EV Owners Are Giving Up After One Repair-Here's Why! Electric
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- In this video, we dive deep into the challenges facing electric vehicles (EVs) today. From exorbitant repair costs to persistent software issues and a shortage of trained technicians, discover why many EVs end up in junkyards prematurely. Stay informed to understand the real implications of owning an EV!
✳️ 00:00 | Introduction
🛻 00:41 | 8: The Costly Reality of EV Repairs.
🛻 01:34 | 7: Insufficient Support for EV Owners.
🛻 02:31 | 6: Reliability Issues Beyond Promises.
🛻 03:28 | 5: Software Challenges in EVs.
🛻 04:31 | 4: Navigating EV Insurance Complexities.
🛻 05:26 | 3: Challenges with EV Battery Casings.
🛻 06:17 | 2: Scarcity of Skilled EV Technicians.
🛻 07:17 | 1: Manufacturer Policies Shaping EV Fate.
Discover the harsh realities EV owners face and why these issues matter. Don't miss out - watch the full video to learn more and stay ahead in the world of electric vehicles!
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How funny when a Tesla emergency repair engineer shows up in a dieselpowered van at the roadside 😂😂😂
Sometimes those vehicles gotta go long distances, the specialized mechanics can not be worried about *"Range_Anxiety"* .
Yep, EVs sucks.
I think most of this is a manufacturer's fault. I'd like to see them design so you can do an emergency drop on the battery in case of fire. Are there electric vehicles don't seem to have that many problems
Nev s golf carts, grocery carts, I guess we'll have to wait for the hydrogen fuel cell
Electric vehicles. What is shame gas cars have gotten ridiculously expensive to repair in no small part to what mechanics are getting and they're not even licensed in most States. Seems like the entirety of the car business is based on extreme greed incompetence disregard for the customer
That's the wakeup call.
@@paulwitmer7138 it's been like this for 20 years now, good morning, sweet prince.
LMFAO!!! Pretty Ironic isnt it. Hahah
One mistake working around a 2,000 pound lithium battery can kill you. Plus they're mechanics, not computer scientists.
I don’t know of anyone who wants to work on an EV. I know of young people who are training or recently trained to be mechanics.- none of them want to work on evs. In fact one left because his employer - who had just finished getting them trained - insisted they go and get training for EV’s. Apparently they were not the only technician (mechanic) to leave!
@@suecharnock9369I have been driving Nissan leaf for the past 11 years, got into multiple accidents, never have problems to get it fixed in third party body shops and service centers, didn’t even need to visit dealer.
Low battery issues just like computers in gas cars to malfunction ,what happens if your EV has a low battery and goes into Packman mode and the self driving software starts running people over ,wakawakawaka!
We repair ordinary digital cameras and they exit 320-volts, imagine an EV output?
It’s not that dangerous. I’m an electrician. There are clear SOP’s for disconnecting and isolating the battery. There is more
Danger in you changing an outlet than working on an ev
I own a truck repair shop, I made this argument about the Tesla Semi. All the fanboys claim that it isn't going to break because it doesn't have a "complex" diesel engine. Well the facts are that most of the repairs I get in my shop are not engine repairs. There is still the rest of the truck, suspension, steering, lights, air brake systems, heating and air conditioning, door latches and thousands of other stuff to break. Tesla can't even supply parts to repair it's cars. No way am I going to be able to get what I need to fix the Semi
Modern internal combustion engines from reputable manufacturers all but don't fail. It's all the ancillary stuff that packs up. And all of that ancillary stuff is in any vehicle, be it a '63 Beetle, W whatever Kenworth or a Tesla. OK, I'm not a heavy vehicle operator, but in 35 years of driving cars, the only major failure that I've had in relation to an engine is a failed head gasket on a W203 Mercedes. And my experience seems to be pretty normal. Yes, of course, if you're racing cars or bikes, you'll blow them up, but a "normal", "boring" car will wear out well and truly before the engine dies.
Yea, I went to trade school for auto/diesel. I started out working in a suspension shop. Made leaf springs from flat spring steel stock, etc. I did this because I figured the one thing that will "always be" on vehicles is, where it meets the road. My thought being, until they make them hover, a suspension "problem" will Always need fixed. 👍✌️
The Tesla semi truck is a joke. The companies that run them (Pepsi & Lays) make the drivers sign a lengthy NDA with loads of "or else" clauses.
