I SWAPPED MY RANGE ROVER FOR AN EV!

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Whilst you know I may somewhat of an EV sceptic, my accountant is; year on year - pushing me to buy one. Whilst I've got one in stock, I thought I'd try one for a whole 7 days. Here's how it went...
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@HighPeakAutos 5 месяцев назад

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@Bruiser_Lee 5 месяцев назад

Was the initial £5.00 charged to your card eventually refunded, Matt? i.e. Did it cost £4.78 or £9.78 for 25 minutes of "downloading electricity juice" for (a maximum of) 20 miles of range? Great summary/video, by the way. The UK charging network needs to improve and the cost of the vehicles needs to decrease (a lot) for me to consider one (as a second vehicle). PS. Can the vehicle be disconnected from the public charging station mid-charge? I noticed the "Emergency Stop" button on the station. Could the local yoofs think it was funny to disconnect or stop the charging while you were away so that when you returned it then takes twice as long (and, possibly, twice as much debit to your card, as you need to begin again)?

@thepro08 5 месяцев назад

i have a feeling that these evs will be the worst ambient disaster since the invention of private jets or yatchs for that matter... most of these evs are not lasting 5 years..... its a ambient disaster , the bateries... and guess were most of the eletricity come from? yes greta dads.... loool

@mrandrewhowell 5 месяцев назад

On a recent Harry’s garage video about EVs, he showed that KIAs were some of the worst for battery degradation

@ofusowre7620 5 месяцев назад

Sorry. Even for me who love the blue color. It looks terrible. Sorry Matt 😅 I hate EVs with a passion so i won t comment about the rest😁

@davedutton5291 5 месяцев назад

@@Bruiser_Leethey only hold it whilst the charger is in progress and return almost immediately after. Some don't have an initial feeling so you only pay for the juice you add. From my experience with Octopus the electoverse card saves a lot of messing about and gives you a discount to boot.

@DJRyanJamesUK 5 месяцев назад

The tone in your voice, and the smile on your face says everything you need to know when you was driving that Mercedes.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, not all of us are able to own or drive cars like that.....

@EazyDuz18 5 месяцев назад

You only have yourself to blame for that though.@@Brian-om2hh

@CurioByBSpokeDesigns 5 месяцев назад

LOL he listens to Aqua and has the nerve to tell us a Soul is a pensioner's car! A man of dubious taste! ;-)

@musclerent 5 месяцев назад

The thing is an ev rarely used it's brake pads, it uses regen. Brake pads are one thing it's not going to need

@Anonymous-ib8so 5 месяцев назад

He also does not rate diesels cars. he is clueless

@CurioByBSpokeDesigns 5 месяцев назад

@@Anonymous-ib8so Of course he doesn't rate Diesel cars - he has petrol running through his veins!

@ianb9729 5 месяцев назад

Was Dr Jones a psychologist? Should we ask him what's going on here? Can this man be saved?

@Chris-hw4mq 4 месяца назад

@@musclerent who cares they still suck

@Lamar-eg5xp 5 месяцев назад

Matt, this is one of your best videos! I love the blend between talking about business regarding your EV experience and personal, such as you not remembering your night 🤣! Your humour is perfect and thanks for another great video!

@HighPeakAutos 5 месяцев назад

Haha thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it

@juicypea8392 5 месяцев назад

Matt, as an EV owner (Nissan Ariya with a 270 mile range) I do agree with you that they are a better fit for the retiree, which I am, (and I love a latte as well). But you compared your 5.0L supercharged V8 with a 9 year old EV with a tiny range. I would love to see you do the same test in a Tesla Model 3 for example. I’m sure you would have a more favourable opinion at the end of it.

@Vercingetorixeur 4 месяца назад

" This 2015 mobile phones just can compare to today's, these mobile phone things are a joke"

@memelogy737 5 месяцев назад

Always a good day when HPA uploads

@Mike-hx7yn 5 месяцев назад

Hi Matt No point having all the mod-cons if you can’t switch them on because you can’t risk losing range..!

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Nonsense! If I drove 100 miles in my Kia EV with the heater on, I'd maybe be looking at 10 to 15 miles loss. Certainly no more. A 10 mile trip using the heater, might lose you 750 yards range. Using the radio might cost you 20 yards range.

@Bruiser_Lee 5 месяцев назад

This is the kind of information that reluctant (late) adopters need to alleviate concerns by reflecting ('real world') usage over months, not a few days/a week or a single ‘road trip’, as is usually reported by reviewers with limited access to EVs loaned to them. Similarly, ICE vehicles experience a drop in power to the engine when their onboard air conditioning is active. Is that also noticeable in a (Kia) EV?

@peteygti1 5 месяцев назад

you lose range in an ice car too

@Mariazellerbahn 5 месяцев назад

@@Brian-om2hh Nonsense! If I drove 100 miles in my petrol car with the heater on, I'd be looking at no mileage loss whatsoever. A 10 mile trip using the heater, would lose me nothing. Using the radio wouldn't lose me any range either. It all adds up.

@neilmarshment2910 5 месяцев назад

⁠@@Bruiser_Lee Not sure that the early adopters, the ‘pragmatists’ are convinced yet. Matt’s review was just that, pragmatic.

@fyank1 5 месяцев назад

I did exactly the same as you. I went from a supercharged V8 Range Rover to an EV back in 2014. I’ve never looked back and am now on my 5th EV with a 300 mile range and it does everything I ask of it, in style!

@paulinecooke3450 5 месяцев назад

Hello Matt’s, thanks for another enjoyable video. However you are testing a 9 year old EV with a tiny battery. We have a 4 year old BMW i3 with a usable range of 150 miles. That will do 99 out of 100 journeys we make on a single charge. Charge overnight on a super cheap tariff and it is great VFM. Plus it’s still a BMW!

@jamesdowling9759 5 месяцев назад

Don’t stop the partridge references 😂

@jamesdowling9759 5 месяцев назад

@@bezoekers yep. It’s like a little game in every video trying to spot the reference 😂

@oliverrees9422 5 месяцев назад

It's all about the camera angles

@99AmethystZJ 5 месяцев назад

Good vid Matt, I'm not into them either, my friend has one through work a big VW something or other and Dave thing, promises range until you use wipers, lights or heating, sod that! They didn't take it when we went away for a weekend as couldn't be sure where to charge it and it wouldn't have made the journey! 👍

@nick52525 5 месяцев назад

This 27kWh Soul is for sale for £9,295. There’s a 64kWh Soul for sale for £13,995 on AutoTrader which has more than double the range. Also I would try to charge at home and work with a 32Amp charger rather than a 10Amp one with a 3 pin plug. Much safer and designed to be left charging overnight.

