If ULEZ was really about air quality why am I allowed to buy the right to harm people for £12.50 a day?

400,000 signatures in Wales objecting to Drakeford's 20 mph madness.

Australia now has solar powered EV charging stations in the outback, with diesel backup, they keep running out of diesel fuel for some reason.

Air quality is the 'Council speak' for 'give us money'...!!

The politicians are travelling to summits by gas guzzling private aircraft, when Zoom calls exist.

And let's not forget the child labour involved with these Battery's.

We are being forced back to "1984". The madness is glaring at us. Yet we still follow like sheep. Let the people decide not the government.

Has anyone noted the BBC news report today (4th Oct) on the EV in Scotland that had to be stopped by crashing it into a police van? The driver had no control of the car and called 999 for help. I will never buy an EV. It's a scam (in my opinion)...

International climate summit, a fleet of private and commercial jets flying all over the entire planet just to talk about how to oppress the public in general.

"Hello is that Porsche HQ?" Yes, "Can you tell me how often do your cars catch fire? "Just the once sir.

I was taught to cross the road when I was 4 years old, 58 years later I still haven't been run over. Then the green cross code guy came along. Look left look right and listen. Now they encourage pedestrians to not even look because the driver of the car should stop and let them cross. FFS a recipe for disaster 🙄

Everyone knows old EV batteries go to heaven and come back as fluffy kids toys.

'Cycle lanes' (paths really) in Spain are superb because they are totally separate from roads, go through nice scenery, are as wide as a road, and built with super smooth tarmac for racing cycles with thin tyres. If we had them, I would cycle 30 miles each way to where I work, but it is too dangerous to cycle on the roads here in the UK and the cycle paths are almost all rubbish.

Hi Lee, The disparity in range estimation between your car (which reduced) and Jeff's (which increased) is because your range (the EV) is measured on power reserve in the battery, which is a reasonably accurate reflection of the actual power reserve. In an ICE, the estimated range is based on accumulated past driving performance, and is not very accurate: if previous driving performance used a lot of litres per mile (driving fast or in stop-start conditions) and current driving performance is more efficient using less litres per mile you can very often recover (increase) estimated range on the current tank of fuel - I see it all the time. So, in an ICE, if you did a lot of constant fast driving for 100 miles (chewing up a lot of fuel), your current range will be estimated on this. If you now do a further 100 miles at a constant 30 mph your range will be adjusted / increased to reflect this. This is simple engineering. Basically, the range estimate in an ICE is a poor guess, whilst in an EV it is a more accurate reflection of battery reserve, but it is still dependent on how you are now going to drive the car - even in the EV you will reduce the range as you increase the speed. That's why when EVs sense they are low on power they reduce your speed to extend the range. So, no mystery here!

Need to stop buying these cars, i would be so angry to spent £70k plus to be told bring it back as it might catch fire! I would want every penny back.

Every country is being held to ransom, so that they toe the line, while the CM is implimented. We have to stand up and push back, whatever the consequences.

If ULEZ was about air quality, how come it’s ok to pollute the air as long as you give Ghengis Kahn loadsamoney.

Enjoyed your video, just a little note, do you remember when the cop 26 was hosted in Scotland and they transported all the dignitaries in Teslas, they had to hire Aggrecco diesel powered generators to charge them I kid you not

When a container ship burns out of control for 2 weeks then this happens last March, "The cargo ship Felicity Ace carrying thousands of cars, has sunk due to the fire onboard which occurred in mid February. The ship carried a large amount of electric cars, and the burning lithium on board is thought to have made extinguishing efforts much worse".

20 mph will increase emissions in ICE cars due to being in lower gear.

Everything you said is spot on Lee. You've got Porsche by the short & curlies, get a good result from them for letting you drive around when you'd already told them that there was issues with your vehicle 👍🧡

Volvo saying, 'no more estate cars' is like Greggs saying, 'no more sausage rolls' it just doesn't make sense. When somebody tells them that EV batteries burn at 6x the temperature than a petrol car does they will realise people don't want ti risk having a crash and being trapped in one.

