Debunking The Biggest MYTHS About EVs 

A young bloke I was at work with had an interesting argument against EVs. To summerise, 'sooner or later the terrorists would figure out that EVs can catch fire and target an EV dealership. Much destruction. Much death.' As we drove past a filling station I pointed at it and said, "whats that?" Conversation changed topic after that without a reply.

I ditched my Porsche 997 for a KIA EV6 GT and haven’t looked back! I’m a true ‘petrol head’ with a classic Honda NSX and a BAC Mono for track use as well as the Porsche which is now kept for occasional recreational use. For daily duties though I won’t be driving a petrol car again, the EV is just better. Oh, and the argument about range and needing to make unexpected journeys? I’m an NHS surgeon and sometimes have to rush to the hospital in the middle of the night for emergencies. The EV is better, it’s always charged, and being silent it doesn’t wake my family up! Keep up with the myth busting!

Used 2018 leaf and used 2018 Model 3 long range. 75,000 miles driven. Wife would never go back! Charge at home, drive 4 miles for 6 pennies. No oil transmission radiator etcetcetc maintenance. Quiet, fast. Driven on 3,000 mile round trip. Save $1,800 per year on gas. Both vehicles have retained 99% of battery mileage. Daughter owns ID4 which she regularly drives from Pittsburgh to New Jersey and back. Son has Bolt, loves it. Others on a used Model Yof performance. Another daughter 2018 Leaf. Several friends have Model Y, one recently purchased MB EQS. Apparently many folks do not consider them to be rubbish?

Today I had 'range relaxation'. When I first went EV 10 years ago I visited the 'Rapid' charger at Rownhams services nearly every time I drove that way, in my 90 mile LEAF Last week I drove my five year old LEAF2.0 on a 180 miles day trip to the seaside, as it had over 84000 miles on the clock I plugged it into the charger in the car park whilst I went for lunch , and went shopping. I got home with 'only' 40 miles range remaining. Today I drove the same journey in my other, newer, LEAF (with the larger battery) . I didn't bother to plug into the charger in the car park and drove home . I got home with 90 miles remaining range. My point, even in an old design such as the LEAF, battery range has improved greatly in just a few years. Now go look at the others. As an aside:- the first LEAF I owned is still on the road and in use.

Absolutely! We just bought a 2 year old Renault Zoe with a huge 52 Kw/h battery. We love it. We are charging it up directly from the solar panels on our roof and it is sooo nice to be driving around in it with your own energy. The driving experience is amazing, nippy, quiet and fun. Ours has a 110hp motor which isn't particularly fast for EV's but I had absolutely no trouble keeping up with a Porsche Boxster the other day as he tried to leave me behind driving uphill to our village in the Schwarzwald. Definitely no turning back! 👍 James

Another aspect of regenerative braking - is that friction brakes are used *much* less frequently - and this means far less brake pad particulates are produced over time.

Surprisingly, nobody has advocated petrol/diesel supply to your house. Water, electricity and sewage connections...but not fuel. So you have to take you ICE car to a petrol station. Where I live in border country, the nearest petrol station is 9 miles away. The nearest public charger is 4 miles away....and (of course) I'm mostly charging at home. Long journeys are a pain. Having to stop and relax for 20 minutes, visit the facilities, grab a coffee is really awful. When I had an ICE car Id be zooming along to the next services to get a petrol fill up - stand by your pump, 5 minutes filling and woosh on your way. Arrive feeling tired, stressed and exhausted. Everybody loves that. Dont they? AND, theres always that range anxiety. Will your ICE car make it to the next petrol station assuming you can find one and its open and you have finance arrangements in place to pay for it. My little EV plots the route, tells me where the stops are, how long I need to charge for, how to find the charging station and gives me a reasonable estimate of how much charge I'll have left when I reach the next stop. Wheres the fun in that? You know, the excitement when the needle is on the wrong side of the red bit ...and as my dad would say "theres nothing on the clock but the makers name". Real exciting driving. The ICE is melting.

