As my grandmother used to say, "there's one born every minute."

No sympathy for anyone that actually paid cash for one of these.

The people that paid for these EV’s can afford to lose this much money as they tend to be a little wealthier , I cannot.

I’m sticking to my 5 litre V8 TVR Chimera out of principle 😁

But the EVangelists will still spout, "EVs are cheaper to run than an ICE car. Blinkers firmly on.

Folks…it’s all very well laughing at EV’s owners but that’s not enough. We’ve got to fight to keep our personal transport affordable and practical

£50 grand and only 37,000 miles, thats £1.35p a mile! Add that to the already ridiculous running costs!!

How are the lease companies still in business?? Future lease payments must be about to go through the roof, which makes them a dead duck.

These EVs just destroy the roads.!

Wow, £1000 per month depreciation

It was a green scam from the outset.

30 years ago a 2,5 ton audi would withstand AK-47 fire and used by kings, queens and criminals.

Burning your cash while not burning your garage.

Depreciation , plus sets of tyres, plus insurance . Even if the cost of electricity is less the cost of petrol , it is insignificant . So much for the big advantage of Ev’s , cheap motoring . Same as ‘free’ electricity from windmills & solar panels .

Now, I know the Green and Rainbow coloured NetZero utopia requires a 3 ton EV crossover or SUV, with 26" alloy wheels, but hear me out here. The nice thing about a 1 or 1.5 ton petrol or diesel hatch or salon is that it can be pushed off the road yourself, in the event of any accident or operational issues. It can be towed by another similar car, or just a regular AA or RAC van. You don't have to abandon your vehicle in the middle of a road, or wait most of the day for a specialist low loader recovery vehicle. Convenient.

The entrance block paving up to the main entrance to the Porsche dealership in Bristol is falling apart. Probably in no small way to the porky Taycans that park opposite. 🤨🤔

'Super Depreciation' on a day with a 'Super Majority' for Net Zero. 🤣

Imaging having bought one of these and owning it for 3 years and discovering that you've probably worked for over a year for absolutely nothing.

This mode of transport is normally the attraction of people with status hallucinations

Mugs & money.

It's a Dianne Abbott but performs like a Liz Truss hybrid!!

The EV bubble has now, finally, burst and people who have purchased an EV from new are now waking up to this fact.

Unbelievable who would part with there cash ,so 80% of them are all company cars and leased 😂

Imagine being in wales and knocking a kid over with 2.5 tonns at 20mph, that’s one dangerous Milkfloat…

A fool and his money are easily parted

EV’s have been a CON of colossal proportions and I actually feel sympathy for the people that have been duped into believing they were the best thing since sliced bread. I’ve now heard that Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and even the Chinese are investing heavily in developing small ICE engines with mild hybrid capabilities, makes you wonder why governments were so keen to push EV’s over recent years!!!……..

You know Tony I reckon trade in at a main dealer you’d be nearer £15k. But it’s not a problem because the dealer won’t actually want it so you’ll have to try and sell it privately. And good luck with that!! Have a good weekend mate

Without STANDARDISED batteries that can be swapped out cheaply and affordably EV's are a Money pit, that won't outlive a normal ICE , and so will be worse for the environment

Biggest enviroment-scandal ever. Holy molly. WHOs gonna invent recykling strategy for year 2026.

Its depreciation in 6 months is more than what i paid for a 2017 mitsubishi asx diesel that i got 49.8mpg on a run to devon at the weekend

Just like the classic cars are fitting EV tech to make them usable, how long till we see all these overpriced boxes of dogwank, piling up outside clever engineering workshops, awaiting diesel engines and drive trains ?

Bloody hell, they know how to drain folks' money away hey? Who in their right mind would do that to themselves?

The only thing in our house thats run by a battery keeps the wife happy ,,,,😂😂😂😂😂

Heart breaking losing 50k in just over 3 years seriously,bargains to be had then ffs.

They are EV-il. 👹

Being on a low income i obviously can't get fiance for such cars. I have 09 golf diesel . Hopefully i can keep it till i stop driving in 3 or 4 yrs . Roads busy now too busy

I bought a 2007 Renault Laguna 2.0 petrol estate - 50k miles - 1 owner - full history - 12 month mot for an expensive £1500 one year ago. Just had new mot + 2 tyres + service £300. Depreciation- about a fiver a week. Now that is cheap motoring But it does impress the neighbours.

