Jay Leno's Thoughts on EVs | Season 7 Episode 6 | The InEVitable
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2023
- MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with legendary comedian & car enthusiast Jay Leno! The guys cover a number of subjects from specifics about his world famous car collection, thoughts on EVs, Johnny Carson & David Letterman stories, and the future of automobiles! Check out Jay Leno's Garage at LenosGarage.com! Get the full story here ➡️bit.ly/3npffYb
2:20 - Gas, Electric, or Steam?
5:44 - Jay's earliest Car? The 1906 Stanley Steamer!
10:15 - Criticisms of early EVs & steam cars.
13:40 - Jay's EVs - Tesla Model S Plaid, Fiat, 1914 Baker Electric, 1909 Baker Electric, & The Owen Magnetic.
16:45 - Demon 170 vs. Tesla Plaid - "It's like your sister's big, dumb, football-playing boyfriend."
19:55 - Are EVs InEVitable? The future of gas powered cars & auto racing.
23:10 - Conversations with EV haters - who are they mad at?
30:53 - Where does his love of cars come from? Jay's early cars.
32:21 - Jay bought his dad a Cadillac.
38:30 - Jay on moving to (and around) Los Angeles.
41:09 - First splurge car? 1970 Mercedes 220 coupe.
43:02 - Johnny Carson & David Letterman stories.
48:55 - Relationship with Jerry Seinfeld.
51:45 - Why he started his car collection.
55:20 - Hand painted posters in his garage.
59:31 - Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
01:02:08 - Talking about cars.
01:08:05 - Daily routine? Automotive news. Bring a Trailer.
01:12:40 - Of his 204 cars, which one changed his outlook?
01:16:16 - The Duesenberg, and the 8.0 L Bentley.
01:20:04 - How does Jay choose what to drive? Working on cars.
01:24:40 - Succession plan for his car collection?
01:26:17 - Thoughts on EVs. Which EVs are Jay impressed with?
01:33:50 - Chinese EVs?
01:35:55 - Unattainable cars?
01:39:39 - Czinger
01:41:55 - InEVitable bell???
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Which one of Jay's cars do you wish you had the most?
The tank engined chrome car. What a machine. I would love to drive that though the high street in the little village I live in the UK 🇬🇧
Oh man, I'd like his 2004 Porsche Carrera GT -- I totally promise to maintain it perfectly and not do 190mph pirouettes at Talladega. Incredibly, Jay drove thru it without even putting a scratch on the car.
McClaren F1
Jet powered motorcycle
I like his chrysler turbine car quite a bit
Jay is such a down to earth bloke. Can listen to him all day.
Thanks for listening!
But he's wrong about Betamax vs VHS. Betamax couldn't compete against VHS because of the 2 hour record limitation of VHS, while VHS could record up to 6 hours in EP mode.
How does that Kool-Aid tatse?
"Stupid people are full of confidence." Wow! What a quote. Very true.
I know of an Orange 1 who was in the WH in DC a few years ago.
@@w41duvernay You better hope he returns.
@@w41duvernay Stupid Compared to what? The current president that can't get ONE coherent sentence out of his mouth, bahahahahaaa
More like bullshit, not confidence.
50% Everytime
I pretty much watch all the Jay Leno content that comes out, I'm a huge fan, I even was a guest on his Game Show! And I have to say this was the best interview I've seen of Jay. I feel like Jay, like all celebrities is always being asked the same questions so naturally he has a set of stories that make for good responses, which is great, but as a fan, I have heard all of those stories multiple times, this was a great interview, because the questions were new and unique and overall very good, it allowed for Jay to give some really great new answers. Very entertained by this.
Jay is an encyclopedia of so many many things from years and years ago with so many real wonderful memories from the past and present that he can bring to life. He is a National Treasure.
Great interview, never can get enough of Jay Leno...
Jay is the voice of sanity in these insane times.
Yes
I thought Tucker was
No
@@luxurreview Tucker is a voice of sanity in a sea of the insane.
H2 is inevitable either as an ice engine or fuel cell not forgetting to mention solid state( i.e. plasma kinetics).
Jay Leno is the greatest. So down to earth. Such a pleasure to listen to him.
Thank You,Sir Jay Leno,For Wisdom.
