Stephanie Smits O'Callaghan is the co-founder of Hamilton-based EV charging company, Hikotron. She was recently in the UK and attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the EV SUMMIT at the Saïd Business School in Oxford.

Stephanie shares her thoughts on the two events, plus the state of EV charging in New Zealand compared to the UK. She also talks about what Hikotron has been up to recently and being featured in the M2woman winter 2024 issue.

LINKS
M2: https://www.m2woman.com/power-moves-stephanie-smits-ocallaghans-impact-on-the-future-of-ev-charging/
Lotus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpdPhRrjjfE
Hikotron: https://www.hikotron.com/

This is EV Quest's News Shorts Weekend Edition, bringing you thelatest EV news from New Zealand, Australia and around the world. I'm Adrian Maidment in Tauranga, New Zealand and in Melbourne, Australia it's Riz Ahktar from Carloop.   

This Episode: 
In this episode:  Kia EV 5 delayed… Longer lasting battery from China, and  another new BYD spotted on the streets of Australia.

LINKS
Battery: https://insideevs.com/news/726654/catl-long-servicelife-battery-16years-2million-kilometers/#:

Lucid Air…Ford F15 Lightning…Rivian R1T, today I’m speaking to someone who has driven them all. 

My guest is Chris Quin from  Melbourne Australia.  Chris is an EV owner who is passionate about the EV industry. 

I’m Adrian Maidment, and this is the EV Quest Podcast. Hello Chris.

This is EV Quest's News Shorts Weekend Edition, bringing you thelatest EV news from New Zealand, Australia and around the world. I'm Adrian Maidment in Tauranga, New Zealand and in Melbourne, Australia it's Riz Ahktar from Carloop.   

This Episode: Less clean Emission Standards in NZ. New EV models. New Tesla? Kia passes Hyundai.

Links:
Emissions in NZ: https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/350336656/clean-car-emission-penalties-utes-slashed-confirms-national
Kia passes Hyundai: https://electrek.co/2024/07/11/kia-overtakes-hyundai-us-ev-sales-q2-ev9-sparks-growth/
Aussie Charger numbers: https://thedriven.io/2024/07/12/major-milestone-australia-now-has-more-than-1000-fast-charging-sites/

Baybus OnDemand is your new electric rideshare service in Tauranga South. Adrian Maidment finds out about it and goes for a ride (as a passenger) in the new electric mini van.

Adrian interviews Melissa Winters, Senior Network Planner, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, about the service.

Find out more:  https://www.baybus.co.nz/ondemand

This is EV Quest’s EV NEWS Shorts - Weekend Edition, highlighting recent Electric Vehicle news headlines from New Zealand, Australia, and around the rest of the world. 

Adrian Maidment in New Zealand, discusses EV news with  Riz Akhtar from CarLoop, reporting in from Australia. 🎙️

This Episode: June sales data, Up close to the Cybertruck, Kia EV5 pricing.

EVDB: https://evdb.nz/most-popular-evs-nz

🚗 This podcast Adrian drives the new BYD Sealion 6 — a midsize SUV Hybrid known as the Seal U in Europe and the Song Plus in China, where it's sold as both a plug-in hybrid and an EV. 🌍

🔌 Until now, BYD has only imported fully electric vehicles into New Zealand: the Atto 3, the Dolphin, and the Seal. However, likely due to changing market conditions here, we now introduce the Sealion 6 and the upcoming Shark 6. 

🔍 In this video, I'll be reviewing both options of the Sealion 6 — the Dynamic and Premium. The FWD Dynamic is priced from $57,990, and the AWD Premium starts at $64,990.

Welcome to EV Quest’s News Shorts, bringing you the latest EV news from New Zealand, Australia, and around the world

Included this episode: Hyundai Inster unveiled, VW and Rivian get together,  BYD Sealion 6 driven.

Links:
Carloop: https://carloop.com.au/
Inster: https://www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/inster-revealed-as-hyundais-smallest-and-cheapest-ev/
VW & Rivian: https://thedriven.io/2024/06/26/volkswagen-makes-big-play-in-electric-cars-in-a7-5-billion-deal-with-rivian/

This episode, Riz Akhtar is just back from China. He talks about the Aussie media trip he was on to check our Zeekr.
One of the activities Riz mentions is spending a day at Ningbo International Speedway track getting behind the wheel of Zeekr's performance EV line up. Zeekr is  part of the Geely group (which includes Volvo).

Also covered: ordering an XPENG G6 in Australia, new EV trucks coming to NZ and possible new EVs heading to Oz and NZ.

Australia Media to Zeekr China Tour: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zeekr-international_zeekr-australia-activity-7209858190295928833-NvYy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Etruck:   https://etrucks.co.nz/introducing-the-windrose-e1400-long-range-electric-semi-tractor/

XPENG: https://xpeng.com.au/g6

Carloop:  https://carloop.com.au/?playlist=e05d4f1&video=1b8a5ec

Welcome to EV Quest’s News Shorts, bringing you the latest EV news from New Zealand, Australia, and around the globe.
In this episode: BYD targets Korea, Berkshire Hathaway sells more BYD, First EV Ferrari.

LINKS
BYD: https://electrek.co/2024/06/18/byd-hyundai-25000-seal-ev/
Berkshire Hathaway: https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Berkshire-further-cuts-stake-in-BYD/62228821
Ferrari: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/19/ferraris-first-electric-car-to-cost-over-500000.html#:~:text=Ferrari's%20first%20electric%20car%20will,by%20up%20to%20a%20third.
Tesla: https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/three-more-tesla-products-on-the-way-as-elon-musk-says-tesla-demand-is-only-limited-by-the
Kia EV5: https://zecar.com/reviews/kia-ev5-launch-in-australia-delayed