At some point, there will be a generation at large that will not have dealbreakers with EV's, but with gas cars. Maybe not now obviously, gas powered vehicles have been around for nearly 150 years now, it's all most of us have ever known, but thirty years from now? Makes me think, at some point there was a generation of people that had horses as the standard for so long, but saw gas/coal vehicles and thought "maybe not now, but thirty years from now?"

HOLY COW IT'S BRIAN FRICKIN' COOLEY!!! Get on some tretinoin for your face and get back to stealing the show!

@CNET More Brian Cooley, please!
(Bridget too, we like her as well)

While trying for a year to choose an EV (or PHEV) as my next car I went through these… and ended up with the conclusion that I need to buy a reliable, fuel efficient, inexpensive and "as dumb as possible" gasoline car. I already have a brand and model chosen, and the only question I have left is whether the 2nd trim is "too smart" and I should stick to the base trim. And maybe pair it with an e-trike with cargo capacity for short-range trips and weekly grocery shopping (not costco runs, LOL).

– Total cost of ownership, including depreciation and repairs in case of accident. Yes, EV total cost without depreciation and repairs is lower when compared to an "equivalent vehicle"… like comparing a Tesla to a BMW (yes, that is what those people compare it to!). But when you consider the brutal depreciation (caused mainly by innovation and low manufacturing quality of many EVs) and the fact that when an EV ends up even in a minor fender bender it requires major repairs, it is very common for the car to get totalled and the insurance paying a small fraction of what you paid for the vehicle, making the cost of replacement unaffordable.
– Availability and price. The expensive EVs are easily obtained, but at least in the US when you try to find some inexpensive EVs from a reputable brand… you can't, and when you do they have significant dealer markups. This happened to me when I considered the Prius Prime and Bolt, even though they were above my price range. Also, you often discover that the EV you were considering isn't really covered by the $7,500 federal rebate.
– Range. Not an issue for me, I mostly drive short distances.

– PRIVACY. This is a big one. EVs are surveillance machines that collect all kinds of data from GPS history, outside and inside cameras, and lots of other telemetry… which is then sold to the highest bidder without consent (or at most a click-through consent that most people never see) and with no means to stop it. This information can be abused and even when it is not it will typically come back to haunt the owner as higher vehicle or health insurance premiums among others, without even considering what would happen if through an unscrupulous mechanic any of the data ended up in the hands of criminals that could use it to clean you out when they are certain that you are across town and unlikely to return for hours. This is a strong motivator to buy the dumbest car you can, which is often also the cheapest. Hopefully we'll see new personal data privacy laws, but let's not kid ourselves, it will likely take years before we get something even as minimal as Europe's GDPR law.

Ironically, Brian Cooley compares knowledge to a GenAI LLM at a company that Wikipedia has recently downgraded for its article factuality and use of AI in writing them. I’m sure this is meant to be a sponsored pun, but isn’t it a bit… Tacky, given the circumstances?

More Brian Cooley videos please

Nice to see you back in the saddle, and great job as always!!

He's back !🍻
As far as what to do next man…. Idk teck or auto predictions for the next 5 years .

Answer: Buy an EV if you don’t care about wasting money and have short comutes. Don’t go all electric though, it’s a good idea to have an ICE backup or for long trips.

great point about AI here!! at timestamp 7:22 use AI to ask better questions

BRIAN ….your back!
Why so long no videos? How about what You've been up to video, please.

Right now, and for a long time ahead, EVs aren't the future, not in Toyotas' opinion.

I feel we're gonna need a combination of technology's to suit everyone. I think plugin hybrids will be around for 20 years, at least until hydrogen becomes cheaper.

The world has gone about this the wrong way round, Infrastructure should have been sorted out first before the rollout of cars.

Cheers for the opinions.
I rarely buy new cars due to depreciation. However I'm concerned about the reliability/gen1 tech of buying a used EV. Should I be?

Welcome Back!

If Cooley says it, it's true

Cooley is cool with that jacket – I want one

EV how long is the standard range?

Is that Bridget as Ai? lol 😂

EV’s are not selling

Ev sucks

BRIAN COOLEY! Missed you man, excellent video too