do you think it’s a valid concern for potential buyers/owners of cars from new car brands, due to them being synonymous with facing detrimental financial difficulties? Im a bit sceptical about the prospect of an Omoda E5. I reckon in a couple of months time they will be sold dirt cheap on lease deal as no one is buying them in large quantities. But my worry is that they seep out of the European market like GWM did with ora and what happened to Fisker leaving owners of the cars lost at shore as they will have no where to service there car. I feel the demand for Chinese cars is dying down due to the fact European companies like Citroen and Dacia have proven they can also make EVs just as cheap and with the new Chinese tax on EVs this is only going to further reinforce this.
I prefer the look of the early Corsa over the Peugeot alternative or the latest Corsa, would I buy one? Not only could I not afford one, even used, and as I don't have access to off road parking, I can't have a home charger, the running costs are considerably higher than running my 13 year old diesel which at present costs me around £17-23 a week to run, I have a 60 mile daily commute, 80% of which is motorway mileage which this is not really designed for, if the cars were cheaper, public charging costs were less and we had the infrastructure, I would definitely be in the market for one, but in reality, they're not priced for the average working person, public charging is too expensive and complicated to use, and, as someone who is not credit worthy so therefore can't get a credit card or a bank card, as someone who pays with cash, I'm not eligible to own an electric vehicle
How to deal with two EV households? For many having a single smart charger and a long lead has done us great for over a year. Have an outdoor plug for a granny charger as a backup, but it's unusual to charge both cars at the same time!
As fast as a Jaguar S-Type R and they sound underwhelmed 😂. Maybe because that car makes an awesome V8 sound whereas EVs are without any drama? PS calling the Countryman really good looking has me seriously concerned for both ladies...it looks like a Chinese knock off of a Mini.
I like the look of the Corsa, but at that price? No thanks, I don't want the spec, I don't need all the tech stuff which will go wrong in a few years, that's going to depreciate, my £25000 house I bought years ago, it's not going down in value, not that I bought it to sell, my present car, a diesel costs £17-23 a week, it's bought and paid for, I could actually afford to buy it outright, it was 5 months old at the time and I had change from £8000, I've done nearly 160000 miles just getting back and forth to work, as I don't have access to off road parking, charging will treble my costs, that's if I could afford to buy the car in the first place!!!, it's too expensive with too much to go wrong
Good episode again thanks team …. Just on first EV journeys for people out there it’s worth pointing out that many of the EV rapid chargers are now accessed via car parks with charges applied … The reason I say this is that even as a seasoned EV driver I got caught out with £120 in parking fines in 2 days when I charged my EV9 a couple of months ago and despite the parking company saying they were clearly signposted …. They were NOT
i usually dont leave review unless i feel amazing to watch i must say absolutely Liked your review. You make it interesting to watch the show and also like your accent keep it up
Wondering about those cup holders…if you have picked up a coffee eg and putting it down on the cup holders, it looks like a bit of a reach each time to get to them which, while you are driving doesn’t look to be ideal…apart from that I think this car is great
As others have said these are the average prices TRADE will pay not what we, the public will pay. This video should have been to demonstrate how little people would get if they traded their cars in. Much more scary for early adopter EV buyers wanting to upgrade rather than a true reflection of what people would get a 2nd hand EV for.
I have a born v3 eboost for 18 months it is the worst new car I have ever owned when it goes wrong the dealers can not fix it . and are so busy it will take months just for them to look at it ! 15.000miles I waiting for my second set of drive shafts 😢 the biggest issue is what no one ever talks about , you can’t sell it no one wants a second hand born ! Not Evan the dealers ! I have lost £21000 on this car so I am stuck with it any one thinking of buying one don’t !
I've had my EV6 for about 18 months, and I really like it, but there's a GV60 I see regularly in the neighborhood now, and I was a bit curious for a side-by-side, since I do miss a little bit of the luxury I gave up when I sold my Audi A4 to buy it. Seems like I'm still glad I went with the Kia.