The truck gets about 1/2 the claimed distance. The companies had to drop millions into multi-megawatt 1600 VDC chargers they can only use during off peak hours.
@@cd0999 yeah, I worked for a sign shop. Big crane trucks. A local propane company paid us to convert 5 of our vehicles over to propane burners. Biggest mistake the company ever made. You can't beat diesel power. You just can't, yet.
Never will.@@leegoddard2618
A throw-away car. Guess they didn't think about how to dispose of these junk cars.
Doesn't very environmentally friendly.
And carbon fiber ,and lithium ion batteries are NOT RECYCLEABLE
@@georgevavoulis4758 Not true. Lithium easily recyclable. Very profitable to recycle.
I hear if you bury a EV a duracel battery tree will grow
Elon Musk is to blame
My first and my last repair cost me over $ 28,000 dollars ... never again, we sold it
who brought it
Which sucker did you sucker into buying your BV car? 😮
Did you get your money back selling it. Even before EVs were knew to be 🤬I never had any intention of buying one.
Yeah, you drank to Kool-Aid. I will never buy an EV.
You could've bought a brand-new Honda Civic for $28K 🤪
EXPENSIVE Throwaway Electronic toys
I put 190k on my 1.2L petrol car from new, it's still going strong and the most expensive repairs were the timing chain that set me back around £350. Currently changing oil and filter every
3-5000 miles. The car is 19 years old and fun to maintain.
So in essence, The Electric Hot Wheels are like paper plates..Use one time and discard.😂😂😂
why do you think sizzlers failed when it came out in the mid 70s, the insides turned green with a little age
EV’s are like early cordless power tools, the batteries were built in and when the battery went bad, it was cheaper to just buy another tool.
I remember the 2000s battery power tools, it was hilarious.
Yep those ev are sure great for the environment when so many are being retired so quickly
more toxic land fill
Never mind the manufacturing environmental costs!
Exactly!!!
@@chriscunnane7596 DITTO!
Elon Musk is trash
That's why I will continue to drive my 2005 Toyota Camry. I will definetly buy another Camry at some point down the road.
2004 Camry XLE here.
Good car
Nice
Camry's are very reliable and last the distance
I was thinking about that being my final car but the newer Toyotas you have to be careful nowadays
'5' hrs charging should say it all !
They mentioned the lack of technicians, especially in rural areas, and lack of suitable charging stations in metropolitan areas. I live in a rural area, and the nearest changing station to me is is 30 miles (48km) and the nearest dealer/service center is 65 miles (104km) away. One other thing that is rarely mentioned is due the EVs being substantially heavier than a gas powered vehicle is that tires wear out much more quickly. The average 50/60 thousand mile tires will only last 25 thousand if not less.
Wow, if only there were people in the motor trade I.e mechanics, that could’ve predicted this and spoke out about it 🤷🏻♂️😂😂😂..
Why because they were garbage 🗑 from the beginning
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Even Joe Biden is getting away from the EV push he once had, his administration is going to push hybrids now .
The Democrats have learned mentioning *"**#EVs**"* hurts him on the campaign trail !❗️!
Elon Musk is garbage
I was driving down the onramp leading to the freeway, it was a very sharp bend and I did not see the large rock that an earlier truck had somehow lost from his load. My Honda Civic only had 6" of ground clearance and the rock was 9" high. My car skidded right over it, and caused a massive scratch under my car, but nothing needed repairing/replacing. Do the same with an electric car and the battery will need replacing and that usually cost more than the car cost new.
If it doesn't explode, catch fire, lock you inside and or careen out of control.
Just saw a quickly tarnishing Tesla Truck, barreling down 8mi. Laugh Every time I see it.
Looks even worse with the staining, rusting, corrosion on the exterior. The front light bar is so tacky, it doesn't require fasteners.
My 1995 Nissan 200SX is still going strong after 190,000 miles, and it’s RELIABLE too, -in contrast to BV cars. 😅
Can you imagine what the cost of replacement batteries would have been over time had that Nissan been an EV?
208k on my 1997 Nissan hardbody truck and the bed is 6'-3". Longer then most of the huge trucks they have now.
EV are not the future!
Just a matter of time for EV leases to end and build up in lots
My daughters 2015 model S was a complete POS. Dumbed it after 18 months.
