EV QUEST

This is EV QUESTS, EV News Shorts, highlighting recent EV news headlines from New
Zealand, Australia and the rest of the world.
 I’m Adrian Maidment, with guest Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia.

MENTIONED 👇
Carloop:  https://carloop.com.au/
RUCS: https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/350148355/road-user-charges-set-apply-evs
Hertz: https://chargedevs.com/newswire/the-real-reason-hertz-is-selling-evs/#:~:text=It's%20the%20kind%20of%20headline,writing%2C%20the%20company%20is%20offering
BMW Tipping Point: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/bmw-cfo-sales-growth-is-mostly-electric-combustion-engine-tipping-point-passes-2024-01-15/

Check out EV Quest car reviews here 👉  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLanpCxojG8G9000A_IZ5jQ

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from around the world. This episode is focused on Australia, with guest Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia.

Mentioned 👇
Carloop:  https://carloop.com.au/
The Driven: https://thedriven.io/

Check out EV Quest car reviews here 👉  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLanpCxojG8G9000A_IZ5jQ

This Is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts, highlighting recent EV news headlines from New Zealand and around the world. But this episode is the "China Edition", featuring news on Chinese Automakers.

Included in this episode - BYD goes to Number 1, Zeeker sells 007, and where’s the place to check out the latest in Chinese cars?

Links
NZ Sales data: https://evdb.nz/most-popular-evs-nz
Geely: https://carnewschina.com/2024/01/01/geely-sold-1-68-million-vehicles-in-2023-up-18/
BYD: https://www.investors.com/news/tesla-vs-byd-2024-tsla-stock-ev-rivals/

Zeeker: https://zeekrglobal.com/article/article-19/
https://cnevpost.com/2023/12/28/zeekr-officially-launches-007-sedan/

Welcome to "EV Quest," the podcast for all things electric vehicles. I'm Adrian Maidment, and today I’m taking the BYD Seal Premium for a test drive. 

I’ll be checking out the Seal's key features, and comparing it with the other two versions available of the Seal in New Zealand (Dynamic and Performance). I've been looking forward to driving this EV since I saw it at Fieldays. Will it deliver?

A big thanks to BYD Tauranga for supplying me the Seal: 👉 https://ebbettbyd.nz/find-a-dealer/byd-tauranga/

This is EV QUEST'S, EV News Shorts, highlighting recent EV news headlines from New Zealand and around the world. 

G’day - I’m Adrian Maidment,

Included in this episode - Rebate to close, EV factory to open, and new EVs to arrive

Links Mentioned:
EVs for Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/30/big-name-evs-here-are-the-new-models-launching-for-first-time-in-australia
Tesla Model Y: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-27/tesla-said-to-plan-revamp-of-smash-hit-model-y-from-china-plant?srnd=premium&sref=Oeyjq8by

Hello and welcome to the EV Quest Christmas Podcast Special. I’m Adrian Maidment, and this episode I look back on 2023, look forward to 2024.  My guest to review the year and look  into whats's happening in 2024, is Riz Akhtar from Carloop, in Australia.

Make sure to follow the EV Quest Podcast, so  you'll get notified every time a new episode drops.  Also, if you have a moment, please leave us a rating.  And Merry Christmas to you and your family

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Carloop: https://carloop.com.au/
The Driven: https://thedriven.io/

Music by Maksym Dudchyk from Pixabay

The New Zealand EV market is facing uncertainty as the clean car rebate is about to be removed by the new government. In this episode, Adrian Maidment interviews Kirsten Carson, incoming chair of Drive Electric, to discuss the current state of the EV market and future plans to encourage EV adoption. 

Drive Electric 👉 https://driveelectric.org.nz/

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EV Charging is the topic of discussion in this episode, as Adrian talks to Dunstan Power, from ByteSnap Design and Versinetic in the UK.

ByteSnap Design provides award winning consultancy for electronics design services - Software Development and Hardware Design. Versinetic are specialists in the design and development of Smart EV chargers.

Dunstan graduated with a degree in engineering from Cambridge University, and has been working in the electronics industry since 1992, and is a leading authority on EV charging.
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ByteSnap Design: https://www.bytesnap.com/
Versinetic: https://www.versinetic.com/

Hi, I’m Adrian Maidment, And this is EV News Shorts. Highlighting  recent EV news headlines from New Zealand and around the world.

Included in this episode - Rebate rolled, Range Rover - roll up, and funds raised for Red Cross 

MENTIONED IN PODCAST 👇
The Driven: https://thedriven.io/2023/12/15/record-broken-as-ev-enthusiast-rocks-around-australia-in-just-10-days/
The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/23999724/range-rover-ev-prototype-teaser-waiting-list

As the numbers of EVs and Hybrids increase on our roads, there is a growing need for qualified automotive engineering technicians to repair these vehicles. Are there currently enough technicians? And what repairs are most commonly carried out?  

For insights into the  world of EV training, I’m talking with Kevin O'Neill, Principal Lecturer of Automotive Engineering, at Otago Polytechnic.

Course Link: https://www.op.ac.nz/programmes/nzqa/new-zealand-certificate-in-electric-vehicle-automotive-engineering-level-5/