Net Zero is utter bollox

General election same circus different clowns.

Car and van manufacturers should simply turn around to government and tell them to 'spin on it'. What can they do? Force them to close down? The public would go apeshit. Get some bloody backbone (manufacturers).

Shows what happens when idiots who have no idea make the rules.

What grinds my gears is that there are all these unsold BEVs that are sitting around because nobody wants them. What an utter waste of resources that we cannot afford. I would much rather have an older petrol/diesel/hybrid that gives you the range you need.

All together now; If someone offers you a battery operated van...... JUST SAY NO.

The fines will bankrupt the manufacturers, they'll close, we will have no vehicles and no transport. We won't own our own vehicles, we will be happy. We won't be leaving our 15 minute cities. Isn't that the plan anyway

It's been the strangest and most depressing era for car/vehicle production in history. Too many oversized, overweight, overpriced, with too much unnecessary tech. hideous vehicles. Strange times???

The government mandate of 20% EV sales or be financially penalized is completely delusional. People don’t want the damned things period. I can see manufacturers giving the UK the 🖕resulting in job losses likewise dealers turning to selling used vehicles only.

My brother in-law drives a skip lorry moving the skips around from the council recycling centers, he said they have got an ev bin lorry on trial and it's shit, but it gets better, it's also too heavy to go over quite a few of the bridges the old diesel lorries used to go over so they are restricted which routes and roads it can collect from. The company has also swapped it's small vans to EV vans and one of the women in the office has got one, she lives just over 50 miles away from the office and last winter she only just had enough range to get home, he said they were taking the piss out of her when it was cold as she plugged it in as soon as she got to work and it still wasn't charged enough to get her home at the end of the day, he said everyone else fucked off home after work and she was sitting in the cold dark carpark just waiting for it to charge up. She hates the heap of shit because of it's crap range. She was turning up at work all wrapped up with gloves hat and scarf because she said if she has the heater turned up she couldn't make it without stopping. it's laughable how pathetic they are. can you remember being a kid and having a remote control car, wait bloody ages for it to charge up for about a minute of fun, nothing has changed apart from the cars and batteries are bigger.

I drove 3 experimental trucks last month; a 7·5 tonne, a 16 tonne and a 44 tonne Artic. All carrying a full payload. These were high quality trucks: and they were all absolute rubbish. 55 miles range max! Forget it.

Labour have said they'll restore the 2030 ICE ban (Shadow Roads Minister, Bill Esterson, 7 Feb 2024). Given the Tory's change to 2035 didn't alter the escalating percentage of EVs from 2024-30, it was mostly about grabbing a pro-driver headline anyway. Manufacturers will just limit the number of ICE vehicles sold to match the quota of EVs, and we'll have sanctioned ourselves into a Cuba-style living museum.

The small sales of EV vans was mainly due to fleet buyers as you say. We have about six small EV vans at work and in my opinion are a total waste of space. When they are on charge, they spend hours just getting in the way. Not to mention how much more expensive they were to buy anyway. Total waste of time. The government really need to focus on more important things such as all the immigrants flooding the country. The government are thick.

Maybe manufacrurers could sell unwanted E-vans to each other, then the next year sell them back again. Just dump them in a field to rot or recycle them for scrap? After all, the government doesn't specify who to sell them to. They should get their lawyers onto it now.

Won't be long now there'll be a field full of preregistered vans nobody wants.If it hasn't happened already

Problem with vans ,if they put a very large battery in the van to get the range of a diesel van they will loose 60% of the load they can carry because of the weight limits of the van, You end up with a Transit size van with the carrying capacity of a ford escort it just dont work.

It will be cheaper for them to give the vans away free. Although it would be better to park the unsold evans in Parliament Square.

I can imagine a scam where they register them here but ship them somewhere else.

Reform👍

Been offered a T6 electric van - 76 mile range (unladen) 49 miles laden. £46k for the basic entry model. That’s a firm NO from me!

Labour will be more eco and fining people than tory. Most of the caz ulez is Labour. As is liveable neighbourhoods would imagine Labour will come down harder on fining and punishing people. See it in labour councils up and down the country.

Why should a Government force you to buy ANY product using your own money, If EVs are any good they will sell.

