Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "the SUV geek" channel.

You have to wonder how many were traded within a year simply because the owner bought a car he couldn't afford. There's a lot of that going around lately. The cost of ownership on a new car is pretty low, so that's not the real reason.
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@natehill8069 The average ICE car is $48,000 now Average is meaningless in this context. There are Hondas, Toyotas, and Kia/Hyundais available for around $20K. That's the target price for EVs if they want to be an every man's car.
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For most buyers is an amazing 0-60 times what they're looking for? Or are there other, more fundamental issues?
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@tonymc-dx8xw People who aren't on the upper end of the salary spectrum need to think about cars in the 15-20K region.
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@jimsmalleimb7709 Half the population is below average, some are well below average.
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@srt4b What they're saying is that with a gasoline car, they didn't have to even think about it because there are so many gas stations even in rural areas. With an EV your strategy is always around finding a charger when you can afford the downtime.
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@terryconder3917 Unlikely, unless you replace the battery once or twice. Once the battery needs to be replaced, the car is essentially scrap.
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@LeoNation007 their charging stations are everywhere Earlier this year, I drove to a National Park in the southwest that was about a 3 hour drive (about a 220 mile drive). There wasn't any battery charges in sight for the entire drive. What would you recommend in that situation?
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Perhaps in the UK, in the US, a ban on ICE sales simply won't happen.
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@DerrickDJ plenty of time to get the infrastructure in place for the average consumer. Infrastructure takes decades to put in place, not a single decade. And nobody is investing in building generation capacity or grid capacity. The utilities don't want to pay for it, presumably EV owner wont' want a tax on EV driving to pay for it, and there are no government plans to expand the capacity. And once we figure out how to pay for it, it will be another 20-30 years to build infrastructure on the scale you're talking about.
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The leaf should be about a $17-23K vehicle since it's small and has limited range. Which makes sense for an EV, but if you were paying your own money, you'd buy a Civic any day over a leaf, you'd save $10K up front, and it would still be running 25 years later with minimal care.
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@terryconder3917 Well, no it's not the same. You can get a replacement engine for a gas car for well under $5K installed. A new battery is $100 bucks, or $60 at Costco And the gas car costs thousands less to begin with, you'll be lucky to break with an EV over 20 years.
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@dannygreen7473 Scam is too strong a word. They're simply not ready. They were brought to the market prematurely due to large federal subsidies for every EV maker. They need another 10-20 years to develop power sources that aren't so finicky.
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Most of these flaws you mention should have been found on a test drive. When you take a test drive, don't turn on the radio, take your family with you and make them come along for the test ride and tell them to criticize the car. Oh, and if the salesman insists on coming along, tell him not to talk while you're taking the test drive.
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@danieldaniels7571 if you're lucky $10K. If you have a BMW or Merc, you'll at at least double that.
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@steffengustavsen9678 New EVs need to be in that price range if anyone expects mass adoption.
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@DerrickDJ and it's already paying for itself buying going the same distance for less and the maintenance cost Since a Model Y starts at $44,000, and maintenance on a gas car in the first 5 years is minimal, you've just spent $44,000 (minus taxpayer subsidies) to save $1,640 per year in gas charges, and roughly $400/year in maintenance costs (which is a little high). Round this up to $2.1K/year for the gas car, and what you'll find is that there is a 20 year payback, not considered the interest you're paying on the loan for your Model Y. Now, of course, if your RDX was crashed or no longer serviceable, that may make sense, but otherwise, you've spent a lot of money to save a little bit of money.
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@thetoymanator7723 I have fast cars, and the number of times I've done 0-60 can be counted on one hand. And since EVs really are for people who hate cars, why are they bragging about something they've never ever done?
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@DerrickDJ Well, the EV fanatics will be shocked that it doesn't happen. No one else will.
