Category: Electric Cars

The party is on TikTok.

The EV charging discussion is really happening there. If you are an EV related company, consider having a presence on TikTok.

Over 585,000 views and unprecedented engagement with over 2000 comments using organic reach only. CTR of over 64% and most of the audience are 35 years or older car buyers.

@evchargingbootcamp

How do you feel about people running a cable over the pavement to allow them to charge from home? It can make a huge saving on charging your electric car battery. #ev #evcharging #evcharger #electriccar #electriccarcharger #cartok #tesla #models

♬ Day Tripper – Remastered 2015 – The Beatles

Lo-fi Content

Across advertising and marketing there has been a definite shift towards “Lo-fi” more organic content. More info here courtesy of sprout social.

@evchargingbootcamp

Wind turbine will rapid charge these cars. Loads of spare capacity. And cheaper than most public chargers. #ev #evcharging #electriccar #electriccarcharger #evcharger #creatorsearchinsights wind-turbine #renewableenergy #renewable #greenenergy #cheapevcharge #cartok

♬ The Wind – Cat Stevens

Talking to Dale Vince from Ecotricity about the ‘wind car’.

Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, a very successful wind energy electrical power company here in the UK, is building an electric car in 7 months flat. You can follow it’s progress on Dales blog over at Zero Carbonista. I filmed this interview with him last month. The first part (above) is a discussion around the ‘wind car’ and electric cars in general. Click on the image to view video.

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The reality of charging EV’s in London

“Motorists will have to drive electric cars for UK to meet climate change targets.” So runs the Telegraph headline today.

The reality of driving an electric vehicle here is getting harder as time goes on. There are more than 1000 vehicles on London’s roads now. Charging facilities are extremely limited, and most people do not have the luxury of a garage or off street parking. Since my local car park closed,  I can never guarantee a charging space in the west end as the bays are permanently full.  This makes life difficult in a limited range car such as the GWiz. The City of London has started to charge for EV’s to park in their garages and they haven’t added any further charging points. Camden Council who promised to bring in free parking for electric vehicles more than 2 years ago have still done nothing… and so the list goes on.

I’ve had to resort to charging at home. Not ideal as I have to run a cable across my pavement. If the Government is serious about getting Electric Vehicles on the roads here then lets start with a proper infrastructure now.

Click on the image to view my charging routine.

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Morgan Life Car

I went to the Sexy Green Car Show at The Eden Project in Cornwall recently. The Eden Project was brilliant, but I’m not sure about their car show. They had very little of interest – just the usual major manufacturers rolling out their low emission models. But they did have the Morgan Life Car there on it’s UK debut. This is a Hydrogen fuel cell prototype that has four individual electric motors linked to each wheel. Top speed of 85mph and a 0-60 of 7.5 seconds. I’m hoping there might be something in these hydrogen fuel cell cars powering electric motors… could be a long wait though. Click on the image to view video.

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Tesla coming to The UK Motor Show

Good News. Tesla are coming to The UK Motor Show this year. It’ll be on show in the ‘EV Village’ where there will be around twenty battery electric vehicles. Joining it will be the new Super Light from Nice (pictured) aswell as GWiz, Elektromotive (those great charging posts) and a new manufacturer known as Quiet Cars….

Smart ED EV….Rubbish?

I cant help noticing that the Smart ED (EV) is getting a slating in the mainstream press. Top Gear has given it a 1/20 rating (not seen it that low before) in this month’s magazine . I’ve been on at Smart for over a year to try and get a test drive with no luck. They tell me they are reserving drives for journalists. Perhaps it’s a lesson to the big manufacturers in getting the guys who are enthusiasts with an enthusiastic audience to try your cars sooner. Or perhaps it’s just rubbish…

Congestion Charge plans. Bad news for EV’s

Ken’s made his decision on the Congestion Charge today and it’s not good for EV’s. As follows;

"A 100 per cent low CO2 discount for cars that:
Produce less than 120g/km CO2 and meet the Euro 4 standard for air pollution emissions OR Produce no more than 120g/km of CO2, and appear on the PowerShift register"

So many people have been working so hard on getting electric vehicles on the road. I really hope this isn’t another nail in the coffin….