I drive E-buses with their 600v batteries here in Brisbane Aust. We've been instructed not to allow electric scooters and skateboards on buses because of the 'potential fire hazard'. Go figure.....

There's no way the grid will support 500_000 charging stations.

An e-bike went into thermal runaway in a subway car last (edit, December) in Toronto. No injuries but it trashed the car!

Remember a few years back those electric hoverboards were starting on fire, too.

You know what keeps me coming back to Scotty's videos? It's the inset photos of the "laughing animals" when Scotty laughs. They are hysterical. 😆

There’s an additional concern: firefighters can drag an electric bike to an area where it can burn itself out over a few days. Much harder to do that with a 6,000 lb. EV.

So, it's okay if an electric car battery explodes and causes a fire but not a small bike? Scotty is right, it makes no sense.

There's now a problem with garbage trucks catching fire from discarded batteries in computers, phones, power tools, UPS units, etcetera when the compactor crunches them. They call them "Hot Loads"! 10 trucks have been destroyed in one part of Florida. There must be hundreds nationally.

oh, imagine the carbon emission from those batteries on fire.

People are charging eBikes in their apartments or ground floor shops. If the eBike catches fire it can burn the whole building down.

The stock market is completely manipulated. Agree 100% with ya' Scotty!!

What they aren’t saying is that most of these fires are caused by STOLEN BIKES being charged by people that don’t have the OEM charger and can’t get a new one (bike receipt required to buy another charger) so you have these thieves jerry-rigging a charger and causing the fire.

Regarding Chinese batteries: I am a retired firefighter, and I can tell you something about Chinese batteries and power supplies. Not long before I retired (as Chief of my department) we fought a house fire on Christmas Day. After we extinguished the fire we routinely did a "Cause and Origin" investigation. Here is what we discovered. The older couple who lived in the house were given, as a gift from one of their kids, one of those video picture frames that were popular at the time. Their kid who gave them the gift had pre-loaded it with pictures of the grand kids, so it was ready for hanging on the wall, which they did. The next day, Christmas Day, the homeowners had been invited to a Christmas Dinner at the facility where the wife worked. While they were gone, one of their neighbors smelled smoke and looked around, and noticed smoke coming out of the couples' house, and so called the Fire Department. We were able to confine the fire to the living room and kitchen, but the rest of the home was pretty much destroyed by smoke damage and damage to the wiring. The cause and origin of the fire was actually easy to determine, as the charring of the wall surface made a 'V' shape poining right to where the video picture frame had been hung, and extended upwards from there to the ceiling where it then spread. The homeowner identified that location as where he had hung the video picture frame. Through the nationwide fire reporting system, eventually a sufficient frequency of these thing causing fires had been compiled, such that all participating fire departments throughout the country were informed in a periodical bulletin that the NFPA put out. Anyway, what was discovered was that the Chinese had been marketing portable video units, about the size of a tablet computer. These were popular with people who, say, were going on a road trip with their small children and could put a cartoon or kid-oriented CD in the thing and keep the kids occupied during a long drive. But keep in mind that the power supply and battery in the video unit, when used to play a video, would only be "on" for an hour or so. That was what the service of the electronics were designed for. But they got the idea to dumb the units down, and to make them into video picture frames. But in that application they were now "on" for 24/7! The power supply would then overheat and start fires. Now back to EVs: The insidious thing about E-Bicycles is that people tend to charge them by bringing them inside the house to charge them. An electric car often is charged outside, where a fire due to some defect might not be as dangerous, as the car might be parked outside in the driveway during charging instead of inside the house.

Does anyone else on the planet have as much fun as Scotty? I doubt it!

Ill die before Ill EVER buy an electric car

I drive a ford excursion v10. I always get funny looks from EV drivers but little do they know my truck will still be running in 10 years and their “new” car won’t lol

This is the most accurate & honest place on the web or any other place to get the news.Way to go,Scotty ! This is the king of car repair videos & hard rockin’ journalism. Rock on !

