Nailed it, body shops don’t want to work on them. They don’t even want them on their property so now when a EV has minor damage it gets totaled out as opposed to repaired if it were a gas car. We are all going to eat this shit sandwich through rate increases!!
Exactly, we are being fleeced left right and centre. I buy smashed cars from auction and watched just a few days ago a 2024 Tesla with minor damage sell for just $4400! That's a massive insurance loss and we are paying for a false ideology even though we aren't onboard with it.
Already happening. Wife JUST a few minutes ago renewed her insurance and is now £360 higher than last year and thats the lowest we could find...Are own circumstances have not changed etc. We live way out in the sticks. which has always resulted in lower insurance too... The only thing is can be is the growing issues with EV's that cost way too much to repair etc.
@@001dieselman If it was an ICE fire ( remember there is a gagging order in UK on reporting EV fires ) then never in the history of vehicle fires has a single ICE vehicle fire burned down a whole concrete and steel multi-story parking garage.... There were obviously quite a few EV in that garage that thought it a good idea to add their massively high temperatures and large burn radius to the party. There are actually at least 3 examples of ships transporting EV being sunk by the EV letting go though....
@@chrissmith2114you say ‘if it was an ice vehicle fire’…. There is literally a video of it and you can see the registration number and see it’s an ice vehicle. It annoys me how you guys pounce on a fire in an EV but are just in total denial when it’s an ice car.
@@Audioremedy0785: your full of s_h_i_t... You can literally throw a lit match into a Diesel Fuel tank and it won't combust! It was a hi-brid I believe.
Welcome back. While you were away the UK has gone to shit. Who would have thought it, but Australia looks like a more open/free country than here. God help us all.😇🙏
@@johnlesoudeur3653 I moved from London to Melbourne 1 1/2 years ago…and despite Aussies problems, it’s waaaaaaaay better than the UK, you couldn’t pay me to move back. Then there’s the weather …😂
@@bruiser6479 yep, and i worked outside for 16 years…so did my time! It’s very >British< weather in Melbourne but around 8˚C higher average and way more sun hours over all. Which makes a big difference!
Above toilet roll holders in science Dept Adelaide uni 1970. ,Arts degree, please take one. Gov populated. By scientifically illiterate protoplasm all with degrees in humanities . Epsilon minus semi morons making decisions requiring an understanding of science
Remember, that in the UK, almost 5 out of 6 EV sales are to fleets and businesses and not private buyers. Dealers are being forced to pre-register EV's and have them sit unwanted on forecourts just to try and avoid the fines. This is how they can artificially show an increase in EV 'sales' when they need to. Traditionally, the big car sale uplifts happen in March and September - Jun/Jul are often very quiet, so to suddenly see an 18% increase in EV sales (that's 'all' registrations), sounds suspect.
@@Audioremedy0785 Nope, all true. Look it up. Fleets have been propping up EV sales for years, and it's reached crazy levels this year. Private sales are falling, and have been for some time. All the stats are readily available. FYI, I don't dislike EV's -if it suits your lifestyle and you can afford to buy and insure one, have off-street parking and have payed for a home charger and have factored in the depreciation, don't mind lengthy queues and the high cost of public charging, then knock yourself out. Personally, I don't want one and I object to having my choice taken away. If EV's were actually going to make a difference I may buy into it, but they're not. The car works for me, not the other way around.
@@tonyb3629 can you provide me with a single reputable data source that backs up ‘almost 5 out of 6’. I can save you the time if you want, there isn’t one because it’s something that you have completely made up.
@@Audioremedy0785 Stellantis who makes mostly ICE vehicles have been doing this for months to hide just how bad their US sales are. A number of lawsuits are now underway where dealerships who had to registe unsold cars are telling Stellantis to buy them back. it's an age old trick to show boosted sales of vehicles to 'fudge the numbers', not just EVs. Stop being so naive.
I heard a stat that only one in ten EV sales are by private buyers. The rest are fleet and government. Is that true? If so, it again proves that the only way they are selling is because of taxpayer funding!
Yes it is true 85% of EV sales in the UK are to fleets and lease companies have increased the monthly payments on EVs due to the dramatic and remirseless fall in the val of these useless dangerous EV lumps
While you were away a death knell for one of the world’s iconic car brands was announced; Jaguar are going ALL electric just as EV sales are faltering! ! How can the whole board of directors and CEO make such a disastrous mistake ??
Insurance group should sue the hell out the Mercedes garbage… Let them pay those millions instead… ✌️ If Mercedes has the balls to go and buy the cheapest battery there is and sell it for a ridiculous price, better have the balls to answer for it…
Mercedes should have to pay it's be the EU they are filled with greens lefties and the political world are forcing vehicle manufacturer to make EV VEHICLES so don't brand the vehicles manufacturer cos we the people would have pay a lots more money to buy new vehicle's
@@orionbetelgeuse1937 if you choose a cheapo battery from a sketchy manufacturer who can’t give a straight answer about their batteries. It is your failure to ensure the quality of your product… Battery was produced by Chinese Farasis (Funengkeji). Study this manufacturer and its history a bit, then we can talk… ✌️
If they do that from every country where they cannot reach targets, car manufacturers will soon be all dead and the doors will be wide open for the Chinese cars... Only markets left for the European manufacturers will be some islands and Africa. In Asia it's already too late. Look at what happens in Thailand.
