Please explain about the internal resistance of electric car battery which causes battery discharges.

Engineering Explained hey Jason, don't you think that hybrid cars are much better option that it gets 50-60 mpg with the reliability of the existence of gas and being so cheap to operate makes it so close to operating an ev, so why not have a boring Prius that holds much higher value over the years and the you saved money over a long amount of time in value depreciation and high mpg

Jason, what are the servicing requirements for the Leaf, specifically for the electric drivetrain? And what is the cost of a replacement battery pack?

I had a 2013 Lead SL for 2 years a this is spot on. This is what I've always said. We have a 2017 Volt now and it is the perfect car for the time, for us.

Title should be "HAS Living with ........?"

He was born in 1947

he is 50

Yes, he's a 47 year old teenager 🙃

He doesn’t have an age. He is eternal

He's like the Brian Cox of engineering (the physicist not the actor!)

There is no professional car dealer. Just eye painters to sell stuff

Hello,My name is Thomas and by this message i would like to kindly ask you,to make a donation of your choice to help me beat my Mouth cancer.I am only 25 years old and i cant afford surgery on my own.I am young and deserve to live. :/ I hope you will help.Thank you and God bless you. Bank account information: Name: Tomas Adamik IBAN: SK3602000000003907442054 SWIFT/BIC CODE: SUBASKBX

Say my name

@@adamiktom Not if it's the result of cigarette smoking.

@@adamiktom You deserve to live? What if I think differently, also, get a loan and a job

Umm ok

God dam it 😂

Sounds reasonable.

@@jazzcat5950 oh no you don’t want to just walk or ride a bike in the summer. I live in Alabama and just being out their will make you pass out.

@@jazzcat5950 not any better in the house 80 degrees when the ac is turned down to 70. But any other time then the summer it’s basically perfect.

You should maybe consider replacing the gear oil every 100,000 miles. Surprised you have not had to replace the tires yet.

Your thoughtful comment enhanced the review for me. Well done and well written! 😎

Dude clean your garage.

sephiroth127 after all, it’s more about his viewers than himself - and his viewers, by and large, can’t afford Tesla’s.

@@Silent_Shadow They did? The Model S starts at $65,000 and is a well-equipped luxury car. The Model 3 starts at just under $35,000 and is meant to compete with cars like the BMW 3-Series. Tesla may not make a bare-bones economy hatchback but these are pretty competitive prices for what the cars actually are.

Lmao.. it’s so true. I personally like the leaf and even the spark more than the Tesla

@@ooglefluffg857 Wrong. The Model 3 35k version is still nowhere to be seen and Tesla openly admitted that they`re not able to produce that version yet.

Cheapest M3 Tesla in Canada is about 80K with 3300 red paint - ridiculous! Repair costs are astronomical and many companies won't insure them or have very high rates

It's true haha, because I don't even think they're boring, they're way better than a Corolla haha. And with used prices low, can be had for the same sticker.

@@EngineeringExplained Not everyone parks in a garage next to an outlet.

@@SuperYinzer That's why the gist of the video is "It's not for everyone." Seems that flew straight over your head.

If you’re going to own a boring car, don’t bother, take the train instead

@@SuperYinzer And some of us drive less than 50 miles per day and have multiple EV charging stations at work to plug into. My next daily is going to be an EV. Either a stupidly cheap used one (likely a Volt), or something with a super cheap lease deal. An EV is a daily that I'm not going to want to screw with (aside from maybe wheels and coilovers on a Volt, just because I think it would look dope slammed).

