What's cheaper in the REAL WORLD? An EV or a 30 year old PETROL (turbo automatic!)

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Published 2024-05-02
I met up with Lee aka The MacMaster for some lunch, which meant using the public charging network. You won't believe the maths of this one...! What's cheaper, a 1994 Volvo 850 T5 Turbo Saloon or a 2020 Porsche Taycan 'Save The Planet' Electric Battery Vehicle?

You'd think the Taycan should run on nothing but cow farts and windmills, so it would cost 50p to fill the tank and wipe the floor with the old Volvo eh? Well, not so much.

#EV #Cars #Volvo #ElectricCars

All Comments (21)
  • Judging by this video, it's Quentin Wilson who is the nut job! What a plank!!
  • @tug1345
    4 tyres for the Porsche costs more than the whole Volvo cost lol
  • If it was ever about saving the environment, we'd be upgrading old cars to keep them running smoothly, and a life of at least 20 to 30 years
  • @JoeBManco
    How can a car maker make an EV when they can't even make electric fans that don't fail within three years?
  • @Elsie-uy2kl
    Here we go - Geoff and Lee have just proved that Wilson fella is talking bollocks. 😆
  • Quentin Willson tries to be witty but is more like a slick spiv, whereas these 2 gents are genuinely funny and informative. Oh, of course, QW used to be with the BBC - disinformation specialists - nuff said!
  • @twig3288
    At least an EV can do 0-60 in three seconds Which is very handy when you’re delivering milk
  • @robg521
    If Quentin Wilson told me it was raining…. I would go to the window and check.
  • @kevbrooks5130
    I would rather be a nut job than a dodgy used car dealer
  • @richardallen503
    Got to add the cost of all the food and coffee's you end up having while waiting for it to charge !
  • @pjc1966
    Volvo wins all day every day 🎉
  • @MrMartinious
    Old Volvo's never die they just turn into lovely comfortable armchairs! I used to mock them back in the day but now I'd definitely own an older one. Thanks Geoff from Tasmania Australia
  • @trucker-zv4nh
    Quentin must be speaking his bollox due to his paymasters
  • @andrewwhite986
    More expensive and the government has not put on it's approximately 70% excise duty yet 🤔
  • Those noisy fans Lee and Geoff are the fans that cools the liquid coolant around your traction battery pack keeping the pack cool otherwise the battery pack would be compromised and thermal runaway can start so these fans are extremely important. I believe there is also an inverter fan if your charging via A/C as the inverter onboard your car converts the A/C from the public charger to a DC which is used to charge the traction battery pack so it could be that fan as well.
  • @farmerned6
    "If you want a 4 door Porsche" you seriously need therapy
  • @5ebra1
    Quentin is deluded. Shame to see how low he has gone.
  • Since the 1 April in New Zealand all EV’s and Hybrids have had to start paying Road Taxes per kilometre just like all the Diesel vehicles.