Wheeler Dealers star Mike Brewer admits buying electric car was 'most stupid decision'

Wheeler Dealers host Mike Brewer has claimed purchasing an electric vehicle was the "most stupid decision" ever made, revealing he has ditched his EVs and returned to petrol models. Mike stressed he fell out of love with electric vehicles as he struggled to charge up his battery in public.

On one occasion, Mike explained his electric Porsche went into 'limp mode' as he ran out of charge on the way home. The host of the classic car restoration series revoked he had returned to traditional combustion models, holding the keys to a stunning Porsche 992 Targa. Mike made the revelation ahead of the latest series of Wheeler Dealers: World Tour, which hit the screens this week.

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Mike said: "The day I decided to sell my Porsche Taycan, which is a high-performance beautiful electric car, was the day that I couldn't charge it. I went down to see my parents. On the way back there was nowhere to charge it, all the chargers were broken and nothing would work.

"When I did find a charger that was working, there were 12 people queued up waiting to charge their cars. The car went into 'limp home' mode, meaning I had to drive it at 40mph on the motorway, I realised I'd just paid £130,000 for something I was driving at 40mph on the motorway embarrassed. Why am I doing that? Why did I put myself through that anguish?

"Plus it was losing £5,000 per month at that time so it was the most stupid decision I've ever made. Luckily, I can write the whole thing off."

Mike has previously been critical of the Government's petrol and diesel car ban set to come into effect at the end of the decade. The TV host suggested that the UK did not have the infrastructure in place for widespread EV adoption to be a success.

Mike later admitted that the Porsche Taycan wasn't his only negative experience with electric models. The host also said that he ditched a stunning electric Mercedes just months after finalising the purchase.

Mike commented: "I did buy one of those electric Mercedes recently, an EQC. 10 minutes and I'd done enough of that. That went back. I watched it lose £20,000 over the course of a couple of months and went 'I don't like that anymore' and it went.

"I went very quickly back to an ICE engine and very quickly back to a flat-six."