This is episode 160 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll doing another Round Table Episode and we're joined by Melanie Shufflebotham from Zap-Map and John Curtis from The EV Cafe.

Topics under discussion include How much is too much for a kWh of charging, do we need an EV Ombudsman, and why isn’t there more and better destination charging.

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

LINKS

Zap-Map Statistics pages : https://www.zap-map.com/charging-price-index/

Melanie Shufflebotham on Twitter : https://twitter.com/melshuff

John Curtis: Linked-In : https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrjwcurtis

The EV Cafe Website : www.evcafe.org & Linked-In page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/theevcafe/

Round Table Series 5 https://evmusings.libsyn.com/100-the-round-table-v-episode

Round Table series 4 https://evmusings.libsyn.com/80-the-round-table-iii

Round Table Series 3 https://evmusings.libsyn.com/56-the-round-table

Round Table Series 1 https://evmusings.libsyn.com/20-the-round-table

Cool thing: The HOLON people mover https://newatlas.com/urban-transport/pininfarina-benteler-holon-autonomous-shuttle/

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This is episode 159 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll be looking at our best and worst charging experiences.

I wanted to thank some new Patreon members who have joined recently.

A big hello to Ed Green, Peter Lawrence, Gary Day, “Kevin”, and Michael Edwards who have all joined the other patron members of the podcast. Many thanks for your support. 

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

Episode produced by Arran Sheppard: https://producerarran.com

LINKS

Cool thing: 3D printed wooden house : https://singularityhub.com/2022/12/15/this-3d-printed-house-is-100-recyclable-because-its-made-of-sawdust/

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This is episode 158 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll be looking at one of the poor relations of the EV charging world: Northern Ireland. For many years they had a really limited number of Rapid chargers - many of which were not maintained. The situation was dire for NI EV owners.

But that is finally starting to change.

We chat with Mark McCall from EVANI for an update.

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

LINKS

Funding for NI rollout improvements: https://evani.uk/esb-to-transform-ev-charging-network-in-northern-ireland-with-3-27m-funding/ Grid connection Challenges in NI: https://evani.uk/grid-connection-challenges-underlying-network-regulation-in-ni/ Multiple projects now underway in NI: https://evani.uk/northern-irelands-public-ev-charging-projects-a-summary/

Cool thing: Two-Bit Davinci sells his Model 3 https://insideevs.com/news/628600/tesla-model3-real-costs-3-years-60k-miles/

Episode produced by Arran Sheppard: https://producerarran.com

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This is episode 157 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll be looking at broken chargers, a topic that is, no doubt, very close to many listeners hearts. Especially if they’ve tried public charging recently and had issues. Reading my social media timeline would seem to indicate that this is a major problem - although I’m sure the charge point operators look at it differently.

Today we chat about good charging networks, a little history, what issues we’re having, and what the solutions are. 

LINKS

Episode 143 - The AA Episode https://evmusings.libsyn.com/143-the-aa-episode

Cool thing: Recycle your electricals: https://www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

Episode produced by Arran Sheppard: https://producerarran.com

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This is episode 156 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll be looking at converting your current car to electric.

There are two ways to do this: 

- You take your car to a professional who has years of experience doing it

- You get yourself some old batteries and stuff like that and have a bash yourself

We speak to people who've done it both ways.

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

LINKS

Electric Classic Cars www.electricclassiccars.co.uk Tom’s Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/ev_diy

Cool thing: Printing 3D houses from recycled plastic: https://singularityhub.com/2022/11/04/these-sleek-houses-are-3d-printed-from-recycled-plastic-prices-start-at-26900/

Episode produced by Arran Sheppard: https://producerarran.com

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This is episode 155 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll be looking again at charging solutions for those who can’t charge at home, and in particular if you have a lot of vehicles that need guaranteed charging overnight but no home chargers to do this.

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

LINKS

Just Park website: https://www.justpark.com/ev Just Park on Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/563069/

Cool thing: The 600 mile battery https://www.fastcompany.com/90813979/he-worked-on-apples-secretive-ev-project-now-hes-designing-a-battery-with-600-miles-of-range

Episode produced by Arran Sheppard: https://producerarran.com

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This is episode 154 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we’ll be talking about the change in the weather (typical Brit, eh?)

Your EV isn't going as far and things aren't working the same as they were in the summer? Why is that and what can we do about it?

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

LINKS

Cool thing: BMW using fishing nets for interior plastics: https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/16/bmw-to-recycle-fishing-nets-in-new-electric-cars/

Episode produced by Arran Sheppard: https://producerarran.com

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This is episode 153 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll be looking at centralised payment processes for charging.

Before you yawn and scream BORING!, bear with me a moment

The UK has 80 different charge point operators. Germany has many more.  Ideally payment should be via a contactless payment card. But there are companies (usually those with large fleets) who need access to all the chargers without the hassle of dealing with individual expense claims for charging.

Today we talk to Paua who have a solution for this.

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

LINKS

Paua web site: https://www.pauatech.com Moove and Paua partner up: https://transportandenergy.com/2022/11/24/moove-partners-with-paua/ XKCD - Standards https://xkcd.com/927/

Cool thing: Tom Swaffield-Bray’s 5-step plan (Youtube). https://youtu.be/5Sis6osA97w

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This is episode 152 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

Today we’re speaking to different people about EV leasing, subscriptions and salary sacrifice as we look at how you can get a new electric car on your driveway.

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

LINKS

ElectriX: https://www.lvelectrix.co.uk/ ElectriX leasing pages: https://leasing.lvelectrix.co.uk/ To enquire about electric car leasing: Email [email protected] or call 0330 818 7555

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This is episode 151 of EV Musings a podcast about renewables, electric vehicles and things that are interesting to electric vehicle owners.

On the show today we'll be looking at some of the darker aspects of EV charging. What happens when there are queues, somebody’s blocking a charger unnecessarily and you’re running late?

It’s time for charger rage!

This season of the podcast is sponsored by Zap-Map, the free to download app that helps EV drivers search, plan, and pay for their charging.

Episode produced by Arran Sheppard: https://producerarran.com

LINKS

Episode 119 - The Charger Safety Episode https://evmusings.libsyn.com/119-the-charger-safety-episode

Cool thing: Puerto Rico’s virtual power plant. https://www.fastcompany.com/90802552/7000-puerto-rico-homes-will-soon-be-part-of-a-virtual-power-plant

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