Hahaha, yes I keep my garage tidy! And my cars interiors! The exteriors I let get dirty and don't worry about it. :)

hey man, cars are worth more than junk, it's why I keep mine garaged as well. Keeps my neighborhood looking better too

Same here, two space garage, zero cars can get inside xD

​@@br33zy771 Not if you have the kind of car we've generally owned. XD This one is the newest and 'fanciest' we've ever had, and it's 15 years old and has an approximate value of $3000 at most. To put that in perspective, my collection of retro and modern games and consoles combined very likely are worth double that. Hell, the lego from my childhood is worth more than that. (though that's a bit misleading since old lego is actually disproportionally valuable - the rate of appreciation of lego - well, sealed sets, but second hand is still pretty high up there is in the region of 20% a year, which is a lot higher than most investments you can think of). So... Yeah. Car... Not so valuable. XD

Several of my neighbors have both their cars parked in the driveway. Garages full of stuff. Stuff is why l have a basement. The garage is for my cars. Which is nice in winter!

Ha, thanks for the kind words, appreciate you watching and subscribing!! :)

I love this comment so much. I enjoy UKposts too much, but it can be so annoying as well

*scribbles furiously*

thank you for saying that I thought I was alone lol

Zap Actionsdower So you've not seen 'Teslabjorn'.

Hahaha, eNOS! Love it.

Use the nitrous to cool the battery after driving and charging!

It comes with a holesaw that you use to put a hole through the boot/trunk lip and bumper. You connect up the included solenoid valve to the throttle pedal, position the eNOS bottle with the valve poking out through the hole you just drilled in your pristine car and it'll open the valve when you floor it, giving you an extra boost of acceleration.

LOL with that trunk. He can fit like another 15 of those eNOS. Ready to take the road.

eNOS = super capacitor One big highly volatile ready to spark weld steel super capacitor

Gasoline Core

I thought Car was short for Carriage

I couldn't stop hear him saying "core" either. His accent is so confusing. lol

Must construct additional cores!

I thought I was the only one who heard this and then I found you!

His claim that you'd need to come back out to the car to plug it in, after it's cooled down for a while after you return from work is ignorant. Just program the charge to start overnight, and be ready again the next morning. It only takes programming it once, and leaving it in that mode, so when you plug in, the car already knows what to do. If you're going back out later and need charge, just change the mode to charge immediately before you plug in. The battery is happier, and you get what you need. All that said, it sounds like Nissan really did improve their battery chemistry to tolerate heat better than their old ones, the 30 kWh batteries in particular.

I had a chuckle there for a moment.

Good eye, I had to scroll down into the comments to say just this ;)

Please hook it up!

It's a surprise tool that will help us later.

Great point! And it should be an issue that the manufacturer implements a solution for regardless, so the driver doesn't have to think about it. Nissan does allow you to set a timer for when to start charging, so that is a solution.

@@EngineeringExplained Not charging while warm could easily be fixed in firmware, simply turn on a cooling fan, charge at a very low rate till the battery is cool, or just not charge if hot till it cools down, and then keep the charge rate low till the battery is either full, the temperature is low or if you have as part of the charger a timer that allows you to choose a departure time that it should reach for full charge. That would also allow off peak power use, and improve battery life. Active cooling however does mean that you use power to do so, out of the battery bank, IIRC this translates on a Tesla to 1% per day at worst ambient to keep the battery conditioned, not so good if it is low charge anyway.

@@EngineeringExplained The Chevy plug in vehicles; Volt, Bolt are excellent with their hands off approach for the user in their temperature management.

@@SeanBZA If it's only running the active cooling when it's charging, it could be directly powered off the charger instead of going through the battery so it doesn't create that bootstrapping problem of needing battery charge to cool the battery so it can be charged.

On mine I just use the timers, to get my charge before work. but it's kinda of a pain in the leaf. I only charge to 80% usually. So I need to look at one screen to see how long it will take. and then figure out in my head with the start time for my timer should be.

There is no new battery coming.

​​​​@@markmiller8903 there's plenty of improved battery technologies coming, you don't know what you're talking about, i follow numerous news articles and have read many breakthrough articles within weeks of each other, stop disrespecting science which gave you that phone or laptop you're typing on right now, or let me guess, you believe the earth is flat? don't you? typical of you childish anti-science idiots.

