I'm 60 next year and would snap one of tehse up without a second thought because.. yep, seat height. Also torquey zoomies!

Pretty sure the financing available for them was also a factor. Was tailored for teens and young adults on first jobs, but was excellent for seniors on fixed incomes.

@@scienceguy8 they were very inexpensive, around the mid to upper 14s when they were offered and you got a lot of car for the price.

Yep the ingress/egress level for this car is amazing.

the front reminds me of an old Lexus LS

Ahead of its time for a car. Trolleybuses with three phase AC motors were pretty well proven, together with the driving circuits. The only difference is that they do not rely on a accumulator they carry around, but they connect to 600V DC hard source of electricity. Three phase AC high power motors for vehicle propulsion driven from an DC source was already a mature, widely used technology by the time this car came out. The traction accumulator of the car is not revolutionary, it lacks any active thermal management, it just limits the current based on temperature sensors in the pack.

To add - Nissan and Renault engineers (and accountants) had been known to be in a bitter feud over how the Leaf and Renault Zoe be designed, specifically over the battery. The LEAF was over 2 years early, but after 10 years we can see that the Renault Zoe has been more resilient over time.

when the original leaf came out, the battery pack cost $18,000 dollars, I had a 2014 Leaf, now own a 2015 E-Golf

@@toyotaprius79 The Renault Zoe has cooling for the battery (albeit, air cooling only, but at least it has something!), and a better cell chemistry (NMC in Zoe, same as Tesla; vs LMO for Leaf). It has clearly shown itself to be a better car, with longer useful life from the small battery.

The Regen slider is actually a fader from a mixing console. As a hobby sound engineer I immediately loled when I saw that.

@@mikosoft "turn up the radio" "whoa what happened to the regen?"

"useful but terrifying" yeah I have so many uses for this, I just want to go on a drive with my enemies and have them try to plug in while in the rain. What could go wrong, you know. Exposed wires and electricity and water

With all the LCDs as gauge clusters in modern EVs I also would like a complete cell readout and customizable gauges for actual amps/watts, rpm, field strength and other cool stuff. I mean most gauges in cars are useless in most normal driving situations anyways, like oil temp or water temp, why not put the same useless geeky gauges in EVs? ...

YES. Give me voltage and current readouts. The exact amount of kWh i used. Standby power of all the various gubbins. The more dumbed down things get, the harder they are to understand.

I live in town. I've seen the XB's driving around. But come to think of it, its always been in the summer

that one says hes going 60 the other says 55 what is he actually going who knows wait for the cops to catch him speeding pull him over and go you know how fast you were going sir nope no clue officer🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Me too. I was like.. Did he just accidentally edit two unrelated videos together and not notice, or is this an....yep, ad's done.

Well iv got sponsor Block so i Skip that section entirely

That's why I'm in the comments right now

the toaster does relate tho lol

E dibba hai ye.

How did you comment this thirteen hours before the video was published

I think the video is corrupt, like there is a big part missing out of the advertisement for the ecoflow thing. It feels like it starting in the middle.

@@eggbag4182 Patreon member probably

In more interested in the electric sports car they made before this one, that looks cool.

@@jwalster9412 What one is that?

AC propulsion's founders left GM in 1992 and had no involvement with the EV1, only the impact concept car it was based on

There is a good reason why the system is very similar to the one found in the Tesla Roadster, as AC Propulsion was the company behind most of the systems that powered the first generation Tesla Roadster. The systems was developed for the AC Propulsion tZero, which is said to be the car that convinced Elon Musk that he needed to invest in EVs. Sadly the cooperation with Tesla Motors also became their downfall. The business plan for AC Propulsion was to help car manufacturers make electric versions of their cars, almost cost free using AC Propulsion technology, with the revenue coming from the manufacturers paying for the use of AC Propulsion patents. This plan showed its flaws when Tesla Motors, in order to not pay royalties on future cars, decided they could modify the technology just enough to patent it themselves. With Tesla patents often being the natural next iteration of AC Propulsion patents, and Tesla demanding free access to all patents held by anyone using a Tesla patent, the business plan suddenly became to risky for established car manufactures and that more or less killed AC Propulsion.

Same here really wish I knew about this before. I still have my original 2008 xB. Who knew Aging Wheels had a DE fan club :)

Darnn he was about 5 minutes away from me.

UD also had four hydrogen buses but the garage burned down with them inside a few years ago. I'm sad I never got to ride in one.

I was about to comment that I could almost see my house from this video. We must be in the same neighborhood.

Newark, DE?

Narc!