Replacement car batteries: ACDelco. I’ve had 2 in different vehicles last 11 years each! Replaced them with similar ACDelcos. When I was a youth, I would expect a battery to last 6 years. ACDelcos far exceeds that. As long as your vehicle’s charging system is healthy, you can count on it. (I just count on when the 11 years are up… 😁)

You can't even safely get rid of the batteries

Love your common sense videos, keep it up Scotty.

Think of all the parking garages we have under apartment and office buildings. It's only a matter of time before one of these garages, and the building above it, is destroyed by fire. Most garages are built to survive a gasoline fire, but a burning lithium ion battery will burn right through the floor. Even if the fire starts in a non-electric car, once it spreads to an electric car, the fire will be almost impossible to extinguish. I wouldn't want to spend much time in a building with a garage in the basement if it allows electric cars.

Why does it seem like everywhere Scotty goes things start falling into the ocean😂

I am in California and I have four gas stations within a mile of my house.

Where in California did you go that there’s no gas stations? I literally drive by 20 different gas stations everyday to work lol

I replaced Battery in my 2016 Chrysler 200C AWD with Mopar Battery few years ago. Went to Chrysler dealership. The original Battery in car last 5 years. Scott I do not like autozone parts either, always get Mopar parts much better quality.

Every time I see someone driving a Tesla I think more money than brains

Glad to have you in our neck of the neigh hood. Sacramento, CA... Thank you for your videos, :-)

Toyota is starting to use CATL batteries (chinese). A little concerned about quality since they were using Panasonic built batteries for the last 20+ years.

@3:13 97% operational, please realize that is ridiculously low for something people will depend on. People will stranded in middle of nowhere 3% of the times the travel! Who likes a car that every 34th ride will break down due to not able to charge when you travel outside of city? Where distance to the next charger is too far on a empty battery.

Scotty... what do you eat? I cant help but smile from your upbeat none stop energy. Loved watching your videos... even when you go on a rant lol I always watch your vids to the end👍

What makes me laugh is the "Ultra Low Emission Zones" in and around London. Only electric vehicles are allowed in (without having to pay a fine). Those things pollute the air way more than a hydrocarbon fuelled vehicle when they spontaneously combust.

Great commentary!

What's going to happen to parking garages when their all full of EV's and 1 car starts on fire?

A dangerous Tesla with cameras everywhere is a snuff film waiting to happen.

3 minutes to fuel once a month, 570 miles of range, paid off at 41K, a large full size luxury automobile which tesla dosent even make, More than a pleasure to drive. I'll keep my jaguar XJL and leave well enough alone..

Thanks for sharing.

Yep. Bought a new battery for the old 'Bird at Walmart last week. $74 out the door.

Thanks Scotty!

I'm in Pennsylvania I have never seen a changing stations.

Scotty, There is a lot I 10:39 could say - but I simply love your commentary ! You are great !!! Have learned so much from you. Thank you so much 😊 Ward

Smokey the Bear says "Only YOU can prevent Battery Fires!"

If you want to screw something up, let the government handle it.

Who else remembers the fire starting scooters from years ago burning houses down? I worked at a Toyota Dealership when the Prius came out, I was horrified when I saw all the Damned batteries in that car, it was a landfill nightmare at the very least, after I saw that I swore I WOULD NEVER BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR, GLAD I NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL!!!

The bicycles and scooters are very often being stored in people's apartments...a lot of the smaller apartment buildings are actually wood frame, or the partitions and floor joists are wood frame. Some of the bicycle fires took out a building here and there...Best case scenario, a bunch of people lose their belongings and become homeless. Worst case scenario is a few fatalities...or both.

Good thing TSLA is not a “just” car company. Anything that drops the price right now is a blessing.

NY should focus on actually upholding the law

@4:47 As a native Angeleno born in Torrance, CA, I couldn't have said it better myself.