Thanks for tuning in! :)

Hahaha

@@aflacduck2 you'll get it from all the new cars😅 My experience is with the new European Volvo trucks.

I have a 2017 Sequoia. I get flack for buying it because it doesn't have any "TECH". Good! I bought it to haul 4 kids and my Travel Trailer. I bought it for its stellar reliability versus a brand spanking new vehicle. I didn't buy it to keep me awake and stay in the lanes. I'm fine with basic bluetooth I don't need Android auto to distract me when I'm driving.

LMAO nitrous. I love it.

I am holding out for a self-driving car. I hope that, by the time I am no longer able to drive, I can jump into my car , say "Home James" and the car will take me home.

This is the new model. It has significant improvement over the old ones.

A woman put a video here on UKposts about what it’s like living with a Nissan leaf. She lives where it gets cold in the winter, I think it was Kentucky or Tennessee. She said when she first gets in the car in the morning and turns the key on after the charger was plugged in all night, it will display how many miles of range the battery has. In the summer, it displays about 50 miles more range than in the winter. because her Nissan leaf does not have more than 100 miles of range in the winter, she drives her husband’s Ford 4 x 4 pick up truck to and from work and her husband takes the Nissan leaf because he only works 20 miles from home. she also said the heater is not very good at all, and neither is the air conditioning..Also, you can’t take the car just to the corner garage you’ve been going to for decades for service. It Hass to go back to the dealer to have a qualified mechanic trained and working on electric cars work on the car. And that is not cheap, and it may take you weeks to get an appointment.. there’s another guy that has a Nissan leaf that he picked up for a song because it needs a battery. Charging the battery all night only gets him around 50 miles of range, which is fine with him because he only lives 7 miles from work… his Nissan leaf that he bought really cheap only has 40somethousand miles on it. But it is an older model. And the cost of putting a new battery in alone is more than the value of the car. That’s why he got the car really cheap.. A man in Sweden or Norway or somewhere like that put a video of him blowing up his Tesla. It’s a really good job of multiple camera angles. The video is on UKposts. The reason he decided to blow up his Tesla is, the cost of the battery replacement.

My personal leaf experience is no range reduction from cruise control usage, but it might change estimates when you turn cruise control on at high speed as now it 'knows' you'll be travelling at that speed for a little while. Wrt the heater it comes on crazy fast compared to an ice heater since it isn't dependent on engine heat, but it does indeed burn through your battery pretty fast. Then again, in my experience you don't need it on much. I haven't noticed any big range differences due to weather, but have when it comes to heater usage. For reference, 30kwh 2016 leaf is what I'm driving. Your mileage will definitely vary from model to model.

@@samal3196 I would like to get a 2019 S model with the Plus option - estimated range over 200 miles but they are hard to find - up other models are much more expensive with options I don't want or need.

Time to upgrade to a Tesla.

I need NAWWWSSSS, the big one. Make it 2, and Harry, I need it by tonight!

@pmailkeey that would be insanely inefficient with the gasoline needed to run a generator long enough to charge the car.

@@Patrick94GSR But as a 'Red Green' trick to get you the extra miles, it's the cheapest/best option if you already own the generator and the car and need the extra miles. Or to get you home if your battery poops out and you don't want to pay the tow and you have the time.

@Boggy. Duct tape! Best Red Green trick ever, use it to make the car more aerodynamic, you'd never even need to charge it again. And now I'm going to the Lodge for a beer...

13:42 N2O displaces O2 to reduce brain function to make you happier with your electric car. FEATURE not BUG.

By the time I can afford one, they'll be junk like old Netbooks, ...I don't do a lot of miles, so they don't make sense for me even if I could buy one new. I can keep old cars going, ...what I can't do is manufacture batteries and Ipads. (I'm not at all anti-EV, there's just no situation where one will make sense for *me* unless I got a lot richer and logged more daily miles.)