@stepjamie 5 месяцев назад

I agree, a 2 car scenario, I use my EV (2015 i3) for daily work commute, drives to London and back (25 miles each way) going to the gym and tennis etc, but not for any long driving when you can't guarantee where a charging point is or if it's a rapid charge, let alone working or available.

@noordinaryjoe1414 5 месяцев назад

“I don’t like to give in” he says, from the front seat of a Mercedes S class

@bigfilsing 5 месяцев назад

Nice honest video! I'm just very skeptical as to how long EV's will remain Tax exempt once the uptake rate rises!

@chr15b 5 месяцев назад

Good shout. The BIK rate is going increase 1% a year. Currently at 2%

@maverick6631 5 месяцев назад

EVs will be taxed from 1st April 2025, and that will apply to existing zero emission vehicles, not just new ones from that date.

@chr15b 5 месяцев назад

@@maverick6631 I assume they'll be on the lowest band, which will still be a significant saving.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@chr15b I'm guessing they'll be what will (by then) be the lowest band, at £190 per year.....

@TGRacing 5 месяцев назад

My Outlander PHEV is £0 VED it has a range of 300 miles plus and, although the EV only range is small (25-ish), it's fine for pootling about. It can move a huge amount of gear and cruise the motorways comfortably. Heated leather seats, etc. 🙂

@amdadurrahman3967 5 месяцев назад

Nice! Was looking to get one, what's the cost of a full tank? And what's your insurance like?

@nigeltant 5 месяцев назад

I think you are right about them being a good second car - a lot of people have 2 cars in the family and an EV seems perfect as a local every day runabout. We have solar panels, so having one seems a no brainer when I can charge it for free. I have no idea how often they go wrong, but they are simpler than an internal combustion engined car, so maintenance should be cheaper. We forget that ir is early days for these - consider how long it took to get from the Model T to our modern cars.

@OldSkoolDJFX 5 месяцев назад

I think doing the test in better EV would have been fairer.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

But that was the only EV Matt had in stock, for sale. This Soul is one of the earlier examples with the smaller capacity battery. The version you buy today, has a battery pack of almost 3 times the capacity.....

@skarpheinnsmundsson9741 5 месяцев назад

@@Brian-om2hh Indeed and he shouldn´t have used it as an example when it doesn´t or just barely fits his needs, that will not give a fair owner experience to anyone and the review showed as much. If he was doing an ev review then he should do as everyone does or should do and pick something that fits his needs.

@musclerent 5 месяцев назад

Perhaps one 10 years younger with a 200 to 400 mile range

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@skarpheinnsmundsson9741 I can only agree with that. Given that Matt's Soul is a 9 year old example, and the newer Souls have 3 times the range. Someone has already pointed out that given Matt needs a car to do his job, he chose the wrong tool for that job....

@user-qh3tv4id2j 5 месяцев назад

He recently had a Nissan leaf e+ been fairer to use this. Also no works or home charger so 3 pin plug charging, ridiculous. That’s a petrol head trying to do a comparison.

@peterlinley6520 5 месяцев назад

You had me worried for a few minutes...

@carlgardiner3626 5 месяцев назад

Mate I know u love your range rovers. Fairplayed as I do too. I'd love to see u test the new Kia 4x4. Ev9 I think it's called. Keep the videos coming. Think I have completed both your channel and tranformotion. Well done bud, all the very best x

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

I think Matt already has driven one.....

@Jackster4505 5 месяцев назад

There was a time buying a second hand car a set of cars mats normally clinched the deal....now I'm going to want a new battery pack, and a set of mats. Keep up the good work, love the different content now and again.

@MidghamSteve 5 месяцев назад

You said it at the start, the EV for you would be the Tesla Model 3 LR - maybe 3 years old? Has all the range you are looking for with the fun of a boost if you need it. Plus the Tesla Superchargers are second to none.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Yes, the LR version of the Model 3 would do what Matt needs. Richard - he of the RSEV RU-vid channel - drove a Model 3 LR from Edinburgh to London airport, without stopping to charge. He videoed the complete trip (editing out the bit where he pi$$ed into a bottle on the move).

@Adamlllllllllllljjjljljjjjj 5 месяцев назад

Mattttt, I think you should have picked an Ev that is big and luxurious, similar to your Range Rover. I think you’d like an early Jag i pace, they have depreciated lots, and with bigger wheels (wheels under 20 inch make the car look less appealing). Or maybe you could look at a phev for a few months before switching to an EV. Apparently their putting road tax on ev’s soon aswell

@robloxfan4271 5 месяцев назад

agreed, he should re do the test but with a more expensive electric car

@jamesmaybrick2001 5 месяцев назад

@@robloxfan4271 Isnt that like saying he should only test more expensive non EV's? Plenty of other channels do those. This channel is about the sort of car most people can afford.

@UnknownUser-rb9pd 5 месяцев назад

@@jamesmaybrick2001 He's deliberately picked the worst car he could find for range when he has a minimum of 50 miles a day to drive. That's like buying a city car when you have to travel across Europe. There's plenty of cars that he could have bought 2nd hand that would have doubled this range and more modern cars can charge more quickly as well. If he had a 150 or 200 mile range he'd easily have avoided his range anxiety. If you're one of the rare people who drive hundreds of miles everyday an EV is still probably not for you but the average commute is about 20 miles.

@Anonymous-ib8so 5 месяцев назад

No EV achieves anywhere near it's claimed range. Teslas are facing a court case from the Dept of Justice in the USA. Every other manufacture has a get out clause under their ads. if toy are driving more than 20 miles a day you are wasting a large part of your life charging these monstrosities

@stevefairbanks835 5 месяцев назад

I Pace! With their track record

@ducatimikep 5 месяцев назад

An excellent assessment real world video. Thank you!

@MrWitheridge 5 месяцев назад

Great video! Thinking about plug in hybrids for next car vs pure EV - if you get the chance to do some reviews on those kinds of vehicles (2nd hand) that would be really interesting. Especially with a view on how to look at what the battery state is in!

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Buying a used EV isn't an issue if you have the battery packed checked with an OBD device. This can provide you with a print-out of the battery's state of health in percentage terms. Would this be what you would want?

