Driving a 1903 Lems vintage electric car!

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Жыл бұрын

It's 120 years old & still going strong - but how does it handle modern traffic (and a McDonald's drive-thru)? Only one way to find out!
In this off-beat video, Gav met with David Boot from EV City in Christchurch to take their vintage Lems electric car for a drive through town. It may be a museum piece, but it doesn't mean it can't be used!
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Пікірлер: 46

@steffenjachnow8176 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful car from an era when cars used to be pure craftmanship!

@peterjackson6228 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant! Looks like a lot of fun. I'd buy something like this just for the giggles 😂 I use to ride a motorcycle, one of the worst things about riding was the fumes from cars. You don't realise how bad it is until you ride a push bike or motorcycle. Excellent video!

@philiptaylor8223 Жыл бұрын

Gav and Dave need to do some Top Gear-style, length-of-NZ races in EV cars.

@nlpnt Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they're not only the only people in NZ to have gone through a drive-thru in a 100+ year old electric car but possibly the only people anywhere not named Jay Leno.

@jimcabezola3051 Жыл бұрын

That is a charming vehicle! The wood bits look new or freshly-planed and varnished. The wheels and tyres are modern, too. I like it!!! Sticking with my pedal bike as I have been for the last 10 years. Don't like making the insurance companies TOO rich, lol!

@grantlouw3182 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant to see old ev technology being kept going and on show!

@velvetvideo 3 ай бұрын

these need to make a comeback. and everyone needs to watch Stroads by Not Just Bikes.

@olliknz Жыл бұрын

What a great ride, Gavin! Isn't it sad that we were already on the right path 120 years ago and then lost our way going with fossil-fuel vehicles? Imagine for a moment how much healthier our world might be like today without Nicolaus Otto and Rudolf Diesel...

@calmeilles 8 ай бұрын

You can understand why though; it took the energy density of Lithium Ion and the technology of fast charging to surmount the range issue.

@donovandelaney3171 8 ай бұрын

Time to bring them back into production.

@johnnzperplexed2741 Жыл бұрын

Haha, great video, I love the banter and commentary between the two of you :-D

@jasonpawso Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see it in motion, I’ve gone and looked at it in the flesh a couple times. Great video!

@GraemeFullerton Жыл бұрын

Love it Gavin. Traveling in style.

@PathosBedlam Жыл бұрын

What a hoot seeing the Lems go through a McDonald's drive through. That would be the scariest drive ever if they put lithium ion batteries in it. Definitely need some disk brakes then.

@paulstubbs7678 7 ай бұрын

Nice bit of preservation, thanks, Now all I need is for Ecotricity to open up "across the ditch' in Aus.

@kejmat Жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful. If only the world would have pursued the electric option back in 1903. As we saw, the technology was there even back then.

@aaronfreeman5264 3 ай бұрын

Without Extended Range Electric Vehicles, Plug In Electric Vehicles are like driving Syeam Engines from one firebox to the next.

@lyledal Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I'd be terrified though.

@BenMitro Жыл бұрын

Someone needs to start making these.

@amphidory7600 Жыл бұрын

love the foot operated bell. I happen to be in Massachusetts. You mentioned there's one here in a museum, may I ask where? Would like to go see it now that i've watch your vid

@phiiz3r Жыл бұрын

According to a Wikipedia about Lems.....:In the United States, there is an example of this car at Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, Massachusetts." Would be interesting to know if you find it there. If not, you can update the article ;)

@KriZtiaN17VL Жыл бұрын

What a cool video!

@HarmLessSolutionsNZ Жыл бұрын

PSC=1? Missed that bit 😉

@craiglemon5026 Жыл бұрын

Dunno why the Royal Diamond Jubilee carriage couldn’t’ve been made as an EV like the LEMS, rather than a measly 6 HP unit! 🤷‍♂️

@TheSaabGuy9300 Жыл бұрын

Id love to come visit EV City!

@coffeeisgood102 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Although ough I realize that at one time there were more EV’s on the road than gas, I hadn’t heard of this vehicle. It’s a shame it only gets to be on the road once a year, but I understand the safety concerns when it comes to the brakes. In my mind, upgrading the brakes would not take away from the vehicles authenticity.

@WrathChild-NZ Жыл бұрын

thats so cooool

@dgortner Жыл бұрын

What a great car.

@loyalmaiden 8 ай бұрын

6:48 take me back to the dealership mr. dracey

@eubikedude Жыл бұрын

7:02 Great to see a proper hand signal, rather than "pointing at the ground over there". ;)

@letric7927 Жыл бұрын

I’ve sat in that a few times but only Royalty gets to ride in it.

@youtuberpov Жыл бұрын

Yeah the door is big enough 😂

@dotheymakethatformen Жыл бұрын

very cool

@Retro-Active 9 ай бұрын

Looks like a replica with a few period parts. Neat though!

@fizzguts Жыл бұрын

Brilliant,

@wickedleeloopy2115 8 ай бұрын

I'm amazed it's allowed on the road 😂

@donovandelaney3171 8 ай бұрын

What's up with the bike wheels?

@ccscomments757 9 ай бұрын

Are those aluminum wheels on that 1903 car?

@adamradivojevic465 Жыл бұрын

hahahha -How many HP? -At least one.

@mimarvyn 8 ай бұрын

😃

@anelehd5499 Жыл бұрын

What fun! 🎉 Maybe some seatbelts and motorbike helmets to feel a bit safer.

@examinerian Жыл бұрын

How do the authorities work out originality on something like this? Is it the same idea as with classic aircraft, where they find key bits of the cockpit buried in a Normandy beach and rebuild around it? Or does someone go the the far end of a 💨 counting a percentage of original bits and gives it a tick when it passes 51?