Mercedes is selling many ICE cars in China. They are also producing combustion engines there in a new factory, together with Geely. At the same time, unsold chinese EVs are piling up in China, and in European harbours.
insurance companies need to ban EV's from being insured until they are proved not to be a danger to life and property , why should the motorist pay for the EV madness
Because the Liberal Extreame Govt Mandates ! You & Me who drive older gas cars help pay for this mess. and we are getting fleeced. WHy ? so the Govt can ease into the Total Cost of Ownership. Only the High Income EV Owners benefit from them. Not sure why I should have to pay higher rates for your expensive proven unreliable and explovive cars.
Some US Insurance companies are doing this already. The main requirement is that they are recharged no less than 15 metres from your house as for multistory carparks and apartment blocks..... watch this space
I really don't blame car makers for these issues. If you want to place blame put it square on the political class. They're the idiots that have pushed this ridiculous agenda. The EV's have been a financial disaster for just about every company other than Tesla.
Lots of the manufacturers had EVs in their line-up and were pushing government to expand EV usage. Yes, the governments took that message and sprinted blindly with it, but the car manufacturers wanted to sell more EVs to justify their research & development costs. Also in the medium term manufacturers want to make vehicles into disposable/throwaway items like phones/TVs/washing machines. Do not absolve the manufacturers of their part in this disaster.
The warning signs are there on how dangerous these cars can be. But it looks like the Government and Councils in New Zealand wont take any action until lives are lost. Its not even on their radars.
Same here in the UK, get rhe feeling its the same everywhere, a fire in an underground carpark and people killed is going to happen, its just a matter of when and where
@@grahamedney2432 and how often. Currently only a small % of cars are EV, image when every second car is. No one with a sensible car will want to park next to a time BooomFireBlaster.
I can not see why any Vehicle Makers should take any responsibility what so ever,the World Governments,have forced them into the corner,World Governments must take full responsibility, there the ones demanding this mandate,and it's STUPID.😡🌬️❄️🌧️
Not even the insurers want that issue being talked about. Engineers, builders, planning department, insurers ... what a nightmare. ICE, so simple, so safe.
I'm kind of curious if they will condem the building(s). I was trying to research the particular fire in the story, and was unable to get any further details. But yeah assuming the nature of EV fires underground in a foundation I can't imagine most of those 700 families have a permanent home anymore.
How about the resident with unlivable homes. Just the smoke damage will be a huge problem. I once had a small building , prefab office burnout. Internally only but all the insulation and carpets had to be scrapped and the room it happened in needed a good percentage of the wall structure and the floor replaced. So every person in the building will have a claim of sat 50K AUD. Then the personal injury and death. This will be tens of millions AUD
EV sellers have been found to be pre-registering EV to make it look like they sold them, this skews the figures and the car is then sold later as a used car....
An issue with EV fires, is that damage to the battery pack can cause this. The protection under the car is designed for 'normal' use, so cannot protect against heavy hits. Drivers can be careless. Any EV fire could be a defective battery, or prior damage. Once the fire is out, evidence of damage may be difficult to determine, as will evidence of any defective cells, so manufacturers will be cautious, and possibly ready to blame the owner. It is a no-win situation. At least with a petrol or diesel, any leaks, due to age, or damage, can be seen and smelt.
Looking forward to the UK police and civil servants leading by example. Force them into buying only BEVs. No excuses or two tier policies for who drives what.
@@crabby7668 Image an EV police car racing along, catching up fast, only to die at the next speed hump. Worse, the shiny new thing had to be completely written off and no refund on the insurance. And guess who pays. Coppers have a bad enough reputation, why go down the Incompetent path as well!
Electric cars definitely haven't gotten better in the time you've had a well-deserved vacation.Funny that you're back and all the trolls are probably just as happy, without people like you there wouldn't be trolls.😉👍
Welcome back young man. I once had a friend (deceased) who was a copper. He spent many years in front line policing and was known for his diplomatic attempts to quell dissent. Some people would listen, others would not, rather like our political class of today. The police had a saying for the "deaf " ones. YOU CAN NEVER EDUCATE PORK. Says it all dunnit!
A couple of problems I see on this videos. 1) that Mercedes ev could have had a prang int eh battery undertry days, weeks...months ago and this was the point the circuits on one of the many batteries failed. There's no way to know when this might happen, and as you say, an ICE engine would be easy to spot a problem. 2). My fear in the uk is they are pushing forward for 100% car sales in 5 years. The grid can't manage that even now. So I bet the idea is that you'll be told when you're allowed to charge, and the cost of an EV will make it's only for the rich. How will the rest of us get around...public transport is an expensive joke already.
Maybe the plan is to make personal transportation so expensive that eventually only public transport will be available. Pushing the ideology regardless of the effects on our lives. They are proving that they literally do not care about people.
What Governments and electric car manufacturers don’t take into account is that there IS a limit on the number of people who can buy them ( even if they wanted to) because the majority don’t have a driveway and underground car parks don’t have insurance to install chargers. Most EV drivers don’t want to spend time waiting and queuing to use public chargers ( if they actually work or haven’t had their cables stolen) !!
I'm glad to have you back? While you were gone, a truckload of batteries overturned in California on a major highway between San Diego and Canada. The highway was shut down over 24 hours, trapping thousands of people in the desert in July. My husband was there and a trip that should have taken 7 hours was rerouted and rook 17 hours.
And nobody wants to talk about the earth destruction in obtaining the rare earth metals needed for the batteries, or if there is a huge take up in ev's where all the additional electricity will come from, if the generator companies don't use fossil fuels.