Ah the wisdom of age. Jay is great and only exemplifies why we need to value our grandparents’ life experiences. Not everything they say is necessarily correct, sane or appropriate, but there are bits of gold that we need to remember about how we used to live. Bringing up the beta v vhs (not vcr) war was accurate but lost on probably 50% of listeners. May he keep telling these stories for years to come! 🎉
And look at the Radical Leftist, not anything they say is necessarily correct, sane or appropriate, but here we are.
Everything they say isn't correct, sane nor appropriate alongside bits of gold to remember how we lived. Bringing up the beta war lost most listeners.
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Reply Believers,
Jay Leno is an absolutely brilliant car historian with his mainstream-popularity comedy career overshadowing his, in my opinion, greater talent in his knowledge of cars. Love the amusingly recounted Stanley Steamer anecdotes about its silence upon start up (compared to the urban legend of being loud and unwieldy), as well as getting it up to 91 F---in miles per hour on the 405 Freeway! Between the hilariety of visualizing the situation of trying to explain this to the fuming cop, and being able to achieve that speed in a Veteran Car, just fantastic!
This was the best almost two hours I've spent on YT. Jay's stories are the best. He could breathe life into any faltering podcast. (Not referring to yours, of course!)
Awesome podcast, Jay Leno is a proper legend
I'm not a car person. My husband is.I enjoy watching anything with Jay. He is so great to listen to and so funny.
yea, everybody loves Jay, just a wonderful Person :)
Authentic hosts and a legendary guest. Time well spent. 👍
What an extraordinary person this Jay LENO !!! Thaks guy for this interview !!!!
One of the best video commentary's on EV's I've ever seen! Huge fan of Jay Leno, plus I have been following Jonny and Ed on Motor Trend print magazines long before the internet become commonplace. Thanks for putting this together, you guys rock!
I admire Jay, he's the icon of what a rich celebrity should be. He educates himself and buys cars because they have some interesting technology or history, never to show off how rich he is or to make him appear "manly". I was fortunate enough to meet him years ago and he's just a regular person, if you didn't know you'd have no idea how rich or famous he was. A very humble and hard working guy.
I love Jay Leno ..He is the best ,comic,human, just a great guy.❤
I wish I could remember even half as good as Jay does ! His recollection skills are amazing !!!
Probably the best interview of Jay ever. For future videos, please, when a guest is talking about an obscure car, show a picture of that model.
Love this in depth show with Mr. Leno , never get tired of listening to him talk motorcycles and cars , thank you .
OK, this was a decent episode. I normally don’t watch your channel. I was interested in hearing Jay Leno but I was so frustrated because you guys kept cutting Jay off like seriously can you guys not let the guy talk without interjecting?
Great show guys Leno is a unique guest.
For me that was probably the best Jay Leno interview I've seen. Thank you 😊
Wow..just wow…..Jay Leno’s memory is incredible! I love the way his ties History into his stories….
But, he's wrong about Betamax. It didn't lose due to VHS monopolist behavior. It lost because it was limited to 2 hour record time at greatly reduced quality, while VHS tapes could record up to 6 hours of video. Similarly, EVs aren't the first car most new drivers choose not due to ICE car monopolistic marketing, but because a 2013, 101,000 mile, RWD Tesla sells for $20,000 on Craigslist, while used ICE cars can be had for under $2,000.
The two interviewers seemed more like they were competing with each other.
Jay, of course, was his usual awesome self.
@24:18 : This was the way it was with the Ford Corporate Jet when I was interning there almost 20 years ago. If you weren't in a Ford product you had to park at the back of the lot and walk in.
This is a great comedy special. Truly one of my favorite people. I love cars and bikes. I have a Jay Leno starter kit. We need more comedy.
Jay if you need a guy to take care of all your cars. I am throwing my name in the hat to help out. You have an amazing collection and you are one of the most inspirational people in my life. Don't stop being Jay
I remember when I worked for Ford , Ford was trying to decide between three plants which plant they were going to close. They would load up in a club wagon and drive through the employees parking lot and count how many foreign cars and cars from other manufacturers were in the parking lot. They decided to close the plant that had the most other cars.
So they closed the plant with he highest number of intelligent employees. How ironic😂
Wow! Probably true... 😂
Jay is a priceless jem. Great humannbeing and a joy to listen to.
Just a great interview with Leno. So much knowledge and hands on experience with historic cars.
Jay Leno is the best person on UA-cam! Anything he does is Gold!
Thanks Jay, and MTW!
That was great!!
Love Leno!!
Thanks for watching!
Interesting historical insights on how vehicles evolved. It’s good to know that Jay is okay.😊
Guys, Thanks for probing Jay.
