Commuting In America's Cheapest New Car ALMOST Killed Me...
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2023
- ( www.alltfl.com/ ) Check out our new spot to find ALL our content, from news to videos and our podcasts! We've been testing out the cheapest new car in America, the Kandi K27, and it hasn't exactly been a great experience so far...but what happens when you try to road trip it into a big city like Denver? Nathan finds out what the experience is like (hint, it's still pretty terrible)!
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So the Kandi its (allegedly) the cheapest electric car out there in America, but happens its the most expensive car when you factor the need of purchasing a Rivian R1T and a trailer following you everywhere when the car breaks every 15 mins. Interesting!
Of course, if you watched the "drive home" episode, it didn't actually break down. They didn't do a full charge and then ran the battery out of power. The second time it "broke" they got the components wet when washing it.
Definitely should get a car wet. @@mikep490
Nathan’s deadpan delivery of his observations regarding this POS is absolutely hilarious - which in no way detracts from the review of this electric turd. Thanks!
Awesome comment 😂
It does a job - it’s not meant make you look bigger!😂
Would be super cool if they could jailbreak it and get that top speed.
I predict Nathan will purchase the car in this ongoing series👍
That Chinese golf cart is probably one of the few cars actually worse than a Yugo.
For what it’s worth, Kandi is selling golf carts at Lowe’s. Probably more reliable. Definitely easier to tow.
It must be nice having your own Tow Vehicle follow you around as you commute a lowly 30-ish miles...
That is just so practical.
Nathan did not break it! And it made it to Denver. The question is will it make it back to Bolder? Maybe it all down hill to to Denver and the way home is all up hill. I want to see the return trip and if that little matchbox bar can actually make a round trip. (Maybe now that the car is being driven, the battery and all its make it go stuff is getting woke up and now performing as intended.)
The REAL question is can you put 35s on the Kandi? I would love to see you lift it and see the biggest tires you can put on it. Pimp the Kandi!
You should go back on that charge to see if it really had two thirds of the range.
Yeah NO way it really did
😂😂
@@TFLcar I would love to see a full battery rundown test!
What about the return trip?
The Kandi makes the Bukhanka look like a reasonable and reliable alternative Comrade Andriski
It looks like across between a Fiat 500 and a Mini Cooper.
That's exactly how I see it too!
@@volvo09No. It’s a complete copy of the Daihatsu Cast from Japan. I think the body shell is a complete copy of it.
I think buy driving it and charging it a few times it will recondition and relearn the battery packs, from it not being used for so long, that is what got it all out of whack...I think you all will be pleasantly surprised at how well this little car will do..
A golf cart with integrated HVAC.😃
It only needed few days on the charger to balance the batteries that were sitting still for many months. Now it works just fine.
Yeah I wanna see this confirmed
@@tarfeef101I wish they would acknowledge this.
Hey I know!!! Lets keep driving something that breaks down regularly, knowing it can put me in danger!!!! YEAH!
I know. You enjoyed the video I bet.
Now imagine an electric vehicle (BMW i3) with 150 mile range, having to drive 100 round trip, but in Minnesota winter, heater/defrost, lights, wipers, and barely making it both ways
I just mothballed my VW diesel for the winter. Next March or April (if everything goes well) I'd open the car, turn the key... and the tank will still be as full as it is today. A 1990s design with a 1970s engine making at least a thousand kilometers on one tank. No, I can't imagine a 150-mile EV.
@@jmi5969can you fill up your diesel car at home?
@@AustinWirl Not literally at home: I can't and won't physically lift the car up the stairs. In the adjacent parking lot - sure. I always keep one full jerry can in the car, another at the city apartment, and more at my country farm. Charging an EV would be a tougher (but not impossible) proposition due to very low allocated power.
It is October and you are both in t-shirts!
Brilliant! Got to Denver with no breakdowns and apparently plenty of battery and mileage left!
If the speed was unrestricted and the Kandi delivered on it's promises it would be fantastic!
S o C = Size of Casket. 😅
Make a video to see if you can get the speed limit removed!
I would like to see that would be interesting to see the battery life,but,could also be dangerous to life,and maybe limb..
2:53 I'm sure Nathan would loved to have had that information prior to doing that drag race in this thing.
Yes...
Where is that intersection? 9:56
What road were you traveling on?
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS
The first basic 1965 mustangs were about 2,400 dollars. My new Cordoba was 6,500. in 1974. It was loaded too.
An hour to go 30 miles is standard Dallas traffic. 😂
Buying a Kandi is like buying a Nissan. It's cheaper than everything else, but it's actually more expensive than everything else after you have to fix it every 15 minutes or buy another one.