Great video but the word missing was EFFICIENCY. Electric cars are much more efficient at turning energy into motion, in most cases 3 to 4 times more efficient than ICE equivalent. The ICE car manufacturers have successfully eliminated the EFFICIENCY word from the debate and slamming of electric cars. Why? because ICE scars are embarrassingly INEFFICIENT. Only about 25% of the petrol/diesel is used for motion the rest being lost in all sorts of ways. This is really interesting to me that even your show doesn’t mention this. It’s the best counter to someone in a Range Rover who is against EVs. Do they realise actually how inefficient and useless their engine is? It’s embarrassing

I’m buying my first EV tomorrow, you finally tipped my scales after visiting the Fully Charged show at Harrogate. (UK) Thank you so much for what you’re doing. Clean air is a blessing we all deserve to extend to our children and grandchildren.

We as a company have just gone back to diesel minivans from ev's because as soon as we start using the autobahn the range drops significantly and as a company we cannot spend the time sat at chargers that is required. For a lot of people this would not be an issue but for higher milage drivers ev's are not the solution, at the moment.

I live in a flat so can’t charge at home. I depend totally on public charging. Public charging needs to be cheaper and have more points.

Well said...we have been EV owners now for 9+ months. A Kona EV, we have just rolled over to 41,500 KM. We are high mileage drivers with all our vehicles. We are lucky enough to charge at home at very low rates overnight. We have 0 range anxiety from the very beginning, absolutely love our EV! Just came back from a weekend trip visiting family 500 KM away, had 1 charge stop on the way (which took 30 minutes - barely enough time to run and eat our dinner) and on our return found that Electrify Canada gave us a complimentary charge! Once at our destination we plugged the car in at my brother in laws with our level 1 charger. Return trip was one quick 20 minute charge (at Electrify Canada - cost us $5.28) which provided more than enough range to get home - about 120 KM to spare. Total cost of that trip was about $15 in energy cost. Our Toyota Rav4 would have taken about $150 out of our pocket! I agree that EV's may not work for some but we will never go back to an ICE vehicle being our primary driver! Mike 🇨🇦

Gassing your car seems to take a lot of time because you MUST stand there. Whereas with EV charging you use the toilet, go for a walk, get a coffee and relax …. Not possible while standing in a gas station. My car is usually charged up and ready before I am.

Got my first EV last month, a Tesla Model Y with the long-range battery and the tow package. Three times I've driven between Colorado Springs and Fort Collins -- a 140 mile trip (each way) by the most direct route. Twice towing a trailer and once without. My trailer is a 6 x 12 foot enclosed box that's over 7 feet high. It's like dragging a sea anchor. The first trip with the trailer I set cruse control to 65 mph and had to stop for 20 minutes at a supercharger north of Denver. And on the way back back I had to stop at a supercharger on the south edge of Denver. The Model Y had tons of pulling power, but wind-drag really eats up the battery. The second trip with the trailer I set cruse control to 60 mph and it made a huge difference, as I made it the full distance with 35 miles of range left. We'll see how it goes on the way home. Still wouldn't go back to the Subaru Outback. Gonna keep my Tesla.

Agree with most point except the “you don’t need a driveway to charge” It’s crazy expensive to charge with rapids now.

Well said! I went electric about 18 months ago and would never go back to petrol of diesel!

Well said Dan , I had this today with a group of people, one lady said there's no infrastructure yet and said her friends have all had problems with their EVs and charging , She said one of her friends ran out in Cornwall and had to get a lift to their destination. Yes Cornwall isn't very good but i went there 4 years ago and i pland my route and had no . problems . i wanted to tell her that they were either lying or or just stupid. there was lots more FUD too much to go into but i gave the right answers

Well needed video, I'm constantly refuting things the petrol heads say in work. They came to me about hydrogen the other day and Im trying super hard to be like no, no, no it's not the awnser, not for domestic use anyway. And I'll say that here too, hydrogen is stupid, it's inefficient to produce and mining it is just stupid, it's just a way for the oil industry to keep us all in their pockets. Electricity can be made and stored easily in the home and that's why it's so disruptive.

My favourite bit of bollocks someone told me about EVs: "You cant take them to a normal body shop to be repaired, because the heat lamps they use to cure the paint will over heat the battery, so they have to go to special body shops where they remove the battery first before painting" And this guy really truly believed that.

Many people are spending more money on the more expensive EVs for the range but in reality they don't even need the range and could get away with charging a few times a month, in the meantime it means they have paid a premium that isn't necessary. Over time with more accessable public charging, EVs with a smaller range will become a better more affordable choice and the mindset will change. Right now there are some decent bargains on used EVs as many lease cars are up for sale and is likely flooding the market, until the buyers catch up you might get a few bargains!