@ScouseSponge 5 месяцев назад

Aqua did have a few certified bangers! enjoyable video as always! My wife has a 2022 kia soul, winter range is 220 miles 260+ in the summer. Great little car but still requires charging every 3 days or so.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

so 60 to 70 miles a *day* ? That's around three times the average UK daily commute. You are clearly the exception....

@davidbillberg2203 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the 4 videos coming this week!

@simonlloyd100 5 месяцев назад

I have a Soul 64kw...get 250 miles and regularly do long trips...generally without any problems

@Cloud007. 5 месяцев назад

I loled HARD at the "it's like being in a bleeding discotheque" line 😂😂😂

@iainmacleod4007 5 месяцев назад

As a long time EV owner you have captured all the salient points of operating an EV. They drive well but the range is limited and the charging network woeful. Regarding the cost of public charging, I could have bought my dream car an F Type Jaguar and it would have been cheaper to run. Depreciation on my one year old ID3 with 10000 on the clock has been £26000 which is eye watering.

@Luckyjo21 5 месяцев назад

then go buy a diesel instead of driving that crap

@DMBriffa 5 месяцев назад

Hold on to it for two or three years and your losses may well be far less. There's a lot of FUD about EVs right now. Vested interests are spreading it. I think it's temporary.

@adamfry1125 5 месяцев назад

As a long time EV owner would you not have ruined the video by simply plugging in over night on day 1. Stupid video if you're not going to use the main convenience of an EV. Oh look I need to reinforce my point so I will self sabotage the already small range by refusing the opportunity to fill up over night when I'm asleep 🤦

@scrubplaceholder6216 5 месяцев назад

Lel buying new cars, thats the worst thing you can do with your money. 2nd hand is always the way to go. Let some sucker pay the bill for youm

@iainmacleod4007 5 месяцев назад

@@Luckyjo21 Read my comments, they are far superior to drive compared to an ICE vehicle as quieter, far quicker and smooth as silk to drive. It is range and charging issues that let them down. Charged from home at night on the cheap rate they work very well indeed. Clearly you have never owned one or driven one.

@keithparish5863 5 месяцев назад

very fair assessment considering the car in question

@kevinallen4604 4 месяца назад

Stupid comparison though. Plus why wouldnt you not charge it over night when you know range is limited. Why would a car dealer not have a charge point installed in 2024? It would most likely have done all he needs if he had chargers at work and home. Not only would he charge an EV cheaply at home, the house woud get cheap electricity too with the right tariff choice. Set up to fail, choice of vehicle, how it was used.

@jacksillery 5 месяцев назад

I have a Skoda enyaq 80 and it’s lovely. I’ve been getting 230miles + in winter. I have spaced the heat pump which makes a difference to your range. I would highly recommend getting one as there great value

@Jackthesmilingblack 5 месяцев назад

I always used Ferodo DS11 (front) and VG95 (rear). A heavy pedal with no servo but then they were the competition brake material of the 1960s. You got them free with an international competition licence. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

@antoniopalmero4063 5 месяцев назад

I use my Nissan leaf for everyday use and the Range Rover vogue at weekends or longer journeys .

@rogerwredford 5 месяцев назад

This is how I perceive the average Joe who enjoys his “proper” cars will end up using them… to offset the cost and environmental effect of running an internal combustion car for longer trips or the pleasure of it

@rhysparker6504 5 месяцев назад

Getting a Cupra Born delivered tomorrow. It’s a salary sacrifice lease deal and I can’t afford not to (I have to pay the ULEZ to go to work). But I’ll also be swapping my current E350 coupe for a convertible - probably another Merc for weekends and road trips

@tonywoodford8296 5 месяцев назад

As a retired man I think I'll stick to my diesel engines, it would do my head in sitting around waiting for a car to charge, when I can fill my tank up and do 500 miles with

@69mrhappy1977 5 месяцев назад

I don’t sit around waiting for my EV to charge. I take 10 seconds plugging it in, then go in my house. Then in the morning spend 10 seconds unplugging my EV and then drive away with, (if I have chosen to) a full “tank” with around 250 miles of range costing me around 3 pence per mile.

@andrewwaller5913 5 месяцев назад

@@69mrhappy1977 So any further than 125 miles away you need a diesel car then! 😂 As you're too tight to charge up away from home!

@Astron0mical_ 5 месяцев назад

@@69mrhappy1977where as I can buy a £500 diesel Skoda and get 1000 miles out of a tank for £75. Do the maths

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

I don't "sit around" waiting for my car to charge. I charge mine during the night while I sleep. This has zero effect on my lifestyle. Once charged, I'm good for 230 miles (around 8 days) or so. How many times do you drive 500 miles in one go, without stopping?

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@69mrhappy1977 3p a mile? Oooh, that's a bit costly.😉😉 British Gas are now offering a tariff at 4.5p per kwh.

@cbimage 5 месяцев назад

Of course they're quicker (the chargepoints): the "granny charger" will give you only 2.4kW, whereas the chargepoints will be 20 times that. And Zap Map will tell you what the charge will cost you per unit.

@garethbain7477 5 месяцев назад

Certified Bangers!!! Lovely stuff!

@HighPeakAutos 5 месяцев назад

Classic queen

@RS.Outdoors 5 месяцев назад

Was just watching Harrys Garage where he has went back to a diesel Range Rover and you are going to and EV :)

@narniebone1332 5 месяцев назад

Yeah Harry gave a very interesting review and hits the nail on the head great bit of motoring journalism.

@gypsyemperor7535 5 месяцев назад

@@narniebone1332opinion of a multi millionaire counts for little

@narniebone1332 5 месяцев назад

@@gypsyemperor7535 why would his wealth have anything to do with it

@markrathbone179 5 месяцев назад

I agree, I also watched Harrys review and it was spot on, best Motoring journalist on RU-vid@@narniebone1332

@gypsyemperor7535 5 месяцев назад

@@narniebone1332 the rich can afford to keep ruining the planet

@pokerman111111111111 5 месяцев назад

Try a tesla model 3 long range for a week Tesla chargers And 340 mile range..but I think you knew your answer before you even started

@dancooper2072 5 месяцев назад

They look horrendous and are built just as bad

@wilburytwist6683 5 месяцев назад

That looks like Alderley Edge ! I hope you had your " My Other Car is a Range Rover " sticker on the back. 🤪😂

@simonnash2416 5 месяцев назад

Very honest review. I am just about to take delivery of a Plug in Hybrid with a range of 50 mile on Ev. So in theory you could use this for your commute & have the petrol engine to avoid range anxiety & give you some flexibility. Also your accountant would probably like the low benefit in kind tax.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Exactly right. You would be using your plug-in hybrid in exactly the way it is intended to be used. I can't understand those who get a plug-in hybrid, then never charge it up. To me, that's tantamount to lunacy. You do need to keep that battery charged up at every opportunity, to maximise the efficiency. Why pay 20p (or more) to cover a mile, when you could do it for (say) an 8th of the cost? .

