*Mercedes 'B' Class that can get 2 Mountain bikes in rear without dismantling them, and on a Ski Holiday at Saalbach [sadly 5 years ago] got 3 passengers and all luggage including Ski's in with 1/3 seat down. Model W246 B200 CDi and 143 MPH (Verified by Sat-Nav) on Autobahn and on non-stop return trip 797 Miles **14:14** hours Average 54 MPH [inc Ferry] and 50.4 MPG. Since then got a 2019 [W247] B200CDi with all the kit - absolutely amazing and so quiet most passengers think they are in an Electric Version - I kid you not, at 60mph in 8th Gear engine 1100 RPM totally silent, on a good road like floating on air - and have achieved 85.6 MPG over 108 Miles at Average Speed of 53 mph !*

*Fact is Modern Diesels emit less CO2 (Euro 6) and have AdBlue Technology and enormous torque at low revs - love my B200 8 Speed AMG CDi [2019] with all the kit - 85.6 MPG over 108 Miles at Average Speed of 53 MPH and engine so quiet you can hear every word in songs playing from Multi-Media System - rarely seen over 2000 rpm and in Eco Mode if chosen can FreeWheel for Miles ! Hey Mercedes Take me home !*

*I have a 2019 Mercedes W247 B200 CDi that I have achieved 85.6 MPG over 106 Miles, and the Emissions (Cleaned with additional Catalytic Convertors, and aided by AdBlue) to reduce Nitrous Oxide (NOx) is one of the new breed [Euro 6] and .08 Parts per Million. By 2025 Euro 7 even tougher EU7 limits due mid-decade - are impressively clean, with sufficient exhaust after-treatment built in to trap the nasties that give Diesel a bad name.*

*I am not for one minute disputing 'Climate Change/Global Warming' but would contest strongly that is is not caused by Humans, but a natural cycle that has occured over Millions of Years. Where I am sitting now [Midlands UK] a mere 12,000 Years ago was under ½ mile thick Ice Sheet. I kid you not Mammoth Lake nearby. All these **_Measures_** proposed to Halt or Reverse it are pathetic and will not make the slightest difference' The most stupid of all is halting what are now very efficient clean ICE Cars and replacing them with Dirty Electric that only the most wealthy can afford initially and have off road/Garage parking to enable them to recharge overnight (for a full recharge up to several days) Quite honestly I see this as a way to Tax the average person for the benefit of the wealthy who running an EV pay no Road Tax/Fuel Tax and even get a Government Grant when purchasing one. There is a £34 Billion Black Hole set to appear in the future and I dread the future for our Children/Grandchildren after the gigantic **-astronomical-** costs Covid19 has caused. Wait until 98% efficient Gas Boilers are prohibited and have to spend £15-20k on a Heat pump that is most **-useless-** inefficient in the Winter [cold] Months when little or no Solar Power and on a still day Zero Wind Power. Nuclear Fission may be the answer but until that time Quote "UK Government Advisor {Allegra Stratton} on Global Warming will continue using my elderly VW Diesel - say no more !*

Great video. I don't have a full EV, but I do have the next best thing. I currently have a 2013 Toyota Auris 1.8 Hybrid. I get between 65 to 76 mpg Highways and much more city. It's a much much cheaper car to run than my previous car which was a 1.6 VW Golf Highline Petrol. That car got 48 to 52 mpg. I do have a fairly light foot. Overall the Toyota has saved me a total of 800 to 900 a year in fuel. I'm thinking of getting either a Toyota Prius Plug-In or a 62 KW Nissan Leaf as a choice for my next car.

range and time charging along with charge costs is peeps immediate thoughts . The battery life overall is down the line the one that brings up the issue when outside of manufacturer warranty due to either high mileage or the warrantied years either a repair or having to replace it with a brand new ££££££ or a refurbed £££ which will have a smaller time warranty. I still feel for the domestic mkt ev is the best of all the evils as hydrogen got shelved by the car manufacturers

5:24 0.07 pence per mile without road duty. Is same as 0.15 pence per mile with Road Duty (and the 20% vat on Road Duty that we pay) So if you equalised the taxation charge. The real cost would be the same. And that equalisation of taxation is inevitable at some point soon.

I just went EV. I’ve never been interested in engines, oil and gear boxes. To me, combustions sound too much and never react as soon as I want them. Interesting video. Not sure I got the message of you went back to diesel though.

Evs are mind numbingly boring to be in…it’s like a subversive form of Mind Control…no buttons to press, nothing to look at inside, nothing engine noise to listen to, anxiety over topping up……it doesn’t take Einstein to conclude that EV=MC2

My 1997 Discovery with 382000 miles still gets 500+ miles to a tank and costs £70 to fill up with biodiesel from a local farm

I never need to fill up at motorway services because my car has a 750 mile range and diesel is easily available everywhere. Not comparable to an EV with perhaps 300 mile range when you don't know if there'll be a queue for the next charge point or they're out of order.