@@OllamhDrab this is a situation most drivers find themselves in. The makers were hoping to change this but ...range, life expectancy of batteries, length of charge time, load carrying capacity, etc., etc. Were all contributors to stagnant sales. On the flip side the car companies are getting ahead of the fossil fuel rollercoaster and investing heavily in order to stay ahead of the game called "oil embargo". Makes perfect sense.

I remember older EE videos and he used to pronounce "car(s)" more conventionally.

OllamhDrab They are much smoother and peppy than your gasoline car.And in case of Tesla, better AWD capabilities in bad weather. Also way less wear and tear due to few moving parts.

Sounds more like coors, lol.

Did you end up buying an EV? Which one? Do you love it?

Rusty Lut , doing God’s work!.

Rusty Lut they've been talking about installing noise generators in electric cars in the UK, so I'm sorry, you're likely to be frustrated in your mission.

With Mr Pansy being your cellmate

Only if the car has a solid wrap around bull bar to protect the paint work. Why should the 4WD owners have all the fun....

Bring it on

Hahaha

I actually really appreciated that part.

first time he say'd that, it sounded like he say'd, "Hey there, you wanted to do a little more meth"?

Ah, so you're more into diagraming sentences!

I can do some if you want

damm the nearest meeting location is 151 miles away.

You are lucky, i am quite far away! I think it will be easier to just show up at the hospital, in the psychiatric section!

RA is a legitimate concern whenever you drive more than an EVs "range" in a day, and especially in cold winter weather.

I'm now suffering from registration anxiety on top of my range anxiety! Thanks. :(

I'm afraid I will not make it.

I'm 17 and I have range anxiety.

If your range anxiety lasts for more than 4 hours, seek medical help...

As I grow older, range anxiety has more to do with the distance between toilets...

Alex Wilson Pottery exactly and then we might as well charge the car. If it’s low it is going to charge faster. 😀

My Smart electric drive is actually named ED. There's a 3" decal on both sides. They are cleverly shaped like a plug, but...

I have a garage that you can easily fit 5 full size cars in

Most garages I've seen here in Florida can fit 2 cars

@@wwecallofduty123 I've never had a garage

If an average car can’t fit in your garage then what’s the point of it’s existence?

@@averagejoe6031 Most people here in the UK just use them for junk storage.

Hahaha

And Harry, I need it by tonight!

Letting it leak into the cabin makes the car that much more fun to drive. Just remember to pull over if you can't stop laughing.

Amateurs don't use Nitrous Oxide!

With an EV, you can have NOS and get to use all of it for yourself! Take that, internal combustion! 🤣😭

Yeah I want a “Boring Tesla Model S Plaid “ 😁😂😄🥰

@@chrisbraid2907 they are super boring, the sound of the engine and the feel of the transmission are a huge part of the driving experience.

yeah. if you are going to get something like a corolla or an accord. get an electric i guess.

@@tatsuhirosatou5513 no. That only counts for car enthusiasts like us, but in reality the average person, be it your grandma, your mum, my brother, just want to drive from point A to B

What is a hybrid sedan with a powerful battery set, which is mostly refined (but not buttery), looks good and pulls hard when provoked? I think such traits may attract the market to greener cars.

Here for you guys!

I wanted to smack myself after saying that haha.

Mine was: "If you're going to buy a boring car anyway, it might as well be electric." Epic and so right. Seriously.

@@daszieher Audi E-tron GT does not look boring at all just like te I-pace.

I don't think my leaf is boring, it's far more fun to drive than similar cars.

@@AdrianChapmanlaw Agreed. My Corolla was boring. I love my Leaf.

Hell yes, we're gonna take your gas powered cars

@@wowfrosted13 'cept gas powered cars can be carbon neutral also if powered by biofuels and or solar produced methanol etc... EVs have their place and so to ICEs.