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@zoransarin5411 You think it's "stupid" because you have no retort. It absolutely will require significantly more electricity that no one is willing to pay for, including you. EV owners get upset when public chargers want to make a profit, as if everything should be free or nearly so. You guys need more support than Jayne Mansfield.
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@gppsoftware The climatists want everything to come from faerie dust and unicorn farts.
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@zoransarin5411 _ and you do realise that EVs don’t have oil or gas and therefore don’t need to be maintained?_ Do you realize that EV's far less reliable than gas powered cars and shockingly less reliable than hybrid cars? According to owners of EVs they rank in reliability just below Dodge RAM pickups, as reported in Consumer Reports this month. They cited problems with control systems, batteries, electric motors.
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@zoransarin5411 Absolutely, but nobody is investing in building out the capacity right now to support EVs. In fact, most utilities are investing in paying consumers to buy more efficient appliances because it's far cheaper than building to power plants. As a consumer, I have no interest in paying for that additional capacity, so realistically the rebates that go to consumers from the taxpayers should be used to incentivize utilities to build nuclear power plants and more transmission capacity.
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@zoransarin5411 What states are you referring to, and what electric companies?
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@zoransarin5411 Nuclear is the cheapest form of electricity generation over the life of the nuclear plant which is generally 80 years. That's why the long term investment is going nuclear, despite the 10 year lead time. But it would make sense $10K tax on EV to pay for the additional generating and transmission capacity so as not burden consumers who decide an EV is not for them. Because you ain't saving the planet with your Tesla, even you imagine you are.
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@zoransarin5411 And isn't it interesting that car with 20 moving parts is less reliable than the Toyota with 2,000 moving parts. [as measured by Consumer Reports through surveys of owners] Sounds like those EV engineers are either incompetent, or those 20 parts are extremely fragile and complicated to produce. Interestingly that Toyota can be service anywhere, even though it rarely needs it. That Tesla can only be serviced by Tesla.
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@zoransarin5411 No doubt those owners reported problems to Consumer Reports just to spite the people trying to defend EVs against the hoards of infidels.
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@zoransarin5411 The least cost effective way of generating power is windmills and solar panel farms because they have to be replaced every 15-20 years.
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@steffengustavsen9678 Both of those figures were achieved by government mandates, something not likely to occur in the US. Most people don't care what kind of car you drive. But EV fanatic insist everybody must buy an electric car, even if it takes the heavy hand of government to force it.
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@steffengustavsen9678 Why? Because they can whip along on the highway at 85 MPH for hours without stopping? Or because they can refuel in 3-5 minutes? Or perhaps because normal cars are actually more reliable than EV's (as have been shown in consumer reports via owner surveys)?
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@steffengustavsen9678 I get it, I didn't mean to put down your religion.
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@oktosite_ Since the IQ of the human race follows a nice bell curve, it's probably the same thing. But being rich doesn't make you smarter. Or are you saying only smart people become rich?
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@davidc2838 The US is the largest market in the world. In the US, Tesla doesn't crack the top 10. Pickup trucks dominate. In terms of electric cars, yes, Tesla does dominate, but in overall sales, Tesla enjoyed a brief advantage two years ago, but as supplies of normal cars improved, tesla dropped in overall rankings although continued selling well for an EV.
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@davidc2838 Just repeating this doesn't make it true. People prefer gas/diesel cars when available.
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@mikesunderland9145 Well, the way I look at it, is that If I have to plan a trip around finding operating charging ports, it's like going back in time to the Oregon Trail. My major concern when I take a trip now is traffic, not whether there's a gas station along the way.
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@bigjohn2810 At least 4-5 times a year. In fact, last month, we did 520 miles in about 9 hours with 1 stop for 10 minutes to refuel and use the bathroom. Besides, in an EV you should be recharging after about 233 miles, because you don't want to let the battery drop below 20% nor do you want to change more than 80%.
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@a1c3c3u ha ha ha ha exactly.
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The irony is that the Fiesta/Focus with manual transmission are at the top of the reliability charts.
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