This is Episode 21 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today we’ll be talking about The Elephant in the Room. The company whose presence lurks over any discussion of electric vehicles. That’s it. Not a specific vehicle or a specific aspect. Just the elephant. I’m talking, of course, about Tesla. LINKS 'N' STUFF Timestamps Intro:00:10 Season 2: 00:35 Charging 02:11 Our feature topic: 03:51 Are Teslas worth the...
Nov 11, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This is Episode 20 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners. Today's podcast is our 20th and it marks the end of season 1 of EV Musings. As a special feature our podcast today will be a round table talking about numerous topics. In our roundtable today we have Neil and Leanne Roberts - founder members of the Sussex EV group. Neil has also taken on the mantle of being a point man for all the local EV groups around the country. We...
Oct 14, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 20
On our podcast today we’ll be updating our most popular podcast episode ‘Myths and Legends’ with some continuing myths that either persist or have sprung up since our first episode. Timestamps Feature topic 03:10 Cool Stuff : 14:27 LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Episode 1 Myths and legends: http://evmusings.libsyn.com/myths-and-legends Euan McTurk’s Youtube channel. Plug Life TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgBPvqu6vqvO3MmTjQZ0lfg Cool things Electric penny farthing - https://www.so...
Oct 06, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 19
On our podcast today Simon is running solo and he's going to be talking about living without a home charger. Today he will be taking you through a typical week of living without a home charger. You’ll hear about where he charges, what sort of mileage he does, and how much it costs. Although this is a specific week out of his scheduled and any random week will be slightly different, overall it will even out to around the same process and the same figure every week. Timestamps Intro 00:00 Day 1 : ...
Sep 30, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On our podcast today we’ll be talking about a couple of different topics in the EV world. Usually we just focus on one item in particular and talk in detail about that. But today we wanted to talk about three major topics in the EV space and these are: - Last mile deliveries - Vehicle to Grid - Hydrogen power LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Cargo bikes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/08/30/study-finds-cargobikes-beat-vans-in-cities-so-u-k-government-backs-flying-urban-taxis...
Sep 23, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this special episode we’re going to be following up on something we talked about back in episode 4. The mainstream media. We talked in that podcast about the fact that mainstream media tends to not be too serious about EVs at the moment. They regularly send one of their journalists out with an EV and ask him or her to do a really long journey to see if EVs can do it. More often than not the resulting article ‘proves’ that EVs aren’t ready for the mainstream. But when you look at the detail yo...
Sep 16, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Our feature topic today is charging. Again. We’ve covered various aspects of charging since we started this podcast including chargers & cables and the whole process surrounding charging itself (costs/ Apps/ RFID cards etc). Links to these episodes are included below. Since we published those episodes things have moved on quite a lot with regard to charging so we wanted to go back to the topic and discuss - in a bit more detail - exactly what charging options you have ‘generically’ and what ...
Sep 09, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Our feature topic today continues our series on EVs on the market today. On recent episodes we’ve discussed the i3, the Kia Soul, The Nissan leaf, and the Renault Zoe. This week we’re looking at the first UK designed and built EV: The Jaguar iPace. LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Garry Whittaker’s iPace Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYIwYgUqqsXw_0xkLJjLmNg The Two Gar(r)ys in an iPace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vck2ZgVGcIY&t=11s The Porsche Taycan review (Ful...
Sep 02, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 14
On our podcast today we’re taking a quick break from our series on individual EVs to put ourselves back in the position of someone who hasn’t, yet, bought their EV and is not sure about whether it’s a good idea. We’ll be asking the newbie questions we hear from people who are undecided about whether to buy an electric car. LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Cool things BMW i3 sales https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/01/in-the-first-half-of-the-year-bmw-i3-sales-climbed-21-percent-worldwide/ Eng...
Aug 26, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This is Episode 12 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today we’ll be talking about the Renault Zoe. This is the next in our series on EVs available to buy today. We’ve already covered the i3, the Soul and the Leaf in earlier episodes and links to these are in the description. Links to Articles etc. Emma Jackman on Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/emmajackman Episode 7 -Always be Charging: http://evmusings.libs...
Aug 19, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 12
On our podcast today we’ll be continuing our series on specific EVs that are on the market at the moment. We’ve already covered the BMW i3, and the Kia Soul. Today we’re looking at the Nissan Leaf 40kWh. Range? Efficiency? Specs? What's it like to drive? We also look at Rapidgate and see if it's as big a problem as everybody thinks. We have input today from Dean Snelling and Mike Stanton (Who you will know from our episode on Charging (episode 2). Thanks to them for their thoughts and comments. ...