Jay; a pleasure to listen:
Tks., much appreciated
This is an incredible revealing of Jay Leno’s life. I can relate since I experienced many of his recollections in the 60s.
Jay is always entertaining and knowledgeable.
Such a great interview my friends!
Great talk, I really enjoyed it, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW
Jay at his finest. Knowledgeable and entertaining.
Great job guys. You brought out the best in him....
James Hennighan
Yorkshire, England
The problem with steam is it took awhile before the steam pressure built up so that you could actually move the thing under its own power. Gas won because it's safe, it's easy to transport, you can refuel your car quickly, and it has the highest energy density for it's weight and volume.
I have very little interest in cars, scarcely know who jay Leno is, never heard of this channel and wouldn't be attracted if ev wasn't in the title. However this was a glorious hour, good humour, interesting anecdotes and conversation between true experienced experts. I remembered that I did in fact have an interest in old cars that I had forgotten. To hear somebody with practical experience
of all this different technology must be very rare.
Great interview, by far the best one featuring Jaybird, thanks!
JAY LENO SO AWESOME ON THE INEVITABLE !!!
21:19 ~1990, the EPA had required each state to improve its air quality. Some states decided to require cars be tested every year at registration renewal (TN) and some states decided every other year (LA). Tennessee just decided last year to do away with vehicle emission testing.
So what is the effect of cars on air quality? How big is it compared to the other sources of polution?
@@ms-jl6dl zero when everyone is quiet quitting.
@@ms-jl6dlit’s extremely minimal. If we’re talking transportation maritime shipping is first by a huge margin and air travel is second.
I worked at a quick oil change place in early 90s and we also did emission testing. You can fail the test three times, prove you attempted to make improvement via spending 50$ towards oil change and air filter etc and would be given a pass on the 3rd test. Big densely populated cities should be concerned with air pollution, most other areas, it is a moot point. This is where blanket laws really, even with the best intentions, do more harm. Case in point, newer freon for air condition units car or appliances. The newer refrigerants eat the oring seals faster, making replacing seals, leaks and purging the system expel more refrigerant into the atmosphere, and… there is no definite link between refrigerant causing damage to ozone etc, that was an unproven and still unproven theory based on models, not actual science. Yes, in densely populated cities,, electric would reduce local pollution which is more of a public health concern than an environmental concern.
Best electric vehicle coming to market : Aptera . And it can plug into the Tesla supercharger network or so they claim
Yeah the first Non Tesla to adopt their system. I hope they thrive … I’d love one here in Sunshine country Western Australia …
Jay is awesome! Does he have a legacy plan for his collection? Harrah’s collection was decimated by Holiday Inn who bought his company.
21.28 That made me think and feel soo much better about my old gas cars. Very insightful!
Excellent & entertaining interview. 🎉❤
Watching from Jay's home State of Rhode Island-GREAT-interview guys-I've seen Jay in many interviews-but saw him talk about many things and in a kind of detail I've never seen him talk about before-Jay is the high priest of comedy&cars-PEACE and SMILES-Jay! 😇
These guys might be good writers but they aren't very good interviewers..... Jay on the other hand is always true to himself, cool calm and a funny car guy if there ever was one...
Well said. This is the only episode I listed/watched from this kind of channels.
Nailed it !!
That was a great interview you guys had with Jay leno .
And this just goes to prove how Jay Leno is the Premier car guy in the world , absolutely he just made common sense of how things work , he talked about on your interview you guys had with him , how else can I say this , he is a common-sense person , he is a true car guy to the Core .
One of my favorite people of all time!
Geat interview!
My first car was a 4cv.(4HP) I learned how to fix it by taking it apart and fixing it.
Very good, thanks guys and Jay Leno
Man I can relate to eating dinner on Sunday at my Italian grandparents house you would think it was thanksgiving because there was enough food for a football team lol, the men were not allowed to do anything we sat on the couch watching tv and talking if one of us got up to get a drink or something the woman yelled at us and said to sit down and rest you worked hard this week we will get you what you want, then after dinner if we picked up our plates to help clean up we got yelled at to go relax. When I would leave my grandma would give me 5 or 10 bucks for gas haha. When I went to my grandma’s after work during the week she could have broken legs and she would say I’m fine I’m gonna make you something to eat and she makes all this stuff haha man I miss my grandparents!
