It's Electric! The Electric Car Show with Afeez Kay

Dr. Colin Herron is the managing director of Zero Carbon Future. He’s been in the automotive industry for over 40 years! The company was grown out of the Regional Development Agency and was officially founded in 2011. As a subsidiary of Gateshead College, Zero Carbon Futures works with businesses, universities, government bodies and sector agencies to ensure that the UK is able to maximize the benefits of the low carbon vehicle sector.

In This Episode

• How not to kill yourself when working on an electric vehicle
• Things that Zero Carbon Futures covers, and the courses they offer
• What we TRULY need for the mass adoption of electric cars
• The truth about cost, batteries and the arrival of solid state.
• The best approach to charging stations

“Any profit we make goes into education for young people”

“What happens when an electric vehicle catches fire?”

“We don’t need Tesla’s, Porsche’s and Audi Etrons, what we need is Fiesta’s, Micra’s and the equivalents, and lots of them”

“It’s very hard to invest a third of a billion in more battery capacity when you’re not selling them”

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The Plug Seeker loved the PlugShare app so much that he added and updated every charger he could find throughout the UK over the span of 6 months. He has been a long time fan and advocate of electric cars, as well as EV’s at large,  and he and Afeez have a blast addressing hilarious questions that they’ve had to answer during their electrification journey so far.

• How The Plug Seeker was created
• When the Plug Seeker first met “Alfred” the Electric Unicycle Man
• This is the future - we’re not geeks
• EV’s became cool and started to catch on
• Must give credit to Tesla and Mitsubishi
• “Self charging hybrids”
• • Going down hill or braking from speed?
  • You can’t create energy from nowhere
• Super charging
• Expelling the myths surrounding electric vehicles
• Will the grid explode if we mass adopt electric cars?
• Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, and the Fudsters

“We are still in a bit of an electric car bubble”

“Less than 2% of national cars are EV’s”

“I think it’s slowly taking off”

“You cannot generate energy from nowhere”

“The grid is going to have time to develop”

“The more electric cars we have on the road the less energy we need to refine crude oil.”

“A lot of people, sad to say, believe everything they read. It’s up to us to keep on pushing the truth.”

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When Ben moved to London, he wanted to find alternatives to taking the tube or the bus. He started with skateboarding, graduated to biking, and ultimately found personal electric transportation. He took his discoveries to the internet and started a YouTube channel. The rest is history. Between hilarious music videos, testing out and reviewing scooters, and informing the population of London about the benefits of electric vehicles, Ben still has the time to pick up new hobbies, like learning to ride the electric unicycle with Afeez!

• Making silly videos to put on YouTube!
• Why Ben stopped using electric skateboards
• Reviewing electric scooters
• Ben gets put on the spot about policies and legalities
• Ben’s top 3

“I’ve always been into tech”

“YouTube is the second biggest search engine in the world”

“It helps people make a decision”

Afeez Teaches Ben to Ride

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Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the passionate Afeez Kay. During this weekly podcast Afeez shares information on a myriad of different electric vehicles, makes, models, and brands. He often features guests who share his enthusiasm for the electric vehicle and clean energy industries. This show is for all knowledge levels and in as informative as it is entertaining.

In this episode, Afeez welcomes Bill Smith to speak about his project Oceans to Energy. Bill describes Oceans to Energy as using plasma gasifiers and plastics to fuel technologies mounted on ocean-going barges to clean up the world’s oceans.

• 2003 searching for a way to transform waste into energy
• Hurricane Katrina - getting back on the grid
• Fischer Tropsch
• • How Germany fought in the war
  • Came to the US in 1940s but never picked up steam
  • Has begun springing up in small pockets
• Plasma Gasification
• 2005 the level at which energy could be transformed was nowhere near what was needed (tons) a
• • Not yet globally accepted/marketed
• 2017 dealt in different energy fields // meetings
• Call with Christian Juvan
• • Company that built plasma gasifiers that took in 20 tons of waste per day
  • Broken down from molecules to atoms
  • Recombine atoms to create sim gas
• Land Based model
• Oceanbased model
• Ocean pollution stats
• • 9 trillion pieces of trash in the oceans
  • 1.5 million pounds of trash in the ocean per hour
• Able to help during natural disasters
• By Product
• • Diesel fuel
  • Sim gas/natural gas

“Are you creating pollution to clean up pollution?”

