Rory Sutherland

This is one thing, by the way, which I think we ought to say about electric cars, which I think is missed by a lot of people, which is that if you look at a petrol engine, which is, you know, it's a cathedral, it's a magnificent achievement, a really advanced, you know, petrol engine.

This is one thing, by the way, which I think we ought to say about electric cars, which I think is missed by a lot of people, which is that if you look at a petrol engine, which is, you know, it's a cathedral, it's a magnificent achievement, a really advanced, you know, petrol engine.

All of those things that move and rattle and bump and filter things and need to be replaced and the gearbox and all that stuff, all of those things exist for only one reason, which is to rotate a shaft to provide forward movement. Okay.

All of those things that move and rattle and bump and filter things and need to be replaced and the gearbox and all that stuff, all of those things exist for only one reason, which is to rotate a shaft to provide forward movement. Okay.

All of those things that move and rattle and bump and filter things and need to be replaced and the gearbox and all that stuff, all of those things exist for only one reason, which is to rotate a shaft to provide forward movement. Okay.

Now, I'm Team Faraday here because the way an electric motor works is you put electricity in, it rotates, which explains why, with the possible exception of your lawnmower, every single rotating, moving thing in your house uses electricity as the motive power, not petrol. OK, you know, there is a wonderful advertisement, by the way, which was done, I think, for I think it was either Renault.

Now, I'm Team Faraday here because the way an electric motor works is you put electricity in, it rotates, which explains why, with the possible exception of your lawnmower, every single rotating, moving thing in your house uses electricity as the motive power, not petrol. OK, you know, there is a wonderful advertisement, by the way, which was done, I think, for I think it was either Renault.

Now, I'm Team Faraday here because the way an electric motor works is you put electricity in, it rotates, which explains why, with the possible exception of your lawnmower, every single rotating, moving thing in your house uses electricity as the motive power, not petrol. OK, you know, there is a wonderful advertisement, by the way, which was done, I think, for I think it was either Renault.

I think it was the Renault, the first electric Renault, which is equivalent to the Nissan Leaf, where they simply showed someone getting up in the morning and what would have been their electric toothbrush was actually powered by a little gasoline engine.

I think it was the Renault, the first electric Renault, which is equivalent to the Nissan Leaf, where they simply showed someone getting up in the morning and what would have been their electric toothbrush was actually powered by a little gasoline engine.

I think it was the Renault, the first electric Renault, which is equivalent to the Nissan Leaf, where they simply showed someone getting up in the morning and what would have been their electric toothbrush was actually powered by a little gasoline engine.

They shaved and there was sort of fumes coming out of their razor. That's very good. OK, and it made that very simple point that nearly everything else in your life has gone electric. It was only a matter of time before battery technology, driven actually probably by the mobile phone industry, made this possible for the car.

They shaved and there was sort of fumes coming out of their razor. That's very good. OK, and it made that very simple point that nearly everything else in your life has gone electric. It was only a matter of time before battery technology, driven actually probably by the mobile phone industry, made this possible for the car.

They shaved and there was sort of fumes coming out of their razor. That's very good. OK, and it made that very simple point that nearly everything else in your life has gone electric. It was only a matter of time before battery technology, driven actually probably by the mobile phone industry, made this possible for the car.

I mean, by the way, Henry Ford and Edison worked together on an electric car.

I mean, by the way, Henry Ford and Edison worked together on an electric car.

I mean, by the way, Henry Ford and Edison worked together on an electric car.

Do you notice, by the way, when you go back up north, that northerners have nicer cars than southerners do? Why do you think that is? Their houses are less expensive. Right.

Do you notice, by the way, when you go back up north, that northerners have nicer cars than southerners do? Why do you think that is? Their houses are less expensive. Right.

Do you notice, by the way, when you go back up north, that northerners have nicer cars than southerners do? Why do you think that is? Their houses are less expensive. Right.