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I got the Lithium Ion Ommmu battery, should last a long time.

Your like an old friend James so happy to see you in your vlogs! Keep going mate.

So strange, I didn't get the warning, but I didn't drive my car for 3 days and it was bricked in my garage. my 12v battery in my Model Y lasted nearly 3 years (a rarity in Arizona) Tesla came out within an hour and replaced the battery for free. so very happy and that's been my only service call since I bought the car. Before this I had a 2014 model S p85, and like you planned on keeping it, but during the pandemic and the price of used cars skyrocketing, I got a good price for the old S. I do miss it sometimes, I think it is better looking

Why are you.not using Cleeveley EV to cary out the repairs?

Currently Orkney has too much renewable electricity because they generate more than can be used but up until now are not allowed to export to the mainland grid because the cable link is too weak. This is being addressed and hopefully soon they can then generate more. This includes those with their own solar and wind microgeneration at home. They will then be able to export and gain the profits

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Man James, my GF and I used to watch you almost every day now my feed just happened to suggest you again. You look like you're doing well. I'll bet Jasper is getting big now. Hopefully one day you'll be stepping up your daily vlogs more like you used to.

Did you get the new Li 12v battery? They moved away from Lead Acid a few years ago.

i don't like tesla (because they screwed the pooch on their interior design) and i couldn't care less about spacex, but starlink might be an option for me if my numbers ever come up (which so far they've stubbornly refused to do).

£250 for the new door handle and that included fitting by Tesla.

I think what you are really looking for is a Brompton and I don't mean an electric one. Legal electric bikes only take you up to 15.5 mph, because of the battery and motor they are ultra heavy as well, causing it to be difficult to carry in shops / up stairs / at your destination. Most people ride much faster than 15.5 mph on a light none electric bike anyway and there is nothing as useable for multi modal and short commutes than a Brompton, full stop ! A Brompton folds much smaller into 3 instead of just in half as well. It can have 6 gears as well. If you must have an electric bike for your wife buy her a mirider and you a Brompton.

Did you upload it using starlink?

You seem to be fraying at the edges at the moment. Stay strong for your son and try not to think about negative things and don’t keep thinking about the past. 👍🏽

Get a proper job

Congrats on the job. What are you doing?

Wow a full polluting EV well done nissan...oh well at least you can get some cheap home charging,,,oops

People are now fully aware of an EV's logistical restrictions, the achiles heel that is lithium ion battery degradation , elevated purchase price and possible extremely high repair costs with anything to do with high technology items or the battery from a very small pool of repairers, alongside a massively lower second hand retail price. The result is nobody wants them. I personally have learned my lesson with my just over 8 year old EV, that has only covered just over 40 k miles but has now suffered 42% battery degradation. Your example also, a whole new extremely expensive battery after 7 1/2 years in your model S. Who wants that ? Most people's choices are made around money and if you haven't got much to waste, you always choose the reliable, safer bet, mature product option, that is an internal combustion engined car.

Cant wait to watch her fly this week!!!!

Coolest car ever😎Soon we start a 50000km tour in our 1971 Fiat 500R

I think people are fed up to the teeth, having invested in this EV nonsense, is having to plan in detail how to get from A to B without assistance from Apps and a multitude of way of having to pay for electricity. Added to that is time wasted for charging and extra costs of coffees and food for their families. And this is just for starters!

People in the UK need to snap into reality and figure out the UK is not the "world" by any definition. In the USA,. EV sales are going UP, as is clearly shown here:' "In 2024, electric car sales in the United States are projected to rise by 20% compared to the previous year, translating to almost half a million more sales, relative to 2023." and here: "The number of electric cars sold globally in the first three months of this year is roughly equivalent to the number sold in all of 2020. In 2024, electric cars sales in China are projected to leap to about 10 million, accounting for about 45% of all car sales in the country." and here: "Mar 4, 2024 - February saw plugin EVs take 92.1% share in Norway, up from 90.1% year on year. Following the recent tax changes, BEVs were above 90% share." When people do zero research before posting videos, they just make themselves look like a bunch of clueless 🤡🤡🤡

Introducing a new type of vehicle that costs twice the amount of what a vehicle did just 5 years ago during a time people are having a hard time affording food and shelter might be a simple reason as to why this is happening. That, and people like me who have done research see that EV's are hurting the environment A LOT worse than vehicles emitting emissions from fossil fuels don't really want anything to do with them. Just look at the people behind them. They aren't Henry Ford...

