Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "Was Toyota Right About EVs All Along?" video.

@user-kc1tf7zm3b when the half of all new cars sales are EVs Most people alive today will be in the ground in a pine box before that happens. It's far more likely EVs settle into less than a 5% niche of the market.
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@manu.yt25 ....and yet Consumer Reports found in the real world that Toyota Hybrids are the most reliable cars on the road.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b The US is one of the largest markets for cars and EVs and they have already worn out their welcome. Sales are falling through the floor.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b It's been a trend a for quite a while in the US. The model 3 Tesla needs to come down to $25K USD, and have 50% more range than it does not to be a replacement for a gas powered car. Right now, the problem with EVs is you have to drive with one eye on the temperature and another eye on how you're going to charge it once you get close to 20% charge.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b All you're doing is pointing out the differences between US and Australian drivers. As a going-to-work car they're fine, but most of the people buying them so far are doing so as a 2nd car to go to work. Which is a very expensive way to save money.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b Lifetime costs for an EV are higher in every metric. Usually the EV fanatics forget to take into account resale of EVs because used EVs are unsellable. Mostly the fanatics want to talk about "I haven't bought gas in years", which is great, but when you look at that depreciation and inability to sell in the private market, it doesn't mean that much (cost of gas is one of the smallest costs for normal cars).
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b An Australian household with 2 EVs, one for each adult, saves a massive AUD $84,000 over 20 years That's a nice fairie story, but no EV will last 20 years, since the battery is only designed for 15 years. Then you buy another EV.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b How can you say your EV will last 20 years when you've not even had it 5 years? No EV battery has been around for 20 years. Seems like you're the one BS'ing here. And you're being unintentionally hilarious about it too. P.S. It's not about mileage, it's about age, how it's charged etc., The manufacturers will admit they are at best 15 year batteries.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b You're being silly now. An EV is far more expensive over 5, 10 and definitely a 15 year period. Primarily because resale is nil. The problem with EV fanatics is they believe their own imagination and they're not really willing to run the numbers.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b Gasoline in the US is $3.25 a gallon, and it's expected to go lower. But even if it was more expensive, the most expensive cost of a car is depreciation, second is insurance and third is fuel.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b Yes, an no roadsters are running on their original battery. They've either been junked, or they have a range of 50 miles.
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@sebastiangeorge7714 According to Consumer Reports, Hybrids from Toyota and Lexus are actually far more reliable than EVs or Gas cars.
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@user-kc1tf7zm3b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdLdh68ddv4
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Toyota was the only carmaker with common sense about EVs. The funniest part was people in comment sections (and you know who you are) was EV fanatics saying Toyota was going to be out of business.
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