Not sure what you mean… I have 3 Nissans and they are great!
Thanks as always guys. Cheaper new electric cars have hard competition from second hand evs with good reputation for reliability, and because evs are quite simple to maintain, most people with some knowledge of ev's to have piece of mind in buying a used car would buy a used ev. From 3.000 USD we now can buy a nice Leaf with 9 points at the clever battery helth system on older Leafs, and I would rather take an old Leaf for shorter commuting and local transport. Best Regards from Arne in Norway
Nathan, this gets more views than Teslas, Lamborghini 's and such, so more $$ for you.
"You didn't even need me". Well, there is the return journey.
It would be great in Florida in some of the huge retirement villages...
Let Nathan drive the more expensive electric vehicles 🙏
To get back and forth to work or school, this is just fine. If it could get on the highway for brief jaunts, it would be a perfect commuter car.
What else must you see to believe it's a pos?
@@mattalexander4699 oh it totally is. I meant more that some thing like this would be a good commuter. Not a Kandi. 😂 But I’m curious to see how it holds up with them. The car could have sat for years and could be a lot of why it acted stupid for a while.
Did the Kandi make it back after the event?
I think you need to run it from full charge to empty a couple of times for it to calibrate the true battery level.
It's possible your charger at TFL headquarters fixed the state of the battery vs the state of charge the dealer gave you
It looks like someone put a Fiat 500L in the microwave
I’d love to see a comparison between this “new” EV and an older used EV. Not sure about pricing but an early BMW i3 must be available for about the same price but it would have 170hp, slightly better range (depending on battery size) and be a whole lot more interesting 🤔
but what year are you talking about ? getting one for like what 12 to 15K ?
Could you make the airbags compliant and delete the limiter?
If you ever get the answer to this question please let me know.
What if we mounted a chinese diesel generator on the kandy?
It looked like a
Fix it Again Tony lol.
9:43- is the Rivian steering wheel stitching coming undone?!
poor American quality brands Do not buy
Never heard of this car here in New England, and now I know why.
Jailbreak that Super Car. Come on man !!!
This would be perfect for residents of The Villages 😆
If Nathan buys it, will he hack the Kandi to go 55 MPH and not 35 MPH?
Nathan's soooo funny lolol
I remember seeing a UA-cam video with a couple guys driving around Dallas in a Kandi talking about its imminent launch. I don't remember them saying anything about only having a 35 MPH top speed. I've always wondered what happened with that car company. Since then I've seen loads of videos about Chinese EVs bursting into flames all over the country because they make them as cheap as possible to scam EV incentives out of the CCP. Maybe it's a good thing it wasn't introduced here, considering how difficult it is to extinguish those things.
I'm curious about cars that could fit within the European micro car classifications.
L6e-B
Max 425 kg (in running order)
Max 45 km/h (28 mph)
Max 6 kW
-BP passenger
2 seats
-BU utility
Only driver seat
L7e-C
Max 15 kW
-CP (passengers)
Max 4 seats
Max 450 kg
-CU (utility)
Max 2 seats
Max 600 kg
Max 90 km/h (56 mph)
They are less strict than the M1 class where you find regular cars.
I think the k27 needs a k20 or k24 swap....
Honestly, sort out all the gremlins, increase the speed and range, and it wouldn't be that bad. I don't actually hate the platform. It's not absolutely hideous looking and for short commutes throughout the week it wouldn't be terrible.
It's missing a valve stem cap!
No way does that Rivian have a range of over 300 miles. NO WAY!! Take it out on I 70 to Russel Kansas and cruise at 75-80 mph or more like everyone else in other words move along with traffic and then tell us what you get for range. Thank you. Here is my guess. At 100-150 miles you will be looking for a charger.
Make that 75 miles if it's pulling an empty aluminum trailer, and 50 or less with something like the Kandi on the trailer.
Nathan commentary on this POS car is hilarious and well deserved!
They're like dressed up electric yard tractors or golf carts. Golf carts are more dependable.
Plot twist. The Kandi breaks down (Duh) and the electric truck loses all its range towing he Kandi and gets stuck too.
Amusing that it has a tach
I would buy one if it' s at most 8,000 out the door, but 10,000 out the door, I don't know, maybe, does it qualify for the 7500 Federal Tax Credit for new owners?
that might really make it worth it, (I don't know at 12K with taxes and documentation?) like I said maybe at 10,000 out the door and you could get 7500.00 in
federal tax credit, making essentially the car under 4,000 (than yes, that's worth it, especially for people who take the bus right?) but do you get OK
air conditioning or heating ? that's acceptable? in very hot or cold weather ?
