Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part One

Politicians and activists who want all cars to go electric are guilty of magical thinking.

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Electric car sales are up 66% this year.

President Biden says the future is "electric… and there’s no turning back.”

California and New York are banning sales of new gas-powered vehicles.

We’re told they’ll help us use less oil.

But most of what politicians, activists, and electric car sellers say about electric cars is just wrong.

In this video, and a second one coming soon, I show you 5 inconvenient facts about electric cars.

[sschuyler]

California: "We are going all-in on electric cars!" Also California (24 hours later): "Don't plug in your electric car, because we don't have the energy supply to charge them"

[samomiotek]

Nothing is greener than taking good care of the car you already own and driving it until the wheels fall of.

[strategicperson]

The "Green Movement" is the epitome of the phrase: "Amatuers discuss tactics, Professionals study logistics."

[Milosz_Ostrow]

The deadly, unquenchable electric car battery fire aboard the car carrier MV _Fremantle Highway_ in July 2023 should make us all think twice about proliferation of electric cars..

[brandonporter]

Electric cars being “green” gives me “we don’t need farms because I get my groceries from the store” vibes.

[hugh]

Isn't it strange that the greenies think electricity generated for your air conditioning is evil, but the same electricity used to charge electric cars is just fine.

[ohiosbestpeach]

I get so tired of politicians being stupid.

[jpt]

It kills me that so many "Green Activists" will say--"Follow the Science!" but don't ever actually "Follow the Science!"...thank you Stossel for asking all the right questions!

[jgesselberty]

The day that all these elites ride bicycles to work and take commercial transportation instead of private jets, yachts, and limousines, is the day I will believe them.

[diltzm]

I work in the electrical utility industry and the biggest thing people don't realize is that we do not have the infrastructure to support this many electric vehicles. You can build substations all you want but if you don't have the power generation capacity to support the demand we're going to have even more brownouts and blackouts.

[bdg]

So very nice to find a factual video about EVs. My career was in electrical/ electronics, but I can't tell you how many times I was called a liar for mentioning these problems.

[joerobertson]

"Willful ignorance of the truth" is the definition of a politician.

[thepinkranter]

What never ceases to amaze me is how can anybody still believe politicians and governments are sincerely concerned about the "environment".
Whatever the politicians say you should do is never for the reasons they tell you.

[OlTrailDog]

The fact that a government administrator can mandate such policies, like EVs, via an "executive order" is what is truly dangerous.

[allanzylbert]

It is amazing how politicians act as if none of this happens

[tigerphid]

If you grew up in the 1960s, you remember that most houses had oil burners for heat. Then came electric heat, where toaster-like coils replaced hot water pipes in every room. I remember that electric heat fell out of favor almost instantly once the astronomical cost was exposed. The drivers of electric cars don't feel the cost pinch because electric cars are heavily subsidized by taxpayers.

[CarimboHanky]

biggest joke was california announcing the banning of gas cars a few days later announcing a "power flex alert" because they didnt have enough power 😂

[greekifreekifan]

Electric vehicles are a status symbol for the rich and powerful to show how much more moral they are compared to the proles.

[adamo]

I own a petrol car, and diesel car, and I lease an electric car. When I leased it, charging on the high street was much cheaper than fuelling, however now charging costs 80p per kWh (1.02 usd), which makes my AMG mercedes cheaper to run. And don’t forget the electric cars are much more expensive to buy too…

[digysdosdiy]

California has something called a "flex alert". This occurs on hut summer days and hot temperatures where they ask us to stop using major appliances between 3 an 9 PM.
So WTF are we supposed to do when we get home from work and cannot charge the car to go out.
Wait, what if I am in an apartment building with 500 apartments? Who is going to foot the bill to install all the chargers? Can you imagine what that will do to rents?
I have a 60 year old house and I know it will be over $10, 000 to upgrade the electrical to support a charger. Who is going to pay for that?
And . . . what are we going to due with all those worn out batteries in about 10 years?