The reality of living with an EV that nobody talks about !!

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Had an online discussion with someone who must have been in NYC or LA while I'm from a large city in the center of the U.S. I have never even SEEN a charging station, this guy said they're everywhere. I'm in an apartment with unassigned outdoor parking, he said every apartment has its own charger. He's one of those people that think, "The whole world is exactly like what I experience." Different worlds dude, different worlds.

In the Netherlands, you can go to the local government and apply to have a charger installed in the street where you live, close to your home. There are already over 140.000 public chargers and that number doubles every 2 years.

Imagine living in a block of apartments and having to wait in line to boil your kettle.

Hi Pete, very informative video. My son recently purchased an EV as he lives on a small development with a wall charger. He discovered that the 7kw charger was only configured to 3.5kw. He challenged the developer who informed he that the Power supplier had requested this because if all the properties used an EV that the sub station would not be able to cope. We have a very long way to go before we are ready for EV’s.

The funny/ ironic thing about subsidies (tariffs) for "early adopters" is that they're just discounts for the wealthy. As prices become affordable for the middle class, the subsidies evaporate--and yet again, we collectively subsidize the wealth gap.

When I was young there were certain programmes on TV that millions would watch,I was told the power stations would know when the programme went to break or ended there was a power surge because people turned the kettle on. If everyone is charging these things at night say goodbye to off-peak power prices.

Hi Pete. Thanks for the video. Regarding taxation, I live in the state of Virginia in the US. Here when we register our EV, and we have 2, we pay a tax to the DMV to replace the fuel tax we are not paying. Works ok except you pay either a flat fee or based on actual mileage, but we pay for the whole year at once archer in little bits at each fill up.

A point to consider for those of us living in older streets of terraced housing is that, even if we could have a charge point of our own, we don't have any more right than anyone else to park outside our own home - unless it's a private road, or we have resident parking spaces (which are usually quite expensive). This country is still a long way off being prepared for "enforcement by stealth" EV ownership - unless that's part of the agenda whereby motoring will soon revert to being a privilege for the wealthy.

I can't charge at home and found your acknowledgement of the difficulties highly supportive. Thank you. If someone asked me to sum up my several years' EV driving experience in one word, I'd say 'unpredictable', and I'd also urge them not to become an EV driver unless they can charge at home. Thanks again.

Great video! This hits so many important issues on living with an EV. As Retiree in the US who enjoys exploring our vast country we opted for a hybrid SUV. We've taken several 1500 mile trips and it's practical and reasonably economical at 30-35 MPG.

My honest opinion is that the future will involve a lot less personal car ownership and a lot more shared / public transport use.

At a dealership this summer in Canada, a Mach E in GT trim had a price tag of $CDN88k. The petrol version, 5.0l V8 in GT trim was $CDN52K. I can buy a lot of petrol for the difference!!

One thing that still bothers me about EV's is the assumption that life is predictable. I drive it, I take it home and charge it and as you said the next morning I'm ready to go. Life isn't always that predictable. You get back home, you've used most of your range and a family emergency etc. happens and suddenly you have no vehicle you can use immediately. The time to charge is still a huge drawback. They definitely have a place in the future but they can't be the total solution. Where I live in Canada we can get feet of snow in a short time and the winter temperatures could kill you if you had no power in the car and became stranded. I guess my point is don't treat them as a complete solution. They simply aren't.

I 100 % agree with everything you said !!! I live in the United States, and I have thought about all these issues also. I recently had to buy a new vehicle ( was in an accident and my truck was totalled ). I researched various models and decided that in my current driving universe, a good hybrid was the best choice. I purchased a 2023 Honda Accord Sport-L. 8 months into owning it and I loooooooove it !! Never needs charging. Has a 12 gallon gas tank that fuels the 4 cylinder engine that mainly charges the battery ( only when the regen braking is not enough ), which in turn powers the 2 electric motors. Everything works seamlessly. You don't do anything but just drive it. I'm getting 44-50 miles per gallon... 550 to 600 miles per tank. No power box or public charging to ever worry about. Now, I am not telling anyone to buy this car, but I am telling everyone that a 'Hybrid' vehicle is probably the best alternative at this time of our lives.... 👍

My opinion is yes you can live without your own wallbox. I have my ev for almost 8 months. We charge 4-5 times per month at supermarkets it’s enough for us to do everything that we want. We rent open parking and we don’t have wallbox. So it depends on you and your daily routine. Living with an ev is a diffent story. Before the ev we had a car with lpg. For both cars we had a plan where can you full etc. If you are organised as a person you will be love it if not… I wish you good luck!

Hi Pete—-a very important aspect of EVs politicians totally ignore is the natural resources needed for a battery. There are only about 6 countries that have enough deposits of Lithium (and other resources) to keep the batteries running….and the UK and the US are NOT two of them. At least with lead acid batteries the metals, sulfuric acid, and distilled water are readily available.

You are absolutely freakin' RIGHT. It's absolutely amazing how greatly the motoring press have engaged EVs without scrutinizing the elephant in the room.

I had a coworker who bragged about his Tesla saying he is not worried about gas prices and feels sorry for the rest of us gas users. Hes also huge on solar. So i tell him, "Ok so you spent $23k on your solar panels to be installed on to your roof, spent about $50k on your tesla, and another $5k - $10k to install a certified electric outlet to charge your car. Sure youd spend about $17 - $30 on a fill charge but every time you do so, you go to a resturant to grab food to pass time as you wait till your car is charged. The food you spend in resturant as time passing is roughly $15 - $20. Combone that with the charge fees, yiu spend aboit the same if you were paying for fuel. And to avoid paying $4.49 a gallon of fuel, you spent roughly $80k to avoid paying $4.49." He just looked at me blank like i showed him a new dimension.

Good point. We are lucky enough to have off-street parking and solar- happy days. But you are right; no affordable-street parking=no ev. However in Bedford we have on-street 7kw charges going in and all the council owned car parks have least 4 points with space for wheel chair users to navigate around the car. Still not enough but better than Sandy, just up the road from us with only 1 public charge point!(foot note - the new development on Riverside Square in Bedford has a dedicated ev park with around 20 charge points ranging from 7kw to fast chargers)