15 months into driving an EV! Wish I had converted earlier 👍👍😁😁

Well said. Too many oil industry online trolls spreading misinformation resulting in red state hostility towards EVs here in the USA.

I’m in the US.. I have a 2023 M3SR and charge it once a week… after all incentives I paid $31,400. Will never go back to gas…

Real life running costs: My LEAF is costing 5.2p per mile in Fuel. My wife has a peteol Qashqai and thats 16.5p per mile for fuel. This means that the ownership cost per month for both cars is about the same, except I am not putting out any pollution and my fuel is coming from renewable sources.

I would like more second hand EVs that I can afford 😖

Having an MYP I get it constantly as does every other EV owner. No infrastructure. My reply, all houses and businesses have electricity but no gas stations have pipelines. My car is always ready to go at home, no hassles. Car is quiet but even better, brutally quick and fast. It is hard on tires due to acceleration and cornering I do, others results may vary. I did come from a track prepped BMW M3 SMG so I do have a vague idea of performance expectations. I rarely need to travel over 250-300 miles in a hurry but can go 200 at 100+ And best of all, last year cost 2843.00 us dollars to travel 22600 miles at blistering speeds including 1 set of Pirellis ;-) No other maintenance needed. A bargain deal.

the Telegraph and the Mail are going fully charged into myth based articles... the carparks will collapse is the best one

The last thing we need is a car that produces no emissions and is powered by the sun.

Yep! Got my used Kona EV last September and love it. Have spent less than £100 on charging since then.

Another excellent video from Fully Charged. I don't think enough is made of just how cheaply you can run an EV. I have a Polestar 2, Ohme Pro home charger and the Intelligent Octopus tariff. I just looked at my bill for May and paid £25 for 352kWh. I regularly hit 3 miles per kWh so that is over 1,000 miles for £25. All this from the most practical and and best looking car I've ever owned, after years of VWs and Audis.

We went camping recently. We don't use electeic hookup for our tent as we do not use mains devices when camping. I arranged to use a hookup on our last night to charge our ID.3 as I have a charge lead with the appropriate plug fitted. At breakfast on our last day the car reached 100% charge and we left 2 hours later with 270 miles of range and a 48 mile journey. The site asked me to simply pay for the electricity at their rate which was 30 pence per kWh. Bargain really. I shall be doing this at sites with electric hookup pitches in future. Makes life so much easier and no queueing for and paying for expensive dinosaur juice. 👍

A friend posted this on F/B can you put a video out to debunk this information? Look forward to sending it to him.👍 This is a Tesla model Y battery. It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car. To manufacture it you need: --12 tons of rock for Lithium (can also be extracted from sea water) -- 5 tons of cobalt minerals (Most cobalt is made as a byproduct of processing copper and nickel ores. It is the most difficult and expensive material to obtain for a battery.) -- 3 tons nickel ore -- 12 tons of copper ore You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain: -- 26.5 pounds of Lithium -- 30 pounds of nickel -- 48.5 pounds of manganese -- 15 pounds of cobalt To manufacture the battery also requires: -- 441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic -- 112 pounds of graphite The Caterpillar 994A is used to move the earth to obtain the minerals needed for this battery. The Caterpillar consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours. The bulk of necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor in Africa is done by children. When you buy an electric car, China profits most. The 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost). The cost of Tesla batteries are: Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990) Model Y -- $5,000-$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740) Model S -- $13,000-$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990) Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990) It takes 7 years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the battery is 10 years (average). Only in the last 3 years do you start to reduce your carbon footprint, but then the batteries must be replaced and you lose all gains made. And finally, my new friend, Michael, made some excellent points: I forgot to mention the amount of energy required to process the raw materials and the amount of energy used to haul these batteries to the U.S. sometimes back and forth a couple of times. But by all means, get an electric car. Just don't sell me on how awesome you are for the environment. Or for human rights.

Quite a bit of pent up frustration channelled into an excellent explanation video. Well done, Dan.

I ran my first electric car for 10K miles without a home charger. It can be done even if it's not convenient and it's worth it for the huge cost savings. In fact I never paid a penny for those 10K miles as I used a free public charger at Co-Op. My current Kona Electric has managed a best of 314 miles on a charge - nobody can drive that long without toilet breaks etc and now I charge at home, I keep mine topped up on cheap electricity thanks to Octopus Energy.