The best interview of Jay I have ever seen. I’ve had several opportunities to meet him but they haven’t worked out. This renews my desire to do so. Thanks
Jay is the best!
I love Jay. Some of his collection modified, some absolutely stock, some restored, some not.
I love how he is not bias for or against anything. He is agnostic on everything.fantastic wit , humour and observation skills.
He is a wonderful historian as well.
I would love if he had a couple of Australian muscle cars in his collection, even if they have some US DNA.
EVs in Australia just do not stack up like they do in California. They really are still just for enthusiasts. Or short distance city commuters with lots of money and a charger in their garage.
I have to commend the long range forecast and thinking of companies in Australia and New Zealand that are placing electric drive systems in semis with removable batteries allowing quick " refueling" and therefore unlimited range. Given that Australia imports 96 % of their fossil fuel and having an abundance of solar exposure, it makes sense to move toward a resource such as solar a smart move. In Norway, Sweden, China etc. they are already installing facilities that remove the battery pack from cars and install a fresh recharged battery. These batteries are then recharged properly and as a side benefit allows greater utilization of charging facilities and greater utilization of transportation vehicles.
That ,if it is actually feasible, is the only way it would work. If so, fantastic.
But at this stage it ain’t happening, and Elon’s truck is just not going to be competitive.
Transport companies run on tight margins.
Salient Point: In a more sane time in history, no one was actively trying to kill off the previous method of transportation (horse and buggy) as the next mode was being developed.
Excellent show guys!
Absolutely o e of the Best car interviews I've ever had the pleasure to wTch! Great questions abd even .ore interesting responses by Jay due to his natural comedic talents along with his great honest memories of his personal history! This is surely a share and keepsake fo I'm and older car guy then Jay. I reay envy Jays hands on appreciation ofall things mechanical!
Jay thanks for showing us around lovers this outstandingly Beajtiful can we've heard about for so many years but never witnessed before! Definitely this is in my top ten, with my dad's Porsche 356 new in 1959 number1!
Jay is very knowledgeable sounds like an engineer when he explains every mechanism
Very proud to own any as long as I could afford to get it serviced.
I really enjoyed this
10:26 "...VCR argument back in the 80's...": When Betamax hit the market, its tapes could record only an hour’s worth of programming. On the other hand, VHS tapes allowed people to record for two hours. Later, VHS made it possible to record for 4-6 hours
The only things with the Volt was the trunk size and the small range.
This was fantastic. Jay is so funny. Should do a podcast.
Gret interview! Jay is a great guy.
Jay's still got it.
No Jay, I vote museum. I've always wanted to go. Audrain West Coast. A DREAM Vacation. 🏁❤
Jay Leno on with Letterman was Must See TV.
Too bad Dave went Bonkers
A Long Podcast that went fast .Thanks !
Jay is awesome 😂
Love this podcast! All Id suggest is popping up a photo on screen of the cars you guys are talking about 😅
I count my wife, and I extraordinarily lucky to have met Mr. J Leno.
He is truly the genuine person that you see in this interview.
They say never meet your heroes.
That idiom does not apply to meeting Mr. Leno.
He is probably the most genuine person I have ever met.
The fact that he’s a huge Hollywood celebrity makes it that much more rare.
That is even true of the people that he works with.
I count myself lucky to be able to say I made friends with one of the people he works with.
He’s truly a great guy. It takes a guy like Mr. Leno to attract such great talent.
Hollywood could learn a lot from Mr. Leno if they ever opened their eyes and ears.
Not to mention the White House and all politicians can learn the philosophies, that Mr. Leno personally has.
You could tell Mr. Leno never received a participation trophy when he was younger.
He worked for what he has, and it shows, his work ethic is extraordinarily admirable…
Thank you Mr. Leno for enriching the lives of so many. Your show in Atlantic City was fantastic just after Covid. You truly brought joy and relief to every person in that room including my wife and I.
Enjoyed this one.
Hi jay enjoyed the show , i love cars
I subscribe to Lenos Garage, I thought this interview was pretty good so i subscribed here!
This is excellent, like sitting down with Jay and just letting him talk like a regular guy. Thank you very much! At the end of the interview he mentioned enjoying talking to people who built their own cars... To Jay: I tried multiple times to contact you about checking out my car, "Midlana" but your staff never replied. No "Unfortunately we aren't interested", no "we're busy", and not even a simple "no", or "we'll think about it." Might want to talk to them about screening out undesirables :(
You and a thousand others. Can you imagine how many people want Jay to look at their cars? Of course he can't go see them all.
