Why You Should NOT Buy an Electric Car!

There are a lot of reasons to buy an electric car, but there are also many reasons not to. Today I'm going to explain why it's not quite the time to buy an electric car. When you compare electric vs petrol or ICE cars (internal combustion engine) then you might think you're getting a big improvement when you go electric, but you might just regret buying that car.

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[rushpuppy]

I’m an EV owner. This is dead on accurate. I’ll be going back to gas. I’ve had my EV 2 1/2 years. This video is real. But there is much more wrong. LET THE BUYER BEWARE. POLITICIANS ARE PUSHING AN AGENDA. THIS AGENDA IS FALSE.

[goldeneagle]

I spent $1, 000 for 1995 Toyota Tercel 4 speed manual as a 2nd car. It is easy to repair and maintain. It runs great! 😃👍

[MatthewFordVictoria]

I use an electric wheelchair, and it's much the same... having to figure out how far I can go, and still have enough power to get home.

[larryfinley]

The main reason I own my EV is to save money. I’ve been driving my Chevy bolt for over four years now, and have saved over $10, 600 in gasoline so far. At the rate I’m saving gas the car will be free in about eight more years. I’m going to keep driving it to see how long they last if it makes it to 150, 000 miles, the car will have been paid for itself just in gas savings alone. ICE cars are really based on early 20th century technology. I don’t know if we’re saving the planet, but we are saving a very valuable resource, petroleum, by buying them. There are some applications that require petroleum fuel. However, most of the time I use my car to drive to and from work, and charge it up at night. It only costs me 2.1 cents per mile to drive it. the best car I have ever owned, hands-down.

[dominiquecharriere]

I didn't buy an EV but my mistake was almost as serious: I asked my company to replace my diesel by an EV (because I live in the zero emission zone of Madrid). And for my sins they gave me one, they gave me the (infamous) Skoda Enyaq -with 60k kms use already. After having punctured 2 tyres on the first week, I faced the charging dilema: fast charge public charger far from everywhere or charging in a public parking in the center at an equivalence of 135% of the cost of petrol here. Did both. After 2 months I was registered in up 6 different apps (every charger seems to be from a different brand). I then thought it was time to venture out of the city and chose a weekend in lovely Cuenca, 171 kms away from Madrid. Fully charged (520 kms autonomy) I launch the beast on the motorway at 129 kmh (like I've been doing the last 30 years of my life) and after 35 kms my autonomy had dropped to 335 kms. I decided to go smooth, 104 kmh, no air con. In Cuenca I spend the whole next morning desperately looking for a working charger while my wife and daughter were sightseeing, no tourism for me, 3 hours in a parking lot but I had juice to come back home! At 90 kmh... Then 2 weeks later a software was installed which apparently destroyed the thermic control of the batteries, I've been without a car for 6 weeks now but you know what, I don't miss it, my vespa is so much easier to use. EV is a fraud and I got owned. Nunca más!

[TimJoseph]

I'm also against EV mandates all over the world, because it is not realistic.

[plwin]

Me and my wife decided to get Model Y and it has been great. We charge it at home and installing charger only cost about $650. Cost for charging for a month is about 30 dollars and we charge every two days. We just let it charge at night time with the schedule. We mainly drive local everyday for kids activities and work. We can use Super chargers if we are going far as well. We used to pay about $150 a month for gas before we got the Tesla. It also comes with adapter to use when charging with different chargers on the road.

[stevemaggs]

IMO, sadly, most car buyers now are more interested in the car's infotainment capabilities than anything else. Agree with the points you noted.

[proudam]

I sometimes talk to my mailman. He and his wife going to retire in about 10 years. So his wife was driving a Toyota Camry to work and it had lot miles so she bought herself a Tesla Model Y. They don't have a charger at home and they don't want to charge it in the garage due to possible fire risk so she charges the Tesla at a charging station daily Monday-Friday. He said his wife is already tired of getting the thing charged daily 5 times per week as her commute is 1 hour 15 min to work and 1 hour 15 min return trip total 2 hours 30 min daily. His wife said should have bought a hybrid instead. Good video upload letting people know the truth about EV's and the fact we don't have enough charging infrastructure right now. 👍👍

[erniestarkey]

My friend has a Lucid Air. Traveled from Tampa to Kansas in it. 10 stops, no supercharging available and using a/c and headlights killed the range drastically. They are for in town use only. He said he would never travel with it again. They are not a practical solution to gasoline engines. Electric vehicle fires take minimum 190, 000 gallons of water to put it out. I am firefighter so i've been there. The general rule is to allow it to burn out and save the water. Great video as always Mark. Thanks.

[arnie]

The tipping point will be when an electric car can be a primary car. Right now, you need to be a house owner, to not be terribly inconvenienced.

[bdpopeye]

...and if you live in an apartment building where would you plug it in? I live in a large apartment building and the owner has stated that they will not install any EV charging station unless mandated by the state or the federal government. And here in Iowa EV's go into hibernation in the harsh winter months...Excellent video!!

