I'm DONE WITH ELECTRIC CARS I Swapped my ELECTRIC Porsche Taycan EV back to a PETROL Boxster!?!

After reading the comments I've now realised that most of you don't watch videos all the way through and to the end lol.

The Boxter might not be as quick as the Taycan to 60mph, but I bet it's 0-Scotland time would have been quicker!

You like the faster acceleration of the EV. All that does is speed you quickly to the next charging point where you stand and watch the Boxster pass by and get to his destination before your third recharge.

The problem with the EVs is that: "It's such a great idea, we're going to force you to do it!" If it's a great idea, then you shouldn't have to force anyone to do it. We should all see it as the obvious great idea it is. I think most EVers are hobbiest EVers who hope it'll catch on. Because they're hobbiest EVers they gloss over the troubles and treat it like an opportunity. I saw 8-bit guy do this on his EV trip from Austin, TX to Chicago, IL. Time and time again he'd say, "Well.. We needed to charge and found this charging station just across the street from Walmart.. We decided to go into Walmart and pick up a few things we needed for a few hours and grab lunch." That's fine if that's how you want to live. I don't want to be on a long trip and have to think, "Ok.. Now I need to charge my EV and spend a few hours doing something while my EV hopefully gets up to 80%." I just want to fill up at the gas station and go (5mins) not use spending hours in Walmart as an excuse as to why it's great to own an EV. I think a better application of EVs is as your "around town car". If I had to drive to/from work every day in stop/go traffic, the EV starts making a lot of sense. I can charge it up at night. The regenerative braking works in my favor. It's quieter. There's a lot of good there. If I want to go on a road trip the EV breaks down as now I have to deal with finding charging stations, wasting time, etc. I'd much rather have a ICE vehicle in that situation. It's far better suited for it. Not everyone can own both, I get that. You can own the one that's the best fit for you and if EV is what you have because of metro-traffic then you ought to be able to rent an ICE vehicle for a road trip. Forcing everyone into an EV is madness.

And don't forget to talk about how thousands of dead car batterys each year are going to be safely disposed of. And where all the ingredients going into a car battery are procured from and the effects of doing so on the environment.

I really wish people would STOP referring to oil, gas and natural gas as fossil fuels, it's ridiculous. Firstly, both are extracted deep below the earth's surface. Oil for example at between 16,000 to 20,000 feet. Fossils are found on the earth's surface and there have been very few finds of these, certainly not enough to make fuel. To do that, even if it were possible which it isn't as most are found in rocks, there would have to be trillions of them. The correct term for oil, gas and coal would be naturally occurring fuels as they are produced by nature and processed by man.

At this point the trade off from gas to EV is not worth it. Regardless of performance, EV now; too many problems. Dirty coal needed to make electricity. Gas price going down, electricity going up. Control Factor !!!

An actual story for you. My family and I were traveling in my diesel X5 from Las Vegas to Albuquerque, New Mexico and I was passed by a family driving in a Tesla Model S. About 70 miles west of Albuquerque the traffic came to a complete stop. Everyone was getting out of their vehicles to walk around and talk. We learned from a Truck diver that a major accident involving a truck had closed I-40. About three hours later the traffic began to move. I think by now you know where this story is going. About 2 miles ahead of me the Tesla family was on the side of the road getting a lift from another family in a Pickup Truck. Presumably they ran out of power about 70 miles west of Albuquerque and the three hour delay on I-40 wrecked the plans. I am sorry but in the western USA, an EV vehicle makes absolutely zero sense!

The one thing I have learned from buying and using technology for over 40 years is never be an early adopter.

I suspect the main reason you stayed with the Taycan was when you realised just how much that joy ride was going to cost you in the part exchange deal? I bought a model 3 after driving Porsche's most of my life. I f*""king hated it, so much so I gave it to my wife who equally dislikes it. I'm hoping one of the children will take it off my hands. Yes it was fast but utterly soleless, the interior minimalist. I just felt no connection with the car or the road. I'm now back to driving a real car, a Porsche. I'm convinced the whole net zero thing is a scam.

Just think if police used them, half way through a car chase they would have to find a charge point 😂

Towing is an issue for EVs, there are cars that can tow the weight but given the reduce range it's a real pain to charge. The charging stations are not built for caravans so you have to unhitch every time

After a year with with my jag i pace, I'm tired of range anxiety, especially on weekends away. It consumes your whole weekend, planning it around charging stations and where you are going to go next. never mind all the chargers that are either too slow or broken. Made my mind up today, I'm going back to combustion. until such times the network catches up

Anybody that buys a ev for the environment you need to look up mining for lithium and cobalt. It's not inviromentally friendly. Look it up see what you find.

I for one whole heartedly applaud the swap back to petrol. I do like EV cars a lot and the tech, but the infrastructure and outlook on supplies for batteries is not there. The EV-warriors really need to had a rethink about their not-so-perfect planet saving crusade. But in the real world, they don’t compute for the majority of the population. It’s not slagging EVs off, it’s actually telling the facts in black and white. You are absolutely right in your opinions.

There's no point in having 3 sec car To 0 - 62 mph and than having to wait 45 minutes to charge 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️

The UK only produces 1% of the worlds CO2 emissions . China produce nearly 30% and are still building coal fired power stations so what is the point of having all electric cars by 2030?

The petrol car was becoming popular in 1900. But petrol pumps didnt really appear till 1922. Fuel stations started appearing but a real infrastructure wasnt there really until after the second world war . That's 45 years and car ownership grew but not massively until the mid 50s . So over 50 years . The electric infrastructure needs way more time . They will never replace the petrol car as effectively . Batteries are not good enough

Me too!! I have had so many problems with mine!! My car has sent me to charging points that don’t exist, I've been robbed whilst hanging about waiting for it to charge in a dodgy area, and I have run out of petrol on a motorway because I drove three charging points to had been vandalised. I’ve had enough!! My charging cable has been forced out of a charger so somebody else could use it, the range it has given me has been wildly unreliable and there are too few charging points in the area where I live. The stress has been unbelievable!! Bye Bye Hyundai Kona!!!

toyota, ford and bmw have all said that ev's are not the answer.