40 million drivers in the uk its time we started to be heard im fed up with being fleeced

It`s all about "DO AS WE SAY NOT DO AS WE DO."

My Audi A6 cost $12 per 100km in diesel. To charge a Taycan at home cost $10 per 100km. Why would you do it to yourself?

Just imagine a return to the 3 day week and power cuts of the 70s. Would they stop you charging your car?

Just built a £1m cycleway near us - unused because of so much glass. I use the cycle lanes on the road. £1m to tick a few green boxes then not promote the route or keep it clean. Cheshire West Council that's you.

Recent Swedish Government report shows EVs less likely to catch fire compared to ICE.

EV'S the biggest joke in car manufacturing. In 20 years, people have a big lough about the stupidness of today.

A Toyota Tacoma that sold for 38k and a Taycan that sold for 120k on the same day are the exact same residual value 18 months later.

As a Dane, we just had a Tesla which burned to something not recognizable stuff on a road! And an electric car is hardly able to be extinguished, if it starts to burn!!!

S K has been running diesel generators 24/7 in the centre of London for ever..... To charge the BUS BATTERIES.... WTF?

Batteries are not just inefficient in the cold, they also are protected from the cold by being heated. Depending on the charger and if it’s cold enough, you can end up having less charge in the battery, than when you started charging it. Ridiculous things.

What is the point in the UK going over to Ev's when China, India, USA and Australia are not interested. Our contribution amounts to nothing as you say we are being conned.

I work on all types of cars EV's ICE etc, there is no doubt an electric motor has torque making the car faster on take off than any I.C.E.,Yes its a thrill and I like that too, but still you are limited by speed limits, speed camera's and other road users, so there are certain limitations, Once you are up to speed the only benefit is faster over taking, on a good long run that speed advantage goes in away as you sit charging while the ICE waves goodbye. I love Geoff and the deep thinking he does, he's a very intelligent and honest man, if only the people running the country were as smart and honest as Geoff, so thanks Lee for having Geoff on, that has to be the longest MacMaster I've ever watched and I loved it.

Even at the last WEF gathering at Davos, the vehicles used to ferry the delegates and members around were ICE vehicles. Electric vehicles were not deemed sufficiently reliable for WEF use.

I have three mobility scooters all lithium, the stress of them going on fire more so when I am on the ferry to the mainland is extreme and scary. I am in the process of chaning over to acid. Also the materials mined being by children is a No No for me.

The Davos lot knew the electric car was a danger so “THEY” decided not to use them but were ok with their surfs to drive in them unsafely 😅

I have put my whole house off Grid. Designed it all myself. I DO NOT used Lithium batteries because of the fire risk and extreme cost. I use only GEL Batteries which have proven to be reliable since the 80s. They power Fork Lifts and the like.

You need to have Geoff on your channel more often, you guys talk so much sense. I remember what my mum use to say about politicians "they might have all these qualifications but no common sense"

The fully "Charred" show will be having a fit with all these recalls, great video, best wishes.

I have doubts about 20 mph limits when 30 mph limits don't seem to be able to be policed. I live on an estate with a 30 limit but some driving round here would give Max Verstappen and the rest of the F1 contingent a run for their money. As for 20 mph, why stop there? Why not bring back the person walking in front of your car with a red flag? Surely a win-win situation, a reduction in accidents and injuries plus reduction of unemployment ☺ Enjoying the video.

Bring back the Sinclair C5 the go anywhere vehicle ideal for those in parliament & could be adapted to be propelled by a lot of hot air which would be ideal especially for parliamentary ministers.

I love the the line "Everybody says No and universally against it (and still Khan enforced ULEZ), what else can you do?" Sounds like the folks prepared to chop the head of a king behaving unreasonably. London Blade Runners are what this country is badly in need of.

I love the comment about how turning on the AC destroys the range... It really is ridiculous how they kit these Exploding Vehicles out with all these toys that you basically dare not use if you want to get to where you are going 😂😂😂

Yes it`s all about control for no good reason.

