And once again you are guilty of lumping all EV and the companies that make them together as if by magic. Why not educate yourself before you rant your universal salad of garbage. This is just your way of lighting off the lunacy of your viewers keeping them as dumb as you insist on being yourself. Not all EV's are the same. There is one clear leader in this space. They are not having the issues those playing catch up are. Tesla is the only company who are doing it correctly.

When someone says they want to replace internal combustion vehicles with electric vehicles, what they're really saying is : "We want to take your cars from you...." (and your Freedom, and your independence).

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”― Alan Moore

Project for Uncle Tony; Take a EV with a failed battery and convert it to run with a slant six?

I work at a Nissan dealer the ammount of personal safety gear required, baracades arround the car on a lift when the service techs work on an EV battery is kinda frightening to see.....it looks like a nuclear sub being worked on or something

This is another reason to keep driving my 2002 Lincoln Town Car that has been my daily driver for more than 16 years. 😊😊

Tony , bottom line is: the government wants to be in control or you and your vehicle. Not to mention those replacement battery profits go to China or wherever they are made.

Electric cars are going to be like our cell phones. Where you can't replace the battery. And one update away from being outdated.

I remember watching Rich rebuilds, and he had a Tesla that was used. He calls the dealership up and he tries to get a replacement cap for one of the lug nuts. They told him that they can't sell him anything for that car. It was ridiculous.... but it did show what's going on out there in the EV world....

One positive thing about this new EV culture is watching people like Rich Rebuilds who are giving the finger to the companies like Tesla and doing their own repairs "off grid" so to speak. I hope there will be a whole generation of EV hackers who will bypass all the dealer lock outs and come up with cheap fixes.

I get that you don't want your channel to just be videos like these but this stuff is important to educate people on this lunacy. We need as many examples of these types of issues because some people will just wave it off as "oh but doesn't happen that often" but if we have fifty different stories we can point to it will convince people that it's a major problem.

What are the environmental impacts of such a premature battery replacement?

In East Canada were I live, you hit a pot hole, a firewood block, a ice block fallen from big trucks in winter or a moose every 10 miles. There will be more EV junkyards then mooses soon.

When an EV 'transitions' to a SCV (Spontaneous Combustion Vehicle), who are you to judge?

$60,000 new price for an Ev $61,000 to replace the battery for suspect road hazard damage Can anyone say government subsidies?

The problem is that EV batteries aren't one solid hunk of "battery" like a standard car lead acid battery. Think of it like a battery pack with 1000 AA installed. Then think if one bumps loose and makes a short the whole thing can burn down faster than a Pinto in a demolition derby. Speaking of which more people complained, freaked out, and panicked over the Ford Pinto "blowing up" vs modern day EV buyers having their house burn down over charging their car over night.

When I was in school (1980s) I had a Jr High science teacher telling us about how electric cars were going to be a bargain alternative to crappy little econoboxes of the time.. I actually got my parents on the waiting list to buy an EV1 (they didnt, we could not afford it). I spent my early teen years learning about capacitors and nickel batteries. Ford and Chevrolet both had EVs, the S10 and the ford escort built by contract to sell to government agencies. 100 mile range 110v plug in EVs were going to be the future.... Then the Activists arrived. Government starts giving people $6000 tax incentives to buy golf carts.. They shut down all the small EV production and force manufacturers to build bigger vehicles with larger and larger ranges. The USED EV market is overrun by scammers and con artists because used EVs are worthless.

A great example of EV lunacy…great content!

Saving the the world by driving a coal powered car that is half as efficient as a gas powered car all the while sitting on a 1000lb plus incendiary device that when it does burst into flames is an environmental catastrophe. Brilliant way to go tree huggers.

I have friends with an Ionic, I warned them that in case of battery failure, the windows and doors won't open. They didn't care, they were in love with technology.

Once saw a guy work on a dodge caliber hit in the headlight area , the wire harness was crushed and harness plugs missing , called to get repair wiring or harness , found out no parts available , insurance had to purchase complete wire harness , headlight to tail light , fuse boxes and some under dash harness that was all part of harness , TIMES HAVE CHANGED , like were in the twilight zone , I was shocked

Overhead consol , cup holders Galore? " it's a truck" all you should need is a passenger to " HOLD MY BEER"!

Who in their right mind would even consider buying an electric vehicle second hand, Bad enough to worry about the battery craping out but to also worry if a previous owner had already done damage that they didn't want to deal with and just pass it along..