EV sales slow down is related to company car market saturation of EV cars long term the price of an EV car HAS to drop in line with a petrol car oof the same make etc.

Are you in the UK? If so your talking rubbish. EVs are outselling ICE vehicles.

If EVs are so brilliant, why do they need government support?

Some new builds in and around London are not being given planning permission for cars parking spaces due to the fact that they think public transport is sufficient so no need for a car

I think the issue is misinformation and ripoff prices at fast chargers. If the price per kilowatt came down to the same price per mile as petrol or diesel cars. More people would buy an EV if they didn't have to pay £90 for about 200+ miles when on a road trip, making it far too expensive for even a seaside day trip. The price per kilowatt should drop by at least 30-40 pence😃

I think the sales are less… but I’m a current petrol driver… own a civic… my wife owns a Honda Jazz… what we need is better pricing of EV’s… VW is doing this next year with the release of the ID 2… £22000 -plus a 200mile range plus.. this is what manufacturers should be doing to make this more affordable! So my wife’s getting this car once it’s launched next year.. I’m going g to get a Model 3 6 months later… to be fair to Tesla, their prices have be static… the rest of market need to produce cheaper cars… maybe follow VW way forward…

Drop government subsidies, and watch EV sales plummet.

Easy to explain: the wealthy liberals who wanted an EV have them. It’s a poor choice for ordinary families.

Another great common sense video. Keep up the amazing content James!

Hi James, greetings from Oxford. I went BEV in September 2019 with a BMW i3, still have it, still love it. I’m not convinced by the premise of your video. Just looking on the roads here in Oxfordshire I see more and more EVs every day. When I first got mine, I got excited every time I saw another EV. If I did that now I would be in a permanent state of mania! I do think new car sales are lower at the moment, but this is not specific to EVs. We have high interest rates, a recession, a war in Europe. So it is hardly a surprise that high cost items like new cars are not flying out of the showroom (or web site).

EV, love the tech.. Hate the price.. Added to UK leccy prices, leccy cars are not for me.. Hard enough paying the huge leccy bill for the house 😢😢♥️🇬🇧

All car sales are down, it's called a recession.

Fool Cells need three times the energy to power a car.

Isn't it obvious? More people now are aware of the pitfalls and they just don't work for many people. They have terrible depreciation, more expensive, outside of warranty they are a massive liability, that battery gets even slightly damaged the car is basically a right off! They aren't going to help global warming, only clean up the air a bit in our cities, but hybrids are good for that too. They aren't really less expensive to run than a good hybrid and have a load of range and charging issues that hybrids don't have. It's not about what someone's granddad drove, it's about what works for the individual. Stop demonizing people that choose a different propulsion technology that meets their lifestyle needs.

EV sales dropping. And the proof is that they have doubled in two years. Right!

Basically just undocumented claims in this video.

Good for you with your EV. I don't want one for many reasons but the Govt is all but forcing me to have one over the next few years. BTW, you won't be saving the planet with your EV.

I think you've found the new focus for your channel - fighting misinformation and providing balance in the debate and exploring solutions for those that cant use an EV so easily. (years ago, it was enough to talk about the cars themselves, but everyone does that now).

