Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "MGUY Australia" channel.

  1. Consumer Reports in the US recommends leasing EVs because of both depreciation and the march of technology is relatively quick. But as you point out, the lease payments are based entirely on the depreciation of the vehicle over the lease term, which means that leases aren't making any sense for consumers. Unfortunately, doctrinaire Western governments will do the stupid thing and start subsidizing leases on EVs because they cannot admit the whole EV push is not just wrong but financially ruinous to owners and governments.
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  2.  @teardowndan5364  Sure, because more people are living there with more A/C with more cars, and a bunch of stuff creating heat islands. As I pointed out in another post, cities have temperatures that are hotter than the surrounding area by 1.8 to 5.4 degrees. Which is why you can't extrapolate anything from city temperatures. It's why big cities are ultimately self-defeating.
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  3.  @freethinker4991  and as such they can't be essential part of being able to control a heavy vehicle for safety reasons Yes, they are, because these trucks operate on interstates where there are mountain passes that can go up to 5-8,000 feet.
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  4.  @Spar_Hawk More like _once 1000km range EV becomes feasible , _
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  5. Chinese EVs are generally branded as local makers in the US, but I found it interesting that the Polestar is now made in China. In any event the US puts a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs
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  6. To be fair, gas powered vehicles have far more fires than EVs, however, the big difference is there's no practical way to put out an EV fire coming from the battery. Yes, technically there is, but it requires CO2 to extinguish, and generally the fire bridgades don't carry that type of equipment around.
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  7.  @davereiland9921  Trying to stop the EV mandates.
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  8.  @thomasreilly6362  There's no doubt that will happen, but it won't be today's EVs that do it. They're inferior in every way to an ice vehicle.
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  9.  @proto57  _ except maybe physical threats_ From this guy, his biggest threat would be I'm going to block you
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  10. The EV craze of the 2020's is the equivalent of the Dutch Tulip Craze of 1637. Everybody had to had one and then the next year, nobody cared.
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  11.  @just8310  -30C is about -22F. In fact Fairbanks Alaska will often go down to -30F or -34C in January. In that kind of cold, even gas powered cars need to keep running all day to ensure the engine oil doesn't freeze. Presumably, for an EV in those temperatures, you just park it and have a second car that doesn't have to preheat the battery.
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  12.  @davidparker7920  "You do however need to stop to use the bathroom, get some food and drink and rest your eyes.." Only as you get older (resting your eyes?). And the only reason you stop for so long in an EV is because you have to not because you want to (and I'm not criticizing people who are old, but we're talking truth here now) Anyway, most people traveling between cities in Europa are taking the train, because it's so heavily subsidized that it's cheaper and faster than driving because of overly taxed fuel. If you're going from Cologne to Paris, you can get there in a couple of hours on the train (about 3.5 hours on Thalys) as opposed to 5.5 hour drives. And once you're in France, you... take the train again. Because it's cheap and convenient. Long drives are the exception, unless you have a diesel where you don't you don't stop so much to rest your eyes .
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  13.  @SteveLomas-k6k  CO2 increase has been shown to be a trailing indicator of temperature rise, not the cause.
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  14.  @jeremyradford5103  "People make far too much fuss about range, as if they drive 1,000km without ever stopping" You have to laugh though when EV zealots say "you have to stop every couple hours, just sit down and have something to eat while your car charges" It reminds one of Pippin asking "When are we stopping for second breakfast?"
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  15.  @kevinashurst634  Well, the thing is people can only go by what they see on the road today. And what's on the road today from EVs is only interesting from a technology perspective. I agree with you this will be an interesting journey for EVs, but at the same time to brush off any criticism as "ignorance" is fairly ironic, wouldn't you agree? Personally, I haven't seen a desirable EV to date in the market. There's nothing that makes me say "gee, gotta have it".
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  16.  @stevewest131  California just entered the chat session
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  17.  @gppsoftware  exactly. In Montreal about 25 years ago, a huge ice storm downed many of the electrical towers and they were without electricity for 6 weeks. And if you think they're better prepared today, then you'd be mistaken.
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  18.  @steve_is_my_name  well the gas stations are dependent on the grid Well, no they aren't. Almost all of them have backup diesel generators.
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  19.  @tigertaylor1327  The generator that virtually every filling station in the US has. The only time you can't get gasoline is when something like a flood or tornado destroys a gas station.
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  20.  @williampisano7573  Of course they need power, but they can get it from their generator when the grid fails. It also supports the refrigerators inside the building so you can still get cold drinks and food.
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  21. queue the EV fanatics saying "I've had my car for 10 years and I've never replaced tires...."
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  22. You can replace the battery with 1,000 Alkaline AA cells.
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  23.  @KaidonSalter4Heisman  Perfect. We've solved the climate crazies...I mean crisis (sorry, I didn't notice the misspelling until after I hit the enter key) right here on YouTube.
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  24.  @Tom-dt4ic  You're hauling around an awfully big and heavy battery that is essentially a time bomb underneath you. A battery in an EV is so large and heavy, that it weight more than a motor, muffler, radiator, starter motor, etc. But hey, you do you. Just accept EV's cannot ever have the range, convenience, and utility of a gas/diesel car.