I'm old and just retired from g.m. Friday. The wait for a battery is unreal. The crate there shipped in and return procees is expensive along with the equipment to remove and install. And the reprogram process. It has to be done methodically or the dealership is 100 percent responsible for any failure. Keeping carburetor and point distriberators is the future. Or at least mine 😂

We're basically at w@r right now, in just about every way except the standard aspect; culturally, spiritually, everything. There's been a "w@r on the car" since the early '70s, under the guise of then fuel efficiency and safety. Now it's ultimate and obvious goal is to rid the world of public vehicle ownership, completely. We're basically the resistance fighters.

Imagine you are driving your brand new electric vehicle hit a squirrel and the car is total, the squirrel walked away with minor injuries.

A windshield for a Cybertruck is $2000.00 other Ev's are expensive too Ev's DO NOT MAKE SENSE

I heard this story already, and saw the pictures. The damage was absolutely minor on the outside.. just a couple scratches. What are the odds that damage happened before he bought the car? Maybe while unloading from the trailer for delivery or the dealer hitting it wrong with lift? Keep in mind, the car ran fine, it had low miles, and he would have never known if that damage was there before he bought it. Not to mention, the cost of that battery is absolutely ridiculous.

Don't worry the insurance companies are passing the costs right on to us with increased premiums. Mine just went up $200/yr. I know everyone else's has as well.

As the electric fleet grows by force and subsidies, I wonder how many people will have to be fried in horrifically uncontrollable electric fires before they admit defeat?

I've been watching all the videos on this channel. This is one of kind, UTG is the best 💪🏻. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

I live in the mountains of Colorado. Rocks fall on roads. I have seen a handful of rock impacts that make me shudder and look for oil on the road. The two times im referring to was a Chevy suburban, the other a motorcycle. Both kept driving, dont mind the little bit of poo in the pants. If an EV had rolled up over those jagged rocks, they would have Ironiqly sarted a forest fire. Keek those fire hazards within 6 minutes of a fire department?

Bravo Uncle Tony! I'll stay with my slant 6! Good job. I think you express all your viewers feelings

The only marks on the bottom of our dart is from my wife.... we were on the way home from an amusement park and she wanted to drive her new car. Do she did and I fell asleep while we drove over the mountains....well I woke up with nothing but big oak and pine trees in front of us. Just Comin out of the blackness of night and into the headlights. At the same time that I was realizing that I’m not touching my seat. And because of my recklessness of my youth, I immediately understood that the car was not touching ground. Worse yet, The front and kept dropping further and further.(all while also seeing the trees coming) so I instantly went to “omg we are launching off the top of one the the larger mountains of the Appalachians!” Finally I see dirt come up into vision of the headlights, and we hit the skid sideways to a stop... when I looked up I saw a permanent roadblock and I realized that that was one of the entrance roadways to Centralia Pennsylvania (the silent hill place) Apparently she followed the gps, and for god knows what reason it took her there. And apparently they had ripped up the old road there. So in case you ever wondered if a dart flies. Yes, yes they do. And with a nice shallow dive at first. And they sail pretty straight without much dive to either side. We sent that thing like the griswalds sent the truckster station wagon. My best guess was a 6 foot drop if not more. And At least 30 feet coverd before the wheels touched ground again. (And pretty much flat, when we landed) Edit: did I mention that she decided that I pretty much drive us everywhere ever since.

This makes perfect sense. The problem is the battery is extremely dangerous when damaged. It doesn't matter that he drove it to the dealership. That battery is now a huge liability. That battery if is not removed, opened and thoroughly inspected could be an explosion or fire just waiting to happen. The dealership MUST tell you it needs replacing. If they say "hey, no big deal" and this thing catches fire and kills 3 children in their bedrooms, this is not going to go well for the mechanic who OK'ed it or the dealership he worked in. Same for the insurance adjuster.

There's an intersection down the street from me that has a huge hump in the middle of it. Hundreds of inch deep gouges in the pavement from cars bottoming out going over it. Things just waiting to total an EV.

These videos make me feel good about restoring and keeping my 90’s cars and classic Impala

By my parents house where I grew up, there is a set railroad tracks. Worst crossing I've ever seen. The tracks are banked towards a hill that the road comes down and it makes this deceivingly smooth looking but uneven ramp going both ways. I've seen it take out a few oil pans and radiators over the years. One time it even flipped a box truck on its lid. It never totaled a car though unless they kept driving and seized the engine. I image these tracks will wreck havoc on newer cars that hit them too fast.

Not only do people not know the high likelihood of their vehicle being scrapped for minimal damage, but many still parrot the BS about them never needing servicing, not using lubricants or coolant. Like that will ever be a thing. I expect to see their vehicles also on the junk pile in the near future.