Here's my experience. Back in 2021, both myself and my best mate were in the market for new cars. I paid 36k on a Merc CLA (nothing fancy, just the 1.3 AMG Line) and he forked out 62k on an Audi Q4 Etron (again, nothing fancy. Just the 35 S Line). 3 years later and we're both in the market for new cars again. Both cars are in excellent condition, both cars are below average milage (mine is extremely low at just over 7k, he's on 28k) and both cars have full dealership service history. As far as creature comforts are concerned, both cars are pretty similarly spec'd, both cars carry the same number of people and whilst his car is slightly taller giving more height in the boot, mine is deeper in length. The biggest surprise though is that the 36k, 1.3 litre Merc is more powerful and significantly lighter (thus quicker... trust me, we've tested this thoroughly! 😂😂) than the 62k EV Audi. I've not had a single offer on the Merc BELOW 26k on part ex, he's not had a single offer ABOVE 24k on his Q4. Over 3 years, I've lost 10 grand in depreciation, where as he's seen 38 grand get up and walk out of his wallet on that Q4. Neither car is going to set your hair on fire, but that Audi is a joke! 62k for a car that can't break 0 - 60mph in anything under 9 seconds and can barely hit 100mph at the top end. 62 grand!! There is NO WAY that whatever day to day running cost savings he's seen on that Q4 come anywhere even close to offsetting the cost of fueling my car over those 3 years, once you look at how much each car has deprecated. With the amount his car has depreciated, he could literally have paid the screen price of my motor from new. His Q4 is undoubtedly cheaper to run on a day to day basis, but over his ownership lifespan of the car, it's absolutely mugged him! Whatever he's saved each day on running it, it doesn't come anywhere close to 38 grand. Infact, nevermind 38k, I'd say that it's not even saved him 8k. I spend no more than 50 quid a month on fuel, so let's be generous and round that up to 2k over the 3 years, so even if you take the depreciation on my car AND factor in fuel costs too, I've lost 12k, bringing my real world ownership loss down to 24k on the part ex valuation and running costs outlay of the car to me today... or put another way, pretty much the same price of the best offer he's had on the Q4, which cost him 26 grand more to buy. Needless to say, he's going back to ICE with the cars he's looking at now.

Not sure where you are getting this data from? January to April 2024 growth globally is a 22% increase over the same period last year. Is that a drop in sales?

I don't know if there's an actual drop in sales, but I do know that as much as I love my EV I'm not in a hurry to get another one for a lot of reasons. One of the biggest is that I'm sick and tired of them being made into computers on wheels. That is completely unnecessary and it's a huge turn-off for a LOT of people. I want a car that just happens to be electric, not a rolling mass of bugs and half-baked "features", and the LAST thing I want to be is a perpetual beta tester. There's no reason that EVs should be more tech-heavy than ICE vehicles, and in fact they are an opportunity to make car much simpler. But they're telling us that we want all this tech just like they're telling us to buy SUVs (that aren't even real SUVs anymore, they're just heavier, less safe and less capable wagons). The Cybertruck isn't a truck, it's an SUV, and unfortunately the EV tech is now bleeding over into all the ICE vehicles. And the only reason for it is to keep you hooked and paying through the nose for service to stuff that is dumb to be putting in vehicles anyway, and force obsolescence on you so you'll buy a new vehicle every two years like many people buy phones that are also artificially obsolete. More tech=quicker obsolescence. And no, OTA updates aren't a great thing. What is MUCH better than easy updates is something that never needs updates because it's not computerized and never gets obsolete, coupled with much more opportunity to personalize with standard components (like car stereos USED to be...) For example, I paid for FSD on my Model S, and even have the computer upgrade, but by the time FSD actually comes around it won't even be possible to upgrade my car to it because everything will be different, not just the computer. Cameras, sensors, actuators, everything. If Tesla is "more a software company than a carmaker" then they are a miserable failure. I love my Model S, but in SPITE of the software, not because of it. And they've gone a long, long way in the wrong direction since 2017. My next EV will NOT come off an assembly line. I will convert an older ICE car that I already like and isn't subject to all the planned obsolescence built into current vehicles. Older than 2005, and the older the better. I'll be easily able to change, repair, upgrade and modify everything from the audio system to lighting. Anything that doesn't make the car go or stop used to be fair game for even the least mechanically minded. Now it takes a full custom shop to do the tiniest modification, like upgrading a crappy stereo that now is an integral part of the dash instead of being a standard size and shape.

EVs don't save the planet 😂😂 they save the bank accounts of those who get the green 💵

What the hell is this. The sales are ricing faster and faster. Why the hell do you have the need to post these lies. Stop this shit for clicks. 🙄🤡🤦

Battery electric or diesel electric isn't a new propulsion tech. It's been around since the beginning.

Yet another EV trasher with no solution for global warming. Pure click bait BS

Well he has grown up quick James!!

Trump has already promised to end all EV subsidies if he is elected again. There is so much anti EV sentiment on the right and Americans don’t like to be told what they can drive!

I believe workplace charging is the key to unlocking EV ownership across a broader cross section of society. The other factor is that car dealerships are still absolutely clueless when it comes to selling and servicing EVs. We probably have met market saturation for early adopters who are prepared to do all the research and legwork on owning an EV.