The EV Musings Podcast

In the last season of episodes we looked at the various EVs available to buy in the UK (Or, generally across the world). We covered the Leaf, i3, the iPace, the Soul and the Zoe. This season we’re going to do some of the larger battery models including the Kona, the eNiro and the Tesla range. Today we’re looking at the Tesla Model S. LINKS 'N' STUFF Timestamps Intro: 00:08 Fully Charged Live updat...

This is Episode 26 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today I’ll be talking about batteries. In particular we'll be looking at the trade off you need to make with EV batteries by putting a larger battery in which will go further but take longer to recharge vs a smaller battery that means you'll need to stop mo...

This is Episode 24 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today we’ll be talking about preparing for the arrival of your recently purchased  Electric Vehicle, So you’ve made your decision to purchase an EV, you’ve done the test drives, borrowed whatever car you actually want and made sure it works for your lifesty...

On our podcast today we’ll be talking about charginq etiquette, a topic that is close to many EV driver’s hearts and one which will become more and more important as EV uptake increases and more cars are on the road. What are the dos and don'ts associated with charging a car: Can you unplug somebody else's vehicle? What about plugging in but not initiating a charge? Should you leave your details i...

This is Episode 22 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners. On our podcast today we’ll be taking a long range road trip in a short range EV. It’s all well and good with EV Vloggers doing these 1000km road trips in a Model 3 or a large capacity battery vehicle with fast, high powered Ionity or Tesla Superchargers along the route....

This is Episode 21 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today we’ll be talking about The Elephant in the Room. The company whose presence lurks over any discussion of electric vehicles.  That’s it. Not a specific vehicle or a specific aspect. Just the elephant. I’m talking, of course, about Tesla. LINKS 'N' STUF...

This is Episode 20 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners. Today's podcast is our 20th and it marks the end of season 1 of EV Musings. As a special feature our podcast today will be a round table talking about numerous topics. In our roundtable today we have Neil and Leanne Roberts - founder members of the Sussex EV group. Neil...

On our podcast today we’ll be updating our most popular podcast episode ‘Myths and Legends’ with some continuing myths that either persist or have sprung up since our first episode.   Timestamps Feature topic 03:10 Cool Stuff : 14:27 LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Episode 1 Myths and legends: http://evmusings.libsyn.com/myths-and-legends Euan McTurk’s Youtube channel. Plug Life TV: https:/...

On our podcast today Simon is running solo and he's going to be talking about living without a home charger. Today he will be taking you through a typical week of living without a home charger. You’ll hear about where he charges, what sort of mileage he does, and how much it costs. Although this is a specific week out of his scheduled and any random week will be slightly different, overall it will...

On our podcast today we’ll be talking about a couple of different topics in the EV world.   Usually we just focus on one item in particular and talk in detail about that. But today we wanted to talk about three major topics in the EV space and these are: - Last mile deliveries - Vehicle to Grid - Hydrogen power LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Cargo bikes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

In this special episode we’re going to be following up on something we talked about back in episode 4. The mainstream media. We talked in that podcast about the fact that mainstream media tends to not be too serious about EVs at the moment. They regularly send one of their journalists out with an EV and ask him or her to do a really long journey to see if EVs can do it. More often than not the res...

Our feature topic today is charging. Again. We’ve covered various aspects of charging since we started this podcast including chargers & cables and the whole process surrounding charging itself (costs/ Apps/ RFID cards etc). Links to these episodes are included below. Since we published those episodes things have moved on quite a lot with regard to charging so we wanted to go back to the topic and...

Our feature topic today continues our series on EVs  on the market today. On recent episodes we’ve discussed the i3, the Kia Soul, The Nissan leaf, and the Renault Zoe. This week we’re looking at the first UK designed and built EV: The Jaguar iPace. LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Garry Whittaker’s iPace Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYIwYgUqqsXw_0xkLJjLmNg The Two Gar(r...

On our podcast today we’re taking a quick break from our series on individual EVs to put ourselves back in the position of someone who hasn’t, yet, bought their EV and is not sure about whether it’s a good idea. We’ll be asking the newbie questions we hear from people who are undecided about whether to buy an electric car.  LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Cool things BMW i3 sales  https://w...

This is Episode 12 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today we’ll be talking about the Renault Zoe. This is the next in our series on EVs available to buy today. We’ve already covered the i3, the Soul and the Leaf in earlier episodes and links to these are in the description. Links to Articles etc. Emma Jackma...

On our podcast today we’ll be continuing our series on specific EVs that are on the market at the moment. We’ve already covered the BMW i3, and the Kia Soul. Today we’re looking at the Nissan Leaf 40kWh. Range? Efficiency? Specs? What's it like to drive? We also look at Rapidgate and see if it's as big a problem as everybody thinks. We have input today from Dean Snelling and Mike Stanton (Who you...

On our podcast today we’ll be continuing our new series on specific motor vehicles. Over the next few weeks we’ll take time to focus on one electric car per episode. We’ll talk about the history of the car, the specs, the price, performance etc. We’ll also talk about the pros and cons of each car and who we think the starter audience is for that. This week we talk about the 2018 Kia Soul EV LINKS...

Imagine you haven’t yet bought your new EV. You’re still looking at buying but you’ve made your mind up that an EV will be your next car. How do you decide which to buy? Well each choice is different and, obviously, personal. But what we want to do over the next few weeks is look at the major EVs currently for sale on the market and talk about each one individually.  This week we’re talking about...

On our podcast today we’re discussing why people made the choice to move to an electric vehicle. We’ve spoken to a few people and asked them their reasons for buying an EV, what they bought and why, and we’ll also be talking about our own experiences in the world of getting an Electric Vehicle.   LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. Fully Charged episode for the Honda E: https://www.youtube.com/...

On our podcast today we’ll be talking about physically charging your EV. We’ll discuss the cables, the chargers, AC vs DC charging, destination chargers and Rapids. Everything you need to know.   LINKS 'N' STUFF Links to Articles etc. New Renault Zoe: http://fr.zone-secure.net/-/Renault/Presskit Renault ZOE/-/#page=1 Zappi Charger: https://myenergi.com/product/zappi/ C & C Taxis on Twitter https:/...

This is Episode 6 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On today’s podcast we’ll be talking about Range Anxiety: What it is, how to remove or reduce it and whether it’s something we actually need to be worried about at all. We also briefly discuss the new Ionity chargers at the Milton Keynes hub and try to work out exactly what...

This is Episode 5 of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners. On our podcast today we’ll be talking about Fully Charged Live. This is a smaller bonus episode covering things we saw and liked in Silverstone when we visited the Fully Charged Live Show. Showlinks: Fully Charged Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/fullycharged...

This is Episode 4 of EV Musings a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our podcast today we’ll be talking about the mainstream media and how they tend to portray electric vehicles in a negative light. We'll cover topics such as the type of articles that get written, who reads and comments on them, the influence of Big Oil and how we can help...

The Model 3 Bonus Episode This is a bonus episode of ‘EV Musings’ a podcast about Electric Vehicles and things that are interesting to Electric Vehicle owners On our shortened bonus podcast we’ll be talking briefly about the Tesla Model 3 UK-based customers have just started taking delivery of the Model 3. But back in March Simon and Gary went to Tesla in Brent Cross and were one of the first to s...

On Episode 3 of our podcast we’ll be talking about Mainstream Car Dealers and how they fail at selling EVs. Is this intentional? Do they have a hidden agenda? Or are they just, plain, bad at it? Obviously we’re not talking about companies such as Tesla who seem to have perfected the EV sales model. We’re talking about the established Fossil Fuel vehicle dealers and how they’ve managed to alienate...