They should get together and say to all these European countries and UK FOXTROT OSCAR. CHARLIE UNIFORM NOVEMBER TANGOS

Elon's next venture will be a company that converts unwanted EVs to ICE powered usable vehicles 😉

I work for a multi drop company, they're dreading having to go EV, other firms have had trouble, they're crap. Bosses are trying to buy second hand, good condition vehicles, but everybody's searching for them as they've found electric is sh*t. Those that also have refrigeration units are poor in load bearing and distance, so what's the point?

I had noticed that a VW advert on the radio only mentioned new petrol and diesel cars types, are they getting the message now..

I've been a carpenter 40 yrs I'll stick to my diesel vw transporter 👍

"Starmer - Sunak without a tan" Now I have to clean all that coffee off my monitor. 😅

I do 200 miles a day in a van that has an onboard fridge and freezer, so an electric van would need a range of 400 miles to compensate for the electrical load. Bit of a non starter.

My boss in Manchester, grab that electric van, there’s a pallet at Wakefield that needs taking to Penrith , and on the way back pop in to the Liverpool depot they’ll have stuff to collect ! This happens on about half a tank of diesel.

I was just about to comment when you took the words right out of my mouth at 09:40. Yes, the government don’t give a monkey’s because they know they will be gone in a few months and the next lot will blame the Tories for not thinking it through. Future my arse!

One of the funniest things I saw was a van emblazoned with EV charging installation services, but the van was a diesel one HAHAHA

I was walking my dogs after work a couple of months back during a brief cold snap a chap stopped at the traffic lights in his Tesla I looked at him inside his car and he was wearing a big coat a Woolly hat and gloves, obviously to save the range of his battery,he looked frozen in his sixty grand car how mad is that ,back in the 1970s we had some very cold winters but we were always lovely and warm in my Dads Vauxhall viva , talk about going backwards.

1.40 that bike is so fast I didn't even see it!

It’s actually 10% for vans this year, not that it makes a shite of difference

RS " Roland rat " without a tan, 😂

Future my arse

Manufacturer deals incoming! Buy the new Forcedes VitrWeon van, the Transprinter Berlinporter! With a 10mile range, from its 12V car battery, powering a hairdryer pointed out the back. Its made from eco-friendly cardboard, with never-before-seen on a van bicycle wheels for, erm, aerodynamics. Unlike most EVs, this retails for the same as its diesel counterpart! What a savings! Buy this electric van, get a standard diesel one free! Of course the second one doesn't count towards our figures because its not been 'sold'.

The markets will ultimately decide not politicians!

it's OK.. the Royal mail will buy them...

There won't be enough Lithium to power all the EVs needed to get to NET ZERO by 2035-2040

There are 500 maxis vans parked up at Marchwood on Southampton Water, I have only seen one convoy of 6 vans leaving the site

Well I certainly learned one thing for sure;EV’s are Shit..

Why pick vans for 20% and NOT hgv's ??? manufacturers are hoping to tell the govt ALL vehicle plants will be shut and there will be thousands unemployed EV my arse 😂 .....NOBODY HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.

The night truckers running from depot to supermarkets are on timed delivery, miss the time slot and your screwed. A full load dark cold nights. 😮😮

I work on the mobile telecoms network and could do with a small 4wd van but no one does one unless you want a transporter size but thats too big and exspensive for me so ive got a vw 2016 tiguan 4motion with the seats folded for a small van experience..lol 600 miles on a tank of diesel i do about 1200 miles a week up and down the country so electric is a no no. I was at a site the other day in Hull with Openreach and the engineer had an electric vauxhall van and he said its only about 100 miles range. He picked it up from a depot in cornwall and it took him 8 hours to get back as he had to stop 4 times to charge it.. fuck that.

Who would want a Cyber Urinal that breaks when you wash it or drive it in the rain? And then Tesla blames you for making it wet, so no warranty claim!

Until the government’s ranger overs are leccy I'm not interested in leccy. Great channel

I'm not risking my business on a milkfloat, every day something unexpected happens, have to pop out and get bits for a job, have to pop home , have a child needs getting from school early, I can't cope with that kind of range anxiety every day, I need something I can instantly get up and go...not wait hours and hours for an emergency 30 miles range😂 no I'm leaving England now I'm gonna go and live and work somewhere where workies aren't targeted .