@TheVintageApplianceEmporium 5 месяцев назад

It entirely depends on your own personal use case. I know I could make one work. But I can't justify the expense or the precipitous depreciation. It would cost me less to keep my old L322 on the road and swallow the running costs / repair bills. Which is pretty crazy TBH

@EwanM11 5 месяцев назад

Take advantage of the mega depreciation and get one second hand. No good for business tax, but I've found it is still relatively economical for me to buy second hand and claim mileage. But i do about 2000 miles a month so i skew heavily towards economical cars, can't do much better than an EV with home charging.

@TheVintageApplianceEmporium 5 месяцев назад

@@EwanM11 I have been pondering this. A one year old MG5 with 7k miles on the clock can be picked up for £15k. Less than half price after 12 months

@ryuhayabaker 5 месяцев назад

I tend to agree, most of the time as it's a case by case basis. At the moment, I don't need to drive for work, I usually do a lot of my stuff within a 26 mile round trip - however, once every weekend or so I have to drive from Dorset to London or elsewhere for football, so a car like this wouldn't be recommended as a sole car. Instead I've got a 16 year old 1.5l Swift, with only 58,500 on the clock (thank you old people of Hampshire doing 400 miles a year on average), and while it's not the most comfortable after 2 hours driving, it's been reliable, it's fuel efficient, it's not boring to drive and it's relatively cheap - cost only £3,000 around 5/6 years ago.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

But why buy new? I saw someone get a really clean 2016 Renault Zoe with 35k miles on it for £4400 a while back. How much depreciation might you expect to see on a Zoe like this? It's lost almost all it's going to lose.....

@user-qh3tv4id2j 5 месяцев назад

It’s revues like his that makes people hate Eva’s so drop in value. Should have done his research before, like sensible ev owners do.

@jassingh7513 5 месяцев назад

The charging times are more of a bug bear with me compared to range. Its fine if you have a home charger however the public charging infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired, and the cost is usually on a par with a tank of fuel. In addition, it takes minute to fuel up at a petrol pump, whereas its a hour plus, to charge an EV

@DarrenWhittington 5 месяцев назад

I've been in a EV just over a year now, since my normal day to day driving charging at home costs 2/3p a mile compared to 16p in a ICE what I do spend using the public charging infrastructure averages out to nothing. if I do charge at public chargers its usually just 10mins to get to my destination, never any more than 30.

@Lucaat 5 месяцев назад

I just came back from spain where I rented the 20kwh version of the fiat 500e. I liked it, but I would definitely go for the 42kwh version. UNLESS all you really do is lurk around the backstreets and can charge at home.

@Shutityou 5 месяцев назад

Hey Matt. They having the berocca the night before rather than the am. What a game changer.

@stevenham1937 5 месяцев назад

Be good to see you do a week with a Tesla long range and how much easier it is with their super charger network and the way the whole system works through the sat nav and charging cost being all set up. I think having high 200’s in miles and the speed of a top up charge makes a lot of difference looking at it from the outside at least.

@EwanM11 5 месяцев назад

There are two types of EVs. Teslas and non-Teslas.

@alexdalgleish1061 5 месяцев назад

I’ve messaged him pretty much that. Tesla Stockport not far away at all and it’d be a complete doddle.

@rambleon3698 5 месяцев назад

How boring would that be. Tesla's are so meh!

@gypsyemperor7535 5 месяцев назад

@@rambleon3698 100% u have never driven or sat in one. Utter liar

@Anonymous-ib8so 5 месяцев назад

@@EwanM11 And both are rubbish

@DaBurgeo 5 месяцев назад

Hi Matt, great content. The win with EV’s IS home charging. Mine has a 175 mile real world range. Rarely do more than that in a day, even if you have 10 miles left, you wake up with another 175 for few quid.

@hendrikott3827 5 месяцев назад

I have been driving a ev for 8 months now a cupra born and im impressed by it and i like it more than my old petrol car and would not change back in due time

@ajpspecialistcars 5 месяцев назад

Great video Matt from Holmfirth west yorks 👍

@johnwaugh6410 5 месяцев назад

We had a range rover (BMW M62) and after selling that we bought a Kia Soul EV, but the newer one with 64kwh battery. We loved the range rover, but seriously the Kia is actually better! We set it up to charge to 80% to preserve the battery on off peak electricity. Every morning it's good for about 200 miles. On a cold day the app allows you to pre heat it, and unlike the Range rover it is pretty reliable. The newer Kia Soul is very easy to live with, but you are right about public chargers... Total rip off.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Indeed, the larger battery in the newer version makes all the difference. Public charging with a subscription can be way cheaper than paying the "normal" cost. My local charge network charges 38p per kwh on it's heavy user subscription. The non-subscriber costs at most chargers are up around 60 to 80p per kwh.... I smiled at the " unlike the Range Rover, it is pretty reliable" comment..... There's way less to go wrong with an EV. Around 30 moving parts, against thousands for anything with an engine....

@johnwaugh6410 5 месяцев назад

@@Brian-om2hh Exactly so! It's actually quite liberating no longer living with a car where the timing chain guides can detonate any moment. Obviously the key thing with an EV is to avoid that crazy early depreciation. We decided that a 2 year old Kia with 5 years warranty left hit the sweet spot.

@grahamleiper1538 5 месяцев назад

Lots changed with EVs since 2015. The point is you start every day with a full tank. Pay the money for a proper charger, rather than use a plug. Range anxiety died about 2019 unless you buy specific low range cars. Heat pumps are way more common. Public charging can be painful and expensive unless Tesla. Quite impressed the charger you found worked. At home on cheap rate you'd fill it for £2.

@jimpackard8059 5 месяцев назад

Range anxiety only vanishes if you only ever drive locally and can charge at home/work.

@FFVoyager 5 месяцев назад

@@jimpackard8059 what EV do you drive?

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@jimpackard8059 Which actually applies to most people. The average UK daily commute is 20.8 miles, and the average UK motorway journey is 70 to 80 miles.....

