It's almost like the general public doesn't want over priced, low quality, crappy range cars loaded with unreliable electronics 🤔

It fucking floors me how incompetent NY's leadership is

People who live in New York City, can’t have an EV because there’s nowhere to park a car and they don’t have a place to plug it in

People were buying those vehicle on a promise of future improvements that never came. Naturally people are getting tired of paying for promises.

When the gov't forces car manufacturers to force EVs on consumers you get this disaster.

The best thing you can do for the environment, is keep your old car on the road for as long as possible

From $61k now discounted to $37k (on Fisker's website), what a freaking scam of an industry.

Nobody talks about resale. Resale for evs is a huge issue. After 8 years on a battery, there is a significant loss in range, and a new battery cost almost as much as the car. Where is the resale in that?

"Nobody wants to admit the more you force an incompatible product on society, the more people will find out how bad it is and find everything in their power to avoid getting stuck with one". THIS!!!!! So eloquently put.

It was recently reported that 60% of Americans couldn't get their hands on $400 in an emergency, and yet we are expected to cough up 30-40+ thousand dollars for an EV

"Even in NYC"? It's one of the worst places to own an EV because we don't have private garages like in the suburbs, and on-street parking is horrible here.

The fact that the government is forcing EVs is my main reason I hate them.

If it is good, no one needs to force it on people

I do not want an EV.

Charging stations in parking basements is a fire risk.

EV sales have fallen by 70% here in the UK. No one wants them.

Let's see...I won't buy an EV because: and this list was written in 5min: Too expensive to buy Too expensive to insure Lack of adequate charging infrastructure Lack of security at charging stations No restrooms at charging stations Recharging time takes too long Long lines in some states to access charging stations Poor range/lots of range anxiety Poor resale value No charging with cash possible Cannot be easily towed $20k to $30k to replace a battery Possible spontaneous fires that can melt concrete re-rods Accident repair shops won't touch an EV The electrical grid in the US will not support high volumn EV charging demand. Poor cold weather performance Poor towing performance on EV trucks Poor initial quality issues Too big a carbon footprint. Biden is an idiot...

How can everybody have electric vehicles when our electricity grid already collapses if there's too many christmas lights on the block? Like who thought this would be a good idea???

Retired teacher here. A few decades ago, my district decided to use a math curriculum that had no textbooks. YAY! Massive savings! Let's adopt it for all the grade levels! The problem was that since there were no student textbooks, the teacher had to Xerox each day's worth of material for every single student. So the money they saved by not having textbooks was instead spent on copy paper, toner and clicks. Not to mention all the additional wear and tear on the copiers. As the school year progressed, it became very painfully obvious that the district had made a horrible decision that ended up costing far more then what they saved. That program only lasted a year before it was scrapped. I see the same mind set with EV. And I see the same outcome heading our way. Personally, I think the government already knows this EV thing is heading south fast and right before those mandates kick in, there will be legislation passed very quickly and quietly to push it back a few years. Then, when we still can't meet the timelines, the whole thing will be scrapped. Anyone else remember the great metric conversion attempts?

"Its probably not gonna happen, if it does happen, it will be very unlikely" Genius, pure genius.

We knew this years ago.the government should stay out of our wallets.

Plugged in for 700 / 900 hours is insane. Yet if someone parks in the wrong spot for 30 minutes they get towed

EV in Metropolis like New York makes no sense. There is absolutely no space to park the EV for 30-40 min to charge the vehicle.

The amount of that dirty fossil fuel it takes to make one EV. Could power an internal combustion vehicle 100,000 miles. So that EV would have to go nearly 200,000 miles to pencil out. And they are only good for about 15 years. No, I haven"t done the math. These are estimates

Its no surprise to me that the same people who tell us not to run our AC in the summer because the grid can’t handle it, are also the same people who want us to buy EV’s… that the grid cant handle.

FJB and his Mandates!!!!

EV's are expensive to buy & insure. Takes a long time to charge, & have been known to burn down the house they're parked in. And even after a couple of years of ownership, their trade in value has plummeted. While my Toyota Prius V was cheap to buy used, cheap to insure, cheap to drive. And is so fast to fill I don't even bother climbing back into the car as it fills in about 2 minutes. And after 6 years of ownership, the cars value has remained about the same thanks to Bidenomics!

We fucking told you we don’t want a fucking glorified golf cart that we can’t even park in our garage.