Excellent video, thanks for summing it up so well!

After 3 years with an iPace I knew I would never go back to ICE cars. Now I’ve had my Polestar PS2 for 15 months and it just works so well. I live in Norway, so cold and ice for 4-5 months of the year, and range deteriorates from a bit over 400km to about 330km, with heated seats, air on on around 21-22 degrees etc. 4WD, 476hp, 1600kg towing capacity… Nope, never going backwards to internal combustion ever again 🇳🇴 OK, I’ll admit to owning and driving a Triumph Bonneville in the summer, but hey, no one’s perfect 😂

This was an absolutely BRILLIANT informative video and I think one of the best from one of my favorite RU-vid channels.

Arguing for EVs is what got me into uni to study environmental science 😂

The weight issue is ridiculous. BMW produced a sub 3000lb EV for nearly 10 years while consumers insist on 300 mile range that they virtually never use.

We are a 100% ev family and all these myths are exactly that. All positives no negatives for us would never go back to ICE.

Anyone remember the lockdown? Remember how the air pollution reduced and how pictures emerged showing London without the smog?

Well said Dan, the naysayers and luddites may gnash their teeth and wring their hands, but when the public cotton on to actual fuel costs of less than 4p a mile coupled with cheaper sub £20k cars, then full EV adoption becomes a no-lose proposition.

We're also bombarded with propaganda from fanatics that see EV's not as cars but religious icons.

We’d a 10-month wait for our Tesla. Was worth every single day.

Excellent video. I recently went from a plug in hybrid to a full EV so had the stepping stone experience some people may need. Hated having to use the petrol engine as the electric was so much smoother and quieter. Now on salary sacrifice which makes running an EV even more affordable.

Great points, would also like to add that cobalt was and is still widely used by.. the fossil fuel industry.

Well done on trying to counter the misinformation being spread by those who just repeat garbage from those with political and/or vested interests in fossil fuels. EV ecosystem is far from perfect but its become main stream very quickly. Battery life will soon exceed life of the vehicle and range will also match ICE.

Well done. Factual and clear.

Great video my 9 year old Zoe is still pootling about town quite happily. I'm lucky to be able to charge at home (for free when the sun shines) but would struggle with the lack of local public charging. We really need governments to sort things out with the infrastructure.

The price of all cars has gone mental. My 2012 Suzuki cost around £13,500 new. The 2023 model costs £23,500 new. Cars are becoming completely unaffordable.

I plug in at home 6 out 7 days a week. Even though I'm only in the 70% range. I like that 90% every day. I've had to supercharge like 3 or 4 times total in the last 2 years. I've driven from WIs to Texas and back without a single issue. I got to see a LOT more of the world by stopping every hour to hour and a half and was far less tired at the end of the day. I often point people to FCS channel for real facts. Thank you for being an honest source for information even the real downs. The ups far out weigh the downs. Honesty > agenda.

Great video. It would have been good to mention there's the full referenced article in the caption! I found myself questioning the "16,000 miles" payback on emissions statement, but having read up on the literature referenced I can see why this is totally plausible. I do feel it's probably a little optimistic still currently, but even at 30 to 50,000 miles with a lifespan of >>100,000 miles and all the other co-benefits from air pollution to fossil fuel reduction, it's still an absolute no-brainer!! Thanks for bringing this reference to my attention! :)

Most useful video this channel made. This guy needs to be the main

I have had a BEV for just over a year; 11,150 miles, 2,914kWh into the car = 3.83 miles per kWh. And to support the video assertion... 58.8% from solar panels, 9.6% at home from overnight cheap rate grid electricity, 10.1% from free local destination chargers, 7.8% using the granny lead at family destinations and only 13.7% rapid, on the road charging (just 20 en route charges in a year!) The BEV experience was so good our 2nd car is also a BEV! But above all, 1 litre of petrol contains approx 9 kWh of energy and will power an ICE for about 9 miles (41mpg) that is approx 1 mile per kWh not the 3.85 the EV has done (all year average). Energy efficiency has to be another plus point for EV's.