They truly achieved their dream. A 100% failure rate guarantee for every vehicle produced and you cant resell them, no one wants a used ev pawned onto them. Trade in gets you next to nothing Example. The first chevy volts. You can get one cheap now but since the battery is discontinued theres a 300-400% mark up. I think the last one I read about was 30k$ for the battery alone

Just think about how many speedbumps there are in this country. Every one of them could potentially total a EV . How many EV have they already totaled?

Man, I love these videos. Good stuff Uncle Tony!

Before you buy an EV, you might want to spend money on an extended visit with a SHRINK to find out what's wrong with you. I'll keep my Tundra with 5.7 thank you.

MGUY Australia is another EV info channel a bit like Geoff buys cars, but he gets to the point without rattling on like Geoff does.

I’ll bet someday if you trade in an EV you’ll pay hazardous disposal fees😮

I would bet that most EV buyers don't even see these things as automobiles. they see them as transportation devices and have no emotional attachment to them. What happens when your 60 inch flatscreen takes a dump? You sneak it out the dumpster at 2 am and go buy a new one.

Common sense is a curse uncle T. Unfortunately, you've been blessed with the ability to decipher the lunacy... but welcome to our small but futile club. We love the vids keep them coming

They'll subsidize you buying the car or give you tax credits. All of that "hidden value" becomes apparent when you have to make a major repair. The government interfered in this market, and now it does not function correctly, and consumers never see it coming.

Tony , bottom line is: the government wants to be in control or you and your vehicle.

What's really "Ironiq" -- picture how many people are buying EVs because they think they're helping the planet, then think of the extra greenhouse gas emissions that go into recycling and completely replacing a car that was only in service for a year.

Worked for a Hyundai dealer all last year… these Ionics typically loose 10-30% (from a fully charged battery) of their charge while sitting on the lot. So once a customer buys one they have to wait a day or so to take it home. Also the range decreases rapidly the moment you turn the a/c or heat on.

The CAD assisted design is always 'right', old engineers that know better have been chased out.. Due to this, and the need to speed projects so fast, Entropy has entered deep into the design systems and engineering lunacy is taking hold.

We need guys like you to last for ever💓

And what do they do with the old battery???

15 mm: That's about 5/8ths for us regular humans. God I love that quote!

Anyway, I think I pointed this out under one of your other videos. My mechanic is putting a new engine in my RAM 1500 right now. I bought the engine and had it shipped to him. Brand new, fresh remanufactured 5.7 Hemi Eagle. Cost of the engine: just under 4 grand. The labor and the rest will cost me another 2 to 3 grand, depending on how many peripherals need to be replaced. No way I end up paying more than 7 grand for the whole thing, and I get a fresh 5 year unlimited mileage warranty on this new engine. Why did I do it? Well, because the same truck brand new goes for 100 grand these days, that's why. But forget about the cost of a new truck. Compare this complete engine replacement with the replacement cost of these batteries in these electric cars. The 60,000 Canadian Hyundai example is an extreme, but even normal circumstances deliver you a 15-20 K replacement bill. No one is saving money by driving an electric car.

I'll stick with a 1972 C-20, throw a distributer, carb, starter , fuel pump , under the seat and a few hand tools, you can fix it unless you throw a rod ....

My country has annual vehicle safety inspections and it has come to a surprise to few EV owners that any dent, no matter how minor, around battery box area is automatic fail. Of course fixing such dent at dealer costs an arm and a leg because they'll want to change whole battery just not to be reliable for damages if the thing goes ablaze few months after. I've heard people filling these dents with bondo and underbody sealant. Eventually manufacturers will encase the batteries better but it must suck to buy new 50k car and have it fail for something so stupid.

Connecticut installs potholes to punish those who travel there.

These videos from you get views because you are talking about something everyone is talking about and you have a very intelligent view on current affairs. Thank you Uncle tony And kathy!

That was fantastic. We need to spread the word. The ironiq is a great name.

As a kid I was 4 wheeling in my 83 camry . I cracked the oil pan, when I got home it was empty on oil. I put a new pan on filled her up and drove her around for 2 more years until I sold her to a buddy. Electric cars are dumb, weak technology

Tony think about this one, the car is a couple of years old and a wheel bearing gives out, now you have the control arm may be damaged, so the bottom drags. Have seen it numerous times, so these EV's are likely to become more problems than they are worth, literally.

Friends of ours bought a new Toyota truck to tow their horse trailer, and the dealership guaranteed it would be able to tow their trailer. They wait a couple of months for the 5th wheel hitch, when they hooked up the trailer the lights on the trailer won't work. Turns out the small gauge wire on the truck won't handle the lights on an older trailer. Dealership agreed to replace all lights on the trailer with LED lights so it would work.