I own a 2000 KTM electric dirt bike and a 2022 Chevy Bolt. I bought the Bolt because the KTM was the first dirt bike I have ever had that I didn't have to do constant maintenance on. Now it's 4.5 years old and the only parts I have had to buy are those I knocked off of it hitting trees. My Bolt's first "service" is at 150,000 miles! Of course my Bolt is not my only car. I NEVER intend to travel in it, but for an around town commuter car, I think it's the best car out there. It saves me tons of money. My battery is warrantied for 8 years. If I do have to buy a battery (which is unlikely) , that cost compared to maintenance on my ICE cars will be acceptable, but I don't expect that to happen. I was a Honda technician from 1971 until 2009. I'm retired now but have a shop here at home and probably work harder than when I was in dealerships. BTW, I also hold a U.S. patent on a free valve design for ICE energy transfer units. That's got to be the next big step for ICE. Keep an open mind.
EVERY EV on the market is a scam.
Elon Musk is a CONservative
@@futurefirm No he is not. You clearly do not know what a conservative is.
Elon Musk has described himself as a "moderate" and a "registered independent. He has also expressed libertarian views, believing that the government should rarely impose its will upon the people.
@@JohnSmith-ug5ciI know for a fact, he has agreed to donate 45 millions dollars a month to traitor trump using money he has conned from Tesla owners. That is proof enough for me. He is a CONservative in my book.
@@JohnSmith-ug5ci Nope, he has agreed to donate 45million a month to treasonous trump and has benefitted from that ill-gotten money by conning Tesla owners. That makes him a CONservative in my book.
They are getting rid of many Tesla repair technicians. I know one that is highly skilled and was let go a week ago. They told him there is not a market for the car repairs. I guess they are just totalling the vehicles after minor or semi severe damage.
From what I've heard many EVs are getting totaled simply for having scratches on the battery covers. No intrusion into the battery compartment, just surface scratches...
I don't think anybody is going to take an old car battery and use it in a multi million battery storage solution... The insurance company would not allow that...
Seat on 800 volts battery going 100mph is not a good idea.
They just don't make any sense. Their environmental credentials are at best highly questionable, they are proven to be expensive to buy, repair, insure and require more maintenance than most like to admit and the constant updating of new models adds to the already frightening rate of depreciation. The only thing about them which might be engaging for a while might be the rapid low-speed acceleration but the fun of that would wear off pretty quickly leaving you with a characterless, expensive commodity. They are effectively a lesson in how to blow large amounts of money very quickly with little enjoyment or pleasure in return.
I will drive my reliable 2018 Mazda 3 until the wheels fall off .... it never breaks down.
Same with my little Nissan Versa. Bought it new in 2017, great gas mileage, change the oil and drive … 175,000 miles, going strong
17 year old Ford Fiesta, still running good!
15 year old Smart ForTwo diesel 105,000 miles and still going strong 💪
I drive a 1967 Morris Minor.😊
Went government gets involved you know they’re not good.
Scary is how the batteries burst into flames without warning and the doors & windows won’t open trapping you inside
Electronic junk on wheels,even the junk yards don’t want them.
Switch to petrol or diesel
No right to repair!!!! On an OEM laptop. Good luck getting an out of warrant EV fixed.
Exactly. This.
My GF was really pissed at Tesla as she had a problem while charging and could not get a support person to help time was 3:00 PST. Problem was related to a update by Tesla which changed the AMP setting to the original charge rate of 34. I had set to 24 amps. At the 34 amp setting it fried the wires. Fortunatly it did not cause a house fire. I did the repair and she rest the the charge rate to 24 amps. Tesla updates should not touch the charge settings.
$15,000 for a new battery crazy!
It's not a new battery either. Tesla repairs the old ones and that's what you get for the replacement!!!
For a new Tesla battery it's about $20k.
@@covercalls88 Thats for the battery. How much extra to have it fitted.
@@WalterL-gz5zs yep, another cost to be considered. $20k is shocking enough to start
$.05 cost per mile for electricity vs $.25 per mile cost for gas alone. Also, no oil changes, tune ups, stolen catalytic converters. Eight year battery warranty. Many Tesla fleet vehicles 250,000 miles on original battery.
“Complexity for EV repairs” is a bit of a euphemism. The reality is “danger of EV repairs.”
