Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "Engineering Explained" channel.

You could also make it more interesting if the driver had to change his own tires
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@rogerphelps9939 " Time to move on to something better." When something better is available, people will move to it. That has always happened. If people aren't quickly switching to EV's it's because there are so many drawbacks to the current cars that it's not worth paying $70K for a car that can be bested in range and 25 years costs with a Toyota Corolla.
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@FilthyFish313 "Our fossil fuels aren't reliable either. That's why some electric companies are shutting people's air conditioners off in the middle of the summer. " No, they shut off air conditioners because government regulations have made building new power plants unfeasible. Natural gas powered plants are very reliable, but the federal government is discouraging them. The answer really is nuclear if you want electric cars.
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@mrh3085 Tesla has been deleting features for user car buyers of Tesla, insisting used buyers re-purchase options the original owner paid for.
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@5893MrWilson " Get solar plus battery backup. " Not sure how that works in an apartment building. Can you explain what you mean?
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@5893MrWilson Batteries are not a long term answer. Solar and Wind are great auxilliary sources, but will never replace technologies that will produce large scale power in any weather day or night.
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@TiagoMorbusSa You misspelled Hamilton. He would complain the entire race until Toto told him to shut up and drive.
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@chaseflores2145 EV's won't expand in range until a completely new battery type is out of the lab and in everyday production.
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@chaseflores2145 The bigger problem is that battery won't last 25 years.
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@mrh3085 Well, there you go. You talked to 5 people who bought used Teslas. Research! In the time it took you to post what somebody told you, you could have searched the internet. I like you, so I'll even give you the search term "tesla removing features". Then you can read all about in video and on various forums.
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@devinmurray5280 In the early 70's F1 had a lot of fatalities. It will be like throwback racing.
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@lhaa lol. Perpetual motion.
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You are absolutely correct, but the conversion efficiency isn't enough overcome the energy density in gasoline.
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@thomgt4 Electric cars aren't that innovative; they were invented over 100 years ago.
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@chaseflores2145 But when you look at the overall lifecycle of a car (25 years in many cases), what has the overall lower cost, that's really the question. And which is better from a resource perspective.
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@mrh3085 ". Lastly, any new car could potentially be controlled or disabled remotely by the manufacture or police if they’re lawfully given the power to do so." That's untrue. You can buy a brand new Ford pickup, or a mazda miata or an Audi wagon. They cannot be disabled remotely. No features can be taken from them remotely.
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@Lucky_6f I could easily afford one, but in terms of features, capabilities, and overall satisfaction, gas powered vehicles are superior to electric cars. Like I've said elsewhere, if you want an EV, I'm not trying to stop you, or say you're crazy. But for me, the significant disadvantages over the life of an electric car simply aren't a good fit for me.
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@TheSydguy30 Sounds like an Austrailia problem, not a problem with coal powered plants which have been around for over 100 years
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@frankeggers4024 We won't get nuclear power, unfortunately. However, the grid capacity needs to be doubled, even if we stay with coal for power generation. This will take a significant amount of copper and aluminum and cost. The fear is that if you force the electric companies to do it, the cost for electricity will double for what will be marginal gains in terms of pollution.
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Yes, compared to a manual transmission a CVT is bad. A manual with almost no maintenance will last forever. When your CVT breaks, you'll end up buying a new car because you won't be willing to pay to put a new/refurb in the car. If you can't drive using a manual transmission, ask your father why he didn't teach you.
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If gas cars were banned, the public would get rid of the politicians who did the banning using a combination of voting, pitchforks and torches. And not necessarily in that order. As to the "30% not being a big deal", let me point out when numbers are small, it's easy to increase by 5x. Once you increase by 5x, it much more difficult to get an additional 30%
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You cannot make an electric Miata, the weight problem is not solvable with current technology without significant compromises on range. Maybe in 50 years?
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@5893MrWilson Well, also figure that typical cars have a lifespan of 25-30 years, so it would be 30 years beyond that. At which point, a much better power source will become feasible and battery powered cars will go away.
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@J4Zonian Normal cars last easily 15-20 years. EVs batteries will be kaput in 15 years at most, at which time they get hauled to the junkyard and at some point the battery will short out and cause a fire as it rots in a field. EVs make no sense, since they have no onboard capacity regenerate their own electricity, so owning one and using it is really a dance around ensuring you have enough charge to get to your destination. That's such a step backwards that other that people trying to pretend they're being green, or tech nerds, people simply don't want them if they're given a choice.
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@kevinlow69420 real cars can only be replaced up to a point. Based on the low rate of production, high prices, insufficient electric generation/transmission capacity and the growing consensus that this generation of EV's aren't quite ready for general use, it likely will take over 80 years to replace 1/2 the US fleet (currently at approximately 265M cars). So we'd better plan to keep drilling and pumping oil for the foreseeable future.
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@ethan999oz Did you think I was claiming Elon came out in the middle of the night and stole them? The reality is Tesla is deleting features from the cars after they're sold to try to sell the same feature again. And no, it's not just cars that are resold through Tesla, it''s cars sold privately.
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@ethan999oz "So far, with the exception of a few rare cases," You have no idea if it's a few cases. We do now it happens enough that there are articles all over the internet about it. Look, I know Tesla fans try to defend the cars to death, Musk's electric cars are probably as good as an electric car can be these days, but like any big business Tesla can and is d*cks like every large company if it they believe it makes them more money.
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@frankeggers4024 I've driven all sorts of cars, including all sorts of EV's. They're interesting, but clearly a generation 1 with limited applications compared to regular cars.
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I rode in a cab in France that was a Toyota with a hydrogen engine. Very nice car. It was not a Corolla, BTW.
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