Electric Cars Are OVERHYPED
I think it’s safe to say that the electric car boom has reached a big stop sign. Sales of ev’s are falling, Ford shut down it’s electric car manufacturing plant because they couldn’t sell them. And it looks to me that Toyota was right. After everyone doubted them, they proved themselves right.
I’ll tell you a story – a close relative of mine was looking for a new car. At first he was incredibly excited about the whole money saving ev thing, because even if the electric car is initially more expensive it will save money in the long run. Well – wrong!
Even if you charge the car at night when the electricity is noticeably cheaper, the saving isn’t all that much and if you happen to live in a region where 3-4 months in a year the temperature drops below 0 degrees, then you have a problem.
I know most of you recently saw a news clip of Teslas being unusable in really cold weather – all parked up in the supercharging stations and charging extremely slow. And that’s not even the biggest concern – think about the battery itself. Let’s say you buy an ev for 30k.
Electric car battery warranty is around 100 000 miles. How much will it cost to replace, how much value will the car lose when sold on the second hand market. Now those mild savings from charging suddenly don’t look that good.
And if you factor in the inconvenience of the range and long charging and for some – the bad weather. You suddenly start to realise that ev’s are just not that useful. To end the story, my relative decided it was best to buy a hybrid and it was the best choice for him.
What would I suggest you – a mild hybrid, a regular hybrid or a plugin hybrid. Well they all are better options than ev’s, but in general it comes down to the price and your needs, while a plugin hybrid has the convenience of electric power only range
Of about 50 miles or 80 km, it’s generally more expensive. Mild hybrids are a good option and that’s what my relative chose – it was a 2.0 tdi audi a6 and the fuel economy is just insane – it’s averaging 5.5 to 6l per 100km in
A very cold winter and I reckon it will do 4.5 – 5 liters in the summer. But i’m not saying that the mild hybrid are the best choice, as i said before, it all comes down to the price. But can ev’s bounce back?
With all the subsidies and incentives, electric cars are still not even close to ICE powered vehicles in terms of sales. Unless there is an innovation in electric car batteries, I don’t see how they beat conventional cars in places where the weather doesn’t suite them.
Off topic here, but I just watched a Scotty Kilmer video and he said that the people who bought electirc pick up trucks hadn’t even owned a pick up truck before. I’m from europe and trucks aren’t that popular here yet, but I’m no scientist,
But as far as I know – electric cars don’t do that well if the vehicle is really heavy or towing something heavy, they either need a huge battery or they can only be driven for relatively short distances, in which case, the pick up truck becomes almost useless.
And, speaking about what’s best for the enivronment, what will we do with those relatively new, but utterly useless electric cars with a bad battery. Their value is lower than the cost of fitting a new battery. What will we do with them?
Also the biggest misconception there is – EV’s are better for the environment. It hugely depends on the countries energy sources – how much percentage of countries energy is green energy. So let’s say, for example, in Norway electric cars do make sense, apart from the weather,
So be careful when watchinh videos that say electric cars are better for the enivironment. It hugely depends on these aspects mentioned before. New EV prices are high, but their resale value drops extremely quick, especially now, when the demand is lower and lower. So what’s next?
Can car brands, who invested in ev technology so much, accept reality or continue investing in the hope that a huge technological innovation is coming? Will the rectrictions of ICE cars be reduced, is the future hydrogen or is it hybrid?
Or maybe we are on the brink of some technological innovation and this video will become completely irrelevant? Well, I don’t know and I for sure can tell you that the politicians don’t know either. So far hybrids and Toyota are in the lead.
It looks like Electric cars have taken a big hit. Less and less people want to buy them, their resale value drops extremely quick and turns out, they are not that good for the enivironment as everybody says they are. Watch this video to see my take on the recent Electric Car