You know what people hate more than anything else? Being told they have to buy a specific product or product type.

$60k for a work commuter that is more expensive to fuel if you don't have off street parking with a 220v outlet in NYC? No shit it will fail.

Just wait till your EV needs repair. Take out that second mortgage to get it fixed!!!!

The good news is that Fisker stock only went down 1.25 cents yesterday. The bad news is that is was a 17% decline :)

People were spreading the word that "EVs are good for the environment," but in reality, the manufacturing of EVs is causing environmental damage. If you think about disposing of used batteries, it's bad for the environment, it's not efficient, and it's not good. SDGs are harmful

And nobody else is talking about our outdated electric grid which in no way could handle such a load.

Someone out there watching this video is still charging their EV. While I have already finished gassing up and finish this video later.

I don't even want cars. They are not the future in cities.

That clip of the government vehicles charging should piss off every NYC taxpayer. Disgraceful!

This is what’s called putting the cart before the horse.

In the UK the government is going to force manufacturers to sell a specific percentage of electric vehicles which will increase and they will be fined if they don't do that. Companies such as Vauxhall are getting round it by bringing in cheap Chinese cars to sell, from a country that is using carbon heavy power from coal fired stations to make the steel and cars.

Funny non of these "problems" are present in Norway. The real story is in 5 to 10 years it will be cheaper and more convenient to use transportation as a service instead of owning your own. In cities anyway.

The government mandating what type of power unit your car has to have is just fascism. Time to push back.

This comes under the category of trying to fix a thing that wasn't broken.

I was offered one as a loan car whilst mine was being serviced, I refused; the look on the service technicians face was that of complete understanding and defeat.

New York is full of buildings with no chargers.

I’m keeping my 10 year old Corolla, thank you very much.

Just what i want -- to live in a big apartment building with a basement full of highly flammable batteries that can't be put out.

Battery cost has nothing to do with insurance rates, it’s because they are faster. EV demand is primarily down because inflation means people can’t afford EVs (they cost more at time of purchase). Anyone who has owned a Tesla knows it’s a better machine than a gas vehicle - more reliable, safer, faster, quieter, and overall cost of ownership is less. If you don’t believe me, ask a Tesla owner

I think its just the general market. I've had two Teslas and would never go back to a gas vehicle. All car brands are down right now, its just the economy.

They're just toys, they won't be able to replace real cars.

In California, thieves are stealing the cables from EV charging stations for their copper.

I live in a city and some of the chargers have been vandalised or are just not working.

As long as you don't look at the numbers 😂 "EV sales increased from about 125,000 in Q1 2021 to 185,000 in Q4 2021 and from about 300,000 in Q1 2023 to 375,000 in Q3 2023. The year 2023 also marked the first time annual U.S. EV sales surpassed 1 million"

CBS told us how wonderful Electric Cars are. Constant BS.