I think of the fossil fuels as the million year solar battery - all those hydro-carbons are from the sun. Only question is CO2 ? ? ? Imagin if governments put all those EV promotion and subsidies dollars into improving existing energy usage. I want an app that tells cars the optimum speed. When cars accelerate from lights to the next set of lights, much of the fuel is wasted. An app that regulated cars and intersection lights would take a lot of the frustration away (except for the rev heads).
Welcome back Simon, you look refreshed 😊 Good idea to refine your output on the channel I think. Looking forward to your success. Cheers, Tony, Brisbane
@@SA-nv5tc I believe that 90% of EV sold are going to Government and woke fleet buyers. So, in effect, we're all paying for them, but only one in ten is bought by private buyers. It's a government Ponzi scheme, artificially inflating sales numbers!
Was a passenger in a taxi today. Was first time I have been in a tesler. Can’t understand justification of them using it as a taxi. It used 15% of its drive range for a 30m trip . Surely that is not enough range to cover them for a day of driving
I was in a new Tesla taxi a few weeks back, Model Y. The driver got it because one of his taxi buddies has had one for a while and swears by it. Smooth, quiet and really cheap to run he said. So my driver bought one as did one of his other colleagues. Said they all love them and wished they had got them earlier. They make more profit because of the reduced fuel and maintenance costs. Depreciation not an issue because they will run them until they die! Now their fares are 95% local so really long journeys are rare but he said that the dispatchers work around that, no problem. Just goes to show that that can be good for some but not necessarily for all. PS, none of them have caught fire yet!😂
@@DwaynePipesdespathers work around them means that other people are having to accommodate for the EV owners. Once they are all EV there will be no others to accommodate them
@@crabby7668 Well given that they are very unlikely to be all EV for many years to come, I guess it's not really an issue! Regardless, it's s just the same as the dispatcher asking a driver nearing the end of a shift if he wants a longer trip. Sometimes they'll take it sometime they will pass it on to the next driver who will "accommodate the request". (He also said that some of their regular customers are, on the large side and they have to be "accommodated" as not all cars can take them!) Also they don't necessarily reject the longer distance ones he said. It's all about providing the best service for the customer. Anyway, he was more than happy so I can't argue with that! 😜
That’s not correct. A Tesla has a real world range of 300+ miles. On no planet would it be using 15% to do 30 miles. Unless it was carrying an elephant on the back seat.
When people and companies start sliding down the slippery slop of failure, they refuse to admit it and go faster. Other wise known as the "Sunk cost" effect.
In other news, a lithium battery discarded at Sackers scrap metal recycling yard at Great Blakenham, near Ipswich, caused a disruption of mainline train service. Eighty-five firefighters were called out to fight the blaze. According to Steve Wiles, Suffolk County Council cabinet member for public protection, ""This was a major incident that caused massive disruption to a great many people and saw firefighters put themselves potentially in harm’s way as they bravely dealt with it." The railway line that passes directly by Sackers was closed by Network Rail in both directions. Train operator Greater Anglia has advised customers that service would be disrupted between Ipswich and Norwich until further notice. Aren't EV and the horrendous fires that go along with them just grand?
Good to see you back M Guy. All work and no play isn't conducive to quality. IMO, please keep your vids brief 12 min. If you have multiple topics, please drop more than one vid. I really like the scope of coverage of your channel. Keep up the good work.
Glad my favorite lawyer-engineer-turned-youtuber is alright. Also glad no one was harmed in a 100+ car fire. Makes me wonder though. Are fire crews in Korea that incompetent or were there multiple EVs involved in the fire to stoke such a large amount of damage?
It’s great to have you back again. We were all getting withdrawal symptoms, and a lack of sensible and real information. Hope you had a good well deserved break.
I've said it before and it needs to be said again: EV's are a fad that is fading fast. Glad you enjoyed a nice break, Simon. Thanks for your logical and rational views regarding EV's.
Like I say to people, EV's are excellent for small: Drones, model car racing, cycles and small, esp 2 seater size cars. But after that the Physics starts to fail. Size does make a difference, too big becomes a waste of time, money and resources.
EVs should not be allowed inside buildings even if equipped with sprinkler systems. EV fires are 3 times hotter than a typical building fire and typical car fire. This is bad government not protecting the people. Thanks MGUY.
A couple of weeks ago in the US there was a fire involving a truck transporting lithium ion batteries that shut down Interstate 15 between L.A. and Las Vegas near Barstow, CA which the mainstream media pretty much ignored.
Car holidays are not quite the same with electric cars as they are with real cars.With electric cars you don't drive between different places and cities with electric cars you only drive between different charging stations.And if you add up the time to get between A and B and the time to charge the car, the average speed is about the same as a moped.
we had a fire here where I live in Alberta. My friend's son rented out his house to an EV owner, the EV started on fire in his garage and burned it down
I want a hybrid that has a Sodium battery. With a computer setting for "local" mode. The car would choose mostly EV mode, and remind me to charge (ideally at home). Sodium does not have the "fire starter trick" and can charge at faster rates than Li. So it can be used in either mostly ICE mode or mostly EV mode. Good resale and versatility. Oddly the Chinese are making Sodium batteries but not yet in large numbers. Are they waiting for western ICE coys to fail?
I don´t doubt the prospects of EV cars in general, i just prefer not to be the main ingredient in a bbq, or have my place turned into a smoldering pile of ash just cause something out of my control went wrong. Non of that happens in a ICE car and IF it ever catches fire you can put it out with a simple extinguisher. Why would anyone sane want to invest in a such volatile form of transportation? Sure you can be lucky and nothing happens after years of use. Or you are not and may lose you car (and maybe your home) without doing anything wrong... and that if you are lucky not to be crispified in the event.