Our local hospital has a car park below the hospital itself, just imagine the car park being full of battery powered cars🤔I think the current installed automatic sprinkler would be fighting a losing battle...... Anyone who charges their battery powered car in their garage, or next to their house overnight, seriously wants their bumps feeling🙃

As a Dane I have lately seen the wreck (pictures) of a burned out EV, I think a Tesla? And it wasn't much of a problem, as it hardly left anything to be disposed of, but a black spot on the ground, maybe to be restored for fire damage at a time? Really a clean vehicle in every way! And an electric fire can't be stopped, so the one "Danish Rescue Service (Falck)" has lately bought 4 iron boxes for EVs to be pushed into, while burning out, without being a hazard to the surroundings as long as it may last. I do hope of course, that I will never be on a ferry with a burning EV (They are not able to extinguish a fire in an EV, even by cutting of the supply of oxygen on one of the decks)? Luckily the one major Ferry Operator in Denmark are soon to be replaced with a tunnel for cars and trains for 18 km, below the water (Hopefully an EV won't start to burn during the passing of that?). Finn. Denmark 🤨

its all about control....always has been x

EV's are the biggest scam in motoring history. Also, if anyone thought that they would get cheap motoring in an EV are living in cloud cuckoo land. Some people have bought EV's on the back of this and I'll bet they regret that now that the cost of electricity has risen so much and of course they are to be taxed before long. In terms of restrictions, it is definatey to get us off the roads and limit our freedom of movement. I have no doubt about that. I live in Wales and the 20mph restrictions are absurd. I was out in the early hours recently and did 20 in a restricted zone. No-one about, no cars and it was absolutely ridiculous. But no-one is taking any notice of it anyway and a recent report into the effects of the 20 zones found that although there was a slight drop in speeds initially, that has dropped off now so goes to show that it is being ignored.But we have the power Lee. We must be careful who we vote for.

There was an EV fire near the Control Tower of a main Australian Airport,4 or 5 EVs cooked off.Regarding ULEZ,khan should start with taking diesel busses off the road and cleaning up the Underground!

They should let the market decide if we want Ev cars - then again they know they’ll be fully rejected by the general public hence the insane ban - bunch of lunatics - I absolutely despise them all now - I’ll stick with my diesel Volvo - great video btw

There was a lot more pollution back in the day with mills and nuclear power plants and other things it never was a major issue then so how can cars be the only pollutant

The reason they bring out new phones every year is because some people need to have the latest device. they will sing its praises until next year when they will then say it is getting a bit slow so I need to replace it.

I live in Los Angeles and all the ev chargers have the cables cut It is impossible to keep up with it .

Love the show boys, cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 Teslas are for tossers :)

June last year walked into Mansfield Mazda I’d already done my homework and knew exactly what new car I wanted (CX-30), on making my future purchase know to the salesperson he immediately pointed to a MX-30 (all electric) and said how about that, well I nearly fell on the floor laughing and informed him “not never on your life I’d sooner walk” Keep up the vid’s 👍

A BIG question mark over what started the Luton Airport fire, All 1640 cars in the airports multistory have been written off. Their being very cagey at what started the fire in the first place. Was it an EV catching fire ?

Here's something else that's pissed me off ,if I'm understanding this correctly manufacturers now have a quota of ice cars that they can sell and once they reach it people who want an ice have to wait until next year's quota which is being reduced each year forcing people to buy EVs . This also falsifies the EV sales numbers once compared to ice sales due to this artificial number caping

Until I bought a breathed-on Audi S3, my favourite ever car was a 1998 MkIV VW Golf GTi Turbo, black metallic, black leather Recaros, 6 CD multichanger, heated seats, traction control, freezer level air con, nice wheels. Just loved in, especially at night. Brilliant music, like Oasis at their pomp. I didn’t know it then, but it was the best few years of my life. The garage that serviced it said ten years later that these were the pinnacle of reliability. They virtually never broke. Very few onboard computers and sensors.