The government didn't need to force anybody to build gas stations at the turn of the twentieth century. People and markets naturally gravitate toward what actually works, and they do so very quickly.

I read that Toyota sells smaller hybrids in Europe that get 75 mpg. I think Yaris was offered as a hybrid. Some claim they got as much as 80 mpg. I prefer a small hybrid to an EV

We don't need EVs on our roads. The whole EV thing is just a bad idea.

Only goes to prove those bike and scooter companies aren’t greasing the palms of enough legislators in NY State.

Great point Scotty, had similar idea. Lived in Las Vegas awhile and did wonder why, they had not incorportated the stock market into a betting device like Sports booking of sorts. Easily could make short term bets, etc.

the peoples republic of New York is so screwed up

Don't forget, your electric tank gets smaller with every charge. Thus decreasing your range.

Adding 500.000 stations also means upgrading the grid AND buoding several new power plants. You cannot have one without the others.

This is good talking points .

These videos are absolutely hilariously informative! 🤣👍🏼

Collab interview with Louis Rossman next? 😂

The copper scrappers are going to go crazy. They're already attacking these stations in other countries.

Same thing they said with the Hoverboards

Well, Shell is also building gas stations. I don’t know how many and I don’t know the reason for shutting down 1000 stations. Maybe high crime areas where every other business is fleeing. Also, California has plenty of natural resources, including gas and refinery capacity, but Sacramento government chooses not to develop it. Just like our perpetual water crisis because 50% of the rainwater goes out to the ocean and isn’t stored properly. High gasoline prices, high water prices high blinking everything.

I remember driving 80 miles in Texas and not being able to find a gas station. That was about the max range my bike had. You can always find anecdotal evidence for almost any point you want to make.

Those battery fires are why they are pushing the LiFePo4 batteries. 60% less capacity (when compared to the top tesla 4680 cells @ 296wh/kg vs 120wh/kg in the top LiFePo4) but it doesnt allow thermal runaway and it can be charged 7000+ times vs 1000-1500 for the lithium ion. (edit) oh and LiFePo4 can function down to -4F and up to 140F without loss of performance or damage to the battery.

Ask yourself ... Just who owns the locations where they are going to put these charging stations?

THANK YOU SCOTTY, YOU ARE VERY APPRECIATED FOR ALL YOUR HONEST HELP🙏

In my recent experience, Interstate batteries are no better. After the last Interstate battery failure (my third), I switched to our local NAPA dealer. That was three years ago and no issues.

Scotty, here in Houston we just had a tornado blast it’s way through Harris county, they’re telling us it may be 2 weeks before power is restored. Now imagine how it is for EVs right now? 🤣

There is not enough rare earths to make there ev dream happen not only that but the amount of gas and oil used by the machines that mine and refine the rare earths would have to 10x production and whats that do to the environment they say they are trying to save , any body that can think with half a brain has to be able to figure this whole idea is completely illogical

So many problems. What do people in big cities like NYC do to charge when they park on the street?? What about disposal of old batteries?? What about the minerals needed to make batteries?? The grid can't support the charging stations needed to make these cars a standard and charging takes too long..

I live in southern California, 20 minutes from downtown LA without traffic, and me and my extended family drive gas vehicles (Toyota's) and so far there are still plenty of gas stations.

Well, you cant bring an EV into an apartment building but you can bring those bikes and if that bike catches fire in a high rise , then you gor a problem.

There's nothing wrong with an electric car. It's the battery technology that just isn't ready yet. We need a revolutionary groundbreaking power source that can run these cars for 6 months or better. Something the size of a shoebox would be wonderful. Of course, I'm just a dreamer.

While you have a good point scotty, I don't recommend you laugh at the danger of small battery bike fires. I have personally seen one of these bikes explode and it could have killed someone. This comes from a fan of these bikes when build well, like mine

That's why I don't wear a seat belt on my E - Bike . In case of fire, I can make a quick exit .