@skarpheinnsmundsson9741 5 месяцев назад

@@jimpackard8059 Nope just vanished completely, on my longer trips I stop after driving 3-4hours anyway and the 15-20min it takes to charge is enough time to get something to eat, stretch a little, go to the restroom and off again. And as others have said the average commute for most isn´t that long so it´s the occasional longer trip that is the only time you have to charge away and with most never ev´s you have fast charging and decent range. I have had Teslas for 6years now and only once had range anxiety and that was my fault and not the cars.

@peteygti1 5 месяцев назад

even tesla is expensive

@nigelmitchell5726 5 месяцев назад

Glad you still have the range rover 😊

@fredlenz4743 5 месяцев назад

All your "New Brake Pad Technology" was available 40 years ago. I should know as I was Quality Assurance Manager at a friction material manufacturer supplying OEM parts to the automotive industry at that time.

@rod9829 5 месяцев назад

1) get one with higher range (Base model 3 has base 344 miles range) 2) charge it at home at night

@FancyaBevMate 5 месяцев назад

Even the Highlands just does 344 miles the base is under 300

@Andrew-tb9vr 5 месяцев назад

To be fair Tesla has similar satisfaction levels to regular fuelled cars. Its the other manufacturers that disappoint massively.

@peteygti1 5 месяцев назад

@@Andrew-tb9vr the others disappoint massively? I think they don't, for a start they don't have massive panel gaps

@youraveragejoe1 5 месяцев назад

The thing is you have to spend a lot of money to get a decent range on an electric car. Meanwhile almost any petrol/diesel cars has a good range

@peteygti1 5 месяцев назад

@@youraveragejoe1 you really don't, you buy an EV based on your needs - most people don't need something that can go 300 miles.

@ridgmont61 5 месяцев назад

I think you do need to try this with a 300+ mile EV and see how the range anxiety is.

@gypsyemperor7535 5 месяцев назад

Wouldn't suit his AGENDA

@dmn1000000 5 месяцев назад

His anti-EV agenda which is perfectly tailored to his gammon change-hating audience.

@mst4314 5 месяцев назад

Don't think that would satisfy most of the watchers. Wouldn't fit the agenda when in reality if he picked a half decent ev it would actually be more convenient to use considering he has a driveway to charge it on

@jonl8509 5 месяцев назад

Yes, that would only leave him with the insurance cost anxiety, the high purchase price anxiety, the cold weather battery depletion anxiety and the charging point availability/serviceability anxiety to deal with.

@mst4314 5 месяцев назад

@jonl8509 he can charge at home so charger anxiety isn't a thing for him. If it is then buy a tesla. Cold weather is also a non issue, EVs make up 80% of sales in Norway. Battery degradation is a massively overblown non issue- you think manufacturers are giving 8 year battery warranties because they think they will need replacing?! And finally, Matt drives a range rover as a daily... hardly a monument to frugality is it?! He could sell it, buy a model 3 and be quids in. Not to be rude but you are a bit out of date. Most of your concerns were relevant a decade ago. Most people really think they need a range of 500 mile plus. How many of them have ever actually driven that kind of distance in one go?! I've been driving 20 years and I haven't. It's over 7 hours at motorway speed, who is doing that without taking a couple of stops regularly?! Answers: nobody and bullshitters for the sake of winning anti ev arguments on social media

@formonthills 5 месяцев назад

Another cracking video Matt👍 What about an EV trip to Spain ?

@garybailey4911 5 месяцев назад

Excellent, really enjoyed the review

@veke1069 5 месяцев назад

After a year living with a 2023 Volvo XC40 EV reaching -40 celsius, our experience has been quite good. Coming from a 2011 V70 D3 to the XC40 it was a massive jump of course, but in the terms of charging we just plug it in every night and we have 250km in the freezing and in the summer 350km. For a trip of 600km we just do 2 breaks, one for eating for about 20-25 minutes and a another for a toilet and a coffee break for 15-20 min. The range anxiety goes away after a few weeks.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Exactly. It's all about perceptions and expectations. Once over, we only had horses to get around. It took a week or more to get from one end of the country to the other. A 20 mile journey took hours, yet everyone coped ok......

@charlietwotimes 5 месяцев назад

Tbf, in a fair few petrol cars you put the aircon on & you lose 10% fuel efficiency too..

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Quite correct.

@cgln8760 5 месяцев назад

But it takes 5 mins to fill up a petrol car. not so in an EV.

@lumicolour1 5 месяцев назад

@@cgln87605-15 minutes and how much is the fuel bill?

@BenRelle 5 месяцев назад

My mum has a diesel Kia Soul. She's only 80,so don't worry. It's red though, so less 'blue fund's than yours. It's fun to drive for what it is. Wheel at each corner, nice sporty seats. She drives it to her house in France. Not something you could do with yours. 😊

@davedutton5291 5 месяцев назад

Watched with interest and glad you could see the positives as well as the negatives. I've been running an I-pace for the past 13 months and wouldn't change it for an ICE car now. Maybe you should take it out for a couple of days to get a real world impression of an equivalent level EV to the Range Rover.

@bloodstockvip2176 5 месяцев назад

Not all evs are like this, borrow my model 3 long range with boost (lowered does help) and do your usual runs which it likes the motorway (70mph). I do a daily 146 mile commute and always get home with 50% battery left from fully charged, even booting it off the line a few times and not tiptoeing around either. Ev will not work for everyone but for a car now around £20k that'll do 60mph in under 4 seconds is good for many and £4 a 'tank', it's cheap motoring too on the go if you can home charge as I do, which some can't I know.

@derekburgess 5 месяцев назад

Sounds good. How long does it take to recharge 146 miles at home?

@markburton8303 5 месяцев назад

@@derekburgess I'd say 5-6 hours based on 3.5miles/kWh and 7kw charger.

@EazyDuz18 5 месяцев назад

too slow. What good is a 4 sec nort to sixty if someone in a 1 litre Micra would beat the Tesla to the destination on a roadtrip@@markburton8303

@musclerent 5 месяцев назад

Most new ev's do this as well. It's the standard

@PooleAcademyofWingChun 5 месяцев назад

😂

@miguelcamara3352 5 месяцев назад

You got it spot on when you said. THE PROBLEM WITH EV'S. Is THERES NO MARGIN FOR ERRORS 👍👍👏👏

@Bruiser_Lee 5 месяцев назад

...in a 2015 Kia Soul(less) 27kWh EV Auto 5dr (£9,295). From HPA's website listing, "...This time of year it has a range of around 80-90 miles..." - A 40-mile commute to/from work would be a squeaky-bum time in colder weather (such as further North in the UK).