I think EV's should be parked separately from fossil fuelled cars due to fire risk , perhaps in fields : )

Lee,there was no point of having the A/C on in the BMW,with the sun roof open !!!

Hi Lee you’re sitting on approximately 42200 mobile phone batteries🤣. I recently sent Geoff a response from Brittany Ferries about EV’s on ferries. If you’re interested I’ll send you their email.

I do agree with you I went from Kent to Wigan a few weeks ago and on the M6 in the middle of the night speed reduced to 60mph all the way from the junction of the M5 for better air quality but there was no traffic whatsoever it’s all about control not air

A fast hybrid would give you instant talk as the battery kicks in first. I have a hybrid and from a stop the battery moves the car off and power is instant. Hopefully the future is efuels and hybrid or hydrogen. It's the lithium that's the issue.

‘It doesn’t instill you with confidence’? It doesn’t surprise me, one bit.

we have as usual followed the Americans. About 30 years ago had to go to USA for work and every time I had a meal in the hotel, I had to answer a series of questions about each ingredient in the meal starting with the bread, I was so glad when I got home to Blighty and you could order a meal and that was the end of the conversation. Now its twenty questions for every thing, Aaaaaargh!!!

Talk about depreciation. My Jaguar dealer has 7 iPace for sale. Typical example a one year old EV400 black cost new at least £71000 (not including any extras) for sale today at £48,995. That’s £20,005 depreciation in a year and don’t forget that’s their selling price I expect the seller got about £40k so that’s £30k in one year and 6000 miles. It’s ok though because no one wants secondhand EVs.

EVs?, Fire Hazard?, i would never have thought! 😆

If you are disabled or blind ,in a wheelchair etc,electric cars,bikes,scooters are very dangerous

Interestingly, with trains, a diesel train is usually always used with an electric train breaks down. A diesel vehicle was used to tow away a ULEZ van with two punctured tyres.

If the planet is warming up, that is a good thing. We won't have to put the heating on in winter, therefore cutting back on fossil fuels. Win - win.

You must have heard about thermal runaway by now. I'd be wanting rid of that car as soon as possible before it gets to the point you can't sell it at all.

Electricity is made from coal and gas and Electric cars last 10 years. So how are they ecologically friendly?

I do believe the price of fossil fuels is still so high because we are subsidising the failure of E Vs the price of oil is way down, it’s just bonkers

When you say, ‘you have it on finance’, you mean leased, right? Well in that case, the battery life is in the lease-price calculation, so you are paying for the degradation of the battery, just like you would be paying for the engine in an ICE car.

At least your EV is not ugly like most of them. Agree with your city car comments, EVs make sense only when charged at home, and for those weekly shopping trips as a grocery getter. Small, nimble cars for very short trips. ICE cars do most of their polluting when cold and suffer most expensive wear also. So a two car solution could work well for most of us. A little EV for the shopping, a Grand Touring ICE for long trips. In Australia we travel vast distances compared to you in the UK. Melbourne to Sydney is about 900 km and Sydney to Brisbane is about 1100 km. Both one way. Out rural infrastructure for EVs is almost non-existent. Enjoyed your show, thanks, Hugh

Where i live near Bracknell its very very frustrating to drive a car you cannot get anywhere by car here why ? because roadworks temp traffic lights everywhere and worst thing is they are working on the pavement not even in the main road , dont repair pot holes no no no , instead lets repair footpaths on London road and anyone who knows that road knows no one every walks up there as its a direct footpath from Ascot to Bracknell 1 hour it would take you to walk the 4 mile distance totally crazy , E-scooters are a good idea but they are illegal unless you rent the council ones , what a scam the whole thing is , Im just thinkinh of staying home forever lying in bed and going into stasis for the next 50 years until normality is back LOL

The future MUST include CHOICE of car type, not be pushed to buy the latest good idea....

Think I've mentioned a friend is a Porsche mechanic and they still only have around THREE trained battery specialists in the entire country.

Jeff did you not see the wef goons also insisted that their pilots were unjabbed

to replace batteries at $40,000 for 7000 cars cost£280,000,000

? Would an EV owner have a member of the family working in a lithium mine.