I'm an Italian car mechanic, I can relate to Mr Leno and briefly met him at Concoso Italiano several years ago, I would like to visit Burbank and look at some of his cars, especially the French cars, I have a 89 505 Peugeot SW and Lancia Scorpion, my only Italian exotic type car is a 79 Maserati Merak SS. I loved the segment and test drive he did with the 037 Lancia.
Thanks, great content.
36:08 Hay our family had Peugeot 404 both station wagons from the 1960s. My Dad had the first Peugeot 404 in southern Indiana. Peugeot invented the double overhead cam engine in the 1910s that went on to eventually be the Offenhauser engine used in Indy car racing. It's hard to believe now, but before the 1st World War France was the leader in powerful and reliable cars. After WW1 French cars were the weird cars they are known for today. One of the main reason for creating the Indianapolis motor speedway was for high speed and reliability testing to encourage USA cars to approach the speed and reliability that French cars had in 1907. Obscure in deed, Peugeot created one of the main race engines under the later development by Offenhauser of the 20th century!
Betamax became Beta SP a pro camera format which then became Digital Beta. The single most used, for the longest period of any professional broadcast format, shooting, post-production and broadcasting professional videotape format in television history.
Should have done that when I could still do 2 jobs, put one away.
Jay has such common sense, thanks to variable influences of earlier times. He's never offended or judgemental, just explains his side concisely and you get it.
My favorite part of this whole interview (52:18) is, "Low self esteem is the key to success." Who in show business has been as successful without being offensive, yet still genuinely relatable and approachable? Only Dolly.
Why is everyone forgetting LNG as fuel? Our local trash trucks have run in it for years. Low maintenance, and very low emissions too. Also acts like premium gas that it is more resistant to knock.
Probably because it takes so much energy to produce it. But it’s probably still better than lithium batteries.
Because natural gas is a green house polluter...
Not efficient at all!
And M85 fuel. Made from CO2 in the atmosphere.
Jay would be the Greatest American President of All Time.
One person does not control our government! It would not matter who is president when you have a split congress like we have!
Great questions and great guest, but you guys don't understand electricity and how it can electrocute you. I know this is not the point but it is important from a safety standpoint to understand this, and a lot of people see this show. It is current that kills you (~ 10mA can stop your heart) while higher voltage burns you and can reach out (arc through air) to you if it's high enough. Higher voltage is more likely to cause Arc Flash (very hot explosion) if something is shorted. A former co-worker of mine was hit by 1200 VDC disconnecting an electric locomotive from about 1 foot from the hot connector, through the wrench in his hand and his body. He luckily lived due to quick medical response, but was out of work for a year due to burns from electricity arcing through his body. Hope that helps...
There IS a lot of overstatement and hype in the push toward electrification but gasoline will still be with us for as long as new gas powered vehicles have TEN YEAR payment books. Electric vehicles will just become another leg under the table. No need to panic. -Steve Magnante
ICE will go like steam engines.
The change over is probably going to be like the change from horses. My mom was telling me a few days ago that all the vendors that came to her house in Long Island still used their horses and carts. The ice man the milk man and the vegetable guy. She’s in her 101 year. My grandad was a fireman in Brooklyn and he had the last horse drawn engine in the city in their department. He drove the rear end of the hook and ladder. He said in 10 years you could not see a horse anywhere
@@larryc1616 Steam turbines are still used on many ships around the world.
Jay is awesome.
Driving a second generation Volt, and it is a fantastic vehicle...and yes, Idiocracy is a documentary, and I knew for sure we were living the prequal in 2016.
Great episode 😊
Love you Jay, but I'll go Cuban before I go EV.
I loved the bell. Thanks for the pleasant entertainment!
I was pleased to hear that Jay's first car he bought was a Buick Skylark 401GS. That was my first new car as well. I absolutely loved that car, but mine suffered the same fate as Jay's. I wrecked it. I don't know how he wrecked his, but I wrecked mine racing a Mustang HP.
Love Jay and I have no problem with electric cars they are good for around town but I will stick with Gas I love the sound and I love to road trip and can only afford to have a road trip car and a truck.
We don't "hate" EVs. We just can't can't see the benefit(s) of ever owning one. We actually believe they're as benefitisl as the public electric scooters in Santa Monica .
mclaren f1 and mclaren p1 from jays collection are amazing cars jay is such a nice guy.