OMG, two and a half tons!

Friends of my mum brough a top of the range BYD ev for 42,000 AUD .... Had it for a year and half with 36,000 kms And wanted to trade it in on another one.... The trade in offered was 4 ,000 AUD ..... Talk about throwing bundles of cash out the window for each km or mile you drive it your ev .... And thats not even the costs of charging the ev ,insurance or maintenance.....

Depreciation? With you all the way. My MG 5 estate was £34k eighteen months ago. Carwow will give me ....wait for it ....£14,700. What shit! At least it's lighter than the Audi, and, the sat nav is positioned on the MG so you don't need to look at your croutch. Repairs to date: central control unit failed at 7k miles; passenger door release failed at 1500 miles; drivers door seal dissolving as we speak. So, I plan to run it into the ground/wall. Cheers.

Wouldn't pay more than £500 for it .....and then I'd have to think about it 🤔 😅

Excellent business opportunity for those willing to steal and burn out these things for insurance purposes.

Looks like a Cavalier would look in 2024. 🙂

34 pounds a day

EV = No thank you very much. 😊

About right chap, well said

KZfaq need more milk float killers 👍😆

Keep up the good work.

That 2.5 ton milk float crashes into something like a flimsy built fiat 500 it will crush into near nothing and nite nite all inside,stored kinetic energy and all that disco never mentioned by the ev lovers ever imo

This is how they price you out of car ownership, next it will be houses and you'll own nothing and eat zee boogs

Good video, Agree there will be a point where cant depreciate anymore. There will always be value in the batteries for use in home battery systems. Or there recycle value for the metals and elements which is quite efficient these days. I can link the video but it on here where they recycle a car battery , its quite impressive.

2.5 ton of depreciation 37000 mile cost 50,000 perhaps 55,000 so with no charging costs - is 1.40 a mile. With charger costs almost 1 litre of petrol a mile !

It’s not worth £25k!

Shhhh, Mr Starmer will hear you! You know how hell bent he is on forcing us into EVs. :-(

That’s half a ton more than my LWB sprinter !

Cakey tea ! you are the real poldark I thought I'd heard that voice before

The Value of an EV is linked to the 8 warrantee of the battery . Essential EV's are a disposable car . The replacement of the Battery costs more than the value of the car .

bought a Subaru Forester Premium in 2020, it is still worth over 70% of what we paid for it depreciation of less than 30%

DEC 25th 2025 a wake up call to e.v. owners and potential buyers. Transport for London (TfL) announced that from 25 December 2025, drivers who previously paid £10 for a year's exemption from congestion charges will have to pay the standard £15 daily fee. That is an increase from £10 per annum to a maximum of £5,475 per annum if you used it everyday in the congestion zone(s). An increase of 547.5%, whoopee.

I have lost all respect for these "famous car brands" that are making these stupidly huge, heavy and expensive trash.

that would be 19 grand trade-in against another EV i would expect

I'd check in boot to see if among the equipment there's a defibrillator maybe?

Good review , here in Sydney (aus) I have been researching secondhand Tesla 3 in the local Carsales . And they are not selling , some cars have been advertised for over six months , and if you go into price insights they are dropping price every month , I reckon if you offered them 5-10k less than advertised price you might get a bargain. Or maybe not , take care Mate

Tony, IF Geoff and Lee were to invite you to join them on an American road trip - say Route 66 or Alligator Alley, what would be your cheap car of choice? It would be comedy gold imo.

Bloody hilarious. Me too got a weight problem mate.😊😅

I think some honesty needed here. The problem with EVs is only that they just use a different fuel. If you can cope intelligently with a mobile phone (using and charging) then you can adapt to an EV.

These EV owners will try to convince you they saved so much money on overnight tariffs that they were smart. 😂😂😂. I think they only say that so they can get to sleep somehow.

Why does everything have to beep? If you don't realise your door is open without an annoying beep, maybe you shouldn't be driving and get your eyes tested instead.

i have to ask but would leasing be a better option if you want to avoid massive depreciation

great intro

Advert after was for Anderson ev, home chargers I believe. Lol

The red cross thing is wild 😂

Brilliant news

I renew my car every 3 years. last time 2022, I got the same money trade-in for my BMW as I paid for it in 2019! I was gobsmacked. AND my M8 who works in the Service Dept. at the dealership told me not to touch a BMW EV with a barge pole. I drive X3's and the price margin between a mid-spec ICE X3 and an IX3 is about £20K...................£20K!!!