Small damage to the batteries can lead to thermal runaway days or weeks later, causing an extremely hot fire with toxic smoke, which will destroy anything nearby, even buildings.
Bingo, best reply i saw today!!!👋👋👋👍👍👍
Buy a Toyota for the same price cost to own car is payments and insurance. That doesn't change electric or gas cars. Drive a Toyota 400 miles, and take 10 minutes to refill and drive another 400 miles. Gasoline and oil changes are much cheaper and the cost of repairs can be done at thousands of repair shops. Toyota can get 200,000 miles if oil changes and air filters serviced.
Not true. My 2002 Tacoma and 2007 tundra only get its oil changed once a year. No issues.
Newest Toyotas are crap. Toyota got complacent and started mak8ng crap in the early 2000,. I had a 2004 4Runner and it ran fine for the first 30,000 miles, then everything started breaking and malfunctioning one after another. Factory radio/CD player fried, the dashboard fried, the center console info center, blinking in and off. Center diff gasket leaked, rear wheel bearings gone, after $3,600 of out of pocket costs, I got rid of the damned POS. I had purchased the sergice plan to it was in the dealer getting oil and filter changes right on the button. Never Toyota again. I bought a 2017 Ford F250 6.7 diesel years later and it has been very reliable and durable. 116,000 miles on it with just a few minor issues that got fixed right away. Never left me stranded. Hell with Toyota.
Has anyone reqd about thr engine gunking issues? Thousands of Toyotas woth engine gunk and they claim it was from lack of oil changes. Customers with receipts showing all oil changes done at thr dealer! Then came thr frame rusting with people losing e tire front ends when thr frame crumbled into dust and the front axle slammed into thr ground. It cost Toyota $3 BILLION to settle th3 class action lawsuit to repair or replace the frames. This was after Toyota kept denying there was a problem and pushing people away until the frames cracked.
Toyota makes junk now.
If no rust after 20 years it still works.
I'm an EV owner. Two years ago I damaged my Hyundai Ioniq EV when reversing on a foggy night. It was repaired by a local smash repairer recommended by my insurance company. The car looked as- new after the repair. All good since. So I haven't given up. Why would I?
Light body damage is a relatively easy repair. It's not a "fault". Keep going and enjoy your EV.
Create the infrastructure and then try to sell the product. The world is nowhere near ready for this. They need to be introduced much more slowly so they can evolve in a way that the problems can be overcome in an ordered and planned way.
Unrepairable = No Maintainence
Not so environmentally friendly as we were told!!!
the same system as with the i phones
My 2023 Model S catastrophically failed after 5k miles. Rear drive unit failed and caused the whole car to shut down. Who builds a car with 2 separate drive units but can’t make it keep going when one fails? That means you don’t have redundancy and instead have double the chance of being stranded. Horrible engineering and design. Took 3 weeks to fix. Sold it within 1 week of it being fixed. My life and my family’s lives are too valuable to save a few pennies on gasoline.
All Evs are a joke suckers
Why do those EV cars need software that always seems to fail? Cant they just build a simple EV that you turn a key that connects the power and off you go, like a large golf cart? Just make them simple and affordable and lots of people would buy them simple as that! instead they worry about having self drive, GPS screens, internet connection, blue tooth, voice command, electric door locks, power seats and other electronic gizmos, large digital dash display all the things that require miles of extra wiring along with too many sensors and computer boards that can fail, Cars like a Honda Fit, Chevy Spark, Toyota Yaris are small cars that have little or no sophisticated electronics or luxuries and they sell , You can hardly find any of those cars for sale, even a cheap EV with only a 150 mile range would sell lots of them, There are millions of people out there that dont drive a lot of miles everyday but need basic transportation like kids driving to high school every day , people that need a second car to run local errands, That was basically the idea of the original VW beetle make a vehicle that is basic transportation cheap enough for anybody to afford, They can always build 100,000 dollar pickup trucks later
the list of arguments against is larger than the list for...like green energy...
$60 grand for a Kia/Hyundai Kona battery, no thanks !
I don't get it. The electric motor is very simple and reliable thing which should last around forever. Why it is expensive to repair EV?
I get the batery, but the rest must be same or cheaper.
It’s like the early rechargeable tools, the battery was built in, and when it went out it was cheaper to just replace the tool.
Yeh but it have over 70 individual cells if 1 go wrong good buy car.
