Why Manchester abandoned ULEZ-style approach
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- London's attempt to hit motorists with more stringent anti pollution measures may have proved a liability at the polls - but British cities are still legally obliged to become greener.
Several places have introduced Clean Air Zones - while Manchester has abandoned plans to impose more charges on drivers, in favour of other incentives - from a free city centre bus to subsidies to encourage drivers to upgrade their vehicles.
Poverty is a bigger killer than pollution.
Fair play to you,
he is 100% correct
Indeed.
london accounts for ~1% of the WORLDS total emissions, WTAF is taxing the poor for driving on roads they would have done anyway??? it’s utter corruption and total robbery
That last guy is an utter liar, when have you ever seen someone walk down the road gasping for breath due to cars driving past 😂😂
I agree he is so lame and weak..
😊😊😊
We have people who cant walk so should we get rid of the pavements to lol its a joke. If you have a medical condition then move to an area that benefits you rather than tax the poor so he can live in a city. What a joker
Yes, I have asthma (from growing up in a city). It's very easy to tell the difference between fresh air and polluted air. I'm also a runner and you lungs simply burn when around driving or idling cars. Car exhaust is one of the most noxious, poisonous substances we tolerate around us. It can actually kill you if you're in a closed space.
Love how the driver is just not wearing a seatbelt.
Private Hire / Taxi drivers are not legally obliged to wear a seatbelt if they have paying customers.
Not saying that’s the case here… but still 😅
@@jlue1993 Doubt he is driving them around for free!
spoke to a Manchester taxi driver recently who told me he hadn't worn a seat belt since 1986, was amazed they didn't have to.
Greater manchester is an industrial city - not to mention pollution for recreational boats and barges and from air traffic which all gets ignored
@@jlue1993 why ?
Because it's purely a tax on the poor and small businesses
Tax and greed nothing more. They couldn’t care less about “clean air”
Totally agree
Yes it's all an excuse. We all know it.
Carbon national measure without taking into account the population density turns out to be inaccurate. That appears to be the main pushback in Asia fyi
They care about votes. Central government instructed the CAZ to reduce NOx emissions, Greater Manchester proudly announced a comprehensive, wide-spread plan because health was the greatest priority, they wanted all the credit. Then there was a backlash and they were like 'well we don't want a CAZ we're being made to". It's a farce whichever side of the fence you sit.
Life or death situation she said 😂.. Wheel out the asthmatic.
He could have an irritation to his washing powder that makes it worse
You say ‘high polluting vehicles’, but every year my car passes it’s MOT, which includes emissions, so why are we to be charged extra for something which already complies with the law?
All vehicles, however they are powered have to pass an emissions test as part of the yearly MOT. I am certain all electric vehicles would fail an emissions test at their manufacturing stage, EG: Cobalt, Lithium mining and battery construction.
this is not about clean air, it is about raising taxes. Squeezing more out of people who drive. if the air gets 0.001% cleaner over 5 years that is a bonus but certainly not the reason for the zones. people are not so stupid.
The air has already gotten massively cleaner. NOx is down 75% Source: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021
Channel 4 has suddenly realised there is somewhere outside London ..................... pleased to see they are on the ball with a year old news !!!
As a resedent of Manchester i have used public transport a 5 mile journey on the bus took over 2 hrs & cost over £5 + a long walk in a taxi 15 minutes £10 & only a short walk & that bus no longer exists now it's 3 buses probably 3 hrs & god knows the price.
As a fellow resident of Manchester - that sounds like a crazy journey. Where were you going from and to?
But that's not the conversation, it's about clean air, not transit - you can skip the bus in an EV taxi too.
@@brushlessmotoring Of course it's the conversation, or certainly should be. Having clean, reliable and cheap public transport is a far better way to encourage those who can use it, rather than punitive measures for those that simply don't have that choice. You can't have a conversation about clean air unless we talk about alternate modes of transit... unless none of this is actually about clean air and merely about a cash grab from the public, who simply aren't given viable alternatives.