@@davidvanderklauw Most of the votes for the 2020 US election came from suitcases under the counting tables and were all voting for one candidate for some reason...
Mguy... I am glad to have you rested up and can understand you needing to make some changes to how you operate your channel. You do what you need to do you'll continue to have my support. Keep doing what you do and I'll look forward to hearing your sanity in this insane world.
The often used phrase "It was due to a electrical fault" seems to have no reference as far as EVs are concerned. yet still applies to houses and petrol cars etc.
I don't like EVs on the road and moving, they are much heavier and cause much more damage to sensible cars. The EV and the sensible car both get written off. Just wait till we have 50% EVs, when an EV hits an EV, at least one major fire and both get written off. EVs can sit in their precious driveway on private property all they like, but not be a menace on public roads.
Everyone who is insured will pay eventually in your next insurance premium as usual to subsidise these shit boxes.
Nailed it, body shops don’t want to work on them. They don’t even want them on their property so now when a EV has minor damage it gets totaled out as opposed to repaired if it were a gas car. We are all going to eat this shit sandwich through rate increases!!
Exactly, we are being fleeced left right and centre.
I buy smashed cars from auction and watched just a few days ago a 2024 Tesla with minor damage sell for just $4400! That's a massive insurance loss and we are paying for a false ideology even though we aren't onboard with it.
Already doing it
Already happening. Wife JUST a few minutes ago renewed her insurance and is now £360 higher than last year and thats the lowest we could find...Are own circumstances have not changed etc. We live way out in the sticks. which has always resulted in lower insurance too... The only thing is can be is the growing issues with EV's that cost way too much to repair etc.
Good to see you back Mguy!
140 cars destroyed, 23 injured - won't hear anything about that from Viking 😮
I posted this video on his newest video and asked him. I know he won’t.
what if all the 140 cars were electric?
@@orionbetelgeuse1937 great question! Maybe the entire carpark/building burns for 3 months?!
The Viking is too busy touting batteries that will change the auto industry. (Again)
Too busy touting EVs to understand the huge issues surrounding them
Fitting charging stations in enclosed spaces, especially under buildings is pure madness.
Yeah, you are right when the Luton airport car park burnt down because of an ICEV they should ban them parking garages
@@001dieselman If it was an ICE fire ( remember there is a gagging order in UK on reporting EV fires ) then never in the history of vehicle fires has a single ICE vehicle fire burned down a whole concrete and steel multi-story parking garage.... There were obviously quite a few EV in that garage that thought it a good idea to add their massively high temperatures and large burn radius to the party. There are actually at least 3 examples of ships transporting EV being sunk by the EV letting go though....
@@chrissmith2114you say ‘if it was an ice vehicle fire’…. There is literally a video of it and you can see the registration number and see it’s an ice vehicle. It annoys me how you guys pounce on a fire in an EV but are just in total denial when it’s an ice car.
@@Audioremedy0785: your full of s_h_i_t... You can literally throw a lit match into a Diesel Fuel tank and it won't combust! It was a hi-brid I believe.
@@Audioremedy0785at least you can put an ICE fire out. Unlike your beloved EV’s
Welcome back. While you were away the UK has gone to shit. Who would have thought it, but Australia looks like a more open/free country than here. God help us all.😇🙏
It had already gone to shit, it just happened that a few extra people realised it.
@@johnlesoudeur3653 I moved from London to Melbourne 1 1/2 years ago…and despite Aussies problems, it’s waaaaaaaay better than the UK, you couldn’t pay me to move back. Then there’s the weather …😂
@@danmarchThe weather in the UK must be pretty ordinary if Melbourne’s looks good in comparison.
@@bruiser6479 yep, and i worked outside for 16 years…so did my time! It’s very >British< weather in Melbourne but around 8˚C higher average and way more sun hours over all. Which makes a big difference!
That's Right Wing.. Expect a knock on the door 😂
Bowen and Miliband have staggering levels of incompetence…!
They've never come across the saying "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink"
@@Wee_Langside They did but decided they know better🤣
Above toilet roll holders in science Dept Adelaide uni 1970.
,Arts degree, please take one.
Gov populated. By scientifically illiterate protoplasm all with degrees in humanities . Epsilon minus semi morons making decisions requiring an understanding of science
they are doing what their DAVOS and its 2030 agenda bosses are telling them to do
I remember that useless snobby clown milliband from the previous failed labour government
Thank goodness you're back!! We've all missed you. 😘
Missed the monotonous reading of cherry picked misinformation? Yeh, nah….
Remember, that in the UK, almost 5 out of 6 EV sales are to fleets and businesses and not private buyers. Dealers are being forced to pre-register EV's and have them sit unwanted on forecourts just to try and avoid the fines. This is how they can artificially show an increase in EV 'sales' when they need to. Traditionally, the big car sale uplifts happen in March and September - Jun/Jul are often very quiet, so to suddenly see an 18% increase in EV sales (that's 'all' registrations), sounds suspect.
‘I don’t like EVs, so I am going to make up totally unverified statistics about them and pass them off as being true’ 🤣🤣
@@Audioremedy0785 Nope, all true. Look it up. Fleets have been propping up EV sales for years, and it's reached crazy levels this year. Private sales are falling, and have been for some time. All the stats are readily available.
FYI, I don't dislike EV's -if it suits your lifestyle and you can afford to buy and insure one, have off-street parking and have payed for a home charger and have factored in the depreciation, don't mind lengthy queues and the high cost of public charging, then knock yourself out. Personally, I don't want one and I object to having my choice taken away. If EV's were actually going to make a difference I may buy into it, but they're not. The car works for me, not the other way around.