Dam right, you tell them. My sister-in-law and I convinced my wife to buy an electric vehicle. So in my household we have an electric and a gas powered car. So I can tell you for certain that EVs are extremely cheap in the long run. Every month I pay around $340 in gas, my wife pays max including the odd charge at a shopping center. Under $30 dollars a month. So it is true that the upfront cost is expensive. However, the usage cost is substantially cheaper. All costs are in Canadian dollars. We have had the electric car for 3 years, my next car is going to be electric. 100%

The one argument that's difficult to refute at the moment is that "if a BEV does catch fire, it's impossible to extinguish. The fire service just have to let it burn or bury it". I've heard this from firemen so this is official policy.

Great video Dan, I can directly send this to a few disbelievers I know!!

Can we get sited sources for everything? It will help with trying to convince others.

He Braggs about having 200 miles of range !!! We Believe We Believe We Believe

Ah, so regenerative breaking negates particulate emissions? Regardless of the method of slowing down, something has to stop those wheels turning an inertia driven machine, generating, you've guessed it, particulates, heavier, means more. Nothing is for free, it's physics, something has to wear away somewhere.

There was a video on Environmental Coffeehouse about Windyday Concept. Thanks to Robert for providing much of the information, and thanks to the IEA and the OECD for providing evidence of their complicity in blocking the EV market.

I am pretty sure I was told every single one of those statements and was able to counter most of them. There will always be a few holdouts but we've been giving rides and let people drive our electric cars since our first one (2015) and have converted (or at least made people consider converting ) from ICE to EV.

He's spot on with his arguments I like it I've had my EV now for just over a year and I've never used a supercharger as I've never needed to even go to the seaside it cost me seven pounds as the holiday house we rented had a free charger so all it cost me was to get there can you go on holiday in your ice car drive every day exploring about 160 miles a day and only spend 7 pounds and even driving 179 miles to holiday for 7 quid it was a very hot day in the late 90s so econ was on max music on full blast and seat massager on full and I still had 69 miles of range left over when I got there. so as a retired Car mechanic and electrician and technician on fuel and ignition systems I saw the writing on the wall years ago as they never progressed they have gotten as far as they can go with fossil fuels so they cheat the emissions by using electric motors to assist the engine hybrids which to me make no sense at all.

Very interesting! Thank you for this

They are quieter and smoother, which is virtually never discussed. They get *better mileage*(sic) in stop-n-go traffic. They don't drip fluids on the road, and don't require oil-changes. I guess it depends on what you call rubbish. Oh yeah, and you don't have to worry about your catalytic converter getting stolen.

Electric cars are still too expensive for me but the rate of change is so good that I don't think I'll be able to say that in a few years time when the ones that are new now become 2nd hand.

Super content ! Thanks

Not being able to charge at home is currently a potential inconvenience that is brushed over here. You don’t want all of your charge sessions to be done while waiting and being able to charge during the night at home takes care of this. In time there will be plenty of public street charging, for people without a driveway, to solve this.

Gold standard material here! Very well done!

Really good content as ever. Perhaps you should do a once a month FUD busting episode. 👍

I can agree with everything here and would add that with the "average" cost of a new car in the UK in 2023 being a whopping £39k - an MG4 starting at £27k looks like something of a bargain. Additionally, you need to compare LIKE for LIKE when considering comparable costs. My old much loved 2019 Model 3 Standard Range was a RWD 320hp machine. If you specced up (say) a 2019 BMW 3 series to compare with all the things that come as standard like electric heated memory seats, adaptive cruise etc, the Beemer was weighing in at north of £55k for something that could be anywhere near the performance. I paid £37.5k for the Tesla. Bargain. Then as was said, you get into the lack of servicing requirements to maintain a (longer) warranty, no brake pad and disk changes, no clutches, no injectors or spark plugs or filters or whatever else. I was admiring a BEV Mercedes plugged in at work and was told it cost an eye watering £95k. Yes, it was lovely, but as was said, traditional auto is concentrating on big fat soggy pimped up SUVs because that's where the profit is...

One of the last issues for total cost is insurance groups, like a Kona at group 24

I insured my EV for any driver, so that any of my friends can take it out for a spin and see if they are converted. It's a 2016 30kW Leaf Tekna that I've had since 2018. Many friends asked me how it was going over the years, how I charge it, range, costs, etc, and now many of those friends have switched to EV's. I doubt I'll ever change it in for something else, as it fits my needs perfectly.