@@HighHoeKermit I’m a micro-mobility advocate too, which offers affordable zero emission transport for those who can ride - and is illegal in the UK - I agree high quality accessible zero emission transit is best, but the top comment was about how difficult their transit experience was, which is why they preferred a private car - but that’s conflating the ULEZ purpose - zero or low tailpipe emissions - with transit vs. private (or taxi) journeys. That’s all I meant.
If these changes were really to benefit the environment, these local administration budgets would not be dependent on this extra income. Just paying a tax does not magically make the air cleaner or reduce levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The "some reduction is better than nothing" argument is already in play with the existing standards.
Lack of supply, access to supply and infrastructure are all issues that require central government to resolve them...
The argument is people will be "encouraged" (some might say forced) to switch to compliant vehicles to avoid paying the charge, funds from Clean Air Zone charges (this is how its operated nationwide) have to be reinvested in the CAZ, such as road improvements, grants, etc
Absolutely, thanks to the Euro vehicle standards, newer cars are cleaner and the average NOx emissions have dropped by 75% since the 90's. Even though passenger vehicle miles has gone up (pushing NOx higher... new vehicles still emit NOx, just less of it).
So if they backed down in Manchester they should back down in London or is this decision all resting on one SELFISH man???? Ridiculous!
There are no night buses in Birmingham at all, so if this scheme is meant to get people into using more public transport there will be a problem. I very often finish work at midnight or later i work music venues , thats when all buses stop,so what's my choice? An Uber at £14 a trip?
Or £12.5 to drive your car 😂😂😂
£186 to stick an “under review” sticker on a sign. Someone’s having a laugh there.
There so focused on car emissions ,but cars are not the main polluters
They need to stop it in every city and sadique khan needs to go its a labour tax on the poor
There are no "HIGH" polluting vehicles. My brand new diesel Mazda has a DPF fitted and uses, EGR technology and is fitted with an "Ad Blue" system reducing Nitrogen compounds. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH AIR WE BREATH ! At age 78 being fit and healthy I KNOW
Taxi drivers don't have to wear a seat belt !!!😎😎
All the roadsigns are still up around Manchester. Instead of being painted grey as is normal for road signage that is incorrect, they have all been oeft in place with additional signs added to say its under review. Wonder how much that cost?
They said so in the piece, £183 (or 86?) thousand
Don't know but the cameras cost £700,000 a week to run apparently. How scary is that to make it cost effective the amount of charges given out to working clas people is sickening.
If you have asthma. It is not pollution. Its genetic.
What about emergency vehicles ?
2:50 - I NEED to know the significance of this bolt?
Just nuts😁
Stopping these plans is the correct thing for country. The government council need to listen more to the people on many issues
They should listen to me and people who agree that ulez are inevitable and a good thing
people who think too much with emotion , that common or any logic , erm nope
Banning cars from cities is the correct thing for this country.
@@JT-nr2ss sort of. An outright ban is not always practical
@@JT-nr2ss let’s just ban anything that produces carbon emissions and watch as the economy dissolve. While all the other countries in the world continue to produce carbon at ever greater levels.
Considering that 90% of the cars on the road are exempt then charging the poorest who can’t afford a new car and blaming them for pollution is just idiotic, cos 10% isn’t going to tip any balance. Let the transition happen naturally,just think all those old cars only add the pollution out of their tailpipe. A new car is adding the pollution of manufacturing to our fragile environment. Or do people forget that?
The point of the CAZ is to reduce curbside NOx emissions, so it is all about tailpipe emissions in this particular case. Part of the reason we have unsafe concentrations is because they relied on a natural progression and ever tightening vehicle emission standards, which was known to be ineffective because vehicle manufacturers were playing the system (i.e. VW emissions test cheat devices).
The transition will never happen naturally... There are plenty of cars from the early 2000s that are still going and could keep going for many years. There has to be a cut off point and it might as well be now. Why would people ever naturally transition if they don't have to
lEt tHE tRAnsiTioN hAppEn nAtURaLlY
Was it a natural transition when the car lobby pushed viciously for British cities to abolish their electric tram systems?