@@tonyb3629 can you provide me with a single reputable data source that backs up ‘almost 5 out of 6’. I can save you the time if you want, there isn’t one because it’s something that you have completely made up.
@@Audioremedy0785making up something unverified? Horrific!
@@Audioremedy0785 Stellantis who makes mostly ICE vehicles have been doing this for months to hide just how bad their US sales are. A number of lawsuits are now underway where dealerships who had to registe unsold cars are telling Stellantis to buy them back. it's an age old trick to show boosted sales of vehicles to 'fudge the numbers', not just EVs. Stop being so naive.
I heard a stat that only one in ten EV sales are by private buyers. The rest are fleet and government. Is that true? If so, it again proves that the only way they are selling is because of taxpayer funding!
You’ll own nothing and be happy
It's definitely the case in the UK, because of all the tax credits for business who lease EVs.
Well just ask hertz and sixt, cost them millions in losses
Yes it is true 85% of EV sales in the UK are to fleets and lease companies have increased the monthly payments on EVs due to the dramatic and remirseless fall in the val of these useless dangerous EV lumps
@@noseboop4354it’s not the case for the uk at all….
Hi MGUY.
Great to have the voice of sanity back.
I hope you enjoyed your break-thoroughly deserved.
While you were away a death knell for one of the world’s iconic car brands was announced; Jaguar are going ALL electric just as EV sales are faltering! ! How can the whole board of directors and CEO make such a disastrous mistake ??
Their politicians mandated it for them.
@@philipmason9537 goodbye Jaguar!
@@savagegfry 😳
I think the ceo of blackrock asked them to
because they want to close the uk manufacturing down and move it somewhere cheap
Insurance group should sue the hell out the Mercedes garbage… Let them pay those millions instead… ✌️
If Mercedes has the balls to go and buy the cheapest battery there is and sell it for a ridiculous price, better have the balls to answer for it…
Mercedes should have to pay it's be the EU they are filled with greens lefties and the political world are forcing vehicle manufacturer to make EV VEHICLES so don't brand the vehicles manufacturer cos
we the people would have pay
a lots more money to buy new vehicle's
it's not their fault, that's the nature of the batteries. It's the fault of the people who voted the politicians who imposed the ev mandates.
@@orionbetelgeuse1937 if you choose a cheapo battery from a sketchy manufacturer who can’t give a straight answer about their batteries. It is your failure to ensure the quality of your product… Battery was produced by Chinese Farasis (Funengkeji). Study this manufacturer and its history a bit, then we can talk… ✌️
@@orionbetelgeuse1937Benz said it used CATL batteries, but the investigation after the accident revealed that it was Farasis batteries.
It will be cheaper for car companies to pull out of the UK than pay 15k for each missed ev not sold sold.
that's what they want. If there are no car companies selling cars there are no cars. Well, maybe some chinese ev's
Anyone remember the grey import craze in the early 1990s?
If they do that from every country where they cannot reach targets, car manufacturers will soon be all dead and the doors will be wide open for the Chinese cars... Only markets left for the European manufacturers will be some islands and Africa. In Asia it's already too late. Look at what happens in Thailand.
@@orionbetelgeuse1937 They may get their wish
Mercedes is selling many ICE cars in China. They are also producing combustion engines there in a new factory, together with Geely. At the same time, unsold chinese EVs are piling up in China, and in European harbours.
insurance companies need to ban EV's from being insured until they are proved not to be a danger to life and property , why should the motorist pay for the EV madness
Ther is one problem. The government will exert coercive force on the insurance industry to make all customers pay.
100% agreed.
Because the Liberal Extreame Govt Mandates ! You & Me who drive older gas cars help pay for this mess. and we are getting fleeced. WHy ? so the Govt can ease into the Total Cost of Ownership. Only the High Income EV Owners benefit from them. Not sure why I should have to pay higher rates for your expensive proven unreliable and explovive cars.
Some US Insurance companies are doing this already. The main requirement is that they are recharged no less than 15 metres from your house as for multistory carparks and apartment blocks..... watch this space
Ev owners should pay the extra fee to own 😮a dangerous piece of 💩. And you lot thought guns were dangerous. Lmao
Good to have you back. Keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍 👌 💪
Missed you Michael Caine
I really don't blame car makers for these issues. If you want to place blame put it square on the political class. They're the idiots that have pushed this ridiculous agenda. The EV's have been a financial disaster for just about every company other than Tesla.
I blame it on people who rote vote for the big 2.
Trump promises to end the EV mandate. Kamala promises to double down.
and who voted for those politicians?
only one side of the isle is pushing it
Lots of the manufacturers had EVs in their line-up and were pushing government to expand EV usage. Yes, the governments took that message and sprinted blindly with it, but the car manufacturers wanted to sell more EVs to justify their research & development costs.
Also in the medium term manufacturers want to make vehicles into disposable/throwaway items like phones/TVs/washing machines.
Do not absolve the manufacturers of their part in this disaster.
I was getting anxious, great to see you have returned.
The warning signs are there on how dangerous these cars can be. But it looks like the Government and Councils in New Zealand wont take any action until lives are lost. Its not even on their radars.
even when lives are lost nothing will happen
They don't care about lives.
Same here in the UK, get rhe feeling its the same everywhere, a fire in an underground carpark and people killed is going to happen, its just a matter of when and where
@@grahamedney2432 and how often. Currently only a small % of cars are EV, image when every second car is. No one with a sensible car will want to park next to a time BooomFireBlaster.
You need new government!!