They still have a lot more going on than one would think. They still have coolant and brake fluid. And a tone of computer modules on board and sensors. Everything else will break around the motor and cost more than the car is worth. It’s the automotive industry. They don’t make money by selling long lasting vehicles.
It makes no sense - these milkfloats should be simple to repair, just like, well, a milkfloat.
Think about a cordless tool. In and out.
You haven't emphasised enough, what this is doing to our vehicle insurances?
The rest of us pay,!,insurance not in it to make a loss.
Yes my insurance keeps going up.
The insurance company is not in business, to go out of business.
So they spread the increase cost around even to non EV owners .
Lucky won't cost your life dying in a inferno, @
Because an electric vehicle battery is repurposed that doesn't mean it won't start shooting flames wherever it's used.
Soon landfills will be brimming with these TOXIC wastes!
@@smh6016 as they do with the rotorblades of the wind turbines , 6 feet under everything is forgotten, they believe but their sins will reapear, with a rainshower or an not registerd spot or, or
JUNK
EV's are disposable vehicles.
Ive known many more owners of ICE vehicles that have had more “emergency repairs” than EV owners. By far. My brother in law just had to replace his “unbreakable” Toyota transmission for close to $10k. Guess who has paid zero in vehicle repairs in the last two years? This EV owner!
A Tesla caught fire in my town. Our fire chief said it was burning at 5000°F, half the temp of the sun. They let it burn out which took all night,
A bunch of self-proclaimed experts who have never owned an ev. I've owned EVS for 5 and 1/2 years, save a lot of money, a very nice ride
Well, good for you. I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic, and I will NEVER EVER buy an EV!!!!! I work on all of my vehicles, and I understand them. I also live in the country in southeastern Idaho. No chargers near me, especially when I travel the roads less traveled, which I do a lot. I have an 02 Jeep Cherokee with 260,000 miles on it, a 2009 Dodge diesel 2500 pickup, and a 1923 Model T Ford "T Bucket" that I built from scratch. EVs are not the answer. The power grid of the USA would need to be DOUBLED to have enough power to charge millions of battery packs. Car manufacturers are loosing tons of money on these EVs. The vast majority of the population wants nothing to do with them.
It is ok with me if you own/operate your EV. Why is it not ok if I stick to gasoline/diesel vehicles?
we all share the air & environment, that's why. Very good for me, but you are forbidden from owning an EV, they're on for us rich people.
@@rp9674 So, we are in agreement! I do not have to buy an overpriced battery operated scooter. That is good for me.
As far as the environment is concerned, it is real smoky here due to California being on fire. Since your EV needs no oxygen to operate, that leaves more for my 3 internal combustion vehicles to use. Great, because my big block Chevy engine in my T Bucket needs lots of air. My Dodge diesel 2500 4x4 long bed crew cab also uses quite a bit of oxygen. My 450 horses need to breathe.
It is so nice of you to give me your unused oxygen. Thanks.
& the gas I'm not using, enjoy
@@rp9674 Thanks, I will. I am going on a little trip tomorrow, about 600 miles. Sort of beyond EV range limits. I would have massive range anxiety if I owned an EV. I suppose if I could charge at home and had a reasonable commute to work, it would work. I am retired now, so no commute. I use to have to commute 120 miles round trip every day in the summer. I could not ride the crew buss because I always had overtime. I was younger then, it would kill me to do that now.
Thanks for the civil chat. Like I said, I have an E Bike, and my better half has one too. We both love them. We still peddle, but the battery assist is wonderful.
The best example of where electric vehicles should be placed is a visit to Dearborn Michigan and look inside the garage of Henry Ford at his "Fairlane" estate. In Henry's garage is an all electric vehicle built by Henry's best friend Thomas Edison. The electric Edison car was specially built for Clara Ford, Henry's wife. The only charging station was inside the garage. There's no photos of Clara Ford driving her custom-built electric car. Since Mrs Ford can get any and many free car's right off the assembly line at her husband's nearby Ford Rouge Plant, why would she settle on an electric vehicle that she can't travel very far in? To truly see the future of EVs, just look inside Henry Ford's personal garage and see the real future of electric power vehicles. Forever parked in a garage gathering dust and cobwebs. Electric vehicles are nothing but scrap and a novelty piece of driveway art. EV'S didn't work in Henry's day, and they will continue to not work in our day. Waste of time, money 💰 and talent. ICE vehicles have continued to roll on our streets and highways for well over a hundred twenty years. EVs can't travel more than a year once a bird or a rock hits it.
