Everything Electric Podcast

Henry Firth and Ian Theasby are the dynamic duo behind BOSH!, a brand that has taken the plant-based culinary world by storm. With their infectious energy, creative recipes, and a mission to make plant-based eating accessible and exciting, Henry and Ian have transformed the way people think about food. Originally hailing from Sheffield, Henry and Ian's journey into the world of plant-based cooking...

Emma Pinchbeck is the CEO of Energy UK, a position that she has held since July 2020. She is an expert in whole-economy decarbonisation and the energy transition. She also holds several board advisory positions. From 2016 to 2020, she served as Deputy CEO of the trade body Renewable UK. She also holds an MA from the University of Oxford. Emma is fresh from an appearance on BBC Newsnight, in which...

In this episode, we welcome back Andy Palmer onto the pod. Andy is a chartered engineer and automotive executive. Having served in leadership positions at both Nissan and Aston Martin. At Nissan, Andy is best remembered for transforming the product line-up, but was also responsible for Business Strategy and Product Planning, Global Sales & Marketing, IT and the company's Electric Vehicle and Batte...

This week we welcome on to the podcast, Colin Walker, Transport Analyst at Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. Colin's spent 16 years working on campaigns and advocacy in the charity sector, working for charities Warchild, Save The Children, Mind and Plan International UK.  Colin joined ECIU in August 2022 from British Cycling, where he worked as the organisation's lead for London and the centra...

On today's podcast, recorded around Robert's own kitchen table are returning guests, Roger Atkins and FC presenter, Imogen Bhogal. Roger is one of the most informed speakers working today having spent 15 years around EVs and 38 years total in the automobile industry. As a Linkedin "Top Voice", he boasts 300,000 followers on the platform. Before joining FC, Imogen Bhogal graduated from the Universi...

In this episode, we welcome David Borlace onto the pod. Before embarking on a career as a YouTube presenter, David gained a BSc in Technology from the Open University and spent more than 30 years in retail and project management, working with people from all walks of life. That experience highlighted the importance of winning hearts and minds in any activity requiring collective action and the val...

This week, Robert welcomes Dr Hannah Ritchie. A Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford. She is also Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher at the online publication, Our World in Data. Her research appears regularly in the New York Times, Economist, Financial Times, BBC, WIRED, New Scientist, and Vox. Her forthcoming – Not the End of the World – provides a...

In this episode, Robert welcomes an innovator, engineer, and advisor at the intersection of mobility and energy, Claire Miller. Claire works with businesses that are starting, scaling, and transforming to meet the urgent need to decarbonise. Previously, as Director of Tech & Innovation, Claire was a member of the founding team at Octopus Electric Vehicles. Claire led the delivery of the world's fi...

In this episode, Robert welcomes Lylla Younes, senior staff writer at Grist on to the the podcast. Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Here Lylla covers environmental investigations and environmental justice. She was previously a reporter and developer at ProPublica, where her work mapping cancer-causing industri...

In this week's  podcast , we have a bit of a break from the norm and have made a  special compilation episode with some of Robert's favourite chunks of FC goodness from over the last year .  Guests include Sandy Munro, Jack Scarlett, Graeme Cooper, Darren Palmer, Dan Caesar, Chelsea Sexton, Helen Czerski and more.    As Robert mentions in the intro, we would be very grateful if you wanted to leave...

On the podcast today is first-time guest and Ford CEO,  Jim   Farley . Prior to joining Ford in 2007,  Farley  was group vice president and general manager of Lexus, and the group vice president responsible for all Toyota Division market planning, advertising and merchandising Under Farley 's leadership, Ford has boosted investment in electric vehicles to more than $50 billion and has set ambitiou...

On today's podcast, recorded at the first FC North event (And yes, Harrogate is in the north) is returning guest, Roger Atkins. Roger is one of the most informed speakers working today having spent 15 years around EVs and 38 years total in the automobile industry. Roger is also the founder of Electric Vehicles Outlook LTD. As a "Top Voice" on Linkedin, he boasts 300,000 followers and his material...