WELCOME BACK!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN MISSED!!! All is back to... I was gonna say normal. 😂 welcome back my friend ❤️🕶️
Welcome back. You have been missed.
I can not see why any Vehicle Makers should take any responsibility what so ever,the World Governments,have forced them into the corner,World Governments must take full responsibility, there the ones demanding this mandate,and it's STUPID.😡🌬️❄️🌧️
They are or they're
Caren or Karen?
@@cidbidds5569 Proper spelling is important if you are writing in the public space! There is no excuse for ignorance.
They made cars that break down. Hold them responsible. Down vote.
I'm sorrie
Due to the intense heat from EV fires the whole building may have to be demolished....
Not even the insurers want that issue being talked about. Engineers, builders, planning department, insurers ... what a nightmare. ICE, so simple, so safe.
I'm kind of curious if they will condem the building(s).
I was trying to research the particular fire in the story, and was unable to get any further details.
But yeah assuming the nature of EV fires underground in a foundation I can't imagine most of those 700 families have a permanent home anymore.
So their insurance is going to cover 140 cars? Or are everyone in the building screwed.
How about the resident with unlivable homes. Just the smoke damage will be a huge problem. I once had a small building , prefab office burnout. Internally only but all the insulation and carpets had to be scrapped and the room it happened in needed a good percentage of the wall structure and the floor replaced. So every person in the building will have a claim of sat 50K AUD. Then the personal injury and death. This will be tens of millions AUD
methinks the second one somehow
EV sellers have been found to be pre-registering EV to make it look like they sold them, this skews the figures and the car is then sold later as a used car....
Doesn't sound like much of long term solution...
UK dealers have been doing this for 50 years that I know of, nothing new about it.
‘I don’t like EVs, so I am going to repeat something that someone else said that’s clearly untrue about them’
@@Audioremedy0785 "I'm a loser in life so I'm driving an EV"
@@McVaio why would that make me a loser? I have an EV and a Ice car and they are both great. But people in these comments are embarrassing.
Good to see you back mate 👍
An issue with EV fires, is that damage to the battery pack can cause this. The protection under the car is designed for 'normal' use, so cannot protect against heavy hits. Drivers can be careless. Any EV fire could be a defective battery, or prior damage. Once the fire is out, evidence of damage may be difficult to determine, as will evidence of any defective cells, so manufacturers will be cautious, and possibly ready to blame the owner. It is a no-win situation. At least with a petrol or diesel, any leaks, due to age, or damage, can be seen and smelt.
The mercedes EQE that burnt in Korea only has 134mm ground clearance. The owner probably treated the car like ordinary SUV with 200mm ground clearance
Hope you had a good time away. Great to have you back!
EV's are like smart phones, they become obsolete after a few years.
My EV is 5 years old, has driven 106,000 km and only shows minor degradation. So how long do I have to wait before it becomes obsolete?
How? Why? It'll still get you from A to B
The powers that be dont want you to drive, ev or otherwise.
We need to stay in our 15-minute cities, eat z-bugs, and be happy.
@@chuckgilly And unfortunately, there are millions of sheep that will do just that. People are their own worst enemies.
Looking forward to the UK police and civil servants leading by example.
Force them into buying only BEVs. No excuses or two tier policies for who drives what.
One police force did but they only had the ac trickle chargers so the cars were never available
@@crabby7668 Last week I came across a Royal Mail EV van out in the wilds of the countryside being recharged by a diesel generator!
@@crabby7668 Image an EV police car racing along, catching up fast, only to die at the next speed hump. Worse, the shiny new thing had to be completely written off and no refund on the insurance. And guess who pays. Coppers have a bad enough reputation, why go down the Incompetent path as well!
Glad you're back. The green transition ends with mega waste lands.
Welcome back. Hope you had a nice break.
Electric cars definitely haven't gotten better in the time you've had a well-deserved vacation.Funny that you're back and all the trolls are probably just as happy, without people like you there wouldn't be trolls.😉👍
Welcome back !!!
Welcome back young man.
I once had a friend (deceased) who was a copper. He spent many years in front line policing and was known for his diplomatic attempts to quell dissent. Some people would listen, others would not, rather like our political class of today.
The police had a saying for the "deaf " ones. YOU CAN NEVER EDUCATE PORK. Says it all dunnit!
Welcome back 👍
A couple of problems I see on this videos. 1) that Mercedes ev could have had a prang int eh battery undertry days, weeks...months ago and this was the point the circuits on one of the many batteries failed. There's no way to know when this might happen, and as you say, an ICE engine would be easy to spot a problem. 2). My fear in the uk is they are pushing forward for 100% car sales in 5 years. The grid can't manage that even now. So I bet the idea is that you'll be told when you're allowed to charge, and the cost of an EV will make it's only for the rich. How will the rest of us get around...public transport is an expensive joke already.
There's your 15 minute City right there.
They don't want us plebes moving around at all. Live in your pod. Eat the bugs. Own nothing. Be happy.
Maybe the plan is to make personal transportation so expensive that eventually only public transport will be available. Pushing the ideology regardless of the effects on our lives. They are proving that they literally do not care about people.
DO YOU SEE IT YET?
So glad to have your reports back! I was afraid the UA-cam 'Ministry of Truth' thought police had censored you! Cheers.
G'Day! Nice to have you back!
I hope there isn't too much more damage before the whole EV thing collapses under its own weight--pun intended.
Ideology begins at the point where common sense ended.