Spend time and resources in building an electric car for driving on the planet Mars or Pluto. We built one for the moon back in the late 1960s.
Can't build one for planet Earth that is good as the one on the moon. Sad 😢 but true 👍.
Bottom line. DON'T BUY AN EV!
What sort of government would actually force these expensive throw away monstrosities on its citizens? If we can't make our own choices, then privately owned vehicles will become a luxury for just a few wealthy people after 2035.
and diesel powered
Politicians won't use them,!be forced onto us plebs 😢.
When you fix an EV, you need the same knowledge of how to fix a phone or a PC. And every brand EV is completely different.
Problems are typically electrical, which are invisible compared to mechanical cars.
And you need the diagnostic software, which is locked to main dealers only.
And you need to be able to buy replacement parts same day.
I've had my Model S for a while, charging for free with a solar array and smile when cruising past the gas stations. No issues.
Just you wait
You can't do that in 10 years old Tesla. Owning a 20 years old car is common now.
Friend of mine changed his model 3 battery at 3300 miles.
Luckily his insurance company covered that.
I'm so delighted to see the EV fad circling the drain, and I was never buying one of those things, I love my V6 Accord. The video should have also covered the charging issues, and the billions Biden spent on charger stations and only a few were ever built, and then too the copper thieves cutting off the charging cables to sell the copper.
I think that the only thing we miss is a EV car repair shop or have in the current repair shops a person, that can deal with a EV problem. Most of the parts are the same for EV/petrol cars, and for the battery, high voltage system and electric motor you need a specialist. So it could be a good business plan to have car repair shop that can handle EVs... All current cars are full of electronic systems, matrix lights, with modern CPUs to hande all the displays and software, etc. If somebody wants an easy and cheap to repair car, he should stay with 10 years old car...
That’s what I was afraid too. Either lease it, with that model everything is covered or get hybrids at most
My EV has been scrapped because it’s impossible to repair! 🤥
Lol lucky you I don't feel for anybody that buys one of these stupid things evs = the jab
Why would any insurance company insure an EV?
It appears to be a losing proposition.
Aren't new EVS under warranty ?
Yes they are. Eight year battery warranty. Two years everything else.
Yes
Postponed my 2008 i30 replacement 4 years ago. Would've blown a heap of money had I bought then.
Are you sponsored by the oil industry? For example there are independent work shops repairing Tesla batteries, that some myth claims are not reparable. EV are reliable, when you claim that EV are less reliable than ICE cars, can you back that up with some numbers?
I do not live in the USA, but I drive EV since 2014. The first one had no need to look at a repair shop from 2014 to 2022, when I replaced it. The second owner is driving it without a break down up to know. That never happened to me with an ICE driven car.
Perhaps the USA EV manufactures are just simply puting out bad cars? They do not so well regarding ICE driven cars either.
The biggest myth is about the Batteries being irreparable when the casing got a dent or a scratch. You go to an independent repair shop, they do exist, and they will measure the battery if it is OK. Inside the battery zou can replace components.
Ev's are junk and a waste of time and money. And it raises car insurances rates after a car accident. Because most car insurance company's just wright them off.
3:29 .. What does "Autumn Firemist" mean?? (on the dash display)
A better question is why given the money and brainpower the auto makers have st their disposal, was it only Mr. Toyoda able to foresee these problems and didn’t follow the crowd
EVs are great if you live in a medium size to small size city/town and do some occasional traveling. And if in your place it doesn't get too hot or cold. If you want to travel and have reliability just go with s regular gas engine or even a hybrid. I have a small Chevy Volt, a Honda Odyssey Minivan and a 2019 Prius Hybrid. Every car works for different needs. I am getting in love with the Prius, and I don't see me going full EV mode. My bolt is for groceries and errands. But I wouldn't use it for more than that.
As long as there are no any reliable EV cars import, stick to your current car.
465,000 miles on my V8 2003 Mercury Marquis. Less than $700 in repairs since new. Still runs and drives like new, and yes, I am only getting 14 mpg city/25 hwy, but I don't care.. keep your EV, I'll keep my V8 gas car.....