“Plastic is fuel.”

“It’s in essence a mini refinery.”

“It’s not always about dollar and cents. It’s about doing what’s right.”

“The problem doesn't go away. It’s deferred.”

“Could power cities from garbage.”

“Developing countries could greatly benefit from a product like this.”

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Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the very passionate Afeez Kay. You will become engrossed in the electric vehicle and clean energy movement after the first minute. Afeez is an animated and intelligent host. He features guests from all different backgrounds. Each interview Afeez conducts gets right to the heart of the matter and always has great information for you!

In this episode, Afeez has a chat with the Audio Producer for Podcast Bay Productions, Jesse Chambers. Jesse discloses how he and Afeez are connected. Jesse has produced and edited fifty-eight episodes Afeez has recorded for It’s Electric. (Including this one.) Jesse gives Afeez some props for clean audio files and getting him hooked onto electric vehicles. Jesse says where he lives in Canada the electric car movement is watered down to hybrids. Afeez brings up Jesse’s other passion and hobby: gaming. Through Twitch Jesse he live-streams while playing video games. He has begun promoting and helping the community he’s built there.

During this episode, Afeez and Jesse discuss when Jesse began working for Podcast Bay Productions. He also speaks to the exciting universe of video editing and creating the Podcast Bay Production’s YouTube channel with the Founder of Podcast Bay Scott Doucett. Afeez throws out the idea of taking It’s Electric into the YouTube arena.  Jesse talks about his process for editing audio for It’s Electric and other podcast clients.

Jesse touches on:

• It’s Electric episodes that are his favorites
• • Electric Unicycles
  • Ben Buys an I3
• Nuance and flow
• Integrity of guests
• Love of different opinions voiced on the It’s Electric podcast
• The evolution of the podcast
• Using sustainable energy
• Electric longboard/unicycle on his wish list
• Accident

“I never touched audio editing software before. I just have an ear and am a fast learner.”

“Go home and keep working.”

“I want it to sound like nobody even touched it. Like a one take no edit.”

“I’d never heard a sales call on a podcast.”

“The aim now is to not just talk about vehicles. It’s to expand the horizon to sustainable in general.”

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Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by Afeez Kay. Each week Afeez features an amazing guest and discusses with them clean energy and electric vehicles. One of the amazing things about the It’s Electric show is that it doesn’t matter if you’re new to electric vehicles or if you’ve been involved with the scene for years. The conversational tone doesn’t turn anyone away. Afeez and his guests often discuss different brands, makes, and models of vehicles as well as the pros and cons for each. You can rest assured if you’re getting an opinion from Afeez, it’s not based on one or two rides.

In this episode, Afeez speaks with Aldous Hicks, C.E.O and founder of ReCircle Recycle and their marketer/communications liaison Stuart Chater. What is ReCircle Recycling?

• Develop closed-loop recycling
• • Indicates the a product can be recycled back into itself  (see example below)
  • Plastic bottle, can be recycled all the way back into a new bottle
  • • Same as many other recycled materials
• Open-loop recycling
• • Indicates the item can be recycled into different types of products
  • Plastic bottle turned into plastic tubing
• Benefit from recycling
• • Knowing you’re doing the right thing
  • Financial benefit
  • Change the value we put on different products
• Recycling bins broken down very specifically - checked by sensors for purity
• • Clear plastics
  • Cloudy plastics
  • Glass
  • Aluminium
• Sustainability
• • Financially/financial savings
  • environmentally/energy
• An appliance for your kitchen
• • About the size of  dishwasher
  • Top and bottom drawer
  • • Top - bay for
    • • PET
      • HTP
      • Plastics
      • Green glass
      • Brown  glass
      • Clear glass
      • Metal cans
      • Steel cans
  • Simple product to use
• Appliance has been patented
• Incentive

“If you can produce recyclable products in your kitchen, we are starting a viable business.”

“We have a detailed plan to develop a prototype.”

“This concept is not readily accepted by the mainstream.”

“There is an incredible lack of knowledge around recycling.”

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Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the brilliant and passionate Afeez Kay. It’s Electric marries the fun of all different types of electric vehicles with the need for and purpose of clean energy. Through interviews with wonderful guests, Afeez discusses best and worst brands, riding experiences, the hows and the whys of the electric vehicle universe. Afeez is animated and honest. He also brings facts alongside fun. After one listens you’ll be searching for your nearest electric car rental company. Lean, but don’t out-lean, into the It’s Electric podcast.