@gypsyemperor7535 5 месяцев назад

Ridiculous car to use... Total agenda. Monkey

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

There isn't if you drive a near 10 year old EV, with a relatively tiny battery pack. Although the story is quite different if you have a battery pack of around 3 times the capacity, which can readily take you almost 250 miles before you need to consider stopping to charge. You have mistakenly assumed *all* EV's must be like the one Matt drove here.....

@Bruiser_Lee 5 месяцев назад

No, I haven't mistakenly assumed anything,@@Brian-om2hh - thanks for your reply. This is not the first video I have watched or article/review I have seen - far from it. Although this is not the case today, I used to travel more than 250 miles a day to/from work, and many more miles during weekends. Just last week, my local temperatures dropped to -5C and were -9C around three weeks ago. I suspect quoted ranges would be drastically affected in these conditions. I am not making excuses/reasons to dislike EVs, I am just trying to understand if they are usable right now (especially as buying a new EV model with better technology is not an easy financial pill to swallow either). Having to pause a journey to charge for hours at a time is not practical compared to filling at a conventional pump. The availability of (free/usable) charging stations is also a concern. I appreciate advancements will come in a few years, and the technology will get better (and cheaper). Hopefully, all these issues will be rectified before EVs are forced on us but, right now, I cannot commit to the idea.

@schaerfentiefe1967 5 месяцев назад

I think: If you can charge at home a PHEV is still a reasonable option. You can do shorter trips fully electric but you still have the long rage with fuel if needed.

@kierenmooney8686 5 месяцев назад

Nice video I couldn’t live with it soon as my motor has less that 100 miles left in the tank I head to the nearest fuel station

@gregg.d 5 месяцев назад

Had a Mini Cooper S EV for 48hours from Halliwell Jones, and it was a good comparison to our petrol Cooper S; performance wise it was identical, and infact quite hilarious launching away from traffic lights. But the range and extra planning would get on my nerves after a while. They reckon 140 miles is expected but I was closer to 120 with mixed driving and aircon/heated seats on as usual. I have seen people getting a range of 70 miles from a full charge, which you can easily burn through in a Mini Cooper S.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

But be honest, you wouldn't choose a Mini if you were planning lots of long motorway journeys, would you? The Mini is marketed as a convenient town and city car, not a motorway cruiser.

@gregg.d 5 месяцев назад

@@Brian-om2hh just completed 962 miles in 7 days around mid/south Wales on fast A roads & the M4 in a 2023 Countryman Cooper S and it was extremely comfy.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@gregg.d It's good you found the Mini comfortable. A friend of mine bought a new Mini Countryman a couple of years back, and I've sat in the front as a passenger. Sadly, I found it anything but comfortable. The seats - particularly the seat bases - didn't feel large enough. I felt as though I was sat *on* them, rather than *in* them..... Compared to my Golf Mk7, the Countryman's ride seemed choppy, and far from smooth.

@chrishar110 5 месяцев назад

@@gregg.d You could do the same journey with the electric MINI and charge at the hotel while you were in bed. Every decent hotel I've been has chargers

@gregg.d 5 месяцев назад

@@chrishar110 there was no chargers where I was staying, and I think I only saw two down in Carmarthen. Infact, I don’t recall seeing many electric cars in general.

@kovbahadori3485 5 месяцев назад

I love my BMW I3 - 42KWh battery and 7Kw wall box for overnight charging - moves the game on

@jsd170 5 месяцев назад

Great video 👌🏽

@jamesjohnson1099 5 месяцев назад

Very informative thankyou

@jamesonslow 5 месяцев назад

Nice, fair assessment, Matt. I was nearly convinced but you got me at the £/mile figure. Ok and there's the range issue. For practical and affordable motoring, I use and maintain a high mileage mid-2000s diesel. Sadly, nothing comes close.

@Bikeops2021 5 месяцев назад

Did you get a free jumper with the EV+ brake pads? 😂😂

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Why would you need brake pads? My neighbours Hyundai Ioniq lasted 90k miles before it's brake pads were changed.

@Bikeops2021 5 месяцев назад

@@Brian-om2hh was he called Mr Litefoot?

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@Bikeops2021 no particular need for a light foot. EV's have regenerative braking.... Select the appropriate level of regen for the driving you do, and you'll hardly ever touch the brakes.

@markanderson298 5 месяцев назад

Interesting video Matt, thanks. Agree with your “two car family” suggestion. We have a FIAT 500e which has a realistic range of 160 miles. It has never been that far in one trip and has only ever needed to charge overnight at home on cheap rate electricity so costs next to nothing to run. Our other car is a Volvo V60 which always does the long trips. Previously had a Jaguar ipace which was brilliant but too expensive, fortunately managed to sell it just at the right time when ev prices were silly high.

@derekdee9592 5 месяцев назад

Interesting voice over ! Makes you ponder .

@AnItalianGuyOnYT 5 месяцев назад

here to stop people from saying "first".

@patrickbateman9197 5 месяцев назад

I know. I couldn't stop myself. Something took over me and made me do it.

@CathodeRayNipplez 5 месяцев назад

I second that 🤣

@PointNemo9 5 месяцев назад

First

@paulmcgee1867 5 месяцев назад

First

@paulmcgee1867 5 месяцев назад

Personally I think if you are living where the car can be charged, the default should be to charge it

@richardshiggins704 5 месяцев назад

The Soul was not a bad car and still is especially with the most recent 2023 model having a 64kWh battery . The range is definitely much improved and the styling is quirky enough to make it quite appealing , like the i3 back in it's day .

@gypsyemperor7535 5 месяцев назад

But he has a biased agenda, so using a modern capable ev with 200 plus Mike range doesn't suit the AGENDA

@Sukkulents_ 5 месяцев назад

@@gypsyemperor7535I can’t take anyone who says ‘Agenda’ seriously. His point was that it was a cheaper used vehicle with low mileage. It’s what the average person is expected to be driving given the broad push to EVs despite their batteries making their prices unaffordable for many in the first 3 years of their lifespan. That was his point

@135Ops 5 месяцев назад

@@gypsyemperor7535 Modern capable EV's with a 200 mile plus agenda are too expensive for the majority of his buyers so it's fair enough to use this Kia as an example. Sounds to me like it's you that has the agenda.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@135Ops Matt's Soul will almost certainly find a buyer, although there are other options "out there" too, such as the extremely clean 2016 Renault Zoe, with 35k miles on it I saw someone gat for £4400 a few weeks back....