I respect you. Could you please quote the information next time. I couldnt find a credible news. I am not supporting any side on EV vs GAS debate. But facts are must.

Tesla's next move is to make an electric pedal bicycle. It will have a tiny generator that will provide power to the headlight and tail lamp.

I manage cx in Los anageles so I'm constantly on the highway...in all the wrecks I've seen, only teslas have been on fire, and to date I've seen 13 in full on infernos that were totally run away fires that burned so hot it leaves molten metal all over the street...people who drive those things are nuts

Where's the power to generate all the electricity needed for EVs going to come from, gas, oil or coal? And how many new power stations are they going to build, and how much pollution does building new power stations and rewiring half the country make?

The idiocy of "climate change" compounded by the idiocy of EVs.

Don't forget the apartments, rolling brown outs, drill baby drill!

Even the small bike batteries are very dangerous when the bikes are stored inside. Many apt. fires in NYC start some significant fires.

Went to Western Isles, Scotland last year, planning to take ferry to Raasay. Electric ferry had battery issues and was out of action for about a week, back-up ferry was in Glasgow, a days sail away! Took crossing on inflatable.

It became difficult to get rid if the old big heavy box television sets when they quit making them and everyone started buying flat screens. You couldnt give them away, had to pay some place to "recycle" them. I could see people having the same issue in a few years with their EVs

Funny to see Scotty mention the cheap Chinese electric bikes since he has promoted more than a couple of them on his channel!

EVs weren't selling real well in NYC anyway. No parking and if you found a parking spot. No charger. Dumb without EV infrastructure.

I’m sure they could build a huge number of charging stations, but most will be unuseable because there isn’t enough electricity to power them.

Just think about the talk that was goin on about electric big rigs and imagine the load it'd be carrying if it was flammable, Jesus Christ what is the world coming to, people need to really pull they're head out of they're asses, and make these new vehicles non existent

Scottie. Not really. It depends. Old GMs were bad. Teslas? Not so much. But gasoline cars can also fire up.

Scotty, New York politicians aren't the horse's mouth. They're the opposite end.

I grew up just south of big sur... Morro bay... Parts of highway1 falls into the sea every year or two... LOL

Interstate batteries have never failed me! I was in Alaska at 60 below zero, went through many battery's until I bought Interstate, will never buy anything else!

Scotty, you are absolutely wrong about battery fires in electric scooters. Most of the scooter battery fires occur in peoples' apartments, homes or garages. In New York City, there have been many injuries and even fatalities resulting from scooter battery fires. There is at least one such fire in NYC every day.

In New Jersey will there be a Quick Charge Attendant that by law, has to plug into your electric car? He stands around with a hose hooked up to a fireplug. They charge you $1.00 per gallon to extinguish your EV catastrophe.

I didn't follow the part about only 7 stations.. but then you said there were 28 just in NY? I definitely know there are some in other states too. So i think more than 7 of course, but you still have to go there and sit for 1/2 hour at least to charge. I don't see how that's doable for people on the road or with time constraints. But you identify one of the most glaring problems with our economy in general - it's very IMPULSIVE.

Ridden in two electric cars so far. They’re amazing with acceleration. Both were very expensive, a Rivian and Tesla Model unknown. Both owners are happy, so far. I wish them luck.

My mate just got rid of his plug in hybrid for a V8. Because it was a pain in the arse to charge.

The bikes and scooters are worse because, apart from being no-name crap, people dag them into apartments etc to charge, so they are in kids bedrooms etc when they catch fire.

Whenever I get a rebuilt starter or alternator I always ask for them to bench test before I take it, now I'm going to have to start doing that with batteries😂

You vill eat bugs , own nothing , and be happy

Batteries: yes I have had a couple of crappy ones recently. Interstate has refused to exchange one 1 yo. How about swithing to AGM? I drive and test it regularly and use a trickle charger if not driving enough. Hope to have the patience to do this for another year😂