looked as though the tide had gone out? Is it tidal ? Regards, Greg.
Aye, it is. Its a sea loch.
@@johnmackay7789 Thanks John. We don't have Lochs here in Australia. I thought a loch was just a LAKE. Thanks for clearing this up for me. Regards, Greg.
@@greghudson9717 loch is Scots gaelic for Lake. They can be both freshwater or sea lochs, there are also Kyle's (sea loch) just to confuse you even more. 😉
Thanks Greg!
Last summer I covered much of the route in my LEAF (62kwh battery) The CPS chargers were very useful. Never had any fear of running out of charge.
I live in South Hampshire so not a day trip!
As you say, range anxiety isn’t that much of a thing once you have an EV with a decent sized battery. In my 24kWh Leaf a decade ago? Yeah, the anxiety was for a genuine reason 😳😂
Just so. But in the meantime from there only being one changer within 10 miles of my home, now there are 10.
We did manage a 260 mile day out once with my 24LEAF, it took 18 hours and 7 charge stops at the free ecotricity pumps. It was to collect a large package so was cheaper than the postage!
Yes, free charging. Those were the days!
@@justgetatesla We still have quite a few free charging stations here in Australia...
Can you do a drive from Edinburgh to Glasgow?
As a video? Not sure the M8 is that exciting 😂
@@justgetatesla yeah just between charging stations. Never seen the Glasgow chargers. The M8 can only be more exciting than up here in Shetland 😄
5:00 A lot of snow? You mean dusted frosting on a Christmas cake?
I know, it wasn’t feet deep. But it never is here
Just recently did the same journey you did to Applecross in my diesel campervan but because of it's 650 mile range, I didn't have to charge at Applecross and return in a similar direction thatI had come from. instead I could carry on enjoying the whole of the Applecross peninsula and do a similar length journey the next day, without refuelling because i wasn't tethered to such a small electric range. Just get a diesel !
Erm, I didn’t charge at Applecross. And had plenty of range to go and do the coastal loop. And drove south from Applecross off camera. What are you FUDding on about?
Maybe you didn't but the ranges of my diesel van and my diesel car are much greater than 3 times that of a Tesla SR+. I was a much earlier EV adopter than you, having bought an EV 8 years ago. It has only done 40 k miles since and yet has lost 33 % battery capacity and range, with time and use cycle degradation, which none of my ice 3 cars and vans have, Fact not Fud. EV ? Never again , they are just not fit for purpose. I have learned my lesson.
You’re shifting your argument now. You made statements. Which were wrong. You’re now trying something else. Great. Keep going
@justgetatesla I came up to Invergordon from Teesside, I went the scenic route via Penrith, Glen Coe, Fort Willian, Fort Augustus, Loch Ness then after Drumnadrochit, Beauly, past Dingwall to the A9 to Invergordon, Delny Lodges, where we stayed. All done without refuelling, just 5 minute toilet breaks because I have a driving partner who could let me eat, drink and rest in the passenger seat and then take turns, not these incredible hour long toilet / charge breaks that Llewelyn's imaginary bladder range advocates that he says every body must take ( Real Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt ) A distance that is just a dream for any Tesla. Should have bought a diesel, you could have had a more logistically able car for much less money and without the worry about charging every 180 miles ( leave some of the total range for in use or broken chargers ). I was like you in my EV early years, at every opportunity I used to eulogise about EV's to anybody who would listen but time experience and degradation changed my opinion to the complete opposite. Never again.
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I drove diesels for 20 years. I know how they work. As for the imaginary stops, just look at any motorway services. Any roadside McDonalds. All full of fuel vehicles stopped for a break. That is reality. Driving non-stop isn’t what most people do. If that’s what you want, great! But stop saying that what you want is what everyone wants. Because we both know it isn’t.
More drives, more drives, please.
The screen i thing not for me have driven a few Teslas. But clearly people like 😊 I do not like this sort of info display in any car ice or ev. Fantasic scenery makes me want fire up the SL roof down and do that trip with Matt Munroe on days like these playing.
Surely there is no such thing as ‘The wrong side’ on V4 superchargers as the cable is long enough for both Tesla and or Non Tesla vehicles
The wrong side - connected to the tombstone on the right. Always use the one on the left. Even when your charging hole is on the right
I thought the V4s were centered on the parking spot? Not that I'd know from experience. LOL
Great video, it really isn't a problem to do long trips in a Tesla, I drove my model Y from Perthshire to Northern Italy and back, via the Newcastle - Amsterdam ferry, with no issues what so ever. Maybe you should do a European road trip some time?