Best thought. imagine if she bought an electric car now, just literal dead money which will soon be uninsurable

Just a point Lee. You say that if you charge your EV up at home it’s much cheaper. However what your not considering is on the mileage that you must do that £12 a full charge is likely to be per day so that’s £60 a week. I’d put money on any petrol/diesel car would still be going the following week so it isn’t cheaper to run an EV.

What harm are the EMFs doing to our bodies ???

People who buy a new apple phone every year sorry but you have more money than sense 😅just to say you've got one😊

In Australia I have a friend who works for a moving company who specialises in moving people's belongings interstate and overseas and they won't touch evs.

20mph zones already exist in Highland council areas. They have run out of 20mph signs for all the towns and villages they have to cover lol !! Our village is signed but very few drivers adhere to them and that goes for police Scotland as well. Just another waste of our money..

Yes Cupra tried to sell me a Hybrid due to wait times, i opted to wait for the petrol

When put the radio on it brought to mind the coach fire on only fools and horses. As I watch this it reminded of something rare two days I saw a G WIZZ . A rare sight these days

You are brilliant mate, Milk-Float 😂 keep saying it because it reminds everyone that having an EV is utterly pointless,

2 great lads !!!Cheers both ! you, are speaking how i, and many others feel.

Re; your comment about FUD. It was IBM's marketing for selling computers based on Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about other brands to push IBM products. With regards to Geoff's comments about estate cars I preferred MPV. I bought one of the first Renault Espace in the country. I ordered one at the end of 1985 and took delivery on a D Plate in 1986. I finally got rid of it 16 years later after covering 336,000 miles of comparatively trouble free motoring. Replaced it with a late Phase 3 model which was a bit of a nightmare because it was a mix with lots of Phase IV parts fitted instead of Phase III, so trying to get parts was very hit or miss. My last one was the 3.0 litre V6 Grand Espace. If I get the chance I would love to get a good low mileage one. I believe that Renault still make the Espace but only in lhd but there are 4 different models made in India, two under the Dacia name.

Volvo is telling me they don't want my business? Nice try. They haven't been on my list for 20 years.

The trouble is we are being forced into the purchase of these EV's on the wrong premise IE to save the environment rather than making ICE vehicles cleaner ( the GEET system inverted by Paul Pantone would give a minimum of triple the MPG. but is being ignored!). the other way to make them cleaner is to make them lighter. Look at the weight of cars in the 1960's/70's they are almost half the weight of their equivalent models now!

I understand the pros and cons of EV, sadly there has never been any joined up thinking when it comes to what is actually required to be in place. Firstly, our roads have been left to fall into ruin. There are potholes all over the place. EVs are vulnerable...UNDERNEATH. So, maybe a heavy investment in keeping the roads useable would have been a good start. But, that doesn't bring money in. Politicians only want things that bring money in for themselves, friends and family, (in my opinion.) One of the benefits that EV drivers will tell you is how cheap per mile their journey is. But, I have always worked on the fact that you will keep a vehicle for a number of years, so divide the purchase price, running costs (service, tax, insurance etc) by say 10 years. That will give you the real costs per mile (plus add the 20K needed to replace the battery pack). I usually buy a car at about 3 years old. But would NEVER buy an EV. Why, because I want car that I can maintain and keep on the road for a reasonable rate each year, I don't want to be waiting for the 20K battery change to suddenly hit me. Our PM is fine, 5M a year would make me confident in splashing out on a new EV...but need a 7 seater...and that's another problem. Keep up the good work, great to see you link with Geoff as he is sound as a pound too.

This recall is for the same car that locks you in when the 12 volt dies? Brave man

the section of M1 near Sheffield with restricted speed for air quality (junction 33 ) looking over towards Sheffield I could see 4 separate smoke plumes from factories ? but of course they aren't to blame for the so called poor air quality

What happens when the majority of insurers refuse any electric car and you own one? How many will be affected and what will they do??