Mr. Bean (atkinson) Actor Says the Electric Car ‘Honeymoon’ Is Over. Benefits dont add up. He has masters in elctrical engineering

How the hell did it take him this long to work this out?

Also who are these people getting new cars constantly? Are they driving the shit out of their cars or what? Unless you drive the entire U.S. constantly, wreck your car, or got a lemon, it should be in pretty good shape in three years.

Cars now are ugly af. What is the point of getting another one any more?

The actor and comedian behind the popular Mr. Bean character has called on drivers to hold off buying an electric vehicle (EV), saying the environmental benefits do not stack up.

Rowan Atkinson, a long-time motor enthusiast with a degree and master’s in electrical engineering, said current EV technology was more harmful to the environment than it was worth.

“Increasingly, I’m feeling that our honeymoon with electric cars is coming to an end, and that’s no bad thing: we’re realising that a wider range of options need to be explored if we’re going to properly address the very serious environmental problems that our use of the motor car has created,” Atkinson wrote in The Guardian newspaper.


He pointed to figures released by automotive giant Volvo revealing that greenhouse gas emissions during the EV production process were 70 percent higher than building a petrol car.

“How so?” Atkinson said.

“The problem lies with the lithium-ion batteries fitted currently to nearly all-electric vehicles: they’re absurdly heavy, huge amounts of energy are required to make them, and they are estimated to last only upwards of 10 years.

He also pointed to current efforts to develop newer technologies, like solid-state batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, and synthetic fuels, but noted more time was needed before they became mainstream.

Atkinson said a bigger problem beyond technology was the current three-year leasing model for car ownership, where owners move onto a new car at the end of the timeframe.

“This seems an outrageously profligate use of the world’s natural resources when you consider what great condition a three-year-old car is in,” Atkinson said, saying owners could just learn to use their cars for longer instead, effectively lowering demand for new vehicles.



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The problem with EVs is they are powering them up the wrong way.

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS is the right way.

But they need to figure out how hydrogen will be safely stored in a car (especially when the vehicle is involved in an accident), how to produce an efficient AND inexpensive fuel cell, along with the infrastructure to provide hydrogen on demand.

See my other post for a link to hydrogen paste.
The problem has been solved.
Want to bet it goes nowhere?

Thats because you are a total fucking dumbfuck idiot.

And its dumfucks like you they COUNT ON to make them RICH.

COCKHEAD.

Lithium ion batteries are garbage but I don't see how they can cause more pollution than a combustion engine

He pointed to figures released by automotive giant Volvo revealing that greenhouse gas emissions during the EV production process were 70 percent higher than building a petrol car.

splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is the way

such a shame every time somebody invents an efficient way to do it... it gets stolen/suppressed and they have a fatal accident

Locomotion is very energy intensive. EV batteries tend to be 60 KW-HR or larger. TO fully charge such a battery from current solar tech would require a 12K array.-This is around 32 3x5 panels with current tech. Current panels convert about 25% of the energy hitting them to electric power. If you could make them 100% efficient - you would still need 8 of those imaginary panels to keep a charge full charge and only if they were in full sun all day long. And those are the "summer" numbers. Way worse in the winter

The hybrid engines are a good idea - but 100% EV makes no sense. The bettery tech just isn't good enough. We need something 50% lighter for the same power density and which doesn't wear out after 10-15 years, and which can be charged in freezing temps ( lithium chemistries CANNOT be safely chaged when below freezing)

The is a new Sodium chemistry that China is releasing in EVs this year and that will help - Sodium is far easier to come by than Lithium and battery costs are expected to be 1/2 what they are for equivalent performance ( I have yet to see any commercial offering - I want them for my Solar array.. )

He didn't master EV til he went to China. Soduin ion batteries are next shht. No more Lithuim mining.

How come it took him this long to work out, that electric cars are bad for environment?

The batteries are seriously toxic

Because there is now many many videos of EV burning infernos on Youtube.

Cars , Busses, scooters etc. in use and charging.

He's an idiot. A 3 year old lease is perfect. It usually has about 20k miles and is half the price of new.