Thank you so much too many people trash the EVs and here in Australia we are so far behind 🙏🏼

True, once you’ve gone Électrique you won’t go back - no way. 😮😅

One thing that was not mentioned is how much solar charging helps alleviate the use of the grid.

Thank you for putting things straight, most myths don't stand a chance with reality

I'm at the point with EV shopping where I'm heavily considering just giving up on the idea of getting something that will work for long-distance trips, and sticking with a 'getting around town' vehicle. I can rent if I need to go farther. All the shiny, new options out there distract from the potential of a more sensible used buy - which for ICE vehicles is not a new concept but I think for EVs it's not usually considered. But for the environmentally conscious (or wallet conscious), it seems undeniably the better choice. If I'm doing any road tripping, I want something comfy, I need adaptive cruise (I had it for a few years, now I can't live without it), and if it's an EV it suddenly needs long range and good charge speed, too. The entry price for that is high no matter where you look. But if I just need a car to do the basics, to get around town and be a minimal nuisance on my life, a cheap mid-2010's EV seems like a good choice. Even a 'terrible' 50 mile range would easily get any daily necessities done. And some of those are shockingly cheap. People want a car that can do everything. As someone still driving an old ICE, I want that too. But do I really need it? Do I need to spend so much more on the ability to drive long distances which I've historically only done once or twice a year? I mean, under $10k and you get something that you never have to gas up, rarely needs any kind of maintenance (so long, Jiffy Lube), is fun to drive, and you get all the benefits of cheap insurance. Then you can spend the money you're saving on something nice to rent whenever you need to take a trip. Maybe rental EVs are becoming more of a thing, so I can live out the dream of cruising in an Ioniq 5 without having to commit more than a years' salary to living with it daily. Seems like most of the time people talk about EVs, the sales pitch is always the new stuff, but I figure there's a valid space for something a lot more affordable. The Chevy Spark EV is really speaking to me, especially in the green color. But I live in an EV desert right now, so getting my hands on anything like what I'm thinking of is a tall order currently.

Other than the upfront cost thing, there's only two things putting me of switching. The bodystyles, there is no practical estates at all, and very few low-end ones coming. The running costs of a second car mean it would take about 10 years to pay off the difference in up-front price (unless I bought a Zoe, then the battery rent would be more than I pay for fuel). I can't wait to afford one that fits what I need.

My second hand ev will pay for itself in 8 years of saving on fuel and road tax etc (off grid solar charging) how many ice cars pay you back?

Ive owned an EV for 3 years now, love it. First time I heard these arguments IRL was yesterday out and about - it is surprising that these myths persist, "not able to tow" "low range" and "batteries are just as dirty" being the main ones...hats off to the fossil fuel company marketing and lobbyist campaigns. We need the opposite campaigns like this video but on an equal scale to the incumbents...

Biggest benefit... I have solar panels in my roof, so I'm producing my own transportation energy. I don't have to rely on big oil companies playing around with the cost and making excuses to rip me off. Biggest downfall... Tires. My ID4 is RWD so those tires wear very quickly. My next EV will be AWD to distribute that wear

People forget to look at the total cost of ownership, say over 10 years, all they seem to look at is the initial purchase price. That being said, if my wife replaced her 10 year old Quashqai Ti with a new 2023 one, it was about $200 cheaper than the BYD Atto 3 we ended up purchasing. Then, with the $3000 subsidy from the government, it was a no brainer and that was just the purchase price. We estimate over the next 10 years we will also save over $19,000.00 just in petrol costs (that’s if petrol does not get more expensive) then roughly $5,000.00 in basic servicing, then we have consumables like tyres, (let’s say 2 full sets of tyres over ten years) brakes, wiper rubbers etc etc so I then estimate a further $3,000.00. This $3,000.00 amount I feel would still be the same for the Atto 3, as these are the same consumables as the Quashqai so this adds up to $zero. Servicing of the Atto will roughly be $300 per year as it will only need one service a year based on her usage. So we are then looking at a minimum $21,000.00 saving over 10 years. With the roughly 400km range for the Atto, she can drive to and from work all week on one charge. Our electricity is provided by our 42 solar panels for the majority of our charging needs, or if needed in bad or overcast weather we use the local 50kWh fast charger to top it up from time to time, which at present in winter costs roughly $15-20 a month. The efficiency / range of the battery is also effected during the colder months. This will improve as we come into summer and we are fully using our own renewable energy.

