This video is on the EXPERIENCE of driving an electric car! If you're looking for an in depth video on the SUSTAINABILITY & ETHICS of driving electric check out Shelbi's video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZwE1sUtG0-M.html
From nut roasts to endurance hiking, ultra-marathons & wild camping... from sustainable health & beauty practices to electric cars... there’s so much that I learn from you. Thank-you for sharing your knowledge and inspiration on all subjects. You enrich my life and always leave me wanting to learn more 💜🚗
100% agree... sometimes the experience shared by a newb is often the one that we can relate to, no matter what the topic or activity is. I know nothing about electric cars, and I found this video to be really valuable and informative 🚗
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So glad you got to partner with BMW! I want my next car to be an electric BMW now :)
I have an elec car for almost 5 yrs, 2016 Nissan Leaf....love it, it only goes 86 miles per charge, but it works great for us, and we use it 98% of the time, we will sell our other car and trade this elec car in for a newer one that goes farther soon....we have a charging station in our garage.....we also have solar set up for the house so we not only don’t pay for gas since elec car, we don’t pay for electric since home powered with solar....👍🏻😜🚙 thx for video....
Hey there, thanks for all this cool information. Love the progressive lifestyle that you are living!! Can I ask if you live in an urban, suburban, or rural area? I ask this because we live in a remote area in the 🇨🇦 wilderness... and there are no businesses or contractors who have such expertise with solar, renewable energy, EV, etc... but hopefully one day. Thanks for your comment above, I enjoyed reading it.
My father was skeptical about hybrid and electric vehicles but opened up to the idea of owning one after I started driving a hybrid vehicle myself. He ended up purchasing this BMW model and he never wants to go back! He's very happy with his switch and I'm very happy that he made a move towards a more sustainable mode of transport.
EV drivers, please use the audible function for pedestrians whenever you’re on roads where people may cross them (all 30, 40, many 50mph). People with a visual impairment use their hearing as their primary means of crossing the road, and are at high risk of misassessing and being injured by a vehicle if it’s a silent EV. Contrary to popular belief, even those with guide dogs rather than canes are at high risk. It is the human and not the dog who chooses when to cross the road. A dog would not understand human traffic flow and the danger of cars unless we hit them! That would be a) abhorrent for their welfare and b) mean they became so scared of cars they wouldn’t be able to use pedestrian crossings or walk alongside traffic. The dogs have rudimentary understanding through training that they should refuse to move if a car is driving at them, but actually most dogs also associate the sound of the car rather than the visual even when they do get this correct. Please please help the world be safer for everyone, not just those of us fortunate the to be able bodied! Thank you. I train guide dogs, and am confident that all the above is true from several years of experience.
This video topic is great to get specific experience information out to different audiences. Sometimes when searching a topic, it’s possible to end up with stats, links, pricing, or enthusiasts but not quite the everyday perspective. Ideally the adjustment would be smooth, but knowing what to expect is half the battle. 🙏🏽
I really like that Levi, Shelbi and you made all different videos about electric cars, so nice to see different opinions and experiences about the topic :)
One thing I would say, is at higher speeds, definitely don't open the window rather than using the air con. The drag you will get as a result of op[ening the window will have a much worse effect on your range than having the air con on.
My biggest concern is driving to work & back home. Just one way is a 45 min drive & I don't have 30+ mins to just sit at a charge station. It only takes 10 mins to fill my car up at the gas station. This is basically the 1 thing stopping me from getting an electric car.
Wonderful video thank you! I would always plan a stop in that journey whatever the car tbh. I live in Scotland and I’ve only done London and back a couple of times by car but it’s pretty brutal
This is really helpful. Sitting for 45 minutes for your car to charge is a long time. I would be worried about leaving the pump and someone plugging it into their car or random people coming to talk to me while I sit there alone 🥴
If you plan effectively, and in good time, it only does that often make you arrive more on time, but the stress about charging because a resolved issue, remember to plan ahead, and plan options.
Looks a little easier now. Since planning is involved it might be smart for me with ADHD to get a hybrid for flexibility and something to fall back on if I've forgotten to find a nearby charger.
Thanks great video. We have a Nissan Leaf (Gen 1) we have had it for 2yrs and love it. We bought it second hand as couldn't afford new. Interesting to see the new cars are not that much difference. As it's older it had a smaller battery so only does about 80miles but I use it so much. We have a second car for longer trips but I work freelance and (until the pandemic) would drive to a few jobs a day in my Leaf and it was fab the other car hardly moved. In Scotland it is free at the moment but some councils are starting charge fees as of the new year. Like £1 connection charge and Xp per KWh for what you use. We mainly charge at thine at the moment but I always loved it if I could charge at a job get for free!
This was interesting. Thanks for sharing. Luckily I live in Switzerland, where the public transport system serves the entire country, so do not need to own a car. These cars in future will be a must I think. At least they will be here. All the best.
This is a great video! Really informative and great simple language to help envisage what it might be like to own and drive an EV. Thank you. I look forward to see many more ‘real’ videos like this. 😊
i've just discovered your channel and it's amazing! Love your zero waste tips and your voice is so nice to listen to :P I"m personally trying to live a low waste lifestyle and recently got an electric ZOE! Absolutely LOVE it and definitely have saved so much money. My other goals are to swap to more zero waste alternatives like Parla toothpaste tablets and reduce food waste. Can't wait to learn more from you
I’m not sure an i3 is the best car for a long journey. It would be interesting to see how something such as a Tesla Model 3 or a Hyundai Kona would perform the same journey
Sorry for gate-crashing! I am trying to find a shampoo and a conditioner bar for wavy hair and was wondering which one you used? I have tried to scroll back as I think you changed your bar recently but I can't find what you switched to :)
Excellent video! Great to hear about the experience from someone who isn't a typical "car person". I'm a bit confused at how you've never driven an automatic car before though. It's hard to even get a manual car in the USA (unless it's a very old model) and most people have only ever driven automatics. Is it not like this in your area? And cruise control? That's been a standard feature in most cars made since the 1990s... How old are your cars??? I drive a 1972 Plymouth so I'm not knocking it, just genuinely curious.