The second I can buy an EV that I don’t have to drive or interact with other than select on an app where I want it to take me I’m in!! Oh and I also want wireless charging built into my drive so I don’t have to plug it in ! Cmon my phone has done that for years 😂

lets talk depreciation of EV's ???

Only an idiot can't see that EVs are not only totally inconvenient but cost a fortune more than diesels

Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend , Despite some technical issues, Especially that power steering, 11th and ninth not bad mate, Hopefully you'll be able to do it again the future, Also glad to hear your family had A great day out

So the moral of the story is that...EV's are better than ICE! Love it!

lol, all the people who are saying that it's cheaper to run a petrol/diesel car... maybe you're from the US of A. but fuel costs a lot in much of the world, as well as service and repairs, and of course we haven't spoken about environmental costs. Those who don't drive much, I get it, going electric doesn't make much difference, and it does cost a lot both to buy and environmentally up front. If you were to just say, I want a car that goes from A to B without much hastle and i don't care that I'm putting diesel fumes into the air, then live up to it. You can also say that electric cars will have higher depreciation rates because battery prices are going down. But I find it so funny is the ignorant people who can only come up with the reason of "it costs a lot to replace the battery" when battery replacements for electric cars are probably even more rare than ICE engine replacements and transmission replacements, which aren't exactly cheap either.

A petrol or diesel Tesla would be much more successful for Tesla.

I had a kia EV, in terms of space and power more than i ever need, but i do long stints(120 km one way or more) but the tax benefits are decreasing and as a companycar i had costs of 300 euro a month (12%tax) but if i remain using the same car in 1,5 years that will be 500 euro a month. Looking at a diesel or PHEV for the next car, cause ice is 23% tax and EV is gonna be 22% tax.

75000km in my model 3 and easily the best car I have owned so far

🤔What will your fuel savings mean when you have to replace the battery at some point in the future that will cost you more than half the cost of the entire car when you bought it.

The reason I don't have an EV is because it don't do pops, bangs, bwap bwap, braappppp like my BMW M4.

Thousands of moving parts, compared to the tens of thousands of electrical connections in the humungous battery in the EV, I'll take the ICE vehicle thanks. Go watch a few video's showing thermal runaway and it might change your mind.

Sorry dudes. Real person here. In 5 years of my model 3, I’ve replaced….tires

Gone back to oil, oil changes, timing chains, transmission, transmission oil, o2, o2 sensors, fuel injectors, pistons, piston rods, valves, valve springs, gaskets, head gaskets, gasoline/ diesel. Yea. Makes sense.

I'd love to get a scrapped tesla, remove the battery, and figure out how to install a diesel motor to produce electricity for the electric motors. A diesel electric Tesla would be awesome!

I'm retired now, at the time my annual mileage dropped drastically and it's still falling. I have experienced thousands of miles in my friend's Model 3 Tesla. If I could easily upgrade to an EV I would. But with my requirements it would only offer marginal benefits, with a very substantial investment. Perhaps one day, but not yet.

Go back to horse! And go back to a cave! 🤣

I agree with you that electric cars are more relaxed overall, less noise, less vibrations but this video kinda comes off as you presenting EVs in the most favorable light possible, and looking for solutions to their downsides while not offering the same favor to ICE cars. - ICE cars that allow you to precondition the interior before you enter them exist - You can use gloves to avoid having the pump nozzle leaving the nasty diesel smell on your hands. I think a latex glove + maybe a scented wipe after throwing the glove away should keep your hand smelling very nice. - Waking up to a fully charged electric car at home is so nice only because it prevents you from having to go to a charging station which is a bigger hassle when compared to an ICE car. - Adding to the previous point, your audi doesn't seem very economical with only 45 mpg uk, added to the relatively small fuel tank it leads to not covering that many more miles than in your previous EV, another diesel might have made you feel that benefit more. - Speaking of clunks and whizzes and bangs, when you go over something in an ICE car and you hear a scrape or something hit, you wonder if your front bumper hasn't been scratched too badly and if your exhaust hasn't been damaged. When it happens in an electric car and you happen to be driving a Hyundai ioniq 5 in Canada, it might be the start of a series of events that leads to you receiving a $60 k (canadian) quote for replacing the scratched battery and your car eventually being written off.

My 21 6 speed Kia forte got mid 40's mpg and was about $40 to fill (before Bidens prices kicked in) Absolutely no reason to buy some soulless EV trashbox. If my Kia was available in a diesel with the manual I absolutely would've went that route but the corrupt epa said we can't have them.

Is that you Joe?

The reason I drive petrol is because there are no electric cars in my price category.

Good for you for going back to diesel, but no manual transmission? Coma.