Boy, video after video, she loves big pants. But she's pronouncing Porsche correctly now. Yay! The charging flaps need to open quicker when I'm standing in the windy and weather. Unfortunate they are still forcing leather on us.
Colors are fantastic ; pastels are known to help people to have happier and pleasant moods. White is a great color also it screams luxury. The only reason I did not consider BMW vehicles was because of the dark and mostly black interior colors. I will purchase a new electric luxury suv within 3 months I would like to have a BMW instead of the mercedes eqs which I'm considering just because of the Nevada gray interior and hyperscreen. Hope BMW will consider these suggestions.
On the topic of picking up an ev a fair way away, I live in W Yorkshire and traded in my fiesta for an i3 in Leicester. Kept going down the M1 to visit a friend in London... Next day I drove back home. Only issue was at Leicester Forest East where all chargers were bust... Apart from that I had no issues charging and loved every minute of it. PS if they made an i3 with more range I'd get one tomorrow despite loving my eNiro. Thanks for the channel - makes me smile!
“Affordable”? - does that mean small, and only for short city trips? And struggles to keep up with traffic. No family sized ones with decent range? Also, never stand a 1.8m person next to it. Also still twice the price of a decent sized ICE car. Very disappointing. The EV manufacturers are price gouging to get maximum profits and killing sales. I was aiming to be an earlier adopter, but now, I have to face reality and say I CANT AFFORD IT.
When I was ordering my 2024 Mini Cooper s, I looked at the 2025 of that one. I was very impressed with it. Much nicer than a mini van. Was in the market for a fun car.
Tom is now looking good with a new mike and more balanced lighting, you just need to sort out Vicky pdq because her words of wisdom are getting lost, especially on a pod cast where the audience can't lip read 😀
Re the Ford VW van, I think we'll see a lot more re-badging from legacy companies in an effort to lower costs compared to the upstart competition - from China and elsewhere. They have to do it to survive! Their business models are out of date and too expensive.
The Chinese manufacturers are relentless in launching new or updated models. What was once a four year cycle for a model is now less than 18 months. Look at the Chinese car market and see how the legacy manufacturers are struggling with models that are still fairly recent in Europe
The description on the video is confusing this week, "This week, Ginny and Tom discuss high mileage Teslas, the car that will be giving the accountants at Volvo sleepless nights and wondering - are game fairs the new motor shows? The team also read out the best comments from last week's pod. ..." I wanted to say Vicky(sp?) her mic is very muffled sounding not sure why. Stuart who commented who bought his first ever EV, that is a fantastic trip.
In New Zealand, you can now purchase a spanking new Leaf for the equivalent of 15,000GBP for the smaller motor/battery version or 18k for the top of the range.
For two and a half years my wife and I have both driven all-electric and we share the same home charger. For the vast majority of owners it’s highly unlikely they’ll need to use even half the overnight miles added within the next day. (In fact, we don’t even need to charge our BEVs as frequently as alternate nights!) Therefore both of us having enough home charge for all our regular journeys has never been a problem - even when we stick to the super cheap overnight charging window. 🐙 Rough calculation: 7kW x 6 hours charging overnight = 42kWh = 168 miles approximately. 👍🏼 Best wishes, Graham in Nottinghamshire.
Good show guys. On the subject of driving an EV purchase home I drove our new 75 mile range 2016 27kw Soul EV home from a Glasgow dealer back to Cornwall in winter. 550 miles using only the Electric Highway rapids, there were no other options then and all sites had only 1 or 2 rapids and some motorway services had none. Needless to say long trips in today's EVs really are a doddle.
Clarkson is a contrarian entertainer who says things for effect. His act is now outdated and wearing a bit thin and he knows it which is why he's called it a day on the Grand Tour. I like him, he makes good telly, but times change.