LMAO

@@Wingnut353 I haven't seen a consumer bio fuel vehicle at all so far. At least in the US.

@@LermaBean you mean you havent seen any biofuel in the US... it's not like the engines are significantly different it's mostly done in software.

Ryan I had range anxiety on my Honda Goldwing motorcycle. Because I only got 33 miles to the gallon, and even though it had a 7 gallon gas tank, it did not have a reserve setting on the petcock because it didn’t have a petcock. When you run out of gas on a Goldwing, you are out of gas, that’s not very common on motorcycles to not have a petcock. So as a result, I was filling up every time the gauge got near 1/2 call me if you can trust the gauge.. as for trying to find a clean restroom..I much rather prefer ducking into the woods with a packet of baby wipes i always carry instead of toilet paper,even if it is raining..

That's why it's nice to have restroom at home.

@@zlac I think you missed the analogy

@@mac1bc or you missed mine.

For people who use their car as a working tool, like a taxi or another transportation job, I wouldn't even hesitate on getting an ev. It pays for itself

Yes This Weekend!

Yes that's a great choice. That's waht I did already. I sold my model 3 BMW and bought a brand new Renault Zoe Q90 ZE 40. And guess what? I am still paying monthly my new car, but at the end of the month I have more money left than before when I need to pay gasoline, insurance, tax and maintenance for my gasoline car, which is already paid...

Ya why does he talk about cores so much. I want to know about this car.

BAHAH I LOVE THIS COMMENT

Of carse, he is.

That's awesome, glad it's worked out so well for you!

I would just borrow my dad's car for a road trip

Yes, I have a similar recommendation I tell my friends. Get a car that suites for 95% of your situation. IE: don't buy a minivan just because you may buy lumber from Home Depot once a year.

You would have saved money renting a car for 3.5 years than owning an i3, they are the worst depreciating car of 2017.

The Volt is a better car in every way too bad GM killed it.

You’re increasing your carbon footprint by owning more than 1 vehicle.

@@TheRossillini BS

So having just a 4mpg truck is better than also owning a 50mpg hybrid or 100mpg electric? It brings the average fuel economy up!

@@TheRossillini I prefer to reduce my carbon footprint by driving everywhere.

@@lornesouthern4170 me too 😂

@Camilo Pineda, Could you comment on a couple of things? Are the charging stations just for quick charging? If you have a charging station, how convenient is it to use (if you back in rather than nose in to park, do the cables still reach the charging port easily)? How much was it to get a charging station installed (if you have one)? How much does maintenance cost you annually as compared to the usual lube/oil/filter servicing? What are the mileage based maintenance items (like on a regular car, oil change every 3,000 miles, transmission fluid every 6,000 - 9,000 miles, new spark plugs at 25,000 miles etc.)?

@@MichaelDavis-cy4ok I have never had to use a public charging station. At home I have a 120 charger that came with the car. It's a long charger that plugs into a regular outlet. I can charge the car completely in 10 hours. The thing is, I only charge everything three or four days and I plug it in overnight. Its a long cord so I can park it how ever I want in my driveway. Maintenance is only tires. I replaced the tires at 25k miles. It really is an appliance that is essentially a comfortable golf cart.

@@acamilop Thanks a lot! My sister in law is about to buy a used car. Since her number one concern is "how little do I need to work on it" and they're getting about as cheap as an internal combustion car, I think I'm going to recommend she buy a Leaf.