What this all was about... You are having some serious chrisis or what.

ive never seen someone so unhappy about driving a brand new audi xD

nice video, but wrong camera position. try to place it a bit lower next time.

Wow what a ride And a great view through that window

You can buy a 16amp granny charger for around £100 which gives 3.6 KW. AS LONG AS YOUR CIRCUIT IS BIG ENOUGH , IT'S A USEFUL SPEED IF YOU CAN'T FIT THE 7KW ONE.

I've been charging my 24kWh Leaf from a 3-pin socket for nearly a year now. Works fine. I need about 17 kWh to do a 50-mile round trip comfortably. We need more destination charging though.. would make life much easier for many people. Most people drive to a work / public car park, so it makes sense to slow-charge while the car is sat doing nothing all day. If it's cheap (e.g. 25p/kWh) it would make an EV a good choice for lots of commuters.

Thanks for the info

How much does it cost at home

Over time in a less than a couple of decades or sooner every Tom, Dick, and Harry will be driving an EV and will want nothing else because the alternative will be expensive as hell to drive. Or do you perhaps think the black stuff coming out of the ground will be coming out endlessly? Car manufacturers who aren't doing EV's , while they still can and have the money for it, will be dead and gone by the time EV will become a necessity. People can all rant and complain however much they want, EV's will be a fact and there's nothing anyone can do about it. But I do sure hope I can drive my ICE car for as long as it is reasonable for my wallet.

Something that often gets misrepresented when it comes down to discussions about EVs and criticism related to them is that people supposedly say "it's impossible to use them". This is not actually correct. It is possible but not actually sensible or convenient. Why would I want to deal with the hassle of searching for public charging stations which may be however far away from my home? I'd have to park the car there to charge it up and then move it again later or otherwise I might have to pay additional fees for blocking the charger. It's also more expensive to use these chargers making the point of owning an EV (to save money on fuel) redundant in the first place. So of course it can be done. The question is do I want to buy an EV with all the annoying aspects of the recharging? And the answer is no. It's like the Tesla debate about the Cybertruck where Musk claimed "They said it can't be done but we did it anyway". No one really said it couldn't be done though. Many just said it's stupid to build that thing. Anyway if you are happy with your EV then that's good for you. I hope it works well. I hope you can accept though that there will be lots of people though that want to stick with ICE cars as they definitely have advantages. I don't want to block EVs. Whoever wants to buy them should buy them. But ICE cars for the foreseeable future should remain as well until an actual better alternative is developed. EVs definitely are not the solution.

Whenever I have used a fast charger, it has been very expensive. I set a timer for the car to slow charge at night when the electricity is cheapest. But otherwise, it would not be much more expensive to drive an ICE car.

You should have just bought a Tesla. Tesla Superchargers are available everywhere. I have a 2020 model Y and my wife has a 2018 model 3. So, far everything is great. Cheaper than gas. No oil changes. No smog tests. Not much maintenance. We love our EVs. We will never go back to gas again - to us, a gas car is like driving a horse and wagon.

I've had 2 EVs and lived in apartments with no private parking (street parking) and I successfully survived. The first one was a Hyundai. I lived about 15 mins from a charger that went up to 75KWh. I wasn't using the car much so a full charge would last me a week. I used to go at night to charge the car and either watch a movie, tv show or play some games while waiting for it to charge. Second one a Tesla. I lived 15 mins away from a Supercharger and this time I drove a lot for work, so I went twice a week for ~40 mins to get the range I needed. Some people might think it's very inconvenient to be worrying about chargers and ranges, I would say is just another way of looking at transportation and you get used to it. Rather than taking it as an additional chore, you must take it as an opportunity to do something else while you charge. Could be catching up on social media, a book, your me time, even while you grocery shop or eat.

And how many people drive 286bhp company cars? EV's are always considerably more powerful than ICE equivalents. Quite frankly, for a £5 saving, I'd stick with ICE so I don't have to get up at 6am to charge my car and I can go 400 miles without any degree of range anxiety. EV technology is not yet where it needs to be, super charge electric prices are too expensive and many still force people into subscriptions to get reasonable charging rates which I think should be legislated against. You don't see dual-pricing for petrol/diesel and when I fill up my ICE car, For people who don't have any option other than commercial charging, I really don't see what advantage an EV has. The only way I'd possibly consider an EV is if it was a company car. By the way, I usually fill up my ICE car at Haydock island.

Interesting video, I’m on the fence whether to buy an EV so some good insights. An Ionity charging site is being built in my city so high speed charging is coming which will make a big difference. I disliked the video as you asked, what was the effect? 😝

My son's colleague's dad has MG ZS EV long range, and he did 60000 miles in last two years, while using only a granny charger at home (renting), and charging at Tesco Pod-Point. On the trips they used Ionity. He drives slow and managed 400miles on a charge from that car!