[vmfwwcq]

Tesla has many electronic controls which is expensive to fix if broken. I'm a tech guy and I love new technology but the problem is I'm always going out of state and most of the time I drove round trip. On EV I have to wait till it is fully charged before I could leave, One problem is that if I have transactions, I have to rent a car while the car is on charge.

[DarkChocolateCashews]

Just bought my 2023 Tesla Model S Plaid!!! Home charger was installed the day after the purchase!!! Perfection achieved!!! Thousands of Super Chargers from coast to coast!!!

[denisek]

You’re exactly correct about EV’s having “no soul.” They all look the same…unappealing. When I walk outside and see my Mustang convertible, I always do a double-take and think to myself, “Wow, what a great-looking car!” ICE muscle cars are my passion, and that’s not going to change.

[markalan]

I've been driving Tesla vehicles for the past 2.5 years, owning two Model X and a Model S cars. I frequently travel between central Florida and the North Carolina mountains. Throughout this time, I've never experienced any concerns about finding charging stations. Primarily, I charge my vehicles at home using solar power, which covers around 90% of my charging needs, while the remaining 10% is done at superchargers.
One aspect not addressed in your discussion is the remarkable efficiency of Tesla cars, excluding extremely cold conditions. These vehicles require minimal maintenance and can achieve an impressive 3.3 miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in terms of energy efficiency. In the past, before adopting solar power, my electricity cost was about 12.9 cents per kWh, encompassing all fees and fuel surcharges. This translates to approximately 4 cents per mile when driving the Model X.
Before switching to the Model X, I used to drive an Audi Q7 TDI that achieved around 24 miles per gallon (MPG), and diesel was priced at $4 per gallon. Consequently, the cost was approximately 16 cents per mile, which is four times the cost of operating my Model X. Although superchargers are priced at around 32 cents per kWh, the overall cost still remains lower at approximately 11 cents per mile. Moreover, the absence of oil changes, transmission servicing, antifreeze, and differential fluid expenses further contributes to the economic advantage of Tesla ownership.
I've never encountered the need to use third-party charging stations; Tesla's infrastructure has always sufficed. Additionally, the driving experience with a Tesla is enjoyable. While I'm open to exploring non-Tesla electric vehicles once they are compatible with Tesla superchargers, my preference has definitely shifted away from traditional combustion engines. Only nostalgic exceptions like a 1972 Trans Am with a 455 HO engine or a 1972 GTO Judge with a 455 engine could tempt me back to fossil fuel-powered vehicles. This is based on my personal experience.

[andrewfurie]

I'm retired, I drive a Tesla M3. It's the perfect car for me. I plug it in when I get home. My "fuel" cost me $35 for the month. I had to had windshield fluid last month, and rotate the tires.

[paulbroderick]

Was a time when you fell in love with your autos. Many were pure works of art with standout features. Now they are just cooky cutter boring contraptions to get you from
A to B. Thank you for your valuable video, right to the point(s)!!

[machinestephen]

I'm an electric car owner - it is by far the best car I have ever owned or driven. Its also beyond super cheap to run. I have the same tires on after 28, 000 miles, the servicing is cheap, I have never had to queue to charge and never got anywhere near running out of charge. The battery has not degraded. Lithium is NOT hard to extract - its causes no pollution and of course electric cars do not fill the air with fumes. By the way, it is cold (very cold) in Norway and 85% and electric cars way-out sell smoky cars there.

[joonglegamer]

He brings up a lot of good valid points that has to be adressed eventually. Heavy Earth extraction to get Lithium: True. Range anxiety for some countries: True. Expensive: True. Dangerous batteries: Partially true. Not enough power to replace all combustion engines with EV: Very true! Need to replace lithium again when changing batteries: Mostly untrue, Lithium is fully recycleable and can be re-used. Expensive to own: Untrue, I had a cheap Suzuki ignis that runs 0.5L per 10 Km (which is dirt cheap), but my monthly costs would be 300$ from-and-to work, my EV costs me 60$ for the same time period, huge saving. EV's getting reduced range in the winter: True! Too many different chargers: True!

I'd say he's mostly right, and also EV's aren't for everyone. For me they're perfect because I only drive 30 minutes to work and 30 minutes back again and still have half "tank" on a 35 KW battery and I charge at home with a bog-standard slow charger, it's always ready for me the next day. So again - if you travel more than say 45 mins each way to work, you may have a range-anxiety issue, so true! But parking it in my inside house with zero emissions makes it feel safe. No soul? I'd say that's highly individual. I've never driven a car as much as when I got my first EV. When I had my little cheap and cheery combustible, I drove only when needed (a whole lot less), so the EV kinda made me a car-freak and I've never been one (Over 50+ y/o here). I call mine "Christine" because she is soul-red and has a temper like the one in the Stephen King movie from 1983.

So yeah, he's quite right in a lot of areas - and we definetively need to improve on those for sure. Another thing no one seems to mention is that EV's tires are a lot more expensive, they have to handle more friction, and they take an even worse toll on our roads (A little secret that will be a huge controvercy in the future I'm sure), and the costs of the tires should be weighing in on the overall running expenses for sure. no one talks about that lil tidbit.