EVs & Beyond

We are on the road testing the Jaguar I-Pace this week, so no news section. But that is a positive, as it means you get to our interview a little quicker. 

And it is a special one - Katheren Leitner, the chief executive for Asthma NZ, and Debbie Debbie vanderschyff, sales specialist for ABB join me to discuss benefits of electric vehicles you may not have thought of. 

Enjoy!

This podcast ties into stories in the October edition of EVs & Beyond magazine, available free at evsandbeyond.co.nz.

Host: Richard Edwards - [email protected]

Producer: Deborah Baxter - [email protected]

Commercial: Anneke Featonby - [email protected]

Did Tesla’s Battery Day live up to the hype?

Auto Media Group managing editor Richard Edwards hosts a panel of New Zealand EV industry experts about key aspects of the Battery Day announcements.

The podcast has YHI Energy divisional manager Aaron Gillon, ChargeNet NZ IT director Tom Parker and Drive Electric chairman Mark Gilbert discuss the improved battery technology, Tesla’s move away from cobalt, a

In this edition of the EVs & Beyond podcast, we catch up with BMW New Zealand managing director Karol Abrasowicz-madej.

We discuss the continuing run of the BMW i3, the Mini Cooper Electric it shares its technology with, the upcoming iX3 and the ‘Power of Choice’.

This podcast ties into stories in the September edition of EVs & Beyond magazine, available free at evsandbeyond.co.nz.

Host: Richard Edwards - [email protected]

Producer: Deborah Baxter - [email protected]

Commercial: Anneke Featonby - [email protected]

In this episode, Audi New Zealand general manager Dean Sheed joins us to discuss how the brand has done since COVID-19 and the electrification of their range.

He also drops some great news about the NZ Government VIP fleet.

This podcast is powered by ABB.

We head to Taupo, and catch up with well-known EV dealer Steve Greenwood at his Drive EV yard.

Steve tells us about the business, what kind of people choose to drive EVs in smaller centres like Taupo, and his adventures road-tripping around the country to deliver EVs to their new owners.

This podcast ties into a story that will appear in the August issue of the EVs & Beyond magazine - available soon from evsandbeyond.co.nz.

This episode is a crossover with our sister magazine and podcast, AutoTalk NZ.

We chat with Nigel Broomhall, who is seeking support for an ambitious plan to get Tesla to build a Giga Factory in Southland to take the place - and the electricity - of the closing Tiwai Point smelter.

Could NZ return to the vehicle manufacturing scene? We discuss.

For more, visit EVsandBeyond.co.nz.

In the first episode of EVs & Beyond, we run through some news, including new EVs from Audi and Harley Davidson.

We then catch up with the team from Auckland City Electric vehicles to discuss their business, what they are doing to promote EVs, and World EV day.

Producer/host - Richard Edwards - [email protected]

Commercial - Deborah Baxter - [email protected]