In this episode, Afeez brings Stan Durk back to the show. In the last episode featuring Stan, he was interviewing Afeez. This episode flips things, putting Stan in the hot seat. Stan gives us a brief introduction and discusses his blog called The Electric Speed Shop (linked below). He explains his goal is to open a conversion business. He explains there are a lot of these shops on the west coast and in the UK. He is on the east coast currently and the electric vehicle industry is taking off. Stan salvages old cars (fuel) and transitioning them into the electric motors.

Stans shares that he has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and a masters degree in engineering management. Stan says he was very interested in conversions and began researching, but there was no central location that housed several articles or videos on how-tos for conversion. This is what prompted him to create The Electric Speed Show blog.

This blog is a knowledge source for the masses.  Afeez and Stan talk shop about electrification of a myriad of different types of vehicles.

Do-it-Yourself pricing:

• Buying parts and trusting yourself to build
• • Salvaged $25-30K
  • • Tested
    • Charged
    • Completely refurbished
• Paying for someone else’s work to convert
• • Standard $45-50K
  • Custom $50-100K

“Electric is so much easier to understand than a gas motor.”

“[Electric cars] have less moving parts.”

“With conversion, you can keep older cars alive”

“If it moves and uses an engine, there’s no reason you can’t make it electric.”

“There’s more potential.”

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Conversion Mentions:

Youtube: Rich Rebuilds

EV West

Electric Classic Cars

YouTube: Fully Charged

Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the knowledgeable, fun-loving, clean energy supporting Afeez Kay. The level of knowledge you currently have about electric vehicles doesn’t matter. At the end of each It’s Electric episode, you will know ten times more than when you started. This podcast isn’t just for tech-heads who already know all about the industry. That’s one thing, of many, that makes this show and the host so fantastic. Afeez makes you feel right at home and uses conversations with guests to explain the electric vehicle industry’s importance. Get ready to have a lot of fun listening to this show.

In this episode, Afeez sits down and has a chat with James Wight. James is the founder and director of the company Adventure Uncovered which advocates for social and environmental changes. The connect people through articles, events, speeches, and traveling. “Green Adventure” is a niche. James explains that he has a background in marketing and communications. With Adventures Uncovered James hopes to achieve a more environmentally-minded society through sharing stories and hosting events encouraging people to get out and experience nature first hand. (This can often trigger society to care about nature more.) Afeez shares the story of how he and James met during a clean energy initiative they were both involved in, traveling in electric cars.  He says they were preaching about electric transportation and difference sources of energy outside of fossil fuel.

The most common questions James get asked in regards to his industry:

• How long does it take to charge the cars?
• What’s the range?
• What is the infrastructure?
• How do I make a difference?
• How do I get involved in
• • Green travel
  • Green energy
  • Affecting the climate
  • Reduce plastic pollution

What works? James says increase engagement with people through articles, speeches, and even film festivals. These types of things attract people and engage them. This kicks things off which then causes the follow through to change. James says Adventure Uncovered has a goal to open conversations for influential people to connect at live events and push the topic of renewable energy resources, energy efficiency, and going green in general forward.

James see the future as bright. He has a goal to scale sustainably and have more of an impact. Investment is the most important thing right now. Currently, they [Adventure Uncovered] are investing in themselves.

“Trying to bring more diversity and inclusion to this sort of privileged space.”

“We want to inspire people, but also motivate them to take action.”

“Travel opens your mind to a lot of things. It dispells ignorance as well.”

“We don’t see the impact that our demand is making on the planet.”

“You really opened up my mind and made me more conscious.”

“I want to go beyond electric cars into clean energy generation.”

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Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the electrifying Afeez Kay. Electric vehicles are not a thing of the future. They are right now and only being built better as the years go forward. You can expect honest feedback from Afeez and his guests regarding different makes and models of a variety of different electric vehicles. You’re not just getting a one-ride recommendation either! You will feel the passion that Afeez has for this topic as soon as he begins speaking. You’ll be thinking of getting rid of or rebuilding your conventional vehicle after one episode!