No cars bullied their way to transport dominance, and this has been a collossal disaster for cities.
Ban cars from cities and bring back the public transport and cycling we enjoyed before our cities were bulldozed for motorists
Only 12% of the NOx is from private cars and taxi's. Let that sink in for a second. Source: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021
Tell dave to buy an AQI, he will realise he is wrong.
I have COPD.
The tube in london is over 100x worse in air quality terms than directly at the exhaust of a diesel vehicle.
Hope your COPD gets better. Cars only produce 12% of the NOx, which has already reduced by 75% since the 90's. More particulate matter gets emitted from brakes / tyres / roads than the exhaust, hence why the tube is filthy, even though it's electric!
under review = buying time lol
Uxbridge …. That’s why
Votes count more than issues...
"life and death issue..." lol what a clown statement. Activists shouldn't be reporters.
Love how you get a guy with an uncommon condition and parade him around as a reason to head down unjustified policy.
Well done. Not listening to Sadistic Khan is what all borough should do all over the country PERIOD.
Nowadays people are dying with blood clot and not the environment. ULEZ is so so ridiculous. People don't have spare money to pay ULEZ. They are saying £12.50 but if you forgot to pay before midnight's it went up to £17.50p people myst think about that. It happened to me.
Well our comp has 5 diesel vans none would comply
why no seatbelt mr driver?
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Asthmatic, my biggest issue has been always with diesel vehicles.
I recent years I've become aware of lpg autogas and have been running a volvo fitted with a brc kit for the last three years.. It's been hugely appreciated in cost saving and the co2 readout at mot is 0.0002. The mind boggles as to why this isn't being pushed as a Solution to the problem.
And yet I've got a 2001 petrol and that's ulez compatible where as the 2000 lpg petrol isn't.. 🤦♂️ They are exactly the same spec of engine.
instead they close lpg stations everywhere
You dont understand other peoples circumstances. I have only recently took notes off the news but david cameroen said diesels were cheaper to tax and so on as theyre cleaner. I still on finance have a bnw x5 diesel. Its not my fault im just the buyer. Dont punish others its the goverment fault for messing around. They need to tax the big companies/ factoires. And bring cleaner cars in. Its not my fault jeezz
@@realmusicreallife diesel has been a dirty fuel since it came to market. Ignorance is no excuse. It's an abomination that they allowed any promotion of domestic diesel use. And the number of diesel cars that now need to be scrapped is pointless. They should never have been made.
Research ground ozone and what happened to levels in london durring lockdown.
Then research what effects ozone has on humans.
Why do diesels affect your asthma? Is it the particulate matter? More comes from the tyres / road surfaces than the exhaust, which INCREASED by 35% due to heavier vehicles. Nox? More gets produced in waste to energy sites. Only 12% of NOx comes from cars... this also includes the petrol / LPG (modern diesels make less NOx than turbo petrol engines) which aren't in the ULEZ zones. Source: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021
Shame London can't follow but charging ppl is definitely not answer
Whats wrong with London, they dont need a ulez expansion!
Nothing we do in this country makes any difference to world pollution!
If this is added, we leave Manchester
I don't know how she got from the City Centre to Rochdale in 9 miles! It's more like 14 miles.. !
London has world class public transport so for the vast majority of people there’s barely any point owning a car, it’s not really the same anywhere else in the country
Nonsense .It has the most expensive underground in the world , third most expensive buses out of 18 westernized countries and second most expensive suburban rail. If you live in Outer London it is not that great
@@Marvin-dg8vj Rubbish. Single bus fares in london are £1.75, here in Manchester they're £2 and run every 15 mins at peeke times in a South Central suburb only 2 miles from the city centre, without any other alternatives for public transport. London buses even in the outer boroughs have much higher frequency and the options for rail are much larger and integrated. I lived for 18 years in london and no i live in manchester and the transport options are considerably worse and much more expensive per mile than across london.