Thank God for an Italian on a mission.

Also remember that if you financed that EV, and it gets totaled and sold off for well under your loan amount, you still owe the bank the difference. What is the Ionic chassis worth at auction without it's battery?

Tony, we've been trying to make people aware of the issues with EV's since the government announced that they were going to ban production (and in some cases refuse to register existing) of ICE vehicles. We're called Boomers (which I am not) that don't want to get rid of buggy whips. We don't need a class action lawsuit. This is on our Government, and the stubborn people that bought into this grift, and bought them anyway.

Channels like this have inspired me to keep an older car as a daily and actually do some of the easier maintenance for myself. I just replaced the exhaust on my f-150 yesterday.

Can you imagine the insurance cost for an EV?

Love your work man!. My local mechanic also thinks like you. He's the guy you go to to get done what the big shops won't do. Things like repairing systems like AC rather than insisting to replace the whole system.

I still cringe and grit my teeth when I bottom out on pavement. It hurts me inside as I wait for the wobble, or loss of fluids that, so far, hasn't come

I'm in Canada and saw that video a few days ago and it blew my mind. For starters, Hyundai designed the vehicle with a thin, plastic, cover/shield/skid plate that is inadequate for it's purpose, which is to protect the battery. The manufacturer is well aware that a minor bump of the battery can compromise the battery's function. The dealer didn't even remove the skid plate to inspect the battery, before determining that the battery must be replaced. The vehicle is running just fine with no battery performance issues, but after the "bump", it could randomly combust at any time or during the charging process, which could burn the owners garage and house to the ground. If the owner had not contacted the dealer or his insurance, he could have sold the vehicle to an unsuspecting buyer and passed the problem onto the new buyer. A new buyer would not be aware that a minor scratch to the skid plate could be a very major issue. The insurance company has deemed the vehicle to be non-repairable, at that repair cost and the vehicle is now uninsurable. The vehicle was about $58 K (CND) when it was new and as a used vehicle it's worth about $40 K, if it is pristine condition, with zero issues. A $61 K replacement battery is absolutely insane. The bottom line is; (1) Nobody should ever buy a used electric vehicle. (2) We must assume, that any used electric vehicle is a catastrophic hazard. (3) Any and all used electric vehicles have ZERO value regardless of age. (4) All electric vehicles are one owner vehicles only. (5) When the initial vehicle owner needs, or wishes to change or upgrade to new vehicle, the existing vehicle must be disposed of by recycling and scrapping the vehicle. Does not sound like an environmentally friendly product to me.

Somebody is going to buy that Ioniq at Copart for almost nothing and drive it for years.

Great video. I think that this is a twofold problem. One problem is the immaturity of EV design and experience. This leads to the situation described in the video, where the battery design is complex and the integration of the battery in the vehicle is more so. Time and experience will make this better. A big step forward would be to introduce some standardization on packaging limits and compatibility. However, as EV technology matures this sort of thing should get better. The other side of the coin is more problematic. New cars can and will hack into your phone and steal your data, soon for sale by the car company. Or for reporting to the authorities, at the car company's discretion. Self-repossesion or at least immobilization is at hand. Your driving behavior will be monitored and if the algorithms determine that this behavior is inappropriate you will be shut down or even reported. We are very close to a point where buying a car only gives you the ability to operate it, and then only within predetermined parameters. This all adds up to a particularly odious example of technological overreach into our personal lives, and I, for one, will have no part of it. With rare exceptions, governments of all types will abuse their ability to interfere in the lives of their citizens. This has been made much worse by the private sector's monetizing our data. In my opinion some regulations with teeth need to be emplaced to curb this tendancy, ideally a constitutional amendment. I try hard not to be paranoid, but the more I find out about how data is collected and used the more it upsets me. George Orwell was right, he was just about 40 years too early with 1984 as his book's title.

If this chair is rockin' ... Listen up--UT is talkin'!!!😎

Consumers can either pay higher car insurance or higher taxes to fix the roads. Remember when they took freon out of fridges, the new ones didn't last near as long and the repair costs were huge.

They are not ICE cars. They are NORMAL cars for normal people!

You have to wonder about the tepid engineering in the vehicle also. I've bottomed out my suspension in a number of cars, and it's always been the suspension that's bottomed out onto the bump stops - _not_ the vehicle body/frame bottoming out onto the road surface.

When I was 18-19 I had a 77 Camero with a 350-350. One night going a little fast went over a set of train tracks that were basically a jump ramp got airborne and when I landed crushed my brand new duel exhaust system. Even flattened out the headers. Pulled over checked out the damage then rolled a bone and went on my way.