I wonder what it’s like to insure that lol
Cool car on the cheap. Not sure I would park it in my Garage. Leave it out in the driveway incase the batteries catch fire.
Well my friend have one his daughter that he when to Texas a got for her to used to go back and forth school and work. They broke it got to go up to 70 miles an hour to use on the highways in Thibodaux Louisiana there are getting out of it 80 to 90 miles range but goes to school and goes to work and charge at home. Because there’s no charging stations in Thibodaux yet you just do it at your house. But she does charge at school the school put by the football stadium regular 110 outlets to allow them to use their personal chargers to give them some juice during school they paid $9500
Thanks for your post. Great info
Them Kandy Cars are banned in the USA!
Nathan!!!
One of the best questions to ask is....
Will the Pickup Truck make it across the State of Kansas?
Would be awesome if it actually got 100mi of range
This car looks exactly like CAST, the Kei car sold in Japan by Japanese car manufacturer DAIHATSU.
because it is. Kandi license produced them with EV powertrain.
Watching this video is basically making me want to buy one of these little get arounds....
It's not cheapest car, it's the most expensive golf cart.
A bit if distracted driving for Nathan. Good thing he it doesn’t allow him to go very fast.
So its basically an electronic knock off of the ICE Fiat 500L and an ICE Smart ForTwo? It literally looks like those two cars had an electric baby........
People say my car, a 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage ES is the worst new car, and I disagree. (:
It showed 74% left but didn't it show a little over 50% when it died on the first run you did? You might have 24% left. Do you make it back home?
You can see the line of cars stuck behind Andre...
People drive 60 on the surface streets everywhere. That things a rolling road block.
Don't test pilots earn hazard pay?? Nathan, talk to Roman!
Haha, I am still waiting for the moment you guys take it to the gun range. Perhaps a tank shooting it would be a good send off.
This is what's coming for all of us..laugh now and cry later
Love that they have a EV truck with a trailer lol
Nathan victim is the word you should choose it should be parted out to recoup the purchase price you should have towed it close to the destination and drove it the last few miles
1:27 music sounds a lot like you sing seen nothing yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive!
This POS actually makes some sense. I live in the city where anything you can imagine is within range of this car but parking is at a premium & the speed limit is 25mph. I'd never buy one as my sole car but could see this as a decent local commuter 2nd car.
Ebikes are great for this use case, weather permitting.
@@keegan854 Yep. Been riding a bike my whole life. 6 years ago I converted my bike & e-bike instead of drive whenever not carrying passengers or cargo.
The next generation K car😂
Do you couldn't have taken this south on 93, either. Geez. 😬
Pretty sure that car with a tiny bit of sorting from kandy and good pricing would have a good chance of success in europe going against the citroen ami
So i watched the whole video and the trip appeared pretty uneventful. Where's the part where the car ALMOST killed him?
SOC is state of charge
Who comments before finishing the video?
In China you would have at least 12 plus hours a day to charge at work. You work 9-9-6. You work long time to pay of car!
I want to see the range of the Rivian while towing 11,000 pounds.
Theres is many videos about it… is like 1.5kwh/m you can get real world mileage like 160 miles in a full charge… to be in a safe spot you need to charge to 80% every 100 miles… because they don’t use Tesla superchargers yet most of the chargers always is broken that’s why i say is better charger every 100 miles just in case the chargers are broken you has a few miles to go to the next one
@@jminaya90 So not good for doing truck things unless you don't mind spending more time charging than actual driving if you want to go on a camping trip when you have to tow a camper and load up the truck with your gear. Like the Ford Lightening, EV trucks can only get its max range when it's not doing any of the truck things that it's designed to do.
5 miles
Nathan the Lab Rat. That's your new nick name.
You can buy a decent used car for that price. Old Camry, corolla, accord or Civic.
People probably think it’s an even smaller Fiat lol
Why are you selling it!
Were they violating traffic law? driving and using handheld phone at the same time? and did not look at traffic but computer screen for a long period of time.
Were they endangering the public?
test drive there truck
So this is the Yugo of electric cars
Test rodent is Guinea Pig😅
So, how did the Kandi "almost kill you'?
He almost lost the will to live driving it.
Is this better than a Kia/Hyundai? 😆
Am I being mean when I was looking forward to the car breaking down again?
China laughs as America goes green ,
I think it need bigger wheels to increase top speed