Loving my 2014 F150 with 100k miles on it more and more by the day ☺️
Dixie cup cars.
My EV breaks down every other day, but I still love it.
🤥
Yeah, prolly cuz Most electric vehicle owners are NOT mechanically inclined.
I wonder if the EV owners can hear the rest of us LOL at them?
Just check which battery's are out, replace only those, cost 10% of replacing it totaly.😂
EV fans will look you in the eye and deny any of this.
Only happens to Tesla but not the Chinese EVs. Plenty of parts available. You just have to pay the chinese retailer & they'll ship it the next minute if no parts a available locally.
My EV cost 63,000 dollars to repair! 😢 but I still love it
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😢
I own 3 vehicles, and I have not spent $63,000 on all 3 combined, and I built one of them from scratch. Too each their own, I guess.
They have to inform their insurance company
Option was to keep my pt or get a new ev.... still driving the pt
Don't be an idiot keep your PT don't buy one of these stupid things you will regret it trust me
Ev owners doesn't include Teslas owners
Nerver ev
Because they dont require mtce or repair. This clip is a paid ad' from the ICE auto industry. That's all... They have a planned life of 200,000 miles. Some have 440,000 miles on the clock.
So? Some ICE have a million plus miles on them, the great majority don't. There are always outliers.
I have a hybrid. So far, zero issues. Do you think the model T had zero issues? It is growing pains. The real issue is infrastructure
Don’t worry- you will have issues with the hybrid in the near future
@mikeandhev I have had plenty of issues with gas vehicles in my lifetime. I'm willing to try something new. It's coming whether you like it or not
Hybrids are the smart move at this point. I’m still driving a 5 speed 2009 Honda Jazz off ethanol, but when it eventually becomes too much of a brittle plastic money pit, my next car will be a hybrid. EV’s are 10 years from being viable; they’ll get there, but consumers are the lab rats in the experiment at this point. Early adopting is always a rash move.
Ain’t nothing a growing pain about a 20k battery or the growing lack of technicians to repair your car.
Yall didn’t like repairing the ice cars now you screwed
Model T's did not cost you 1 to 2 yrs salary!
I would never buy a used EV because after warranty they can be hugely expensive to repair. After about 6 years the battery range starts to show decrease. If you want an EV buy or lease it new. NEVER keep it past warranty. Be ready for high depreciation especially when it is approaching end of warranty.
I will keep using gasoline SUVs, and I take a 6 year service contract with the vehicle. After 4 years I trade it in for a new one, and get back any credit for the unused warranty time on the service contract. I have a friend with an EV. It is out of warranty and will soon require a battery. Range has declined. He's always looking for a charger when on the road. He was quoted $21K for the battery. He will get very little for his EV when he wants to sell or trade it.
EV's are like fancy golf carts. You should always have a real car for backup 😂
This is why you need a free market economy. Politicians, ideologues and corporate subsidy grifters have created and legislated this plague upon consumers. They have been paid handsomely by disenfranchised taxpayers. A market economy bankrupts/ends products with much smaller flaws.
Tesla's are trash EV's. However, thats not the case for all EV's. There are fuggin Chevy Bolts out there with 300000 miles on them and the only real fix on them was a wheel bearing. Most "repairs" are just software updates to fix a bug, and ICEV have those too. As well as an 8 year factory warranty on the battery and powertrain in General Motors EVs Sooooo... What are you talking about?
Maybe this huge mistake will make them rethink the “green new deal”.
That they didn't make all evs do a standardized easy change-up of batteries makes evs a fad.
Maybe this huge mistake will make them rethink the “green new deal “!
I have a 2020 Montana Mustang Mackay Total Electric I have had no problems after 4 years of use very reliable no problems drive anywhere plenty of charging stations down the road while I will charge in 20 minutes while I drink a cup of coffee have 50,000 Mi on my car not one visit to a dealer so you can tell ExxonMobil shell and all of the other gas companies to suck up I hope they have to try to drink that gas that they charging. Too much for. The rest of the world is going Electric. So if I have to buy a Chinese car and pay twice as much as a an American car where the gas I will do so van a gas card
But they're good for the climate! Aren't they??
EV - Ego Vehicle, thats it!
Fact: EV owners love waiting for hours to charge their cars and love waiting weeks, months, or years for simple EV repairs.
Get these things off our roads, (Drill Baby Drill)