@@Marvin-dg8vjregardless of what you think about London, it's got better public transport than anywhere else in the UK
Queen Elizabeth line alone cost £20 bn.That provides 16 additional trains an hour into London from Reading.While here in the North we get 1 train an hour between Manchester and Liverpool. So much for the Northern powerhouse
@@Marvin-dg8vjif its no good scrap it.Spend the money up north
The clown says he has difficulty breathing. Maybe it’s got something to do with having a dog and living in a fur infested house!
Dave Lawson versus Manchester lol
Based from Manchester, hope more cities follow suit instead of implementing stupid "clean air zones".
Incentivise. Improve public transport so that people don’t have to use cars driving into the city centre. Give people a council tax return if they can prove they have used a certain amount of public transport every month. Also, vans, taxis or an vehicle used for business purposes should be exempt from charge.
He may be struggling to breathe in Manchester City Centre because of vaping
And all the smell from drugs.
"British cities are still legally obliged to become greener" to who?
The governments own commitments
@@Ben-co6om So the government is legally committed to itself? -- so... change those unrealistic own inflicted commitments?
The WHO that's who
Taking people's freedom
What about the giv compensating all people who were brought up breathing in coal and coke fumes from open fires. There was no warnings as to my long term health yet they received tax. They should be held accountable if polluted air is now the cause of most illnesses and death.
Everyone stand up now. Shouldnt be going on anywhere
What a victory.... Dirty and carcinogenic air. Woohoo.
Good for Manchester
Nice to see the taxi driver with his invisible seat belt on
why is that woman reporter not wearing a seat belt in the back of the car? it is the drivers responsibility foir his passengers saftey.
I have got to correct a statement in this video, viz "high polluting vehicles". I have a 1997 immaculate very low mileage BMW classic car which passes its emissions MOT test without problem each year. I only use it for two months in the summer doing under 400 miles (= 1 tank of petrol). I live just a mile from the Greater London border and run my car outside London and onto the motorway. Yet, I am required to pay £12.50 daily just to drive a mile out of London! Yet, the more modern cars, whose emissions are a bit lower than mine, can drive all day long in London clocking up thousands of miles and causing congestion, yet they do not have to pay robber Khan!
Also it is not so well known that 50% of emissions in all petrol cars are generated through brakes, tyres and wear on the road. This is even more for the electric cars as they are much heavier due to their massive batteries. These PM particles are much more dangerous to health than the petrol fumes. Yet, somehow this is overlooked!
What would they do if cars didnt exist or people go on strike and stop driving how would they raise money???
Ok look at it another way if we all had electric cars then where are the Government going to get the tax we pay on fuel from oh by putting a yearly charge on electric vehicles (read road tax or ved) they have to get their money from somewhere.
Also manchester had busses modified to meet the emissions target but they are now NON COMPLIANT as it did not work.
Starmer stated he lost uxbridge due to ulez
All these clean aor zones are unlawful, they are all different in regard to what is charged and how much and where you habe to pay. Inconsistent is what the law states should be stopped.
We already have emissions test and charged to the amount in our MOT and road tax.
Tax and green, control
A problem we all purposly ignored until its too late typical thinking of the government. Research should have taken place sooner.
And how many people do you know are running lpg autogas?
Clean air?? What complete and utter shash. Try standing next to the a57 for 10 minutes and see how clean the air is
Sadistic Khan could learn from Greater Manchester.
The present situation Means clean air is coming “ Without these labourite expensive facilities That will be ignored by many Anyway, False number plates will just make
The system unworkable once the cost starts to hit poorer drivers… just my opinion
You can get covers that go over your number plate that makes it unreadable and they work
ask me how i know..
Life or death issue
Lol
How dramatic
Because that mayor want to still be in a job in 2024
Ridiculous WEF puppets 😂😂😂
The Driver obviously had a Medical Exemption from wearing his seatbelt and was very smartly dressed too
i think taxi drivers don't have to wear a seatbelt?
