Everything EV

This week, we're joined by Joel Teague, co-founder of community charging platform, Co-Charger. Joel is here to discuss alternative base charging, or in his words, the EV charging blind spot. 

In this episode, Joel explains how the fascination with public charging infrastructure is alienating a large proportion of the population that has yet to switch to electric vehicles, before sharing his views on how to tackle that issue. 

This week, we speak to Melanie Shufflebotham, the director and co-founder of EV charge point mapping service, Zap-Map.

Zap-Map has become one of the most important parts of an EV drivers life, helping users locate charge points all across the country, providing map data with real-time chargers status, payment services and up-to-date insights on the UK’s rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Melanie is here to share the story behind Zap-Map, to detail the UK’s EV charging progress, and to share her views on the wider industry of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

This week, we're joined by Ben Thompson, the Corporate Development Director of Radius. Radius is a global company that helps businesses navigate to a sustainable future and Ben is responsible for leading the EV & Energy business, providing customers with EV charging solutions.  He is here today to talk about the different services that Radius has to offer to businesses and fleets looking to make the switch to electric vehicles. 

In today’s episode, we ask if Australia is the next big in the EV world? And to help answer that question, we have Dr Scott Dwyer, the research director for the institute for sustainable futures at the university of technology Sydney. 

Scott details the current landscape of electric vehicles in Australia and outlines some of the biggest challenges it faces in its transition to EVs, before giving his verdict on whether the future of Australia is electric. 

This week, we're joined by Ben Hugh of Vestel UK. Ben joins the podcast to discuss the growth of Vestel, a Turkish electronics company that has recently launched its own EV charger. Here, Ben outlines the ambitions of the company, whilst also sharing his thoughts on the wider electric vehicle charging industry.

In this episode, we speak to Chris and Julie Ramsey, the husband and wife team that are attempting to drive from the magnetic North Pole, all the way down to the South Pole in a fully electric Nissan Ariya. 

Along the way, Chris and Julie will travel 17,000 across several regions and continents, battling extreme conditions through the arctic and north, central and South America before crossing to Antarctica. 

In partnership with Nissan, this epic mission will aim to spread the word of electric vehicles and sustainability, and Chris and Julie join us today to tell us all about the journey so far. 

In this episode, we speak to James Walker, the founder of electric tricycle brand Jorvik Tricycles. James shares the story behind the company, and how he sat out to reinvent the tricycle to give his dad Stuart, who suffers with Parkinson's, a sense of freedom. 

This week, we speak to Adam Woolway of Parkopedia. Founded in 2007, Parkopedia allows drivers to find the closest parking to their destination, and more recently, the company launched its Park and Charge solution, which allows EV drivers to find chargers and pay for their charging sessions. Adam is here to talk about Parkopedia’s EV offering, the role of community charging in the EV world, and he shares his views on some of the biggest challenges facing the industry today. 

This week, I’m joined by Asher Moses, the founder of electric taxi company, Sherbet London. In this episode, Asher shares the story behind Sherbet and how it became one of the biggest players in electric black cab market in London, as well as giving us his thoughts on what the future of transport might look like in major cities. 

In this episode, I’m joined by Zach Hamada of Cox Automotive. Zach joins the podcast to talk all things EV battery health and how new technology from Cox can help consumers and dealers make more informed decisions on purchasing an EV. Here, he outlines how his works helps determine an EV battery health score and how more information about EV batteries can help more people make the switch to electric vehicles.