Michael Davis I would just recommend it with the reservations given in this video. It’s a good 2nd car if you are in a two car house hold. I bought a used Leaf for my daily driver and it gets the job done and is saving me a lot on gas (it costs about 1/3 to operate like the video stated). But if you are anywhere close to needing 60 plus miles in a day be cautious. Especially now that it’s getting cold out, I can use 80% of my battery on my 50 mile round trip commute. And some days when it gets that low, 12 hours of charging over night doesn’t give me a full charge and I end up taking the gas car to work because I don’t want to get stuck! Worst case there are a bunch of public charge stations out there (check the PlugShare website or app), so you won’t get stranded. This is also because I’m cheap and charge with a wall outlet instead of getting a 240v charger installed in my garage. To answer your other questions: The charge cable is just long enough to reach around the front of the car if you back in. It’s very easy and convenient to use. To get a level 2 (240v) charger installed in my garage, i was quoted around $1400 to run the line, which has to go underground to get to my garage. You can look up home chargers online. I was going to get a clipper creek model for $400. I’ve only owned the car for a few months so can’t say much for maintenance costs. There are blogs you can read up on to get some more info. Should just be tires, brakes, brake fluid. Annual cabin air filters. No oil changes or fluids to change. 12v battery will need replacing every few years. You are supposed to have the dealer perform a battery check every year for the warranty.

Yeah wait until the CVT trans fails like ours at 106,000 miles, Toyota Prius a better choice.

Its a shockingly good beer

I like electric coors light

Interesting. What was the tipping point for the decision?

@@soapbox187 It wasn't just one tipping point. It made going anywhere a hassle. Driving it was fun with instant torque, but the range is incredibly low (~80 if you drive slooooow, ~60 if you actually drive) compared to other EV models on the market. My parents live on a mountain so the trip takes longer due to charging at a small mall and then the cold weather stops the battery from charging. Traveling to LA is a pain because charge stations are sparse and then I would have to walk a few miles to get where I needed. Also, a lot of other EV owners aren't respectful and just leave their cars parked at a charging station when they're done charging. I've also had people vandalize the charging station I would park my car at. People unplug cars all the time. I've had people in cars roll over the charger hose on purpose so you can't charge your car. EV's are just not for me or my lifestyle.

I'm in Cornwall uk, and that is my futuristic fear of going electric. It's a crazy idea. Perhaps we need to consider hydrogen/nitrogen,even nuclear, we could always take it out of the weapons, Hope everyone is happier tomorrow 🇬🇧❤️🌈👍

@@ciaociara I guess, you'll have to live without a car then. Because fossil fuel powered cars have no future. It's impossible to stop global warming without going to zero fossil fuels (in all sectors in the entire world). And since the whole world has signed the paris agreement and therefore agreed to keep warming well below 2°C fossil fuel powered cars clearly have no future. I must say i regard what you're doing as pretty selfish. Such decisions slow down the necessary change and keep fossil fuels alive even though we all know that we have to get rid of them. And what kind of electric car only goes has a 60 mile range?! I have the cheapest electric car you can get (it's new though) and even it has a range of 150 to 190miles.

@@matthiasbillinger5459 Hydrogen will likely not have a future in cars, unless it gets considerably more efficient. Hydrogen will be important for energy storage in a completely renewable energy system, but it's a bad idea to use it in cars. Why? Because it uses 2-3 times the amount of energy for the same travelled distance compared to an EV. Producing liquid synthetic CO2 neutral fuels and burning them in normal cars is even worse. It would require 5-6 times the amount of energy an EV would need. Biogas is another option to power your car with or wood gas. But i don't see those becomming available either (and it would be a good idea anyway). So the future is clearly electric in terms of cars. Expanding public transport would of course be an even better option, travelling with a bicycle even better and allowing people to travel less distance is better yet. Those are pretty much the option you have without causing enormous damage to our planet and the life on it (including humans for many generations). What we're doing now will determine the climate of the next 10'000 years. We're just casually deciding what the climate is going to be like for countless generations to come.

YEs, but that 100 is under ideal conditions - last winter, with my leaf in Boston in 10-15 degree weather, I would be sweating bullets going 20 miles down the road to go shopping. At that temp, the heat pump doesn't work and it has to go full resistance heating - and the heating is not optional because the windows fog up without it. Combine that with the lower range of the cold battery, and you're lucky to get 70. That's hardly enough to go anywhere in the Boston metro. Electrics are nice for a lot of reasons, but I wouldn't buy another leaf...