In this episode, Robert talks about some current news stories floating around the internet, He discusses the UK's charging infrastructure on target for 2030, Lithium exports from Australian, new Toyota Evs and there's a particular amazing rant about an article claiming that heavy electric cars going to make old weather worn multi-story car parks collapse. Hmmm, Robert doesn't quite agree. Largely...

Gill Nowell & Alexandra H-C Borgnis sit down with Robert at Fully Charged Live to chat about the task of getting as many people to drive electric as possible by 2030.  In April 2021 Gill was celebrated as one of the Top Women in EV for policy and campaigning. In June 2020, she was selected as one of the Women's Engineering Society (WES) Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) 2020: Sustainability, and...

In this episode, Fully Charged Show's CEO Dan Caesar steps back into the hot seat to talk about the success of Fully Charged LIVE in Farnborough and everything you might not know about the upcoming Harrogate show, the first FC Live show up north ever. As Harrogate is hotting up, Robert talks about his recent trip to Norway, the FT's future of the car event, V2G and there's some gleeful confusion a...

Robert is joined this week by Andreas Wallendahl, co-founder and COO of Tenet (not the confusing film). Tenet is a company that finance the purchase of new or used EVs. After coming to the US from the UK to study at MIT Andreas settled in New York. Inspired by advancements in battery technologies, he set up Tenet with Stanford alumni Alex Liegl in 2021 and they have made huge steps within the US E...

In this special episode, Ricky Roy and Elliot Richards take over the pod in a Rivian R1T at the Fully Charged Live show in Farnborough. The guys go deep on what US and Chinese car brands they love but also their gripes, and also which ones may have trouble transitioning markets in the future. As Fully Charged live show first timers, they also discuss what they loved about being there in the flesh,...

In this episode Robert talks with Professor David Slutzky, academic, entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Fermata Energy, a company at the cutting edge of V2X EV technologies. Asking the question 'Can we use our EVs as batteries on wheels?' David explains how V2X (or Vehicle to Home/Load) technologies really do have the power to significantly alter how we think of power networks and power transfer. The...

In this episode Robert talks with the Fully Charged Show's CEO Dan Caesar about the relentless positive growth of the clean energy and electrification sector, as well as how best to challenge Greenwashing and some fresh developments in battery technologies. But more importantly, they reveal details of what visitors can exclusively see across 3 days of the Fully Charged LIVE event in Farnborough (U...

In this episode Robert talks with Gill Nowell, Head of Electric Vehicle Communications at ElectriX, and Jon Burdekin, an independent fleet consultant, about the benefits of getting individuals and businesses into EVs sooner rather than later.

In this episode Robert talks with Lauren Pamma about her introduction to EVs, the power of fleet electrification, the importance of building robust charging infrastructure, and her work with Government to improve and accelerate the electrification of transport. Lauren Pamma is a leading expert in renewable energy and sustainable finance, with over a decade of experience in the industry. She curren...

Robert is joined this week by Eytan Lenko, technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor focused on climate solutions and CEO of Boundless Earth. Taking Robert through the reasons why he sees Australia becoming a global energy superpower by 2030, Eytan also reveals his tech development approach to problems and business growth. Prior to joining Boundless Earth, Eytan was Chair of the interna...

Robert is joined this week by Professor Ray Wills, futurist, consultant and academic, who's current research interests include adoption rates and convergence of technology, disruptive tech including solar and storage, electric cars, mobility, and robotics, and the communities that rely on them, and the impact of social media on markets. Diving straight into a broad range of connected topics, this...

Robert is joined this week by Dr Megan O'Connor, co-founder and CEO of Nth Cycle, a metal processing company that has developed technology to enable a clean, domestic, and streamlined supply of critical minerals for the clean energy transition. Dr. O'Connor leverages years of experience working on sustainable technology in many of America's top research labs, where she helped develop the electro-e...

Robert is joined this week by The Fully Charged Show's CEO Dan Caesar to discuss what they both agree was "the best presentation ever given by Tesla!". Unveiled at a recent investor day at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, and subsequently shared globally, Tesla's Masterplan pt 3 outlined, amongst other key themes, their far reaching plans for a 'fully sustainable Earth'. Both concluding that it w...