Agree, we're off to Italy in ours in a month or so. Ours is also a Y LR, apparently only suitable for local trips. The last local trip was to a local shop in Switzerland to buy a gift. All local... From the hotel once we got there.
Quite a job driving a gritter /snowplough up and down that pass daily in winter.
Beautiful area thanks for showing us.
What was your total distance travelled ? The reason I asked is that my longest trip so far was 7500km from Melbourne (Australia) to Cairns and back (via the outback - avoiding the big cities on the coast.
@@greghudson9717 About 2500 miles we went Perth - Newcastle - Amsterdam - Germany - Austria - Italy and back, so you did a lot more than we did. 😊
CHARGING PORT LOCATION....what a world...can't they all just agree to standardise?
China's GEELY group get it so
Volvo
Polestar
ZEEKR
have their charging port in left side rear like TESLA
NIO older cars are in various places but all recent models in China and export models
are Supercharger friendly left side rear.
MG4 also in SC centric left side rear
Sadly
XPENG
BYD
are not
Nor are any of the German EVs.
At least some vehicles have their port in the left side front that will be fine on V4.
It needs, and I hate to say this, an EU directive that states that all EVs must have a charging point at the middle of the front and rear of the car. Universal style charging points and the problem? is solved.
Yep
Sorry, but 80 miles from a supercharger... is hardly far.
Rabbit Flat Roadhouse in Tanami desert, Australia, is remote.
Sure! But it’s as far as I can drive! And I’m in Scotland, not Australia
Cape Wrath for you then, as you wish. Enjoy just joking.@@justgetatesla
If only we could drive to Cape Wrath!
Well then just run to it, there is a little 8 day race for it@@justgetatesla
I am pretty certain that if passing places are on the right, that you are meant to stick to the left and let oncoming cars pass on the right
Ordinary yes. But this was on a straight with him climbing the hill. So pulling out of his way gives the van a better run
I was taught to let the car climbing the hill to have the free run where possible.
Exactly
@@justgetatesla It is the law here in Australia, and also New Zealand. You HAVE to give way to uphill traffic, no matter which side of the road the passing lane is.
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Let me inform you if you cant use a iPad whilst driving why are why allowed to use a iPad in a EV if it is un safe to take your eyes of the road using mobiles due to distraction, why does the DVLA allow this screen which is a distraction.
Because it's not an ipad, nor is it illegal to use a mobile phone in a vehicle as the driver.
It’s also not a distraction. once you’re used to it, you interact mostly using voice control. You don’t have to adjust everything constantly while you’re driving. People are going so crazy with this hard button thing but once you get used to it, it’s really the best way to drive.
Neil - it’s FUD
Neil, I have not once been distracted by the screen in my model y. Im too busy watching the road ahead and checking around me to be distracted by the screen. However, my passengers are more interested in the screen than whats happening around them.
Neil!
We are considering switching from an electric car to petrol or diesel. I have some questions to see if it really suits me and my family and hope someone knowledgeable can help?
1. I have heard that a petrol car cannot be refueled at home but I have to go to a special place for this? How often do I have to fill up, is it several times a year? Will there be options for refueling at home? We are used to the car being filled up every morning, as sort of by itself.
2. Are there many parts that need to be replaced? The seller said something about oil and filter change, gearbox, timing belt and other service. Do you see how many percent degradation you have on the wearing parts or will they break suddenly?
3. Do I often have to brake with the brake pedal, or can I accelerate and brake with the same pedal as in my current car? Do I get gas back into the tank when I brake or go downhill?
4. Do all petrol and diesel cars have much slower acceleration? I test drove one yesterday and it felt like it took a very long time from when I stepped on the gas pedal until it reacted. Maybe there was something wrong with that particular car?
5. We now pay £0.02/mile but with the petrol it will be about £0.13, even if the new car is cheaper to buy it will very soon cost more. We drive 15,000 miles per year. We hope that more people will use petrol so that the prices will go down... is there such a trend?
6. I have understood that petrol and diesel consist largely of oil. Is it true that the extraction of oil is associated with global environmental problems and widespread wars with absolutely terrible consequences for people around the world, including several world wars and trouble in the last 100 years in which tens of millions of people have died? Is there any solution to that in sight, we don't want to contribute to such crap, do we?
7. My son also heard that petrol cars emit fumes and toxic gases. I’ve read about air pollution and its impact on respiratory health. Are we contributing to that by switching to a petrol or diesel car?
Will these pose risks to our health and the environment?
... have more questions but these are the ones I came up with now. Thanks for all the help!
that's 3 sisters lol
3 Munros but 5 sisters