What Governments and electric car manufacturers don’t take into account is that there IS a limit on the number of people who can buy them ( even if they wanted to) because the majority don’t have a driveway and underground car parks don’t have insurance to install chargers. Most EV drivers don’t want to spend time waiting and queuing to use public chargers ( if they actually work or haven’t had their cables stolen) !!
@@philipmason9537 It's not about forcing us into EVs, it about forcing us out of cars all together!
@@savagegfry 👋
Governments using logic ??????
I'm glad to have you back? While you were gone, a truckload of batteries overturned in California on a major highway between San Diego and Canada. The highway was shut down over 24 hours, trapping thousands of people in the desert in July. My husband was there and a trip that should have taken 7 hours was rerouted and rook 17 hours.
Another big insurance claim and more batteries to be scrapped by someone….
Don`t expect the U.K. Labour party to admit they got anything wrong EVER .
Although it's being said the car was only 2 days old it would have been made weeks or months earlier.
Making it old for a BEV.
MGUY, just to let you know - you have been missed. Glad you're back!
And nobody wants to talk about the earth destruction in obtaining the rare earth metals needed for the batteries, or if there is a huge take up in ev's where all the additional electricity will come from, if the generator companies don't use fossil fuels.
I think of the fossil fuels as the million year solar battery - all those hydro-carbons are from the sun. Only question is CO2 ? ? ?
Imagin if governments put all those EV promotion and subsidies dollars into improving existing energy usage.
I want an app that tells cars the optimum speed. When cars accelerate from lights to the next set of lights, much of the fuel is wasted. An app that regulated cars and intersection lights would take a lot of the frustration away (except for the rev heads).
Welcome back Simon, you look refreshed 😊
Good idea to refine your output on the channel I think. Looking forward to your success.
Cheers, Tony, Brisbane
Imagine if the carpark has say... 50EV's instead of 1. The fire would have been absolutely insane and probably brought down the building.
Yay! You're back.
When I heard about the Mercedes EV fire, I immediately was looking for your video coverage!!
It's not a fire. It's battery recycling ♻️.
Wasn't it a Mercedes responsible for burning up a ship?
No, the EVs were not in that section of the ship.
Where's the electricity going to come from to charge all the evs in the UK 🇬🇧
Obviously from Solar power - good for 8 days per annum, and fingers crossed if the wind blows in the correct direction!
Future my arse 😨
Wind mills and solar...and unicorn farts and pixie dust.😅
Windmills, Chinese solar panels and happy thoughts.
Welcome back I missed your updates and sensible views on this EV madness.
Welcome back.😁😁
Welcome back, I was worried you were being sued given what happened to the DC battery guy also in Aus
Welcome back! Hope you had a nice break.
And yet there are Vikings claiming EV sales are growing. What is the truth?🤔
@@SA-nv5tc I believe that 90% of EV sold are going to Government and woke fleet buyers. So, in effect, we're all paying for them, but only one in ten is bought by private buyers. It's a government Ponzi scheme, artificially inflating sales numbers!
The Viking plays games with numbers
@@archiefleming652no, he is just delusional, doesn’t like facts. I would like 5 minutes with him, bet I could make him cry.
Just go look it up yourself
@001dieselman will be hard to get true numbers from anyone without a vested interest, especially out of China.
It’s amazing that BMW is going full steam ahead with a new range of EVs next year!
Yaaay, more madness. I always get an odd mix of cringe and WTF, when I hear these "dear in the headlights" decisions.
Was a passenger in a taxi today. Was first time I have been in a tesler. Can’t understand justification of them using it as a taxi. It used 15% of its drive range for a 30m trip . Surely that is not enough range to cover them for a day of driving
I was in a new Tesla taxi a few weeks back, Model Y.
The driver got it because one of his taxi buddies has had one for a while and swears by it.
Smooth, quiet and really cheap to run he said.
So my driver bought one as did one of his other colleagues.
Said they all love them and wished they had got them earlier.
They make more profit because of the reduced fuel and maintenance costs.
Depreciation not an issue because they will run them until they die!
Now their fares are 95% local so really long journeys are rare but he said that the dispatchers work around that, no problem.
Just goes to show that that can be good for some but not necessarily for all.
PS, none of them have caught fire yet!😂
@@DwaynePipesdespathers work around them means that other people are having to accommodate for the EV owners. Once they are all EV there will be no others to accommodate them
@@crabby7668
Well given that they are very unlikely to be all EV for many years to come, I guess it's not really an issue!
Regardless, it's s just the same as the dispatcher asking a driver nearing the end of a shift if he wants a longer trip.
Sometimes they'll take it sometime they will pass it on to the next driver who will "accommodate the request".
(He also said that some of their regular customers are, on the large side and they have to be "accommodated" as not all cars can take them!)
Also they don't necessarily reject the longer distance ones he said. It's all about providing the best service for the customer.
Anyway, he was more than happy so I can't argue with that! 😜
That’s not correct. A Tesla has a real world range of 300+ miles. On no planet would it be using 15% to do 30 miles. Unless it was carrying an elephant on the back seat.
@@Audioremedy0785 were you there? Wasn't tesla and other EV manufacturers being investigated for over stating their claimed mileage
These sales are fire
Welcome back. We missed you!
Welcome back sir!
Lotus is trolling this video with an EV advert
When people and companies start sliding down the slippery slop of failure, they refuse to admit it and go faster.
Other wise known as the "Sunk cost" effect.
Good to see you back Simon,
In other news, a lithium battery discarded at Sackers scrap metal recycling yard at Great Blakenham, near Ipswich, caused a disruption of mainline train service. Eighty-five firefighters were called out to fight the blaze.