Taxi drivers don’t have to wear seat belt .
taxi drivers , do not have to wear a seat belt , it's for their safety when they have passengers . In the past taxi drivers hace been stabbed , strangled with seatbelt , punched kicked
Taxi drivers don't have to wear a seatbelt, since 1986 I believe. They are trained how to safely fly through a windscreen if a collision occurs and land on their feet
2:36 No, in (good) politics u have to show leadership, stick up for what’s right, of course businesses will oppose it, there’s always opposition first before recognition and appreciation.
What, like Brexit? That worked out didn't it?
True leadership listens to criticism and feedback and adjusts accordingly.
@@becoming.andreiaBrexit happened through just listening to people without standing up for what's best using their expertise
A good mayor would not:
buy ULEZ cameras in April,
start a consultation in June,
be found to be lying about nothing being pre-determined.
Sticking up for what is right would have been to put it to the people- this is what would have been right, regardless of statutory rights.
Sorry for channel 4 woke program reports on delivering ulez been abandoned
Because nobody wants this rip off!
If all this bull is true ..why are they building constanrly on green land ??????
If you want clean air then stop the fuel and petroleum, stop the factories and build more solar energy panels
How are we all going to get to work with no fuel? How are we going to move food around with no fuel? What will we do for the 10 months a year when we don't have any sunshine for solar? Specifically which factories are you referring to and how do they pollute? I'm interested to hear your response.
@@jamessmith84240 I'm in no position to suggest anything, we have our beloved so called politicians who knows EVERYTHING. Assume that in EU we started our green zones and everything is brilliant, life is pink. What about China? USA? India? Africa? Latin America? Middle East? They are all industrialised with huge loads of pollution, to solve the air pollution, all the planet needs to tackle that as one hand, which it will never be done
@@ID-rs9wv Sounds like we agree. It's all pointless! They just want to tax us some more for existing.
Bit simplistic
Wtch this all changed now Khan has conveniently won in London.
Haha channel 4 finding the exception to force a rule. Not biased or elitist in the slightest
FO Dave.
Manchester will introduce ULEZ after next election
Maybe the money goes towards there funerals
This is copied directly from tfl web pages:
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Why do we have a ULEZ? - Transport for London
The aim of the ULEZ is to improve air quality by reducing the number of vehicles in London that don't meet emissions standards.
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Interestingly enough, I have looked regularly on the websites that publish the live data and maps showing london air quality, and all I have ever seen is that everything is GREEN. Everything!!! Every time I look, the air quality is good. Every time!
But as usual, actual facts don't seem to matter in an argument... It's misinformation!!! It's conspiracy theory!!!
Crisis actors.
Errrrrr!
The hundreds of SE Asian heritage economic migrants (mostly from a country I guess beginning with P?) who stood up for pollution. We cannot say statistically true things any more. But I hope reasonable folk will understand I’m only highlighting a numerical fact.
What does that have to do with anything.
@@mildlydispleased3221he's saying that one ethnic group is the majority of taxi drivers
@@TheMagicJIZZ And the literal worst drivers on the road. "Why the %*&" is that taxi there!? Oh..."
Comments below, seems you are just looking to blame someone or something for your asthma or whatever. Try getting the FACTS first about emissions and especially if you live in the region, if you dont shut up
i don't care i will just keep driving my dirty diesel an pay the £12.50 as that gets passed on to my customer an they pay it plus i get it back as a running cost from the tax man to so win win for me
Well just stay out of Manchester Dave.
Move then.your living in a city,move to the countryside
0:53 Pathetic cheeky (British infamous) use of the word 'absolutely' -.suggesting the speakers agrees whereas in fact what he follows up with is 99% irrelevant, completely meaningless🤦♂️
„Progress has been put on hold“
*What* *a* *biased* *commentator* !
Retrofitting is the way forward.
And people should decide when to replace their vehicles- not a mayor.
At least Burnham listened- for now.
Sadiq Khan however:
bought ULEZ cameras in April,
held a consultation in June.
People were cheated!
Can you imagine trying to explain to a parent living in these planned low emission zones, that their child with asthma will have to keep suffering to ensure some people keep making money.
