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Driving a 1903 Lems vintage electric car! 

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It's 120 years old & still going strong - but how does it handle modern traffic (and a McDonald's drive-thru)? Only one way to find out!
In this off-beat video, Gav met with David Boot from EV City in Christchurch to take their vintage Lems electric car for a drive through town. It may be a museum piece, but it doesn't mean it can't be used!
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Комментарии : 52   
@peterjackson6228
@peterjackson6228 Год назад
Absolutely brilliant! Looks like a lot of fun. I'd buy something like this just for the giggles 😂 I use to ride a motorcycle, one of the worst things about riding was the fumes from cars. You don't realise how bad it is until you ride a push bike or motorcycle. Excellent video!
@nlpnt
@nlpnt Год назад
I'm pretty sure they're not only the only people in NZ to have gone through a drive-thru in a 100+ year old electric car but possibly the only people anywhere not named Jay Leno.
@steffenjachnow8176
@steffenjachnow8176 Год назад
Wonderful car from an era when cars used to be pure craftmanship!
@philiptaylor8223
@philiptaylor8223 Год назад
Gav and Dave need to do some Top Gear-style, length-of-NZ races in EV cars.
@velvetvideo
@velvetvideo 5 месяцев назад
these need to make a comeback. and everyone needs to watch Stroads by Not Just Bikes.
@olliknz
@olliknz Год назад
What a great ride, Gavin! Isn't it sad that we were already on the right path 120 years ago and then lost our way going with fossil-fuel vehicles? Imagine for a moment how much healthier our world might be like today without Nicolaus Otto and Rudolf Diesel...
@calmeilles
@calmeilles 11 месяцев назад
You can understand why though; it took the energy density of Lithium Ion and the technology of fast charging to surmount the range issue.
@jimcabezola3051
@jimcabezola3051 Год назад
That is a charming vehicle! The wood bits look new or freshly-planed and varnished. The wheels and tyres are modern, too. I like it!!! Sticking with my pedal bike as I have been for the last 10 years. Don't like making the insurance companies TOO rich, lol!
@jeremyfk
@jeremyfk 7 дней назад
Great, fun video. Everything you want, death defying stunts, top notch special effects, comedy, drama and a superstar line up.😜🤣🤣😜
@grantlouw3182
@grantlouw3182 Год назад
Brilliant to see old ev technology being kept going and on show!
@donovandelaney3171
@donovandelaney3171 10 месяцев назад
Time to bring them back into production.
@johnnzperplexed2741
@johnnzperplexed2741 Год назад
Haha, great video, I love the banter and commentary between the two of you :-D
@lyledal
@lyledal Год назад
Brilliant! I'd be terrified though.
@paulstubbs7678
@paulstubbs7678 10 месяцев назад
Nice bit of preservation, thanks, Now all I need is for Ecotricity to open up "across the ditch' in Aus.
@GraemeFullerton
@GraemeFullerton Год назад
Love it Gavin. Traveling in style.
@kejmat
@kejmat Год назад
Absolutely wonderful. If only the world would have pursued the electric option back in 1903. As we saw, the technology was there even back then.
@aaronfreeman5264
@aaronfreeman5264 6 месяцев назад
Without Extended Range Electric Vehicles, Plug In Electric Vehicles are like driving Syeam Engines from one firebox to the next.
@loyalmaiden
@loyalmaiden 11 месяцев назад
6:48 take me back to the dealership mr. dracey
@annavariumful
@annavariumful 7 дней назад
No seated heats? Lovely vid. About the only other vid I've seen was Jay Leno in his Baker Electric, and Jeff at GT Tooling (OZ NSW ) with a Baker Electric they had put back on the road.
@eubikedude
@eubikedude Год назад
7:02 Great to see a proper hand signal, rather than "pointing at the ground over there". ;)
@genieb
@genieb 8 дней назад
Soo bloody cool!
@amphidory7600
@amphidory7600 Год назад
love the foot operated bell. I happen to be in Massachusetts. You mentioned there's one here in a museum, may I ask where? Would like to go see it now that i've watch your vid
@phiiz3r
@phiiz3r Год назад
According to a Wikipedia about Lems.....:In the United States, there is an example of this car at Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, Massachusetts." Would be interesting to know if you find it there. If not, you can update the article ;)
@coffeeisgood102
@coffeeisgood102 8 месяцев назад
Great video. Although ough I realize that at one time there were more EV’s on the road than gas, I hadn’t heard of this vehicle. It’s a shame it only gets to be on the road once a year, but I understand the safety concerns when it comes to the brakes. In my mind, upgrading the brakes would not take away from the vehicles authenticity.
@bibliotek42
@bibliotek42 8 дней назад
Lovely!!
@BenMitro
@BenMitro Год назад
Someone needs to start making these.
@benbeverley561
@benbeverley561 8 дней назад
That’s awesome!
@craiglemon5026
@craiglemon5026 Год назад
Dunno why the Royal Diamond Jubilee carriage couldn’t’ve been made as an EV like the LEMS, rather than a measly 6 HP unit! 🤷‍♂️
@PathosBedlam
@PathosBedlam Год назад
What a hoot seeing the Lems go through a McDonald's drive through. That would be the scariest drive ever if they put lithium ion batteries in it. Definitely need some disk brakes then.
@wickedleeloopy2115
@wickedleeloopy2115 10 месяцев назад
I'm amazed it's allowed on the road 😂
@HarmLessSolutionsNZ
@HarmLessSolutionsNZ Год назад
PSC=1? Missed that bit 😉
@SphereNZ
@SphereNZ 8 дней назад
Nice video!
@letric7927
@letric7927 Год назад
I’ve sat in that a few times but only Royalty gets to ride in it.
@WrathChild-NZ
@WrathChild-NZ Год назад
thats so cooool
@TheSaabGuy9300
@TheSaabGuy9300 Год назад
Id love to come visit EV City!
@Retro-Active
@Retro-Active 11 месяцев назад
Looks like a replica with a few period parts. Neat though!
@youtuberpov
@youtuberpov Год назад
Yeah the door is big enough 😂
@KriZtiaN17VL
@KriZtiaN17VL Год назад
What a cool video!
@dgortner
@dgortner Год назад
What a great car.
@dotheymakethatformen
@dotheymakethatformen Год назад
very cool
@fizzguts
@fizzguts Год назад
Brilliant,
@ChrisSchraders
@ChrisSchraders 8 дней назад
Brilliant! 😂
@donovandelaney3171
@donovandelaney3171 10 месяцев назад
What's up with the bike wheels?
@anelehd5499
@anelehd5499 Год назад
What fun! 🎉 Maybe some seatbelts and motorbike helmets to feel a bit safer.
@ccscomments757
@ccscomments757 11 месяцев назад
Are those aluminum wheels on that 1903 car?
@adamradivojevic465
@adamradivojevic465 Год назад
hahahha -How many HP? -At least one.
@mimarvyn
@mimarvyn 11 месяцев назад
😃
@examinerian
@examinerian Год назад
How do the authorities work out originality on something like this? Is it the same idea as with classic aircraft, where they find key bits of the cockpit buried in a Normandy beach and rebuild around it? Or does someone go the the far end of a 💨 counting a percentage of original bits and gives it a tick when it passes 51?
@Adok24
@Adok24 Год назад
Now race it against a tesla
@Zarphag
@Zarphag Год назад
I've done that already and lost
@clintonsmith9931
@clintonsmith9931 10 месяцев назад
If the motor is period It might be ozone from it you smell. Even greater pollution than a modern petroleum car.
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