According to Steve Wiles, Suffolk County Council cabinet member for public protection, ""This was a major incident that caused massive disruption to a great many people and saw firefighters put themselves potentially in harm’s way as they bravely dealt with it."
The railway line that passes directly by Sackers was closed by Network Rail in both directions. Train operator Greater Anglia has advised customers that service would be disrupted between Ipswich and Norwich until further notice.
Aren't EV and the horrendous fires that go along with them just grand?
Good to see you back M Guy. All work and no play isn't conducive to quality. IMO, please keep your vids brief 12 min. If you have multiple topics, please drop more than one vid. I really like the scope of coverage of your channel. Keep up the good work.
Does the taxpayer have to pay for grid upgrades? Can they tax EV owners for having a charger? How can that be figures out. Suggestions are welcome.
Glad my favorite lawyer-engineer-turned-youtuber is alright. Also glad no one was harmed in a 100+ car fire. Makes me wonder though. Are fire crews in Korea that incompetent or were there multiple EVs involved in the fire to stoke such a large amount of damage?
So good to have you back after your "recharging"!
It’s great to have you back again. We were all getting withdrawal symptoms, and a lack of sensible and real information. Hope you had a good well deserved break.
Great to see you back!
amen preacher !
Great your back , a sane head for this EV madness ! [ EV ]
Glad you’re back, Simon.
I've said it before and it needs to be said again: EV's are a fad that is fading fast.
Glad you enjoyed a nice break, Simon. Thanks for your logical and rational views regarding EV's.
What's your take on the Chinese EV export market making inroads into the West? Is it revitalising the Western or global EV market?
It makes more sense to buy an electric bicycle than an electric car. I made the switch myself from car to cycle and everything got easier, not harder.
Like I say to people, EV's are excellent for small: Drones, model car racing, cycles and small, esp 2 seater size cars. But after that the Physics starts to fail. Size does make a difference, too big becomes a waste of time, money and resources.
Glad you are back. While you were away the Electric Viking admitted EVs have a significant fire risk. Amazing. Never thought it would happen.
EVs should not be allowed inside buildings even if equipped with sprinkler systems. EV fires are 3 times hotter than a typical building fire and typical car fire. This is bad government not protecting the people. Thanks MGUY.
Yay 🥳, glad you're back.❤
A couple of weeks ago in the US there was a fire involving a truck transporting lithium ion batteries that shut down Interstate 15 between L.A. and Las Vegas near Barstow, CA which the mainstream media pretty much ignored.
Car holidays are not quite the same with electric cars as they are with real cars.With electric cars you don't drive between different places and cities with electric cars you only drive between different charging stations.And if you add up the time to get between A and B and the time to charge the car, the average speed is about the same as a moped.
we had a fire here where I live in Alberta. My friend's son rented out his house to an EV owner, the EV started on fire in his garage and burned it down
Hybrids are a losing option too....they must have fuel in the tank or it's no-go , not fooled by any of these trash things.
I want a hybrid that has a Sodium battery. With a computer setting for "local" mode. The car would choose mostly EV mode, and remind me to charge (ideally at home). Sodium does not have the "fire starter trick" and can charge at faster rates than Li.
So it can be used in either mostly ICE mode or mostly EV mode. Good resale and versatility.
Oddly the Chinese are making Sodium batteries but not yet in large numbers. Are they waiting for western ICE coys to fail?
Welcome back, Simon. I’ve missed your very informative videos but nice to see that your back. Cheers from Canada, mate.🇨🇦 🇦🇺❤️👍
I don´t doubt the prospects of EV cars in general, i just prefer not to be the main ingredient in a bbq, or have my place turned into a smoldering pile of ash just cause something out of my control went wrong.
Non of that happens in a ICE car and IF it ever catches fire you can put it out with a simple extinguisher.
Why would anyone sane want to invest in a such volatile form of transportation? Sure you can be lucky and nothing happens after years of use. Or you are not and may lose you car (and maybe your home) without doing anything wrong... and that if you are lucky not to be crispified in the event.
Glad you’re back sir.
YAY MGUY IS BACK.
Good to see you back
You are the calm logical voice. The clueless politicians really should listen to you.
Keep those videos coming! I really enjoy the honest, truthful information you provide.
Why are we walking down this long dark road.. Follow the money.. Our political leaders have lost their minds..
Follow the votes. Millions for Liberal, millions for Labor. Few for common sense.
@@davidvanderklauw Most of the votes for the 2020 US election came from suitcases under the counting tables and were all voting for one candidate for some reason...
They are getting paperbagged maybe.
Mguy... I am glad to have you rested up and can understand you needing to make some changes to how you operate your channel. You do what you need to do you'll continue to have my support. Keep doing what you do and I'll look forward to hearing your sanity in this insane world.
Welcome back
Welcome Back, Yes I (We) Did Miss You! Thank You for what you do!
The often used phrase "It was due to a electrical fault" seems to have no reference as far as EVs are concerned. yet still applies to houses and petrol cars etc.
Come on, what elephant in the room, where, what are you talking about, said the clowns.
Welcome back. Miss your insightful videos.
"Phobia" is a lazy and dishonest way to accuse.
'Transphobia' saw to that.
I don't like EVs on the road and moving, they are much heavier and cause much more damage to sensible cars. The EV and the sensible car both get written off. Just wait till we have 50% EVs, when an EV hits an EV, at least one major fire and both get written off. EVs can sit in their precious driveway on private property all they like, but not be a menace on public roads.
Missed you, glad you're back.
and next year in the UK VED will be due from EV's as well , that will really affect EV sales , good luck with rediculous targets