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  25.  @eyesodd  I'm well aware; you cannot put an untested ingredient in human food without testing.
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  26.  @williammeek4078  You've just admitted you have no idea what the word means.
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  27. The official answer will be "It wasn't an EV, it was a Diesel Hybrid that caught fire"
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  28.  @thetriumphsprint  I keep a similar arrangement for my house. It can't power everything, but I can have AC, lights, security system, the whole lot running for up to two weeks.
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  29.  @tom1949213  I would get up in front of the UN and scream How DARE you!
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  30.  @scaryfakevirus  Mass creates gravity. The spin of the earth is not gravity.
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  31.  @seannewman5391  " I just believe scientific facts" Another guy who doesn't understand what science is. We'll put you in the camp of people who think science determines the truth (tm)
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  32.  @AreYouSeriouslyy  Not according to the statistics at Consumer Reports. The most reliable brands are Lexus, Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Subaru. Some of the German makes come next, and EVs are actually significantly worse than these cars. In fact, they're roughly at the same reliability as Dodge RAM pickups
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  33.  @oldbloke204  So driving EVs will change that? No, but the people who buy them believe it helps reduce the temperature. Meanwhile India and China are opening a new coal fired generating plant a week, and the western world is shutting down power plants. Almost as if the far east has convinced the west to self-destruct.
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  34.  @sunrisejak2709  Lithium batteries will never be the answer to powering EVs. This is not an engineering problem, it's a physics problem.
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  35.  @sunrisejak2709  Ah, another person who believes gas is the biggest cost in running a car, and throw around "driving experiences" as if it means something. Best of luck with your "investment
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  36.  @Thyalwaysseek  "The global percentage of people who own an EV is 14% " No, it isn't. In fact if you understood how many cars exist in the world, you'd realize that's impossible. What you really meant to say is EVs were 14% of all sales in some markets.
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  37.  @davecooper3238  A powerwall is about $12K US installed, not counting the solar bits. That buys a lot of electricity from the grid.
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  38. Porsche is working on a 6 stroke engine according to an article I was reading in a car magazine over the weekend.
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  39. The whole concept of "Net Zero" is fraudulent. And when you get your science from an autistic girl from Sweden, you've gone so far down a rabbit hole that you'll never find your way out.
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  40.  @seannewman5391  Climate change is inherently a political question. Because if it wasn't they'd simply be looking for cleaner fuels rather than fundamentally change how we live. If you have to shut down people from disputing climate change using the power of government you're admitting and forcing it to be highly politicized.
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  41.  @Ryan-vo3rm  It's getting warmer in cities, that's proven, but once you get away from these megacities, the climate has been relatively stable. The right move is to begin shutting down cities ;)
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  42. You're welcome!
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  43.  @tomberan1282  I predicted 5 years ago, EVs would only ever get to 8% of the US fleet of cars, and even then it will take until 2055 to get to that point.
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  44.  @davidparker7920  Ah, another person who doesn't understand the difference between anecdote and data. And believe their own needs define the needs of most drivers. Bless your heart.
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  45.  @davidparker7920  EV sales have almost flatlined in the US, and they're far below predictions, which is why GM and Ford have pulled back from EVs almost entirely. Teslas continue to sell, but one EV maker won't make much of a dent. I said 3 years ago, this generation of EVs will never get above 7% of the total cars on the road within the next 10 years because of inherent problems with charging in cities, a lack of financial incentives for private industry to build chargers, and the inability to charge to 100% quickly (3-5 minutes) without damaging the overly expensive part of an EV. The net-net of this is that we likely won't get rid of gas and oil for the bulk of our transport needs for at least another 30-70 years
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  46.  @markseehawer3762  The issue is that once someone buys something they become a fan boi, which makes no sense.
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  47.  @soylentgreen326  all food is recycled.
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  48.  @downtoearth1950  As I explained to a "green obsessed" friend of mine, I asked him.... do know the greenest car on the planet? And he said "No, which one?". To which I replied "the one that's already built. Most of the energy goes into building cars, the gas you use over the time you use the car is one of the least important costs of owning a car". Now to be fair to him, after he owned his Telsa about 5 years, I asked him if he felt it was ready to take over from mainstream cars and he said "No, not really. I'm okay having to work around it's range limitations, and how I have to think in advance about where I'll charge when I go to pick up my child from college, but I wouldn't recommend it for most people".
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  49.  @simon6071  "Is the official vehicle of the President of the USA an electric vehicle?" His staff told him it was.
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  50.  @stevehale4712  I'm curious why you feel the need to have fealty to a technology. You like it, other people don't. But you're probably a little more vested in defending it than is healthy (just my opinion). The actual reason people are upset at EV is not necessarily the technology itself; it's about governments mandating a technology that simply doesn't work for everyone (not is it good for the environment). Now in the US we elected someone who is getting rid of the EV mandate and removing taxpayer subsidies, which will tend to make people far less upset at EV's and they'll probably make it up to 5-6% of the overall fleet of cars, but it won't go a lot higher until significant improvements are made to current cars.
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