When I was delivery driving I would be doing around 250 - 300 miles a day. I was working a 9 hour day including a hour lunch. Could you imagine trying to do that in an electric van.

I Dailly a 32 year old car plan is to keep it running long as possible

I occasionally see EV vans here but I very much doubt they will be around long. A warehouse near me in the valley has several of the things but the climb up to my town and onwards is a long drag which drops the range, from what the guys driving with a full load say, by 20 miles.

Fines means loss making, tax breaks, job losses, not going to improve tax revenue overall.

I was wondering what had happened to you.I was a bit lost .Glad to see normal service resumed.😂 Great vids

It's even worse than you stated. The March % BE Vans were 5.4% of sales (I know you couldn't see the graphic). I predict the % will continue to track down, along with the price.

200 miles would be marvellous, my reality is an indicated range from a full charge of134 miles , with a real world range of about a 100. Future my arse , to coin a phrase.

The boss of Stellantis has already suggested they may simply withdraw models from the UK market as a way of trying to meet the ZEVM. The environmentalists might manage what Clarkson couldn't and kill off Vauxhall!

50+ yrs ago, I as a 13yr old, worked in the mornings delivering milk to local households. The electric milk floats we were working off, were good for a max 15mph and only good for 3hrs driving at low speeds.

Was at the cv show last week. A saic big electric van had a payload of 980 kg. Not even a tonne and the range was just over 100 miles. I dare say some businesses can make that work, but may be put off by the ridiculous price and horrific residuals.

They should do a piss-take series of Bob the Builder using electrical vans and diggers etc. Bob the builder can you fix it!!? Post-person Pat and him/her’s frazzled cat. 🐈‍⬛ 🔥

You should see an airfield near me gradually filling up with ex lease EV s no one wants them

You're spot on Buddy.

At my mates place they go rid of his Mercedes sprinter LWB for delivering parcels around London & M25 due to ULEZ and had too get 3 battery vans to replace it.But now after year & half they workout how much money they spend on Vans,Solar, electric plugin's. They just got rid of all battery van shit & got the sprinter and pay the daily charge

I am a parcel delivery contractor. I'll stick to my diesel vans. Fuel up once a week. What's not to love? And oh, I can afford diesel vans on my contract rates.

Well said, good video as usual 🎉

Manufacturers should not of bent over and let the government give them one dry! I see so many ‘workers’ sitting doing nothing while charging. Businesses will fail.

WHAT A LOAD OF B/S IS BEING SHOVELLED ON US ALL.

British car auctions stock of vehicles under 6 months old right now, 49 EV, 30 petrol . The number of nearly new EVs finding their way to auction will increase massively as manufacturers pre register to boost figures.

Strange I live in Birmingham and most days I See Amazon electric vans,I spoke to a driver delivering to my house and he was full of praise for them.

A local energy supplier called Octopus Energy (stupid name) bought a fleet of electric medium wheelbase vans, one day when i was driving a convoy of about 40 of these things went passed all sign written up. I pulled into a petrol station the other day to grab a coffee, there was 5 octopus energy vans parked up, 2 were charging and the other 3 were waiting to charge, it was 10am ish. The engineers were all stood around talking and laughing. I went over to have a chat with them, they found the vans highly amusing. They were telling me that they are learning which petrol stations have the busiest chargers so they can deliberately go there and have to wait in a que so they could kill more of the day. I told them well done and keep up the good work.. I dont get my energy from octopus 🤣

great video....as always

Spot on about the Tesla Cybertruck.

My Local Citroen dealer in 2021 had a brand new Electric Relay up for sale, £52,000+vat. It had delivery miles only (20) and today it's still there and advertised for £34,000 and still has the same 20 miles on the clock. People who buy vans aren't stupid. In my opinion Hydrogen will fuel the vast majority of vehicles with hybrid petrol coming in 2nd.

Move to Spain. Nice weather. Less Oppression....Cheers

Day van Hire, Dutch van company 😊. We use them all the time for our Vehicles. 👍

You can’t create a market for something where there isn’t one

To meet the 20% target, The dealerships will be registering the EVs to themselves. [in effect they will be selling them to themselves and putting them in the forecourt as 2nd hand vehicles with 5 miles in the clock]

The only thing I charge up that actually last 3 months, is my nasal hair trimmer..!!

