Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Tins

I suppose this one will be called "fraught" cos he's sitting in an MG.

That’s not the greatest video I have to say and is just scare mongering. Claims on the title are wrong as well - in his opening sentence he says 90% of EV makers could go bankrupt because of this buy the title suggests they already have.

Re car parks - I think plenty will be looking at this at the moment and their Insurers. The company next door to ours has recently banned EV’s parking on the property against the wall of the factory. There’s 2 Teslas that now have to park on the street where 200 trucks a day navigate a very tight bit of road and bits of mirrors are scattered along the gutter. But of a knee jerk reaction IMO - There’s an old Corvette that a guy drives there a couple of days a week and that’s leaked petrol onto the driveway more than once - I think that’s more likely to go up than the EV’s…

Take it or leave it...

Originally Posted by Homestar

That’s not the greatest video

Fair enough. He's just a bloke with an opinion.... but he often quotes stats that are of interest.
FWIW, I share them because they may have things that are of interest.

Originally Posted by Homestar

There’s an old Corvette that a guy drives there a couple of days a week and that’s leaked petrol onto the driveway more than once - I think that’s more likely to go up than the EV’s…

Perhaps, but that's just poor maintenance, which a whole other can of worms when considering EVs. Most people have nfi about potential poor maintenance issues with EVs as they age.

Originally Posted by Tins

Fair enough. He's just a bloke with an opinion.... but he often quotes stats that are of interest.
FWIW, I share them because they may have things that are of interest.




Perhaps, but that's just poor maintenance, which a whole other can of worms when considering EVs. Most people have nfi about potential poor maintenance issues with EVs as they age.

That’s very true - and given so many think EV’s are ‘maintenance free’ - can only imagine what the brakes and suspension will be like a few years outside their warranty when they don’t want to pay the OEM to service them any more.

Originally Posted by Tins

Take it or leave it...

I think that given their low credibility, it might be better to leave it until their claims are verified by more credible sources.

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Originally Posted by Tins

Take it or leave it...

I think that given their low credibility, it might be better to leave it until their claims are verified by more credible sources.

Redacted - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check

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This is interesting. Reducing Prices and repair cost for Tesla

Two years ago, Hertz pledged to order 100,000 Tesla EVs by the end of 2022. The company now has around 35,000 Tesla vehicles in its fleet – far shy of its original target. And judging by what was said on the third-quarter earnings call, Hertz doesn't plan to hit that target too soon. CEO Stephen Scherr said, "our in-fleeting of EVs will be slower than our prior expectations."
The rental car company posted lower-than-expected margins for the previous quarter, and Scherr said EV repairs and Tesla price cuts affecting the resale value of Hertz's EVs by about one-third were the two main causes.


Resale or trade in value for mine is 32k - It cost 42K. Fairly happy with 75% after 53000km on the clock now. New cheap Chinese cars are still at the value end of this market. The MG XS is base 41K top 55k an MG4 is about the same price range

Originally Posted by Tins

BYD are gaining such a good reputation in China.....

Thank the dear lord that the internet doesn't car when a Land Rover catches fire!.

I was walking around town one day and a Freelander spontaneously started combusting and people couldn't even be bothered peeing on it.