Aug 12, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 11
On our podcast today we’ll be continuing our new series on specific motor vehicles. Over the next few weeks we’ll take time to focus on one electric car per episode. We’ll talk about the history of the car, the specs, the price, performance etc. We’ll also talk about the pros and cons of each car and who we think the starter audience is for that. This week we talk about the 2018 Kia Soul EV LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. BP Chargemaster Polar price changes: https://bpchargemaster.com/pol...
Aug 05, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Imagine you haven’t yet bought your new EV. You’re still looking at buying but you’ve made your mind up that an EV will be your next car. How do you decide which to buy? Well each choice is different and, obviously, personal. But what we want to do over the next few weeks is look at the major EVs currently for sale on the market and talk about each one individually. This week we’re talking about the BMW i3. Links to Articles etc. Cool things Simon's trip in the Model 3 : https://youtu.be/Ezw8obg...
Jul 29, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 9
On our podcast today we’re discussing why people made the choice to move to an electric vehicle. We’ve spoken to a few people and asked them their reasons for buying an EV, what they bought and why, and we’ll also be talking about our own experiences in the world of getting an Electric Vehicle. LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Fully Charged episode for the Honda E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEKq8jmckz0 Fully Charged episode on the e-Golf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4lrqWx8E0 S...
Jul 22, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
On our podcast today we’ll be talking about physically charging your EV. We’ll discuss the cables, the chargers, AC vs DC charging, destination chargers and Rapids. Everything you need to know. LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. New Renault Zoe: http://fr.zone-secure.net/-/Renault/Presskit Renault ZOE/-/#page=1 Zappi Charger: https://myenergi.com/product/zappi/ C & C Taxis on Twitter https://twitter.com/candctaxis Cool things Tesla Model 3 truck : https://youtu.be/jKv_N0IDS2A Ludicrous m...
Jul 15, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This is Episode 6 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On today’s podcast we’ll be talking about Range Anxiety: What it is, how to remove or reduce it and whether it’s something we actually need to be worried about at all. We also briefly discuss the new Ionity chargers at the Milton Keynes hub and try to work out exactly what the long term pricing model is going to be for them. LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. The AA ...
Jul 08, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This is Episode 5 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners. On our podcast today we’ll be talking about Fully Charged Live. This is a smaller bonus episode covering things we saw and liked in Silverstone when we visited the Fully Charged Live Show. Showlinks: Fully Charged Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshow Robert Llewellyn: https://twitter.com/bobbyllew Cows on Fully Charged Show: https://www.youtube...
Jul 01, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 5
This is Episode 4 of EV Musings a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today we’ll be talking about the mainstream media and how they tend to portray electric vehicles in a negative light. We'll cover topics such as the type of articles that get written, who reads and comments on them, the influence of Big Oil and how we can help move the conversation forward constructively. Showlinks: Evolt charged me £60 to charge my car! htt...
Jun 24, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The Model 3 Bonus Episode This is a bonus episode of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our shortened bonus podcast we’ll be talking briefly about the Tesla Model 3 UK-based customers have just started taking delivery of the Model 3. But back in March Simon and Gary went to Tesla in Brent Cross and were one of the first to spend time in a Model 3 in the UK. Simon made a video for his Youtube channel (link below) and after ...
Jun 22, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 4
On Episode 3 of our podcast we’ll be talking about Mainstream Car Dealers and how they fail at selling EVs. Is this intentional? Do they have a hidden agenda? Or are they just, plain, bad at it? Obviously we’re not talking about companies such as Tesla who seem to have perfected the EV sales model. We’re talking about the established Fossil Fuel vehicle dealers and how they’ve managed to alienate pretty much anyone wanting to buy electric cars. We'll also have a quick discussion about the new Co...
Jun 17, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This is Episode 2 and on our podcast today we’ll be talking about Charging and the future for companies like Polar, Ecotricity and Gridserve. Something of a hot topic just at the moment. Many thanks to the people we interviewed for this podcast: Emma Jackman, Neil Roberts, John Launder, Dean Snelling and Mike Stanton. Showlinks: Emma Jackman’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwrlri5bMy9XfCulIA_MFA Neil Roberts (Sussex EVs): https://www.sussexevs.co.uk/ Dean Snelling : https://...
Jun 10, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to episode one of EV Musings. A podcast about EVs and things that are interesting to EV owners (and potential owners) The podcast is created by Gary Comerford and Simon Roe, two UK-based EV owners (but most of what they talk about applies everywhere EVs are currently being driven.) In this show we discuss those annoying myths that always seem to get banded about when people try to persuade you that an EV is not the right thing to buy. We'll be covering things such as : Where does the ene...
Jun 03, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 1