Why do diesels affect your asthma? Is it the particulate matter? More comes from the tyres / road surfaces than the exhaust, which INCREASED by 35% due to heavier vehicles. Nox? More gets produced in waste to energy sites,, located conveniently in poor areas, whilst also pumping out harmful chemicals of all sorts. Only 12% of NOx comes from cars... this also includes the petrol (modern diesels make less NOx than turbo petrol engines) which aren't affected by ULEZ. NOx is a natural chemical that is also produced by the microbes in our soil, hence agriculture is a major source of NOx, even then, NOx has been reduced by 75% since the 90's. Try getting the facts right and demanding that the poor child with asthma is able to have a cheap vehicle in the future to enable them to get a better job with a better life and prospects.... meanwhile our air is getting cleaner by the day without ULEZ zones. Source: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021/transport-and-environment-statistics-autumn-2021
Can you Imigine having to explain to child that you have lost job or livelihood because the air we’ve always breathed is now apparently toxic m. But only to a certain amount of people that no one has actually met .
@@dannyleece1451 it's not apparent and although I agree with the fact this is too fast with poor compensation and bad timing. The idea that people think the air quality part is the bit to question is ridiculous. Argue against the timing, the cost or the compensation don't be an idiot and think the air quality argument is the bit to question.
@@dannyleece1451 The danger is only modelled. Not to mention in the study that Sadiq points to, even traffic pollution is going to decrease by HALF without ULEZ next year, as the data is old, from 2019, they should have new data out last year... but I guess it wouldn't fit in with their narrative. . The newer vehicles still emit NOx. Don't worry, when revenue starts dropping again (people don't drive old cars for fun but necessity), Any Euro 6 car will be charged, Euro 7 will be allowed.
The only people who made money off this is Burnhams wife who got a VERY BIG BONUS.....
Y'all drive on the wrong side of the road 🤣
Nope, you are looking in a mirror again.....
And you have school shootings, an obesity crisis and expensive healthcare.
You don't even know what a clutch is or how to use one 😂
Talk to us when you get your own language
I love the Brits ! ❤😂
It's about choice you don't drive so no one should drive grow up man I have 3 diseases in my chest and driving pollution did no harm to me people bandwagon comes tomind
We need to clean our air up, not just in all major cities, everywhere. But there needs to be a govt backed scheme to trade in non compliant vehicles because not everyone can afford an ultra modern car, and huge investments in better transport links. TfL integration and pricing is a great model for any city region to emulate
I have clean Honda diesel 2009 only 81K . Its mega reliable Jap engine and will last 400k able to drive to Africa and back.
IT PASSES UK MOT EMMISSIONS BUT THIS NOX IS FAKE KHAN TFL BULL.
IF ITS THAT BAD WHY NOT JUST BAN?
WHAT IS STOPPING THE SO CALLED EMMISSIONS BLOWN INTO THE BOUNDARY? IS KHAN GONA CHARGE GOD £12.50?
WHAT ABOUT MILLIONS OF NICOTINE PUFDED INTO UK AND LONDON AIRSPACE?
SMOKERS ARE SELF INFLICTING THEIR LUNGS.
DONT BLOOD BLAME VECHILES
Consumerism in the name of the environment is never green
I‘ve looked into upgrading a vehicle by retrofitting emission reducing tech.
£15k certification costs are the main obstacle. So consumerism (scrap & replace) becomes cheaper thanks to government rules!
The air is actually very clean and has historically never been better since the industrial revolution.
There is no need for a sudden urgency. Further improvement should take proportionate measures.
the air in the uk has never been as clean as what it is now, i,m lucky cos i live in a small village, & most of us still use a coal fire, & no central heating, & i don,t know anyone that has breathing problems, people,s home,s these days are a lot to blame for which way people breath, where they have the central heating on, the windows & door,s are all doubleglazed & draught free. It be like living in a vacume cleaner. I have an open fire which the chimney draws air to make it burn, but at the same time its constantly taking all the stale air out the rooms & replacing it with clean air, so when i get droughts blowing in from door.s & windows, in winter, i just build the fire up bigger, so i,m warm , but plenty fresh air at the same time.& thats the way its staying, cos when everyone,s home.s were like mine, somehow ashma or breathing problems were vertuly unheard of.
