Can't charge EV 

They are little Hitklers

My vehicle gets about 5 gallons per mile... per engine. It's a freight train.

and just wait until he encounters RV park rules, or stays over night at a Walmart parking lot. we haven’t heard the last from him.

And cost of keeping it running

Sounds like a better idea!

Yeah but his old condo got way worse mileage than that. 🤪

He's renting. I've owned in 3 HOA/POA communities in Katy, Cypress and Rosharon, TX and I've had the same 240-volt, 30-amp Siemens VersiCharge on my garage walls next to my inside breaker panels since 2016, all installed by licensed electricians. The associations can't tell us what we can have INSIDE our garages. Besides, we're required to keep our garage doors closed while we're not accessing them. Just speaking of my own experience, so please don't go off on me or my choice of vehicles.

little dictatorships

@@esecallumWow, if you can’t see what’s wrong with this set up then you need to be governed by HOA for everybody’s safety. Guess it true you can’t fix stupid.

@@TheTruth-dy8ze no. theyare little tin pot dictatorships run by little hitlkers and the power mas....your safety herring is just that. safety is used to by despots as an excuse.

@@OnWisconsin33 it's not about that. HOAs are horrible. Once a karen or business get a hold of one, its just pure hell.

Have you ever tried to get a permit for anything from any government agency? It is a nightmare.

"too lazy"? Shows you never had to jump through all the hoops to get a permit. Some jurisdictions make it nearly impossible.

the permit process can also be used to prevent anyone from doing anything that they don’t like.

That RV will be a bigger headache than the HOA.

@@joelcleare In the next episode we will learn that he grew weary of applying for a permit to park his RV, so he has purchased a boat instead.

@@JoeOvercoatAnd then he calls the TV station again, when the harbormaster tells him he can’t charge his EV with an extension cord plugged into his boat. 😂

RVs are horrible, and depreciate like a rock off a cliff. Id rather get a nice cruiser car and stay in hotels.

If you buy used, usually all the bugs are worked out. For the most part they are decent.

No title should be "HOA will not allow reckless random electrical wires all over the place".

Why would people vote thumbs up for this stupid tenants hazard since the HOA is for safety of everybody in the complex. Obviously just voting against the HOA safety rules.

Title should be "entitled EV owner just thinks he can drape electric cable across pavement" It's against every NEC code out there.

@@realShadowKat Mic drop with the NEC codes!

No the title should be... REPUBLICAN fossil fuel stooge HOA trying to destroy electric cars as usual... won't let him charge his electric vehicle. They kind of left that whole core root of the problem out.

I see you have never owned an RV.

@@michaelriecher5632 nope Never have

My EV is my RV.

Not to mention the tripping hazard.

Wrong

That’s not high voltage. It’s just your standard 120v. Basically it’s an extension cord with a weird plug on the end.

@@NickCBax Whatever, 120 is enough to hurt someone, especially in water.

@@jameylane1591true. But at that point you’re just worried about frayed cables and people putting a fork in a socket. Tbh if you’re worried about the water electrocution risk, you want to have GFCI protection on every circuit…. Like they do in Europe.

Which model of EV have you taken for a nice, long test drive? Was there anything you did like about it?

⁠@@YanquetinoIsn’t that exactly the problem that you really can’t take them on a long test drive? Without having it charged to a certain level 80% and also plan where to charge and waste time charging for added return miles.

@@TheTruth-dy8ze You're sadly misinformed. I've driven an EV on long distance roadtrips numerous times, once all the way from Utah to the east coast and back. Average time charging on that trip: 21 minutes, just right to visit the restroom. Have you driven one? Which one? What DID you like about it?

@@Yanquetino Tell the real facts, there is no way you can go from Utah to the east coast with a stop to charge of only 21 minutes. Not interested in wasting my time planning to go out of my way to take in a charge station that may or may not be on my direct route and possibly non functioning, wasting my time waiting for a battery to charge to allow onward journey especially with a family on board. No this not my idea of travel. I simply put gas in the tank on either end no planning or anxiety for range just gas and go very simple. Why make life complicated planning around stops for charging, wasting time charging it doesn’t make sense unless your time is worth nothing.

@@TheTruth-dy8ze Ah… I see. So you're accusing me of lying. Too bad that RU-vid doesn't allow me to post a link to my webpage that chronicles that cross-country roadtrip, and all the times I stopped to charge. Your loss.

What does that have to do with stealing his charger? He had already agreed not to use it and was doing his charging elsewhere.

Dollars to donuts he was told to move the charger. He chained it in front of another unit and partially in what’s known as “common areas”. Just cause he had it stuffed into a shrub. He was running an electrical cord from an upstairs unit, over the balcony down in front of another resident’s door and walkway. No, that is beyond a fire hazard, a nuisance for other residents, and way out of code. If you choose to buy an EV, you are responsible for having the necessary equipment under code present at your residence. If you’re in a community residence, if it’s not there and at code-you have a problem-no one else.

Let’s see. I have strong doubts on battery cart viability in the long term.

@@TheTruth-dy8ze why?

@@ntsecrets Initial purchase cost, reliability, no Infrastructure, high electricity recharge costs at off home charge stations, high insurance cost due to expensive repairs, plus the self ignition issues, depreciation of battery cars are in the toilet, these battery cars are too heavy for the current roads and grind off their tires which are higher in cost to replace than gas cars, gas will become cheaper under a change of government, so there will be no demand for battery operated carts just like the current trend. Most manufacturers of these vehicles will revert to alternate energy sources that will not self ignite, except for BYD they have dug their own grave at the behest of the CCP. Let’s see what replaces li cells, hydrogen, unlikely as it’s too costly but a clean burning synthetic fuel that could be used in an ice engine could be possible. These are just a few that I can think of at the moment but I’m sure there are more.

