If you’re still wondering whether it’s worth it financially to get an electric vehicle, a new study out of B.C. may have an answer. After considering a number of factors, researchers at UBC found out how much you would have to drive to make an EV cost the same as a gas-powered vehicle and that it’s best to buy smaller, less expensive EVs.
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2030 in the UK. Going to be a sad day 😥
I spend $5 per tank… vs $75 for gas, no brake jobs, no oil changes. pretty simple
If you can afford 2 then why do I need to completely switch. EVs have a new type of convenience they open up.
As an electrical engineer the power grid is not equipped to handle a full ev adoption and the government is only concerned with the sale of EVs and not the infrastructure. Unless something changes full adoption isn’t happening.
Really bad.
Personally nowadays I prefer an electric vehicle that has an onboard generator that only recharges the battery.
I heard battery replacement is 30k to 40k including labour charged. So after 4 or 5yrs if you are ready to sell it theb buyer will say sell it for 2k because i have to change the battery soon😂
I found they are vastly cheaper as 90% of all EV charging is completed at home and there is no maintenance/servicing cost
2035 is a neat trick. BC Hydro has said that it will be able to support 350,000 EV’s by 2030. There are more than 5 million road vehicles in BC.
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Government officials should research infrastructure before laying down unworkable mandates.
Trudeau’s plan to eliminate gas is idiotic and not necessary. It’s a very small problem that distracts us from, more serious issues. Good thing we are going to vote him out, in the next election.
No matter, Trudeau will be gone a full decade before His mandated EV fantasy engages,…….and it will be long cancelled shortly after Mr. Twinkle-socks gets cancelled!
For maximum range, dont use heat or ac, dont put stuff in the trunk, and make sure your passengers are not obese. And for those chilly days when temps are below zero, well, just use your backup car (Subaru)…
After 5 years that battery is toast
2035?…..right
People tend to forget EV car not only has battery but electric motor and controller that need to be maintained or replaced if they broke down. And it surely expensive
The sky is FALLING… the SKY IS FALLING
Wow, this short clip sure generated a lot of misinformed comments
Own an electric vehicle not worth it
None of the studies factor the time value of money. I.e. no value attributed to the additional capital cost.
Canadians have laid out a mandate to eliminate the Trudeau government!
🖕 electric ⚡️ 🚮
And Prime TV doesn’t have commercials. I hear Netflix stock just went up.
When it comes time to work on it you will need a mechanic, a computer tech AND a EV specialist good luck finding all those at your neigb shop
what about down the road repairs battery replacement oh my gosh I don't know
Then the increase demand on power plants negate any emissions reduction. Want to save the planet? Buy an old classic car and restore and drive it instead of buying a new car
Too expensive, more charging stations are needed, grids need to improve like in California, takes too long to charge..too many cons and not enough pros to compensate for the price
Electric cars don't do well with freezing temperatures
The country has been burning year round now. We need cheaper E.V.s
If you run out of gas, get a gas can and fill up. If you run out of electricity, tow truck. Get in an accident? EV totaled every single time. Then ur insurance rates jacks up.
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Save money? Disposable cars! Foolish Wokeism😢
Wait about 15 years more and see what a problem EVs will make and its allot more expensive in the end…you can drive a gas car to 1 million miles if you take care of it with basic service,but EVs you have to change batteries and motors several times to get to that mileage…worse for the planet and worse for the pocket.
He doesn’t tell you that EVs are more expensive to repair, more expensive to insure and do much more damage to roads because they are 40% heavier than gas powered vehicles. And once most people have one, charging prices will increase and they will be road taxes to pay for road repairs.
In 2024? definitely not unless you can keep that thing running for decades, in 2050? definitely compared to now. Hell we just found a new source of lithium
So buy electric cars (to help big companies) and Trudeau raised the carbon tax to poor citizens? No thank you.
You can't run them in winter, Canada is too cold…😂😂
imagine every time you filled up a ICE car a small amount of sand gets in the tank and its there forever. in time there will be less and less room for gas . so less distance every time you fill up . this is the issue with batteries . halfway thru the warranty you will lose a good portion of the batteries capacity. cold climates will speed this up due to more energy being used to condition(heat) the battery. they say 70k kms travelled is where you start to see the savings. and in 70k more you will want to swap out that battery
As long as people still can't afford their house (NOT rental), EV does not make sense because noone wants to go and wait at the charging station for 1-2 hours. People buy EV because they can charge it at home and not visit a gas/charging station.
Only mooslems on news now. Thanks to cbc agenda.
Our grid can’t even handle if half of Canada had Evs
It’s a plan to collapse the grid! Honestly
What is the cost of replacing tires and breaks for a for a electric vehicle versus a regular vehicle or replacing batteries for that matter! Replacing batteries on a electric vehicle is astronomical.
You asked a question to start video and never answered it!
Maybe if we had the infrastructure for it… but i wouldn't trust driving an electric vehicle through the mountains, or anywhere outside the city limits in Alberta…
Freaking dictators the lot of them. Subsidize expensive EVs that only the rich can afford. Squeeze poor people with older cars with taxes who cannot afford to upgrade. Outright evil.
If there is 0% carbon tax, then maybe
We're saving $350/month on gas alone on our 2023 Tesla EV and our first service appointment is in Jan 2026 to change cabin filter. So very happy with the EV. The government should introduce lower insurance for EVs though.
Every battery that is made, there's 10lbs of waste. The mining for materials causes more pollution in one day than all of the gas powered cars do in a single year. Power goes out for a week because of a winter storm or high heat and guess what, ya godda call your neighbor that has a gas powered car. Cities towns and country's power grids can't handle charging all of the ev vehicles so power outages would happen daily and businesses would take losses due to employees not being able to make it to work, the economy would go down hill. If ya godda drive ten hours for a trip, that trip would take probably 15 or a whole day and night because of stopping to charge and then having to sleep. Why not just have every car and truck as a hybrid with battery and gas. That wouldn't happen either because the government's would take a loss. And you can't get rid of natural gasses. oh ya, not to mention that moving parts on a vehicle needs oils and lubricants so ya won't be able to get rid of the use of oil either. This whole ev thing will end and has already started going down hill.
Trudeau government You must buy these EVs. Auto Manufacturers " Yes that's the price …inflation….
The only electric vehicle you’ll see me in is on a golf course
If you people in the city are do die hard we all must switch , you should come to where people like myself live and in February-30 to -40 head to Winnipeg , it’s only a 6 hr drive one way , pretend your gonna medical run !