This Just Killed the Future of Electric Cars

YouTube ^ | May 7, 2023 | Scotty Kilmer

[Leaning Right]

In this video Scotty talks about how expensive EVs are to maintain, and how quickly they lose value once they are driven off the dealer’s lot.

[Leaning Right]

> Hyperbole in titles is a plague in internet. <

I like Scotty Kilmer’s YouTube videos. They’re entertaining. And I learn quite a bit along the way.

But, yeah. You’re right. His titles are usually over the top. Sell the sizzle, not the steak. I think that’s how the old saying goes.

[BobL]

“If there was actually any interest in making ICE-equivalent electric vehicles, there’d be a industry standards group working out a hot-swappable battery pack”

The problem with this approach is that the depreciation of the battery pack would have to be added to the cost of the changeout (already costing money for electricity, labor, and capitol for the facility). By the time it’s all added up, it will be at least DOUBLE that of gasoline.

...so no future, unless it’s forced on us.

[quantim]

How to do kill the 'future' of an EV when there is no future to kill? I made this video 12 years ago on youtube, it was right on:

Electric cars for dummies

[Dr. Sivana]

Was thinking this weekend about the seeming downward trend in automobile durability

I love the older cars, but there were ones that were built less durably forever, and ones that still have good durability.

Cadillac Northstar engines, Chryslers with the 2.6 Mitsubishi engine, Chrysler minivans with carburetors that could not be rebuilt by design, ball-joints on old mopars.

On the other hand, you had some great drivetrains: the GM 350, the Ford 289, the GM 3.8 litre, the Ford 4.0 litre, the Mopar Slant-six, etc.

What would make a car less durable today? Spark plugs last longer, they are going back to timing chains instead of timing belts, when the computer sensors work they can stop small problems from becoming big problems.

Lessened reliability to stems from government regulation. CVTs are less durable, but improve mileage marginally. Turbos and engines that are smaller because they are driven harder by the turbo are inherently less reliable, but CAFE standards dictate them. Wiring with soy based coatings are yummy for neighborhood rodents but a nightmare when chewed upon in a modern car.

Still, while we don't know how long a 2023 Camry will last, I suspect it will be good for a long time, just as the 2004 Camrys hold up well. The 2004 Dodge Neons disappeared because they were not as well built as the similarly sized Corollas built at the same time. I fully expect my 2018 Avalon to outlast my driving, and likely me (I'm 59), with my wife continuing to drive it, if gasoline is available.

[CFW]

Scotty is quite mesmerizing to listen to even at the fast pace and craziness of his accompanying hand movements. I was only going to only listen to a couple of minutes of the video. I’m almost finished listening to this entire episode.

[Alberta's Child]

I would forget about recycling.

My prediction is that EVs are going to end up like personal computers. Once a computer is functionally obsolete, it can’t even be given away for nothing. Companies can’t eleven donate their old computers to schools or libraries anymore.

[Leaning Right]

> Scotty is quite mesmerizing to listen to even at the fast pace and craziness of his accompanying hand movements. <

Some YouTube viewer once commented that if Scotty’s hand movements could be harnessed, there’d be no more energy shortage.

I agree.

[Tell It Right]

So, he said Tesla and Porsche EV's are expensive to maintain. Well, duh! Obviously, Porsche's are expensive if they're ICE or EV. But Tesla, well, they're expensive too.

Too
Expensive
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[Gay State Conservative]

Nope,no way! Rat Party Headquarters and the Maoists at the European Union won't allow EVs to fail.

[rottndog]

Well, actually, except for the battery cost, EV maintenance costs are significantly lower.

[lizma2]

Check out the carbon foot print on making an EV battery. (It’s over the roof.)

Then check out the footprint on wind farms and solar panels.

Overall beyond horrible.

Many of these products come from China, who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about being moral, telling the truth, or the “climate change” scam.

Enuf said.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I know nuting! I know nuting! I know nuting!

[Secret Agent Man]

The gen 3 version from 2012-2015 are ok, and well, the newest version, looks like a normal car.

But I would say looks are not necessarily the reason I’d consider it, its just toyota’s hybrid model is very stable and people like you and me can actually rehab an old one and replace its smaller hybrid battery without spending nearly the same as replacing an ev battery, which the average person wouldn’t try to do.

[gibsonguy]

He’s good but notorious for hooking you with the title of the Video and then he may or may not get to it.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Cadillac Northstar engines, Chryslers with the 2.6 Mitsubishi engine, Chrysler minivans with carburetors that could not be rebuilt by design, ball-joints on old mopars....

Did you forget the Ford Taurus vehicles with bad transmissions (almost every one)? The 2014 Hyundai Tuscon engine problems? The Ford Explorer timing chain throws, etc., ad nauseum?

[Secret Agent Man]

The ev issue is about getting people used to significantly shortened vehicle range, long recharge times in one place where its known you are there, and total grid control over the fuel source.

[gr8eman]

I hear ya! Fake cars lead to people with fake lives. Sad to watch!

[WKUHilltopper]

Yep. You can’t have a car in their 15 minute city.

[teeman8r]

Can a Tesla be converted to an internal combustion system

[Fai Mao]

NDB do not need charging. They are effectively solid state DC generators. They use nuclear waste for power and last for decades, or longer.

The technology is almost there. Yeah, there is interest.

But you are correct, the environazi crowd is not really interested in clean energy but control.