Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "Why EVs are NOT the answer | MGUY Australia" video.

The level of belief around EVs is now being raised to a religious fervor, and you'll find that true believers will attack anyone who points out why it may not be a completely good idea. One wonders what they think of the people who have purchased an EV and moved back to gas/diesel. If they knew the word apostate it would surely be in their vocabulary.
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@kevinashurst634 Interesting, although most Merc EVs are in the $100,000 and up range, aren't they? At least the ones on the lots that you can actually buy. the ignorance displayed on this channel Yes, I agree. A lot of people believe that because an EV works for them, that any discussions of the shortcomings are simply ignorance on their part. Isn't that weird?
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@Tom-dt4ic William is not lying. He's simply using a sample size of one.
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The point of EVs is to make cars too expensive for the middle class and limit the mobility of people who can afford them.
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@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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@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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@williammeek4078 The cost of repairing “fender benders” is the same for new cars BEV or ICEV "Hertz Global is slowing down the pace by which it adds battery electric vehicles to its fleet, executives said on a third-quarter earnings call on Thursday. The rental car company cited Tesla’s price cuts negatively impacting the resale value of its EVs, and higher than expected repair costs for EVs as a reason to slow its pace of electrification " "According to the report, insurance claim costs are usually higher for electric cars. "As it relates to average severity for repairable vehicles, EV costs continue to exceed those of ICE automobiles. For Q2 2023, severity costs were higher for EVs by $963 in the US and $1,328 in Canada ," wrote the study." from InsideEV written by Andrew Lambrecht "But collision repairs may be a different story. According to a recent study from CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc., for example, based on actual insurance claims for small, non-luxury-brand cars with front-end damage that were still driveable, the average EV model cost $4,041 to fix. That was about 27% more than the average for roughly comparable non-EV models . Based in Chicago, CCC processes and analyzes auto insurance claims related to more than 16 million repairs annually, the company says." from Forbes
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@Dennis-ff2pf The smartest person on earth? Clearly not. The smartest in this thread, yeah, probably.
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@Dennis-ff2pf You're the smartest one Dennis. Nobody smart would argue with you about that.
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@goonyhill1857 Many people do 30+ miles a day each direction, particularly around cities where the cost of living in or near a city is prohibitive. People who do local deliveries in a car, may travel 100+ miles during the day.
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