In this episode, you will hear the continuation of Stan Durk’s interview of Afeez. (Listen to part one here) Afeez tells Stan currently his podcast is just for fun and for the passion of electric vehicles and he has just started building his YouTube channel. But currently, he is not getting paid for any of this. He gives purely to provide accurate information about the vehicles.

Countries that are doing well in EV (electric vehicle) adoption according to Afeez:

• Norway
• Denmark
• Finland
• Iceland
• Sweden
• Greenland
• Scotland
• China

Countries that are performing poorly:

• United States
• • The political landscape appears to be more important than the actual landscape/clean energy

Afeez branches out talking about some countries false assumption that electric vehicle means electric cars. There are many types of electric vehicles:

• Electric moped
• Electric scooters
• Electric motorcycles
• Electric unicycles
• Public transportation (converted)

Stan asks Afeez other than Tesla, what companies are up and coming?

• KIA
• Hyundai
• LG

Afeez and Stan weigh in on where Tesla is headed with a tiny discussion about Elon Musk

• Tesla made a mistake releasing model X
• • Diverted attention
  • Spent too much time
• Tesla is a pioneer
• Should focus on clean energy generation internationally
• Discussion of Tesla v SpaceX
• Manufacturer Concerns
• • Can only buy parts from Tesla
  • Can only be serviced by Tesla
  • Sustaining their mission statement means eventually they will have to make these items available to other retailers for the public.
  • Similar to Apple

Money notwithstanding, what cars would Afeez convert to electric?

• BMW 33i 346
• Toyota Supra

“There are a lot of people that are more knowledgeable than me. I want to get that knowledge and use It’s Electric as a vehicle to share.”

“Views on YouTube will always be more than what you get for the podcast.”

“Telsa is the first American car company in over a hundred years to succeed.”

“Tesla is the reason I got into this. I can’t truly criticize Tesla.”

“I am bored by Tesla cars,[Tesla motors] but fascinated by Tesla energy.”

“Have to stop treating people like they’re dummies.”

“Car conversion is the best way.”

“This is a huge market.”

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Welcome to the It’s Electric podcast hosted by the inquisitive, informative, and exhilarating Afeez Kay. Whether you’ve been a fan of the electric car movement for years or are just getting your bearings in this subculture you’re in the right place. Not to worry, Afeez lays everything on the table in an open and honest fashion. What will you hear?  You’ll get brand comparisons from someone who has tested the product. You’ll get the reasons why electric cars are the wave of the future and what that means for our Earth. You’ll get funny stories from Afeez and his guest as well. Get comfy, lean forward, and don’t fall behind.

In this episode, Afeez is in the hot seat because he is being interviewed by his guest Stan Durk.  Stan jumps right into things without any hesitation and asks Afeez for some background on what piqued his interest electric cars and unicycles. Stan also inquires about the start of the It’s Electric podcast in 2018.

• Afeez explains that 6 years ago he was in Venice and saw a man driving a scooter which was quiet and clean. He went online to do research, came across Tesla, and became fascinated. He also fell in love with their mission statement:  To accelerate the advent of sustainable transportation by bringing compelling mass market electric cars to market as soon as possible.
• Searched for alternatives due to the price point with Tesla and found other available brands of electric cars (BMW, VW, Nissan Jaguar, Renault . . . etc)
• Went for a test drive and became hooked on not only electric cars but all different types of electric vehicles (EV)
• Afeez wanted to share his personal mission statement with anyone who would listen.
• • To educate people on clean transportation and clean energy generation.
  • A “just electric” story about getting ready for a date and Justin Timberlake: the birth of the It’s Electric podcast.

Best/worst guests or shows?

• It is the guest’s show
• Every show is different
• • It is only as good as the person being interviewed chooses to divulge
  • Talks about a Californian business owner who explains the instruction of cars is the problem
  • Afeez tells a few stories of his favorite shows and guest
  • Afeez says that the shows that could be better were the earlier shows and they were because of his strict focus

How does Afeez choose his guests and why?

• He follows people that are doing things that interest him
• He brings people on who send him questions
• He enjoys learning and growing with other people

“I’m at your mercy.”

“I’m not anti-car.”

“Electric cars were still a dorky looking thing.”

“It was just mindblowing” - Afeez on his first EV test drive with a Tesla

“Let’s prove electric cars are a viable means of transportation.”

“I have a day job . . . but educating people about electrical energy is my passion”

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