BMW lost the plot years ago with the fat Mini. (I call it the Fatty.) The original Mini is cute, practical and really easy to park, compared with the mid-sized car which bears the name today. It's bigger than many cars around our urban area. They've even lost the iconic round headlights. Sure, the comfort is better, but I'm not sure that reliability has improved.
Under .. gulp! £45,000. That's ridiculous! It's not even a budget car nowadays. O.K., I'm getting old, but I remember when Alex Issigonis introduced it as an economical family car, for a few hundred pounds. It was amazing to people back then, and a big step up in performance from a Morris 1000. That price was only about 6 to 9 months of pay for a labourer in rural England. The BMW -Mini- Fatty is way beyond that price point today. Sir Alec would be turning in his grave to hear what the Germans have done to his baby.
The Model 3, Lucid Air, e tron/Taycan and Ionic 5 N have provided technological benchmarks. They have not provided realistic ICE replacements for the lucrative used market, or for the consumers who need minimal risk and maximum long-term reliability.
Giving Clarkson a bit too much credit here. His perspective isn't a rational thing. You can go back to 2008, when the *only* electric car on sale (excluding quadricycles) was the Tesla Roadster. Top Gear notoriously covered it, and let's put aside that they engineered a scenario to make it look as bad as possible, and the allegations that they made things up to make it look worse. The real giveaway is later on in the episode, when they cover a hydrogen car; when May says "perhaps soon we'll be reporting about the death of the electric car", Clarkson says "I can't wait to do that video". This is *in 2008*. When the only motorway-capable electric vehicle on sale is a groundbreaking sports car that's pretty much universally heralded as being great to drive; the polar opposite of a white good. Clarkson still hated EVs way back then. What's actually going on is that he fundamentally hates anything that's pitched as being environmentally friendly. See also his stance on the Prius, a perfectly fine humdrum family car, which you'd think was designed by the devil if only going by Clarkson's coverage. He's one of these people who've trotted out every anti-EV factoid over the years, true or false, and whose rationalisation changes with every article. The actual reason is... politics. We all know someone like this, it's just a shame that he has such a high profile.
He is, primarily, an entertainer. He doesn't really want to fling feces at a princess or hate everything American. His charitable contributions and spotlight on British farming have more impact than his trademark over-the-top opinions on vehicles.
I understand Clarkson's love of ICE cars that he's driven and enjoyed all his life, but I've always respected May's intellect and opinion far more. May owns and has owned a few EVs, accepts that there are many advantages, but we're not quite there yet for everyone, especially in terms of the charging network.
I understand Clarkson completely. I have been a fan of manual gearboxes since I could drive and the thought of losing that interaction is the biggest downside to EV's for me. I like driving and EV's seem to be marketed mainly to those that see it as a chore. The Ioniq 5N gives me some hope though, and I would like to think that when batteries get better and smaller (with the same capacity), I hope to see a really impressive hot hatch from someone.
Out of interest, what aspect of the manual gearbox would you miss most in an EV - is it the tactile interaction of changing gear, the change in engine note or the different car/engine response at different gear ratios. The Ionic will give you a similuation of these but the response difference isn't really an EV's thing as they deliver torque and power all the time, without relying on a transmission to bring the engine's power output into useful range (unless you count the non-selectable one or two fixed step down gearings taken off the electric motor).
@@GruffSillyGoat Definitely interaction and sound, hearing an engine rev up, and then change gear to rev up again, and again. And the 5N still wouldn't fit my bill anyway as it's too big for my taste. I'm more a hot hatch fan (i20n, i30n, Focus, Fiesta RIP), or Mustang V8 convertible, which is big, but that's a different animal altogether.
Russell Hobbs toaster caught fire the other day. Curry’s didn’t have one I liked and in stock, and I couldn’t pull the trigger on a SMEG at £180. Tempted by Dualit now!
Interesting would like to know what is happening with the government and its tax hike for anything over 40k a decent EV is above this …. So will not buy an EV under these circumstances, I am sure I am not alone…