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

@@135Ops You'd probably find that most who choose a new EV don't buy, they lease. And there are a couple of reasons for that. 1. Leasing side-steps pretty much all of the effects of depreciation if you're good with the Monthly cost of the lease. 2. You get the opportunity to upgrade to the newer updated model at the end of the lease - usually 3 or 4 years.

@user-hu1rh9yf4y 5 месяцев назад

Never miss the opportunity to charge at home overnight, you always start the day with your best range.

@Jeffrey.shorts64 5 месяцев назад

A.B.C

@richardhunt1384 5 месяцев назад

9:46 What are the sticker and aerial (??) for that are stuck in the OS passenger window?? Also if you had used a PHEV would that be a better? proposition

@robertheywood5523 5 месяцев назад

I was putting my car in for a service last November when one of the salesmen approached me. “Have you thought about replacing your car with an EV?”, I told him that I visit my sister who lives near Penzance. Quick as a flash he say “think of the money you would save on fuel”. I said “I, but the hotel bills would be through the roof” I live in North Cumbria - 950 mile round trip, + I’m the cemetery side of 70

@andymccabe6712 5 месяцев назад

Er, what you SHOULD do is ...FLY to Cornwall ...from Manchester......!!

@robertheywood2553 5 месяцев назад

@@andymccabe6712 Done it a couple of times from Newcastle to Newquay.

@chrissinclaire9936 5 месяцев назад

I have been driving EV''s for just over a year now. Started with a VW ID4, and now I have the Audi Q4 e-Tron 50 Quattro, that Matt did a review on. I easily get over 250 miles of range out of it. It charges up at home overnight, and on the rare occasions that i have had to use a public charger, normally on the motorway, I have mostly had positive experiences. However, if I didn't have the off-road parking and a charging unit at home, I would have to question whether I would have the EV over a diesel/petrol.

@chrishart8548 5 месяцев назад

Do you charge above 80% regularly?

@stevecarr3019 5 месяцев назад

I too have a Q4 ETron, albeit a 40 rwd. I have only had it 3 months so I’m no expert but I just can’t get over how cheap it is to run. I was getting 31mpg out of my 71 plate A5 which works out roughly £20.70 per 100 miles whereas my Q4 is costing 2.70 per 100 mile. The road tax for the A5 was £570, it’s a no brainer for me, I can’t imagine ever going back to an ICE vehicle again. The car cost more but that’s more than offset by the savings

@chrissinclaire9936 5 месяцев назад

@@chrishart8548 Only when I am going on a journey of more that 200 miles in one day.

@chrissinclaire9936 5 месяцев назад

@@stevecarr3019 My VWI D4 is a company car, and the difference in benefit in kind and fuel tax when compared to my previous Audi A5 Diesel are about £700 a month. So my initial view was it was worth going electric for the tax savings. However, I enjoyed the EV experience so much, I bought the Audi Q4 as my personal car. I retire in April this year, so the VW will go back then. Very good car, but the Audi has the edge in many areas.

@stevecarr3019 5 месяцев назад

Wow that is a great saving. Good luck on your retirement, I’m retired now myself

@dscotia 5 месяцев назад

There is a simple dynamic with EVs, charge up when you can especially small capacity battery ones. Doesn't matter how long, if you're not using it Charge IT!🤗 We found this out with our second car, we had no budget whatsoever, we could only afford a 24kW Leaf but as a local area runaround we could clock up the miles. So we took a leaf out of the local taxi firm's book. When ever sitting, charge. Even on a piddling granny charger offers 10 miles in an hour. A domestic 7kW offers up around 26 miles🤗 ps. our Leaf had a 6.6kW OBC

@davidk7262 2 месяца назад

I had a first gen leaf with a similar range. My wife's commute was a 44 miles round trip. You just change your mindset ever so slightly and when you come home at night you plug it in. In this video you could've had no worries had you have done that. I am willing to bet you find time to plug your phone in every night.......it is the same! The latest EVs are a different story anyway but I would still apply the same rule.

@pokerman111111111111 5 месяцев назад

So a small battery car with little range is no good for lots of miles. Who would have thunk it.. My EV has 64kw battery with 250-300 miles. Use the right tool for the job.

@dmn1000000 5 месяцев назад

Lol exactly

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Exactly....

@skarpheinnsmundsson9741 5 месяцев назад

And he should know exactly that and not do such a review with a car that doesn´t or just barely fits his needs.

@youraveragejoe1 5 месяцев назад

But are there many EVs with 250 mile ranges under £10k? Cause lot everyone has a lot to spend on a new car

@pokerman111111111111 5 месяцев назад

if you really need the range there are 160ish mile new shape nissan leaf and possibly 200 mile new shape renault zoe R135 and plenty of 160 mile R110 zoe.you can get first generation zoe that does 70-80 miles for £5k+.He compared a £60-70K range rover to a bottom of the barrel ev.not really a fair comparison.small battery,slow charging if he spent £50k on an ev it would be differant story.300 mile range.full battery in 20 mins.that would be a lot easier to live with.he did absoluelty no research into charging or his car then he will come unstuck and blame ev's.not hard to watch a youtube video or google

@jcfallows 5 месяцев назад

You need a performance long range Tesla, that would be an interesting looking term test for you.

@jcflippen1552 5 месяцев назад

Very fair video. You just need right EV for your particular use. I have long range 220 - 240 realistic miles MG ZS EV that suits any daily/weekly needs. Charging at around £8 per week! The Kia Soul would be fine for typical daily local use.

@Thesobercarper 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for your honest videos, any chance of doing luxury second hand small cars 🚗 video

@Nick_G7IZR 5 месяцев назад

"Quite a high spec" = less range. A heated steering wheel and heated seats, whilst nice to have "up north" just sap the battery. Maybe they should include a little petrol generator in the boot to power the heater 😁

@davidquinn5906 5 месяцев назад

Honestly, worrying about heated seats, lights and the radio draining the battery is a bit like worrying you left the tap running on the Titanic. It's nothing.

@Nick_G7IZR 5 месяцев назад

@@davidquinn5906 It's 10%! Doesn't matter on a short run, but it would matter if you had to go any distance

@shawing 5 месяцев назад

But you already know that it is a bit limited on range when you get in it..? Think it might have been the main heating that was doing that anyway, the heated seats and wheel are meant to be more efficient I think so I'd use that personally.