Yeah, I guess I over estimated the distance from my house to Los Alamos, NM as 102 miles... and the need to drive that round trip 2-3 times per week. People base their assumptions (and resulting declarations of "fact") on where they live, and assume that's how the rest of the United States works for distances.

@@jimbarino2 Finally an honest assessment from someone who knows.

I'm the atypical motorist. I don't use my car for commuting, mostly to visit family and the occasional mall visit and then, it is my plane. I do all my summer holidays on wheels. So I'm not substituting a bus or bicycle but air trips. Buying an electric car with such infrequent use, battery heating and self discharge will give me 50-60% overall efficiency so it will not make any sense environmentally.

lol good one

Can't unhear this now

tried this game. now im ded .-.

I just started... its 3am and done with 7 and im done! 😂😂👌🏻🙏🏻

Skol!

He says it 92 times (94 if you count "cargo"), which is enough in vodka terms to easily kill three people, assuming you can convince 2 friends to take up the mantle once you're out

how smurfy!

Thanks Justin!! :)

Battery care on the Nissan Leaf is abysmal and the worst example of an early generation EV. So, if you look at any other more modern EV, you don't need to worry much about how you charge your car.

@@FireballYT , even modern leafs have far better management.

@@JimBob1937 hopefully

@@FireballYT , I forget what the cutoff year is, but they utilized a new version of their batteries and management system. Those with that year to now have reported drastically better battery degradation statistics. The first two generations of Leafs were a learning experience for the industry as a whole, as they degraded way faster than one would expect for the base engineering understanding of the time. I have a 2023 Leaf (last year's model) and thus far no degradation. However, I recall people with 2019 models that have little to no degradation as well. I researched it pretty heavily given their poor reputation in their earlier models. It mainly came down to issues with their cheaper passive/non-active cooling strategy in order to keep cost down. After my warranty expires I may look at improving the cooling system myself. However, with their 8 year/100k mile warranty, that will be a bit.

@@JimBob1937 I think I I've read an interview with a responsible at Nissan, claiming that the original Leaf's battery was designed to sustain 500k km - question is probably at what "cost" in sense of degradation (i.e. if you have to drive the last 100k km at 70% and less).

That's awesome, glad you found a good solution that works for you!

Just get a bicycle you clearly don't need a car...

I looked at a Volt before I bought my Leaf. The back seat of the Volt is non-existent. I could fit me and one car seat and that's it. In my Leaf I can get out of the drivers seat and sit comfortably in the back seat without moving the drivers seat.

@@dunngerrie5016 lol

@@dunngerrie5016 So many cities make a bicycle a deadly choice, and anyone who take a child to school or daycare in the morning also probably can't always depend on being able to do it on a bike.

I'm sorry that you have to live among us mortals.

Rip to your gaspump

Gas pump is cooled by the fuel, don't do that!

@@costakis7895 there is no fuel pump in the tank of my car :D was amazed too but its true. the fuel pressure pump sucks the fuel on its own.

50km? What's that in "Freedom Units?"

yep, if you commute daily, that's one of the best options, if I'm not mistaken in my math, if you are 30 miles from your workplace (so 60 miles a day), you save 22 bucks per week, that's more or less 1000 bucks a year, so over 5 years you save 1000 bucks by getting a $10k electric over a $6000 used "equivalent" gas guzzler.

A lot of unstated assumptions above. What's your fuel economy on the gas car? What is the price per gallon? what is the per KwH electric rate? What is efficiency of the electric car in miles/KwH? An example in my case given gas at $3/gal my electric is $0.14/KwH. comparison fuel economy is 25 mpg (old Camry) Electric efficiency 4.2 mi/kwh. Electric cost per week (300mile/4.2)*0.14 = $10 , Gas cost per week: (300/25)*3 = 36. Difference $26. Annual savings $1300 (assumes 50 weeks at work /per year) So the $4000 difference in price would be paid off in less than 4 years by fuel cost savings. Perhaps you had better recheck the math???