Here in the UK automatic cars are still quite unusual - we have to learn on a manual too. Generally here people move to automatics if they have mobility issues or do a lot of long distance driving with their work. There are more automatic cars in the higher price bracket though. I'm not sure but I think the average American car may be a lot more powerful and therefore more likely to be automatics? My car is a1600cc and considered to be mid range. Most of my friends drive 1000cc or 1200cc cars because the lower the cc here the cheaper the road tax! Hope that helps? 🙂
Hi Nikki you typically only rapid charge for 20 to 30 minutes. It is ideal on long trips to get you from 0 - 80% or 20 - 80%. At 80% charged, the car almost always starts to taper and rather than twiddle your thumbs, you go on to the next rapid charger on your trip. It can take 5 to 10 miles to drive at highway speeds on top of your travel distance if you are using the ac or heater just FYI.
The batteries are the issue. In alot of cases you buy the car but have to rent the batteries so the reeeally cheap to run sustainable car ends up costing twice as much a year as you would normally pay in insurance with added rental agreements. When I looked into a leaf I was told you have to take the agreement out before you purchase the car second hand as well... (I lack trust or understanding around this tbh) Which makes me sad. I really hope there are accessable ways for everyone to be able to consider the switch in the years to come. For now I'm just chuffed my economical diesel car (63mpg) has increased in value by £500 since the gov announced the change to manufacturing in 2030. I'm taking it as a year of free driving and a small win for 2020
Back in my day we had to worry about catching are selfs or the car on fire now we have to worry about being electrocuted, all joaking aside can you imagine being robbed at a charging station
Sustainably speaking would it be a better choice to get a new electric car or buy a petrol second hand one? I've only had 2 cars until now and only got the second one because my first one got destroyed on an accident. I'm a big believer in buying second hand cars instead of new but more sustainable ones, even though they're petrol cars but I'd love to know your opinion on this!
@@kalpic11 An electric car is always more sustainable, although it may take a year or 3 to compensate for the battery production emissions. Even when you compare a new EV to a used petrol or diesel vehicle it still makes sense emission-wise. Purchase cost is obviously a different question.
I agree, my last two cars were 18 and 20 years old when I bought them! The reason is that newer cars have fatter C-pillars, which hindres rear visibility and they are less economic, both in fuel and repairs. 64 US MPG year round average in a 1998 Fiat Seicento. If I in comparison had bought an EV, using 250Wh/mile, I would emit 10% more CO2/ mile (at 400g CO2/kWh from the grid) and I would never recoup the footprint from its manufacture. My latest car 20 yld, is an EV. It is on its 3'rd battery pack, which I also bought used from a crashed BMW i3. Because it is an old EV, originally made for lead-acid batteries, it is much lighter with a smaller motor, it uses only 160Wh/mile, so I'm am actually 60% cleaner than driving my former car, and it has already recovered its manufacturing emissions.
The big issue is the price. I drive used cars, which cost me from £600 to 2.5k. Find them with low mileage and they last me years. Cant see electric cars being affordable to general population in near future.
The Americans use 55mph,is that because they've worked out its the most economical speed to drive at? Which begs the question, why is the UK NOT using this speed on motorway. Most likely the crazy drivers who don't follow road laws would simply ignore. How economical is it to depart from your route to find a charging point? What do you do for the LONG TIMES spent charging.
I down load films at home to an iPad and watch a film or series while charging it’s quite nice to have a stop off have a coffee and watch a bit of a series before heading back out on the road , to be fair after a while you don’t even notice the time
Not necessarily relevant for many owners because fuelling habits are very different. With a combustion engined car you drive it until it needs to be refuelled. With an electric car go get home plug it in and the batteries recharge to full while you sleep. Comparisons of range are only relevant if you regularly do long distances and need to recharge away from home.
How about the reality that the electric vehicle burns Coal and you have to have huge lithium mines and there will be millions of unrecyclable batteries
Electric cars are ok but I believe hydrogen powered vehicles could have been the real eco future if it wasn't so hard and energy intensive to get the hydrogen in the first place.
@@Simon-dm8zv and evs are hideously hopeless batteries are not cheap to replace, will probably last less than 100k miles and cannot do 1,000 miles in a day, not to mention have you seen Rear ended tesla explode? I have no thanks
@@96cr You have clearly no clue. Current battery tech lasts hundreds of thousands of miles and allows for very fast charging. The battery will outlast the vehicle so never has to be replaced. An EV may catch fire every now and then, but much less often than ICE vehicles do.
@@Simon-dm8zv show me a battery that has 200k on it, A&P certified i have experienced lead acid, nicad and the lithiums in the new 787's if you understand how a battery works you would realize with each charge you lose postive electrons to the negative side of the plate this is why batteries cannot hold a charge as time goes on
This sounds made up. How are people counted if they have both types of cars? Also, the infrastructure in America is pretty bad, but it should get better.
Well, as I’ve always said, if you want to drive one, that’s fine, just don’t force me to drive one, because I hate it when so called progressives want to ban oil and gas ⛽️ cars just because they disagree with them, that’s equivalent to forcing everyone to get chipped.
Trust me, you'll never be forced to buy one. If Electric vehicles do become more popular, gas powered cars will just be more expensive to buy, but they will still be made for a long long time.