As someone with a degree in Environmental Science and in Environmental Policy, I can easily say that EVs are not environmentally friendly for a multitude of reasons. Their name should be changed from electric vehicles to coal fired vehicles. Since I got some push back, I decided to expand on the initial comment. You obviously didn't pay attention to the limitations he brought up in this video. The US is a sprawling country based around the car. There are people that live an hour from there work in which the car is the only form of transportation as mass transit isn't viable. Here are a few other reasons it won't work here: 1. In general EV creation is very environmentally unfriendly due to toxic nature of batteries, their mining, use of slave labor for extraction. 2. Limited amount of resources to make batteries over a long time scale, once raw material is gone, which it will go quick if outfitting the entire planet, they're done. 3. Rebuilding an entire nations infrastructure and converting from fuel based transportation to electric. Making every single gas station in the country convert to electric on their own dime (as most stations are franchises and would have to be paid for by the owner). 4. The environmental cost of converting the US to electric with digging up all the old fuel tanks, disposing of properly, land taken over by new charging stations and power plants. 5. Increased pricing. The average person in the US makes less than the cost of the average EV, which if you know anything about finance, you never buy a car that costs more than you make a year as it's not an economically viable decision. Not to mention the cost of installing a charger in the home, or higher insurance rates for the vehicle. This means for lower income people it will take them longer to get into the market. 6. As mentioned in the video, lower reliability of EV cars. They just aren't up to snuff, and people in the US can't afford to have their cars not holding up. Once the battery is POSSIBLY damaged the car has to totaled, leaving the owner carless, out anything they put into the vehicle. 7. Transitioning the US to EVs would be costly in time to due the length of time it takes to recharge a vehicle. There goes long distance travel for work and vacations. Unless the charging is dramatically sped up, there goes multi state travel and family vacations due to people not wanting to spend so much of their time off charging their car. 8. The financial and environmental cost of changing an aging electrical grid across the entire country of the US. The trillions of dollars it would take in the creation of energy creation, storage, distribution. 9. The batteries wear down over time, meaning without extremely costly replacements, an eV will not last as long as an ICE car. People will end up spending more on vehicles long term and it will be harder to get into the second-hand market as people will know their money won't go as far and they'll having that battery replacement hanging over their heads. There aren't going to be any decent used, cheap EVs like it is possible to be a $1500 ICE vehicle, meaning many will have no means of transportation. 10. Then there's the huge problem of adoption. If a decent infrastructure isn't in place to support EVs, like now, usage falls off, meaning less reason to expand infrastructure, meaning less EV purchased and made. It's a cycle that most likely can't be broken giving the issues noted above. I know the argument will be but wait, they'll get better over time to counter the arguments I've made, but with mandated adoption, time is not on our side. 11. There are 283.4 million vehicles registered in the US to 330 million people. 283 MILLION CARS. Good luck telling all the those people with all those cars they've got to scrap them all and buy new ones in the next 10-15 years, along with telling every mechanic they need retrained, every car dealer they need refitted, and so on. The only thing I think viable at the moment is hydrogen based ICEs that can use most of the current infrastructure and would be an easier swap. It amazes me the cult like behavior of the EV crowd who tie their identity so much to an inanimate object, that by criticizing it, they act like they caught you fucking their wife. It's just a car people.

Labor/parts for suspension, modules, etc is way higher for EV’s than ICE cars.

I can understand people who live in an apartment block wouldn't want an EV. Public charging is a rip-off. Don't get an EV unless you have the ability to install a home charger.

Why would you want to save EVs? They're horrible for the environment and highly unsustainable

I saw a KZfaqr from the Bay Area in San Fran showing how people are cutting the cord on the charging stations for copper. The government didn’t think about that. 😂😂😂

We live in a major city in Canada, we have a small EV for husband to commute to and from work. We only use it for travel in the city. It's not bad so long as you have an adequate range for the commute you need to do. We plug it in at home every evening and it's fully charged for the next day. No issues so far and we're happy with it.

That's not only in NYC. In Belgium they also want to shove this cr*p in our face and it's the same story: the grid is not prepared for it and the chargers are far and few between. I'm 53 now and I doubt I will partake in this circus. I'll buy myself a scooter and that will be.

That cyber truck is the most ugliest thing I’ve ever seen in my life🤷‍♂️🤡🌎🥳

They want us to use electricity for cars but we're also told to shut off our air conditioners at home.... because the grid can't handle it.

My electric lawn mower was the worst purchase of my life. Going back to a gas powered one this summer

I never understood why there wasn't just a bigger push for more efficient hybrids. That's a better solution for cutting emissions than EVs are at the moment

Availability of chargers is only a small part of the EV problem. The dirty little secret they don't want you to know is that the long term pollution of EV batteries far outstrips the footprint of modern gas vehicles. Not to mention, all the critical components to make these batteries come from countries that are hostile to the US, like China. Lastly, a large amount of the mining for lithium battery components is done in terrible, nearly slave-like work conditions in non-first world countries! But hey....at least we THINK we're doing something good, right?

just imagine the landlords to those buildings with underground parking, if they fit Chargers under the building and an Ev catches fire. it's a terrifying thought.

I mentioned this endless times for four years straight but no one… no one heeded the suggestions I made: youre not gonna make ANY EV appealing UNTIL you make, not only the cars readily accessible, but all the charging stations as well for Americans with Disabilities. Until that happens, no mandate in the world is gonna convince Millions of Americans with Disabilities to purchase them, because it completely misses out the basic needs.

The jails they are opening up in each boroughs cost billions of dollars. A factory would’ve been a better investment.

I like gas vehicles, I still have a 1993 Ford that gets 40mpg and runs awesome still. Dont fix stuff thats not broken.