@davidquinn5906 5 месяцев назад

@@Nick_G7IZR I was answering your point about heated seats etc. But I guess Kia cheaped out by not fitting a heap pump for the main heating which is bad.

@Nick_G7IZR 5 месяцев назад

4:20 @woolychewbakker5277 Take a look at his video again. Start at 4:20 where he turns his climate off and gets 10% more range. Now he may be exaggerating slightly, but that's where I got it from. Complain to Matt 😀

@CathodeRayNipplez 5 месяцев назад

Does it come with a combover and sandals?

@willgooday 5 месяцев назад

You could give Curry's a call, place an order for two supplementary auxiliary speakers, to go with your Midi Hi-Fi system, apropos achieving surround sound .

@deanf9412 5 месяцев назад

😂

@johnelbro127 5 месяцев назад

You have answered my question, no not for me a full EV. Have bought my Wife a Hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander and pleased with it up to now. Great video. 👍👍👍👍

@grahamfrost3360 5 месяцев назад

Loved this video. I drive a Jaguar I pace. It has a longer range is very well equipped and ridiculously fast. Give it a try. You might like it

@skinneramble8613 5 месяцев назад

The Kona has a 280 mile range, charge it at 9p/kWh overnight, little more than 2p a mile. And the nice drive you get in an EV. You do need a 7kW charger at home to make the best of it.

@user-il6qs9wn1b 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely right, first decent EV is quite a revelation isn't it?

@davidcannon1144 5 месяцев назад

I live in a flat. With 44% in the UK in the same boat. cheap driveway charging isn't going to happen. EV is an exclusive club for people with driveways

@seany8787 5 месяцев назад

You’d be a fool to have an EV and only rely on a public network. There would be nothing better than coming out of your house in the morning and jumping into an already toasty warm, fully charged EV while everyone else struggles with frozen cars. My biggest bugbear with EV driving is that people assume if you have an EV car you aren’t interested in cars. They aren’t mutually exclusive. My current car is actually a diesel for the range and the fact I cant afford a remote control car let alone a new car. But, if I had the money, I’d have an EV for my boring commute stuck in traffic, and have a petrol powered car for the weekend blasts. Something classic like a Lancia Integrale.

@seany8787 5 месяцев назад

@@davidcannon1144 in the UK, the figure is that around 2/3s of dwellings have access to a driveway. In even the most congested towns and cities, that figure is still around 44%. That is far more than the current takeup of EVs. In the future those who live in flats like yourself will find that more and more street furniture such as lampposts will have chargers, not to mention workplaces. If your car is sat out in the street it can be charged, if you are otherwise at work, it can be charged. There are ways and means coming, but I appreciate it might not suit. I dont mind EVs but I dont want one as an only car, I want the 5 litre petrol for the weekend too. At the minute though, I have a diesel hack hatchback for the range….

@GraemeRobinson 5 месяцев назад

Very amusing video - please include all certified bangers in the info below the clip.

@shaunwest3612 5 месяцев назад

Great video HPA,that's the trouble with EV, the range,no good for long distance travel, school runs etc about town it's great 👍😀👌

@stevenbrooks3573 5 месяцев назад

The back looks like the front of a Fiat Multipla. What's not to dislike.

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Maybe, maybe not. At least some crumbs of comfort could be drawn from the fact it won't rot or break down like a Fiat.....

@peterthwaites5891 5 месяцев назад

Very pleased to see you giving EV`s a try, I personally agree with your findings that as a town runabout they are just fine and probably cheaper if home charging isn`t an issue? BUT for governments to be slowly forcing manufacturers and buyers down this same route is just heading for disaster...

@Brian-om2hh 5 месяцев назад

Not doing anything, and simply carrying on until oil runs dry, would also amount to a disaster too.....

@mattwright2964 5 месяцев назад

My wifes got a hybrid and I've got a Merc. Our plan for the next stage with our cars is likely to be keeping a diesel for long runs and swapping the hybrid for a full EV. Between the two we then have all bases covered until EVs offer the full package. I have absoluetly no doubt they will as well. I expect lots of comments about they are crap but as I say they will be what we are all driving before too long.

@b.2221 5 месяцев назад

It’s like something out of a Captain Scarlet episode. Keep on smelling the petroleum fumes for everybody’s sanity Mat. They are about as practical as a chocolate ashtray on a motorcycle.😂.

@johncarnie3726 5 месяцев назад

As a “retired” person, it makes good sense! The replacement for my current hybrid will be an EV (as long as the kids haven’t sent me to the nursing home) and given how used EV’s have tanked I’ll be able to pick up a late model for little cost and it will be my last car ever!

@Anonymous-ib8so 5 месяцев назад

Don't do it. If you do you will spend hours waiting for the dangerous thing to charge before catching fire or exploding. Why do you think the values of these abysmal cars has tanked? Because no one in their right mind would buy one. Check out the videos of EV fires they are far more frequent than in ICE cars and burn much hotter giving off toxic poisonous fumes over a wide area

@stephenclay6852 5 месяцев назад

Hate to tell you this but most cars Ev or petrol have tanked. But yes having had two Ev’s being retired they make way more sense especially if you can charge at home.

@StormeeSkyes 5 месяцев назад

A decent used Tesla Model 3 can be had for around 25k now with the long range having 300miles+ range of battery. Come off a roundabout onto a nice long straight stretch of dual carriageway and floor the tesla. Then report back about how much you miss your V8 after trying that.

@michele8039 5 месяцев назад

if straight line speed and speeding tickets are your only unit of measurement for how enjoyable to drive a car is, then more power to you. some of us like sounds, manual gearboxes, handling dynamics, stuff like that.

@brunozlopasa1106 5 месяцев назад

After i go on autbahn and put it 200kpm when you go 110 and lose 70 percent of battery and battery degragation of 50 percent after few years report me then

@Narses3 5 месяцев назад

@@brunozlopasa1106 clueless old man thinks an ev battery is just like his mobile phone battery, pathetic mindless sheep blindly accepting what the media tells him.

@ivansilverstein7411 5 месяцев назад

Hi Matt , you said everything that I thought , I am retired but I couldn’t take the range anxiety ! It’s horses for courses 🙏🙏

@Twmpa 5 месяцев назад

Last week I covered 560 miles, mostly with 4 people on board and a fully loaded boot and roof box. This was in a Citroen C3 Picasso diesel which accomplished this on a single tank of fuel and returned 54mpg. When I returned home, it took 5 minutes to add another 600 miles of range to the car. The EV that can offer this kind of competence and convenience has yet to be invented and likely never will.