EVs Are Losing The Electric Future // feat. James Freeman

Million-dollar EV maker Rimac says their next car won’t be electric. Unsold Teslas are filling up parking lots. And big automakers like Mercedes are canceling future EVs. Is the electric future dead? Let’s find out!

EV sales took a big hit at the beginning of 2024, but bybrids got more popular. Are hybrids replacing EVs? The real story is more complicated than that, of course. In this video we talk about how EVs and hybrids went from novelty to commonplace, and if the tide is turning for hybrids. Includes the GM EV1, Toyota Prius, Nissan Leaf, and of course Tesla Model S.

00:00 Are EVs Dying?
00:43 Hybrids Coming Back
02:15 First Death of EVs
03:18 GM EV1
05:37 Second Death of EVs
06:06 Birth of Hybrid
07:02 Hybrid Supercars
07:42 Rebirth of EV
09:02 EVs stop sucking (Tesla)
10:10 EV Supercars
10:47 Third Death of EVs?
11:34 Tesla In Trouble

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Host: James Freeman
Writer: Gabriel Ionica
Editor: Dragos/CDP

[car-nivores]

Can anyone guess what transmission is behind me?

[anthonygenovese]

Jesus christ. Thought "wtf now justin has left donut (or at least moonlighting for another channel)" then realized this isn't justin. It's his brother and they pretty much have the exact same jobs 😅

[eurogael]

One of the problems with full EV over hybrid at least near where I live in the Northeast is that thanks to the housing crisis more people are living in apartments than houses which makes home charging nearly impossible. combine that with a very low number of charging stations and no one wants a pure EV.

[nintendo]

Usually a huge fan but it feels like Justin is talking to a brick wall 🤐

[backtotheprius]

I updated my prius 2007 into plug-in hybrid with the latest 20 kWh Nissan Leaf batteries. It's still running strong after 17 years! Incredible! Best car ever !

[DrCrunkMusic]

This isn't overdrive, it's not bad, but it's not overdrive 😑

[Guderian]

Someone famous once said, "we didn't step out of the stone age because we ran out of stone." We are not going to leave the oil age because we will run out of oil, the electric age needs to be as good, if not better, for more people to get on board.

[unnamedlegend]

If anyone's wondering, James Freeman is Justin (from Donut)'s twin brother.

[rorypuds]

Wtf is going on!? Why is Justin on Mansels channel?

[SystemScandll]

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Host James Freeman

Justin's brother?

[leomux]

I think EVs are here to stay, but they won't be the only kind of powertrain in the road, with internal combustion still being a time with us, just using e-fuel/biofuels and with some degree of electrification.

[DrivingGod]

The thumbnail with the Prius crushing the GM EV is way better than the other one I saw.

[mdo]

Dude, you mentioned that crappy Ford SUV from 2005 but failed to mention that in 2004 Lexus released the acclaimed RX400h which finally brought a powerful hybrid drivetrain to passangers vehicles.

[alexanderdenchev]

Wow, hi Justin, didn't expect you here :D

[easygoingdude]

If the only way to interact with my car is a tablet I’m not buying it. Give me proper switchgear

[RallycrossGT]

I have nothing against EV, especially in Motorsport... but I think Synthetic Fuel are much more appealing than EVs. If you can have Synthetic Fuel + Hybrid, it will be the best combo

[leumel]

3:05 I am sooo happy to see the CityEL represented as example for 80s electric cars because the concept is still by far currently the cheapest way to get around and was available to the public (in europe/germany) until around 2008!

[orlandoundergroundz]

Dude was like c ya donut media hello overdrive😂😂😮

[HourRomanticist]

unsold Teslas filling lots is the biggest cap I've ever heard

[bowez]

Amazing the Model S had 4x the battery of the Leaf and got 4x the range!