@@TacoXL im sorry but how does me thinking something if funny make me a "Narc"

@@michaelhansbury5765 it’s a joke about how clearly he’s not on a closed course and you’re like ‘teacher, you didn’t collect the homework!’

yeah she slows down at the high end due to wind resistance🤪

You never have to.. why does everyone think cars have a service life? As long as you deal with any rust and don't wreck it, a car will last your whole life. Of course major parts will need servicing, but a cars body can last basically forever..

My 2005 is right at 206k as well. Starting to rust away in Michigan but one of my favorite cars I’ve ever had. Once the used market cools off, I plan on looking south to look for a better example for a summer replacement

Swap the radio to a 11in touchscreen, it's pretty easy and very nice

I have the same year with a bit less mileage. It’s a manual, and I’m expecting the clutch to go before anything else. I actually like the driving position although I’ve had to replace the drivers seat once and it’s getting soft again. I hate having to practically lie down on my back to drive in the kiddie cars they make today. My girlfriend’s Prius is _SO_ uncomfortable to drive because of this.

My 09 has 197k on it. Still opens up good and can keep up with a teenagers vtec Honda

The first car was actually an electric car, by Porsche!

Henry Ford bought his wife an electric car because ICE cars, including his, had to be hand cranked to start them.

Same. And it doesn't matter what it is ... they're always so fun and make my day. My kitty got out today and I haven't been able to find him yet but this video helped me feel a ton better despite what's been a less that good day.

@@orangejjay oh man. Hope your kitty finds its way home safe!

These figures are three-phase as far as i know. Not too uncommon in European households though. While charging with only single phase the power will be only a third.

@@maxmustermann5932 yes, 3 phase. 11kW is more like home levels although 3 phase isn't common in my country outside of commercial/industrial.

Hi, I have one of those too, btw, have you tried tuning the speaker sound settings on the touch screen, did it today and made them sound way better. Treble was set way too high on it.

@@swecreations one of the first things I changed was the audio settings. I have spacialisation off, arkamys off, treble +1 and bass 0. I think the arkamys causes a lot of issues with the sound. If you turn it off and turn the volume up it's better.

Don’t Canada have a 15 year import law? If so, in a year or two you can get it. Americans have a 25 year law, so we can’t even get a R34 skyline sedan yet.

@@Menace2DaComments I'm not 100% on the laws with imports, I think with American cars, as long as they pass an inspection they're good (it's likely different with foreign imports), since I have seen the odd first gen xB around here and there basically since they were new

I would have wished he said that theres an ad comming... I watched most of it because i tought it was part of the video. I do get the point of making a sponsored part but please at least inform us that theres one following. I already watched 2*6 second and 2* 30 seconds unskipable ads from YT up until this point, i dont need any more ads im not interested in.

I like the way he does ads, barely breaks the flow of the video at all. They're actually entertaining and don't feel like forced talking points. A lot of people pitch a fit about it, but I don't get why people think they just deserve content for free. If the advertisements weren't in and around these videos, the creators would not be able to make enough money to produce more content. It's like a minute of your time for the other 15 or so minutes you've essentially gotten for free. I don't think anyone even considers that it probably took AW multiple days of filming, editing, brainstorming to create each and every one of his videos. Not trying to shame people who hate ads either, I think we all do. I'm just saying this because I think more people should think about this stuff, the money has to come from somewhere in order for us to get this content.

It was REALLY sudden and I was utterly confused.

I guess that means it worked!

Thanks for sharing the detail about them trying to switch to cater to the older drivers. I was wondering why, if it was so popular, it got killed. Personally, I thought all the boxy Scions were the ugliest cars ever when they came out, and I wouldn't have wanted one even if it was free (I mean, I'd have taken it, but I'd have sold it for cash -- that's how much I hated the way these things look). Having read through these comments and seen all the praise for the xB, it looks like I missed out on a good option because I couldn't stand to look at the thing. Oh well.

I love this car. Bought it brand new. It was the demonstrator model right off the show room floor. Had about 9 miles on it in 2006 November. Had paid it in full by February 2007. No car payments since. LOVE IT! best car I have ever (EVER) owned. Regular maintenance, replaced a cracked windshield only. LOVE it. If they make an inexpensive convert to hybrid kit I'd be down to upgrade. Toyota kept making changes until they weren't as great a car then didn't understand they had shot themself in the foot so stopped making it. SAD!!!

I'm a tad jelly of his Polestar and your Lightning

I got it up to over 60kw of regen later on

@@agingwheels This is neet!

you're welcome