Why EV's are fun. While my credit was still good, I thought about jumping on the Fiat 500e for $99 a month three year lease. Why not? For quick trips around town they are great. I live in Los Angeles (SFV) all area malls have 220 chargers plus there are chargers around the city because of the first Chevy EV years ago.

What I find most impressive is the fact that I'm a gear head who turned his daily into a big turbo racecar (really) and then bought another daily with a 3.2l vr6 (the significance being that they're mediocre on gas milage at best). I never thought I'd genuinely consider AND GET EXCITED about owning an EV. My commute is roughly around 30 miles one way, mostly through traffic (so spirited driving is non-existent; OBAY THOSE TRAFFIC LAWS) and I'm spending around $30-$40/week on gas. I guess it just comes down to me getting old, or Jasons just that good at converting people. Or maybe it's both. Who knows? 🤔

@@TheNeverEndingProject reality is not always fun

The short answer is that it depends. If the car has a liquid cooled battery, as the majority these days will, then it will still use some power to maintaining the battery's temperature. How much it uses will vary from one manufacturer to the next. If the car has an air cooled battery, like the LEAF and the pre-2020 Kia Soul EV, then it won't lose a measurable amount; technically it will lose *some*, but nowhere even remotely near the 10% per day that older Teslas used to. The main drawback to an air cooled battery, at least in the cold of winter, is that if the car was parked outside and not charging immediately before you start driving, then it will use a little more power per mile (as long as you're not like my boss who stomps the throttle to the floor at every stop sign and traffic light; if that's you, then you'll see very noticeable losses and serious battery degradation regardless of how it's cooled). Personally, with my conservative driving habits and the fact that I can only use the trickle charger on both ends of my commute, I had to choose the LEAF for its air cooled battery (the ergonomics and ride quality also helped). With winter temps of -10F being fairly common, and summer temps over 90 being UNcommon, the liquid cooling system in the majority of EVs holds no value for me; and in fact becomes a considerable liability. Wasting 25 to 40% of the power that comes through the charge connector in a futile attempt to heat the battery is unacceptable to me, and frankly a deal breaker. Most don't care, but I do. And now, let us brace for the mob of Tesla foamers who are going to blindly tell me that I'm wrong for choosing my LEAF.

One more time. It's a good shot, yeah? Hahaha.

😂

It's his range anxiety. Thus the constant charging/plugging in..

Not so subtle EV porn

Not enough b roll

Yeah like..."Dude wtf?" 😂

When you fill up your EV you don't pay the state and federal highway taxes so the comparison is wrong. Your cost to fill up the EV depends on region and may include on peak surcharges. Average gas taxes are $0.54 per gallon. Average electricity cost is$ 0.25 per KWH.

Interesting, thanks for sharing! Also appreciate you watching the channel!

He speaks the truth :) I switched to a Renault Zoe with between 60 and 90 miles range (weather dependent) and have a home charger, it's hardly ever a problem, and when it is the charging networks are getting bigger and better by the day. So happy I switched.

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Your video changed my way of thinking as well. Perhaps one day I'll buy one. I enjoy your channel, thank you for all your efforts!

You know what forget what I said

Yep, haha and there goes the carbon footprint savings..gone

Philip Alani do it!

That would be awesome. Probably the only way id buy one.

Andrew E I really want a model 3 but I don’t want to get rid of my truck and paying insurance for 2 cars and paying for 2 parking spaces is too expensive 😭

Philip Alani Hyundai Kona? I don’t think there’s anything that could replace the truck honestly.

@Philip Alani Do you actually use your truck to its fullest? If not, then any car or other vehicle would be better.

@Mike Studmuffin Yeah permanently

Try a performance Tesla