Interview of e-Niro taxi driver 

+thinkabout He is indeed a great guy.

It's been hard to get an ev before now and it kinda sux about the 25%vat thing he said although most buy 2nd hand anyways

yep, I also experienced this when I ubered with my LEAF, people were very curious and asked questions pretty much on every ride, I changed many more minds than I normally would

I was just in Graz a few days ago and I noticed that, too. It's the first place on my month-long trip to 15 cities in Europe where I saw a significant number of EV taxis. Way to go, Graz!

Teslas are too "connected to the road" for us normal people; only the racing jockeys like that horse-piloting feeling, and they are always asking for "more road feeling! more road feeling!" when most of us would rather do without the constant concussions and brain damage caused by all of that "road feeling". Also, in the same vein, Teslas like to give you a lot of "road sound", unlike many of us sane humans who would rather not feel like we're driving a motorcycle when we've just come out of a sublimely quiet luxury fossil-based vehicle. The Tesla jockeys even go so far as to measure sound wrong: they find an empty smooth track and drive slow on it, which is totally missing the point. The point is that in a Mercedes you won't hear the motorcycle next to you, the bus next to you, the truck next to you, and the tires and wind noise, and the electric motor, nearly as much as you would in a Tesla. (Yes, Mercedes engines are quieter than Tesla motors in the cab.) The racing jockeys love that loud sound; most of us do not. The people driving the decisions are idiots.

Different routes?

@@bradallen1832 I don't know if I understand the question correct. It was a taxi driver in Germany (Bavaria) not in Norway. Seems taxi driver here in Germany drive a lot more kilometers. German video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gUHGZCqgYmk.html First car 408k Km in 2,5 years, second car 125k Km.

Just finished a 7 hour shift for Uber in Glasgow, Scotland. Constant driving, only stopping for toilet breaks. The students have just finished their exams, and there are tens of thousands of them.

@@StevieHypno Yes, we need Uber/Get/whatever. Even when I can afford Tesla I would not dare to take taxi in Norway, it is just crazy expensive.

@@alconaft4343 Uber/Lyft etc ship 25% of your money out of the country, as well as are generally not the best companies to work for as an ""employee"" Norway has a history of being protective and I doubt they'd let a company like Uber in

Things are changing that as we "view"...

You talking to me?

You talkn ta me

Interviewing de Niro in his eNiro.

De Niro in his El Niro.

Ha ha Kevin, exactly! Epic movie with a highly energy-loaded Robert e-Niro...@@kevinbreslin5718

@Ali Alexander That is true! we pay vat, we pay road tolls, we just don't pay for emissions fee that cars over 90g/km pay and we save some money for customs clearance! that's all! Greek goverment.... sucks but I was the brave one and I got vw e-up (20,000euros not that bad) for 15,5 months now and I am very happy for that choise :) and my next car will be only electric :) (I guess this time I will got for something with bigger range cause that is quite small range car) here are some of my vw eup videos Greek and English: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9MOMszSXnKo.html I am a small youtuber :)

Cogging is specifically when the electrical machine is not powered. The PMs in the rotor tends to allign along the positions with minimum "magnetic resistance", leading to a so called cogging torque. This can be experienced for example turning by hand the motor wheel of an e-bike.When the electrical machine is powered, then the torque is however pulsating due two contributions: the previous cogging torque plus the interaction between the stator and the rotor magnetic field. And globally this is specifically called torque ripple. As the speed increses, the rotor inertia acts as a filter, therefore the impact of this torque ripple is practically reduced.The significant contribution of the noise produced by an electrical machine, with this characteristic "electric" whine, is actually coming not from this oscillating torque, but from the vibration of the stator (which behaves like a speaker) due to "pulsating" magnetic forces. In a simple way, the rotor and stator would stick together like when you place a magnet close to an iron board.Actually the noise topic in electrical machine is of particular interest.It is right that an EV is, in principle, way less noisy than an ICE vehicle, in terms of intensity (volume). What changes is actually the quality of the noise: the EV produces normally an high frequency noise which, for long rides, can be however disturbing.

I have a feeling it will be a thristy car like the E-Tron. Also he mentions the entry and seat height for passengers. I'd say it wouldn't be a good choice for a Taxi but good personal car.

Polestar is Volvo. Opel is owned by the French PSA Group now, and was formerly GM (not-Volvo).

An 8 to 9 year used late 2019 or 2020 Model X would probably hit the sweet spot, but that won't be available until 2027 to 2029.

Behind Bjørn of corse. Where else would she be?

+TeslIan In 2nd row.

+Maja Prenumerera Perttula Nice meeting you :)

10,000 NOK = 1000 euro. He accidentally switched currency

10000 NOK is about 1000€.

+Marvin B Yes, 10k NOK per month.

Bjørn Nyland Per month or per year?

@@josepablomolinacarrillo3621 Per year given Norwegian electricity prices. At 220Wh/km he'd need to be driving 500k-600k km per year to reach €1000/month. At typical city driving speed of 50km/h... that's not even physically possible with 24 hour / 365 days of driving without sleep or bathroom breaks.

Yeah, no kidding! That was good English.