This is something that helps clear out my doubts. The the few concerns I have is apart from not having charging available at home, throughout the whole city, I saw only 1 rapid harging station and everywhere else are slow chargers that range from 3-7 kw. There are 22kw chargers, but being AC, affordable EVs can only take advantage of up to 7 kw. I hope there would be more EV chargers where I live.

I am looking forward to more and better statistics about the reliability of electric cars compared to ICE. I am pretty sure that a motor with 1 moving part is going to live much, much longer than one with 1000.

More of this Dan, to the point & direct.

Teslas are selling NEW for around $30,000 - with IRA discounts included - NOW. NO gasoline EVER. No Oil Changes EVER. No Check Engine Light EVER. No CAT Converters or Oxygen Sensors EVER. No coolant flushes EVER. No Coil Packs or spark plugs EVER. No Timing Belts EVER. Just $10.00 and 20 minutes charging every 300 miles of driving (.04¢ a mile). Over FIFTY THOUSAND chargers with 99% always working - World wide. And in many states CHEAPER Tesla car insurance. Tesla's are too expensive...

thanks for doing this and everyone note the point that "it's all very well you watching it, and we are grateful - but this is one to send to all those non-believers and nearly EV drivers in your life!"

I am in the next few minutes about to make the last journey in my Diesel car to the garage to pick up my first EV! I’m nervous, but excited after 43 years of driving, but I’m looking forward to completing our home full electric project with an EV. Thank you for your great Chanel.

Great video, well presented

I’ve had a Fiat 500e for 18 months and I will never, ever go back to an ICE vehicle. The last time I went to a petrol garage was to buy a sandwich. The time I’ve saved queueing for petrol more than compensates for the handful of times I’ve had to stop for a charge. I’m sure there are a handful of people for whom EV tech isn’t there yet, but the majority of people have access to off street parking and average 20 miles a day, so there is no excuse for them.

Hertz car hire in the US has just dumped 20,000 Teslas citing high repair costs and poor resale values, watching this after two London electric buses have burnt to the ground in two days! And I live in a block of flats with about 30 cars outside, electrical charging is too expensive at public charging stations, most of which are not under cover, you can go and buy a McDonalds and a coffee whilst you are being ripped off!

You may hate being on camera and in the spotlight in general Dan, but this is an excellent summation of EV's and the reality of the sustainable transition. I'll be permanently saving this in my RU-vid renewable energy playlist in order to share it with naysayers and the curious alike, alongside Robert's - The Dirty Truth About Combustion Engine Vehicles.

Another issue with ICE vehicles is the heat given up to the atmosphere. Every modem ICE powered vehicles is fitted with a catalyst which only works when at high temperature. This temperature is lost to the atmosphere when the car is parked. Not much of an issue for one car but a big problem when millions are giving up 600C after every journey.

I never thought of that! It is great when you get a concept you have had for a while and someone shows you the error of that thought. I have always seen the "no Driveway" as a problem with EV's and never gave a thought that most commuter trips top do not go over 80Klm per day. So you really don't need to charge every day. And now that I have retired I can go up to 3 weeks without getting petrol and i expect EV's to do similar times. Bugger! I just spent $8000 plus fixing my poorly constructed engine in my Skoda. I wonder what the trade in on a new MG EV is?

Pleased to be anticipating the second EV in our garage today! Seems more than plausible that petroleum companies are behind the lies, damn lies and statistics. Great segment!

Impressive content.

Extremely well done, and I can only find fault with ONE point - the last one. EVs are ALREADY cheaper than a purely comparable ICE vehicle. The only limiting factor on EVs (and a bunch of other tech) right now is how fast you can scale the manufacture of batteries and other components. A glut of relatively cheap batteries will change almost everything.

I have 2 friends that are dead set against electric cars and I simply don't know why. One says "It doesn't have the range to do my "once a fortnight trip of 220 miles". Oh yes they do. The other is hanging on for hydrogen fuel cells. I have pointed out that the number of hydrogen filling stations (which never went above single digits?) has dropped, whereas the number of electric charging points is growing every day. And I have another who warily bought an e-power Qashqai and loves it. Just got to get him to change the way he powers the electric motor 🙂

Well done Dan, you do just fine in front of the camera!