They tried the pressure thing on with my son when he was looking to get a new van for his business. Not gonna mention the dealer, but in the end he told them no way is an EV van any good for his business as he has a load of heavy plant engineering repair equipment and he has no time waiting around charging the thing up. He got a diesel obviously, from a different dealer. The first dealer refused to sell him a diesel and was phoning my son (harassing him) to buy a EV van even after purchasing the diesel,. I think my son told him to sod off in the end. These dealers are desperate.

So much truth in such a short video.

I remember in the 1970s and 80s, due to the 'Opec oil crisis', America had a problem with the big gas guzzlers and limited fuel supply. So the government of the day tried to 'persuade' the population to transition to smaller, European style cars. To reinforce that, they introduced restrictions on manufacturers such that a percentage of vehicles sold had to return prescribed miles per gallon figures to bring the overall, across range figures down to an 'acceptable' value or face fines. (Can't recall actual figures!) This was known as Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and had to be quoted in all sales literature. Strangely, that never seemed to catch on and died quietly under the wheels of highly desirable 'Utes'.

We had a Renault Rigid Demo 16 Tonner on trial, Was absolutely useless on charge all night so the night drivers couldn't use it and a range that meant it could only go at max 50 miles from the yard before turning back lol

My mate works for DHL, got an electric van last year, within six weeks he was given back a diesel van, the EV van was so bad that he had times when the van couldn’t get up an incline, it massively impacted the amount of deliveries they could do, planning for the days route was a nightmare as having to factor in charging, couldn’t fully load them, was a complete shambles apparently.

I saw the post office removing parcels from a flat EV van to one of their diesel vans a few weeks back,it's no wonder half the country's post is always days late.

We had a Renault ev rigid truck at our work they plugged it in 24 hours later it had 23 miles of range . It was collected on a low loader 😂

I love the Tony Videos; (unlike the winners podium at a women’s swimming event), Tony’s videos contain zero bollocks. 😁

i'm scared of evs too. evs and ai and all the other changes will never happen. you are right. everything will just stay the same. god speed.

Surprised that any are being purchased at all lessons should have been learnt

For some businesses at the right price eV vans will be perfect, local deliveries in London, post office letter collection in urban areas. However the usual keep it 3 years then sell on won't work because of the limited Market of 2nd hand buyers. Compared to a SAIC hightop lwb van which my company hired to deliver furniture to central London I was shocked when refuelling that we got 49.6mpg it is diesel and has start/stop. Normally I would expect about 35mpg Peugeot or at best 32mpg and a sore backside from a Ford

Our dpd guys use milk floats . In the winter they cant use the heater and in summer cant use ac as it halfs the range , other than that he loves it 😅

I envision a few scenarios. The least likely is for the manufacturers to "sandbag" van production, perhaps a little just knowing how much fine they can pay and still profit. If the fine is based on regional sales and not production, they move sales to markets with looser restrictions. Or they could stop production mid year, causing stock of diesel vans to deplete, leaving only the BEV. In any scenario, what happens to the market will be insane. The beloved ice vans will be worth a mint, and in any scenario, the government will be ready to punish the end consumer for owning an ice vehicle.

I know someone with an electric van. Spends more time charging it than driving it and "we don't talk about the van" or he gets very depressed

I believe the Post Office has committed to electric vans, that will be the final nail in their coffin. The repercussions of that will be enormous beyond belief.

If the manufactures are canny they'll have put a buffer company between them and the sales so that when the tax is due that company goes bust.

Why don’t they sell ICE vans in kit form a box of bits.

My first job in 1962 was mechanic on a large factory fleet of electric vehicles. They worked well, charged all night on electricity produced in house and worked all day. I was into technology from day one and could see a lot of room for improvement but the system worked quite well. Since then I have looked at the motor industry's approach to EVs and its been all wrong from day one and not getting better.

my company are picking up contracts everywhere atm. loads of new fleet vans coming in, ALL DIESEL 😂

Yep Royal mail was supposed to make entire fleet electric , after trials , they decided electric vans don't work , and considering going back to diesel or petrol .

Quality Video

"Given how sh*t they are". 🤣 no ambiguity in that assessment. I priced up an electric Peugeot expert in 2021/22 ish. The dealer quoted me £55000. I laughed all the way out of the showroom.