@@TheTruth-dy8ze this is all based on where the industry was 15 years ago. Try driving one for a week and you’ll see the advantages. I look at ICE cars now and it’s like looking at steam engines. And EVs are 10x less likely to “self ignite” vs ICE.

False, can be done on a standard 120-volt outlet, and 12 AWG cord no longer than 50-ft. Max draw is 12 amps- such outlets are feed from a 15 or 20 amp breaker, so this is well within the current handling abilities. If the voltages sags, as what would happen in a bad connection or too long of a cord, or a cord with too small of a gauge, the car disconnects.

I have no choice unless I want to move back to snow half of the year. Houston, Texas and surrounding areas are not zoned, so HOAs are necessary to not end up with an auto body shop on one side of a house and a liquor store on the other (although the latter brings business to the former). But you've got me on the other one. I like EVs so much that I'm already on my THIRD dumb choice and, given a few more years to live, I'll make at least my FOURTH dumb choice. Based on surveys, I'm in good company. The vast majority of EV owners say they'll never go back to burning gasoline. Go figure.

Ron makes a lot of bad decisions. 😢😢

Tesla model Y was the Best selling carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023 😊😊😊

@@mikafiltenborg7572 bet all EVs are about to crash, someone last week I know tried to trade his 3 yrs old EV to the dealership he bought it from, car worthless, and dealership refused to sell any new EVs. Only petrol models now. . It's the way it's going to be everywhere.

@@huwrichards9016Some don't care what the trade in value is- I keep cars until they are completely ready for retirement and scrap metal. Always buying a different car very few years is bad economics.

More than a niche, millions on the road now.

@@constantbuzz , sure but billions of ICE..🤪😁

@@RacerX1971 for now. If you are sure of the future, buy a huge short position in Tesla and BYD.

Really, they confiscated a hazardous appliance for safety of the home owners, not quite theft.

@@TheTruth-dy8ze It was theft.

@@JV-pu8kx cult EVr.

I think you meant to say don’t think for yourself…

Wrong. I’ve had EV for 6 months so far and I’ve already saved an insane amount of money. While driving the most comfortable easy driving car on the market. If you don’t have charging access. Don’t do it. Otherwise you’re sadly mistaken.

False. Fast, low PM, less pollution assuming the vehicle is not totaled below 20K miles, low energy cost. Not good for all applications, but very good for many.

People are afraid of what they don’t understand. I agree with you just give it time and it will be something everyone has

@@Jim0713 Hence, why the ENTIRE original posted comment started with "Give it time."

Yeah let's go from something convenient and useful to something inconvenient and useless. That'll really take over". lol

@@althunder4269 yes, because electric vehicles are inconvenient and useless… The funny thing Is history repeats itself. People were acting the same way when motor vehicles started replacing horses.

@@calvinwalker4654 Wow that's so clever. I've never heard that before. lol. We use gas cars because they work the best. No one in their right mind would say a full on EV is better.

The sad thing is you genuinely believe what you’re saying 🤦‍♂️

@@calvinwalker4654 Indeed I do, because I spend far too much time surfing the net and seeing all the evidence. Weird I know but don't knock it until you've tried it. When 10 BYD showrooms go up in smoke in one year, that should tell you something?

​@@bigglyguy8429 _I spend far too much time surfing the net and seeing all the evidence._ Yes, I'm sure you've seen a number of photos of EVs on fire. But what you and your ilk haven't figured out so far, or more likely know full well but won't acknowledge because it doesn't fit your narrative, is that it's not *common* events that make the news, it's actually *rare* events that do so. So the very fact that you've found a number of online articles about EV fires is proof that they're rare. And every study that's ever been done shows that EVs have fires at a much lower rate than either ICE vehicles or hybrids. _When 10 BYD showrooms go up in smoke in one year_ That's just false. "BYD Reportedly Sees 10th Showroom Fire *Since 2021* As Store Burns Down In China" (CarScoops). I'm pretty sure that "since 2021" is 3 1/2 years, and not one year as you falsely claimed. Please stop making stuff up; it damages your credibility. I also wonder if you've drawn any conclusions from the claim that out of dozens of brands of EVs, *every one* of these affected one brand only-BYD. If you wish to regain some of your lost credibility, please tell us what conclusion about fire risk in EVs you've drawn from this fact. Well wait...

@@bigglyguy8429 so surfing the Internet makes you knowledgeable on the subject of electric vehicles. Oh geez… since you like surfing, the Internet why don’t you do some research on gasoline vehicle fires. You know, people burn to death and gasoline vehicles crashes, right? There’s so much bad information and misinformation out there that causes FUD. If someone is just hating on something because they feel like being a troll, then I usually ignore it but it’s sad to see what sounds like an educated person so misinformed

@@calvinwalker4654 I'm a bit of a petrolhead and I'm VERY familiar with petrol and diesel vehicles. Diesel is actually difficult to set on fire. Petrol will put out a lit cigarette if you dunk it into the liquid. Petrol vapor, mixed with air, is where it gets dangerous, but even then you need an ignition source. EV batteries can burst into flames at any time, without any warning or apparent reason, and especially while charging or when in a highly charged state. When I take my drone on aircraft I have to put the batteries in an anti-fire bag. Laptops and the like cannot go in cargo - because of the fire hazards. But somehow much bigger, more dangerous batteries are A-OK? I have an EV - a monowheel, which I leave outside the house and away from anything flammable.