Andy Burnham for Pm
Hes all talk him pal
@@ScottyDog345 I think he’s the best option we have right now by a long way !
@@garrynelson8495 he done alright out the Hillsborough. Progressed his career.Families still waiting for justice.All these politicians are ethe same .They are all in it together.Left and right. Tory Labour
Bad news for us Manchester air breathers 😮
Wouldn’t it be easier to get polluting vehicles off the road by MOT and offer buyback?
If my VEHICLES pass an emissions test on an MOT then they are good to drive anywhere.
Those taxi drivers are idiots, the cost of petrol and diesel is multiple times more than electricity.
If they bought an electric taxi it would easily have enough range for a full day of driving around town and then they could recharge it at night on off peak electricity at a tiny fraction of the cost of petrol or diesel.
The cost of electric cars is also coming down. MG5 Electric Long Range costs 30,995 GBP, however a taxi driver wouldn't need to pay VAT so knock off the VAT and that would save him/her 20% which brings the cost of it down to 25,829.17 GBP. An MG5 Electric Long Range is an estate car with 5 seats and a range of 335 km and it only take 42 minutes to recharge. So even if a taxi driver had to drive 335km in the morning, when they stop for lunch it'll be recharged.
All the technology for people like these taxi drivers is here and they are cheaper, and yet they choose to keep driving petrol and diesel cars. Which just goes to show how powerful the fuel lobby is in the media.
Electric vehicles are a scam - petrol and diesel taxis they can get repairs done very cheaply through a friend, not through crooked dealers that charge a fortune.
Matthew bayham is a an absolute idiot who fails to realise that many tens of millions dont live in detached houses or dont have drives. A taxi driver who lives in a terraced house would be foolish to spend that sort of money on a car and also pay the daft costs for public chargers. Plus he is so stupid and arrogant that he thinks he knows more than someone who makes their living off their car. If it was that good they would have switched.
Electric cars are still pretty expensive at the moment, many taxi drivers or firms simply cannot afford new vehicles right now.
@@Croz89 new cars are always expensive. But if you run a taxi firm you need to buy a car. You can buy a second hand electric car.
There are over 400,000 Nissan LEAF's in the world, they started production in 2010 and it's right the end of their production cycle.
Plenty of taxi firms around the world have used Nissan LEAF's in the past and they have done hundreds of thousands of miles.
@@matthewbaynham6286 Taxi firms and owner operators won't buy a new car until the old one is no longer fit for purpose, it's a waste of money otherwise. Especially at the moment new and used cars are expensive.
Dave needs to move to London then 😂😂😂
another left cash grab
this is why we need to get rid of manchester s andy burnham a mayor we never wanted
Why didn't you want him?
He's doing a good job. Manchester is thriving
Or just get rid of Manchester! 😂
Andy Burnham isn't the culprit, it's the government.I saw an interview on TV about 6 months ago with him and Boris Johnson and quite clearly is was all Boris 😡
@@wrestlingp Manchester didn't want *ANY* mayor. It voted against having one and still got one foisted upon it.
Implement ulez in many more cites. We need to use more public transportation and bikes. Cars aren’t the answer anymore
Speak for yourself. Cars are the perfect answer for me. If you want to sweat your tits off on a bike or struggle moving your equipment around on a bus, go do that. No replacement for the freedom of driving a car. I like cars with big engines and turbos too 😉
EVs are part of the solution, even for cities
Speak for yourself! Some of us need our own transport.. Oh wait, you hadn't thought of anyone else!! 🤯
@@stevejones2310 The data from the car and used car market says people are not buying them. Its about 1% of new cars sold. They are worth nothing on the second hand market too. No one wants them because they are impractictal.
@@jamessmith84240 maybe in the UK, but that will change when the price drops within the next couple of years.
One reason for poor resale value is that battery technology is constantly improving, giving longer range and quicker charging.
People don't want stranded assets.