Proud Boomer here. Been restoring and customizing vehicles for over 35 years. Easily have owned over 50 in my lifetime. Only about 10 being newer than from the 80’s. As owner of a body shop. Ive seen a few EV’s come in my shop. Never, ever, will I remotely consider buying one. Give me an ICE vehicle any day!

The fact I had to go to 4 different places to buy a spark plug locally to complete the oil change & tune-up for my gas generator leads me to think there is a larger push to phase out our internal combustion machines. I did find it eventually at an independent small engine repair shop. I should have went there first, we need to support these local old school shops. Oh the Spark plug I needed? An NGK BPR4ES spark plug for my Yamaha engine equipped Rigid 6800W (8500W Peak) Generator.

uncle Tony , perhaps next year , you could make a video , on how to build a battery in your garage . the cost of a ev battery is ridiculous .

Don’t forget the dealer didn’t even remove the battery cover to check before condemning it and voided the guys warranty so the car became instantly worthless.

You gotta sit in that chair out in front of the shop and shake your fist and yell at everyone that goes by.

Keep hammering the EV Junk!

I love that you watch Geoff Buys Cars. One of my favourite channels, besides yours of course.

I love that uncle Tony acknowledges that he’s a boomer and that seeing all the kinks of automotive electrification is a guilty pleasure for him 😂

Outstanding that you have a Seabee flag on your wall I spent 12 years in the Seabee with NMCB 62 and RNMCB25 from 1980 to 1992. Thank you for your service.

Here's a thought. Was the forward mount for the plastic cover pushed back causing the cover to buckle creating the 15mm difference? No issue with the battery at all?

With the damage you described, he's actually lucky he didn't have a reactive battery fire. Although he probably would have been better off insurance wise. My son ran over a muffler in the middle of the interstate once. The metal fuel tank shield did its job thankfully! Still driving that 2013 town and country 5 years later 🙋🏼‍♂️

The worst thing about it is we're all paying insurance premiums has gone up 19 percent on everyone.

The buyers of these EV's can't be made aware of the risks because they wear an impenetrable suit of armour called "Stupidity" and that is what the manufacturers and dealers are banking on. It's practically a renewable resource for them. Infinite stupidity.

I bought a 75 Plymouth valiant with the Iconic slant 6 1bbl. It's 48 years olds and hope it will last another 50 years, wich will probably ! Hahahahaha!

The ironic thing at the end made me almost loose my lunch with laughter 😅. Thankyou for this video which I feel is basically a community service and points out the insanity of the world atm these big shit heads getaway with this because we let them . Keep up the good work uncle 👍

Apparently we cannot get replacement key fobs for Tesla's in Australia because Tesla ignored our new regulations on button batteries so their key fobs are prohibited. Somebody had theirs fail and had to get their car towed to a location where they had cell signal so they could use their phone to open and 'start' it.

I just bought a 4.6L 2V 2009 Town Car with 22,000 miles in near mint condition for $8000!

Tony... Great media again bro keep it up

Frustrating to read of the battery. As for the wiring of the LEDs, I get it. I put some LED lights in the footwells of my 69 Fairlane, in the end it turned out well. However the wires on the LEDs were ridiculously fine; like working with needle & thread

Gotta love how this is supposed to be America the LAND OF THE FREE. Damn these corporations and politicians!

We just got hit with $10k worth of warranty work on our 2021 Ford Edge (thank goodness Ford is standing behind it) because someone bumped the front of it. No Visible Damage, No Leaks (it looks brand new underneath) Not even enough of a hit to bend the license plate. But it took the inner cooler, which took the engine and left us stranded 5 hours from home in central Utah. Thank Goodness we had enough Hotel Points to cover the 3 days we were stuck in Utah waiting to get a loaner car (from Ford) to get back home to Idaho. $10K for a 2L 4 cylinder! I can build 2 complete V8 Cars for that Price that will take a hit like that, and not even scratch the bumper! This Stuff Is Out of Hand! The Ford Dealership in Provo Utah is great about all of this and gave us absolutely NO grief or bark in this, but What the Heck! When the warranty runs out on that thing, it's Gone! I don't care if it's a Big Block V8 that only gets 10 miles per gallon, that is a whole lot cheaper than getting hit with $10k because someone bumps it in a parking lot! Not to mention the money I save doing Haggerty Insurance instead of insuring a "New Car". I pay the same to insure my 1968 Mercury for a whole year as it cost Per Month on that Edge! Yeah this stuff is insane UTG, total insanity at best!