Absolutely no interest in a milk float or a polished turd. Total waste of money, however posh or smooth or fast they are. they're still crap.

Lots of people have found themselves financially upside down thanks to the EV cost saving narrative. Frequently, the total cost of ownership for some EVs can even outweigh that of a bona fide supercar, for example: The 2022 Audi E-Tron S has an 83KW usable battery, and costs £64 to fill (public UK rapid charger at 80p KW), and delivers about 190 miles of real world range, or 33p per mile. A Lamborghini Huracán with an 80L fuel tank, costs £112 to fill up (£1.40 per litre), and delivers about 330 miles of range, or 33p per mile. The depreciation costs after 3 years for the Huracan is about 15% (£40k), for the E-Tron S the 3 year depreciation cost is about 60% (£60k) Slight road tax reduction for the Audi but insurance costs for the two cars is broadly similar for many. Replace 'E-Tron' with (bank balance) 'Taycan' for a true horror show... losses in excess of £60k in ONE YEAR.

And the UK electorate have just voted in a Party who will bring back the all EV future by 2030, just six short years away!

I drove a 20 year old Honda Civic which still did 500 miles to a tank up until when i scrapped it. Drove it every day.

Well I have a electric kona second hand saving loads getting over 300miles range from it costing £7.00 to fill up on cheap over night tarrif how's that for cheap motoring

My mate won an escort in 87 it was 8K in the showroom, he asked how much they would give him, 5K! I would love to know how much Audi would give you now after driving out and straight back in again, if they would actually have it.

I am curious as to why you got that Audi EV considering the rate of depreciation ?????

The future is this. That's why I drive an 80s pickup.

Folks are throwing away their money on those things. Madness

Could you tell us what you really think of second hand EVs.

2.5 tons the world has gone mad

It's going to be Hobsons Choice for everyone under Labour. Almost certainly they're going to rapidly accelerate the push towards EV's and heavily tax combustion engine vehicles.

That's a heap of money to lose 😱

Of course these will be the same people in government who thought diesel engines were better for cars than petrol. I have an idea for the EV market to keep prices down. "BRAND NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE ONLY £20,000 (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED)"

I'd be interested to know how much it costs to charge these cars. With so many energy suppliers ripping customers off.

That’s heavier than my 80 series LandCruiser… wonder how long tyres last on that Audi, that’s something to take into consideration for running costs

Do all EVs have the steering wheel on the wrong side?

I would imaging these are for company lease deals so does not cost the user much than the charging cost to run also guessing low mileage users because of typical UK’s underinvestment in infrastructure and current tech limits in range and away from home charging times.

Reminds me of macmasters Porche tincan , £120,000 new , now worth about ,£40,000 ,OUCH!!!

Wales and it is raining ..shock horror ..this is unheard of ....what rain in Wales....

£1.51 per mile it costs to run deprecation wise ? Let alone all othe running cost ? Is this the future?

Motability apparently have been pushing EVs onto their clients. What's going to happen when they are handed back? Can see the up front payments going up a lot.

I would love a link to a cheap ev. Any link at all.

I have a Mazda BT50 Ute (Rebadged Isuzu) with an agricultural 3 Litre Diesel. It weighs 250kgs less than the Audi, cost less than one-third of the Audi in 2021 and is worth 58% of purchase price with a whopping 79,000 miles on it compared to the Audi. For intercity running it gets 1,100km or 683 miles per tank meaning I can easily go from Brisbane to Sydney. I am not against EVs or new technology but hell, they have a bloody long way to go to match an older ICE vehicle let alone a modern efficient one.

Can somebody tell me whether that 230miles of range is what you get from a 100% charge. I ask this because we are now being told that, to avoid premature battery degradation, you should not charge the battery of an electric car to more than 80% and also you should never let it drop below 20%. That only leaves you 60%. So unless you are prepared to ignore that advice the safe range, by my reckoning, is only 138 miles. Is that right?

What happens if/when uk government enforces fines for car sellers that sell non EV’s?! I’d prefer to walk then be forced to own a crappy ev