It's not just battery life. Fords e-raptor was brought out to a bunch of young farmers in the Midwest to show off a huge torque limit, but when loaded down and put to the plow, couldn't even do 1/3rd of the distance before running on empty. In the Midwest if your vehicle can't start or won't go far because it's a little cold out, there's no reason to have one

Minnesota winters and the lack of a heated garage is a killer if I was ever forced to buy a EV

Bro it makes no sense owning a car in NYC

169 DAYS VOTE ALL INCUMBENTS BOTH PARTIES OUT!

There’s no way these cars are “environmentally friendly”

my old 1992 La Baron still runs! and no Rust! Some old ways are the Best

New York is like the worst place to own an EV. There’s no fast charger, there’s only one 50 kw EV go charger in Brooklyn, no electrify America. No where to park.

Regardless of what car you drive.....Why O' Why would anybody purposely live in NYC??

I’m a tow truck driver here in North Carolina we have had people cutting the cables off the Tesla chargers for copper. The chargers don’t reflect that the station is down so we have had people go to it to charge just to find out it’s not working and there battery is to low to drive to the next station so we tow the car to the closest charging station

The only problem is the charging networks. A lot of companies involved in don't know what they are doing.

In Vietnam we can buy an EV for 20k$ with a nation-wide charging station network. If you go for a mini-EV it only cost you 10k$. And the price when you charge on a station is only 20-30% higher than when you charge at home. The problems is not about the enviroment, it’s about how much it cost to own and run an EV. The chinese EV brands are the leader on EV race and US gov. doesn’t want them to get in US market. So you got average EV with premium prices, that’s why people don’t want it anymore.

If a car sits for 938 hours without use by the city, its not needed.

The issue is gas cars still work pretty well even into the 110-300k miles. If you have youtube you can fix them relatively cheaply yourself, and a 20 year old hooptie can be purchased for $500-$1000. They remain the best option for most of us.

I feel one of the worst places to try to convince people to buy ANY type of vehicle is to try and sell in NYC, the place with some of the highest insurance rates and where a large portion of its inhabitants utilizes the subway and the sidewalks FAR MORE than vehicles...EVs are destined to fail in this city

I would get an EV (or any car) if they still had a gear lever and physical buttons. The touchscreen dashboard is terrible design and fundamentally ruins the driving experience.

I would have never guessed it was Electric Vehicles that ended Civilization!

As an EV owner myself I would NEVER recommend one to anyone that's unable to park and charge at home. They're fine for trips actually, but expect to wait 20 minutes every few hours to charge... works for me as even in an ICE car I like to stop every few hours to stretch, use the RR etc, but that's not everyone. But the deal breaker is 100% having to stop and charge when using it for daily driving. Waking up to a full tank every day is amazing... having to think about charging every few days when driving it for daily and having to wait 20 to 30 minutes at a charger? No thanks. In a place like New York... heeeck no. The infrastructure isn't anywhere close to being ready, so please keep your ICE vehicle, or at least have one as a backup.

A 1970s ferrari is more practical than a EV. Total joke.

And you haven't even discussed one of the other *major* financial aspects: a cratering resale value because similar to a mobile phone), after >5 years the battery is toast and the EV is more or less worthless.

No one is surprised

Here in Japan, a woman I know had her mid-range Mitsubishi EV breakdown because it's designed as an array of batteries and ONE of those batteries malfunctioned. They told her it would cost 10 grand to fix. She told them to trash the car. EVs are ridiculous.

Where would you even charge in a big city? You can't just run a cord from your apartment.

Most the CEOs and top level management are 1.greedy 2.ego driven 3.idiots 4.overly positive That's the simple truth...

Add to the fact thieves are cutting charger cables from charging stations to sell the copper making it sketchy to find a charger in operation.

Our NY government is nonsensical, out of touch, and unreasonable.

Yeah, I'd rather take a bus, train, or a bicycle than buy an electric vehicle. The closest I would go is a hybrid.

13:34 766 Hours?? That’s 31 days! That car’s been sitting there charging, for a whole month basically! And they want EVERY car in NYC to be electric?? Oh my god, that’s not gonna work at all. 🤣🤣💯💯

Copper is at all time highs. Thieves are cutting charging cables and selling them for scrap.

Over 700 hours charging on that charger is 31 days. Complete waste of enegry.

I guess that explains why e.V. sails have doubled sun's last year. And the ticket is a charger at home. Solves most problems.

When the government has to force you to do or use something, it's almost always never a thing that's good for you, no matter how much the opposite may seem true at first.